The Fluidphobia in the Loki Series and itās Fandom
These are posts I made for my Instagram but I was asked if I could share them properly on here. As much as Iāve talked about these issues on here, Iāve not shared these more coherent posts out of fear from the backlash I got from a couple of non-binary people. But I need to make one thing clear: if you are LGBT+ but not specifically genderfluid, you do not get to say what is and what is not fluidphobic. Sadly, gays, bisexuals, transgender and non-binary people can be fluidphobic.
Am I trying to cancel the show? No, Iām still watching it and enjoying a lot of it. Do I think they were fluidphobic on purpose and malicious? No, I think itās out of the ignorance and privilege of an all-cis creative team who didnāt consult real genderfluid people. If they hadnāt boasted about how they were making MCU Loki genderfluid and MCU Loki had remained a cis man then I wouldnāt be making this post and I wouldnāt be complaining. But they made him genderfluid, they bragged about him being genderfluid, and then did this. Genderfluid people deserve better.
And before I get any comments that Iāve been getting everyone else sayingĀ āitās fiction, itās not realā, bad LGBT+ representation does affect real life. Bad and offensive and inaccurate LGBT+ representation actively affects how real LGBT+ people are treated. Already the fluidphobia in this fandom has surged and Iāve had a lot of firsthand experience of it as a genderfluid person. Donāt tell me that it doesnāt matter when I know people who have gotten death threats, hate, abuse, harassment, who have been toldĀ āgenderfluidity isnāt realāĀ āonly fictional characterās can be genderfluid because you need to be able to shapeshift to be genderfluidāĀ āLoki isnāt genderfluid, heās sexfluidāĀ āLoki is only ever male because everyone calls him he/him and brother and godāĀ āLoki is bi/pan because he fucked a horseā. Just stop. And stop conflating the myths with the Marvel character, theyāre not the same things and there are many differences between them.
Real people matter more than fictional characters. Real people getting hurt is more important than whether you think something makes a good story or feels in character for Loki.
Iām so tired guys, I just want a few simple things:
Stop misgendering Loki. The cast and crew, Marvel and Disney, have all confirmed he is genderfluid now in the MCU. not a cis man, and not āsexfluidā. Stop calling ships with him in m/f or het or mslash or mlm.
Stop saying āitās not real, itās just fictionā when a queer person complains about bad queer rep. Itās horrible and naive. If representation didnāt affect reality then why would we want more and better representation? Bad and homophobic/transphobic scenes and characters in the media actively affect and increase the homophobia and transphobia in real life.
If youāre not genderfluid stop assuming you understand genderfluidity better than genderfluid people do and stop telling them to shut up and that they donāt understand or are reading too much into things when they say something upset them. If youāre genderfluid youāre welcome to think Iāve said wrong things, I do not and have never claimed to speak on behalf of all genderfluid people. I always put a preface on my posts stating that as I get people angry at me when I havenāt.
And dear god please, please stop using the horse fucking in the myths to justify anything. Iāve seen biphobes using it to say why Loki is digusting and why bi people are bad, and Iāve seen allies and LGBT+ people using it to say whyĀ āLokiās amazing, he can do and be anything, of course heās bi, heās always been bi, he fucked a horse!ā. That is not empowering, that is not supportive of bi and pan and genderfluid people. Bestiality is something that has been used for a long time to harass bisexual and pansexual (omnisexual, polysexual) people. It is a panphobic belief that pansexuals will fuck anything including animals. Comparing bis and pans to the horse fucking is not the support you think it is. And Marvel comics and MCU Loki have never done that. Slephnir is not Lokiās child in Marvel. The myths are different from Marvel and the MCU. Hela is Lokiās daughter in the comics but not in the MCU.
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