I Just Want To.. Enjoy Things But Fandom Culture Has Made Pretty Much Everything Stressful

i just want to.. enjoy things but fandom culture has made pretty much everything stressful

like every character is hated or loved by someone, and all those opinions have started coloring the way i see different content

and some of that is good! there are definitely problematic characters and being aware of that is extremely important

and i’m asking for some of it because i follow a couple of the “anti” tags that i kind of agree with

i guess it’s just bumming me out a little that i can’t just relax and enjoy a lot of shows or movies anymore

guys

what the fuck

is this

these are real live grown ass men

they are not fictional characters for you to play with

ship what you want, but for fuck’s sake, keep it in your own community

don’t bring your horny bullshit into their comments because you want to see two white guys fucking

Hey, so they’re making a Netflix Harry Potter.

With that in mind, we’re all gonna remember that JKR is a terf who has literally been cited by legislators engaged in legislation that actively harms trans people, and we’re not gonna give her any more money.

That means not streaming the new show on Netflix, because regardless of how much influence she has on the production, she gets paid for it.

We’re gonna make the show flop. We’re gonna show Warner Brothers that we don’t forget (of course, how would we forget, it isn’t as if she’s stopped), and that their business association with terfs is no longer profitable.

It is NOT like Lovecraft, because Lovecraft is very dead and his works are in the public domain. By consuming Lovecraft media, you are not giving any money to old Howard.

Eat the rich

adhd culture is wanting to learn Everything but being overwhelmed by how much Everything there is and not learning anything

Can white people write POC as main characters?

@horse-faced-activist-gay said:

Recently a writing group I “audit” had a discussion about white authors writing poc, and the unanimous takeaway was “of course do it, just never as the pov/main character(s).” The argument was that no matter how careful or well researched, the pov will always come off like a white character in “digital blackface.” That there needed to be a good reason to write from that perspective, ie if the character’s race changed it should change the story? My pov character is Black; I’m white. I’ve been following this blog a long time and implementing the advice, but is the essence of me trying to write from her perspective misguided? I’ve now seen more than one author echo these sentiments. Is this just an excuse for white authors to avoid writing poc in lead roles, or an attempt not to overstep readers/authors of color? I’m very confused; any help would be greatly appreciated.

YES. 

White people absolutely can write PoC as main characters if not the protagonists of their stories! 

I didn’t create this blog for people to make PoC side characters 24/7! Not at all. Please write People of Color as main characters, no matter who you are.

- Colette

More reading: WWC General Topics Compilation

W a o.

Such toxic virtue signaling! If I’m being charitable, at best this is cowardice. At worst, this is the kind of BS discourse that is used to attack writers of color when they attempt anything besides personal memoirs. I recommend finding a new writing group. 

- Marika

Very concerned about the state of this writing group. 

~ Mod Rina

P.S. You’re right, OP, it is definitely an excuse.