Do you have any thoughts on the endless comments about how Oumasai is just like Komahina and that Kodaka just put in Ouma's crush on Saihara to "pander" to Komahina shippers? Because like you said, those characters are different and the similarities are only superficial. And I know it's not perfect, but I'll take whatever hints that a character is gay that I can get (and I like that Saihara is bi too) so having it dismissed as just "yaoi pandering" by so many is rubbing me the wrong way.
I think quite a lot of thepeople making these kinds of comments are either people who haven’t actuallyplayed the game for themselves yet and have only heard bits and pieces ofmisinformation or fake spoilers. That, or they’re likely just intentionallytrying to start up drama.
I know for sure the rude anon whosent me a couple of messages was going around harassing other people in thefandom for shipping saiouma, and that they called it “yaoi pandering” onseveral occasions. In my experience, accusations like those, as well as some ofthe other comments they made, are just for the sake of starting up a fuss.
It’s pretty impossible toreason with people who already have their minds set on harassing people nomatter how incomprehensible or twisted their logic gets, moreso if they refuse toput a name to their opinions. Anonymity can make people feel safe enough to saypretty rude things that they wouldn’t say otherwise, rather unfortunately.
