I don’t actually know that I’m going to go see Fantastic Beasts. I’m not feeling a pull yet, and I am reallllllllly annoyed about the representation stuff.
BUT I do think the stuff you’re talking about is where we come in as fans.
you just KNOW fandom is going to totally ignore the few poc we actually do get in the movie anyway, but they'll spend six thousand years developing the personality of some hot white guy who makes eye contact with Eddie Redmayne for .2 seconds and doesn't even speak - well, that depends on what we do, right? It depends on what we write and draw and comment on and rec. So that one is up to us!! I am totally, completely, 100% with you in seeing criticism and analysis as a sign of love and interest!! And one of my fave things about that is that we get to decide where to put that energy. I am already on board to write Seraphina fic. But I guess then I’d have to see, and support, the movie, huh? Blargh.
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Date: 2015-12-22 06:23 pm (UTC)BUT I do think the stuff you’re talking about is where we come in as fans.
you just KNOW fandom is going to totally ignore the few poc we actually do get in the movie anyway, but they'll spend six thousand years developing the personality of some hot white guy who makes eye contact with Eddie Redmayne for .2 seconds and doesn't even speak - well, that depends on what we do, right? It depends on what we write and draw and comment on and rec. So that one is up to us!! I am totally, completely, 100% with you in seeing criticism and analysis as a sign of love and interest!! And one of my fave things about that is that we get to decide where to put that energy. I am already on board to write Seraphina fic. But I guess then I’d have to see, and support, the movie, huh? Blargh.