#spacecanoe

if I was one of the Voltron writers I certainly wouldn't make any of the popular ships canon. They're not gonna reward us for our shitty behavior. Look at the death threats sent to people for shipping things others didn't like. Look at antis wishing rape upon other people's kids. Look at the shippers harrassing other shippers and people working on the show itself. You really think they should reward that shit with a canon relationship? I think the fuck not.

... so lgbt diversity in kids media really doesn’t matter to you, huh

you just don’t care about queer kids. good to know. take your homophobia and transphobia and fuck off then @spacecanoe and I pray to god no lgbt kids ever depend on you for anything, lest you decide to punish them for the bad behavior of some other people who are no way shape or form affiliated with them

god. in a time when Trump is revoking federal protections for trans kids using the bathroom you think we should further punish them by witholding potential diversity? when the Vice President condones conversion therapy?

Who are you gonna be becos I'm already half done with Acxa's armor

wow that's a huge leap, to take my pissed ranting at the entitlement of the Voltron fandom as me not wanting to support lgbt kids. I want canon lgbt+ characters too, but is it really that surprising the crew hasn't done it yet? I totally understand not wanting to punish the entire fandom for the actions of a handful of shitty people, but those shitty people are often the ones who interact the most with the VAs and the writing crew. How are the Voltron cast and crew supposed to respond?

Representation is important as hell, I know it is - especially with all this political shit going down right now. That's all true. I'm trans; I would kill for one of the Voltron kids to be canonically trans, or for confirmation that at least one character was gay/bi, because i sure as hell know i needed those things when I was a little kid. But how do they prioritize when angry fandoms have literally driven people to suicide in the past? At this moment, I don't think there's a way they can.

I'm sorry my initial comments were so combative, and I recognize that they sound homophobic and transphobic in the context of representation.

well, it wasn’t that huge a leap for me given what you said, but I can separate those things now @spacecanoe . the only thing is, you have to realize that Voltron’s showrunners do not make decisions based on shipping wars

these are the Avatar guys. remember Makørra? remember Zu†ara? these guys are not new to this, they are not new to fandom vitriol or shipping wars, though they are somewhat new to Age Discourse but so are we all

the point is. fandoms aren’t new, and neither are these guys. consider it a non-issue given that fandom hate is ubiquitous these days

no, the reasons they haven’t done are either because they do not intend to do so, or because they do and for some reason they don’t want to broadcast that fact

I find the latter option unlikely, especially given how much focus its received and how much corresponding silence. and also, how much they tried to play Pidge off as groundbreaking representation

she’s not. she’s cis. she’s doesn’t have to be, but she is as it stands

I want to demand better from the people who said this ages ago (that was supposed to be a screenshot but I guess I maxed out my pic limit already for tumblr today)

have you considered: it takes longer than the time the team has been together for romantic feelings to develop. people don’t just meet and suddenly fall in love, and espeically not the kind of people the Voltron crew is made up of. Also, with how the fandom is behaving with the ship wars and outright attacking VAs and writers about fucking ships - which is embarrassing and disgusting and childish as all hell - do you really think we deserve any relationships becoming canon right now?

I was gonna save you guys morning discourse and get to em later but then this popped up and I’m like a t-rex my eyes see movement

so, @spacecanoe have you considered that I know the difference between a romantic arc and a queer signifier? or rather a signifier of queer desire, but I’m not just speaking to ships

something else you should probably consider

and I forgot. a fandom’s conduct totally erases the potential good that lgbt diversity would serve. because some dumb antis are harassing VAs we should definitely punish queer kids by witholding potential representation