>>124053837That's the thing. People get so deluded in their headcanons and bias, that their wilful misinterpretation becomes so core to not only their entire comprehension of X character, but their actual very SELF, that they actually accept and completely believe their own bullshit.
The roots of their lie based headcanons are so deeply ingrained into their understanding of the character that they no longer possess the ability to think about them without it. They entwine their own sense of self worth into the very falsities. They cannot partake any media without CONSTANTLY justifying in their head why the character is not instantly winning whatever fight.
It's why they get so incredibly aggravated and defensive when you call out, say, Naruto or The Hulk, Thor or Goku, Alucard or Ben 10, for not really being THAT strong, that they take it as a personal insult.
