| S.Peelman said: I don't know about you but I thought the "tension" between Rey and Kylo was there since the start. Why would she be a lesbian anyway, why does it matter? I noticed the two women kissing at the end, and I didn't anything of it because I'm from a place where we don't give a s**t about these things. Can happen, can also not. This 'representation' thing is, with all due respect, such an American thing to be hung up about. |
In my country's defense, it's a high society thing, not an American thing. Doubtless there are people who care about it in other western 1st world countries as well. When you don't have any real problems to deal with, you gotta find them, make them up, or blow up any small issues. I guess people need ways to feel like their life matters and makes a difference, that everything good that's happened to them was earned through their effort and not because of privilege/luck. I imagine people are more likely to support someone who's struggling/fighting for a cause than someone who isn't, so this false pretense is a beneficial one to have.
