#their nb lesbian color coding....who said that

[smittyw]

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[monkey-network]

well for one thing, i wouldnt say double trouble is a token anything. calling someone a token implies that they exist for brownie points, which isnt the case of any spop characters, because these characters were created and written by people theyre representing. that would be like calling scorpia the token lesbian, when shes not. characters are lgbt because the crew is creating a diverse world. and the cast really isnt all as human as youre saying, most of the villains have some nonhuman traits

(/2) -because thats an easy way to make sure the kids watching the show can always differentiate between them. Catra is furry and has cat ears and a tail, Scorpia has claws, Rogelio is an entire lizard. That is the theme for the majority of the villains because it distinguishes them for children. and my point is that, like you said, you’re not nonbinary, so why are you trying to call this out, basically speaking over/for us? why is your opinion more important than the enby that CREATED the character?

*sigh* Ok…

1st off, regardless of the intent of a token character, token characters aren’t inherently negative as one thinks and they are what they are because them saying this character’s the first (X) implies that they weren’t any (X) characters before. If anything, blame the news media for indicating DT is the first non-binary character in the show, because that implies they are the only established nb character in the show. And as long as the character is well written, brownie points are irrelevant but the trope still stands. 

Now, and I want to make this as thorough as I can. My opinion isn’t that important because the creators can do what they want. I LIKE the design, I’m glad a non-binary person got the fitting voice role for them, and I don’t care who else likes it. I’m not shaming anybody who likes DT and I’m not saying they’re disrespecting anybody with the character design. 

My issue is that it can feel very disheartening knowing that mainstream LGBT+ representation consists mostly of NON-HUMAN characters in a world with GENERALLY HUMAN/HUMAN LIKE characters. I’m not speaking for all non-binary people, you’re correct, but I have a hunch of certainty that for some people, making your ONLY ESTABLISHED non-binary character a shape-shifting alien isn’t groundbreaking and encouraging, regardless of the diverse world you set. Saying that’s the theme is essentially trying to #olivesmadder the issue when that’s indirectly invalidating those who aren’t as on board with the rest.

But, ya wanna know why I say that isn’t groundbreaking? Because that is the equivalent to POC leads in films being forced to transformed into an animal for most of the movie, something that’s unfortunately happened MORE THAN ONCE. Coding POC and LGBT+ identity traits to non-human characters isn’t/hasn’t been anything special and as a person of color myself, it’s definitely not representing me. My opinion ain’t shit, but this trend of romanticizing the ostracization of minorities by making them non-human is something not everyone has agreed/have to agree on in the current year, regardless of who’s doing it.

Is that clear now, anon?

[zippers]

cw: discussion of q slur and transphobia under the cut

lol throwback to three hours ago when i said i was glad our school didn’t call our gss program “qu**r studies” and my friend, a gss major (who said she has only taken one gss class so far lol), proceeded say stuff in a mocking/taunting voice like “oh, you don’t like the word qu**r? does the word qu**r make you uncomfortable? I’ll have you know that qu**r studies has been used in academia by actual good qu**r academics for decades. i wish our school called it qu**r studies. you’re offended by the word qu**r? too bad, because only some qu**r people are offended by the word qu**r. Most qu**r people actually prefer the word qu**r because it’s inclusive of all qu**r people, not just el gee bee tee”

and whenever i tried to interject something about how ??? i have a lot of trauma associated with the word as i encountered a lot of homophobia growing up in Texas so would you like, intentionally rubbing the word in my face as though there’s something wrong with me for flinching whenever i hear that word? i have friends who identify as qu**r and i’m fine with it as long as they understand that not everyone can view the word in a positive light. also it’s not as though “gender and sexuality studies” isn’t also inclusive????? it’s literally ????????????? the most inclusive way to say that???????????? so why was she getting so defensive???

especially since the way she was saying it was in the exact same tone (i.e. mocking/taunting/teasing me with the word) as i’d hear people using the word as a slur would use?????? like I was having flashbacks to that as i was sitting there because of her???????

and i was literally shaking and i just said “i’m not having this conversation with you, i don’t want to argue about this, can you please stop saying that,” etc. and i just said “i dont want to offend you with my opinion” and she said “oh don’t worry, you won’t hurt me,” and i just said, straight to her face, “well, i can’t say the opposite is true.” also there was (another lesbian) sitting with us and she just looked so uncomfortable with how my other friend was acting. (i am the mutual friend between them and i invited the rude one.)

also she literally said, to my face, that she can pass as a guy/not a woman better than me. i was like ???? i’m literally not a woman ????? and she was like “ive been asked if i was a guy or a girl before. i would pass as a guy. you wouldn’t” and she mentions how she’s got short hair while i have long hair, and how she looks more androgynous in general. then she says that she was also considering to “pretend she was a guy” (an idea which i gave her when we first had a conversation over text about the dress code.) and what the fuck. you’re a woman and i’m not. i wouldn’t be “pretending to be a guy,” i wouldn’t be pretending anything at all. i would just be.... being myself, which is not a woman! a cis girl should not be saying this to a nb person. the context was that i was opening up to the two of them about how i was super upset that women are required to wear a skirt or a dress to enter certain religious places on our greece trip and how that was going to be super dysphoric for me, and how i was thinking about just dressing up really fancy in dress clothes and a tie.

As a side note... after the qu**r thing happened, I said that archaeology (we’re in a greek archaeology class) was rooted in racism, imperialism, and orientalism & she was like “wow you’re just attacking everything i love!” like okay... you love racist things then lol i wonder what that says about you

like wow this year my friends really are showing their true colors????