Me: *really likes a character* Tumblr: OMG this character is my PERFECT BABY and LITERAL CHILD and i will PROTECT THIS PERFECT CINNAMON BUN until the DAY THAT i DIE and they are MY character and my HEADCANONS for THIS CHARACTER are LITERALLY CANON and if YOU don’t agree with that then YOU ARE SHIT Me: *slowly starts hating character*
Me: *reconsiders hate, but realizes that Tumblr has created a strange, surreal vacuum-like space in which critical discourse becomes unwelcome. Rough edges are filed away. Criticism of character and fanworks are dismissed in favor of emotionally manipulative and intellectually feeble rhetoric.*