[ SECRET POST #2920 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2920 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Just as a heads up, no post tomorrow! Big family event thing, I don't think I'll be able to post. Regular updates resume Friday and on!

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 011 secrets from Secret Submission Post #417.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

People often headcanon characters as being [marginalized identity] because they share that identity and they're saddened by the fact that they lack canonical/~real~ representation. I doubt that most people (outside of Superwholock-type fans, who are possibly demons sent to inflict secondhand embarrassment upon the internet) genuinely believe that their headcanons = ~~important representation~~~~

Also, it can be comforting to see your identity "represented" in fanworks, so it's not like this exercise is entirely SJW posturing. It certainly can be posturing, but it can also be helpful and comforting to people who aren't likely to see representation in mainstream media any time soon. I don't get the vitriolic reaction against it, honestly.

[(Anonymous)]

Because people dislike fags. There, I got it in one.

[(Anonymous)]

DA. Racebending and headcanons don't make a canon anything like that. OP seems to be complaining about the people who go "x character is canonly trans BECAUSE I SAY SO" which usually boils down to "x character is trans because cis ppl are GROSS u transphobe THEY'RE TRANS DEAL WITH IT."

I think my biggest issue is that there is media out there with trans, POC, and anon queer characters. But it's often indie and people let it remain small scale because they're too busy trying to put Dean Winchester as a trans WOC and then claim that Supernatural is progressive because they said so.

Meanwhile, Korra had a canon bisexual POC protagonist and Welcome to Night Vale has a canon m/m interacial pair (and a few canon trans people!) Marvel has a couple canon m/m and f/f pairs among plenty of other canons they could get that without whining about headcanons. They wouldn't have to bring their diversity; it would already be there.

[(Anonymous)]

I get what you're saying, but I'm just not feeling it. I'm not one of those people who's aggressive about headcanons, but even though I don't even post about them 99% of the time I still have them and I still find them to be a comfort when I feel alone and freakish. I watched LoK and used to listen to Night Vale (not my media format of choice), and read Runaways religiously when Xavin was appearing in them. The easiest way to get me to watch or play or read something is to tell me "there are lesbians in it" or "there's a trans character in it." I just still want more, you know? I guess I am just greedy that way! There are characters in other fandoms that I identify with besides the ones I've been assigned, and I think it would be cool if some of those characters were nonbinary like me. I don't want to stop doing that just because some people are assholes who use their headcanons as another way to bully people and/or earn SJW brownie points.

[(Anonymous)]

THIS. This is what gets me about all of that. It's pretty telling when you try to recommend works that feature canon trans/POC/queer characters to people but they'd rather just go merrily along insisting Dean Winchester is trans or whatever.

No, you don't actually want media with characters like that, you just want SJW brownie points.