EDIT: fwiw I hunted down this thread and it turns out that OP actually did some self-crit, which was more positive than I was expecting https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDigitalCircus/comments/1ucu9hl/jax_being_trans_and_my_opinion_as_a_cis_straight/
EDIT: fwiw I hunted down this thread and it turns out that OP actually did some self-crit, which was more positive than I was expecting https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDigitalCircus/comments/1ucu9hl/jax_being_trans_and_my_opinion_as_a_cis_straight/
I think you make some great points, but I also agree with some of the commenters in the thread in that you don’t really need to 100% identify with a character to identify with certain aspects of their character. I think finding ways to identify with people and characters not like you is important for developing empathy and really learning about other people.
Also, yeah, after reading through the actual thread I don’t want to be too hard on him. It sounds like he really did learn at least some things from the discussion which is positive.
Yeah I agree too.
The thing is that this kid is looking for the self-insert and there isn’t one for him. The self-insert he was looking for turned out to be a trans person.
He’s probably better off with Shonen anime.