I’m not going to say everyone raptorific raptorific I’m not going to say everyone who doesn’t ship Ichabod and Abbie to date is racist. I might disagree with them, and I might be concerned about their viewing comprehension, but it’s entirely possible for you to not see them together and not be racist. BUT. Just about every Sleepy Hollow fan who is racist is also against Abbie and Ichabod being together, and they’re not even trying to hide it anymore. Like, first they tried to pull the “platonic m/f bros” card and everyone was like “What about Abbie and Irving? Jenny and Irving? Jenny and Ichabod? What about the literal dozens of other platonic m/f bros on television? How come you only make this argument about interracial pairings but stay silent on Kim and Ron, Castle and Beckett, Bones and Booth, Jim and Pam, Ted and Robin, et al” Then they tried with “but what if Abbie was asexual and/or aromantic? Specifically, the kind that’s never addressed and would categorically rule out a relationship with Ichabod,” and a ton of black asexual folks were like “you know, we don’t have to pick one; we could have ace and aro representation and representation of an interracial couple. Why can’t Jenny be ace or aro? Or Katrina? Or Frank? Or Macey? Using asexual and aromantic representation as a tool to sidestep interracial representation is both racist and disrespectful to ace and aro people.” Then, they started straying into the unabashed racist territory with “I want Abbie to be a strong independent black woman who don’t need no man” and everyone was like “first of all, that’s something said almost exclusively by racists, usually in a racist voice. Second, you can be strong, independent, black, a woman, and not need a man, but still be in a relationship. Do you think black women dating and having sex makes them weak and dependent?” Finally, I’ve started seeing people using straight-up segregationist anti-miscegenation propaganda like “he would never find someone like her attractive” and “it’s just unnatural" Watercooler Journal
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and "she’s not his kind." Like, at least you guys are being honest now that you just plain don’t like the idea of romance between black people and white people. but I’d rather you just keep your racism entirely to yourself.
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