alexseanchai:alexseanchai: alexseanchai:the-cool-one-from-maniac:patina-millers-biceps:bryce-b
alexseanchai:alexseanchai: alexseanchai: the-cool-one-from-maniac: patina-millers-biceps: bryce-bear: theenglishmanwithallthebananas: theenglishmanwithallthebananas: theenglishmanwithallthebananas: theenglishmanwithallthebananas: This was the funniest hour of my life At the end of the panel we gave them a round of applause for being so brave in trying to write straights and cisgenders Especially Jasika, who got very emotional about her childhood with straight parents types of comments on this post: -straight people saying :/ love is love :/ gay or straight why does it matter :///// -gay people saying wait no really i’ve never written a non-lesbian pls help -people pointing out that even straight people don’t know how to write straight people without unnecessary romance the truly impressive part of this panel was how for an hour, a FULL hour, they talked about writing straight characters like the st8s talk about writing queer characters and they did. not. break. It was the most amazing piece of improv comedy i’ve ever seen. FOUND THE LINK: https://castbox.fm/episode/How-to-Create-Straight-Characters-id1117790-id62875239?country=us t h e l i n k [image: screenshot of the PodCon 2017 schedule listing for a panel entitled “How to Create Straight Characters”, moderated by Gaby Dunn of Bad With Money with participants Cecil Baldwin of Welcome to Night Vale and Jasika Dunn of Alice Isn’t Dead. (not shown, but identified in the Castbox link for the panel recording: panelist Brie Williams.) the panel description is below:] So often straight characters are defined by their romantic relationship with someone who is a different gender. How do you keep a story from being overwhelmed by the sexuality of your main character? Is it possible to have a straight character in a story without having a romantic relationship in order to demonstrate their straightness? And how does an LGBTQ storyteller include straight characters while remaining true to their own values and ideals? Wayback Machine saved the link at some point before it 404ed, but not real usefully. happily, Past Alex saved the audio!…I don’t suppose anyone is up for transcribing the audio? yo, people in the notes sad that the link doesn’t work: the version I’m reblogging right now has a working alternate link -- source link
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