I was just talking with fox1013 about some of this actually, where we were talking about how it's kind of sketch to be like, "ZOMG Hiro's plotline is stupid because of racism!" while simultaneously being all, "Peter's plotline is stupid because of bad storytelling!" No. No. Both plotlines are stupid because they are stupid. Hiro's isn't any *worse* because he's Japanese. It's just. It's stupid. I'm not going to deny that. I mean, I think it's pretty awesome that, just like in first season, the geeky Japanese dude is the one who is driving the story, but I'm not gonna say that the Meanwhile In Feudal Japan... arc wasn't made of fail.
Anyway, yes. I worry that fandom is looking at women and characters of color and seeing their gender or skin tone before they are seeing them as people and that's just. Rargh.
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Date: 2007-11-23 04:50 am (UTC)Anyway, yes. I worry that fandom is looking at women and characters of color and seeing their gender or skin tone before they are seeing them as people and that's just. Rargh.