#OpenLetter:

#DearStarTrek,

#NoSpoilers or #Anything; but...

#PleasePleasePlease can you not #KillOff your #Gay / #Queer #POC #Characters (particularly at the hands of #CrazyWhiteStraightMen) just to further your #PlotDevices....

#IT's #NotCool

There are #ManyManyMore #CreativeWays to #DieInSpace...

#LoveAndKisses,

🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | 🪐🦹🚀🦄🚀🦹🪐

It's hard for me to enjoy favorite #TV #Characters coming back only to be killed off so the main character can escape/survive. It painfully reminds me these are lesser characters used as #PlotDevices serving the main show and whomever the show is mainly about.

imo, the only viability for the hero/villain foil re: artistic analysis is the examination of just who it is that thinks of whom as what, and why
beyond that it's antiquated and superficial at best, + often puritanical and dangerous

since either word is subjective, it's then about the attachment of meaning to abstract concepts within the context of your story. aka: slapping an empty word on your hard work.

I think you deserve better.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #StoryWriting #PlotDevices