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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-07-20 04:06 pm

[ SECRET POST #2756 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2756 ⌋

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Re: Genderswap and abusive ships

[personal profile] ryttu3k 2014-07-21 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't remotely like it at ALL and didn't even remotely ship it in canon as it was (as in, it was one of the main reasons I stopped watching the show), but someone pointed out that if Bolin was female and Eska was male (or if it was Desna instead) in Legend of Korra, there would have been a MUCH larger outcry and not so much, "Oh, but Bolin used to be a womaniser! He needs a strong woman to keep him in line! She's a Strong Female Character! She just doesn't know how to express her love!".

It was abusive from the start and a lot of people DID actually realise that, thank fuck, but if the genders had been swapped then I don't think ANYONE would have supported it.

So that would be a case where it's skeezy and abusive from the start, but some people only would have realised it if the genders were swapped.