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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!

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[dawnybee.livejournal.com]

//you know me, lovey--I don't toss that stuff around like muffins but oy! That was the only conclusion I could draw. *grrr*//

It's either a lack of vision or --and I'm sure I'm going to deep with this theory--that the writers can't write Gus/Shawn slash because in their eyes to have Shawn have sex with a Black man would make it seem that Shawn is subjugated or dominated. Because really, Gus and Shawn should've been slashed up and down the block again. I've seen characters who've only shook hands onscreen being written fucking each other up and down the page. Why are you making me go there, woman?!!

Welcome back, hope you had a marv time!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

in their eyes to have Shawn have sex with a Black man would make it seem that Shawn is subjugated or dominated.

Okay, see, that's probably a huge part of it, I know this to be a likely possibility because I had to overcome that precise feeling myself. I had to write about it a few times before I got over my own prejudices. Does that excuse it? No, it was as stupid for me as it is for those folks. I tell you, Psych fandom is a text book case of discrimination.

I've seen characters who've only shook hands onscreen being written fucking each other up and down the page. Why are you making me go there, woman?!!
cause it's true!! I mean, really, those guys practically screw each other with thier eyes--the show is one of those that *BEG* to be slashed, throw out huge biscuits of slashable dialog and what the fuck? they hook him up with a guy he spends minimal screen time with?

Here girl--have an ice tea. *G*