This are good defenses for LGBT+ SW characters from Star Wars Aftermath trilogy author. Thanks for @permian-tropos suggests me to make this easier to read.
“ALL OF STORYTELLING IS BY FORCE. NONE OF IT IS ORGANIC OR NATURAL. ALL OF IT ARE THINGS THE STORYTELLERS WILLFULLY CHOOSE AND IMPLEMENT.”
Fucking engrave this on my tombstone.
Tag: representation
deaf iranian girl who wears rather large, beautiful rings to punch the people who disrespect her
a story abt representation.
i am a deaf iranian muslim womxn and i have NEVER seen art that is even CLOSE to resembling me.
today, my pal tagged me in this photo, and i fucking cried. i have NEVER seen art even close to my identity and so seeing art that describes me to a T made me cry so hard.
this is why we need representation of different identities. so people like me know we arent alone
-mod tabby
God that’s beautiful art, too. Like, how expressive her face is – and I LOVE the way the artist drew the sign (with the arrow) so that you read it in movement. I love this. I want to see this character in something.
I keep seeing those “[film with positive representation f X] didn’t get a sequel because you didn’t support it!” posts going around. While it’s true that what people say they support in film is often very different from what they’re willing to spend money on, and that sort of performative support-without-substance is definitely a problem, we’ve also gotta bear in mind that – the studio system’s protestations to the contrary notwithstanding – which films get sequels is not, in fact, a purely rational economic calculus.
Some films that bomb horribly at the box office have sequels rushed into production immediately because they “have franchise potential”, while other films enjoy resounding box office success, only to have any sequel plans unceremoniously buried the moment the social media buzz wears off – and, with respect to which particular films experience each of these scenarios, there are certain conspicuous patterns.
Like, I’m not saying that people failing to put their money where their mouth is isn’t a problem, but we can’t lose sight of the fact that the game was rigged to begin with.
Same deal with television. Everyone, at this point, is probably aware of how Fox used scheduling to sink Firefly, but there were a whole rash of scripted dramas Sci-Fi had on at around the same time, their Friday block, that were sunk in just the same way because USA put in a programming head who wanted to shift the channel to “reality television” to cut overhead.
More recently there’s been talk that Andy Lack, the head of NBC News, has been trying to shift MSNBC rightward, politically, by, among other things, going after Maddow and O’Donnell; two huge ratings leaders. Here’s Wonkette’s typically snarky take on the rumors.
So yeah, the whole “these shows/movies fail because no one goes to see them” argument is wrongheaded. The People running media congloms have their own agendas, and they sabotage or promote, kill or maintain, shows to serve those agendas. The whole “ratings did it” claim they trot out is just a responsibility-dodge.
you know what would be nice? asexual characters. You know what would be nicer? People respecting those characters aceness and not ignoring it.
you know what would be nice? aromantic characters. You know what would be nicer? People respecting that those characters are aro and not ignoring it.
just moving along like everyone else 