#i’m so tired of people acting like realism is necessary in shows that deal with like fucking zombies

[sourstiless]

to be perfectly honest, i’m real tired of mainstream media trying to make people sympathize with racist, abusive little white boys, forcing poc to sit and watch people who look like them be brutalized by said character while yt people sit and eat up their dumb little sob stories. and then we’re just expected to be okay with it because it’s “realistic for its time”, and when we complain about it we’re “overreacting”

i don’t give a fuck if it’s “realistic” y’all’s show deals with 15 year olds with superpowers and inter dimensional monsters and supernatural beings on an episodic basis. nothing about that screams “realistic” to me, so why does realism suddenly become so fucking important when it comes to mistreating marginalized communities.

#this is about stranger things yes #i should have known trusting two cishet white guys was a bad idea #the last time i did that they mixed a hell of a lot of asian and indigenous cultures as if they were one in the same #and went “omg we’re so progressive !!!!” #i’m so tired of people acting like realism is necessary in shows that deal with like fucking zombies #and a fleshy mf who looks like jim carrey’s grinch #“realism” is just a shitty excuse to silence marginalized communities when it comes to shows like this #stranger things