For me "don't care" means that I can imagine Will Smith playing Harry Blackstone Coppefield Dresden, or Lois Lane who's polyamorous, a tiny Latina girl becoming the new Daredevil (possibly moving the main settings to high school, as is usual with Spiderman) or, in real life, my kids each settling down with a kewpie, a boyfriend, a girlfriend or alone without "breaking" my central wishes for their adult lives. Gender, race, orientation... I care more whether someone VOTES than those things.
As a reader, I want a story that is internally consistent, makes me THINK about something, even if it's just reminiscing about the months of ramen noodles and baked potatoes when dealing with underemployment and setting out into the world as an "adult". I'm willing to give the author space to tell their story with characters of color, of any gender, of any sexual orientation; I /very much/ like diversity, but I won't sacrifice the storytelling elements FOR that diversity.
I still have fellow geek friends who feel BETRAYED in some way by Samuel Jackson playing Nick Fury, as the "Nick Fury" of the comics they collected as kids was a middle-aged white guy. That's the other thing I don't get.
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"not caring"
Date: 2014-04-24 03:06 am (UTC)As a reader, I want a story that is internally consistent, makes me THINK about something, even if it's just reminiscing about the months of ramen noodles and baked potatoes when dealing with underemployment and setting out into the world as an "adult". I'm willing to give the author space to tell their story with characters of color, of any gender, of any sexual orientation; I /very much/ like diversity, but I won't sacrifice the storytelling elements FOR that diversity.
I still have fellow geek friends who feel BETRAYED in some way by Samuel Jackson playing Nick Fury, as the "Nick Fury" of the comics they collected as kids was a middle-aged white guy. That's the other thing I don't get.