Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-38091275-20190322183431/@comment-108.48.3.172-20190622100703

maybe I am your twin...

but also, I almost feel that if Shannon creates LGBTQ+ representation in her books, she’ll end up doing it wrong? if that makes sense? because she is a cishet white woman, and I will bet that even if she has LGBTQ+ friends, she won’t consult them. If she makes anyone gay, it will be either:


 * dex
 * an adult
 * or MAYBE, MAYBE she’ll look up pansexual and realize that Keefe probably flirts with all genders.
 * then there’s a 1% chance she’ll have (insert main character) be bi, and then have them end up with the opposite sex.
 * or someone evil

still, then there’s the chance that if a character comes out, they either die off or join the neverseen. Or if she miraculously includes a transgender character, she’ll kill them off and call them by the wrong name and pronouns after their death (looking at you soman chainani). So it’s a dilemma: risk having horrible lgbt rep, or having no lgbt rep but great characters and a wonderful fandom?

~moth