Alright, in light of the whole ‘coding’ nonsense, what is the wildest “character is X-coded” you’ve seen?

Alright, in light of the whole ‘coding’ nonsense, what is the wildest “character is X-coded” you’ve seen? is the title of a Reddit thread on r/FanFiction, started by CristaColliCostae. Many fans commented their experiences with the term coding and how its been applied in various fandoms.
== Instances Discussed ==
* "sibling-coded" being applied to sworn brothers/anyone called "gege" in Danmei fandoms.
** "They're like siblings!" being said for anti-Ezra/Sabine fans from Star Wars Rebels (specifically the Ahsoka series.)
* Shiv Roy from Succession being "woman-coded."
* Elidibus from Final Fantasy XIV being considered to be "minor-coded" by fans for being described as a "short young man."
* Loki and Tony Stark being "POC-coded". (Fans in the comments generally agree that Loki may be POC coded. Tony, not so much.) "Tony Stark as the most female-coded superhero" is referenced. This particular comment thread was in-depth, with examples from canon and fanon.
* A character being "Tiny Tim-coded."
* Bernadetta/Hubert being considered pedophilic for a 17-19 age difference while Hubert/Ferdinand, with the same age difference, was not. Ships are from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
** One author was harassed by the fandom after writing Male Byleth/Edelgard by fans who believed Edelgard was "lesbian-coded" This is despite Edelgard canonically being Bisexual.
* Fans stating ambiguously-aged characters were "minor-coded" thus should not be shipped.
** A reply added that this was ableism, and that this has been applied to c!Dream because of his ADHD symptoms.
* Snape as being "woman-coded."
* Coding being applied to real people.
* Aizawa Shouta as being "minor-coded" due to trauma.
* Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle possibly queer-coding Sherlock and Watson because he hated Sherlock and knew Oscar Wilde personally.
* "Family-coded" being at odds with the found family trope rather than improving it. The idea of a white nuclear family being applied to "family-coded" groups.
* "Minor-coding" in the Genshin Impact fandom. A scene with Beidou denying Kazuha and Venti alcohol possibly being a riff on the coding debate.
* Spike from Buffy being "lesbian-coded."
* Don Quixote from Limbus Company being "minor-coded."
* Kylo Ren as being "woman-coded," and fans who do not like him being accused of being anti-feminist and misogynistic, especially if they are anti-fans of Reylo. 
* Xiao from Genshin Impact being "minor-coded."
* Xena and Gabrielle being "straight-coded."
* FL4K from Borderlands 3 as being "trans-coded." 
* Gabby from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic as being "minor-coded."
* Piccolo from Dragonball as being "black-coded."
* Junkrat from Overwatch as being "minor-coded," and that his ship with Roadhog, Roadhog/Junkrat, was problematic.
* Endeavor/Hawks from Boku no Hero Academia was problematic because Hawks was "a 22 year old minor."
* Harry Potter as being "minor-coded," thus should not have been in a relationship with Ginny. That it was a sign J.K. Rowling was a pedophile.
* Hermione Granger as being "black-coded." This comment thread led to a discussion of coding in the Harry Potter series overall, deliberate and fanon.
* Yae Miko as being "lesbian-coded."
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