Okay, Tinker Bell is relatively for children, right? I mean, come on. It's got fairies, it's made by Disney, it's obviously a kid show. So I was not expecting to see not one, not two, not even three, but four fairies listed as lesbians. Rosetta, Silvermist, Iridessa, and Vidia. VIDIA!
I sort of expected it of Clank and Bobble (male fairies)...but I certainly didn't think any of the girls would have girl partners. I don't know if someone's playing with Wikipedia again, but I just never expected that from a children's show. I've never heard the girls use endearments; other than Vidia condescendingly calling someone dear. But that would just be like if Penny called Howard sweetie, which I personally guarantee will never, ever happen.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not homophobic; I'm just...amazed, I guess. I mean, I haven't seen them be with any partner. They never talk about them. I just assumed Tinker Bell and Terence were the only fairies to actually think about relationships.
...Oh wow, I'm such a geek. Hahahaha!
I sort of expected it of Clank and Bobble (male fairies)...but I certainly didn't think any of the girls would have girl partners. I don't know if someone's playing with Wikipedia again, but I just never expected that from a children's show. I've never heard the girls use endearments; other than Vidia condescendingly calling someone dear. But that would just be like if Penny called Howard sweetie, which I personally guarantee will never, ever happen.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not homophobic; I'm just...amazed, I guess. I mean, I haven't seen them be with any partner. They never talk about them. I just assumed Tinker Bell and Terence were the only fairies to actually think about relationships.
...Oh wow, I'm such a geek. Hahahaha!
Wikipedia can be edited by anyone. The site is useful if you want someone else's opinion on something, because as with all opinions, it's clouded by that person's beliefs. If you want facts, you're better off looking at an official website for the subject - Disney MUST have its own website.
ReplyDeleteFan-sites are also good, sometimes - true fans will stick to the facts, but may also have stuck their personal opinions into the text without informing people that the "fact" is fanon instead of canon. But a lot of those sites rely on people understanding the writer, which is harder to do through text. Official sites tend to use more professional language to make sure people can't misinterpret anything, so those are always the safest way to go.
Believe it or not, I learned this in school - it's a big part of the current English program to teach people how to do accurate and effective research, which means only using reliable information sources. I'm a geek, too! :)
Wikipedia is supposed to be informative. I'm really tired of people just being...people.
ReplyDeleteFanon? Canon? I'm sorry, you've lost me.
Canon is a word often used when one talks about religious books, and it means "genuine". The word has been taken and used by fan-fiction writers and readers with a similar meaning; for example, 'canon' in "Finding Nemo" is that Coral dies; in 'fanon' (an unofficial idea about a series that many fans accept as possible or likely), Coral has survived and returns after years with amnesia to find that Marlin is in love with Dory (the Marlin-and-Dory thing is also fanon).
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It does help! Thanks. :D I guess you could say I wrote a fanon where Coral survives. Marlin and Nemo find her looking for Dory. This was waaaay before I even knew they were making a sequel.
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