i been saying fandom culture nurtures the same kind of aggrieved pseudo-"marginalized" identity formation that sees all criticism as oppressive that "gamer" culture famously did leading up to GG

I've never had a trans woman tell me to get back in the kitchen, or make a "joke" about how women shouldn't be allowed to vote. I've never seen trans women outside the planned parenthood calling women murderers and whores. trans women have never dogged me out for incorrectly performing femininity

And there are a bajillion different angles on that thematically obviously, so many layers of subtext across centuries of storytelling but it is *always* a male-coded monstrosity and a pretty fem monsterfucker. women don't get to have an "ugly" shell but beautiful soul they get to validate the dude