A bit of a rant-y rant journal because, why not? Apparently I'm not active enough to earn points in dahub yet, so I might as well share my thoughts to help with this and get things off my chest. This is going to be about Tumblr, and I think anyone who reads this might have a clue as to where it will lead. With that said, please don't be offended. I mean that sincerely. There are good and bad people on all websites (though, c'mon, be honest, Tumblr hosts quite a few more bad or downright insane than the average website). Anyway, let's get into it.
You know what grinds my gears? When Tumblr members, or I guess anyone in general, feel the need to focus ONLY on sexuality and gender of certain characters. Entire characters have been reduced to nothing but fap-material and/or agenda-enforcers just so said person can feel connected to their favorite character more. I'm not the rabid canon police, but why are a character's canon qualities COMPLETELY ignored for an agenda? And I'm not just talking about sexualities and genders. I'm talking about personalities, and backstories, and sometimes sheer logic? I realize gay and trans and other characters should be more common, and I would love to see more of these characters, but people shouldn't copy-and-paste genders and sexualities on a character who is clearly straight or cis or white just to enforce something. It's as bad as ignoring canon gay or trans or POC characters.
Anyway, that's just my two cents. Leave a comment if you agree and leave a comment if you don't, but please TRY to be respectful. I'm not forcing anything, just thinking out loud a bit.