Tumblr's SJW object to Sleepy Hollow

SPOILERS

There is underlying racism at work according to some posters on tumblr.

IMDb poser MonaRich sensed something wasn't right (them spider senses are tingling!), but thanks to tumblr she was able to make sense of this warning -

Killing off/undermining/sidelining all the POC and then having actual dialogue in the show about how the four white trees will turn black and that means they're extra evil and having Moloch rip off his white skin to reveal the scary evil black thing underneath after he had masqueraded as a pure blonde innocent Aryan prince. Like this *beep* isn't even subtle. It's about as subtle as Birth of a Nation. These new writers are trash.

HarveyMidnight pitches in -

A lot of people felt that it was -- what can we say, somewhat ignorant? -- for the season 2 writers to shove Irving onto the sidelines, push Crane further forward as a 'main character' making Abbie somewhat of a sidekick instead of a balanced equal to him, and outright replace Jenny with a white man who has almost exactly the same skill-set.

Considering Crane and Abbie are the two "witnesses" and not Irving, putting Irving as a secondary character is absolutely understandable. Even in the start of the show I knew Irving wasn't a 'main character' - though one of the 'main' secondary characters. As the season went on Irving still played a vital role; he was written rather effectively and it's nice role for any actor to take on - one filled with many complexes, emotions and trials.

I do not know what show they watched, honestly, but if I'd take a guess I'd guess out of all the episodes Abbie is more of the leader in the adventures than Crane. Maybe because the two actors playing the respective roles differ in height substantially some may come to the conclusion that Abbie is the side-kick.

If we talk about portrayals, Abbie, not only being beautiful, is shown to be amazingly resilient, self-sufficient, smart and resourceful; she is Crane's guide to the modern world and sometimes acts as a bigger sister to him. Crane, when he's met with a modern phrase or piece of technology that bemuses him, is written as the comic relief in a very endearing/charming way. Abbie is practically the rock in their relationship - she may not be flashy or as endearing as her male friend, but it is more of her show than Crane's, so far.

What makes this "Abbie is getting the shaft" issue more interesting is that posters are complaining that Abbie doesn't have a love interest. Yep. Before having a love interest for our heroes would've been deemed sexist in a couple of scenarios: If it was a 'typical' relationship with some 'hot' guy or if the relationship showed the woman in a more passive light than She-Male. I thought being a strong, independent woman who doesn't need a love interest to be happy was of grave importance to show young females across the globe that they too can be She-Males? Whoops.

There's more (Akeda is the name of an episode in S.2) -

I have so many complaints about Akeda. But this is the one that hurt the most and forgive me because this is heavy and I might not be the best person to voice this, but I gotta get off my chest cause last night it had me close to tears.

Media doesn’t exist in vacuum. So what does it say when a show’s only black male lead is sidelined for the majority of the season only to be cut down after twenty minutes of focus? What does it say when the white male lead, then turns around and offers his killer a “life of his choosing” rather than insisting he be brought to any measure of justice due to some clannish misguided notion of loyalty/empathy to his own kind when it is clearly unearned?

Goffman said that they chose to kill Frank because they wanted to make the war feel real. Well thats awesome, congrats, it feels real. Too bad the Cranes didn’t get the memo. Too bad the writer’s didn’t either.

The timing is so *beep* up for this. This was beyond insensitive. This hurt.
Because Crane is suppose to be a Hero. And Frank, goddamnit - Frank mattered. Frank was a friend. His life, his family, his sacrifice all mattered.

Except it didn’t and his one champion was literally injured, tied up, and effectively silenced so the Cranes’ ‘oh so interesting’ unconditional love for their murdering white son could take center stage. And as of right now, the narrative has rewarded them for that and that is really really gross. This show is gross, the writers are gross, the ‘hero’ is gross and I don’t see any indication that that is going to change though I really hope I’m wrong.

Italics: You're making me laugh, seriously. I'll say this: Quit your bitching you little bitch. I was more upset that J.K. Rowling said Ron and Hermione was more of an accident and thought of divorce for them (did she follow through?).

Note: It doesn't help that it seems that many of the fans of Sleepy Hollow fall under the SJW/OmurGurd/My-Feelings-It's-All-About-Emotions group. Like I said in previous posts, I wish my interests and hobbies were different. But they are not.