The question of marginalized characters is a political issue I'd prefer to avoid here (although I have read an author who carefully described everyone but the white characters, and yes, it rang very oddly).
But I suppose even that is an aspect of what I'm talking about: If I don't notice or care what characters look like, then I don't notice or care if they look like me or not. And if someone does, assuming it's not a deliberately politicized interrogation of the text, that implies a level of investment in the character's physical appearance that I Just. Don't. Get.
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But I suppose even that is an aspect of what I'm talking about: If I don't notice or care what characters look like, then I don't notice or care if they look like me or not. And if someone does, assuming it's not a deliberately politicized interrogation of the text, that implies a level of investment in the character's physical appearance that I Just. Don't. Get.