Re: wank containment area

(Anonymous) 2018-08-08 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It's karma to kill off a gay character because shippers annoy you.

Re: wank containment area

(Anonymous) 2018-08-08 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
.... Did the showrunners kill the character because shippers were annoying them? Or are you saying that the anons who were annoyed by the shippers killed the character?

I really don't get what you mean, here.

Re: wank containment area

(Anonymous) 2018-08-08 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
The shipper who made a somewhat wanky post about how their ship was canon got the "karma" of having one half of the lesbian couple immediately killed off, yes. Because it says everything about "wanky" (FF) shippers, and nothing about cultural queerbaiting, or shows' tendencies to kill off homosexual characters for cheap tragedy, or the way that homophobia is often perpetuated in society with "LOL it's just a joke lighten up if it upsets you I'm just gonna do it MORE." It's standard FFA logic in other words.

Re: wank containment area

(Anonymous) 2018-08-08 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I never watched The 100 so IDK but how many characters on the show were actually LGBT? Were Clexa the only LGBT characters on the show?

Re: wank containment area

(Anonymous) 2018-08-08 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Lexa was one of two canon lesbian characters they've had on the show. Clarke is bi, and there are also several queer men.

There were a few reasons Lexa's death was such a big deal:
- dead lesbian trope straight down to the ground
- Lexa was killed off in the stupidest manner imaginable literally minutes after having sex with Clarke for the first time, it was exploitative and cheap as fuck and it pissed everyone off
- rivalshipping between Clexa and Bellarke (a het ship involving protag Clarke and lead dude Bellamy) - no one comes out of this shipwar looking good tbh but obviously there was a lot of conflict on top of conflict once Clexa, Fucked
- Clexa was huge for the show, the fandom was massive and enthusiastic, and the showrunner was all over social media egging them on and encouraging Clexa shipping as this big draw for the show - all while the ship was doomed, because Lexa's actress had to be written off to go do another series - so the shippers cried bait. Fairly or not. But the showrunner JRoth and the way he dealt directly with the fandom (basically being a hugely wanky asshole himself) was a big part of the wank.

Re: wank containment area

(Anonymous) 2018-08-10 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Clarke has had a relationship with another woman.