I think in
Buffy no one was safe from Joss, except the trio (Buffy, Xander and Will) and it's should be like that.
@Blaze i know you'll hate it, but Joss did a favour killing off Tara. Now the fans think that Tara was perfect, she was Willow's soulmate, tragically torn from her side, and if not evil Joss, the couple would have experienced eternal love and bliss. Willow and Tara, the perfect couple.
But the truth is, in the Buffyverse there's no relationship which lasted more than two seasons. They'd have split up eventually.
I mean, no one in a relationship at the end of the seventh season, but the LGBT community got representation - one of the 'core three' is lesbian, and that's what counts.
The point is more that they keep killing gay characters. It would have been completely fine had they split up eventually, they did in s6, and no one really cared beyond "dam, my otp isn't together anymore". Now I get that no one was safe but the core Scoobies, I really do, but the problem stems from the fact that this ALWAYS happens. It's not in a few shows only, it's (almost) every show. Do I think killing Tara was a good idea story wise. Yes it was, it really was, I'm not trying to debate that. What I am saying is that 15 years later, were still in the same spot where the gay characters are always dying. In Tara's case, I think it was the best decision writing wise because of the story it gave us. But more modern shows are now using the "bury your gay" trope in an almost homophobic way. Which is also where I think stemmed the discussions saying that Joss Whedon was homophobic. I don't think he is, not at all, but I can see where people are coming from when they say that because of the shitty way gay characters have been treated by other writers for homophobic, or at least ignorant reasons. (again, Joss does NOT fall under that category).
In 100, I absolutely hated them killing off my favourite character, Finn, (I shipped him and Clarke.) Also would have preferred everyone getting their happily-ever-after in Buffy. But i would never try to pressure the writers into giving my loved characters a happy ending.
Again, this is not about losing a favourite character. Yes, Lexa was a fan favourite, but I can deal with my favourite dying. I can deal with Clexa not being end game (although I shipped it, I was really in it for Lexa's character). Doyle, Fred and Wesley were my favourite on AtS, they're all dead, I can live with favourites dying. It's not about just giving our favourite character a happy ending. It's about the gay community never ever getting a happy ending, and the message it sends. It goes beyond just telling a story when every single lesbian character on every TV show dies. It will never be comparable to straight people dying due to the fact that there are still hundreds of straight people getting happy endings in almost every shows. (you're right though, Buffy isn't one of them). It's not about pressuring the writers, it's just about getting better representation, which we are not getting.
Absolutely true, there is a problem with lack of representation of people of color- look at the Oscars or as they called now
‘the White People’s Choice Awards’.
Or even more fitting
Straight, white boy's club.
So more diversity would certainly be better, i would like more representation of all the groups, but not clinging to my fav. character, making him/her unkillable and a saint just because he represents a group I identify with.
Again, you're right, it really is about diversity. But it's not about making our fav character invincible, not at all. It's that when the gay character always dies, or the black character is always evil, it sends the wrong message. When we only have that one single character representing the group we identify with, yes it is important that this character is written properly. Just picture this, you're lucky if you get that one character you can identify with, but that character always dies, how does that make you feel (note that I have no clue about your race or orientation, so you might know what it feels like, but I'm just using this as a broad statement, it's not aimed at you specifically). It's not about clinging to a favourite character, it's about your community constantly being badly represented. Something that will never be the case of straight white people, because they are represented in 99% of the media.
but also they need to be more diversity so we don't have to do that
Exactly, more diversity eliminates the need for any of this stuff, we wouldn't even be discussing this if there was enough diversity.