it is so painfully obvious that white gays have never been oppressed or marginalized outside of their queerness. y’all see Mizu, a woman marginalized into hiding her gender for her own safety and you think it’s a story about you. You’ve never been discriminated against as a woman of color. All the people on this site that I have seen saying the same things as me are other women or people of color, with few outliers, who understand what Mizu is going through. I’m sorry that you’re starving for representation but so are we, if you want to project go watch Nimona or Our Flag Means Death. If you want to understand, you need to sit down and shut up.
if you think this is a story about a trans man you are missing the point
if you think this is a story about a man you are missing the point
Thank you @kenniex2 and @foxglovevibes for openly saying this. It’s sad how this is even considered a controversial take for some. 🤦🏻♀️
I am also a woman who is biracial (EastAsian/Iberian) and multicultural (Cuban American), so I understand what it’s like to be marginalized because of my phenotype + ethnicity (and other things as well). Honestly, Blue Eye Samurai was such a wonderful and pleasant surprise for me. I’m not used to seeing well written stories that center around Biracial women and how they’re double marginalized in most societies due to racism + sexism, so it’s deeply frustrating how lots of people on here (mainly White Queers) are decentering these issues from Mizu’s story.
Can Mizu be biracial AND queer? Absolutely. Does Mizu HAVE TO BE both in order for their story to be worthy of being told? No, absolutely not. Biracial/POCs deserve representation, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Anyone who thinks Mizu isn’t an amazing character because she’s not “queer enough” for them has clearly completely missed the point of the story and it shows. I’m sorry but not everything is about you and not everything has to appeal to you. Not every piece of fictional media has to represent every single marginalized community at the same time. Blue Eye Samurai is story about a biracial Japanese woman in 1600s, Edo Japan. It was written and created by Asian North American women who biracial and/or bicultural. Yes, there are queer elements in the show (and there are also some characters with disabilities too), but the central themes of this show are racism and sexism.
If you are not a biracial woman or bicultural woman of color and yet still found things about Mizu’s story that resonate with you, then that’s awesome. Headcanons can be fun and it’s okay for various people to interpret fictional media differently, but please don’t decenter racism and sexism from Blue Eye Samurai’s storyline. This story was made by biracial/bicultural Asian women and their lived experiences are what this show is really about. Stop projecting your modern western views on the lived experiences of biracial/bicultural women.