>> Demanding that people write things they don't want to write, if they follow through, typically leads to lousy writing. <<
Or they fill it with disgusting opposite-of-helpful tropes, like The Magicians did, or they intentionally destroy the token characters because they can or because they don't know what else to do with them...
This reminded me of some post going around on Tumblr... oh, ages ago. It was a poster with a queer couple, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights... And everybody was heaping onto this post to criticize the couple being white, until somebody none-too-gently said that not every country is mixed as the US - the particular country this poster is for (it may have been Italy) is very white so it actually *is* representative of the target population, and they're struggling with queer rights at the moment so anyone complaining about the couple's race can kindly shove it.
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Date: 2018-01-22 08:06 pm (UTC)Or they fill it with disgusting opposite-of-helpful tropes, like The Magicians did, or they intentionally destroy the token characters because they can or because they don't know what else to do with them...
This reminded me of some post going around on Tumblr... oh, ages ago. It was a poster with a queer couple, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights... And everybody was heaping onto this post to criticize the couple being white, until somebody none-too-gently said that not every country is mixed as the US - the particular country this poster is for (it may have been Italy) is very white so it actually *is* representative of the target population, and they're struggling with queer rights at the moment so anyone complaining about the couple's race can kindly shove it.
- Cadence