queerer than we can suppose

So, let me see.

- Maarva Andor kidnaps a child out of misguided impulse, spends the rest of her life trying to mitigate the harm she caused him, is "toxic" and "a bad mother"
- Cinta Kaz survives the massacre of her family, efficiently kills Imperials who threaten her mission, does not have limitless patience for her rich white girlfriend's angst, is "emotionally distant" and "probably murders children"
- Bix Caleen gets caught in the backwash of her ex's problems, is tortured for weeks, is a "passive damsel" who was "just using" her fiance
- Dedra Meero is a literal fascist psychopath, tortures people on and off screen, is a "badass girlboss" who "can do things for herself"

Because fandom... is antiracist and not misogynist.

Have I got that right?

- I swear to god if I never see the word "anti" again it will be too soon.

- It would also be real nice if we could evaluate people's statements on their own merits instead of doing an elaborate interpretive dance to remove all taint of Having Once Agreed With A Person Who, While Right, Was Not A Saint.

- Also if people would get as exercised about actualfax entrenched human racism as they do about computer programs which they themselves readily admit are not sentient.

- Monopolies are unhealthy whether profit is involved or not.

- Relatedly, SquidgeWorld is very easy to use and almost as easy to reskin into a color scheme other than snot.

- I love my cats but boy do I miss uninterrupted sleep.

- Also, day 35, still salty about Certain Companies cancelling and then vanishing my new favorite show because paying royalties is haaaaaarrrrrrd.

Do please tell me again how fascist sympathizers deserve to feel safe but black fans don't. It's been ages since I barfed on someone's shoes.

Dear side of fandom determined to disregard Cassian in his own show in favor of Luthen, Mon, Dedra, or frickin K-2:

I SEE YOU.

V. little love,
Guin

Can we p l e a s e stop talking like poor little rootless Bo-Katan is being preyed on by these unscrupulous extremists and won't someone save her from the trap she's walking into? Bo-Katan is a MIDDLE AGED WOMAN who was a central figure in the movement these people SPLIT FROM and she is not a reliable narrator.

"Your cult fractured our people"? Lady, you were the one who co-led a Sith-backed coup and only had second thoughts when they literally murdered your sister in front of you, like it was always patently obvious they were going to do. You were the gung-ho hardline Mandalorian traditionalist all fired up about Warrior Virtue and the Ways Of Our Ancestors and thinly veiled human supremacy. You were the one who, as lately as last season, went out of her way to denigrate Boba Fett based not on his character, deeds or even family, but on the method of his conception. And Din's people are the divisive fruitloops? Pull the other one.

Now the community she repudiated for being too cringe or whatever is offering her sanctuary and solidarity despite her long history of throwing her allies under the bus, and they're the bad guys?

Yes, they're a highly-insular fringe religious group with weirdly intense modesty taboos. They're a cult, if you like, but they're not frickin' space Scientologists. The Armorer laid it out very clearly in the last episode: if you're willing to abide by our rules, you're welcome here; if you won't or can't, we part ways with no hard feelings. Din didn't bring Bo-Katan home to recruit her by exploiting her insecurities; he brought her because she did him a solid in the Mines and she needed somewhere to go.

And, again, she is a GROWN WOMAN with considerable political experience and acumen, who is more than capable of being sneaky and manipulative and ruthless herself. She is not a naive baby who'll do anything for a pat on the head. If she's becoming more accepting and less disdainful of these people, maybe that's because she's finally growing as a person and not because they're somehow indoctrinating her.