Why? Because he might somehow change if I treat him like an adult? He can't make a two sentence post without outright fucking bigotry. Outright. Fucking. Bigotry. What am I supposed to do, pretend that he's anything other than a living example of South Park's reversed digestive track? Write a reasonable response? I could, I could write something like:BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 3:15 pm Well let's not say things we can't take back. But yeah, the text isn't explicit, but it doesn't really have to be for allegory. What is required more or less is an understanding of trans experience and that ranges from innate and privileged to commonly understood.
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"Your post failed to recognize that not only was Khorra in two failed relationships she was in two failed relationships with reasoning. Specifically she was in a relationship with a guy who was 'supposed to be a guy that girls fall for', and a guy that was a good friend of hers. In neither relationship did she display great physical chemistry, nor did she show a strong interest in progressing physical aspects of the relationship, or deepening the relationship in a physical manner. In both cases she pretty much fell into the relationship because 'the guy was there.'
These are common experiences for young gay people, who often engage in relationships with members of the opposite gender because "that's what you're supposed to do". They often engage in relationships with "the people you're supposed to be attracted to", such as athletes, cheerleaders, "the hot girl", etc. Another frequent occurance is they have a relationship with a good friend of the opposite gender, because "I like them a lot, that must be what romantic attraction is, this is the most I've ever felt [towards someone of the opposite gender](the unstated, and often unthought caveat)". Showing Khorra working through two relationships with two guys that hit common gay tropes before landing on a relationship with a woman that she feels much more strongly about (and is much healthier) is an extremely common gay experience, and yet many audience members complained it came 'completely out of the blue' despite the buildup. In fact Season 4 contained many moments that would have been considered 'potential buildup to a romantic relationship' if they were opposite gender, and yet were completely ignored or written off as 'they are friends'. This is an example of heteronormativity causing the audience to assume Khorra was straight, and then acting angrily at the 'big reveal' despite all of the buildup in earlier seasons.
Also if you can't make it through a two sentence post without spouting bigotry, then your best service to humanity is probably as a human minefield clearer you absolute fucking spanner."
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Yeah, I could have posted that. But y'know what? I'm tired of treating that shithead like he's not actually a shithead. I'll go back to treating him like a real boy when he proves he's not a wooden dummy.