October Question Meme: Day Six

[rogueslayer452]

Asked by philstar22:

What sorts of fandoms/characters do you wish existed or wish there were more of and why?

This should be a given, but I wish there was more diversity, especially in fantasy and science fiction. It's disappointing knowing that there's all this imagination in creating a made-up world, only to be so restrictive in representation. Like, I love you Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, but it isn't beyond plausibility to have Asian hobbits or more women warriors. This also implies to other genres, too. The fact that there's this fear of having proper representation of women, of minorities, of presenting sexuality that isn't in some perfect little label box or ignored, is astounding to me. I mean we're slowly getting there bit by bit and the small victories we get should be celebrated, but we should already be there by now.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

This!

I'm so, so happy about HTGAWM. We also need that with SF/F, especially SF/F movies. The Mortal Instruments is still the only SF/F movie I've seen with queer characters, including a queer POC.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I'm loving How To Get Away With Murder! Aside from how well structured it is, they're basically doing it right so far with the representation, and I'm hoping they keep it up. :3 I wish more shows would follow suit so this shouldn't really be "pushing the envelope" re: diversity in the cast ensemble and having queer characters.

Films, unfortunately, aren't that bold as television seems to be, and I'm not entirely sure why.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

I suppose it's a budget issue. I read an article a few months ago about how there are almost no more medium-budget movies. You have either small-budget movies (stuff about RL) or big-budget movies (action & SF/F). I'm pretty sure The Mortal Instruments didn't have a huge Marvel-style budget, all the actors are famous from TV, not from other movies, so it's entirely possible to do something like that, and yet I think it didn't do well enough for a sequel (last I heard about it, they were still undecided, and it was a while ago, so that's not a good sign).