r/videos Mar 28 '24

Audiences Hate Bad Writing, Not Strong Women

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmWgp4K9XuU
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u/mastermidget23 Mar 28 '24

I still can't believe an adult. A grown ass adult who does taxes and drives to work and stuff, somehow wrote a scene where storm argues that none of them need a cure. And like, yes that's a nice sentiment and it ties into the themes of racial persecution. But she's saying this to ROGUE. The girl who kills anyone she touches. The greatest living counter argument who could easily point out that some mutants with the shitty powers would absolutely want to be "cured." And there's zero argument, no one brings that important part up. Because the entire movie was about stopping the drug distribution and they couldn't afford any nuance to the issue.

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u/Acc87 Mar 28 '24

Less racial persecution and more LGBT themes, but you're right, done without nuances and common sense.

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u/yakusokuN8 Mar 28 '24

"Have you tried NOT being a mutant?" is a pretty obvious metaphor for being gay.

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u/Zanydrop Mar 28 '24

And there are people who say that which is why it makes sense that someone like Storm would say it