This is so horrible, Yuzuru Hanyu must have been so deeply wounded. In 2014 tabloids pretended that he had had a relationship with a former schoolmate, spreading slander and stalking her. In Continue With Wings, in 2018, he admitted that it had led him to suicidal thoughts. For good, protective characters, the worst possible harassment is the harassment of other people, particularly of people they love, openly because they're people they love. I know another G.O.A.T. who was harassed this way and although very good and sensitive, I believe he's not half as sensitive as Yuzuru Hanyu. I'm living with sensitive people and I know that when something feels hard for me, it feels so much harder to them. Furthermore, for a protective character, feeling that they're the cause (albeit totally innocent, but innocence isn't quite a thing in Japanese culture alas) of a loved one's distress is simply unbearable.
I feel warmed by the support of all those, even not his fans (no one can be everybody's favourite!), who posted kind words here.
I also thank those who, by the sort of comment one needs to reread to ascertain one's not hallucinating, confirm that for some fans of Yuzuru Hanyu's who are a bit unhinged, making his fandom, I feel, one of the kindest, politest big fandoms, the real toxic ones are antis. By antis, I don't mean those who dislike his style, because it's a matter of personal taste, not even those who can't see the technical and artistic superiority of his skating, because not everybody can see it, plus some may be mislead by the wrong sort of coach; I mean those who twist everything this exceptional, truthful human being does and says into something both deprecatory and inaccurate, who wish him every sort of woe, who seem to resent his very goodness (the latter being my poor attempt at an explanation). Everybody acts wrong in ways or others, I sincerely hope that these antis may consider what they're doing. I find it very useful, there as well as in other circumstances, to switch names and situations. For instance, what if my own favourite had always been very private about his personal life, published a sober announcement of marriage registration on August 4th, if tabloid had kept pretending about each and every woman they have passed at less than 5 meters or seen in the VIP seats at every show that "she's the wife", published their photos as such, stalked and harassed their neighbours, colleagues and relatives, prevented his wife from even going out of their apartment, forcing him to divorce to try protecting her on November 17th, and then, reread the messages you have posted. Do you find them sensitive when applied to your favourite? Do you find them rational? Very few people have enough self-awareness, I won't pretend I have (or that I'm unbiased), so I find this switching people/categories method quite useful to avoid or cease posting and even thinking ugly things.
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I mean really, it's not a big deal to ask.
