MK And Zee Are The Opposite Ends Of The Trans Spectrum

MK and Zee are the opposite ends of the trans spectrum

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look at his face... he is up to no good...

(in response to another anon) The reason people are bringing up race when talking about Raynebow and/or Rayne is because, whether it be intentional or not, there can be some implicit biases in the way people behave about these ships. I am by no means accusing every Raynbow and/or Rayne shipper of intentionally shoving Bowie aside out of malice (although I have seen some people say that they are doing so intentionally), only saying that *some* people may have implicit biases that they may not be aware of.

The fact of the matter is, Bowie is our first openly gay character, and not only that, but he is black and femme. This is obvious from the literal moment he is introduced. We've already seen people react negatively towards him for all of these aspects (no, he is not stereotypical, he's just femme PLEASE learn the difference). By contrast, Raj is masc, Desi, and gay, the latter of which he discovers for himself during the season. It is incredibly important, in a world where the vast majority of gay rep consists of two white people (to the point where people make jokes about how so many wlw couples in media are just 'blonde woman' and 'brunette') that the first gay couple on this show is a black man and a Desi man.

Inserting Wayne into the equation then, or even removing Bowie from it entirely and shipping Wayne with Raj instead, is... well, it has it's implications. Again, I'm by no means accusing anyone of doing this with any ill will, but people are capable of harbouring biases that they may be unaware of that are still capable of impacting how they interact with media--and yes, this includes how people ship. The conversation around people shoving aside canonical interracial couples to ship two white people instead is as old as time, and while this isn't quite the same, it is still altering an interracial relationship between two non-white people to include a white man.

I'm obviously not capable of stopping anyone from shipping fictional characters, but all I'm saying is that people have every right to be wary of people who ship Raynebow/Rayne.

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julia td

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liberal lesbian

i love how we all just collectively agreed zee uses all pronouns. like not only would they not care, they probably wouldn’t even notice