I mean if we're talking about the blogs with pics of characters and captions reading "[character] from [show] is [identity]" then yeah those are essentially joke blogs
Ah. Well, that's definitely not a joke, but also, like, the worst potential issue there is giving credit where it isn't due, so maybe don't worry about it too much?
I mean, as a writer, moving past the idea that characters are het by default was an important step to me actually writing LGBT characters so I very much see the value in statements like that
While I'm obviously all for tossing out heteronormativity, I feel like taking the opposite tack and prescribing a contrary default is a bit immature in its own right—not in the context of writing a work, necessarily, particularly a fantasy, but in looking at other's works. The idea is to assume nothing, not to assume something contrary because it's different from the usual blank slate assumption.
That said, I'll admit that I skew towards writing people more sexually flexibly or ambiguously than is statistically likely, even taking into account the fact that different shades of bisexuality are probably far more common than the numbers would generally suggest due to societal pressures. Part of this is that I'm writing what I know, and to whit, writing about the sort of communities and social groups where this would make sense within a society or world. But I guess I'm also making a point, indirectly, about base assumptions and marginalisation and blurry lines between categories... which goes back to writing what I know, whether I like it or not.
I mean, as a writer, moving past the idea that characters are het by default was an important step to me actually writing LGBT characters so I very much see the value in statements like that
I completely agree (and I assure you I am the last person in the world to have a problem with the idea that Winry might be into girls sometimes) but in the context of a "list of bisexual characters" it's pretty silly. If you're accepting that kind of logic it would be faster to list characters who are not bi.
I mean, as a writer, moving past the idea that characters are het by default was an important step to me actually writing LGBT characters so I very much see the value in statements like that
I completely agree (and I assure you I am the last person in the world to have a problem with the idea that Winry might be into girls sometimes) but in the context of a "list of bisexual characters" it's pretty silly. You can basically just put anyone on the list at that point, most characters in most works of fiction do not have their sexuality explicitly stated in the text.
Yeah, I don't know how empirical that Tumblr is trying to be so I gave benefit of the doubt.
With the amount of shit I've seen about people "defending their right to ship Reylo" or whatever you'd almost think it was important or meaningful and not just grown-ass adults complaining about the need for responsibility in writing
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I tend to go easy on kids who say stupid stuff about the election because I figure for a lot of them this is the first presidential election they've ever paid attention to and they don't know what to expect or how things actually work yet...
but like, if your elections are anything like ours, most Americans probably aren't that aware of how it all works, due to not paying attention/never really having studied the system?
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
honestly, i'm under the impression that most Americans don't really know how our system works in general, especially because local politics seem to go ignored by most
If you're talking about the post I think you're talking about ("the media called California for Hillary early, which discourages people, and that's voter suppression!") definitely. That's nowhere near the territory of restricted voting hours, convicted felons never getting their rights restored, closed locations, voter ID laws, etc. etc. and it's disturbing to see those things equated with...the AP jumping the gun.
Yeah, it's... practically the dictionary definition of the sense of "problematic" that people managed to misuse and overuse to the point of meaninglessness.
By which I mean that the more that I think about the logic here, the more intellectual pitfalls and bad base assumptions present themselves. It's like snowball ploughing down a white hill of sheltered pretension.
If you're talking about the post I think you're talking about ("the media called California for Hillary early, which discourages people, and that's voter suppression!") definitely. That's nowhere near the territory of restricted voting hours, convicted felons never getting their rights restored, closed locations, voter ID laws, etc. etc. and it's disturbing to see those things equated with...the AP jumping the gun.
Yeeeeah
Also you know what demographics voter suppression targets? Minorities and women, who demographically speaking are mostly voting for Clinton
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
If you're talking about the post I think you're talking about ("the media called California for Hillary early, which discourages people, and that's voter suppression!") definitely. That's nowhere near the territory of restricted voting hours, convicted felons never getting their rights restored, closed locations, voter ID laws, etc. etc. and it's disturbing to see those things equated with...the AP jumping the gun.
I hate to see how these people are going to react once Bernie formally concedes
This is one of those situations where reading this person's blog makes it very clear what kind of person they are and what their views are on individual concepts, but not what their overall worldview actually is. I would find this more interesting, however, were it not for the fact that their posts range from "oh, that's actually a decent point, but I'm not sure how you got there" to "are you... what are you... did you just...?"
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but like, if your elections are anything like ours, most Americans probably aren't that aware of how it all works, due to not paying attention/never really having studied the system?
Also you know what demographics voter suppression targets? Minorities and women, who demographically speaking are mostly voting for Clinton
Fuck's sake