It’s just wild how they can act like there hasn’t been great female characters that have been huhle supported by the mostly male audience. Leia, the leader of the rebellion is smart and fearless. Padme, Jyn, Ashoka*, Sabine* were all great characters and well liked. (*until recently)
Rey wasn’t hated because she was a woman, she was hated because she was poorly written and a terrible character.
This is all on the current Disney writers…
In Rebels, Sabine was strong, brilliant and fearless. Where was that character in Ashoka?
Everybody doesnt hate the witchs because they were gay, everybody hates the whiches because of what they said about how the force works. If creating life was so easy for Sith to do, it kinda throws anything special about Anakin’s being the prophecy or created by the force right out of the window.
I’ll never understand how bad they hate the largest part of the audience that has made SW as popular as it has been.
Some of my favorite characters in Star Wars are women, and female protagonists are often some of my favorite characters in general, especially in books. My issue isn’t with a franchise trying to make better female characters, or inclusion in general. The problem with shows like The Acolyte and frankly a lot of TV and movies lately, is that the inclusion or the diversity often presents as the central focus, using the premise of what should be the entertainment as little more than a stage for their political message. When dealing with established fandoms, this usually also comes at the expense of beloved characters being changed for the sake of “diversity” rather than focusing on creating actual characters for those demographics that actually have their own original story and voice, and if the fanbase pushes back against those shoehorned social politics belittling the worlds and characters they love, they’re immediately labeled bigots, racists, misogynists because nobody can fathom that the individual issues might not be the focus of their ire.
That isn’t to say that there aren’t racists, bigots, or misogynists in the fanbase who do have a problem with the push for diversity because they have a problem with those minority groups, but there are plenty of fans who get shoved into those boxes undeservedly.
I love seeing inclusion and diversity, when it doesn’t feel forced, or weaponized. But when the show runners say things, or give the impression of “focusing on a female centric story” it feels like the motivation is skewed. Like they care more about subverting the expectations and placing females in what is perceived as traditionally male dominated roles. Shouldn’t the emphasis just be telling a good story?
I truly feel like this inclusion checklist everyone seems to be working off of is the reason so many TV shows and movies are failing. Its a form of quiet censorship on any idea that doesn’t fit the agenda, and woe befall anyone who argues against it.
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Josh
It’s just wild how they can act like there hasn’t been great female characters that have been huhle supported by the mostly male audience. Leia, the leader of the rebellion is smart and fearless. Padme, Jyn, Ashoka*, Sabine* were all great characters and well liked. (*until recently)
Rey wasn’t hated because she was a woman, she was hated because she was poorly written and a terrible character.
This is all on the current Disney writers…
In Rebels, Sabine was strong, brilliant and fearless. Where was that character in Ashoka?
Everybody doesnt hate the witchs because they were gay, everybody hates the whiches because of what they said about how the force works. If creating life was so easy for Sith to do, it kinda throws anything special about Anakin’s being the prophecy or created by the force right out of the window.
I’ll never understand how bad they hate the largest part of the audience that has made SW as popular as it has been.
J
Some of my favorite characters in Star Wars are women, and female protagonists are often some of my favorite characters in general, especially in books. My issue isn’t with a franchise trying to make better female characters, or inclusion in general. The problem with shows like The Acolyte and frankly a lot of TV and movies lately, is that the inclusion or the diversity often presents as the central focus, using the premise of what should be the entertainment as little more than a stage for their political message. When dealing with established fandoms, this usually also comes at the expense of beloved characters being changed for the sake of “diversity” rather than focusing on creating actual characters for those demographics that actually have their own original story and voice, and if the fanbase pushes back against those shoehorned social politics belittling the worlds and characters they love, they’re immediately labeled bigots, racists, misogynists because nobody can fathom that the individual issues might not be the focus of their ire.
That isn’t to say that there aren’t racists, bigots, or misogynists in the fanbase who do have a problem with the push for diversity because they have a problem with those minority groups, but there are plenty of fans who get shoved into those boxes undeservedly.
I love seeing inclusion and diversity, when it doesn’t feel forced, or weaponized. But when the show runners say things, or give the impression of “focusing on a female centric story” it feels like the motivation is skewed. Like they care more about subverting the expectations and placing females in what is perceived as traditionally male dominated roles. Shouldn’t the emphasis just be telling a good story?
I truly feel like this inclusion checklist everyone seems to be working off of is the reason so many TV shows and movies are failing. Its a form of quiet censorship on any idea that doesn’t fit the agenda, and woe befall anyone who argues against it.
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