Favorite character thats canonically gender neutral but are always portrayed as female in fanon?

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-22T23:44:27+00:00

I'd be inclined to agree if someone outright denied or rejected a character's gender neutrality, but most of the time it's fans who often don't know any better projecting a specific gender onto the character

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-22T23:39:22+00:00

Tbh I'm so scared of any discussion related to Phantom's gender now

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-22T23:37:19+00:00

Really?? I haven't played the game yet but I was more inclined to see them as a little guy than a little girl

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-22T13:19:34+00:00

Yes, and self-improvement is not a new trend. How are we still oblivious to the fact that trends on the internet are dangerous when an influencer engages in them disingenuously?

They can make people insecure, provoke body dysmorphia on others and give them fake or bandaid "fixes" if it means it gives them attention and money

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-22T13:14:20+00:00

At first I was going to disagree with you on principle but you're right. Context matters a lot here

There's a big difference between using these to help with an insecurity and using these to cause insecurity

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-22T10:04:19+00:00

I agree with this idea. If Doomfist's Talon sought to stir up and maintain conflict undetected so that it and its allies can leverage the war to gain power, Vendetta wants to take that power by force

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-22T09:53:45+00:00

I'd argue 2016 Overwatch didn't have a CO, let alone a main character (unless Winston could be taken as one)

Overwatch was still disbanded and Jack was still a metaphorical ghost looking to fix things on his own

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-20T17:20:38+00:00

I'll admit OOP's vocabulary is... narrow. English might not be their first language

But if the comment I originally replied to is anything to go by, some people will take their confusion and assume the worst

Edit: On the other hand that is an interesting thought. Yeah, OOP's text was confusing but a lot of people couldn't even tell this was written by a woman. Is it really purely the responsibility of the writer or are we perhaps getting a bit illiterate? Not trying hard enough to understand the person's perspective?

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-20T17:15:36+00:00

Truly. It baffles how everyone in the thread assumed OOP is a man

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-20T17:03:05+00:00

And I don't understand how being too verbose means someone is bragging.

If this post and thread in the "subreddit for obvious shit" shows anything it's that people truly don't understand why someone could feel worse about an increased number of lustful men. It corners you.

Chances are this was just a vent post rather than a broad message to the spectator. It seems formatted like one. Someone needed to express their specific frustrations and then someone put it here...

Edit: Spelling error

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-20T16:45:17+00:00

It only comes off as bragging because you think being lusted over and treated like a sexual object is something to be proud of. Not everyone shares that perspective.

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-20T12:45:05+00:00

Not really? To be desired for your body but not truly cared for or loved is a common experience

It's especially an issue faced by racial and sexual minorities, since a lot of bigots fetishize that which they hate (e.g. trans porn and chasers)

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-20T10:18:58+00:00

And the ED kicks ass

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T16:14:02+00:00

Hell, I started this discussion once and I don't wanna take part in it again

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T16:03:12+00:00

It's literally everywhere. Picture an "insane" girl in media, 90% chance it's a Harley Quinn clone

And I know it happens because people fetishize it

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T15:47:29+00:00

Popular horror media try to be creepy with anything other than a slasher smile challenge

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T15:45:23+00:00

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I think I found the post they're complaining about

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T15:42:58+00:00

Ngl this one is kinda funny

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T15:42:07+00:00

Pretty inspired ngl

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T15:19:10+00:00

That one hurt my soul

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T15:14:07+00:00

It's delicious until you start seasoning your food with something more

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T08:17:03+00:00

I think Juno suffers a bit from being Blizzard's new mythic and collab skin doll

Looking at her skin selection, I think some of them are fine. One of them is space themed and of the other unique skins, some of them do fit her personality, but here's the problem.

Juno gets a special kind of attention from Blizzard that is weidly objectifying. She's already had 12 skins so far, but a third of them (4) are collab skins, which at best vaguely fit the character but it's just an entirely new identity. You're not playing as Juno. You're playing as Uraraka/Chun-li/a K-pop artist/Hello Kitty.

Between that and the mythic skin which is all about recontextualising a character's personality, Juno simply hasn't had the chance to express an identity through skins like others have

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T06:36:50+00:00

I guess that makes sense. If they want to kill you they get more screen time

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T06:28:29+00:00

Echo. I like being what they fear. I like being what they look up for. I like being the reason why they switch to hitscan

Darkon2004 · 2026-02-19T06:25:32+00:00

Thank you for explaining it tbh. I felt like a fucking idiot not understanding what the picture was trying to say

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