being-john-malkobitch:

Every book in the History of Literature summed up in a single sentence

I ugly-laughed at several of these.

me externally: lit teachers arent pulling text analysis out of their asses

me internally: the reason people and especially students like to blame English for seemingly making up meanings where they cant see it is because literature is an art and art is widely regarded as ‘easy’, ‘anyone can do that’, ‘its stupid and useless’ unlike math and science which are widely regarded as difficult but important subjects so while students will readily admit that they have trouble with math or science they’re more likely to shift the blame when they dont understand a more artistic subject, seeing it as a sign of weakness that they dont get something thats supposed to be dumb and easy rather than seeing it as an important topic that’s just as crucial to their knowledge as any stem subject and just as difficult and in-depth as any math or science can be

putting in a gay character isn’t forcing an agenda. homosexuality isn’t an agenda. i know this may seem very shocking, but gay people have always existed and theres nothing wrong with portraying that. same goes for people of color. black people and gay people weren’t invented in 2001. i know, shocking!! also, the story seems even more optimistic with anne’s ptsd being talked about bc she has managed to remain cheerful despite all she’s been through. the show still has the heart of the books.

issues-of-thepresentday:

You still didn’t get my point, did you? I am in no way claiming that gay or black people didn’t exist back then, but sure, go off i guess, and try to make me out to be some racist southerner from the 1950s. (You know, straw-manning me).

That’s like saying that [insert demographic here] existed back in jane austen’s time, so therefore we HAVE to include it even though it has no true place in the story.

Because the story isn’t about them or being “inclusive”. It’s just a STORY.

If you have to change and add in things to make a classic (that has already held itself up for a century) “”””better”””, then it’s bullshit. It shows you don’t care about the story. You care about YOUR agenda – the show runner has actually ADMITTED into wanting to turn the show into some queer-friendly thing. I’m not making it up.

You don’t add in extra characters to a book to fulfil a diversity quota, ESPECIALLY not in one set in a turn-of-the-century classic! You want to make a “queer friendly” show? Then for goodness’ sake, write your OWN show, don’t inject it into an already existing story that attracts its audience solely from the existing nostalgia around the title! It’s just plain laziness and betrayal.