Worst of Social Justice

[Ironchew]

rampant ableism

I always figured there was an "anthropic principle" of good storytelling where the characters find themselves in interesting situations doing interesting things. It's part of why kids enjoy watching action movies with adults in them instead of kids, and (presumably) why we don't have lots of stories where the protagonist is in a vegetative state (no, a battle in the center of the mind doesn't count).

It's about escapism. Flawed characters are only interesting to a point -- give them too many disadvantages and disabilities and they can no longer participate in an interesting story.

[I am lizard]

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TW:leonardo dicaprio

[Lt. Fred]

rampant ableism

I always figured there was an "anthropic principle" of good storytelling where the characters find themselves in interesting situations doing interesting things. It's part of why kids enjoy watching action movies with adults in them instead of kids, and (presumably) why we don't have lots of stories where the protagonist is in a vegetative state (no, a battle in the center of the mind doesn't count).

It's about escapism. Flawed characters are only interesting to a point -- give them too many disadvantages and disabilities and they can no longer participate in an interesting story.

Yeah, it isn't really a story if the main character or characters aren't unusual in some way, unless that is the point - in which case, they're unusually usual (see: Napoleon Dynamite).

[Søren]

Erasure of queer identites = the writers aren't portraying Sherlock and Watson as a gay couple and this hurts my feelings

I never understood queerbaiting. What i would like to see is them kissing, going "eh" and just walking away.

If only to watch tumblr implode. Besides, half these people only want their ship to be canon, and if youre only watching a show for fanfiction fapping material. You have bigger things to worry about.

Besides, even if you do get said canon faggotry, its gonna be so boring in the show. If it gets the same treatment as straight people, tumblr is going to go "they arent being gay enough, theyre just talking!"

[Thejebusfire]

Just because two same gendered people share an apartment does not mean they are gay.

Colleagues, room-mates, friends; They were all these things, but never lovers.

[ironbite]

But...but...THEY'RE BRITISH!  OF COURSE THEY'RE GAY!

[Art Vandelay]

But...but...THEY'RE BRITISH!  OF COURSE THEY'RE GAY!

The Scots would probably take offense to that.

[Ultimate Paragon]

But...but...THEY'RE BRITISH!  OF COURSE THEY'RE GAY!

The Scots would probably take offense to that.

Yeah, they're too busy fucking sheep to bother with homosexuality.

[TheUnknown]

Erasure of queer identites = the writers aren't portraying Sherlock and Watson as a gay couple and this hurts my feelings

I never understood queerbaiting. What i would like to see is them kissing, going "eh" and just walking away.

If only to watch tumblr implode. Besides, half these people only want their ship to be canon, and if youre only watching a show for fanfiction fapping material. You have bigger things to worry about.

Besides, even if you do get said canon faggotry, its gonna be so boring in the show. If it gets the same treatment as straight people, tumblr is going to go "they arent being gay enough, theyre just talking!"

I've seen similar posts about this subject; tumblr seems to assume that the majority of slash/yaoi shippers and fic writers are queer folks who are trying to deal to with being underrepresented in the media.  And then there are those who take it way too far and become so attached to their headcanons that when something happens in canon that doesn't conform to it or outright denies it, they act like some personal offense or betrayal was committed against them and the characters.

[I am lizard]

But...but...THEY'RE BRITISH!  OF COURSE THEY'RE GAY!

The Scots would probably take offense to that.

Yeah, they're too busy fucking sheep to bother with homosexuality.

Edgy much?

[Ironchew]

But...but...THEY'RE BRITISH!  OF COURSE THEY'RE GAY!

The Scots would probably take offense to that.

Yeah, they're too busy fucking sheep to bother with homosexuality.

Edgy much?

You know you're in social justice when old jokes about national pasttimes are considered "too edgy".

[I am lizard]

But...but...THEY'RE BRITISH!  OF COURSE THEY'RE GAY!

The Scots would probably take offense to that.

Yeah, they're too busy fucking sheep to bother with homosexuality.

Edgy much?

You know you're in social justice when old jokes about national pasttimes are considered "too edgy".

ah, I hadn't actually heard of the jokes before so it sounded significantly harsher.

[Askold]

But...but...THEY'RE BRITISH!  OF COURSE THEY'RE GAY!

The Scots would probably take offense to that.

The men who wear skirts are afraid of having their sexuality be questioned?

[Art Vandelay]

But...but...THEY'RE BRITISH!  OF COURSE THEY'RE GAY!

The Scots would probably take offense to that.

The men who wear skirts are afraid of having their sexuality be questioned?

Yep. They guys who wear skirts have have a fixation on long and hard objects (claymores, cabers, all that fun stuff) will be most put out should you suggest that they like the peen.

[RavynousHunter]

But...but...THEY'RE BRITISH!  OF COURSE THEY'RE GAY!

The Scots would probably take offense to that.

The men who wear skirts are afraid of having their sexuality be questioned?

Yep. They guys who wear skirts have have a fixation on long and hard objects (claymores, cabers, all that fun stuff) will be most put out should you suggest that they like the peen.

So, you're equating Scots with American football players, then?