The Umbrella Academy
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Kalaar kururuc
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Cybsled
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I'm wondering how they are going to handle explaining that in the show - only 2 options I see is they fully embrace the "this is the real me" route and they mention some subplot where Vanya transitions, or they handwave it away by saying wibbly wobbly timey wimey and Vanya turned into a guy because the timeline changed or something
Gravel
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Yeah, I'm out. Fuck you Hollywood.
They throw a fit about an actor playing a tranny, but then completely rewrite a normal character for the actor's mental disability. Nope, supporting this nonsense.
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It's an interesting development from a "weaponizing the argument" standpoint. The same way "feminism" and "equality" pushed for letting trans athletes play in the sport in which they identified, but instead just ended up with men demolishing women sports. This sets precedent for rewriting characters for actors. It's not white washing anymore, it's how the actor self identifies.
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I want to say Doctor Who but that was the entire cast and writing team.
In the 90s a guy called Homer Simpson ruined the Ichy and Scratchy Show with his Poochy Character, they wrote him out pretty quickly though.
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They will just make it a different timeline/multiverse wibbly wobbly bullshit thing. Oh like she's a guy now, crazy huh. Not like it matters, I barely made it through season 2 with the evil white man, lesbo plots. No way in hell I'm bothering with season 3.
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Caliane
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yeah. theres show's where its clearly the whole team. like, batwoman. Ruby rose may have been awful, but so was the entire show.
Felicity in Arrow maybe. Weasley crusher. Author favorites who ruin the show. but, this was more then that as well. horrible, horrible acting. just totally bending the knee to the actor themselves.
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It is legitimately insane because it lays bare the whole progressive lie.
This forum full of 40 year old dudes had absolutely no problem, by and large, with literally the gayest part of the show because it never once tried to hit you over the head with how gay it was, rather it was an actual heartbreaking love story that would have been poignant regardless of the people involved.
It is truly a pity that the 90s liberals never realized they won and had to keep pushing to die on worse progressive hills.
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It is shocking that people will accept non-'normal' relationships when they have good acting and make sense to the story, without being hamfisted checklist additions to derail the story or try to teach you a lesson. (This is sarcasm. Klaus is easily the best/only redeeming quality of the majority of the show.)
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Sanrith Descartes
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Chukzombi
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the most famous is Oliver in The Brady Bunch.
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wasnt there also some phenomena where every show that introduced Summer Glau immediately tanked and was cancelled?
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