#bc right now her beliefs and behavior have a platform they don't need

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I honestly have too much this whole mess with Cara and Carano, but I saw your post about them and I really want to share my thoughts.

I absolutely love Cara the character, still do and always will. She’s a strong independent woman with a firing heart and burning soul, and as a character she’s beyond what I personally defined as a perfect heroic star. I have not been loving any female characters from any media types as much as Cara, and for me she’s not just a character in the Mandalorian but an element that helps making that world complete, and I’m sure at this point we can all tell how much it breaks my soul to see that we might never see her again on the screen.

As for Gina, I’m just really, extremely disappointed. Of course we know there are always people who think differently from us, whether be it right or wrong in society’s standards, and there’s nothing “wrong” for thinking in different ways because obviously we can’t control how one thinks about the world. Of course the rest of us knows the undeniable flaws and cruelties in her ways of thinking, but can you really blame one for having a certain point of view, no matter how twisted it is? What is truly “wrong”, for me, is how she completely ignores the other half of the world, who thinks differently than her, and demands that half of the population to tolerates her. When she cannot treat others with respect and dignity, she demands to be understood and uphold.

Especially as a public figure, she let her selfishness took over her logic, and mindlessly spread what deemed to be intolerable to the majority of the world, yet refuse to take the criticism and consequences resulted from her actions. I’m very much certain that not every public figures, or even everyone around us in daily life, share the same ideologies which we deem “tolerable”, yet while the others learn to stay silent and listen, and understand, maybe to even change, she chose to ignore the rest of the world like a selfish child.

I love Carano for bringing Cara to life like the perfect character she is, and every time I think of Cara Dune I will forever associate her face with her. But I hate her for being such a selfish human being who chose destruction over salvation, and slander over tolerance, and for letting herself ruining what so many of us love so much by the name of Cara Dune.

Whether Lucasfilm decides to recast Cara or to erase Cara, this first Cara Dune is burned too deep into my mind, and I know for a fact that I’ll never love another Cara as much as this one. Regardless of what Gina Carano have done, her actions have nothing to do with Cara Dune, and I will keep it that way no matter what

I pretty much agree with you.  I know not everyone has the mindset, but I generally separate actress and character and I definitely want to in this case.  I love Cara, she’s a fascinating character with a cool backstory and a great character design - how awesome is it to get a female character in appropriate clothes and with musculature for her character?  Like I said, before I found this stuff out, I was impressed with the physicality Gina brought to the role, her stunt work, and what she said in the Gallery show about how important she felt it was to bring a non-waifish female character to the screen.  Also ngl, those arms and that hair?  She pretty.  I personally have zero qualms about continuing to steal her face for Cara - but only for Cara.  And I totally recognize that not everyone feels that way or compartmentalizes things the same way I do.

Cuz regardless of someone’s personal beliefs, it costs zero dollars to not be a dick.  For example, if Gina didn’t want to put pronouns on her profile all she had to do was say “No thanks, I prefer not to” and leave it at that.  She didn’t have to mock trans people; she could’ve chosen to instead learn about why displayed pronouns are important to that community.  There’s a lot to be said about radicalization right now that I don’t want to get into since I prefer to use fandom as a break from irl shit, but at the end of the day she’s an adult, she should know better, and she’s capable of making her own choices.

As an educator I like to believe people can change and leave ignorance behind, so I hope once things cool off she takes the opportunity to better herself as a person.  Right now though, I’m ready to leave all this behind and just enjoy the character without the mess behind her.