#the movie was fine but it’s annoying to see so many gringo posts about it backtobacktoback

[dragynkeep]

I can’t stand people sometimes. There was a post on YouTube about children being excited to see themselves in media, and I wrote a comment about how Encanto and Coco made me feel seen, especially since I look like Maribel and Luisa. There were so many comments accusing me of things I never said, like how I can only relate to characters that look like me and how it’s sad I need to see myself in media to feel validated. I tired to explain that there are many aspects of representation, such as personality traits and morals. I asked why it is all of a sudden a problem when it’s about race and ethnicity. People were also saying how African Americans are over represented. I’m not sure how true that is, but I’m sure they weren’t bitching when media was 100% white, 100% gringo, 100% cis and 100% straight (passing). One person asked when was the last time anyone saw a heterosexual, white couple in a commercial. I didn’t respond, but I thought: literally all the time???. I guess being excited about two movies was too much for them. Others were commenting easy to prove untrue comments like how children don’t care about representation and that it’s adults that put that stuff in their heads. I know I cared as a child. I tried to explain that children, like any other demographic, will have differing opinions and that’s fine. My own brother disagrees with me with some aspects of representation. Once again, that’s fine. And also the link the OP provided was literally a compilation of kids being excited about representation. It’s just nice to see someone who resembles me in a positive light, y’know?

I will agree that Hollywood and other companies feel like they don’t have to put any effort in media if the cast is diverse, and often put in stereotypes. It often gives the impression of positive representation, but isn’t. Also, I do get annoyed when they race/gender swap already established characters, because it gives the idea that minorities aren’t worth the time, effort and creative risk to come up with original characters and stories. However, my comment just mentioned Encanto and Coco, which are entirely original IPs. It just made a well intended, positive post stressful. Also the kids were ADORABLE!

I personally don’t get annoyed with redone IPs with more diverse casts, but I would rather have original works that go into cultures outside of Europe/America.

That being said, some people are so weird when talking about representation and why it matters, because they already have their cake. They’re not gonna understand why other groups might wanna have a slice too and start whinging when it’s given to them, because now they don’t get as much!

Nevermind they got the whole fucking bakery but whatever.

[venialsun]

SO close to blacklisting the encanto tag….