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- 15 Sty 2014
Ironically, when they don't try to cater to this crowd, no one gets harassed at all.
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Is not making gay characters the only way content creators can avoid attracting rabid fans as much as Steven Universe?
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- 6 Paź 2014
Take a look at the Sherlock fandom and you'll see that doing that only results in speds whining about 'queerbating'. There is no escape.
Sherlock had gay jokes though, maybe the way is to never make gay jokes, never make gay characters, and at worst complaints would be "why does this show have only strait peoples in it"
and the answer is "because the moment we make gay characters, you act like the poisonous vermin about it"
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- 12 Lip 2014
From what I've checked, Regular Show is on its last season, but the others are still going. (The creator of Gumball is just leaving after this new season.) Although the whining, sperging and blaming of the patriarchy when Steven Universe ends will be amazing.
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- 8 Cze 2015
It doesn't matter what you do, the ability to pick up on the "hidden" clues that your favorite character is totally gay/trans/whatever will always be there for your average autist/SJW. Because they can't live without that sweet, sweet, media validation....
You could have a joke character that's literally a rock, an inanimate rock, that's only distinguishable from other rocks because it wears a pair of sunglasses, and you'd still find fanpage after fanpage devoted to what it's orientation it is, and if the creators are doing it right, or, oppressing it.
These people are NOT satisfied, ever, no matter what. And it seems the content producers are slowly getting their minds around that notion.
You could have a joke character that's literally a rock, an inanimate rock, that's only distinguishable from other rocks because it wears a pair of sunglasses, and you'd still find fanpage after fanpage devoted to what it's orientation it is, and if the creators are doing it right, or, oppressing it.
These people are NOT satisfied, ever, no matter what. And it seems the content producers are slowly getting their minds around that notion.
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- 6 Paź 2014
For a nice example of this, check out the Trans Lars headcanons in the SU fandom. The character is never said to be trans, or even implied, yet there's a sizable portion of the fanbase that insists this is the case.
I'm very curious as to why tumblrites think its okay to be abusive to anyone who ships anything straight, it gets funnier when you realize people shipping these are often bisexual, the in-fighting in their dumb fandom communities is hilariously hypocrital. 
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- 8 Cze 2015
That and the strong current of being trendy about it too. Compare 10 years ago when everyone was insisting there were "secretly gay" characters. Cut to the present, that's vanished, to be replaced seamlessly with "secretly trans", you can hardly find anyone willing to admit a character may just be merely gay... that's no longer enough to even blip the progressive-o-meter.
Asa_Spades60
kiwifarms.net
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- 28 Cze 2016
People took that "violence never solves anything. Use your words" chestnut seriously?
Yes, but I also added that it would take place between 2017 and 2018, meaning those shows are still on, but soon they won't be (and I just read on Renew or Cancel TV that Gumball's not getting a seventh season [I did hear the rumor that Ben Bocquelet was leaving after the season six and the show was going to go on without him, but that wasn't true and turned out to be an overreaction to a Tweet he posted]). Once season six ends, that's it. There may be a finale movie, but that's up in the air). The rest of what I said still stands.
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- 28 Gru 2014
Use your "I" statements.
Asa_Spades60
kiwifarms.net
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- 28 Cze 2016
I feel that people are taking the "violence isn't the answer. Use your words" chestnut too seriously.
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- 25 Sty 2016
Dunno shows like Downton Abbey and Breaking Bad never had SJWs polluting around it (maybe 1 or 2 i'm not sure). I think the idea is make a show about straight white people but DON'T make them pretty. SJWs are as shallow as they come.
Then again, these people seem to habitat more the more juvenile and fantastical shows over anything down to earth, adult and realistic, so...
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- 10 Cze 2016
Nah, that doesn't work, tumblr only sees that as a challenge. It's not like there is a shortage of Rick and Morty porn. And Benedict Cumberbatch looks like a shaved cat but everyone loves to ship Sherlock.
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- 12 Lip 2014
It would go over their heads.
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- 15 Sty 2014
I think the reason for that is that they like the idea of gay characters. Essentially, what they want is nonthreatening porn. If you point out that a gay relationship is as complicated as a straight one and portray the gay men they clamour for as having any personality other than "i am gay and i luv [character]," they'd be turned right off. And let's not even get started on portraying the real life issues that a trans character would face.
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- 12 Lip 2014
Have you ever noticed if there's a gay relationship in these cartoons, it's almost always lesbians. If it's a guy, it's one shot.
That's because lesbians are pretty and not disgusting icky gay males
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- 23 Cze 2015
The thing about fandoms is that there is essentially no barrier to entry. Most regular hobbies have some requirement before you can join. If you want to join the guitarist’s social club, you need to be able to play the guitar. Fandoms have no such barrier, you just say “I’m a fan of X, so I’m in your club!” There’s really nothing that keeps the cancer out. Fandoms are how people with no social skills, talents, or literally anything else that would make them a part of something try to shoehorn themselves into a “community” that no one can say they can't be a part of. Whatever autistic crap they bring with them gets wedged into the box of the fandom, until it becomes an accepted part of it.
Many fandoms, especially geeky fandoms, are also major carriers of the Geek Social Fallacies. As such, they are very reluctant to expel anyone, because ostracizers are evil, friends should unconditionally accept each other, and the group friendship is more important than anyone else’s comfort. Because of this, what eventually happens is the group is held hostage by the must cancerous people in it, often to the point that their autism becomes the group identity, as the normals are scared away.
There’s also the assumption that people who share the same hobbies should also share the same political views (a corollary of GSF #5, Friends Like All the Same Things). Guess how that works out.
Many fandoms, especially geeky fandoms, are also major carriers of the Geek Social Fallacies. As such, they are very reluctant to expel anyone, because ostracizers are evil, friends should unconditionally accept each other, and the group friendship is more important than anyone else’s comfort. Because of this, what eventually happens is the group is held hostage by the must cancerous people in it, often to the point that their autism becomes the group identity, as the normals are scared away.
There’s also the assumption that people who share the same hobbies should also share the same political views (a corollary of GSF #5, Friends Like All the Same Things). Guess how that works out.