#i genuinely can't tell if the writers are aware of what theyre doing

[knownlesbianalexandracabot]

man, being aware of the actual history of the comics code really makes watching this season of riverdale..............................an experience.

[sev-wildfang]

can i ask wut about parkinson-morgan's writing u dislike/ find wanting? (genuinely interested not tryn to burn u)

for referanc i have not read lancer have read icon nd have read sum of k6bd but stopped when white chain (tgrl angel) got a body bc i was sorely disappointed by that choice nd the choice of body he gave her(no dick imo convent atractiv)

it's the showmanship to wow people who dont read books, dont research topics, and dont engage with philosophies or religious practices beyond patting each other on the back on imageboards, that does it for me. it comes across as intellectual but if you dig even an inch deep, youre not finding anything substantial, youre finding pop culture impressions of what buddhism and hinduism are, a metatron ripped not from biblical studies but from his dark materials, and a sour undertone of unreflected western Tales of Great Men.

once you notice this you can't unsee it: the Great Man (or great woman, like Allison) steadily improves himself through facing adversity to perfect himself more and more, through sheer willpower. id hesitate to call it a "grindset" but it is a kind of philosophy birthed, cradled, and reared by western capitalism. it disgusts me, politically. hes not doing it on purpose, which may be even worse, that he doesnt put these convictions into his work on purpose. in fact if he was, he wouldnt contradict himself about his own work! he might genuinely not be aware of what his own magnum opus actually says! (and dresses it up in Orientalist drapery)

and finally, to talk about the tokenism of White Chain you brought up: seeing her immediately turned into a beautiful black cis woman and discarded from the plot after providing another stepping stone for the Randian protagonist is not a great look. it makes sense in the context of what the plot says (its not a story of unpredictable twists and turns) but in the end that whole sequence does culminate in the lower-class queer woman and the black girl being sacrificed to further the white woman's hero journey. theyre her deadwife motivations for the final act. theyre the Casca to her Guts. unoriginality proliferated, and not even in an interesting way.

it's even funnier because he did acknowledge that on twitter, if only to scream "no this isnt what im doing"; a writer worth my respect either writes their text to make such accusations baseless, or sticks to their guns until a twist absolves them. flailing about telling readers that they shouldnt engage with the plot at face value is spineless to me. thats all i have to say on that.