Azuren said:
I'm asking a very simple question. You said it doesn't matter, then proceeded to explain why it matters in favor of women. So what is it? Does it only matter when a white straight male is made something else? |
Alright….against my better judgement, I'll try this one last time, and I'll try to keep it brief.
The original question you raised towards LuccaCardoso1, was something to the effect of "why does a male character have to be justified?" To which my response was basically, it doesn't have to be justified any more or less than any other choice. My reasoning for this, as I thought I had made quite clear - both originally and subsequently - is that it's always up to the individual artists/writers/directors/etc what kind of story they're trying to tell, and who is or isn't a part of that story. It's artistic freedom, plain and simple.
You then turned that back to the question of why women care so much about getting more strong female leads. Which I explained pretty succinctly, and you can go back to that post for reference if you like, but it seems you are just generally hung up on this question of "Does 'it' matter?" A question which you seem to be asking as if there was only ever one point of view involved here, which obviously there isn't. There's the perspective of the creator, and the many many perspectives the various consumers of said creator's work. As a creator, it's my prerogative to make whatever characters, and tell whatever stories I so choose. As a consumer, I'm entitled to feel whatever I feel about said created characters, just as I'm also entitled to look at the general depiction/representation divide between various types of characters, and feel whatever way I feel about that. Which, in the case of several groups of people, may be "hey, I wish there were more stories about such and such."
I really don't think I could have been any more clear, and I don't understand why you keep phrasing your question as if this were a black and white issue (no pun intended), coming at it as if there was only one point of view to consider. In any case, I've now said my piece on it multiple times. I believe that's sufficient. If you're still not clear on what I'm saying, or you just don't care, so be it.
