Amandla Stenberg Says The Acolyte's Cancellation Was 'Not a Huge Shock'

[hewontgo]

Amandla Stenberg Says The Acolyte's Cancellation Was 'Not a Huge Shock' After Star Wars Fandom's 'Hatred' and 'Prejudice' https://t.co/I822WL9QIM
- People (@people) August 29, 2024
Amandla Stenberg is sharing her honest reaction to The Acolyte’s cancellation

Comments

[inwazyja]

she's right and she should say it, even though I hate that she has to.

SW fans (at least a sizeable subsection of them) keep showing the worst of fandom culture to the world over and over again. we've seen it since the fucking prequels came out, but it's been much more prevalent in the age of social media and it always targets women and minority actos, bonus points if it's both.

[pseudonygma]

What's interesting is you don't see this type of toxicity in the Star Trek fandom, which makes me wonder if this is because Star Trek was diverse and inclusive from the get-go so no fan felt like they got "conned" into liking it in the first place?

Because lbr, Star Wars has been a very white and culturally appropriating affair since the very beginning so I can see why (not that I agree with it) certain fans have embraced this universe as an escapist, utopian ideal and felt like the franchise was "retconning" things by becoming more and more inclusive (which is absurd when we're talking about a franchise with aliens). It's like that one comment I read that says certain fans seem to relate more to a talking racoon than they could with a POC.

[recognitions]

Eh, the reaction to Discovery was pretty ugly

[heroicattempt]

This is exactly what is happening in Star Trek. Hateful fans trash Discovery for having a black female lead in a new and interesting setting within their universe. It just makes less sense than the SW issue because the whole point if ST is diversity. Instead they just want a white Kirk type lead, which is why they appreciate Strange New Worlds more. But the online comments are so toxic I avoid any and all Trek social media. The anti-fans just want to revel in the media they know and love and shit on anything new.

trekkies are so much better

[primimproper]

I always viewed Star Trek as more on the science end of science fiction, and Star Wars as more of the fiction end of science fiction.

I think there's a lot of reasons that creates a completely different kind of fandom, but for me, I think the Star Wars fans are less intellectual specifically because Star Wars solves most problems with magic, and it always centers on an ordinary white person who discovers they're exceptional.

[magnetic_rose92]

Like others have said, Discovery has a pretty substantial amount of haters in the Star Trek community