Suppose you are a big known company with some really beloved and liked franchise, and one day you announce to the public that, like you have already done with other franchises of yours, you will be making a movie about this one as well. Then, some time later, when you have gone through the casting process, you announce who the actors are who will be taking on the main roles for the movie.
Out of the blue, the twitter mob goes completely crazy and starts attacking you for your choice of actors. Why? Are they horrendous choices, with actors who look absolutely nothing like the characters they are supposed to depict? Or are they somehow actors who are known to be absolutely horrible people who have done something completely heinous and despicable?
Nope. There's nothing wrong with the actors. They look really decent for the roles, and there's nothing objectionable about them. The massive backlash is because you didn't choose an actor proposed by some anonymous random nobody on some random tweet (one of literally thousands of such tweets). The twitter mob starts calling you all kinds of names and accuse you of all kinds of things... because you didn't choose the actor suggested in that random tweet by some anonymous random user. A tweet that you probably didn't even know existed.
That's exactly what has happened to Nintendo and their announcement of their upcoming Legend of Zelda movie.
Indeed: Nintendo made the announcement that they would be making such a movie in the near future.
Then, from among literally thousands of social media posts made about the subject, a particular such post, made by some completely random anonymous user (who has absolutely nothing to do with Nintendo) suggesting a particular actor for the role of Zelda, gains enormous popularity.
Then, some time later, Nintendo announces the actual actors that they chose for the roles. And the twitter mob went completely mad because Nintendo hadn't chosen the actor suggested in that random social media post. And why? Because said actor is "trans" (yes, my choice of using "actor" rather than "actress" was deliberate.) That's it.
Mind you: That social media post was indeed completely random, made by some completely random anonymous user who is in no way affiliated with Nintendo or has any say on the matter. It was just one post from among literally thousands of similar posts.
And, according to the twitter mob, Nintendo should have seen that post and blindly obeyed it, making their choice of actors based on it. Because... the suggested actor is "trans". That's it. That's the whole and only reason. Nintendo should start taking advice from random anonymous users in their casting choices because... the suggested person is "trans". No other reason.
The twitter activists are completely delusional.
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