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[–] match@pawb.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same reason why some gamers are okay with women and people of color being side characters but snap when they're in the leading role

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But everyone knows a wamen cannot into strength!

Black people didn't exist until the 1700s!

STOP EMJOYING THINGS I DON'T LIKE

Or something like that. Almost every argument for fantasy-type settings where "that character wouldn't be black/is described as X" but honestly if it doesn't affect the story, who gives a shit.

Yeah, sure. Plenty of characters are described in books as "alabaster/cream/other word for pasty ass white" but not once does it come up in the story. Nobody is racist against other colors. Slavery is for everyone including royalty. So why bother making a fuss about skin color or hair color when there are MOTHERFUCKING DRAGONS FLYING AROUND. If you're looking for realism, that wyvern fucked off a long time ago.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago

Almost every argument for fantasy-type settings where “that character wouldn’t be black/is described as X” but honestly if it doesn’t affect the story

What shits me is that this so often happens with adaptations, and when the adaptation that did this ends up terrible they end up claiming it's proof they were right all along. As though the inclusion of a minority character is somehow the cause of terrible writing, set/prop/costume design, effects, acting (including from the cishet white actors), and direction. No, it couldn't possibly be because most adaptations are terrible regardless, it must be tHe gAYs.