Representation is important, but good representation matters more. I understand how we tend to jump to the defence of queer content when the right attack it, but some content does not deserve our support.
The latest episode of Project: Shadow is going to upset some people, but I really don't understand why #TheLastOfUs on HBO gets a pass for all the anti-LGBTQIA tropes in episode three and instead is celebrated.
https://t.co/4d1cWCnDVT
A mysterious stranger offers her a simple task for a huge payout: retrieve a stolen relic. She jumps at what sounds like easy money to refit and restock her ship, then she discovers the easier the job the more it might get them all killed.
The windjammer, Maeve Lambourne, needs to land a new patron in the worst way. Low on supplies and desperately needing the armaments to survive the Daskensian threat, she's willing to take any job.
The Shadow Phoenix Saga rejects cis heteronormativity as a basic fact of the world building. The majority of people are pansexual, but there are monosexuals and ace/aro characters as well.
Part of the fun writing this is imagining a world free from heteronormativity and heterotemporality. I am not perfect in this and I would love your help to push the setting even more in this direction.