Poisoned Water

In Plain Sight: How White Supremacy, Misogyny, and Hate Targeted the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy and Won
https://rewritingripley.medium.com/in-plain-sight-how-white-supremacy-misogyny-and-hate-targeted-the-star-wars-sequel-trilogy-and-2fd0be4b242

We need to talk about how this so-called "fan backlash" is part of a larger movement to change and control culture put into motion by former White House Chief Strategist, Steve Bannon, in 2014. And it was a movement that successfully lead to far right governmental shifts in the United States, the UK, India, Italy, and Africa.

Leveraging over one million tweets and greater than one thousand YouTube videos, this article will track the successful rise of radical right wing hate, white supremacy, and misogyny in fan spaces starting with Gamergate and leading up to The Rise of Skywalker.

This is a long article that took me about 45 minutes to read, but it helped me put together some of the pieces concerning the spread of alt-right talking points in contemporary fandom culture, especially as this spread exists at the intersection between Star Wars and video game fandoms - and especially when it comes to antisemitism.

The methodology of the research is interesting to me, and I think the writer does a good job of striking a balance between "about two dozen wealthy and powerful people put a lot of time and money into generating online cultural conflict" and "they were drawing out conflict that already existed."

I guess what I'm still trying to figure out on my end is how alt-right talking points have appeared almost verbatim in leftist spaces with only a slightly different tilt. Again, this is partially a question of "who's been poisoning the water," but it's also an issue of "why are people so willing to drink poisoned water."

Ceres

Balthazar’s three main character traits are that he is (1) lazy, (2) unpleasant, and (3) kind of sad. His secondary character traits are that he is (1) bad at everything he does, (2) likes porn, and (3) also weed. Which is relatable, honestly.

Meanwhile, Ceres works very hard and is very good at what she does. The problem I have with writing Ceres is that, while she is supposed to be smart, I am not.

So where to start with her?

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Also she’s vain and bossy and loves being the center of attention, so there’s that too.

More Demon King Editing, Fantasy Language Edition

I think we can all collectively agree that italics are difficult to read.

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As the story continues, I think it’s going to be fun to start playing with the disconnect between what various characters take for granted as common knowledge, but I want this to remain comfortably in the realm of humor and not venture into the territory of “who knows what secrets at what point in the story.” If anyone asks, you didn’t hear this from me, but plot is overrated.