Alright, in light of the whole ‘coding’ nonsense, what is the wildest “character is X-coded” you’ve seen?
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| Title: | Alright, in light of the whole ‘coding’ nonsense, what is the wildest “character is X-coded” you’ve seen? |
| Creator: | CristaColliCostae |
| Date(s): | 17 May 2023 |
| Medium: | Reddit post to r/FanFiction |
| Fandom: | pan-fandom |
| Topic: | Coding and its off-shoots |
| External Links: | Alright, in light of the whole ‘coding’ nonsense, what is the wildest “character is X-coded” you’ve seen?, Archived version on Reddit |
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Alright, in light of the whole ‘coding’ nonsense, what is the wildest “character is X-coded” you’ve seen? is the title of a Reddit thread on r/FanFiction, started by CristaColliCostae. Many fans commented their experiences with the term coding and how its been applied in various fandoms.
Instances Discussed
- "sibling-coded" being applied to sworn brothers/anyone called "gege" in Danmei fandoms.
- "They're like siblings!" being said for anti-Ezra/Sabine fans from Star Wars Rebels (specifically the Ahsoka series.)
- Shiv Roy from Succession being "woman-coded."
- Elidibus from Final Fantasy XIV being considered to be "minor-coded" by fans for being described as a "short young man."
- Loki and Tony Stark being "POC-coded". (Fans in the comments generally agree that Loki may be POC coded. Tony, not so much.) "Tony Stark as the most female-coded superhero" is referenced. This particular comment thread was in-depth, with examples from canon and fanon.
- A character being "Tiny Tim-coded."
- Bernadetta/Hubert being considered pedophilic for a 17-19 age difference while Hubert/Ferdinand, with the same age difference, was not. Ships are from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
- One author was harassed by the fandom after writing Male Byleth/Edelgard by fans who believed Edelgard was "lesbian-coded" This is despite Edelgard canonically being Bisexual.
- Fans stating ambiguously-aged characters were "minor-coded" thus should not be shipped.
- Snape as being "woman-coded."
- Coding being applied to real people.
- Aizawa Shouta as being "minor-coded" due to trauma.
- Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle possibly queer-coding Sherlock and Watson because he hated Sherlock and knew Oscar Wilde personally.
- "Family-coded" being at odds with the found family trope rather than improving it. The idea of a white nuclear family being applied to "family-coded" groups.
- "Minor-coding" in the Genshin Impact fandom. A scene with Beidou denying Kazuha and Venti alcohol possibly being a riff on the coding debate.
- Spike from Buffy being "lesbian-coded."
- Don Quixote from Limbus Company being "minor-coded."
- Kylo Ren as being "woman-coded," and fans who do not like him being accused of being anti-feminist and misogynistic, especially if they are anti-fans of Reylo.
- Xiao from Genshin Impact being "minor-coded."
- Xena and Gabrielle being "straight-coded."
- FL4K from Borderlands 3 as being "trans-coded."
- Gabby from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic as being "minor-coded."
- Piccolo from Dragonball as being "black-coded."
- Junkrat from Overwatch as being "minor-coded," and that his ship with Roadhog, Roadhog/Junkrat, was problematic.
- Endeavor/Hawks from Boku no Hero Academia was problematic because Hawks was "a 22 year old minor."
- Harry Potter as being "minor-coded," thus should not have been in a relationship with Ginny. That it was a sign J.K. Rowling was a pedophile.
- Hermione Granger as being "black-coded." This comment thread led to a discussion of coding in the Harry Potter series overall, deliberate and fanon.
- Yae Miko as being "lesbian-coded."