Re: r/HobbyDrama Hobby Scuffles - Is there a popular fanon in any of your fandoms that you don't agree with? Read more
I don't think I have a lot of popular fanon in my fandoms that I disagree with. Funnily enough, the only thing that comes to mind (at least right now) is in a fandom where I don't dip too much into fanfic - Girls' Frontline 1.
My blorbo Negev is often depicted as a yandere, when she isn't actually one. She was a shy and weak dork who wishes to be strong, that's why she found yandere characters cool and even dyed her hair pink following that. Then, a certain tragedy cemented her desire to become stronger even more, and be strong she did - enough to turn a delusion that she's a team leader into reality. She does have a bit of a blood knight tendencies, but that's not yandere - she's just acting tough and prideful. She even gets embarrassed when Commander oathed (married) her. In short, she isn't a yandere, she's a sweet girl who cares about the people she loves, and tries to hide her weakness behind a facade of being tough/strong (including yandere-ish/blood knight persona).
Another one, perhaps even more egregious due to her massive popularity, is HK 416/Clukay (Neural Cloud)/Klukai (Girls' Frontline 2). She's often depicted as a clingy, jealous, even somewhat yandere girl, partly due to her famous line, "I am all you need." But see, Girls' Frontline 1 has an interesting segregation between the main story and the gameplay. Her personality in the story (and she's a recurring character, so you see her plenty) is different from her personality as a playable T-Doll (which I call gameplay). In the main story, she didn't work with Commander (the player character) until much later, and even then, she doesn't really behave like fanon believes she is. It doesn't help that MICA (the developer), knowing she's popular, also leaned to that angle somewhat and made her strong in 2 other games - in Neural Cloud as Clukay and in Girls' Frontline 2 as Klukai. There's even an instance in the later major event (main story) where she gets some focus with the Commander, which I frankly found a bit forced. She IS prideful and even haughty, though, being an elite T-Doll, and even had a beef with another T-Doll because of that.
I don't think I have a lot of popular fanon in my fandoms that I disagree with. Funnily enough, the only thing that comes to mind (at least right now) is in a fandom where I don't dip too much into fanfic - Girls' Frontline 1.
My blorbo Negev is often depicted as a yandere, when she isn't actually one. She was a shy and weak dork who wishes to be strong, that's why she found yandere characters cool and even dyed her hair pink following that. Then, a certain tragedy cemented her desire to become stronger even more, and be strong she did - enough to turn a delusion that she's a team leader into reality. She does have a bit of a blood knight tendencies, but that's not yandere - she's just acting tough and prideful. She even gets embarrassed when Commander oathed (married) her. In short, she isn't a yandere, she's a sweet girl who cares about the people she loves, and tries to hide her weakness behind a facade of being tough/strong (including yandere-ish/blood knight persona).
Another one, perhaps even more egregious due to her massive popularity, is HK 416/Clukay (Neural Cloud)/Klukai (Girls' Frontline 2). She's often depicted as a clingy, jealous, even somewhat yandere girl, partly due to her famous line, "I am all you need." But see, Girls' Frontline 1 has an interesting segregation between the main story and the gameplay. Her personality in the story (and she's a recurring character, so you see her plenty) is different from her personality as a playable T-Doll (which I call gameplay). In the main story, she didn't work with Commander (the player character) until much later, and even then, she doesn't really behave like fanon believes she is. It doesn't help that MICA (the developer), knowing she's popular, also leaned to that angle somewhat and made her strong in 2 other games - in Neural Cloud as Clukay and in Girls' Frontline 2 as Klukai. There's even an instance in the later major event (main story) where she gets some focus with the Commander, which I frankly found a bit forced. She IS prideful and even haughty, though, being an elite T-Doll, and even had a beef with another T-Doll because of that.
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