I think theres something to be said about a fandom seeing a character that a lot of aroace people can relate with in his struggles, who may or may not be intentionally coded as such by the character's creator, and immediately dragging a different character from a media that has absolutely zero romance in any form present in it, and then shipping them together in rather milquetoast ways that eliminate the unique aspects and intricacies of their respective source medias for the sake of yaoi. like a lot to be said
I dont hate bloodymary by any means. its one of my main interests as of late. but i do kinda hate what people have done to it. theres genuinely a lot of interesting dynamics and parallels and comparisons to look at between these two movies, but I cant really bring myself to actively search for fanart and fanfic because of how these characters have been perfectly preened and dressed up and fit into a very specific formula
