This was really interesting, thanks for writing it! I'd seen the movie, but know nothing of the fandom -- and I'm familiar with anime fandom and MSF in general, but couldn't have told you a whole lot about Western cartoon fandoms.

Is it weird that I'm actually surprised slash fans are avoiding shipping Santa Claus? I mean, it's understandable that it would feel kind of iffy to lots of people, but it wouldn't be the most cognitively-dissonant character I've seen MSF end up shipping...