As @d0gbless can cover better than I could,Shidge shippers got thrown under the bus pretty early on by Sheith fans who I'll charitably say were desperate to get the heat off of themselves to deflect antis towards a pairing that was "worse"
Why is it that people online have completely lost touch with the idea that an artist portraying something bad is not the same as condoning that bad thing. Depiction ≠ endorsement.
Again for the 1000th time, this discourse was never about ships or any internet trifle. It's ALWAYS been about bullying, control and clout and now more than ever we need to be aware of how predators, especially those in positions of influence, can use this shit to their own ends.
Just because I don't obsessively perform my activism on twitter, doesn't mean I'm not doing it. Social media has rotted y'all's brains, I repeat. You do not need to constantly talk about how many good deeds you're doing to get clout. Just do them and keep your head down.
Genuinely love how so many countries are on the verge of fascist collapse, and the youth are too busy freaking out about icky sex they don't like to actually prioritise the real problems. Tiktok has brainrotted Gen Z and Alpha. Hell, sometimes THEY sound like the fascists.
Andy’s life in Toy Story isn’t a “commonality of experience”btw. He’s a white kid in the suburbs & how that’s depicted is as specific to his identity as Mei’s life is in Turning Red. Throwing poc directors under the bus to justify only making films white ppl can relate to is wild
"Be gay and act normal"
Anyways, here's how homophobes react to kid-friendly, normal depictions of lgbt+ fictional characters.
There is no "normal gay" to homophobes. They hate us all and they don't want any of us to exist publicly.
Stop pushing down other lgbt+ people.
Social media has done so much harm to teen queers because saying this stuff to a TRANS AUTHOR is wild.
Pretending all trans people have to look c¡s IS what's transphobic, not a trans man creating a trans man character that maybe looks like him to feel represented