Oh, that's such an interesting set of questions. I usually think of representation in terms of race, disability, and queerness. And those are all super-important!
But what actually makes me feel represented is positive portrayals of transformative-fandom fans, especially older fans. I don't think this kind of representation is anywhere near as important, but it was fun to realise this; I hadn't thought about it before.
Yes, and I think it's gone through a change over the past decades. Now there are many canons it has been normalized, but the negative ones continue in many others.
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But what actually makes me feel represented is positive portrayals of transformative-fandom fans, especially older fans. I don't think this kind of representation is anywhere near as important, but it was fun to realise this; I hadn't thought about it before.
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