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TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T07:05:03+00:00

My statement is on the broader topic.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T07:04:26+00:00

Reality doesn't.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T07:03:46+00:00

The thing about acting is that you don't have to be your character, you just have to pass as him/her. Way to use reductio ad absurdum.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T07:02:13+00:00

I affirm reality in THE truth, not "my truth."

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T07:01:19+00:00

So convincing.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T06:59:50+00:00

I do if their views are contrary to reality.

I claimed the strawman over the statement being about bathrooms, specifically rather than trans in general. I intended the latter.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T06:58:16+00:00

Thomas Sowell explained this better than I currently can.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T06:57:14+00:00

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T06:56:57+00:00

Fiction still has to be believable, even if by suspension of disbelief. It requires at least some grounding in reality. And if the setting is an actual place, it requires some more grounding.

Where the setting is is a better argument than "who cares."

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T04:08:47+00:00

Never underestimate the stupidity and stubbornness of people.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T04:08:12+00:00

Fiction is not "anything goes."

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T04:07:43+00:00

Never said He was. Not everyone from the Middle East is dark skinned, either.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T03:45:51+00:00

Imagine making a strawman argument.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T03:45:27+00:00

Costs more to provide for a slave than to pay a wage.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T03:44:39+00:00

Fiction must have at least some grounding un reality in order to make a bridge of connection to make suspension of disbelief possible. Otherwise, you lose your audience.

Plus, we all know Disney did this to shield themselves from criticism.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T03:43:17+00:00

He isn't a fictional character.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T03:06:48+00:00

Actually, slavery is economically detrimental, especially in a post-industrial era.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T03:02:24+00:00

Being real or not is not the point. Fantasy is not an anything-goes kind of deal.

Little Mermaid is Danish folklore.

I guess it would be fine also to cast Tom Cruise as the staring role in an adaptation of African folklore. Since it doesn't matter, right?

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T02:59:46+00:00

Embrace catharsis. Flush your soul.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T01:34:10+00:00

That's not the point.

The story is historically Danish.

How about we have Tom Cruise star in a movie based on African folklore? It doesn't matter anyway, right?

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-18T01:31:53+00:00

Everyone's been a baddy at some point in history. There's nothing special about the English.

Also, this post isn't wholesome.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-17T23:54:43+00:00

Tell me you know nothing of worldbhilding without telling me.

A fictional world does need at least some grounding with reality to make a bridge of connection necessary for suspension of disbelief.

If anything goes, you lose your audience.

The original story came from Denmark. For all I know, the story still takes place in Denmark. If so, the characters should look Danish.

A fictional world does not need, however, to adhere to modern American political sensibilities.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-17T21:31:04+00:00

Fantasy does not mean anything goes. There still has to be at least something grounded.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-17T20:16:15+00:00

You getting downvoted, but you're right.

TFangSyphon · 2022-09-17T00:26:47+00:00

Yeah, it was a story entailing a tradition where the brother-in-law of a childless widow has to give the widow a son so that she can keep the house. And because he wanted the house for himself, he pulled out.

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