Truly struggling after reading the creators' comments about Wenclair
I have watched the entirety of Wednesday now.
I'll be posting a bunch of analyses, because I won't let this ruin my love for the ship. But even without those - after watching Wednesday and Enid display every possible romantic element for two seasons, only to read about the writers mansplaining their relationship as "sisterhood" (which feels incestuous to be brutally honest) - I'm sad and discouraged. It is seriously obvious to anyone with eyes what those two girls feel for each other. And yes I am mad, because I do not want to watch Wednesday and Enid, PAINFULLY queercoded characters, continue to display romantic feelings for one another while randomly kissing men once every two episodes. I do not want one of the only accurate representations of lesbians to end up with a man, to be told that that's who she is.
But Tim Burton &co. are the ones with the decisional power. Of course. When are privileged men not in power, deciding about every good thing women may have.
I'm tired of being robbed of things that are very obviously representing me, every good thing I may have, every happy ending - just because. I'm tired.
Tired of people making things queer but with a few grains of straightness every three episodes and randomly straight in the end, just because they have no empathy. Because yes - at that point you have built something queer for people, and to suddenly make it straight just because you can and you're homophobic is cruel. Not to mention it shows zero integrity and actual care for the content you created. Don't call yourself an artist. Call yourself what you are: a robber with talent.
