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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-07-05 03:26 pm

[ SECRET POST #2741 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2741 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2014-07-05 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel you OP. I tend to like the characters with the most screen time or the most development in my fandoms. That's very often men (and white men at that.) It makes me feel guilty too. But I just honestly can't get into some of the other characters and I feel like liking them BECAUSE they're women or BECAUSE they're POC is a really horrible way to go about "promoting" equality.

The sad truth is that a lot of the best written characters are still white and male. And while SJWs are right to point out that writers and Hollywood are looking at which characters are the most popular and thus promoting minorities is a good/important thing, I just can't force myself to do so.

In large part, I've dealt with this by ignoring POC or women I don't think are enjoyable in some of my fandoms and then going out and finding new (usually more obscure) fandoms that have such characters that I DO like. It's not a perfect solution, but it's the best I've managed.