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fandomsecrets2012-05-13 03:49 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-05-13 03:49 pm
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I agree that a system that seems determined to draw a (completely arbitrary and artificial) line between "us" and "them" and treat queer characters as a huge deal is completely out of whack. Intentionally blanking queer characters is utterly reprehensible. And if I think that the het romance was kinda cute if very formulaic, then I can certainly see why someone else would go "really? This plot again?"
I don't know, it's really tough. I guess for me, being all arty and obsessed with stories and tropes and all that (and just being tickled by cliche romance) I kind of have this knee-jerk reaction when this kind of argument is raised, because I just want the story. (Unless, of course, it's something like Twilight that has actively harmful themes when dealing with relationships and just being a decent person in general) I feel like some people are demanding that writers prove themselves by including things, never mind the merits of the actual story. And by that, I certainly don't mean you, you raised a valid point about the larger industry and I completely respect. But I've seen people railing against Rowling as a misogynist because she dared feature a male main character (never mind that, say, she also had Hermione and Luna and Professor McGonnagal and MOLLY FUCKIN' WEASLEY, BITCHES!) and part of me just twitches, because it seems like there are some people who are more interested in minorities being represented in XYZ narrative than the actual narrative itself, or that they think that if something doesn't prove itself as being explicitly progressive then it has no value at all and is just pandering to the culture of exclusion. At the same time, as I already mentioned, that culture does exist and it shouldn't. I just... gah, I get the "big picture" point of it, but sometimes the individual attacks just... get to me.
I know it's a bit of an empty platitude, but I guess with Korra the show is still very young, there's a lot of room for development and new characters and stuff.