@liriodevales@peronamei it’s weird because i only feel this way about myself. i have trans friends and i don’t think about them like that at all. youre right, i probably have tons of transphobia to unlearn
@foundbyjanedoe i think this is a minor factor. in my opinion, treating authors like they’re superior in the fandom hierarchy and giving them so much attention is the principal problem. everyone wants to feel like a micro celebrity and ai makes it so much more accessible
@violetrose1410@rebelredpocket exactly. the characters are so often mischaracterized. i think it’s also necause so many writers’ only knowledge of the books is twitter discourse and the show
@1bighairedbitch@rebelredpocket rachel’s prose is funny and witty and the internal monologue is incredibly well characterized. you can tell tje characters apart just by their voices. again, tje books arent perfect but the fics definitely arent better