I’m a huge fan of Batwoman, specifically the comic run that gave her her modern identity (she’s basically what got me into comics at first) and frankly, considering how different the show is to the original comic book, I don’t think a change in ethnicity would be any more of a betrayal of the character than the…

I really liked this game but I also really hated bad baseball man, so I am emotionally all over the place

So you’re saying you’d prefer a game like The Last of Us 2 not have queer characters?  Because those are the only two options when we’re talking about a game that involves everyone being miserable and suffering.

He doesn’t “murder en masse.” He’s defending himself from people trying to murder him. If they accepted him he’d have no reason to kill them. He's not seeking revenge.

I’m from a small rural town in the the american south. I’m not opposed to being exposed to new ideas or realities in the media I consume but my background has limited my exposure to a great many things. The brief exchange detailed in the article in which Lev declines further conversation with Abby opened my eyes to…

Hi, since I’m seeing lots of talk about whether the headline/image are a spoiler, here’s my thinking on that: it’s only a spoiler if you look at Lev being trans as something that’s meant to be a surprise or some kind of dramatic reveal. Years upon years of trans storylines have taught us this (think: The Crying Game,…

Your point is literally covered in the article:

I’m Jewish and I’m just thankful my only representation is BJ Blazkowitz killing Nazis.

Gameplay is king, a game with a shit story but great gameplay is still a good game, whereas the vice versa isn’t true.

They made Lev too young it’s a little hard to take the trans thing seriously when the character is not even a teenager. Like it’s a little silly to be trans when you might not have even hit puberty yet like Lev is much more a child than trans or anything else so it’s a little weird that the trans label seems to…

Some kids know when they’re young. Some kids know that they’re homosexual. Some people don’t come to terms with how they feel until they’re 50 or 60. I don’t have these feelings, but I’m personally aware that it’s not up to me to project on others that there’s an age they know by, just to support those that do.

That’s like saying you can’t call a 10 year old boy a boy because he hasn’t hit puberty. Trans kids know who they are.

Just shaved his head.

if she did this she would have been accused of whitewashing.

Annnnnd now you’re whitewashing.  

Trying having the same skin tone as a Roma in Europe, or having a darker skin complexion in places like Cambodia. It isn’t just an American thing.

Yep, because Europeans have never ever done anything bad to people of color ever

Oh a tumblr post. My whole world view is changed now.

Already knew this was going to be here:

She’s treating it as a costume, to look like a fictional character she likes as accurate as possible, not to mock people of a race or do a goddamn minstrel show, this is all so incredibly dumb...