I agree, but I feel it wouldn’t go over well here seeing how my post got removed.
Maybe in off topic. lol
I wanted to use the Aliens meme, but dangit I can’t post the fun stuff anymore. lol
It’s really unfortunate it’s so hard to have a civil conversation about this. It’s like when fighting for same sex marriages and having religious groups gung ho to stop it. Marriage requires a marriage license from your state, so the church has no involvement or say from a legal standpoint so it really should never have been used as a blockage.
No, that just means those countries do bad things and heavily curate what you can see. A Chinese show my friends watch called Guardian was taken down for “content adjustments” with no explanation. 40 episodes released and they decide to bring it to a halt.
“Although the novel was explicit about the heroes’ homosexual interactions, the screenwriters were careful to present their relationship as a bond of brotherhood in the hope of avoiding the censors.”
It’s preferable to have some representation, over none.
I’d argue that Tracer and 76 are examples of pretty decent representation. Sure it’d be nice to have more, but neither are portrayed as harmful stereotypes and 76’s ultra-masculine characterisation actually helps challenge the often problematic portrayal of gay men in media.
It’s simple. If so and so happens to be gay, but they’re there because they do THIS, then it’s fine. If they just happen to be there oh and btw they’re gay everyone!!! fanfare trumpets woot! Then it’s a problem.
please, enlighten me, because 1-3 sprinkled characters that you have to go out of your way to find are hardly representation, especially considering the straight love stories are front and center of the story.
Ok, so representation isn’t what you want then. I mean just say it, it’s a lot easier then constantly dancing around the subject. You don’t want representation, you want more and you want it loud and proud. Stop saying representation if yall are constantly going to dismiss the representation.
No, I want meaningful representation. If there are 10 straight stories that are crucial to the main story, there should also be 1 LGBT story that is crucial to the main story.
That’s how representation works. Checking a box by adding a random NPC is NOT representation. Far from it. That’s called tokenism.
Edit: I love the dingus people on the forums that have no argument and automatically call people homophobic because they might have a different opinion. Really shows the intellectual capacity that so many on these forums have.
I’m glad you know so much about the people here. I mean clearly you know the people on this forum more than they know about themselves. It’s not like none of us was in Washington on the steps of the Supreme Court with our friends in the hopes that they might be able to get married years ago. It’s not like any of us were cheering on those same friends at their wedding a few months later.
Oh no, you know everything about us.
Edit: Type faster, it’s like arguing with a 70 year old women with arthritis in both hands.
Whoa buddy, have you hacked into my webcam or something? How do you know so much about me?! Man, you are something else, I’m telling you. I’ll be honest, I didn’t know I was a homophobe. Please tell me how homophobic I am with all your wisdom and knowledge of my personal life.
