Board Thread:New on Pretty Cure Wiki/@comment-25034020-20181022151836/@comment-37117761-20181028230438

Redshoebox96 wrote: jeez there are some trashy comments in this thread, the amount of innorance here from some people is astonishing

really tired of the idea that autistic characters are "sjw" or "politically coorect". autistic people exist and represtenation whether you like or not matters, espeacially in chidlren's media. particularly when a lot of children happen to be autistic and adults as well as myself are austistic

if we really want to talk about a precure that's autistic, let's take a moment to think of Erika. Cure Marine. in the first episode her friends tell Tsubomi, the protagonist and main cure, that she "goes her own pace" i.e. does things in an "Erika" sort of way. this is somewhat similar language to the sesame street segment about autism, which seems to be needed to be seen by some of y'all depsite the fact it's targeted towards preschoolers.

another thing: boys can wear dresses and Henri is a great character. if you think he looks stupid, something about his character bothers you and it really shouldn't in 2018. that was the entire point of that episode and all the episodes that feature him. and if you can't grasp the messages in a simple children's show (which Precure is) then you probably shouldn't be watching it. Why do you think the Brony fandom is such a toxic mess? First of all, it's only been one person who's been making those comments, if that makes you feel any better about this community. Most of the people here are very nice.

Second of all, I think the guy who was opposed to the idea of an autistic character was worried about tokenism, not autism. He did say he knew autistic people, so I don't think he dislikes autism. I think the reason a lot of people get unreasonably mad about non-white, female, or LGBT characters is because they worry about that characteristic being their only character trait. That's not to say I disagree with you, agree with these people, or think you should stop talking about the subject, but I thought I might want to add something to the conversation.

Third of all, while I do believe Henri looks nice in his dress, it is possible to think he looks bad in it but still support his right to wear a dress if he wants to. You don't have to be misandrist to hate his dress; what if he were wearing a horrible-looking dress that wouldn't look good on anyone of any gender? Or one that didn't fit his figure?

To sum things up, I agree with the points you made, and I'm glad you're saying these things and contributing to the discussion. If I said anything offensive, please let me know, and keep in mind that it was unintentional.