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- Feb 10, 2017
I have a question about the whole "character agency and free will" argument I see on Era and other places.
According to Era, fictional characters have agency and free will that is defiled when an artist "forces" them to wear skimpy clothes. But if created so the character likes wearing sexy clothes that's not agency or free will because the artist created them to have that opinion.
How does that make any sense? Even if we buy into the ridiculous premise that fictional characters are real and have rights, how does Era know what their decision would be? If wearing revealing clothes is going against that characters will, couldn't you say the same when Era tries to cover them up? Why does KetKat's version of what the character wants more valid than RedCrayon's? And why are both their opinions more valid than the person that made the character?
Because it doesn't make any sense unless the world works on the rules of Roger Rabbit, and if they really believe that, then REEEsetEra is no more intellectually able to decide what reality is than Chris-chan.