Experience Tumblr Like Never Before
I think Mr. Birchum and Goodbye Volcano High are like basically the polar opposites of each other in terms of the ironic fandom reception they somehow developed
One was a pretty mid thing made by conservatives that was reclaimed by queer leftists, the other was a rather okay thing made by leftists that was reclaimed by right-wing 4channers
One group retold the original story into a tale about the conservative man protagonist who's so deep in the closet he doesn't even realize he's even there to begin with, it's only through falling in love with the most obnoxious gay man alive that he can finally realize that he's bisexual and be happy again
The other group retold the original story into a tale about the non-binary pterodactyl protagonist ending up detransitioning back into a girl by ditching their toxic friends with the help of the self-insert male protag who they/she fell in love with, so they/she can finally be happy again (ew)