Karen said something so profound on the show about triggers. And how a lot of what is labeled as a trigger is just what art is intended to do. Make you feel something. And the line between triggered and emotion has blurred to almost meaninglessness.

The math of an emotion being “worth it” isn’t the same for everyone but we speak as if it is.

Maybe it’s fan entitlement. I don’t know. But a lot of analysis is just “I would like this art to make all people feel the same way I feel and also not make me feel anything too uncomfortable.”
With no real understanding that our feelings are individualistic.

It’s weird to imply that Lovecraft is done with an intentional disregard for Black people IMO. Or even an unintentional disregard. It does seem to apply thought to these things. Just not every Black person needs to be handled the same way.

I disagree with the premise there is only one right way to do Black art that involves traumatic Black history. That’s not to say it is all for me and my preference but the art doesn’t become less valid if they do it differently than I’d like. That’s the leap that bothers me.

I think it bothers me in part because it's dismissive of Black people like me who enjoy the work. And makes it seem as if Black creators are "wrong" to create work for Black folks like me and mine. Like we don't "count" as well.

Like somewhere along the line we went from "this was too tough for me to watch" or "I don't like this thing" to "This was handled badly and wrong and no Black people like this. It's for white people."

Which I think is a bridge too far.