Today’s aesthetic: people who are like “this anime could have been good if it weren’t for one specific detail that totally ruins it”, and then that one specific detail is, like, the thematic foundation of the show’s core premise.
two of my favorite (non-anime) samples of this phenomenon from twitter
That one fic that’s so out of character that it makes you hate your favorite character
bonus round the entire rest of the fandom loves it
then it creates persistent and widespread fanon that influences how the whole fandom sees the character, in direct contradiction of both canon and your preferred interpretation!
Reflection from Mulan was so crazy she literally sang “If I were truly to be myself I would break my family’s heart” and 8 year old proto-gay me was like “I don’t know what you mean but I know what you mean”