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The major danger of being a [[Periphery Demographic]] is the jarring effect when the story pulls a trope or situation that severely annoys or [[Squick|creeps you out]], either knocking you out of [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|the lull]] or simply reminding you that the major target [[Demographics]] probably doesn't include you. Meanwhile, this does not seem to bother the other demographic in the least, much to your confusion.

 

 

Whatever the reason, be careful if you're new to the genre, because whining about it on the Internet can earn you a sharp dismissal for complaining about a show that's not really ''for'' you. This is not to say being a side-fandom is bad, just that it often requires you to take things with a slightly bigger grain of salt.

* This is part of the reason why a very vocal female ''[[Star Control]] II'' fan created the [http://zarla.livejournal.com/192372.html Secret Theater]. If you can have virtual sex with the gorgeous, humanoid, initially strictly platonic (or so she pretends) [[Hot Amazon|Commander]] [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Talana]], why can't you do the same with [[Naughty Tentacles|Admiral]] [[Ho Yay|ZEX]], who's not attractive by most human standards but is smitten with you ''immediately''? Or, put another way: Talana [[Squick|Squicks]] almost no one, unless you consider the [[Unfortunate Implications]] that she may be sleeping with the captain because he is able to save her people; ZEX is a [[Squick]] factory to most fans but a [[Perverse Sexual Lust|trans-human lust object]] to others.

* ''[[Gravitation]]'''s fantastic soundtrack attracted a lot of fans who'd rather you didn't mention the [[Boys Love|gay]].

* Similarly, the wave of [[Periphery Demographic]] [[Yaoi Fangirl|Yaoi Fangirls]] who joined the ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' fandom in ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' have an [[Die for Our Ship|intense dislike for Relena and similar characters who "get in the way"]] of the [[Slash Fic|slash]].

* "[[Axis Powers Hetalia|Having people who are countries: okay. Having them be gay? TOO MUCH]]!"

** This is [[CLAMP]]. Love is love ''in pretty much any way'', according to them.

* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'':

** Inversely, anyone who ''liked'' the loli appeal will be VERY angry when they get to StrikerS, which comes after a time skip (after yet another time skip at the end of the previous series) that makes the girls adults. Not even teens, adults. At least new lolis were introduced.

* ''[[A Dance With Rogues]]'', the ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' module. As the page on this wiki says, it's both [[Darker and Edgier]] and [[Hotter and Sexier]]. It's also very well made, being the mature rather than silly kind of [[Darker and Edgier]] (except where that overlaps with the other thing). So you can play it plausibly as an unusually poignant and immersive role-playing experience where you get to experience, not being a generic, powerful game protagonist who's guaranteed to beat any aggressor of your own level, but a lone woman in a dangerous and sexist environment where, initially, even walking the streets is threatening. But then you may find you're not the intended audience after all, because the module likes to feast with sexual situations you may be forced into (not if you're really being molested, presumably because not even the author would like that), and apparently thinks that when you're being harassed at every turn, you'll definitely want your armour to be totally [[Stripperific]].

* Google "Watchmen" and "Blue Penis" or some synonym thereof. People went nuts over the non-sexual display of Doc Manhattan's nudity. [[Most Writers Are Male|Most comic fans are male]], or that's at least the usual assumption. Combine that with pre-existing film [[Male Gaze|nudity double standards]]... Note that a lot of it comes from Doctor Manhattan having a much larger penis in the film than the deliberately understated equipment shown in the graphic novel.

* Some parody this by adopting an exaggerated [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]] stance.

* The Shumacher Batman movies: The fans threw fits about the Bat-nipple suits, but "nobody" complains about the catsuit. Well, it doesn't have nipples.

* The Buffy/Angel relationship in the early seasons of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' was creepy for the same reasons as the Bella/Edward relationship in ''Twilight'' . He's obviously a lot older and more experienced than she is, and-unlike Edward- has also tortured and raped a number of women (albeit in his soulless form) . Pretending to be divided on the subject on the morality of about the matter seems a little manipulative and creepy, since he's the one who has had centuries to practice relationships. Also, the whole tortured-soul-who-needs-to-be-rescued-by-romance-and-sex seems like too good way to get naive girls into bed. The old "Anne Rice Routine", as another character described it in-universe.

* For many people, horrific violence at a young age is just fine, but sex is not. For instance, in the setting of Naruto, 12 year olds have to deal with potentially life threatening missions, and can participate in an exam that involves a survival test where people are expected to die (by participants killing each other), followed by a tournament where more people may die. And on passing said exam they'll have to take responsibility for their teammates' lives. Lots of fanfic writers don't seem to find any issue with writing about that, but balk at the idea of the characters having consensual sex (sometimes explicitly made clear in the author's comments) and resort to reaching the timeskip as quickly as possible, or just inexplicably bumping the characters in age.

* This also happens in [[Real Life]]: It is remarkable how many men can be [[Squick|squicked out of]] [[Brain Bleach|their minds]] by merely mentioning that something resembles a penis (state of arousal not important) or mentioning the word "menstruation" with no gory details given at all. What makes it even more amusing is that they often get much more annoyed than a woman would ever get from similar remarks made by a guy about women.

* [[Foreign Queasine]] in general - Some foods that are commonplace or only slightly unusual in one culture can be repulsive members of another. For example, ''[[Iron Chef]]'' fans on both sides of the Pacific can name examples from the various versions of the show.

* [http://notalwaysright.com/mommy-more-melee/18433 This] [[Not Always Right]] post.