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What do y'all think about stories where the author is writing a story about your culture/religion/country/etc when they also don't belong to it? Do you mostly look past it? Cringe? Do you like an outsider POV? Do you laugh at it? Is there anything that makes you love or hate a story from an author who is an outsider?
My country is barely ever mentioned so I'm usually happy even if it's a stereotypey portrayal. Also feel bad for my middle eastern friends yall have it tough when it comes to good representation. reply
Country got mentioned on "Card shark" and it's ML being an orphan in the country and being treated horrible, any depiction of Philippines is somehow gang-related or where some dumbass characters runs off to... Like damn ik the country sucks but feature the good stuff too reply
I don't mind it I guess. I feel like religion suffers much more misrepresentation than does culture, just speaking percent wise. Feel more iffy about religious nonsense; however, if it's a well made story and everything is so immaculate that it's laughable then I'll probably laugh sometimes and get behind it
With culture, there's a huge range, fr...... reply
