#stop pretending like that portrayal of duke isnt basically automatically putting him in a supportinh role lol | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

dykesbat · 2 years

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hey fun fact! a lot of people don’t like fanon bc fanon does a great disservice to marginalized characters (particularly poc, women, etc). often times fanon versions of those characters also means subconsciously projecting bigoted stereotypes on that character/flanderizing a particular part of the character while leaving all the complexity to the white male main characters

#edit bc ppl are thinking this post is fandom specific: i used general terms here for a reason #yeah my tags are abt dc but the content of the post is talking generally abt every fandom #fanon duke isnt bad bc its fanon its bad bc it greatly reduces the only constant black batfam member whos been around since #2013.#fanon duke (the sane normal new kid) is used to prop up the other kids and make them seem more interesting/weird can we like.#stop pretending like that portrayal of duke isnt basically automatically putting him in a supportinh role lol #fanon cass isnt bad bc its fanon its bc it typecasts her into asian stereotypes she doesnt fit into even though shes been around since #the 1990s #can we stop pretending like ppl only hate fanon bc its new fans ikjashgdal #im sure thats a part of it for some ppl but lkasdjhb

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