#problematic media

If you come at me with this attitude, though, I’m gonna have to assume you’re just projecting onto me because if YOU like a piece of media YOU ignore or deny or excuse everything genuinely bigoted or otherwise harmful about it. Just because you think like this doesn’t mean everyone else does, btw.

I wish people would stop acting like its automatically bad rep / writing for a character to have negative reactions to something like being transgender or disabled. A character should be more than their disability or orientation and its not automatically problematic to depict how different individuals might respond to these aspects of their personality. Characters dont need to always be the model example of each single factor of their identity. A character who is disabled might not ALWAYS immediately feel strong and independent despite what those around them might say- because the other elements of their identity/personality/circumstances might cause them to feel negatively about themselves. They might lash out, they might get jealous, or bitter. And that shouldn't always be read by audiences as the writers personal worldview on disabled people?? Human beings are RARELY the ideal, and I dont think that characters should be either. In my own personal experience with neurodivergence, sexuality and gender identity, I think that it is natural for people who are in some way different from the people who surround them to develop traits that aren't always going to be positive and that shouldn't need to be something that is hidden away from audiences in media.

Audiences GET more receptive to exploring concept human emotions in media NOW. I beg we all stop reading everything in the most surface level way, and STOP reducing characters to being bad rep simply for being flawed.