I understand where you're coming from but I disagree with the sentiment. Before anything else tho, as a member of the LGBTQIA+, I understand the fear and effects of becoming an object used by the heterosexual community just to satisfy whater fetish they might have that we did not consent to. Until now the community is still trying to reclaim lesbia...... 2 reply
Look, I unerstand where you're coming from but, from your logic, as woman, I'm not qualified to write a male character. I'm cis, so I can't write a trans character. I'm white, so I can't write a character of a different ethnicity. That's wrong too. I think we need to do reasearch in order to be inclusive, in order it to do real representation and n...... 1 reply
Really?
I am sorry but with all due respect what's gonna be the next outlandish thing people suggest?
Only pegasi and unicorns are allowed to write fantasy?
Cancel Kishimoto because he didn't have any shinobi training and can't perform the rasengan? Everyone is free to write whatever they like, if you don't enjoy a certain piece of art you simply ...... 2 reply
As someone who is pan i don't necessarily see it as a problem, and the fact that what's wrong with heterosexual people writing homosexual relationships? or vice versa? And it's not fetishization. According to me fetishizing something would be if u can't perform sexually without that thing being present during sexual act, and i don't think people wh...... reply
This is all just my personal opinion.
I think there is no problem with writing, but in portraying of relationships and characters. There is a rule in writing - the more you research subject, the better your work will be in realistic portrayal. Because everyone has different experience and perspective of sexual relations we cannot just throw all opp...... reply
why can't everyone be valid?
it's not like they're doing something wrong, are they?
sexuality is fluid and gender is a construct (gender identity is okay tho)
it's just a matter of here you are most comfortable identifying as reply
