[ SECRET POST #6451 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6451 ⌋

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


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[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth]



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[The Serpent Queen / House of the Dragon]



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[Dungeon Meshi]



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Notes:

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

... what even is "minor coded" supposed to mean? Either the character is a minor or they aren't. I don't see how there's any ambiguity there.

[(Anonymous)]

Are they short? "Minor coded" because children are short compared to adults.
Is their voice high pitched? "Minor coded" because children have high pitched voices compared to adults.
Do they play with toys or have plushies? "Minor coded" because adults would never do that.
etc, etc, etc.

[(Anonymous)]

Are they written as autistic/confirmed autistic? "minor coded because I associate autistic people with children. *enter ableist pseudoscience about all autistic people being mentally children*"

*tired autistic sigh*

[(Anonymous)]

The worst part is how many people do this *while being autistic themselves.* There's definitely some autistic people online who are afraid of growing up and having adult responsibility and therefore will do whatever they can to show that they're actually just little babies who need comfort and plushies uwu and autism is a good excuse for that. That this leads them to infantilize all the rest of us is an annoying side effect.

[kamino_neko]

The webcomic Dumbing of Age did that in-universe, as a FU to the attitude.

The character Dina is small and autistic. So, when another character, Becky, starts getting close to her at a party, all the other characters responded with 'that's weird, Becky, it's like she's 12!'

Dina: >:( *AGGRESSIVELY kisses Becky*

Now Becky/Dina is the healthiest and most stable romantic/sexual relationship in the series.

[(Anonymous)]

minor coded - "not actually a minor but I want an excuse to accuse other people of being pedos"

[(Anonymous)]

^^Often with a generous helping of disparagement of the diversity of human biology (stature, body hair, voice pitch, etc.) and behavior (taste in food, literature, entertainment; attachment style; temperament; etc.).

[(Anonymous)]

Yes. Can be used to shut down shipping of the character, can be used to shut down writing the character as a villain (especially in this case), can be used to bully authors or artists for being interested in the character at all.

[feotakahari]

Actual answer: if you’re familiar with “lolibaba” porn, that’s minor-coded.

[(Anonymous)]

There is ambiguity if the character doesn't have a canon age, but I'm with OP that nobody should care and sometimes I think all writers everywhere should stop giving canon ages to characters because fandom's obsession with age has gone too far for too long.