Solo4114
Master Member
Dan,
The point behind forced diversity is that any criticism will be treated with cries of -ism. It is a cowardly attempt to create a bullet-proof character in hopes the asian market will embrace her simply because she is asian. A female market will emvrace her for being female. People using superficial qualities to accept and defend a terrible character, then accusing everyone *else* who see the character as deeply terrible, of being superficial.
The looks people are accusing the merit people if *being* the looks people.
The same folks who jumped up and down and pointed at her screaming, "look! An asian female in Star Wars!" Are the same people who respond to any criticism with the, "you just dont like strong female characters," or " you dont like asians," or both.
Maybe I'm just not traveling in circles where one might see this sort of thing, but I honestly haven't seen a ton of that. Certainly not about Rose. I've seen people say she's a horrible character, the Jar Jar of the sequel films, blah blah blah, but I haven't seen anyone (1) criticize who the character is (e.g., Asian, female), nor (2) anyone saying that people criticizing the character are racist or sexist.
I don't see it as "forced" diversity either. It's just diversity, and I don't have a problem with diversity in casting. I don't think it has anything to do with whatever people's complaints are about the character, either. >shrug<
The toxicity was created by the people who responded to Rose superficially, and are angered that the people who see past her race and gender realise Rose is pretty pathetic.
So, forced diversity: You Must Love her because she is asian and female!
Boycotters: she hero worships Finn. Sees that he has his bags packed and is ready to leave, TAZES him. Yet, falls in love after an 18 hr date. Oh, she also sabotages Finns one chance to redeem himself...making the entire battering ram scene useless.
Like I said, I don't see people saying you have to love her because she's Asian or female or both. I think people (1) liked the diversity, and (2) liked the character in general. I could debate the stuff about her role in the film, but I liked her overall.
As for the 18 hour date thing...Star Wars has always had an issue with the passage of time, and her falling in love with him isn't all that different from plenty of other movies where unrealistic or hyper-fast romances happen. It didn't really bother me. I can see where it'd bug someone else, and I don't think that makes 'em racist, but I also don't see this as "forced" diversity. It's just....you know...diversity.