• magnusrufus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    That kinda strikes me as backfilling a motive for the studios to fit a preferred view rather than being an actual insight. But supposing that’s true it seems like it supports the point that all the others changes don’t get that kind of response. The other changes aren’t considered pointless or lazy or pandering but the ones that do trigger the bigots, those do fall into that category it seems.

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      5 months ago

      1: Just because I bring up one thing thats a red flag for lazy writing does not mean that there exist no other red flags for lazy writing

      And 2: I’m pretty sure I’ve already brought it up, but the difference between this example and the other ones you brought up is the track record. If we are talking about just changing the characters race, I cant think of a single piece of media that did so in a way that added anything to the story. Its a red flag because all the previous times it happened it was bad.

      I really feel like I’m at the point where I’m repeating myself though so I appreciate that this conversation has mostly felt in good faith, and I wish you a good rest of your day. Thank you for your time.

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        5 months ago

        I think examples of the times that a race swap was the only thing that changed would probably have helped. I agree that without that you are kind of repeating yourself.