Ohh, I see. But that’s fine, for a story like this where I wasn’t expecting any kind of sweeping romance, it’s still interesting to see different stories.
You should definitely check out ‘Four More Shots Please’ on Amazon Prime. The couple in it were superrrr cute plus with it being Indian, it was SO refreshing
I will…based on what happens in season 3. 😛
Are you watching little fires everywhere? I know that you’re probably aware that there is wlw on there but I just caught up and wanted to reiterate that it’s a reallyyyy reallyyyy good show, female focused with multiple wlw characters so just a recommendation that I feel like you’d like
I have heard of it a few times and will check it out! Multiple wlw confirmed, huh, all right, all right. Thanks for the rec!
It’s funny how we ask for more LGBTQ+ representation and romance but like one of my straight friend said to me why must they include one gay character in every Netflix show and like I’m wondering how to answer him without getting upset…
Heh, if you find out how to not get upset, anon, let me know. I still feel pretty hurt at bad faith questions from friends. As if it has to be justified at all. As if the addition of these usually side characters has to be more than just, we exist, and for us many of us this will be the little exposure to queerness we get at all, and how this is a drop in the bucket compared to all media that exists and doesn’t make up for decades of exclusion.
And like, actually, every Netflix doesn’t, I know because I deliberately look for that. 😛 Ask him to list them and point out the ones that don’t have any. Ask him to list the number of straight characters they have even though you’ll both know that’s impossible. But some people that like to question more diversity move the goalposts because then it’ll be about how there are just more straight people overall, as if suddenly now realism matters. As if real life is filled with pretty young slim white people only. And if you point that out, then the argument pivots to what people “want” to watch, what sells. It just goes on and on.
If you’re out to him and he asks in a way that implies he doesn’t really want to know, if he’s sealioning basically, I wouldn’t engage. It’s not your responsibility to teach people. Just say you hope they add more and leave it at that. And if he does seem sincere, then just explain, what may seem to him like an explosion of characters is because he’s perceiving the increase, it’s still not actually that many, it’s just more than zero, and it’s valuable and important to you.
Although obviously this could be terrible advice for your friend, you know best how to handle him. But just to reiterate, it’s not on you to educate and open minds.
just my humble 2 cents but like. i know ppl like to have wlw ships and happy wlw endings and those are wonderful things. but also queer ppl exist,,, outside of romance? if that makes sense. and can still have wonderful, rich, diverse stories and have that be great representation. like my life is not any less gay for not being in a gay relationship
That’s a totally valid way for you to look at media, anon, but I’ve got my way too. And I could say, well, it’s relevant how this discourse only seems to come up for same-sex and interracial couples, who’ve had to fight to exist and be represented, and the lack of media romance and happy endings for them is for a reason. Or that to have representation of characters with AND without romance/happy wlw endings, we kind of have to still have the happy wlw endings and we’re quite short on those. Or that we don’t have to be in real life what we want to see in fiction.
But none of that’s needed as a justification because at the end of the day, I like romance. I like happy endings. I want to see them. And that’s fair too, and for others who want that.