Gay orphans with tragic backstories and equally as tragic haircuts. The fandom is full of gay, self-depreciating, mentally ill teens in desperate need of therapy and stability but have a great (and somewhat concerning) sense of humour shipping characters with themselves, this practice commonly known as 'Selfcest'. The fandom is also filled with
people drawing their favourite characters as animals like worms and the like, self-aware
furries, ironic thirst posts, mpreg,
toxic shippers,
normal shippers, the absolute Gods that write fanfiction and Dream haters. And somehow it all works, probably based on the collective agreement that Chuuya is the hottest character, and Dazai needs therapy. Everyone is also a Dazai Kinnie.