#that’s how harmful biases and stereotypes continue to thrive bc people think it’s possible to somehow be completely unproblematic

[yourqueenb]

This might seem like it’s coming out of left field, but I’m gonna say it anyway because it’s something that’s been in the back of my mind for actual years…

I feel like a good number of Choices fans on Tumblr specifically have this weird sense of hero-worship for Andrew Shvarts because he had a major hand in two of the most popular series (Blades and BB), because he can use basic symbolism, and because he is at least mildly aware that writers should be critical in both creating and consuming. And due to that, those particular fans think that anything he puts out is like the most groundbreaking thing to exist and is above criticism when it comes to the underlying messages. However, that could not be further from the truth. And I think it’s funny how those fans praise him for that last point about being critical when they clearly haven’t completely grasped what that means

#choices #choices stories you play #playchoices #choices app #tldr; your unproblematic fav probably isn’t unproblematic #just because someone knows that it’s important for people to check their biases doesn’t mean they always succeed at it themselves #and in the same vein just because someone subverts certain tropes doesn’t mean they don’t perpetuate others #consciously or not #so you can’t just stop being critical just because someone seems socially aware #that’s how harmful biases and stereotypes continue to thrive bc people think it’s possible to somehow be completely unproblematic #and this is not me trying to come for Andrew or saying that he has purposely written harmful things #its actually more of a fandom criticism #of the Choices one specifically because it’s the one I participate in #but tbh it can really apply to all fan spaces and society in general