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Re:Comics I Loved in 2023 by harimau777 on Sunday January 07, 2024 @10:08AM (#38901790)
For things set in modern day America, I think it would be almost impossible to not be political. If you include minorities (especially LGBTQ minorities) then you can't write them realistically without politics coming into the picture. If you don't include minorities, then that is itself a political statement.

This is of course less the case for more fantastic settings.

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Re:Comics I Loved in 2023 by presstooober on Sunday January 07, 2024 @11:22AM (#38902452)
It’s absolutely possible to have LGBTQ (main) character and plot lines while totally avoiding all political/ideological themes. Schitt's Creek (TV Series 2015‑2020) is a fantastic example.
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Re:Comics I Loved in 2023 by looperhacks on Sunday January 07, 2024 @01:24PM (#38903673)
To some (many?) people, even including LGBTQ characters is an idiological topic in itself.
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Re:Comics I Loved in 2023 by wishinghand on Sunday January 07, 2024 @02:14PM (#38904195)
That was a political statement by imagining a world where LGBT is a non-issue. It was like a TV show version of John Lennon’s “Imagine”.
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Re:Comics I Loved in 2023 by TylerE on Sunday January 07, 2024 @09:12PM (#38907494)
Hard when one party is banning books with LGBT themes.
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