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stellerssong · 8 months ago

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like 99% of the time i WILL be like "actually as a woc participating in fandom the LET WOMEN BE HORRID EVIL MURDERESS CUNTS conversation does nothing for me, because in general that conversation revolves around taking female characters of color who have been portrayed as nothing but good-to-heroic in canon and applying totally revisionist readings to their characterizations that play on stereotypical views of women of color as sexual aggressors/morally suspect/uniquely untrustworthy and uphold fandom's priors regarding the victimization and overwhelming narrative value of white men" because that is almost without exception the behavior i see in fandom

the other 1% of the time fumi nikaido is being so so compellingly evil on my teavee screen so never mind all that i guess. let lady ochiba be a horrid evil murderess cunt.

#chatter #the difference here is that lady ochiba IS actually conspiring against Our Heroes with the intention of getting them all killed.#unlike OTHER FANDOMS I COULD NAME where the female characters of color do nothing but be sympathetic and aligned w/ Our Hero #and yet for some reason we jump directly to ''oh what if she was evil actually. what if she was bad. i'm asking this for no reason''#but it's whatever! it's totally whatever! i'm definitely not mad about how woc never EVER get the benefit of the doubt in fandom!#and i'm definitely not about to start biting and shredding and maiming people!#longer conversation to be had here about how fandom denies woc the fantasy of unconditional positive regard but i shan't say it...

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