Is Lady Gay?

Like, Twilight is problematic. Flowers in the Attic is fucked up. one has shallow characters who respond like they're in a story because there's no sense of fear because they know they're not real and can't die, and the other has characters written like people. your story can have all the same stuff as a problematic story but if it treats its characters as people about it it's not problematic, it's fucked up.

problem is that a lot of people can't tell the difference and they treat a fucked up story as problematic, or a problematic story as perfectly fine. it's not the same thing. Lolita isn't problematic, it's fucked up, but everyone who hasn't read it thinks it's problematic. A Song of Ice and Fire CAN be problematic but a lot of the stuff people criticise as being problematic is actually just fucked up, but also some of his fans treat the problematic stuff as fucked up when it's actually problematic.

if you want to write problematic stuff you gotta make it fucked up, but if you fucked up it's just problematic. you know what I'm saying?

*reluctant sigh*

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Slowly collecting my favorite descriptions of Leverage x

Here's the cat burglar. She wears comfy clothes and has zero social skills. She has sex appeal but only if you're into a very specific type of woman, and crucially she has zero idea she has it. She probably doesn't know what an innuendo is.

Here's the hacker. He's a Black nerd, and also the most moral character of the bunch. He's a nerd but also not socially awkward; in fact, he's the second best at grifting, right after the person who's been doing it for decades.

Here's the muscle. In his heart of hearts, he is a chef. He is tough and manly but he uses that to look out for the working class and children and everyone else the system leaves behind. He's feared by politicians and he reminds his friend to tip the delivery person.

Here's the femme fatale. She's over forty years old, and she's the one seducing the mark. She's the heart of the team. Her calling is to be a director. She loves attending her own funeral.

Here's the mastermind. He's the only one who doesn't start out as a career criminal. He manipulates his own crew, kills two people after promising them he won't, and takes deals behind their back. He was in seminary school.