i wonder when we're gonna get a notable progressive poly relationship in mainstream media
we got lots of gay and trans characters now but no poly that I can think of
I think we could really use the normalization
Not very bright.
- she/her
Really sad to see you go, Cohost :'(
I suppose I'll be on Bluesky.
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in reply to @LovelyDumpling's post:
Depends on your definition of "progressive" but there's a manga called "The 100 Girlfriends That Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You" and while its only one guy (for now at least, who knows what's gonna happen in the future) he's got 26 girlfriends currently and they all do love and care for each other, a lot of the chapters are just about the relationships the girls have with each other
Yeah I suppose its more common in anime, but I guess, I find it doesn't really normalize it here.
I want to see like, a relatively successful polyship in a sitcom or something, like we've started seeing more gay relationships lately. I want media to dispel the stigma about poly and show successful loving polyships in our modern urban western society.
oh cool one of the gfs is an 18 year old in an 8 year old body
gotta love anime /s
Yeeeeeeeeah, unfortunately it's really the only one I can think of that the relationship itself is portrayed in a positive way, but there's still some stuff you need a pretty high "anime bullshit" tolerance for in there unfortunately
Honestly, I do, but it makes it impossible to recommend to others
It would be really nice to paint polycules in a positive light in modern media, instead of just:
"Oh man wacky Mormons living in Utah with their 15 wives that they totally acquired Legally:tm:", and
"People who identify as poly are just looking as an excuse to cheat on their partner".
I am really not for either of those lukewarm takes, and it honestly makes me question if I want to openly identify as polyamorous.
Yeah exactly. It's stuff like that or like
it's an alien race with their wacky culture!
or wow people are so weird 5000 years in the future!
instead of
Hey this is a thing people can do in a normal everyday world and have a healthy relationship with it actually
and actually dispelling the stigma around it