I still think fondly about when some fancop was saying an age gap ship was bad bc power imbalance and somebody was like “but u ship xem/sai, isn’t that a boss/employee power imbalance” and they’re like NO ITS DIFFERENT ITS NOT PROBLEMATICCC
2020 April 13, Heidi (@thecleanheidi), Twitter[2]:
I saw a fancop whining about "gross people sexualizing Kageyama who's only 16" and I'm like... Who's gonna tell them that in the manga, Kageyama's current age is 21?
There is no "tag." This isn't tumblr. Your fancop bullshit won't go over here the same way it does there.
2020 April 28, alienboyfriend (@ninsectoid), Twitter[4]:
follower fluctuation always prompts me to idly wonder if it’s sex-bot accounts being deactivated (neutral loss) or a fancop getting angry that i liked a picture of two cartoon characters interacting in a way they don’t like (beneficial loss)
complaining about "antis" and "fancops" is nearly always a guarantee that someone is a creep of some sort, but like, this is absolutely a case of the road to hell being paved with good intentions
I understand the issue has been monopolized by 17-years-old fancops, I'm not saying this in a "so you hate women" or "you're a fujo" way, but female characters have always been shat on and held to different standards. Applies to non White, non Western chars too. This, a fact.
2021 December 19, Aki (@Aki_Kaminari), Twitter[8]:
Something that bothers me about fancops/antis/whatever is that, have any of them seen the state of the world lately? Or even just the US, which is where I'd guess most of them come from? It's hell. For many people fandom is a solace from that. Why ruin what little peace is left?
2021 December 21, Dr Bai (@doctorbaixue), Twitter[9]:
But no, some fancop kid thinks fictional violence should get a pass but fictional sexual content shouldn't, then claims to my entire face that nobody IRL is impacted by murder & lives w/ that trauma.
2021 December 22, Martie (@selkiefluff), Twitter[10]:
YEAH I don't think they realize how MUCH of it is pouring out, and people insisting on absurdly large age gaps, like, I'm not a fancop but that's... weird.
2022 December 7, Caterfree10 (@Caterfree10_alt), Twitter[11]:
I ain’t even an incest fan and even I know that you can make ANY ship incest if you try hard enough. Fancops do it all the time, after all!
2022 December 26, Kiisu (@raccoon_child), Twitter[12]:
Fancops joining fandoms absolutely bursting at the seams with dead dove and proshipping will never not be funny to me like what are you doing here
2022 December 27, Michio (@Miriosumi), Twitter[13]:
I am getting really tired of fancop demanding your full identity/orientation/trauma to be allowed liking things.
2022 December 29, semjaza (@semjaza_xx), Twitter[14]:
Do you ever see a teenage fancop's viral tweet encouraging people to dunk on fanfic and think that some people just don't deserve access to ao3?
2023 December 13, Psylo (@PrinceOfShroom), Twitter[15]:
Its amazing how much fancops have ruined fandom when you can’t even say you like a character who is young-looking without being called a pedo. Like it doesn’t matter if its sexual or not. I got a slew of hate for just drawing Nahida and posting a timelapse on tiktok.
2023 December 25, Anthony Fell (@TheEqueerstrian), Twitter[16]:
The zine should have been private. Opening submissions up to the public, then saying "if you write anything I find icky we're kicking you out" is ridiculous fancop behavior.