to default dudes* who write sci-fi/fantasy novels/films: stop with the boring repetitive bullshit ok

[belenen]

To those who have been published: Stop colonizing every single damn world with your boring-ass self. Avatar would have been more beautiful and intriguing without human colonizers (and, Cameron, THREE MORE movies ALL told from the colonizer's perspective? WHAT THE FUCK). Naboo’s history told through the eyes of the Gungans would have been

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[queerbychoice]

If you haven't already read them, I recommend Octavia Butler, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Joanna Russ.

[frecklestars]

I think you're missing the problem of capitalism here too: some people want to pay the bills, and to do that they write what sells. Not to say that I condone it, or that I personally would choose to do it, but you do (to a certain extent) have to work within the system. And, eventually, ideally, learn how to game it.

On a semi-related topic, does art have to be revolutionary and question norms/ideals in order to be considered art? What if it questions some but reproduces others?

[lorelei_sakti]

I'm just plain tired of male protagonists in general. We need to see more females as leads in books and movies and tv.