The fetishization of representation

[Johnny.SS]

@trashghoul RIGHT, that’s exactly what I mean
Like, it’s not even that those interpretations or stories exist—it’s how people suddenly “accept” them only when they can turn them into something weird instead of just appreciating them for what they are.

Brazilian Miku is literally just fun and creative, and the Teto designs had so much personality. It’s frustrating seeing genuine artistic expression get dismissed at first and then validated for the wrong reasons later.

And yeah, BL and GL can tell really meaningful stories about relationships, identity, and just… people being people. The ones that don’t make it a spectacle are honestly some of the best, but fandom spaces sometimes reduce them to shock value instead of engaging with the writing,the summer hikaru died is my go to example

Also, thank you for actually hearing me out on this—I really appreciate it. It’s nice not to feel like you’re just yelling into the void about something you care about,sorry if this seems melodramatic

[21aa]

project diva has tons of cool stuff to explore :)

[Johnny.SS]

@21aa Thank you for commenting,I’ll definitely look into it :)

[KiwiFarmsArkavel]

@21aa said in The fetishization of representation:

project diva has tons of cool stuff to explore :)

I feel frightened by that smiley face

[Johnny.SS]

@KiwiFarmsArkavel what’s wrong with the smiley face

[_Izzy_]

@Ⴑohnny.ƧƧ the fact that it's not your smiley face

[Johnny.SS]

@_Izzy_ Ayo… you cute

[_Izzy_]

@Ⴑohnny.ƧƧ bro this is supposed to be a serious topic lock tf in

[Johnny.SS]

@_Izzy_ ur the one that came in with “it’s bc it’s not ur smile” and I responded also nobody gaf abt ts anyway

[_Izzy_]

@Ⴑohnny.ƧƧ your smile is a serious topic

[Johnny.SS]

@_Izzy_ is it “?

[_Izzy_]

@Ⴑohnny.ƧƧ yes

[_Izzy_]

seriously tho lets lock in

[Johnny.SS]

@_Izzy_ okay

[_Izzy_]

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

[_Izzy_]

@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