Incoming Benedict Cumberbatch Wank
Let me say for the record that I am not a Benedict Cumberbatch stan. I am not thrilled that he's going to be Dr. Strange, and that he was NOT my first choice for the role, or even my first white guy choice for the role. I am also not looking forward to his stans (the Cumberbitches) invading MCU fandom and the inevitable generic Dr. Strange/any-Martin Freeman-character slash fic that they will produce.
That being said, I am also not looking forward to any rehashing of the "Benedict Cumbebatch's family owned slaves!!!" SJW wank that pops up on Tumblr like a herpes infection. Especially when there's so many LEGITIMATE reasons to dislike Cumberbatch, latching onto his family's history (which he personally had nothing to do with and cannot control) reeks of commandeering a historical atrocity to justify your hateboner for an actor. I have a very big problem with any notion of 'blood guilt' and this reductive way of talking about history and the evils of slavery.
That being said, I am also not looking forward to any rehashing of the "Benedict Cumbebatch's family owned slaves!!!" SJW wank that pops up on Tumblr like a herpes infection. Especially when there's so many LEGITIMATE reasons to dislike Cumberbatch, latching onto his family's history (which he personally had nothing to do with and cannot control) reeks of commandeering a historical atrocity to justify your hateboner for an actor. I have a very big problem with any notion of 'blood guilt' and this reductive way of talking about history and the evils of slavery.