#unless it's specifically bc of the 'kill your gays' trope. in which case...fair. but i wasn't nearly That invested in those 2 :/ | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

nero-neptune · 16 days ago

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my opinion's probably a cold take. but i'm sure i'd be more upset about the siuan thing if 1) i'd already read the books (and was more attached to her character) and/or 2) there weren't other major black characters in the show. but i haven't read all the books (i'm still reading the first one), and there Are other major black characters in the show. so it's sad, but i'm not shaken up about it

#i can't speak much on the perspective of book readers #but i'm watching the show as someone who's a gay and black woman. and it's like. fine tbh #saw a few posts calling it antiblack. idk. maybe? from what i understand (and from what i've already read in book 1)#arent all the black characters in the show basically all white in the books? another win for racebending!#i just don't know how her dying the way she did in the show is antiblack Specifically. if she was white and died the same way...then what?#i think i just have a Really high bar for calling something antiblack in a tv show. it takes a lot for me to go there i think lol #unless it's specifically bc of the 'kill your gays' trope. in which case...fair. but i wasn't nearly That invested in those 2 :/#my opinions is probably colored by the many many many bad shows i've seen in the past that were Way more antiblack #so i'm used to a lot worse than a black character dying badly. like it takes so much for me to get worked up about that these days #which isn't to say i don't care. it's more like. i have bigger problems. like antiblack problems in real life #obvi this isn't me saying my opinion supercedes anyone else's re: any antiblackness #but usually i can tell if something feels targeted. and this wouldn'tve even occurred to me if i hadn't seen it in the tags tbh #wheel of time #rambles

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