When you hear that Lando Calrissian is confirmed Pansexual in Solo
but it’s not explicitly made clear that he’s pan, Lando doesn’t kiss Han and Qi’Ra and thinks that Lando and a Droid having sex counts for Pan representation
I love it when people try to claim representation in fiction is being taken “too far” to the point where it’s no believable. They’re like:
“What’s next, a mixed-race immigrant on the autism spectrum?” Hi, my name is Rachel, also known as Rachna, and I’m a mixed-race immigrant on the autism spectrum.
“What’s next, a transgender Latino man with chronic pain?” What, you mean my former colleague, Marco?
“What’s next, a Black Jewish lesbian?” Bitch, I know I three Black Jewish lesbians, WHAT’S YOUR FUCKING POINT?
The point is they’re all boring cunts that no one that isn’t a spastic could ever get on with.
People who mistake ticking diversity boxes as having a personality 😴
inherent traits don’t make someone interesting
What they don’t get is that it’s not that these characters exist but when what’s in the spotlight of Spider-Man isn’t his powers or that he’s a hero or the struggles he goes through trying to be a hero and a normal person but its the fact that he’s a gay poc why is he Spider-Man at that point? Theres representation then there’s shoehorning
The sarcastic examples I see usually have someone in five minority groups, and “chronic pain” is never included. Like, for example, “mixed-race Turkish-Pakistani transgender immigrant lesbian”.
Also, Miles Morales is Afro-Latino, and his suit was ripped in battle once. One girl on not-Youtube gushed about having a black superhero, and he got upset at it.
Strange thing is, fans have less problems with Miles Morales or She-Hulk or Deadpool (pansexual) than they do with, say, Riri Williams, or Thorette, or America Chavez. They want characters who are minorities, not Minority Characters™.
Arrow fans, for example, had little problem with an extended plotline involving one of the main characters’ bisexuality (and her girlfriend is now a recurring character), but get sick of the subplots about Curtis Holt’s relationship.
“What’s next? An engaging character one cares about who has a recognizable personality beyond their surface physical characteristics or lifestyle choices? It’s political correctness gone mad!”
Black women comprise 7% of the US population. Lesbians comprise 4%. Jews are 1.5%. My main issue with the OP isn’t her stupid fucking politics, but moreover, where the fuck does this person live where she not only knows of a person who fits into those three demographics, she knows GODDAMN THREE OF THEM?!
Imagine being this angry that somebody knows three Black Jewish lesbians.
What, people are generated by probability now? Like if you’re a Black Jewish lesbian you have like a 0.0042% chance of existing or something, so knowing three of them is cheating or something?
I love it when people try to claim representation in fiction is being taken “too far” to the point where it’s no believable. They’re like:
“What’s next, a mixed-race immigrant on the autism spectrum?” Hi, my name is Rachel, also known as Rachna, and I’m a mixed-race immigrant on the autism spectrum.
“What’s next, a transgender Latino man with chronic pain?” What, you mean my former colleague, Marco?
“What’s next, a Black Jewish lesbian?” Bitch, I know I three Black Jewish lesbians, WHAT’S YOUR FUCKING POINT?
im so tired of the argument being “what’s next? a feasible combination of human conditions other than straight white cis able-bodied dude? that can’t possibly happen!”
Whats next? [describes real human people who exist in real life]
So like i was looking it up and apparently Crazy Rich Asians will be the first Hollywood film with an all-Asian cast in 25 years (the last one being 1993′s Joy Luck Club) AND the very first Hollywood rom-com with an all-Asian cast too! Why are ya’ll not talking about it more??? This is a big deal guys, we should give it the support it deserves!
A producer wanted author Kevin Kwan to change the protagonist to a white girl. Fuck that noise, let’s show that audiences will love the movie with Constance Wu in the lead!
I know it’s AWESOME!! I mean, look at a pinned tweet on Vic’s account. Just look at it.
Transcript: Vic Mahoney @ VictoriaMahoney’s tweet from January 26:
Girl drove 2towns to meet me at panel &kept smiling as tears
mounted. I asked, why the tears? Her parents said they wouldn’t pay for
film school because there aren’t any working directors who look like
her.
She said, now I can go home &tell them I MET ONE. #femalefilmmakerfriday [picture of Vic with a camera]
Before anyone tries to downplay the hire, Victoria Mahoney being a second unit director for Episode IX is in fact a pretty big deal. A second unit director might not film with the principal characters, but she is also not an assistant director. She operates independantly from the first unit and is fully in charge of the actors, stuntspeople, and set while she has them. She has a full complement of staff and crew, if on a smaller scale than the first unit. For these reasons the job is often considered the last step to being a full-fledged director.
So Mahoney being second-unit director in a movie on the scale of Star Wars, with its crucial action scenes and stunt coordinations, will definitely put her on the fast track to directing her own big films. And if directors of Ava DuVernay and J.J. Abrams’ caliber went to bat for her you can bet your ass she deserves every big movie to come her way and more.
@rainysweetsstarfish Or maybe she got hired because she knows her stuff. Look, I understand your suspicion of LF and share in it, and I rather suspect she was Ava and JJ’s pick way more than KK/LF’s. You won’t find me getting starry-eyed about LF’s anti-racist credentials anytime soon. That said, you also won’t find me believing for a second that Ava DuVernay would put forward a sub-par hire or that JJ would accept a second unit director he can’t trust to film amazing supplemental footage and to keep his look and feel consistent. Please don’t let your understandable bitterness toward LF infect what is a great moment for a Black woman director’s future.
I think she is protection from Racism claims quite frankly. Now that is not to say I don’t think she has good at her job. Maybe Finn can get some engaging fight scenes for once but I also don’t think she has much power. Story Group is filled with POC and Women didn’t stop Finn being Falsely Sold as Jedi and being comic relief forced into a worthless secondary plot. Didn’t stop Poe from becoming a sexist who needs to be slapped. Didn’t stop Rose from being abusive. The problem with LF is at the Top with KK
Like, I’m not claiming that Victoria Mahoney being hired is suddenly going to change the trashy course of Star Wars or give Finn an awesome story or whatever. That’s such an unfair expectation to put on her anyway. She doesn’t get to control the story, and she won’t even be filming with John because filming with principal characters is the first unit’s job. Her hire certainly doesn’t make LF less racist, and I give way more credit to Ava and JJ than LF/KK here anyway.
All I said was that this decision is good for Mahoney’s career. That’s it. Isn’t that worth celebrating? I’ll be disappointed if Finn’s story doesn’t turn out well, but John is doing fine and will continue to do great, probably even better after he’s done with Star Wars. But Black women directors are so rare in big budget movies, and I think it’s a great thing that one of them is given this boost. Why does it have to be about Finn, or Rose, or anyone else real or fictional? I’m happy for Victoria. That’s it.
There’s really nothing new I can say about Finn that I haven’t already said this past year or said by others but…lemme wax poetic about him anyway. He’s a beacon of hope for abuse survivors. He’s an image of Black masculinity that rejects hyper masculinity and the violence it comes with. He’s beautiful, kind, brave, and brash. He’s a tactical genius. He’s down to earth and untouchable at the same time. And he means so fuckin much to me and a lot of other ppl. Seeing Johns face on billboards w/that lightsaber… having so many expectations and then having them surpassed!!! wow!! Having an even better written Black character than I hoped for played by a phenomenal actor…it’s just… blessed!! The best fiction not only reflects reality but challenges it and forces it to change. Finn’s compassion, loyalty, and willingness to make hard choices not only for himself but for the benefit of others – it’s something that inspires us. It inspires me. Yeah he deserves to be treated better. We all know that. He’s FS and gonna be a jedi. We all know that. But even if his arc in ep 9 is even worse than that trash we got in ep 8… it wont do anything to the fact that Finn continues to be the most interesting character ever to exist in the SW universe! And that’s a fact!! He isn’t a vader wannabe, he isnt a flyboy, and he isnt a clone lily white heroine – he’s bigger and better than them all – he’s FINN!!!! We’re all blessed to see such an iconic character appear on screen while we’re alive and to see such a wonderful, humble, and talented actor like John Boyega play him!! I aint never been part of fandom before Finn and even if it’s been rough at times I’m so so glad if we’re gonna hyper-fixate on movie or kin (ha) any character we got Finn to love on!! What a blessing.
Movies like Black Panther where black characters are depicted as complex, intelligent and beautiful are so important because it helps fighting negative stereotypes about black people.
I’m watching a video where the interviewer asks random Koreans walking on the street what they thought about the movie and the characters, and it’s very insightful. One man said that before watching the movie, he thought that white people were better looking than black people, but after seeing characters like Okoye and Shuri, he now thinks that black women are also very beautiful. (And it’s important to note that Okoye’s bald head doesn’t fit in the usual standards of beauty, and yet because she’s depicted as cool and beautiful, people aren’t bothered by it)
This is another reason why we need more black movies directed by black people, this is why representation matters. It humanizes us, and make people (at least the ones that aren’t too entrenched in their antiblackness) see us as more than racist stereotypes.
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