It Was Leg Day In My Dreams

So “She” by Dodie is a song explicitly about a girl having feelings for another girl and the internalized homophobia she experiences because of that. It’s a good song. It’s an important song. It’s a song that I, as a pansexual woman who’s had crushes on (what I assumed to be) straight friends before, relate to a lot.

That being said, I can definitely see how Liam could see the song as relating to Caleb’s feelings for Jester- the doubt and fear over wanting someone you feel like you’re not supposed to want. Personally, I was okay with Liam adding the song to the playlist. It’s not what Dodie intended for the song, but I put different meanings to songs than what was originally intended all the time.

However, I also understand why people may be uncomfortable with the song being used to represent a heterosexual crush and anyone who was made uncomfortable had every right to speak up (as long as they did so nicely of course). I understand that everyone has different views and opinions on things so something that doesn’t bother me may bother someone else, and that’s fine.

I think Liam handled it wonderfully. He wasn’t trying to offend or make anyone uncomfortable, he just didn’t realize it would be a problem for some people. And why would he? I’m queer as hell and I didn’t even realize the song choice was problematic until others pointed it out.

So like, it’s perfectly valid to be uncomfortable, it’s perfectly fine if you asked to have the song taken off the playlist, it’s okay to be upset or disappointed at Liam. But can we also give him credit for listening to the community and fixing it so quickly? Can we not attack people for mistakes they make just because they don’t know any better???

And don’t get me started on the shipping stuff. Don’t attack people because the fictional character they play in a D&D game isn’t pining after who you want them to. First of all, it’s a game. Second of all, it’s not even our game, it’s the cast’s and they can play it however they want. Third of all, don’t be an asshole to people because you feel like it.