The One and Only Poldaran wrote:
idiggory the Fussy wrote:
And then you admit that it's the sex thing itself that's bothering you.
Jesus H. Christo, you aren't even listening to me.
You wrote two paragraphs.
One is your issues with the idea of the gender, the second goes on to say that you are probably sensitive to the fact because it's Thor, and Thor for you a specific person and any change of identity there is what bothers you.
You WROTE the first paragraph, so you're still committed to it. You said it. Maybe you actually only care about the content of the second paragraph. Maybe nothing from the first paragraph actually matches how you feel, because the only problem you have here is with the Thor not being Thor. Maybe your post was just word ramble until you finally figured out what was actually bothering you.
But since you wrote it, I'm going to assume that the first paragraph actually matches some things you believe, because I'm not a mind reader. And I take serious issue with them.
I am listening to you. But maybe you should actually go back and look at what you said.
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Did I miss something? Because Thor is not what you'd call "Christian".
No, that was just my critique of the "IT'S SOCIAL JUSTICE!!!!!" critique that rages in geek culture every time a character is introduced who doesn't match the status quo. There are much. much harsher standards placed on any character when they don't fall into the majority representation. If a Muslim character's religion isn't a big factor in the story, they say they made him/her Muslim just to be PC. If it is a big part, they critique the entire story line as them trying to be PC. Racism, sexism, and pretty much all other forms of social discrimination all tend to face the exact same response.
It's the idea that they have to justify not being a part of that same majority, and it's a really big problem in media representation all over right now. Marvel's comics are actually one of the better places for representation than in most places, but it doesn't stop geek culture from unleashing the same set of micro-aggressions every time.
It gets really tiring, really fast.
Edited, Jul 29th 2014 8:52am by idiggory