Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-184.147.8.162-20160313232622/@comment-26247132-20160321202220

Sparkstoaflame wrote: and jroth speaks: http://www.tvinsider.com/article/81017/the-100-jason-rothenberg-on-lexas-death/ Blech! He is still so absolutely clueless about this and still thinks people are upset just because she died?? And he didn't even address his treatment of POC except to say he also likes killing them without forethought to the social ramification. That whole answer is just gross ignorance on repeat, especially this part:

"That’s why science-fiction is such a great genre, because we can try to make a point and have messages and the message here is that race, sexuality, those things shouldn’t matter, and that extends to the way that characters die."

Those things DO currently matter in the real world. Instead, he continues ignoring the reason those stereotypes and tropes exist in the first place: to prevent the perpetuation of them in media and entertainment so our culture no longer expects the POC to always die or be on drugs or the LGBTQ to always get accidentally shot after her big declaration of love. It is the responsibility of the creators to know those tropes and to consciously decide to be better than a trope so eventually it no longer matters. But right now it DOES matter; it matters so, so much and he obviously still doesn't get it.

There's also this gem: "If the fans want it, and they ask for it and they scream loud enough, maybe they’ll get it." Hahahahahaha! What a bald-faced lie. He and the CW have already shown exactly how much they think of the fans' opinions.

He hasn't said anything for 10(?) days until now and I just wish he'd shut up again.