• Turun@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Yes, but there is a difference between a protagonist that happens to be queer and a protagonist whose whole persona is that they are queer.

    It gets worse when them being queer is the only justification for why they are good instead of the movie showing us they are a good person (or strong, or charismatic, or whatever).

    The same can apply to female protagonists as well.

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      1 year ago

      Some people in real life make their sexuality their entire persona.

      Those people exist.

      Why shouldn’t they be allowed to be a protagonist?

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        1 year ago

        Because in a story you generally don’t want your characters to be as vapid as a puddle of water, like people who make one trait their entire personality.

        Having a character with a varied personality makes it easier for people to view them as an actual person, rather than just a narrative tool, which makes them take the characters struggles more seriously.

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        1 year ago

        The other person said it better than I ever could.

        But also: they can be a protagonist. It’s just that these movies are usually pretty shit.