#like yk how in some fandoms fanon is regarded as canon pretty much

[thinkingisadangerouspastime]

I've been following this "space for minors in ATLA" discourse. I'm 16. I have different feelings about stuff I've seen and I don't completely agree or disagree with any of the takes I've seen. I do have to ask though: Why are we talking about this yet giving a pass to a nearly 50 year old dude who is still big mad he wasn't put into a fictional relationship over a decade ago?

I mean, I know why people say it is, because "D@nte is Zuko!" or whatever. Except, he isn't. Zuko is a 16 year old fictional character who is in love with someone not named Katara. D@nte is a nearly 50 year old man who is skulking around ZK fandom and is still pissed ZK didn't go canon. And tbh, M@e enabling him is really disappointing, but I want to keep the focus on him.

My dad is 43 and thinks Katara should have ended with "mustache guy" as he calls Haru. But if he joined fandom and posted Haruara meta or whined about how it didn't go canon, people wouldn't be thinking it was cute. People would be thinking this old man is weird. And look I get it. It's validation of sorts for ZKs. Whatever. It's still creepy. I adore Kataang, but ZTE is nearly 30 and I would think it creepy af if he was all over Kataang fandom talking about the way D@nte does ZK.

firstly, your dad calling haru "mustache guy" SENT me, omg, thank you for that 😂

okay. gonna be real here: i pay No Attention to VAs, because to me, most VAs are just like any other fan in that 99% of the time they don't control how their show is written, which means i really don't think too hard about how they feel regarding anything 😂 their influence on canon is always pretty minimal at the end of the day

that's all to say that i know Nothing about DB, lol. i vaguely recognize his name when i see it and that's pretty much it 😂

based strictly on the content of your ask... yeah, i admit that sounds a little weird. the show is 12 (?) years old at this point, yk? i don't think there's anything wrong with him liking zvtara, necessarily, but based on your description? yeesh, lol. he sounds a little overly involved; maybe he needs to take a step or two back*. i mean, i don't think there's really any harm in him supporting zvtara content creators (again, VAs are like any other fan!), but if he's still angry/frustrated/whatever about zvtara not being canon?? that would make me wary tbh

i feel very limited in my knowledge here, anon, so i apologize if my response wasn't as detailed as you might have been hoping for; but if anyone else has thoughts on this, feel free to rb with them!

*to be fair, of course, i might say the same to anyone thought zvtara should have been canon. take a step back. rewatch the show. you can ship zvtara, but it was clear that k@taang was in the cards from day 1. ain't no big thing! that's what fanon is for, babey! now go drink some water i don't want anyone getting dehydrated 😤

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