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Re: worst headcanon

[(Anonymous)]

trans boy peter parker

the player i'm thinking of is also hyper defensive about it and insists it isn't AU/headcanon which is... i don't even know where to start there

[(Anonymous)]

I'm pretty sure I know who you're talking about and they're like this with all of their characters. They're obsessed with trans headcanons and don't like people disagreeing with them.

[(Anonymous)]

they have him in an invite-only game so idk if the mods just gave it a free pass or the player pulled a fast one and slipped in their "btw he's trans deal w/ it" nonsense in after the fact. either way they're clearly projecting their own identity onto their characters and it's gross as fuck.

[(Anonymous)]

So when cis people play trans headcanons, that's gross and wrong because they're fetishizing. And when trans people play trans headcanons, that's gross and wrong because they're projecting. Got it

[(Anonymous)]

I love how late you come in to be butthurt after there was already a long thread with civilised conversation between a couple trans anons who also think it's gross and weird. But sure try to start shit up again dude.

[(Anonymous)]

i'd bet real money that ayrt was the player. they definitely hang around these parts and they definitely know their headcanons are full of shit.

[(Anonymous)]

alternatively, when any people play trans headcanons in games that don't allow AUs, that's gross and wrong because they're using the word headcanon to sneak past the rules. making your character match your interests is fine. deciding that everyone has to agree isn't.

[(Anonymous)]

I think you're mistaking "headcanon" for "AU" there, anon. headcanon infers little details from canon crumbs, AUs are "what if X was A instead of Y".

+1

[(Anonymous)]

This exactly. I think the main problem here is interchanging these two when they have different meanings.

Re: +1

[(Anonymous)]

it started on tumblr and spread to the rest of the internet fandom spaces from there, even before the big porn ban. dwrp picked it up despite the usual stance of wanting to avoid tumblr shit at all costs.

[(Anonymous)]

I headcanon this skinny character as

fat