i think it's important to remember that "cis" should not be considered a default, and neither should heterosexuality.
when people call making a character who's gender identity and sexuality haven't been explicitly discussed LGBTQIA+ "bending the canon" that's pretty rough
when people call making a character who's gender identity and sexuality haven't been explicitly discussed LGBTQIA+ "bending the canon" that's pretty rough
like, unless the character has explicitly said, "this is my sexuality," or "these are my pronouns / how I identify," they could be anything. You don't know. So, you might see them as straight, or cis, but that isn't any more grounded in reality than someone else's interpretation.
like, i personally view Dazai as bisexual in the canon, even though it's never explicitly said one way or the other. And I prefer to view Chuuya as a genderqueer character. Other people don't, and that's fine, but presuming one is more valid than the other is not cool
And I think the argument of "why can't straight or cis characters be represented that way, and you use queer characters instead"
um. I had to wait until I was literally 19 years old to see a canon bisexual girl in animation, and that was fucking Korra.
How is that fair?
um. I had to wait until I was literally 19 years old to see a canon bisexual girl in animation, and that was fucking Korra.
How is that fair?
And I have seen the occasional LGBT character placed in mainstream manga, but lets be honest here:
1. they're usually a caricature
2. they almost always get killed off
3. their sexuality / gender is often used as the butt of a joke
4. they're rarely central characters
1. they're usually a caricature
2. they almost always get killed off
3. their sexuality / gender is often used as the butt of a joke
4. they're rarely central characters
The rarity of LGBTQIA+ representation is such an issue in media that queer baiting is a legitimate phenomenon that show runners will use in their marketing in order to boost sales.
Like, I really did have a SIGNIFICANT number of people coming to me when I wrote about Chuuya being nonbinary in What's Your Name? Who were emotional, because they had never seen the topic discussed that way before. And I was touched, but...
The lack of content is a problem
The lack of content is a problem
And tbh when you're clearly reading something that is an MLM ship, meaning it's already diverging from the straight "default," and the only thing that bothers you at that point is the fact that one of them is trans...
look within urself, find ur truth, the problem is right there
look within urself, find ur truth, the problem is right there
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