Yesterday, I received the unfortunate news that Arryn Zech (and other cast members) had their jobs at Rooster Teeth threatened if they did not accept the low wages they got as voice actors. This really hurts because Arryn Zech and her character Blake are both bisexual representation in media, which is sorely needed at this time when Abbot, DeSantis and who knows who else are trying to say “these people don’t exist, they’re just confused straight people.” This attitude has been around for a long time and when we reconciling congregations decide to accept their tears, hug them, listen to the scientific community and hug them, we are insulted as monsters, Satanists, “Nazis,” (because the right thinks Nazis are gay and pagan) and pedophiles. That hurts. I can take my team losing in 3 playoff games, including a frustrating 18-inning marathon, but over a decade of this treatment/fear of this treatment/hearing them define patriotism and Christianity as themselves as they play Kid Rock and CCM music that calls out “child-killers who won’t let children pray,” it makes you think you are incapable of being morally good. You care about gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, transsexual people and they use words to assault you to try to make you not care. They call you Satanic and Biblically Illiterate. If it wasn’t for my family and the Church I moved to, I don’t think I’d have made it. So I revel in LGBTQ+ representation in games and Anime-like media. It gives me the hope that things can change, that the oppressors will see they are terrorizing human beings that aren’t so different from them. I enjoy characters like Blake, Edelgard and Erza Scarlet, because in them, I see a future without bigotry and without fear. May we work together to make that future possible, especially if it means paying the actresses what they are worth.
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