#KO admitted she killed too many women when she was on ED

[helenhuntingdon]

really interesting to see Alicya Eyo commenting on killing off LGBT+ characters - obviously mostly in reference to soaps but she’s also been in drama and is a lesbian woman of colour

so especially unfair she had to play a lesbian woman of colour and get killed off (and then her wife was later killed off by another producer so they’re nearly all guilty!)

I don’t 100% agree with her, though I respect her viewpoints still, bc like

if there are more LGBT+ characters does it really mean the ratio evens out?

like if 50% of LGBT+ characters were killed off, more LGBT+ characters would mean more not killed off sure, but would still be a 50/50 chance?

(not that I think it’s 50%, more like hm 30%)

plus the thing with killing of LGBT+ characters isn’t JUST the killing them off, it’s the whole tragedy around the characters usually, and of course if it’s a ship it’s the tragedy of the other half of the ship - historically it’s been about NOT giving LGBT+ characters happy endings as well as absolutely not giving LGBT+ relationships happy endings!

so while she’s right more LGBT+ characters definitely is one answer, it’s not the only answer, like there needs to be more representation of specific identities, even though there is some now, there still needs to be more bisexual, asexual, pansexual, queer, non binary and trans representation

and it’s not just about trying to tackle str8 cis writers’ ignorance because that is just getting... so boring. LGBT+ people need to write their own stories as well (including POC!) or at least be a part of writing the stories in some way (and be paid for their labour not just asking one person they know!) they need to be a part of creating these stories so they are their stories

but yeah seeing Alicya comment on this just basically reminds me how shittily LGBT+ characters have always been treated, even recently, even so that her wife on the show was killed off even after she’d left and was done in such a lowkey way to not get too many complaints about it lbr!

and we need to be against it every time they pull that shit, always demand more LGBT+ characters, more QPOC representation, but also BETTER WRITING of that LGBT+ representation as well