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Aella
@Aella_Girl
in HotD, an evil character was portrayed with a foot fetish in a gross/unsettling way. On an object level there's nothing technically wrong with this, but "bad character has weird sexual interest" is a common trope and feels like it dehumanizes ppl with weird sexual interests.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
like, there's ppl out there with foot fetishes who feel ashamed of having a foot fetish (or other fetishes!), who sat down and watched HotD to see their preference portrayed through an evil character as a thing the audience is supposed to be disgusted by. Seems kinda shitty.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@Aella_Girl
Again - I don't mean to say we should never let bad guys have weird fetishes in our narratives, I just wish when this happened it was done more mindfully, and in balance with times where weird fetishes are portrayed positively!
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Alex
@alexhillphd
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@Aella_Girl
Of all fetishes, I find it particularly odd that a foot fetish carries stigma. Isn't it every woman's dream to have a partner who wants to give them daily foot rubs?
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