I'm not going to pretend streaming fatigue isnt a factor, but the fact that we've had several series with Black leads that always get dismissed with vague complaints ("bad writing", "no characters") is just fucking sad
The fandom refuses to take responsibility for anything,
The fandom refuses to take responsibility for anything,
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John Boyega says some fans are only okay with Black characters in Star Wars because they’re “the best friend.”
“They're okay with us playing the best friend, but once we touch their heroes, once we lead, once we trailblaze, it's like, 'Oh my God, it's just a bit too much! They're pandering!'"
“They're okay with us playing the best friend, but once we touch their heroes, once we lead, once we trailblaze, it's like, 'Oh my God, it's just a bit too much! They're pandering!'"
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The Acolyte was fantastic! But everyone parrots the same line on it, because the discourse is dominated by the worst, most racist grifters imaginable.
Because years ago, a new generation of little Nazis learned that there
Discourse needs to be fucking nuked from orbit, I genuinely do not know a solution that isnt just completely removing any profit incentive from this blatant anti-Black march through every piec3 of genre fiction