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[roxy]

mecurtin pointed me towards metafandom and whoa—some very interesting posts there. Also--What the fucking fuck????? You have got to be kidding me...

It made me all thinky about writing, and specifically, writing characters of color, and I'll refrain from saying CoCs and snickering. See, this is why I very seldom *get* thinky.

It's a subject that gets kicked around a lot, one I find very interesting.

So, I got curious. Roxy, how many times have you written characters of color into your stories, lo, though your fandom is Anglo-Saxon as Anglo-Saxon can be?



Boys Of Summer: Pete, and his whole OC family of brothers and one sister. They played important parts in story

The Dog: one of the major characters in Lex's life in the story was a body guard, Robin Wald, a Black man. And actually, a cross-over character, Principal Hotstuff from Buffy

I'll Fly Away is a Pete-centric story, and most of the characters are Black. In this fic, Clark was the man on the outside. This came about mostly because I was thinking about diversity in the SV universe, using Pete as an interesting character, and Pete as a sexual character, which believe me—rare as hell. If you know a story in which Pete actually gets it on, let me know—bonus if it's one of the main players. I think I also realized that I had some kind of weird prejudice going on here that I'm not discussing right yet. I'll save that for another post.

Ripley parts one and two: one of Ripley's daddies is a man of color. Jordan, one of my favorite OCs. I didn’t make a big issue of it, he just was.

Honorable mention:

Brothers and Heroes: Clark picks up a mixed race boy in Thailand. That was to date, my only attempt to write a non-white character who wasn't black. Blink and you'll miss him

Edge of The Forest Alexei's story—the main character of Fire Bird. His first love (more or less) was a mixed race boy, Russian/African.

Mariposa: The opening is narrated by a person of color and an enormous Mary-Sue. (I am also the queen of self-insertion.) Hey if it was good enough for Hitchcock…I'm not sure if that counts as a CoC. *g*. I know I certainly am.

Also, coulkd someone remind me how that Five Pretty Good Stories I Wrote meme id supposed to go? And soon, in the space, SV ficlet! And The Joker! Yes! And some more SpN, I think! *G*

Shit, I missed you guys!

Comments

[cjandre.livejournal.com]

They don't include the black guy in Psych stories? I've only seen about three eps of that show, but they were good, and very slashy. If I were writing that fandom, that would definitely be the pairing I would see. The actors had real chemistry in the eps that I saw.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

You see? Three eps, and the slash was visible! They play off each other wonderfully well. To ignore these two just really smacked of bigotry. I mean, Gus shared the same cultural background as Shawn--how much of a stretch would it have been to write the character?

Ah--I'm just terribly bitter about that fandom. I feel it broke my heart and spit on the pieces.

[vegas-nolan.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Still makes me sad whenever I happen to catch an ep of Psych and I see Lassiter. I mean, why? Lassiter isn't even all that attractive. He's too hairy, scowl-y, and quite frankly old-seeming for my slash tastes (and I'm willing to be Shawn's, too).

I add also that Gus seems like a really fun character to write. He's dorky and almost perennially the clueless (figurative) straight man. If I still had it in me to write slash I would have an awesome time with him. His character is distinctive.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

rigt? Gus would be a hoot to write--he is the perfect straight man! if I was able at all to contruct a plot involving a mystery, I'd do it myself. I have no idea if the comm is still alive--it's the only one I ever dropped out of.

[vegas-nolan.livejournal.com]

Ooooo

If I come up with a plot idea, would you be amenable to giving it a shot?

*is excited*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't know. I'll certainly take a look at whatever you come up with, and I might be willing to give it a try, since Clark and Lex aren't talking to me anymore.

[vegas-nolan.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel any better, you aren't the only person Clark and Lex aren't talking to currently. Muse-block has been making the rounds. I should patent a cure for it and make lots of money.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

erg--really? I mean the silence is so total and complete it's scaring me. Three years of them constantly yammering in my head and then--nothing? I hope it's just temporary...*bites nails* If you find a cure--gimmegimme!!*G*