a word used by antis and gatekeepers in fandom in relation to characters or pairings/ships that they personally do not like. often used as an excuse to attack and gaslight shippers and fans who do like the character/ship.

sometimes the excuse for calling a fictional thing "problematic" is that it's abusive, incestuous, or has a large age gap. or one of them is a villain. or two characters are enemies (or they used to be). or or none of these at all. the excuses are numerous, and many of them unfounded assertions.

Anti: "You shouldn't ship Reylo, it's problematic because Kylo Ren is a fascist and Rey is child-coded and they are cousins."
Shipper: "Uh...what?"

problematic by anonymous January 21, 2021

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problematic

someone who doesn't wear a mask or social distance and goes to parties in a pandemic.

"Nikita dragun is so problematic, she doesn't wear a mask in public"

problematic by Lana Del Rey is god1 April 26, 2021

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That’s Problematic

said from an english teacher in the 21st century, who drinks from the fountain of youth, is to be targeted to their students who have been behind in work or is in a sticky situation.

student: “Im sorry (Teacher), i couldn’t start on the project that was assigned three days ago.”
teacher: “Well, that’s problematic.”

That’s Problematic by blxssxm December 11, 2019

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Problematic

The Fifth Harmony Fandom. A.k.a Harmonizers

We're Problematic and we all know we are. Need I say more?

Problematic by A fellow Harmonizer :) July 2, 2017

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