#rant #DrWho13
Not the rant you are thinking of.
Being a fan is not a rational thing, it's an emotional one. And while we'd like to think that fans are all smart folk that stick together, it's not really true.
I've seen stars gently explain to grown fans that they are not the characters they play. I've seen flame wars over things much, much smaller than the gender of the title character of one of the most iconic SF TV shows there is.
Fandom is emotional, not rational.
« So:
1) You don't get to call someone "not a real fan" if they don't like a change in a show. Even if you think they are an idiot, and the change is a good one. They may be an idiot. Still a fan.
2) There are going to be perfectly nice fans, not bigots or idiots, who are upset by #drwho13 being female. They may not be able to articulate why to your satisfaction. Tough. They have that right.
Ok sure, so it's emotional - but does that mean it's automatically ok?
There's nothing intrinsically male in the character, the creator wanted a woman doctor decades ago.
It's a constantly changing actor. I would argue that folks who are upset but can't articulate it are simply not owning their misogyny.
thought experiment: if the new doctor was a black man, do you grant that there would be similar outrage? ...would that be somehow ok?
People can be 'perfectly nice' and still hold unexamoned but toxic views, right?
Our job, as humans interested in actively and intentionally constructing a healthy society, includes discussing this phenomenon when it happens. In my opinion.
Do you disagree? @shadowfirebird
That's mostly fair - but aversion to woman because woman is bigotry, isn't it? Can you give an example of how it could be interpreted otherwise?
Human Brian
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