F**k Racist and Racist Fandoms
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
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"I'm not an agitator, I'm just trying to exist."
That's good shit right there.
It couldn’t have been better stated
exactly
It's bad enough that you exist in reality. Do you have to mess up my fantasy by forcing yourself in there too? Nah... lol just kidding! 😁😎
@@xombie0078based on your comment history you weren’t joking. This channel isn’t for you, gtfo racist.
"I'm not going to be very articulate since I didn't script this." Proceeds to be very articulate and well-spoken. I hate how we still have to have these kinds of conversations in 2020. Not because it's being said but because it needs to be. This should not be a thing that should be happening still...
I was so confused about the Rue backlash. She was pretty much exactly how I pictured her since she is CANONICALLY BLACK IN THE BOOK, plus she was an amazing actress and possibly the best done part of the series. Apparently people don't know how to read descriptions, or maybe can't comprehend how someone of a different race could remind Katniss of her sister. I don't know, people are stupid.
If I'm being honest, I was very surprised by the casting of Rue. I was expecting someone darker.
Madalin Grama people would be outraged if Michael B. Jordan was casted because Bruce Wayne(Batman) is not black.
@@kyronlewis6975 ..but he could be because it's a fictional character
@Madalin Grama And Catwoman has been black before in media. From the 70s Batman show, the live action Catwoman movie, the Harley Quinn Cartoon, the newest DC Superhero Girls cartoon, the Catwoman oneshot animated feature..... Which invalidates the defense of 'being true to the source material.' Even when featured as a white woman, Catwoman's features have varied and that's the same with many fictional characters.
Madalin Grama true
People just refuse to acknowledge or believe that their racist behavior in fandom directly correlates to their real-life views and beliefs towards black people.
To complain about black people being in these FICTIONAL spaces, you must also take issue with us taking space in real life places: jobs, your neighborhoods, with people you are attracted to (or not), being friends with your friends or relatives, being famous and successful and HAPPY in your presence.
Black joy and success makes racists UNCOMFORTABLE, so of course they don’t want to see us in their media. Just like we want to escape racism and our racist reality, they want everything to be lily white so they can escape US. And that’s really why they don’t want us in their fantasy and fiction.
Once again, you’ve hit the nail on the head, you know what’s up, and that’s why I fucks with you. 💪🏾💪🏾🙌🏾✊🏾
Well said
Really well said!
ALL. OF. THIS.
Well said brother. 👍🏾
More Black Joy and Success!
You are right. It is connected. The racism directed at actors of colour in these shows reveals a deeper hatred within the people doing the harassment. They simply use their 'criticism' of the shows as a smokescreen to express their prejudice.
John Boyega is awesome though! The entire reason I criticize Finn’s character is exactly because I know Boyega can be great if the director lets him. If I had a problem with a character being black, I would friggin say it, and explain why. If I say it’s because the character is neutered and doesn’t do anything cool, that’s what I mean.
I’ve been gaslighted in the past so I guess I’m a bit hypersensitive about people telling me I’m doing something I’m not.
@@samwallaceart288 "If I had a problem with a character being black, I would friggin say it, and explain why."
Can you think of any reason why a character being black would be a problem? Aside from geographical consistency in historical fiction or documentaries about real people.
Tempest Tossed - It’s yet to happen, where the character being black is actually an issue for me. But if it ever did, I would say so and explain why, and maybe run a vibe check while I’m at it. Otherwise, if I give another reason for disliking a character, it’s for the reason I give. I get that this trust may not be extended to every white viewer, but neither can such distrust be extended. For real though, I’ll rack my head for any occurrence of ethnicity hurting a character and get back here if I think of any.
@@samwallaceart288 Kathleen Kennedy side lined the character of Finn because black people are not bankable in the Chinese market..well if you keep side lining black people they'll never be bankable
@Victor Nikolai Not sure on Kylo Ren being well-written, but otherwise yeah. The sequels have a terrific cast; Boyega, Driver, Isaac, and Ridley all deserve to be in a _good_ movie together.
"When they win it's meritocracy, but when we win it's identity politics."
~N.K Jemisin
I just wanna say that I started watching your videos when I was 15 which was when you were 16, and I sorta grew up watching your videos, and living in a white neighborhood my whole life and being white and worse yet, being homeschooled by a mother who suffered from sub-schizophrenia and so didn't even teach me math or history, so I didn't even know about slavery until I was 15, you gave me so much perspective and changed my life a lot. I love Toni Morrison, I love N.K Jemisin, I love James Baldwin, Malcolm and MLK. But you were the first person I listened to about these subjects and as someone who has also suffered and been diagnosed with major depression disorder and suicide ideation I just wanna say thank you for everything.
I have been spending my whole life talking to my family, my white friends about these issues and am currently engaged to a sociologist and I'll always continue to vote for people not like me, to plant trees I won't sit under to enjoy their
shade, I'll never stop educating myself and learning more, and most importantly I'll never stop listening.
I’m glad things have gotten better for you!
Ayyy you my comrade are a legend. To go from ignorance to understanding when the entire world seems set to keep you from knowing about the issues, that takes a strong sense of self and a powerful compassion.
I hope you're doing okay and living well, we need more like you around.
Aaaaand now I'm crying. Bless you forever!
That Hugo speech was amazing!
"when they start doing it well its success, when i start doing it well its suspect" - Mos def
Agreed, I don't like it when people act like fandom is not apart of the real world. Many in fandom tell on themselves.
The only time my fandom ever crossed into real world was when me and a coworker talked about why he thought Amazing Spiderman 2 had a decent love subplot. And another coworker recommended I watch Evangelion (it’s not bad, has some Japanese sexist cringe but also solid character writing). That’s the extent of my fandom IRL.
I’m genuinely curious to know what you mean by “fandom” because I think I’m using a different definition. I define it as “appreciation of a work”, or “general collective of individuals who share appreciation of a work.”
@@samwallaceart288 princess did use an example, the star wars fandom is racist towards John Boyega and this behaviour will be reflected in real life. Another example is when The Witcher came to netflix and everyone was angry because of the divers cast, princess said that in the video that it shows an inherent dislike for black faces and stories to be seen, this dehumanization crosses to the real world. But this was explain in the video...
M. N. - You’ll have to further define fandom then because I’ve only heard one “fan” unironically bash John Boyega’s race in my entire life, on a Star Wars forum before Ep VII dropped; and that forum member that bashed Boyega’s race? He was dogpiled by every other user of the site, and when he continually posted trolling incendiary comments he was banned repeatedly; and I was happy to see him go, not even because I believe in shutting down inaccurate and harmful discourse, but because the guy was continually being a douche to other users. John Boyega and Marie-Tran got heat from similar assholes, and that’s a shame; 99% of Star Wars fans agree that that is a shitty behavior.
It's racism all the way down, from Finn being sidelined despite his potential, to horrendous police violence. Thank you for making such awesome videos about it.
Ah, dude... they did Boyega dirty. That's just shameful...
I know this video is old but I'm forever pissed on what they did to Finn. They did him so dirty, the most interesting new character in the movies and they shoved him aside. Unacceptable.
@@PeanutStrawberry Boyega actually spoke about how he was handled in (whichever the second movie his character was in, I don't watch any of those). He felt that while _some_ of what happened in that film was a backlash against what some people thought was toxic masculinity in the first movie, only _his_ character was made into the useless comedy relief guy.
Thank you /genuinely/ for your comment, because I never thought about it before, but it literally explains everything wrong with Finn's character, especially in the third movie. The way he just follows Rei around while she keeps tell him to just eff off, his complete lack of an arc... Ugh.
Disclosure: I'm white and while I think of myself as an ally (even though I don't really like that word) this example is the kind of media-based thing that I just don't notice. So again, ty for sharing the thought.
@@choosecarefully408 Right. While Po gets to literally lead a mutiny against the woman in charge of the fleet and in the end she just smies and says "I like him."
I recently woke up from my dreamworld to truly realize how society devalued me as a gay woman. It was not fun, but I cannot even start to imagine what the extra factor of race adds. Your videos make me see things I'd be happier not to knowing, but yes, I believe you.
yes. ALL of this. i remember the reactions to Rue. i also remember that after Tamir Rice was murdered, the news thought it was appropriate to report on traffic tickets that his parents had, as if that somehow diminished his value. they looked for dirt on an innocent 12-year-old boy, couldn't find any, and instead attempted to find dirt on his parents. my soul has been HURTING for a long time. your voice is my voice. thank you for this.
the moments where your voice almost broke into tears shattered my heart
You are so strong, Princess, and I've been watching since the beginning, since the Hating-Twilight days, and you have changed many of my own perspectives with your videos. You are so smart and funny and talented, and I'm always excited to see any new content you put out. Never stop raising your voice, because the world needs more loud voices like yours.
Oh girl... it’s just too much. Thank you for using your platform to speak on this. We are so so tired.
Thank you for this. I am profusely sad, angry, and exhausted. Fandom often really is not a safe place for blackness.
The dehumanization of black people is so deep rooted in every facet of media we consume and it ABSOLUTELY is a direct link to how we’re treated in real life. Real life is traumatizing and the various media that black people consume and support are supposed to bring us some sense of catharsis. But we can’t even have that. We can’t have Finn be the new main savior of the galaxy in Star Wars. We can’t have Black Panther being praised and make endless amounts of money without it being called overrated. We can’t have Candice Patton play Iris without the endless videos on RUclips about how she’s the worst character and the endless amounts of harassment.
Black people can’t have joy. Black people can’t be seen as sympathetic. Black people can’t be heard. Instead, the disgusting evil of racism and the consistency of having to justify our fucking existence and humanity creeps into every facet of our lives, fictional or otherwise.
Even the She Ra fandom? What happened in that one?
I don’t think this applies to all media. Thinking back on my own watch history, the majority of black characters in the things I watch are decent characters. And when I do see a black character get underutilised, it turns me off because it feels like the writer is taking a break or something. But there are so many movies/shows that don’t do this. Sicario, the black guy is the voice of reason. Collateral is only racist in assuming Mark Ruffalo has a convincing hispanic accent.
Like I get that the hacker guy in Transformers who “ate the whole plate” is a stereotype laden character but he’s leagues better than Shia Labeouf’s character. I didn’t like Black Panther because it didn’t establish immediate stakes the same way Blade does (this is the same reason I dislike the SW Prequels btw) Black Panther himself is awesome, he was awesome in Civil War because he was a man on a mission; it’s just that his standalone movie has pacing issues. Any Morgan Freeman movie ever. I’m not saying that black characters getting shafted isn’t a thing, I’m saying that there are so many alternatives to go and watch.
And I’m as pissed as you that Finn turned out to be such a neutered character. He could of been an ex-stormtrooper badass who, even if he wasn’t the main Jedi character, could have been the rogue warrior badass who steals the show a la Han Solo being so popular despite being a side character; but they take every chance to side-step Finn doing something cool and it’s frustrating. John Boyega was more badass in Attack the Block; a movie about teenagers fighting alien-beasts with fireworks and cheap katanas and dying. How the hell a budget action dramedy outdid a Star Wars movie is a screwup.
@@samwallaceart288 You didn't hear them at all. I would laugh if it weren't so sad.
What really irks me is that these are fictional characters unless their race plays a role in their stories then anyone should be able to play these characters without it being an issue..but whenever a black person is cast their is outrage..I'm actually someone who thought black panther was boring but I also thought end game an infinity war was boring too lol
@Bella Rose Really what?
The fact that calling out racist fans is met with people saying that
"You're being horrible" but never addressing the actual racism displayed is
really telling about how complicit people are with Anti-black racism
I remember last year, I was hanging out with someone who was my friend and we came to the topic of marvel. I asked if they had seen The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. They said "No, I don't really like The Falcon. I think he's my least favorite super hero, along with War Machine. IDK why, there's nothing wrong with them, I just don't like them." It gave me an immediate pit in my stomach. It's not a coincidence that their two least favorite mcu superheroes were black men.
Black people are literally hated for fcking existing and it's so exhausting.
Yikes
That connection you made between fandom reaction to Rue's casting in The Hunger Games and young black people being shot in real life and people publicly not feeling sympathy was something I'd never thought of before. Thank you for opening my eyes to that.
Melina, you woke me up so much as a human being. You helped me, a bipolar, bisexual white girl, gain a much more expansive perspective on life outside of my niche. I want to thank you for opening my eyes to the issues in pop culture/fandom in regards to race. It’s disgusting. I remember when the Rue hellfire happened and how horrific people were. You’re right; it’s not fringe people-it’s way more mainstream than people want to believe.
Thank you for you empathy on this subject.
I don’t think allies could imagine just how much they’re valued.
As an LGBTQ person I share a lot of your frustation with people deciding that we don't belong in their fiction.
Also, it was only thanks to the riot of a BLACK TRANS WOMAN that my comunity has achieve a lot of the rights we did, so all of my solidarity goes to you and to your comunity in this moment
✊ POWER & PRIDE 🏳️🌈
Marsha P. Johnson was a gay drag queen. Why do trans women try to claim him as their own? It's homophobic.
@@rachelelizabethschneider2974 I doubt it's anything as insidious as that. I think young people just are confused what "transvestite" means because it isn't a word anyone uses anymore.
What ive noticed over the years, Even when Creators try to be inclusive they still do it terribly. like Steven Universe, Rebecca the non-binary jewish woman made her Black coded (Garnet) and/or Black or Latin coded Gem character (Amethyst) Fuse into a Giant Four Armed, many eyed, Monster "Sugilite" which I saw to me was inspired by a Oni/Asura but you notice that Fusions with Pearl who is coded white to be elegant and slender and beautiful. which now we know is pretty fucked up.
I advise creators to be themselves rather than get on the Faux Woke trend but if your going to be inclusive including Racial coding and LGBT characters you kinda need to know and be sensible about what your doing.
This is not quite only, but very much an American problem. I'm not saying people perceived as 'other' don't face persecution everywhere. It's just that it can run the gamut from (begrudging) acceptance to the way Americans handle it as if they can't share the planet with One Other Person.
Michael Moore tried to explain this as a cultural persecution complex, but even that is too forgiving. It feels like it's hate for the sake of hating to start with, _then_ separates into different aspects & specializations after it finds itself.
The thing is, things _were_ getting better all 'round until the Reagan years. I *know* PC language was part of what caused this. But it feels as if just RR's *presence* somehow started something. I haven't figured out yet exactly what. But I'm always trying to seek ways to undo it.
@@marksalmoneussorcerersupreme I noticed this as well and I agree.
I remember the bizarre reactions from people who were outraged that "they turned Rue into a black girl for the movies," somehow not remembering that she was canonically Black in the book. Just goes to show racists have no reading comprehension skills, I guess.
Thanks for talking about this, your voice deserves to be heard
Nothing but truth bombs being dropped here. I support and got your back sis. ✊
A few years ago, I was working a job where around half of my coworkers, probably more, were African immigrants. Listening to this video I remembered one of the most subtly racist things I’ve ever witnessed. A Kenyan born coworker was telling another, very white, coworker about how her instructor at a home care aide college course was not helping her and other students who spoke English as a second language with medical terms, and venting her frustration at the bigotry of it all. The white Canadian-born woman was expressing her doubts about the bigotry through the whole exchange, she must be misunderstanding and so on. I chimed in saying that sort of thing happens all the time, and suddenly she completely believed the story. For context, if you’ve ever heard the joke about the guy so white he sunburnt his scalp while wearing a hat... that’s literally me. No exaggeration, I really got that sunburn.
I’m a white guy whose personal style codes conservative, so I get to hear a lot of the racism, sexist, homophobia and transphobia people say when they think they have a friendly audience, and it can genuinely be as bad as you’d think.
"You're fine rebelling... as long as your rebellion leads you over there..." omg, yes
Thank you for this video I been saying this crap about the toxicity for over a year and a half and no one would listen I'm call me an sjw and every other name in the book. Me and a colleague of mine have been trying to combating racism in the star wars fandom and it's Fallen mostly on deaf ears unfortunately.
For those of you who are watching this video share it everywhere more people need to see this video and hear with this woman has to say these are the kind of truths that need to be heard.
There were recently several articles published about the problem of neo-Nazis in the Brony fandom, and a lot of people outside it were responding with some sort of shock or surprise. Meanwhile, those of us in the fandom were generally like "Well no shit! We've been saying that for a bloody decade, but no one will do anything about it!". Really disheartening that one of the biggest names in the fandom, someone who I previously respected for his talent and involvement, came out against the BLM protests (basic cishet white dude, natch).
Fortunately, the anti-racism voices have been loud enough that some of the bigger fixtures in the fandom have started to take some small amount of action against it Only time will tell if that action ends up being more than just token gestures brought on by bad publicity. I'm not holding my breath.
Glad your talking about this, fandom is an escape for me so seeing poc people in fandom be treated badly is so upsetting. Felt like I was going crazy when I saw the comments to Boyega's twitter post.
beautiful video!!! very poignant fr thank you for the words
@Robert's workz shut up what do you know... 😒
Robert's workz
Lol, so seeing reality makes you "white guilty? Would anyone be talking about this if large amounts of bigoted white people didn't go out of their way to attack black characters and people? Bigots create a problem, and then claim other people are the one's with the problem when they react to them
Robert's workz
Lol, so seeing reality makes you "white guilted"? Would anyone be talking about this if large amounts of bigoted white people didn't go out of their way to attack black characters and people? Bigots create a problem, and then claim other people are the one's with the problem when they react to them
I'm with you, Princess. Conditional solidarity is not solidarity at all. Sending good vibes and support to you.
Thank you for this. Being a Black woman in fandom is alienating. We are hated for existing
For a long time I didn't know black nerds existed, because the media likes to suppress your voices. I am so glad you all have been working so hard to create your own platforms, and that someone pointed me to your channel!!
TBH I didn't know black nerds existed until Megan Thee Stallion made it more mainstream along with Gen Z rappers who like anime openly. And its why certain fandoms overreact to when representation actually acknowledges their demographic, because they cant grasp the concept of peripheral audiences. Thy just think its an "agenda" to stop pretending that the fictitious "white majority' they use to justify arbitrary discrimination actually matters. like why do they think that only they should be marketed to, as if they cant still enjoy a product with brown skinned people in it. Like it changes the experience for them but want to pretend there is no racism and its just idpol or that they're the real victims of poc representation, somehow.
One hundred percent this is the truth. As someone who also suffered through the Vampire Diaries, the racism is extremely prevalent both on the show and in the fandom. Bonnie Bennett was my favourite character on the show (and honestly should have been the main character with the powers she had). The way both Kat Graham and her character were treated was horrific. I remember the amount of times fans said that she should have been killed off or experienced MORE violence (than she already did) because Bonnie simply refused to do something for the main characters. I also remember getting into arguments with people over the treatment of her character and how fucked up it was that over the course of several seasons, there were entire episodes where the only time she was on screen was literally to perform spells for other characters. I remember watching one of those "nighttime routine" videos with Kat Graham a few months ago, and she talked about how she always had to get her hair done at a salon and wear wigs while working. The showrunners didn't want her to have her natural hair and it wasn't until the pandemic that she finally got to rock her tight, kinky hair. I know it seems small by comparison to all the other crap, but to me exemptifies how it must have felt working on that show, that pressured her to look as white as possible while still treating her like dirt and then face racist harassment from fans.
It's heartbreaking when you think about how much extra emotional and physical labour black Actors and Actresses go through. And then fans have the audacity to get angry when black actors and actresses aren't "grateful" for working on these TV shows and movies? Pardon my language but FUCK THEM.
The fact that TV networks and movie franchises bend to racist fandoms is infuriating. They could do the right thing and give their Black characters ACTUAL storylines instead of dehumanizing and sidelining them. Instead showrunners and producers do exactly that, validating all the racists that argue, "well that character can't be a Jedi cause they're black." It's like an endless cycle of racist misery.
Even off the cuff, you're still so well articulated. Thank you for your voice among others. It hurts me that there are still those just won't get it. But those who will do. My love and prayers to you.
Prayers?
_"Fandom is the way you see where your value lies"_
This is true, and it's also why fandom by nature is problematic. Anyone who is putting greater emphasis on things that are popular instead of thinking for themselves and watching all types of films and consuming all types of stories is viewing both art and reality through a narrow lens. People who only care for Star Wars and Marvel and refuse to watch movies made before they were born, simply because they are older movies, or movies with subtitles simply because they have subtitles, are participating in discrimination without just cause. It's no wonder that belief system and their narrow world view would follow them outside of the media they consume. They aren't thinking for themselves, or perhaps at all.
I believe you. Fandom can be so tiring. And the world that is not fandom is also tiring.
I am so happy that you exist because I found your Channel around the fall and it started with me watching a video you had about Abby from Sleepy Hollow being killed off and I could of cry. Your content on fandom as a black bisexual woman means so much to me because we aren't seen ,we aren't expect it to like fandom , and we aren't supposed to want to see ourselves. The fact you're here on RUclips speaking on racism , sexism, and sexuality bias etc in fandom is hard to find and you are a diamond in the rough.💗💗💞💞
I know as a white person I can't fully understand, but as a trans person in fandom I empathize with your struggles. It's absolute bullshit to be put through that kind of crap when people turn to fandoms as support, community, and to escape the hells of reality for a little while.
i really feel you on this. i've come across a lot of ignorance and racism online lately and now i've been hit with all of this news of police brutality. it's been really devastating and exhausting. i truly feel like the virtual world is still very real in a lot of ways. exaggerated, sure. but very real. the things we can experience on here can be very real. i'm happy to find someone who feels the same way. thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. like i said, i've been watching for years and you were the first black youtubers i came across that talked about fantasy and other subjects like that. i really appreciated it and still do.
In my personal life, when I am feeling down, visiting videogames sites for stupid news give me just the push to keep on working, distract myself and carry on. The idea that a comment on that same site, that I search for enjoyment and even sharing with others, would not only further ruin my day but moreover remind me of the dehumanization of the community I am part of, should be enough of a wake up call to empathize
Jesus Christ I forgot about how bad the stuff with Rue was.
Girl you sound exhausted and I feel it in my soul. I don't know everything about the black experience, but as a trans person I'm uncomfortably familiar with the feeling of you just existing in a space being some kind of offensive statement to some people. It sucks. I used to joke that I didn't volunteer for the culture war, I was conscripted, and God it's exhausting. Hearing you express something similar breaks my heart because nobody should have to go through that. And I'm sure I've been part of the problem at some point! The worst part is I can't even remember when, because so much of that is white noise to me!
God thank you for making this. I completely believe you.
People said they can't empathize with a character because she's black? That's so brazenly bigoted! I thought people were generally a bit more stealthy about their racism before Trump.
I can't empathize for a character who's only personality trait is black, which that's what they kind of did with Finn in the rise of Skywalker, I loved his character in Force Awakens, not cuz he was black, but cuz he was a soldier who I thought would be a main character and not a token.
Random Knowitall The thing is that Finn’s personality isn’t black and that sentiment is vague as shit.
That Rue example really hit home 💔
I'll never forget the shit Angel Coulby got during Merlin. Merthur shippers just shat on her all the time (even still today) and would say she wasn't beautiful enough to be Gwen or be with Arthur. Even the creators fed into that bullshit by sidelining her in the last series and not having her and Arthur kiss. It was just pure racism and it was the first time I became aware of how racist fandom can be. Thanks for the videos, your videos have always been very educational and informative.
Star wars has one black character whose a thief and betrayed his friends. The second black character had white saviours and then he's immediately puppy dog in LOVE over the the first white woman he sees when his chains are off. That is sad writing. The next ethnic character they introduced was an Asian woman in love with the black soldier. Damn it was sad.
Then again, there are the myriad of other characters that got crammed into the last movie for 30 seconds a piece. No character development but I'm sure they'll sell us the action figures
" The next ethnic character they introduced was an Asian woman"
Wrong. The next ethnic character was Poe who is portrayed by Latin American actor Oscar Isaac (real name Oscar Hernandez). He was claimed to have been the sequel trilogy's Han Solo yet gets hardly any screen time in the first movie, gets no real love interest in the whole series, is berated and attacked by women (both physically hit and shot at), etc... Hollywood has always had a problem with portraying straight nonwhite men as attractive and with love interests and that includes Poe.
@@NomadFlow reasonable. He presents as white American male the way British fin presents as black American. There were characters in rogue one who just happened to be non white American males.
Its a statement about how Disney views non white males that Po, who I had no idea wasn't supposed to be white, and Fin are the implied gay characters as Fin is the implied princess Leah to Po as solo with shots that in any of the other movie that go to romantic. Nothing against gay However in this case it removes them completely from having any effective sexuality totally emasculating those characters. By contrast old guard had a hero couple that were tough as nails and super cool who happened to be gay. They were gay but not emasculated.
And now that you mention it, fin got physically assaulted by women and then was all triumphant over fighting a woman. I know I teach my son, never ever ever ever ever ever take pride in beating a girl in anything. We are to protect the women. Even the crazy ones. You've already lost anytime you need to raise hands and totally defeated if you feel a need to raise hands to a woman. It is a reasonable civil rights statement though. How the powers that be pit the under classe against each other. Women and ethnic minorities are not the WE THE PEOPLE of the United States constitution.
@@mandelharvey3429 "He presents as white American male"
He does not. He is not treated as a white man and I explained how.
"Its a statement about how Disney views non white males that Po, who I had no idea wasn't supposed to be white, and Fin are the implied gay characters as Fin is the implied princess Leah to Po"
That interpretation is completely inaccurate. The fact that there was a push to make Poe and Finn a gay couple by inept people backs up my claim that "Hollywood has always had a problem with portraying straight nonwhite men as attractive and with love interests". A similar push happened in Rogue One to make the character portrayed by Donnie Yen and that mainland Chinese actor also a gay couple. Once again, two nonwhites pushed to be gay. If you look at all of the Star Wars live action movies, not a single nonwhite character has ever had a serious and meaningful love interest or romance. In the prequels, they also had a Latin American actor (Jimmy Smits) who never is shown with any love interest despite being the one to raise Princess Leia. Lando despite being shown as flirty in Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi is not shown with any woman. Then in the movie "Solo" they ridiculously reveal that Lando is pansexual and to add further insult to injury they say he is sexually interested in robots while Han Solo in the same movie is given another love female love interest to make up for the fact that the character of Leia is not in that movie.
Consider also that they just announced that for those horrible MCU movies, they will have the first gay couple on screen played by Haaz Sleiman and Brian Tyree Henry. Both are nonwhite men. This once again proves like I said that: Hollywood has always had a problem with portraying straight nonwhite men as attractive and with love interests.
In Hollywood, white men are always portrayed as the sexiest men alive and constantly with female love interest of all races while nonwhite men are almost never shown as physically attractive as white men and with serious love female love interest. Furthermore, Latin American and Asian American women in Hollywood are almost always with white men as their love interests while Latin American and Asian American men are either given no serious love interest (especially not with white women) or are shown as not straight. White women, especially the really attractive ones, are almost never shown in serious interracial relationships. It is a tragedy that no one has realized this and no one is talking about this.
@@NomadFlow we pretty well agree. Fin and po specifically are shot as a gay couple without the kissing. I didn't want that. I didn't set the camera angles and pacing to imply they're a couple. They're an attempt for Disney to have the cake and eat it too. The greater point of non whites not having romance is agreed fully. Non white sexuality and gasp trending towards making more of us outside of the white people's participation is Hollywood taboo. Probably earns a Y rating past NC17 and X.
The two friends in rogue one were kinda implied, but they were super cool and capable.
I'm not Hispanic. Po to me completely blends as a white person. Although to me, watching X-Men, Alexandra Shipp and Halle berry are shot to blend in as white in most scenes of the franchise. Also, the two hottest advertising women in their respective movies are just background for the romantic leads. I love the other actresses fine who had romantic story arcs but nobody even notices Shipp or Berry exist.? That's just strange to me.
If you watch the mandolorian, it's great that a Hispanic actor is behind the mask. For all but 5 minutes of the show he presents as just another white person.
On star trek, generally they had black actors play roles that could've been anyone. Post racism future I guess. The first black character they portrayed was major Kira. Yes Nana visitor is a white actor she played a black character I recognize as black from my church. She knows Jesus personally and God has a crush on her. Will kill people on her way to church. The oppression background. Faith ridiculed because of her past but validated by the demonstration of seemingly impossible prayers answered. Relationship with God. Odo being referred to as a god was for her character to fully be that old black church lady. Star trek discovery is super hated. I personally love it because they have an alien who, though not romantic, acknowledges being black in America and reflexively feeling a sport prey species. There's other elements of Black and minority culture on the show. Most notably to me the Klingon that bleaches his Klingon appearance and is hypnotized to be human. And the racist Vulcans sarek and Spock being fleshed out with Michael.
My deepest sympathies from across the pond in Latvia. I'm angry and heartbroken, and I hope you and everyone else in the comments are staying safe. You will always have my support. Even if it's just sharing your videos and words with my friends. 💛
"There is a part of me that will always be an inherently hopeful person. But that's fucking exhausting." This quote really resonated with me. Being hopeful in a world that just keeps kicking you can really suck sometimes.
I really appreciated this video because sometimes it can be easy to think that your fandom isn't like "those other racist" fandoms. Thank you for the sincerity, the vulnerability, and also the call to action for everyone that wants to help.
Sending love to you guys from South Africa ❤🙏🏿 Really sad what's going on over there, what's been going on for centuries, really.
I remember the Rue hunger games fiasco.
I also remember Zazie Beats playing Domino, Leslie Jones being in Ghost Busters, Halle being the Little Mermaid, Nessa in Pokemon, Clementine in TWD, etc.
The fandoms are toxic.
The Ghost Busters fandom doxxed Leslie and *leaked her nudes!* Meanwhile Melissa MacCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Kirsten Wiig were also in that movie.
I don't recall them being doxxed or even harassed. And they didn't stand up for Leslie either.
And this was fckin GHOST BUSTERS. It had two movies. It wasn't even a franchise like Star Wars. The average age of the Ghost Busters fandom has to be 40 plus.
Meaning these were grown af people trying to destroy Leslie because she was in a movie they didn't like.
That was a reminder of why I don't really care for fandom culture. It is usually white male dominated.
We're with you. Stay strong.
Truth. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Needed this. I'm tired. Can't even enjoy fandom experience. For example; Roswell New Mexico, Maria DeLuca right now and it HURTS.
You matter so much. You make me feel seen, you speak the words i feel but so rarely get a chance to express. As an indigenous person, every painful word of this resonates in my bones. I hope you know, somewhere deep, that you're important, that you matter, that you deserve all the love and support. I'll stand with you and your community, always ❤️
It's true having these conversations is tiring but they still need to be said and will continue needing to be said until this problem goes away. Which will probably be until the heat death of the planet.
Also thank you for pointing out that white gay people (and slashers) contribute to the marginalizition of black people especially black women in fandom. The whole Arthur/Gwen/Merlin thing was a joke. CW can't even properly protray a canon ship without having to pander to the Merthurs so that they can't get upset. I even saw a video discussing how Arthur clearly has more feelings for Merlin because the Gwen and Arthur scenes had no chemistry and it made me mad. It's like they don't want to acknowledge why that is. More recently in the Voltron fandom people were so into their Klance ship I guess they kinda forgot about poor Allura who is supposed be Lance's love interest (not that the writing on the show helped.) She's the most important character on the show, but she gets sidelined in the fandom because of some scenes where Keith and Lance kinda look cute standing next to each other. Voltron is a whole other mess onto itself.
On fire as usual, Princess! It’s been a really ROUGH week. Stay safe!
Thank you for everything you share here. You're helping people understand how far this bullshit spreads, and how insidious it can be, just by refusing to let it go unsaid.
I'm particularly (and, to get it out here, I'm a white, straight, cisgender man) struck by your bringing up Rue, since I think the resistance to a sympathetic character, such as her, being black is particularly significant. Peoples' brains treat characters with whom they empathize as though they were (real life) people (with whom they still empathize), so the stakes of how such a fictional character is treated are much higher than recognized. In other words: when a fandom fights a major character being accessible; it's because they don't want to have to identify with the group of people that character might represent.
White supremacist fans recognized that a black Rue might force sci-fi and fantasy fans to recognize the humanity of black people, so they fought against it in the hopes that they could delay that recognition. Let's kick the legs out of that hope by showing a fandom united against all forms of discrimination.
Thank you for those honest and powerful thoughts. I think a lot of people are just as distressed and appalled by the current state of many fandoms. Seeing videos like yours gives me some much needed hope. Long-distance solidarity from Quebec! ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏾
I remember when the Russos said Shuri was the smartest person in the MCU, large parts of that fan base suddenly hated Black Panther and it was overrated...
literally the annoying members of the Fandom Menace
Thank you for this. It's very hard for me to explain to people why that behavior bothers me in fandom. You really spoke on it so well.
i’ve been watching you for so many years now. you have given me perspective and insight on many different subjects that i wouldn’t have had. you are a true beacon of hope in this dark world. you remind me to stay hopeful. you are one of the strongest people in fandom, and i will always respect and celebrate you for that. stay strong, all of your fans love you
The entertainment industry needs to be recognized as a huge influence on the structure of society. Fandom and Media are often completely disregarded as “unimportant”, therefore someone dismissing their internal biases on what they want or expect from those things, and what they’re willing to tolerate, is not seen as the problem it very much is.
I’m so, so sorry. If I could change it all I would.
I do my best as a white cis man to learn and be aware and talk to other people about race issues (among others), but that point about Rue and Tamir Rice was a moment of clarity among many that I've had. A connection I would never have made if someone hadn't given the example. For a lot of people like me, this is a problem that comes up every so often and hits us hard at the time, but starts to fade because of our physical and emotional distance from the issue. But that hit hard and it just makes so much sense. You're really doing great stuff here.
Speak the truth and speak your truth! Thank you so much for doing this video and writing your Mary Sue articles.
As a white gay man I appreciate your viewpoint. You are pointing out things that are so deeply entrenched in the world, I am trying to check my own biases and grow to be the best person I can be thanks to learning and listening to people like you. I found your channel recently and I love it, definitely subscribed :)
It's not just in the U.S. that we're dealing with this. I'm French from a Caribbean territory (they think it blinds us to call our island that instead of the colony that it is) and I interact with all sorts of people from various countries because of work, art and friendship... France is quick to point fingers at other countries for being racist but still actively organizes the marginalization and struggle of people like me in their last colonies. They try to be less obvious in continental France but they do nothing when a brilliant black woman (then Minister of Justice, we owe her the French law recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity and the push for allowing gay marriage or "marriage for all") is caricatured on the cover of a national publication as a banana-eating monkey. Where is the indignation when people disrespect her or any other black person in public spaces? They're pretending to support the production and distribution of diverse films (through a couple of government agencies) but when a filmmaker/producer who is actually black and trying to get black stories out there, they do whatever they can to hinder the process unless it's yet another story of black misery, black poverty or black tragedy... And yeah, black women speaking from an educated and experienced perspective is not something this world is prepared for. As soon as we try sharing wisdom or knowledge, some white person is either trying to invalidate what we say, shut us up or feels we're being rude towards them, when it wasn't even about them to begin with. It's hard to navigate this while keeping an open mind and heart, as a black person who has befriended others from so many different countries and cultures from infancy. Support black voices... There are good black indie films being made in this world and they are not getting enough support.
Finally a space to address white fandom toxicity and how it has crept into mainstream media. It is by no means a fringe issue. The recent announcement of a young black womanly cast as Aerial speaks volumes.
People, especially Caucasians, please do read the book “why I’m no longer talking to white people about race”
We don’t know what we don’t know, experience, see, hear, feel. All humans are limited but their own experience of life, that we all should go out of our own path and seek to understand so we can be better, support better and shape the next generation to be better and break harmful cycles (this applies to anything really, racial issues, gender discrimination issues, sex issues, etc)
Spielberg’s West Side Story deals with all these issues. It’s brilliant and criminally underrated.
I am a white bisexual female, and you have really opened my eyes to how fandoms can be racist too. I knew racism was a problem, but unfortunately I did not realize how deep it was. What can I do to help? And I want to be able to recognize my own biases. I started watching your videos about a week ago. The first one I watched was about imperialism in cartoons, then I watched the one about catra who was one my favorite characters. Plus I am a catradora shipper. I also watched your it's lit video with pbs. Anyways, you are very articulate, and I love your video essays. I have subscribed to you. I am here with you. Black Lives Definitely Matter.
Thank you for standing up to the bad stuff that's going on in fandom!! Your channel is awesome!! I really appreciate you speaking out against all of the hate that's going on now and in the past!! The injustice needs to stop now!! You are awesome!! Please don't let anyone get you down!! You are not only representing black women, but anyone who's been treated wrongly by the hateful white male system that's trying to do anything they can to stay in power!!
"Superman is my favorite super hero because he represents hope," is the most wholesome thing I have heard about Superman.
Growing up, I thought most racist things I heard were edgy in the “dead baby joke,” type of intentionally morally wrong edgy… but the older I’ve gotten the more utterly flabbergasted I’ve got when I hear shit Black people deal with. Before, I thought it was just cops and old people pulling out the utterly spectacular racism in everyday situations. I’ll be honest, at this point, I don’t blame guys who just straight out deck guys for making racial remarks.
“How you see me in fandom is how you see me in society.” That’s profound. That cuts deep.
Applause. This was great. I have recently been unsubbing so many folks who have shone their true colors about the recent protests. It's stubborn ignorance and privileged denial that these people have.
I have a lot of hope because when the smoke clears, we'll know who the allies are and we can move forward positively together.
Thank you for speaking out about this, the way these actors have been treated is disgusting. The "critiques" trashing on them are transparent as glass. You are brave for putting yourself out there so beautifully and emotionally, thank you, we hear you
Some critiques think the writing is garbage and will critique the writing and the usage of tokenism.
I have always been suspect of people who try to justify their hatred as 'criticism'. I'm from the UK and I have to admit the racism I see coming from the US does shock me, but I know we are far from innocent here and it only seems to be getting worse right now. But even during the New Labour period here I overheard a few friends talking about how they were visiting a city and couldn't believe how many 'black and Asian (here we use that term to mean Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi/Sri Lankan)' people there were. I said 'so what? That's not a problem', and a friend replied 'it is'. To this day I've never had an answer as to why that's a problem, only that it is. Of course this person has always categorically denied their racist views, if I ever point it out I get attacked just for mentioning it like I'm being unreasonable. I recently said to this same friend 'If I had a Muslim girlfriend would you have a problem with it?', this was relevant at the time as I knew a Muslim girl I was attracted to. He insisted 'no, I'm not a racist', so I guess he just cherry picks his racist attitudes when it suits him. Anyway the point I'm making I guess is there is always an imagined 'problem', there is always a 'don't like it being forced down my throat' reaction whether you see it in fandom as a token effort or as a genuine attempt at building a character. I remember when the argument was 'don't insert your minority characters in our existing fandom, go write your own unique story'. That argument didn't protect the film Moonlight which was frequently accused of pushing an agenda, of being forced on people, but it was an original story about a gay black man just like they insisted they wouldn't have a problem with. There is always an excuse, but one thing I've learned over the years about racists is they will never label themselves as such, they will never admit to it, so let's not pretend that just because they claim they aren't racist doesn't mean they aren't.
Talk about it siiiiiiis!!!!! 🗣️❤🗣️❤
I have actually stayed away from seeking community in fandom. But they won't get out of the way. You may have to deal with that. Love what you do. You speaking truth makes me stronger. May the ancestors guide us.
Your video has made me seek a change in the work I’m doing. Thank you, Melina. I feel your fury. Don’t stop!!! 💯💯💯💯😁😁😁😁
As a Latinx lesbian, bs in fandom is so real. People constantly complaining about having queer characters, or that "it's not realistic " is crap. It is exhausting, and I know POC folks have to deal with so much more. I'll keep trying to be an ally anyway I can. Keep fighting racists in fandom and outside.
Great video. So many people dismiss concerns of representation and bigotry and bring up false equivalences and make bad faith arguments. How black and other minority characters are treated in fiction are related to white supremacy in institutions. I love John Boyega's activism on these issues, his emotional BLM speech in Hyde Park was so powerful.
You earned a sub for this. Thanks for your honesty and your courage. Honestly I’m tired of people trying to claim fandom and real life don’t bleed into each other. Like a ship is ever an excuse to say racist shit.
And the cosplay side of the community... I see so many black cosplayers get comments saying "____ isn't black!!!" but nobody bats an eye when a white person cosplays an asian anime character :/
(To be clear, my message isn't "only cosplay your own race", it's cosplay whoever you want)
Exactly this.
Man... that last part left me speechless. It was so poignant. Allies have to listen to the people they're supporting and believe them and actually support them. They need to listen, learn, discuss, and grow. If you don't want to listen to marginalized people, if you don't care, or worse yet actively deny there are problems and deny the experiences of said marginalized people, then you're already part of the first order, you're already part of the Capitol. That's some deep, true shit.
I really have no idea how any white person can still look at themselves in the mirror and say there isn't a huge racial inequality, that police brutality doesn't exist, that systemic racism isn't real... I don't fucking know how those bitches sleep at night.
You remind me of me when I was younger. Old school, Generation X black nerd here. What I've come to discover (and I think you are coming to discover) is that art cannot be separated from culture, and the mediums we love are in fact white cultural forms. White culture is unfortunately exclusionist and to an extent supremacist - no matter how benign it is presented. What I've found out is that we don't NEED their art. And more than anything else attaching ourselves to it is a sign of our internal issues. Its the geekdom doll test. We have to make our own.
You can't see it, but I'm giving you a standing ovation.
This video is it. You explained how terrible it is just to be a FAN as a black person in nerd culture. The way black characters get hate, no support or even popularity is sickening. You never see a iconic black character that people in fandom support, or if there is one you see fans downplay them. Look at Arcane! Mel and Echo are some of the best characters from that show, but fans love to only hype Victor, Jayce and Jynx. When it comes to Mel fans see her as coming between Victor and Jayce when in canon Jayce loves Mel and vise versa. They call Mel evil and say she's untrustworthy, but in the same breath forget her character and writing in the show. She's suppose to be a person in power who is trying to get what she wants, but was sort of groomed that way by her mother. She's a complex character. I bet if she was white she would be getting all the support in the world.
What john boyega went through is very sad. It's tiring.
Yep, the Arcane fandom demonized Mel so much and pretty much reduced her to being the "evil seductress" when her character is way more complex then that. While Ekko mostly gets ignored by the fandom and the few times he does get hype, 99% of the time its due to his connection to Jinx and not for Ekko as a character.
Okay, I am addicted to your channel now :) I am in a few fandoms myself (Steven Universe, Ghostbusters, Gravity Falls among others) and I have seen this toxicity of which you speak. I've also watched your Gone With the Wind video and look forward to more! You have a strong and important voice.
Thank you for your time and emotional work, I'm just a mexican trying to get educated and be a good ally, and you always open my mind with each video. It breaks my heart how much hate and "unintentional" racism is ingrained in white society (and also fair-skinned latinxs) and the horrible consequences it has. It's so deep the level of suffering and pain white europeans have caused to so many people around the world, and it pains me so many of us latinxs fell for it too, allying with the oppressors instead of with you. Thank you for your videos, I wish you only the best!
Fantastic work. After 12 minutes I had to stop, not because I dislike your work, but more because it hurts to hear your story. Keep publishing your thoughts and I will continue to listen and reflect. We may not always agree, but your perspective is appreciated.
I can't believe people have a problem with Candice Patton on Flash, this is one of the most attractive women I've ever seen in my life, my _mother_ told me she thought Candice Patton was one of the most attractive women _she'd_ ever seen. I literally feel the same way about Nicole Beharie. Moreso, even, when I was watching Sleepy Hollow I put her - and I told everyone this - in first place with Hayley Atwell as the most attractive women that I could think of. Not that their level of attractiveness is the most important thing here, no doubt, I'm just saying... I can't believe that people would want women who look this good to go away. Especially when they are also good at their jobs. Not adequate, not acceptable, *good.* I mean, I don't watch shows based on hotness, and I don't disregard shows easily. I even kept a list for awhile so that I could say which ones I'd watched from beginning to end, finishing them is important to me, but I refused to even entertain the notion of watching Sleepy Hollow after Beharie left. I was like, I know the dude is Ichabod Crane, but why would I watch this now? The whole thing was the dynamic between the two of them. Like asking me to watch Sherlock Holmes without Watson or something, it's virtually obscene.
Where do these people get off saying diversity ruins the things they like, because as far as I can tell racism ruins everything that I want to like, including, you know... life.
On the trip ‘home’ from my last overseas assignment, I was nearly overwhelmed by a tragic but not surprising sense of dread. Because although my birth certificate said it was my home, and in spite of wearing Her uniform for the better part of 20 years, my final destination was a place where, put simply, they don’t much, like my kind. Believe me, that’s a hell of a way to feel about the place of your birth. But by the time my plane touched down, the knot in my shoulders had fully formed.
Until Panther, Steve Rogers was my favorite MCU character. Ironically, Captain America seemed the least American and most European (modern that is) of them all. He, more than the rest, comes across as what people were like before they became ‘white’. Not convinced of any sort of superiority; more interested in Justice, than just his; more enamored of what’s right than The Right. James Baldwin talks about the difference in his brilliant essay, ‘On Being White and Other Lies’.
Anyway, this is my long-winded way of saying to you, Amen.
What is wrong with the world... thanks for speaking up. Love from Finland ❤
Preach it, Princess. I'm terrified to create videos and put them online, for the criticism I may receive, as a white cis male. Breaks my heart that people send you hate. Even more so those that casually dismiss you and other POC's when they bring up these issues. Keep speaking truth. You are reaching people. 💓
The way Rutina Westly was treated on True Blood was detestable! The fandom was so toxic on IMDB that I’m glad they took down the message boards.
I know this video is almost a year old and you most likely won't see it, but it hit home, and I'm really glad you made it. Thank you for all the content you make and create.
There's a lot of reasons but honestly stuff like this is a big reason that even when I really like things I mostly avoid getting into fandom spaces. People in fandom will treat fictional characters and their idea of what they should look like or their headcanons as more important than actual human beings with disappointing regularity. And yeah, maybe they're not *everyone* in fandom, but if they're there and loud and they ruin everything then I kind of don't care. Who wants to be in a space *for fun* where you or your friends need to have your guard up all the time?
Stories reflect our reality. How people are portrayed in media matters. How people are treated and portrayed as fans matters.
What's more humans are wired to connect deeply with stories. We have been telling stories since we first started to be humans. Our memories and histories are a mix of fact and story telling.
There is a difference between reality and fiction but to believe or pretend they don't effect each other is like saying moss doesn't effect the tree it grows on nor the tree effect the moss growing on it. Likewise to say how someone is treated in connection to stories, in a fandom, doesn't effect them irl is ridiculous. You might as well say "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." And you'ld be lying, 'cause as an often acutely social species words can hurt the most and leaves wounds that last for decades.
Basically I believe you. It sickens me that many don't, and I am ashamed I used to stand among them. It is a dark kind of violence your taught to agnolage the pain of a person to a point, but that it isn't that bad anymore so just close your eyes and ears and don't seek to know more than the little we (news, curated media, class based/white propaganda, parents, etc.) tell you. It's very "There is no war in Ba Sing Se" but like instead of implanting such things via hypnosis based mind control it's something just set up as an undisputable part of life to you as a child. Still hard to unlearn, but far more subtle and easy to ignore.
Basically, I agree and sympathize as much as I can when I can only imagine what it must be like to be a poc. Still I'm ready to listen and believe you or anyone when they talk about pain they've experienced.
Genuine perspective like this is why I subscribed honestly. There's this whole side of hobbies and fandom that I truly don't know enough about. It's crazy to think that people can be so condescending and paranoid towards an entire group of people.
Black people don't deserve to be treated this way, especially with what they have gone through, and what they continue to go through.
it really doesn't help wither of just how separated we are from our peers. I'm new to your channel and this is my 3rd video, but yeah I can see how much you try to bring a community together and awareness and since we as minorities and especially black minorities are buried in a sea of white our individual voices aren't heard or cared for. It always upsets me most when even with the whole "white ally" aspect, we then become dependent on this person to be an ambassador for us like we're speaking another language, that we're THAT different from what others deem as a normal person that they need comfort in seeing a familiar face just to begin to acknowledge us. It's so fucking sad and it hurts more how the discussion of even this movement has been getting drowned out because people are "tired of protesting". "Tired of walking in the streets" or feel that they've done enough to cleanse themselves of this white guilt shit and they can now go on with their lives thinking they're heroes. The fact that they can just leave this struggle whenever they want should show them how different we have it. We're born to be weary and cautious and never had a say in the fight we're forced to be a part of. Just because they're tired doesn't mean they get a break, because we don't either.
Alright, back to binging on the "big tiddy maiden" energy.
I am so grateful I found you. Thank you for everything you do. I am here to support you and everything you do.
Thank you for speaking the truth and spreading your wisdom, once again.
You make me feel proud! 👍
Always speak your truth and keep doing your thing.
Wishing you all the happiness and peace sister.
Nothing to say but THANK YOU, you should go for even unabashed black content cause legit we need more!
People got upset about Starfire's casting in Titans, and Starfire is canonically *orange.* What did they want the cast directors to do, hire a freaking Oompa Loompa?
How DARE you... Laura... You're being very bigoted towards my Oompa-Loompian heritage, I demand you to apologize, this very instance, I'll have you know I'm also 1/16th Smurf! Parts for us are always taken by White,Asian and Black actors, we're NEVER represented correctly either, There is a literal movie that is pro-enslavement of us proud Oompa-Loompians, called "Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory" #realoomparepresentation #Oompasarehere #Doopitydoo4you
hey, idk if you'll see this, but I just wanted to say real quick just how much I've been loving your channel, I just recently discovered it of myself, and (without trying to put that pressure you or put responsibility on you to educate me, or anything like that) I've been learning so much through hearing your perspective on the fiction that I love, about how to be a better ally, and a better person, both within fandom, and outside of it. And I've just been recommending your channel to any and every fandom involved person that I know, because for the longest time, the only channels I knew about on you tube that were taking about my favourite shows and films were straight white dudes, and all this time I've been completely sleeping on, and unaware of your videos, and now I'm like why have I not been watching this the whole time? I hope your channel keeps growing and thriving, and that your voice is heard within the community, I think that's everything I've been meaning to say, ily, I love your videos, can't wait for more! ♥