Dominick White

Now I am a female to male transgender myself, as well as being gay. But I feel that the overt political awareness is almost a tad too strong in the media. Now I am fully supportive of LGBT representation in our media, but I feel like it needs to be less obvious. I feel that these directors are putting in these characters for the sole reason to say, “look! We have gay characters! Look how progressive we are!”

That’s fine in one way, but on the other end, a lot of times these characters only struggle has to do with their sexuality/gender. If a character is gay, their biggest struggle is abuse, coming to terms with sexuality/gender, or perhaps their relationship problems. Their purpose of a character is solely to be gay or transgender. That being said, I would much rather see a quality character of LGBT minority over quantity.

Jonathan, I have been a long time follower of your work on DeviantART, so firstly, I would like to congratulate you on your first publication.

I feel that even if the film/show/etc is violent and or possibly scary, it should be able to be viewed by children so long as it is intended for younger viewing in the first place. Even if they are scared by what they are seeing, I believe it toughens them up and allows them to experience stronger emotional scenes from such an early age that it allows the child to understand the emotions that come along with them at an earlier part of their life, which could be important to their emotional growth.

After playing “Journey” for the first time this last week, I, as a strong supporter of the idea that video games can be art, have come to the conclusion that sometimes less is best. What one person deems as being artistic will vary from person to person, same as like going through an art museum, but video games easily hold the same potential.