Unpopular Opinions

[Beananium]

Nods nods.

I should clarify I was critiquing Brazilian Miku and the amount of sexual artwork featuring her illustrates an often unspoken trend I see in several fandoms. The one where women in fiction who are, or heavily implied to be, from South America (or a fictional equivalent) being characterized as inherently more sexual then any other type of woman among fans of any given media. While I've seen these portrayals criticized over the years and is emblematic of more severe issues spanning centuries of a history of bastarizing entire cultures and playing into narrow minded fears to make colonization justifiable, tackling this subject in depth would be better done by someone with expertise and experience on this subject for a reason besides arguing about Miku on the internet.

I've also seen a lot of the past history of (very commonly white) people throwing a fit over a character wearing a sombrero before Mexicans go "Wait, we love this, what are you talking about?". In this context, empowerment is more about culture rather then sexuality.

That's reading too much into it, I say.

I like thinking deeper or looking into reasons why I or others may not like something and try my best to approach anything that makes me uncomfortable or I don't quite understand with nuance.

 

[Beananium]

I don't like the common older early fandom portrayals of Meiko and Kaito; particularly when Meiko constantly has Kaito on a controlling leash because she's the responsible one and Kaito is the stupid one, with this dislike being more severe in terms of shipping the two together and especially if they have the Kagamine's in a more adoptive role. Like... I do not see how that dynamic can have any romantic desire in it. It's still pretty common to this day in more comedic portrayals and it fails to get a laugh out of me at all now due to how overplayed and basic the whole bumbling father and bossy mother trope is :']

I think Meiko should be allowed to be a little silly and irresponsible too, and Kaito should be able to have his childish moments and still have agency and intelligence like the adult he's near-universally characterized as.