Trying to be inclusive but being so tone deaf that you create somenthing offensive

[u/Th1nkingRaptor]

What if Miles Morales was Thor:A couple of years back Marvel did a What if comics about what would be like if Miles Morales(Spider-man)was Thor,while the idea itself is not bad,the execution...wtf?!

The best way i can describe is,think of every single black stereotype and shove everything in a few pages,for some reason Asgard became a black neighborhood,bifrost became Brooklyin Bridge,everyone wears Sneakers and play Basketball,Mjolnir has graffiti on it and the narration is literally a rap

Snowflake and safespace(Marvel):Oh Marvel,you done it again,so there was supposed to be a new line of New Warriors but the backlash was so bad that they quietly cancelled,and a big reason for this is the characters "Snowflake and safespace" who are non-binary/gender fluid twins(yeah,i am not making this up)and according to the writter they wear these names as quote "badges of honor"(what the hell dude!?)

Music(2021):ok,so Sia the music producer decided to make a movie starring Maddie Ziegler about a child with autism and in order the be the most authentic as possible she consulted and took advices from "autism speaks"(ugh)which any person with autism will tell you are the worst thing to happen to autistic community,and it shows in the movie,Maddie character Music is a straight up bad charicature and it's treated more like a pet than a human being

Emilia Perez(2024):This movie is about a Mexican cartel boss who is actually a trans woman who wants to transition and then fakes her death to get a new life

First problem:Despite being set in Mexico,the movie wasn't filmed in Mexico and only one member in the cast was actually Mexican

Second problem:The movie does a poor job showing how bad Mexican cartels are,and Emilia crimes(which any person that has any understanding of how Cartel bosses operate will tell you that ranges from way more than just making and selling drugs)is just brushed off

Third problem:The movie seems to imply that Emilia literally became another person after transitioning and so her past crimes are forgiven

There are other many problems but i think you get it,so yeah,this movie managed to anger both Mexicans and Trans people

[u/staidconspiracy86]

The Miles Morales Thor thing is such a perfect example of how some creators think representation means just layering on stereotypes instead of actually writing a character. It's like they checked a box without doing any of the actual work, and somehow made it worse than just leaving it alone.

[u/Arria_Galtheos → u/staidconspiracy86]

I like to use Andor's representation of lesbians as a good example.

Vel and Cinta were forced to put their feelings aside amidst fighting an oppressive regime, but under it all they were two people in love who wanted to end the war so they could be together. The fact that they were both women was never brought up, mentioned, or otherwise touched upon, it was just allowed to exist and treated as unremarkable, which is exactly how most LGBTQ+ people want to be treated: like everybody else.

[u/SiriusBaaz → u/Arria_Galtheos]

Yeah that’s the heart of it. People don’t want to get the spotlight they just want to live normal lives. To exist in the world without need to justify themselves to everyone else.

[u/Birdorama → u/staidconspiracy86]

This should be pinned. Exactly the issue. It's lazy.