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on the subject of robobot racism...
what gets me is when people get mad at the fandom, or the majority, for disliking meta.susie because "it's not the most famous ship" or "it goes against fandom norms"
That Is Not The Problem Here. people dislike meta.susie because it is shipping the colonized with the colonizer. it is shipping someone who viewed the other as a product. and I'm not saying it's abusive because susie is downright evil and has no emotions and meta knight is helpless. I'm saying it's uncomfortable because of what kinds of implications it has.
sorry for the long text. you can keep this in the inbox if you want
That’s exactly it. It’s the fact that romance between the colonizer and the colonized is such a deeply unfortunate trope with a lengthy and troubled history. The ways in which she exoticizes him and treats him as equivalent to an object is part and parcel of this.