Message from @The Lemon
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It makes no sense
And the whole point of putting these kinds of things in media that potentially children will see is so that gay kids don't feel excluded as they grow up.
If anything the confusing thing is when gay kids grow up and start to realize their sexuality but if they don't see it in the media or on TV or anything they're going to think they're alone or that there's something wrong with them
@The Lemon The issue I have, in terms of groups being represented, is when they are put into a plot just for the sake of being represented. If a show has a gay, or black, or whatever main character and the show is genuinely good, then sure, that's great. What many cannot stand are two dimensional characters who are nothing but x "marginalized" group who don't expand beyond that
Take Stargate as a good example of how to do a strong lead right. This show was largely filmed in the late 90s, for reference. Samantha Carter was one of the four original members of SG-1, and some people at first did question her "for being a women." However she proved that she was incredibly smart and was one of my favorite characters on the show, she was crucial to the series. She was more than just "the woman" on the team
No I absolutely agree we shouldn't just put characters in for that reason but you should attempt to integrate some gay characters into your plot line without them being 2 dimensional characters
If you can make it fit, then sure. If, for whatever reason, the character's sexuality needs to be brought up, then more power to you. But I cannot stand things that seem forced in
Yup
And tbh it wasn't forced in in Arthur
The teacher got married turns out he was gay
Arthur did a very good job of it imo
It's not like they made a huge deal of it
Didn't make a big deal out of it, just another episode
Exactly
Another one I think is done well is tracer and soldier in overwatch
That's how it should be done. It occurs,, it's addressed, life moves on.
A lot of people criticised it but I thought it was good
Because for both of them it was never explicitly stated they were gay
It was never made a big deal of
Just with tracer you saw her with her partner in the Christmas themed comic
And for soldier he was looking through old photos with Ana again in a comic and there happened to be one with his partner
Yea, like I said, if it's done with a certain style then it's great, but you should never judge a film or show on it's "diversity"
Oh yeah absolutely
Remember that ghost busters reboot? Prime example
Nope
Never really was very invested in the original lol
The acting was meh, atmosphere of the film was meh, it wasn't terrible, but it received raving reviews because the main cast was all female
And just kinda heard, all female reboot meninists are triggered and it's probably not a good movie and just didn't care
Also really who gives a shit about reviews anymore
BTW if you're ever looking for a good movie, I recommend The Way Back. Amazing film, I read the book in middle school as well. Great all around
But anyway, back on topic
I'm happy we can at least agree that racial quotas / forced diversity is trash. People are not as shallow as hollywood makes us out to be, we can identify with characters that are not the same gender/race/sexuality as us
@Mintea no no its fine it wasn’t harsh at all i get your point we can continue in dms if you want cuz finding this server is really hard and all the spam in other ones so yeah is a bit difficult we can continue our convo in dms if not then its fine i get your point that is all normal if a kid sees a boy and a girl kissing and not a homo couple kissing cuz its not what they are used to see it can cause confusion in their not so well developed brain
we can kiss if you want
No thanks
i will wait for you my prince
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