[P] That most humans would disagree and refuse to hold this position is precisely why I have such little faith in humanity, and it's why I don't identify with humans. But as a writer, a creator, you should know better, you should be intelligent enough to know why this is poisonous, and you should want to try to challenge it. The moment you include an otherness and punish them? You welcome in humanity's darkest instincts.
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[P] Caveat lector for minor spoilers but: "This hybrid queen is damaged and cruel. Oooh! Can I other her? I like thinking about others being punished, it makes me feel better about myself. Mmm. What? Her hybrid son is gentle, kind, decent, and just? Oh, fine! I guess I can't." This should be a goal for every work. It's a human responsibility to fight the instinct to other, and to enjoy seeing otherness suffering.
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[P] Metallic dragons are Universally good. Chromatic dragons are Universally evil. Bam. Instant other. And the human wants them to be punished, they want to enjoy the horrible suffering of the other. As a writer, I think you have a constant responsibility to challenge that. The reason I keep putting Tui on a pedestal is because she DOES challenge it, and by doing so I find her works more intelligent and clever than most.
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[P] In Wings of Fire, there can't exist othering because with every species or culture, there are both good and bad examples. Darkstalker is evil, sure. So are all NightWings an evil other? Nope. Starflight, Fatespeaker, the ironically nmaed Deathbringer, and many others are kind, decent, and just. Tui diesn't allow the reader to signify a group as other. Now, compare this with how dragons are handled in D&D.
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[P] And like I said, the Red Scare proves me right. Propaganda was able to use goblins to suggest horrible punishments for Chinese people, as both the goblns and the Chinese immigrants are other. This is how the human mind works. But again, it's also why I praise the work of Tui T. Sutherland. In Wings of Firw she's careful to never use othering, she avoids it in every story. Please learn from that, it's important.
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[P] The more you differentiate between the similar vs. thr other in your works, the more aggression the reader feels over time toward otherness because you—the writer—are codifying that what one does with otherness is punish it. It you're punishing orcs in a work for not being human? The human takes that sense of punishment for otherness and applies it to immigrants and refugeees. You did that. Your work.
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[P] Any time you signify otherness in fiction, then dole out a punishment for that otherness? It blossoms into this acceptance of punishing all otherness this way. It doesn't matter whether it's a "monster" or a person, if your writing is poisonous enough to create a separation? You've now normalised whatever punishment you used in the mind of the reader, it's now a valid punishment for otherness. It's how humans work.
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[P] I love this video because it illustrates what I was talking about the other day.
How all of the following is true for most people: otherness is a kludge; all otherness is otherness; and all otherness deserves suffering. And fuck anyone who doesn't believe this, because it's real. Tbe majority can be entertained by suffering if that suffering is an other. It makes it acceptable, palatable.
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[P] The "It's just fiction" or "It's just fantasy" defence doesn't work because it's complete nonsense. America already proved that wrong with Red Scare propaganda. All other is orher, sorted loosely by simplistic traits. The way you punish your "greedy" dragon ia a fine way to punish a "greedy" Jew. All other is other. And again, if you load the gun and give them permission? The responsibility is yours for what follows.
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[P] You're loading that gun and giving them permission. "It's okay to take any mother from any daughter, so long as I other them." As an author, if you aren't an actual evil psychopath, you need to keep this in mind because it is the reality. It isn't "just fiction," because if it was, depicting Chinese people aa evil goblins amidst the Red Scare would never have worked. But we know it was incredibly effective.
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