The fact that Rogue One & The House of Dragon we're well received absolutely crushes this dumb argument. If they weren't well received it would be "You only hate it because of Women lead" or the race swap. But those were good, so people liked them.
I always think of animated shows like Arcane too which features a very strong female/lgbtq lead and is an absolute hit. Hollywood is completely incapable of introspection when it comes to a bad show.
An even better comparison is Andor, since it's another Disney+ Star Wars series. Minority lead, multiple significant female and minority characters, prominent lesbian relationship. And none of that is divisive, the show is well loved and widely praised. Mon Mothma, Maarva, Dedra, and Vel are all great characters with realistic struggles and motivators. Excellent writing and acting is what the audience wants. Dedra is one of my favorite characters because we finally have ambitious, ruthless, AND competent Imperials.
I remember a large contingent of people, from a specific side of the aisle, pissing and moaning about there being black Valarians in House of the Dragon though. But because it was well received by everyone else, it eventually drowned out the people that hated it for that reason. The Acolyte probably has the same people bitching as House of the Dragon, only they don't have anyone supporting it because its not good (I don't have an opinion on it, I haven't watched it).
There are people who dislike it solely for that reason, though. Not everyone ofc but some sci fi fans really do shirk at the sight of a non white, non straight or non male MC
It's more that anything mediocre to bad that has something "political" in it will get overly hated, but you have to be like exceptional to drown it out. Let's not pretend those two didn't have a massive amount of people hating it to hate. (people were shitting on the 'I rebel' line from the trailer. I remember). The thing is that both were so good, that it was able to snuff it out.
You can actually see it cleanly with The Last of Us.
So that proves my point doesnt it? If the show was good the trolls couldn't male much of a dent in the score? The Last of Us has a 89% audience score. Despite "that episode". Which incidentally I think was the best episode.
Maybe I'm not going to the same subreddits - all I see is people saying the same sentiment as above - "You must be a racist bigot if you dont like it! /s". I haven't actually seen anyone make that statement unironically or unsarcastically.
People love to imagine that their lives and those around them are much more problematic than in reality. It helps them deflect from their lack of inner peace.
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u/360noscopedickshot Jun 15 '24
You must be a racist bigot if you dont like it! /s