#or another token side character that'll hardly get any screentime or importance like in g1?

[headfullofdolls]

If i have to see one more post about g3 Lagoona being nothing but an aggressive, violent, and threatening Latina stereotype, eye am going to become an aggressive Latina stereotype.

Say you haven't watched the show without saying you haven't watched the show. I know she calls herself "spicy" in the music video. Yes I had a problem with that. No I don't think it's an accurate representation of her entire actual character to keep pointing to that one line like some kinda "gotcha."

#monster high #monster high thoughts #i've been thinking about this for months and my feelings only get stronger the more episodes we get #like if you watch the show and STILL only see lagoona as fulfilling a spicy aggressive and violent stereotype? #to me that says more about you #and how you're perceiving her now that she's different. or now that she's suddenly not white #like the people who say this stuff are themselves reducing g3 lagoona into the stereotype #as though she needs to perfectly counter a stereotype in order to justify her not being white anymore #because otherwise she just might as well stay white right? #because why change anything? #if she was the only aggressive character i'd have more issue #if she was the only latine rep in the show i'd have more issue #if that was the only facet of her character i'd have more issue #fortunately context exists and none of those are true #why diversify the main characters when you can make replacements that will get hate for being replacements? #or another token side character that'll hardly get any screentime or importance like in g1? #also a big part of the spicy latina stereotype is that their feistiness makes them a sexy and exotic object of desire to conquer #the objectification is key #and idk how to tell you this but lagoona is Not That #ugh i'll probably get shit for this but i'm tired of the misinformation and lack of nuance #if you read this far you've passed the informative tags #and gotten to the point where my neurodivergent ass feels the need to overexplain myself to justify me making this post #and being kinda aggressive about it myself #also obligatory disclaimer that latines aren't a monolith and i obviously don't represent everyone's feelings on the rep etc etc #but that also doesn't change that some people are either being willfully obtuse about this or just...not great at media literacy #as far as not engaging with in-show examples of lagoona's personality not aligning with the stereotypes they already perceive her to be #ANYWAY NO MORE TAGS BYE