The fetishization of representation

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seriously tho lets lock in

Johnny.SS

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omg i just realized the only reason my goat Ryme from pokemon gets no attention despite being an AMAZING poc design is bc shes a older lady and ppl find characters like Nessa more sexualally appealing and that actually makes me a lil sad

BritishUnity

@Ⴑohnny.ƧƧ I agree but most/a lot of fetishization from somebody comes because they care while not everyone for something to be like that usually you'd end up watching the show thinking the characters amazing then it turns into fetishization maybe not for every case but more common then just pulling up a random anime character

Johnny.SS

@BritishUnity I agree that it obviously isn’t instantaneous but it’s weird That it’s more accepted generally

ladiesman217

people online will sexualise anything and everything and thats just how it is

not that its okay but like theres no way to stop it so try not to get too angry otherwise youll be like permanently pissed off with the sheer number of issues we have in the world right now

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@ladiesman217 we arent mad necessarily but its good to have these conversations, its mainly to see if anyone else has also noticed this and give ppl a chance to talk about how they feel abt it:)

KiwiFarmsArkavel

@_Izzy_ said in The fetishization of representation:

@ladiesman217 we arent mad necessarily but its good to have these conversations, its mainly to see if anyone else has also noticed this and give ppl a chance to talk about how they feel abt it:)

take Kaaatie for example, her content was sexualized BRUTALLY and I lowk felt bad for her but most of that sexualization is mostly from the greasy lakes of reddit and toxic environments of twitter

st4tic

why do we ALWAYS need to bring up kaaatie :cry::cry:

KiwiFarmsArkavel

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st4tic

dawg don't bring ts up.

also i'm pretty sure they mean people doing this stuff with REPRESENTATION so ts doesnt even fit here, don't talk about unrelated content farm stuff since this has nothing to do with this topic's proposal

KiwiFarmsArkavel

@st4tic said in The fetishization of representation:

dawg don't bring ts up.

also i'm pretty sure they mean people doing this stuff with REPRESENTATION so ts doesnt even fit here, don't talk about unrelated content farm stuff since this has nothing to do with this topic's proposal

lemme edit ts up twin

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@KiwiFarmsArkavel is that a streamer or smth? We're talking about how representation in media (like different races, sexualities, ect.) is usually only popular when it's sexualized (like all the most popular poc pokemon characters being vry sexualized in the fandom, or johnny's Brazilian miku example) but yeah celebrities face a simular thing, most famous females and some men are heavily sexualized, its vry sad

KiwiFarmsArkavel

@_Izzy_ said in The fetishization of representation:

@KiwiFarmsArkavel is that a streamer or smth? We're talking about how representation in media (like different races, sexualities, ect.) is usually only popular when it's sexualized (like all the most popular poc pokemon characters being vry sexualized in the fandom, or johnny's Brazilian miku example) but yeah celebrities face a simular thing, most famous females and some men are heavily sexualized, its vry sad

Kaaatie made this series called FPE, but apparently some people think most of the characters are hot n stuff and it all led to this disastrous period of time where it got so bad to the point where Kaaatie disappeared from the internet (she was 16 when she launched FPE back in 2024)

st4tic

Kaaatie made this series called FPE, but apparently some people think most of the characters are hot n stuff and it all led to this disastrous period of time where it got so bad to the point where Kaaatie disappeared from the internet (she was 16 when she launched FPE back in 2024)

i dont want to be that guy but ts still has nothing to do with the original proposal :cry:

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@st4tic i literally asked them who that is so its fine

Johnny.SS

@ladiesman217 imma be honest but I just DONT like people like you,this is such a lazy mindset to have

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anyways i think gay representation is stupidly fetishized, even popular gay ships are usually more abt ppl just wanting them to be gay just for the sake of it rather then the characters actually being compatible (a good example is the trash ship that is bakugo x deku)

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@Ⴑohnny.ƧƧ i was thinking the same thing but i dont wana shut ppl down, plus it is important to not let these things like ruin your day or whatever the point was

Johnny.SS

@_Izzy_ it died didn’t ruin my day but its uninspired to just say “Thats just the way it is” bc Thats WHY so much issues are still here today 😭