Quote: parisruelz12nancy drew is becmong LBGTQ friendly, while i dont care in the slightest about the LBGTQ part, i do care that theyre changing characters.
i really feel like nobody can create anything original anymore, i mean if you want to make an upper middle class detective with a gay friend with a black girlfriend, then more power to you. i just don't get why you need to change what has already been established.
representation is not a good excuse, you can easily represent a group of people by making your own original characters. hell, they could have added an openly gay character to the nancy drew universe without changing anything thats been established.
again, im not trying to be homophobic/transphobic. i love my gay/trans friends to pieces, but i just dont feel the need to change something so drastically.
i hope this doesnt come across as homphobic/transphobic
i dunno maybe im just being petty, but i feel like you can create something new, while leaving the the original work alone.
i hope this doesn't come off as homophobic/transphobic. i know i keep saying it, but i dont want to come off that way. ^^''
Nancy Drew is still a thing?
And don't worry Paris, I agree with you 100%, and I actually do complain about this kind of stuff in real life a lot as well. I don't find anything that you've said to be offensive/homophobic at all, but I'm not trans so I can't comment on that one.
I hate the trend of reviving older franchises only for them to completely change everything about it. Why use this series for your ideas if you have to change so many things about the universe that it almost becomes unrecognisable.
As you said Paris, make up your own original story if you want to show representation, and stop changing everything to fit your desires.
Ugh, it really annoys me too, so don't worry. I want to see more original stories, and not all of these revivals/reboots/wherever where they take an old story and completely rehaul everything just to pander to today's audience. Just make something new!
I have lots of thoughts on this, but it's hard to articulate them right now.
But yeah, I completely agree with you Paris.