I mean, fandom is a place where shame shouldn't be an issue
A nice theory, but as a now-adult who was literally shamed and silenced out of writing anything for fandom for, oh, eight years because she had the temerity to give a (unattached) canon male character a love interest who was able to make her way home without drowning BECAUSE OMG MARY SUE HOW DARE YOU, YOU SILLY SHALLOW LITTLE GIRL HAHAHAHA LET'S PUT HER ON A SPORKING COMM!, not actually born out by reality in any way shape or form.
(I didn't stop writing, I just went and wrote original stuff. Eventually the Sue-sporkers/shamers started sporking original fiction that dared to have female characters who could get home without drowning and I eventually decided I didn't give a shit, but.)
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A nice theory, but as a now-adult who was literally shamed and silenced out of writing anything for fandom for, oh, eight years because she had the temerity to give a (unattached) canon male character a love interest who was able to make her way home without drowning BECAUSE OMG MARY SUE HOW DARE YOU, YOU SILLY SHALLOW LITTLE GIRL HAHAHAHA LET'S PUT HER ON A SPORKING COMM!, not actually born out by reality in any way shape or form.
(I didn't stop writing, I just went and wrote original stuff. Eventually the Sue-sporkers/shamers started sporking original fiction that dared to have female characters who could get home without drowning and I eventually decided I didn't give a shit, but.)