Reposted by Alexandra Raetz
Too many people assume that every protagonist is just a stand in for the author, and that their bad deeds are what the author thinks are good. Those people are wrong, and any attempt to appease them will not win them over. They don't want to be won over. They want to be angry and right.
![A 2-panel meme using images from Rocky Horror Picture Show, with Rocky and Frank on the left, and Janet and Brad on the right. The top image has labelled Janet and Brad as [“those” cishet readers] and has text along the bottom reading “Well, I don’t like [books] with [characters I can’t relate to…]” while the bottom image has Frank labelled as [queer authors] and text along the bottom reading “I didn’t [write it] for you!”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4cm35hw4rn7nbmqc24obl623/bafkreiaewxt5qrtojt5apcciabo7qlp3qx5dizhhtdvqgmxgaqtgsdzfji)
