A hot take is an opinion that is likely to cause controversy or is unpopular, but most people I know also know it to mean a strong take as well. There are other definition but I don’t agree with them. These are some of my hot takes in fandom, so I hope you enjoy.

1. When someone said ‘Why is no one talking about this?” about an event that happened in canon. Everyone has already talked about it, the questioner just never noticed. I do notice when people look over events, and someone post about it they don’t do it the way the questioner did, they will just say “Look what I just noticed, let’s discuss.” The first one comes off as notice me, the second one is more about discussing fandom.

2. When younger fandom people mostly childish children try to change known fandom terminology to fit their narrative. Or just so they can cancel other people when they don’t know what the fuck they are talking about, especially when most fandom tropes/terms/etc all have well known definitions on fanlore. I’m fine when canceling someone if it calls for it, but you can’t make up something and try to cancel them for something that isn’t real.

The newest things children are trying to cancel people for is what most people in fandom, it’s called an anti-anti/proshipper. The obvious known meaning is person don’t like a ship, but they don’t go and abuse and harass the writers/artists/fans of said ship, it’s basically don’t bully others. Sadly, that controversial take, and it’s mind-blowing to me. So, when I see other’s say they don’t support anti-anti/proshipping all I see is that they support bullying, abusing.

Anti-anti/proshipping means and what it has ALWAYS meant that is that you don’t go bully people for what they ship, even if you are grossed or disgusted by it, and it isn’t about supporting ships, only about supporting the basic idea of shipping. I don’t get why that is so hard to understand either, but people are trying be toxic and make up that it means anti-anti/proshippers like problematic shipping, when that has never been the case.

3. I see this all the time in multiple fandoms but giving male characters way too much credit, and downplaying what female characters do, because sexism.

4. Males in a lot parts of fandom clearly see female characters as objects, and shows how they see women in general. Also, they are the same ones who gatekeep fandom and fan spaces all the time. I very much remember every fandom space they were very female majority, and now men want to pretend that they were always in these spaces and they weren’t. They also want to be like, you fan like that you must not know canon, so they can keep woman and female pretending people out.

I think those men, like to pretend that geek culture and fan spaces in general belong to them, (cis white men, generally) and they don’t. Fandom started with women. It’s really only in the last few years that I have seen more men in these space tbh. That is not to say this is all males doing this, like when the spaces were more female I liked the men in these spaces, and not all the men currently in these spaces are that way.

5. I got reminded by this one by a SarahZ video and a Kickstarter (It was a Mean Girls Tarot Deck unlicensed fanwork). As a community we should know better, especially when in the past when fanfiction authors, fan artists, and other fanwork creators got sent cease and desist, sued, harassed, and doxed right? When have finally gotten place where the original IPs are not threaten by fans and in many cases encourage fanworks and support them.

So, I really hate seeing other fans openly sell their fanworks and threaten all of fandom. Like, at least if you are going to sell your fanworks be secretive about it tbh. It massively sucked years ago loving a fansite, fan community, fanfiction, etc and them disappear over night was so disheartening, and the people who were associated with them would also normally disappear. TDLR: I don’t agree with selling fanworks, because it threatens all of us.

6. Nuance, a lot of younger fandom members don’t understand it, and they really need to.

7. Most unpopular opinions are not that unpopular, the person just saying it wants to feel like they are being different or unique.

8. Headcanons are not fact, it might be a good one and I might agree but none of that makes it canon.

9. Feminine men exist in canon (and real life) and happen to be cis and by pretending like they don’t exist contributes to toxic masculinity. Also, if you are aggressively insisting that a male character is gay because he is feminine then that is just pushing stereotypes and can come off as homophobia. Especially, when the male character has only shown interest in female characters, that is not to say they can’t be gay, straight, bi, etc but right now there is no evidence that they are completely straight or lgbtqia+. You can headcanon whatever, but to get mad that your headcanon doesn’t fit everyone’s or canon is you.

10. I love feminism and social justice but a lot of time it seems out of place in fanfiction especially with male character going off on tangents is out of place and seems like the authors just want to talk about those subjects and they don’t fit the character at that point or the fic. There are many fanfictions who do this well and makes it not sound like the character is preaching. I think both feminism and social justice has a place and belongs in fanfiction and fandom and should be brought up more, just makes sure that it’s working for the fic and character in that moment.

So that’s all my hot takes in fandom right now, so what is yours? Or if you aren’t into fandom do you have another hot take that you would like to share, let me know?