Tell Your Story

This past week has been just full of movie talk. Mostly in regards to sexuality in movies. From the rumors of  "Stormpilot" in the Star Wars franchise to the rampant sexual desires of Deadpool, it's been a rather informative, and disturbing set of conversations. So I'm going to take a minute to tell you my thoughts on the subject of diverse sexuality.

You ready for it?

Here it is: YAY!

That's it. I think diverse sexuality is great. It exists and should be explored in movies and literature in the same way that any other trait of the human race should be explored.  But here is where things got disturbing.

When discussing the possibilities of Finn and Poe Dameron romance in the new Star Wars movies, the compelling argument was simply: I want it. and that's not good enough. A character should only be exploring the sexual desires that the character wants to. Not the reader, or the fanfic writer. Characters shouldn't be gay just because there haven't been enough gay characters in the past. So to you: writer's looking at all that fanfic and all those blog posts and rights activists and people shouting at you to do something the way they think it should be done. Don't listen. Write your characters. Tell your story. As it is.

If your character is submissive women of Asian descent who likes Hello Kitty, has small feet and wears Lolita dresses. Awesome.

If your character is a gay black man with rainbow hair that rides a motorcycle and loves football. Awesome.

If your character is racist woman with saggy boobs, that wears socks with her flip flops, smokes Virginia slims and has a penchant for killing children. Awesome. (for the character, not a life choice. Don't be this person in real life.)

This world is full of different people, with different believes and desires and they all deserve organic, true to form, real representation. Don't insult people by writing a PC character just because: DIVERSITY.  That is just as bad as ignoring a characters true nature because it's not one you like.

So tell your story. As it is. With your characters. As they are. And don't worry about what anyone else says about it.