So I'm a little disappointed to see the way things are going in the fandom.
The first "Rogue One" trailer dropped this morning. I watched it and I was blown away by it. It looks fantastic, back to the OT--thank goodness--and seems to have an okay storyline. For a few hours I was happily excited. Aaaaand then the SJWs started coming out of the woodwork, as they do, determined to ruin all of our fun.
According to said SJWs (that's Social Justice Warriors if you're unfamiliar) people are aalllllll upset that the lead in this film is a woman.
Now it hardly even registered on me when I first watched the trailer that the lead was female. Why? Because it's not something I am obsessively looking for when watching a trailer--or anything. But SJWs are. They have to count everything, be it race, gender, sexuality, and make sure everything is absolutely even--or best case scenario--that they out number those horrible straight-white-males. For the majority of us, I have to believe we couldn't care less about what gender/sexuality/race the main character is. As long as it has a great story that is all that matters. Or at least it should be. Unfortunately, these days, that's not all that matters. Being fair and filling quotas is by far more important.
Instead of people talking about how great those AT-ATs look, or that armour, or the construction of the Death Star, people are being berated for pointing out the fact that Disney does seem to have a bit of an agenda going for them, and people are getting a little tired of it in everything.
What agenda? you may ask. Is this sexist of you? Racist? No, of course not. Diversity is great! Star Wars is diverse. It's a big galaxy, and anyone who thinks that every character is white, straight and male is confused (people don't actually think that, it's something perpetuated by the SJWs mentioned above. No one is really upset, but it has to be construed that way so SJWs look tolerant. We saw this with the character Finn in The Force Awakes with all the fake racism there--yes, we know the majority of it was fake.) It's the same thing here.
How does this tie into the infamous GamerGate? It's the same thing. People like their fandoms. People don't want agenda pushed on their fandoms. People complain about that. SJWs scream at them for being racist/homophobic/sexist.
Are they? No. The vast majority of people aren't. Are there a few idiots out there who really have a problem with Jyn? Probably. But they're so small it's not worth mentioning. What they're sick of is the agenda. We don't want to admit it, but the main character is female simply because they know it'll make SJWs happy and antagonistic towards the rest of us. And we're already seeing it.
What SJWs don't understand is that these people don't care that the lead is female. They care that the lead HAS to be female. Storytelling in Star Wars is becoming less about stories and more about making those people who actually diversity count happy.
It's a very strange, and rather insulting world.
Does anyone really have a problem with a female role? No.
Do girls need strong females to look up to? Sure. Absolutely.
Some of the best characters in Star Wars--Ahsoka, Leia, Hera, Satine and now Rey and I'm sure this Jyn--are female.
But are they great because they are female?
For me the answer is no. They are great because of who they are--not "what" they are. I don't want my gender to define me. I don't want to have to focus on any physical characteristics to define what makes a character good or not.
The only politics in Star Wars are the ones it has always had.
Thank goodness I'm female. Go ahead and call me misogynistic, I'll just laugh. And I'll enjoy this Star Wars film no matter what agendas you try and shove down my throat.
Wait a minute here. Let me get this straight. You are saying that all the "SJWs" are out there causing trouble. Because they are responding to people who are upset that the lead is a female. But that all the people who are upset that the lead is a female don't actually exist... they are just made up. And the SJWs use that as a way to push an agenda that white males suck? You're saying noone has a problem with a female role... despite the fact that there are an (admittedly small) subset of people who actually do complain about that. Not to mention the people who complain there is a conspiracy out there to promote it... is that correct?
ReplyDeleteIt seems like you are speaking for all the white males out there, and saying they are all really nice guys, and noone really cares if the lead is female or male. That you've talked to all the millions of them, and actually, all those comments... noone knows where they came from. They're just made up!
It seems a little... strange. There are lots of people I've seen who say "I don't care if the lead is female" but also say "what's up with all these females!?" It's almost like they've forgotten that half the population is female! And they don't seem to be up in arms with all those white male leads. It's not like 2015 and 2016 was the year of only-female lead movies in the theaters.
I don't know man... just confused by your narrative there.