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“Chuck Wendig says he was removed from the ‘Shadow of Vader’ series with two issues left unwritten over the “negativity and vulgarity” his tweets bring” “Star Wars writer Chuck Wendig claims Marvel fired him for “vulgarity” and “too much politics” on his social media”

rootbeergoddess:

lj-writes:

I’m kinda happy about that because I don’t like Wendig or his writing a whole lot, but on the other hand I’m wondering if he’s been targeted by right-wing trolls like Gunn was.

I really feel like Disney needs to stop doing this though. Like I get it, they have the right to fire anyone but I really think they should at least talk to these people beforehand or something. Because a lot of the people who work under them are extremely vocal about their opinions. I am really surprised Sarah Silverman hasn’t been fired yet.

I have my issues with Wendig (idk very much about Gunn other than the story of his firing) but I also don’t like this recent trend of Disney evidently wanting everyone who works with them to be completely inoffensive and milquetoast…? Writers tend to be a passionate and political bunch, and if you’re going to be all nicey-nice and “can we all get along” about the current political climate then I don’t even want to know you, much less read your stuff. Silence in the face of the utter shit that’s going down today is a political stance of itself, a statement of compliance and agreement. We need more than ever for creators to speak up, and it’s frightening that big corporations are muzzling them and effectively silencing prominent voices of opposition to the rise of fascism.

You have to pick two of these people to sit in an elevator with for ten hours: Reylo, Azula Apologist, Darth Revan Fanboy

lj-writes:

The Revan fanboy might be the most bearable…? But I’m fine with any of them, really, as long as we agree fandom topics are off limits. I doubt that’s going to be the biggest concern anyway when we’re going to have to take turns peeing into a bottle–assuming we’ll even have one.

All bets are off, however, if the Reylow starts going on about how peeing into a bottle is a symbol of Kylo and Rey fucking.

Is it unreasonable to assume the prequels would have been better films (or at least had decent dialogue) if Lucas wasn’t in charge of every goddamn aspect or had people shut him down sometimes?

I think it’s completely reasonable. Starting from OT onward some of the best lines and developments came from other people shutting him down and sometimes actors just outright refusing to say his lines and making up their own. He got too big for people to argue with him in PT, and arguably this started even in RotJ. He’s a great worldbuilder and creator but not the best director or writer, and he should have listened to others to shore up his weaknesses.

“Chuck Wendig says he was removed from the ‘Shadow of Vader’ series with two issues left unwritten over the “negativity and vulgarity” his tweets bring” “Star Wars writer Chuck Wendig claims Marvel fired him for “vulgarity” and “too much politics” on his social media”

I’m kinda happy about that because I don’t like Wendig or his writing a whole lot, but on the other hand I’m wondering if he’s been targeted by right-wing trolls like Gunn was.

I’m a white agnostic in a white roman catholic yet secular society. My objection to religion has to do with homophobia, transphobia, racism and misogyny. I can’t follow an organisation that treats the lgbt+ community as evil and women and poc as lesser. But i respect faith. I just can’t have it. If God does exist, how does he allow the world to be such garbage? That’s my issue with religion. But others can have faith and practice religion. (1/2)

However, my province (Quebec, Canada) is using its secularism to
propagate this idea that following religion is bad. That ppl shouldn’t
wear religious signs bc it’s ostentatious (yes it’s the actual word
used). There was even a chart to remove all “ostentatious signs” yet
keeping the cross at the National Assembly for historic reasons (which
is bs bc Maurice Duplessi put it in the 50s to assert his power and the
closeness of the state with the church). (2/3)

The closeness of the state with the church was a real issue bc
the church was telling ppl who to vote for and was pushing religious
ideas in homes. (Women should have more kids) This lead to secularism in
the 60s. But since then, ppl have been using secularism to be
xenophobic towards non Christians. Towards muslims and Sikhs, not making
the difference between the two. And now with a right wing populist
government in power, the talk to remove all signs in public jobs (¾)

(e.g. teachers or doctors can’t wear hijabs or turbans). It’s
always followed with a “if they want to live here, they have to follow
our values. If they’re not happy, they should go back where they’re
from.” So no, secularism isn’t a solution. A secular state doesn’t make a
more welcoming society. It’s just using another tactic to be
xenophobic. (4/4 sorry it got long, i have a lot to say about the white
nationalism of my province)

Yup, I certainly don’t exempt religious institutions and people from being bigoted and hateful. I had my own objection to homophobia and bigotry that led me to leaving church, after all. (But not Christianity as a spirituality, despite not believing in God. I consider myself a follower of Jesus’s teachings, I just don’t believe he was God. No more God than everyone else, anyway.) My issue is with so-called secularists who pull the kind of shit you’re describing–selective secularism that is not only objectionable in the first place for being unjustified attacks on personal liberty, but also constitute very thinly disguised xenophobia and assimilationism as well. It’s why I deeply dislike New Atheism/movement atheism which gives cover to this sort of Islamophobia and racism.

hopeisnotlosttoday:

hopeisnotlosttoday:

Finn’s heart SHATTERS – 

FINN
NO!! REY!!! 

Finn irrationally CHASES IT, SCREAMS DESPERATELY:

FINN (CONT’D):
No, no, no, no…REY!!

– Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams & Michael Arndt, Star Wars: The Force Awakens screenplay

Out of breath, tears glistening on his cheeks, Finn slowed as he drew alongside Han.

“He took her!” Finn managed to gasp. “She’s gone! Did you see that? Rey’s gone!”

– Alan Dean Foster, Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization

@finnreyfridays