Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-98.247.168.42-20181122042639/@comment-37166538-20190529014737

To address the first paragraph:

That is NOT AT ALL what I was saying. You are reading it totally wrong. I'm not defending not having diversity in KotLC or any other book. And there's NO WAY AT ALL I am saying that one type of person is better than another, I have no idea where you got that. I'm really sad that that's how you interpreted it, because that's not at all my mindset.

By "unrealistic" I was only pointing out that not every book will have a main character that isn't straight and white. One such book is KotLC, but there are plenty of books that have diverse main characters as well.

What I am saying is that it's not wrong to have the main character as white and straight. The way you phrased it made it sound like authors should always write main characters as not white and not straight, which isn't true or realistic. Of course MANY books should have diverse main characters, I'm just saying that you can't claim that an author shouldn't model a character after them simply because they're white and straight. They should include diversity, at least in the supporting characters, if not the main character, but it's not a huge crime to have a straight, white main character either.

In other words, I DO NOT think majority of books should have main characters just like a typical Sophie Foster. But, you can't say that Shannon is wrong for making Sophie how she is. You can say, rightly so, that there needs to be more diversity in the series. There should be more diverse characters! BUT that doesn't change the fact that having a straight, white character isn't wrong. Sophie is one main character among many main characters in many books.

I get it, my phrasing isn't perfect. I don't really know how to explain what I'm trying to say. I guess I'm just saying that it's okay to model a character after yourself, even if you aren't a minority.

I love all people and think all people deserve to be loved equally and treated euqally. I'm not claiming that one type of person is more deserving to be a main character.

But:

KotLC has a straight, white main character. That's just how it is. And it's not wrong, any more than it would be wrong to have a main character of any other type. YES include diversity in all books, and diverse main characters in many, if not most. But that doesn't mean having a straight, white main character is automatically a problem.