[ SECRET POST #2199 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2199 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Dragon Age 2]


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[Baby-sitters Club]


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[Dangan Ronpa]


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Comments

Re: queer fiction by non-queer writers

[gobbledigook]

It's not really a big deal for me, so long as the characters come off as sincere rather than a straight person's view of what a gay person is/would be like.

I can't say that it doesn't bug me a bit that straight people always seem to be over-rewarded for this kind of stuff though... Always landing interviews where they empathize that they are straight(those tend to be worse with actors), to the point where it seems like queer media reports in general are a lot more about gushing about the accepting, famous heterosexual allies instead of celebrating actual gay people.

Re: queer fiction by non-queer writers

[(Anonymous)]

I know lots of straight folks who aren't looking for rewards of any kind, when they write gay characters, they just love to write that's all. I don't think, that they should get any shit for that.

Re: queer fiction by non-queer writers

[(Anonymous)]

I just want to add, that while I do disagree with you, I love your icon! Psyduck is so cute. :D

Re: queer fiction by non-queer writers

[gobbledigook]

Oh, no, I definitely agree with you that a straight person writing a gay character is not really a bad thing, or something they should get shit about!

I meant more like how media seems to give priority to make news of heterosexual allies instead of gay people, simply because since there's more straight people around the viewpoint of a straight person ends up being more marketable than a gay one. That gives us a lot of "gay" magazines that serve you over and over covers featuring the latest straight actor who was brave enough to play a gay character, or say he's friends with gay people, what a nice guy whoa! or the latest heterosexual diva who kisses girls sometimes. It's not always the fault of the allies themselves, but it can get a bit disheartening.

Re: queer fiction by non-queer writers

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's less about straight people wanting praise for writing gay characters (there are some, but I don't think it's really the majority) and more about the fact that the media in general seem to treat it as revolutionary if someone who's straight dares to write or play a queer character. I personally think it's awesome when people include queer characters in things and think we should definitely encourage more of it, but that kind of "OH BUT HOW COULD YOU WRITE ABOUT TWO WOMEN KISSING/PLAY A DUDE WHO KISSES ANOTHER DUDE? YOU ARE SO BRAVE." stuff that the media likes to pull, while sometimes overlooking queer writers/actors doing those things because it's not generally viewed as being as risky, can get a bit tiring. And it also kind of perpetuates the mindset that being LGBTQ is weird.

Re: queer fiction by non-queer writers

[(Anonymous)]

Ahh yes, now I understand. Yea that really gets on my nerves as well, and I long for the day when people can write gay love, and it's no 'big huge deal'.

My apologies, gobbledigook.