#bc as it turns out. it's hard to be cohesive and nuanced in tags sigh

[clairenatural]

hi! i shouldn’t have made this post! i did it thinking it was a joke without thinking about the implications, full context and the hate spreading i was contributing to! it was ignorant and i don’t want to delete for accountability but pls stop reblogging it it’s Not A Good Post

#this is about the mackie variety article i have nuanced cohesive thoughts abt it but this is not a cohesive or nuanced Statement it's simply #a joke #(it's also not me coming for mackie more on that below) #bc that quote i just. keep coming back to it. i do think i know what he was trying to say (and i'm trying to take it in good faith) but #HI PALS if you're here looking for my original tags. they're all here but i actually DID make a longer clarification post #bc as it turns out. it's hard to be cohesive and nuanced in tags sigh #(ok these are not condensed thoughts but tl;dr variety asked a weird leading question on a recorded audio interview and i'm more mad about #that bc it's a part of the broader issue of media like variety leading this false narrative and pushing actors into making these statements) #(he was trying to make a point about fetish- and tokenization and i see that) #it was messy and badly worded. i think variety boxed him in by framing the question is a super gross leading way #variety is the real villain here but that answer was a MESS and could have been navigated without even bringing up (let alone villainizing) #real queer fans #the best faith reading i could get out of it was that he was trying to criticise fetishization/queerbaiting/people making ships gay for #clout or internet points #which is. a real issue! but by presenting the entire sambucky phenomenon as just fetishizing shippers end up demonizing real queer ppl too #the way the media treats shipping especially ships that are dominated by queer people is disgusting #this narrative that fans on the internet shipping men is going to somehow endanger representation of close platonic friendships is just. #wrong? it's a straw man argument used to avoid saying ''im uncomfortable with my character being read as queer'' #and im tired of it #and actors who are uncomfortable with their characters being read as queer or portrayed as such in fan works need to 1. self-reflect and #2. keep their mouth shut #(to clairfy. i don't mean mackie there. variety is the one who made it abt platonic love or w/e) #(''actors'' is general as this is a broader problem im not accusing him of anything) #but this is just one moment indicative of a broader issue in the way these questions even come about and are addressed #ALSO. there is no shortage of close platonic male superhero relationships even if you only look at the mcu and ignore the comics #variety what the FUCK are you talking about. #mae.txt #negativity #not spn