#just be careful not to follow the original material's same route -_- which you shouldn't! unless you | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

datastate · 2 years

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personally, my general rule of thumb is that if removing the uncritical or romanticized bigoted parts of a media makes its plot/premise fall apart, or the creators have vehemently shown lack of care for their racism/transphobia/etc. and perpetuated it in their future works, it’s not something i’d want to interact with even under a critical lens.

#eg. het&Iia. tbb. and so on #hp & d$mp is a given -_-;#both for the creators' direct influence in future works and continued bigotry #jestersvaguely #idk like it's one of those things where...how much must you separate the original material before it's not that og material at all?#just make your own shit at that point. take what you DID find appealing (the traits of character?) and remove & replace that racist context #know the shitty aspects of it that it's praising so you don't carry that into your own work w unchecked bias #pick it apart for your own intriguing story with the small pieces that piqued your interest in the first place #just be careful not to follow the original material's same route -_- which you shouldn't! unless you #'re straight up pulling the major racist/pedophillic/etc. story beats that you initially claimed to criticize...#ugh. idk. does this make sense. i'm a bit delirious

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