idiggory the Fussy wrote:
You WROTE the first paragraph, so you're still committed to it. You said it. Maybe you actually only care about the content of the second paragraph. Maybe nothing from the first paragraph actually matches how you feel, because the only problem you have here is with the Thor not being Thor. Maybe your post was just word ramble until you finally figured out what was actually bothering you.
But since you wrote it, I'm going to assume that the first paragraph actually matches some things you believe, because I'm not a mind reader. And I take serious issue with them.
You're focusing on the part that bugs you without taking in the whole of what I wrote. If you were actually paying attention, the second paragraph focuses more on my specific issue with Thor. I do think it's silly that they're pushing to make current characters other genders/ethnicities/whatever, but it's not the main thing that bugs me with that particular character. It's a thing that irks me in a general sense and it does apply to Thor in a minor sense. My problem with changing characters' genders isn't just because it changes the character, but because it feels like it cheapens them both. He's no longer the sole and iconic version of that character and she wasn't good or interesting enough to stand as a hero on her own. Because every female holding the mantle of a male hero is one more reason to ignore the need for bringing existing or new female heroes to the forefront to stand on their own two feet.
In some characters, their very nature is built for the inevitability of legacy characters, so it's less of a big deal.
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And then you admit that it's the sex thing itself that's bothering you.
The way you wrote that, you're trying to make that my main issue with the Thor thing, when that is not the case. I can talk about two issues in a single post that are related while pointing out my real issue with a particular character. Re-reading it, it seems clear enough that my primary issue is with
idiggory the Fussy wrote:
If a Muslim character's religion isn't a big factor in the story, they say they made him/her Muslim just to be PC. If it is a big part, they critique the entire story line as them trying to be PC.
As long as you're making new characters, I don't give a **** what their religion, gender or sexuality is as long as they're interesting. It's changing old characters, often but not always to fit a need to shoehorn in diversity, that irritates me. If you're doing it because it makes sense for the character, fine. But by trumpeting it, you're not giving me hope that it's more than to shoehorn in diversity or a publicity stunt.
But - and I'm emphasizing because you seem to need me to do so -
Eric Masterson was. not. THOR. Roger "Red" Norvell was. not. THOR. Beta Ray Bill, not. THOR. The new girl? NOT. THOR. Any or all of them may or may not be God of Thunder. But unless their parents named them Thor, they are NOT Thor.
Thor, Son of ******* Odin. That man is THOR. Whether he is God of Thunder, Defender of Asgard, or taking orders at a Dairy Queen drive thru. And
that is what most irritates me about the Thor change. And if you can't get that, I don't know what to tell you.
I think I'm done. Agree to disagree or whatever. Just don't put words into my mouth by willfully ignoring the parts of what I say that don't fit your outrage. I want diversity in comics, but not like this. Because you rush a miracle maker, you get lousy miracles. Anything worth doing is worth doing right.