Also, you say: "What I think people SHOULD do is try harder to separate (in their minds and how they express themselves) "I have a negative emotional reaction to this character" from "there are issues with how this character is written" and "someone like this character would be bad in real life". But also separate "I connect with this character" from "this character is objectively good and everyone should love them" and "if people do not connect with this character they are saying something bad about people like me in real life"."
And OH how much I wish people were that self aware. Fandom and the world at large would be a better place if so.
There has been some amount of genderswap in several fandoms of mine and for me, it was one of the first places I ever saw that idea dealt with in a way that was a response to the typical sexism in Hollywood products. It was really fascinating to think about and quite mind expanding for me.
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Also, you say: "What I think people SHOULD do is try harder to separate (in their minds and how they express themselves) "I have a negative emotional reaction to this character" from "there are issues with how this character is written" and "someone like this character would be bad in real life". But also separate "I connect with this character" from "this character is objectively good and everyone should love them" and "if people do not connect with this character they are saying something bad about people like me in real life"."
And OH how much I wish people were that self aware. Fandom and the world at large would be a better place if so.
There has been some amount of genderswap in several fandoms of mine and for me, it was one of the first places I ever saw that idea dealt with in a way that was a response to the typical sexism in Hollywood products. It was really fascinating to think about and quite mind expanding for me.