#woc main character in book

[rogersstevie]

i'll still read tsc of course but i always hoped if there was more to aftg it would still be about neil even though it did seem pretty well like his story was over that epilogue just ended things so abruptly i felt and there could be more there but at honestly i would really rather something about ANY of the other foxes like rereading i was like okay kevin and andrew are the most fleshed out probably followed by dan and matt bc neil is closest to them but we could learn so much more about everyone else particularly allison, i feel like we know the least about her and i just. i love my foxes :(

#also i guess tbf most of how i picture the characters is from popular fan headcanons #so they may in fact be mostly white in nora's mind anyway but i was just kinda like #oh another book about two white dudes i guess #also maybe nora only wants to write gay main couples but i thought it was supposed to be jean and renee #and renee has been headcanoned as a woc so like it could've been something to have her be one of two leads instead #i mean i like what we see of jeremy and all i probably am more interested in him than jean but w/e

[crowshoots]

i do wish people would stop saying that s&b was so diverse so queer so unique with its diversity

#did we watch the same show...... erm................. #lets seeeeeee. doesnt respect kaz's disability at all wylan's disability was used as plot drama avoided casting a disabled actor #for a disabled character #sidelined the main woc in her own show in the second season after making several racist comments towards her that didnt exist in the books #completely ignoring the wlw interacial couple and deleting their scenes #never saying nina or jesper were bisexual and instead letting ppl go on and call jesper gay leaving nina out of a pride month post #completing ignoring inej's trauma and making the brown girl all about the white guy #the BROWNFACE STUNT THING #LIKE WHYYYY. ARE WE TALKING ABT S&B AS IF THEY WERE SPEARHEADING SMTH. LIKE #just bc ur sad abt cancellation doesnt mean that u have to pretend its flawless...... #the colorism and the fatphobia too like..

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

me: hmmm, okay, if i don't read more than 100 pages a day and spread a lot of writing throughout, this book should last me for 4-5 days, plus rereading and things we're gonna do, so it'll be enough

also me: *reads the entire book in one sitting within the very first day*

me:

me: well, shit, that didn't work out

#i have wifi now at least #so i can get fanfic #a biscuit's rambles #never thought id be this desperate for wifi lmao but uh. not proud of it but here we are lol #also the book was so good #you ever read Jackaby? READ IT #it said TRANS RIGHTS veryyy clearly #no mostaking jt #'when she was born a doctor probably marked her down as a boy.' 'wouldnt a doctor know such things?' #'i have a lot of respect for medicine and doctors. but nobody can tell you who you are.' #(recalled from memory in my native language so inaccurate) #they also proceeded to Always (even while the protag was in doubt) refer to her as the woman she is #(the trans woman) and correct others when they misgendered her and stuff #I FUCKING CRIED I WAS SO HAPPY #plus of course the badass but not overpowered feminist main #the weird ass loveable second main #the cool ass plots and fantasy/crime elements that are not only taken from european culture #also it was a trans woc i think #SO MANY COOL CHARACTERS #Jackaby by William Ritter. GO READ IT

[felucians]

Since Spotify now has audiobooks included in Premium, I'm listening to "Yellowface" by Rebecca F. Kuang.

#quite honestly i'm torn #it's great at satire especially how mediocre white women will steal from woc and racism in the publishing industry #however i was made aware that Kuang has been criticised for indigenous Taiwanese representation in her books #and echoes these criticisms towards the satirical narrative made by her main (racist) character and the books narrator #to diminish anyone speaking out against her #so i would say from my perspective if you're a woman of color i recommend the read #and if you're white i would suggest making sure you check your bias as you listen to/read the work & check before you defend an author #against other poc & their criticisms !! #>>> Only on chapter 5 so far

[cancerian-woman]

I’m in a petty mood so :P

if Bonnie wasn’t the most disrespected character of tvd then maybe…idk there wouldn’t be videos, books, articles online that has to thoroughly explain this topic repeatedly with detailed evidence. Then you fans that claim Bonnie didn’t suffer the way other characters did or it wasn’t as bad only have that argument because you let your hatred for Bonnie cloud anything else. Pull up a video that explains how badly Caroline and Elena was treated that lines up with Bonnie’s. Like I said before NOBODY has ever said Elena and Caroline didn’t struggle that would be false but their struggles will never align with how the MAIN black woman was treated for 8 years.

Yall be upset over characters like Katherine, Vicki, Caroline, Elena etc etc. when Julie never went on Twitter tangents about her disdain for that character or actress , never bashed or nitpicked at those fanbases. Caroline Dries never intentionally talked over Candice, or Nina in interviews because they had ideas. Candice was so loudly loved that not only was her character placed with nearly every male, but they written in her pregnancy for Caroline connecting her to 2 more shows. Nina got to do more scenes as Katherine.

There’s plenty of other things but Kat could give yall losers a PowerPoint presentation detailing about how she was sidelined from Bonnie’s sexuality, repeatedly making remarks about how often Bonnie’s sacrificed and gets nothing, the relationships, and even her wardrobe. On top of continuously mentioning how she felt like they didn’t want her there. She’s even said directly she thinks there wouldn’t have been problems had she been white. I mean look at the white witches… The series will never let us forget how beautiful they found the other women yet NEVER gave Bonnie those compliments and moments to just be beautiful in a gown. Mystic Falls had a dance every damn moment yet how many of those was Bonnie enjoying herself? She couldn’t even win prom queen without that being taken from her. “She’s always had good friends…” what? The friends that didn’t notice she was dead for months and only wanted her back because they needed her magic? The friends that don’t check up on her at all period until they want her magic? “Her family loves her” oh you mean the Grams they referred to as an alcoholic in s1? The father who worked soo much but clearly never wanted to stay. You mean Abby the woman that loved Elena and herself more than she loved Bonnie? Wait, no no you mean Lucy the woman who said she’d see Bonnie again and dies offscreen? Or all of the lovely WOC we never get to see…

Yall really be talking out your ass. The fans that claim “people make it so hard to love all three!” because of these metas ONLY have these issues when Bonnie fans want to speak and cater towards Bonnie first. Dont follow Bonnie fans if you’re going to get mad everytime they speak about Bonnie. I don’t fucking get that at all. WHY go out your way to follow someone and you know you don’t want to read anything they have to say. Not smart but whatever.

#dria responds #sick of you delulu people in this tag fr #anti tvd #anti the vampire diaries #bonnie bennett #anti Julie Plec #anti Caroline dries

[lillifaba]

My thoughts on the Wicked movie teaser trailer... so far.

Before you pop off in my replies and reblogs yes I know, this is just a teaser trailer and not the official tralier. Regardless that doesn't give this movie a magical critique pass. Most of my critques on this teaser come from my own thoughts and some of points raised in this post. This is also just me rambling into the void. Don't like don't read lmao.

If you've been following me for a while, then you already know my opinion on the Wicked movie and casting. Surprise surprise, you guessed it... I am extremely underwhelmed and disappointed. For so many reasons.

I'll start off with some things I like.

Johnathan Bailey is hot asf as Fiyero. (even if he looks way older than Fiyero is canonically meant to be)

The set and props. I think some of them actually look pretty neat. I'm glad they didn't use a green screen for Shiz and put in the effort to build a university campus. The train from Shiz to Oz looks kinda dope. I was always wondering what it would look like and I'll probably use that as inspiration for my fics and art comms.

Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard. I won't lie, I haven't seen a lot of movies with Jeff in them so I was cautious about his casting. However, I was pleasantly surprised to see how much his look and his performance so far actually fits Oscar. Time will tell if he can hold up to those standards.

I'm happy a WOC is playing Elphaba. Everyone complains about Fiyero not being racially book accurate but nobody talks enough about Elphaba being discriminated against as an amalgamation for rac!sm. More women of color should play her on stage.

THE NAILSSSS. Come on people this is the Wicked Witch of the West we're talking about she should be SERVING WITH THOSE CLAWS! Although personally I would've preferred them sharp but I'm over here with almond arylics what do I know lol.

I'm happy they casted a disabled actress to play Nessa. I always wondered why they never did that.

With that out of the way, let's get into a million reasons why I hated this trailer and why I'll most likely hate the movie anyways.

Arianna as Glinda. Look, I don't hate Ari. I like some of her songs and even bought some of her perfumes because I like smelling good. At worst I just don't care about her. However whenever I see Arianna as Glinda, I'm sorry I just don't see Glinda, I see ARIANNA GRANDE dressed in last minute cosplay for a Halloween party. I heard one line... ONE LINE from her and the delivery is NOTHING like Glinda's character or cadence, it's just Ari in drama class.

The wigs and costumes. What the hell was the makeup and hair crew thinking when they selected that wig for Arianna???? It's an ashy dull blonde that brings no color or life to the character. The #1 thing about Glinda is her vibrant blonde hair, it's even mentioned IN THE SONGS. MULTIPLE TIMES. This wig looks like a botched bleach job. Then, there's the costumes. Good lord what are those glasses on Elphaba's face??? I get they're trying to be all "whimsy" and "peculiar" in tone with WOZ, but they just look silly. Why not stick to the glasses in the musical? Why overdo it? I fear how the Emerald City sunglasses will look (if they even add those in) Also why are Glinda's clothes so dull? Where's the vibrance? Where's the pink frilly coquette contrast to Elphaba's dark coquette?

The camera work and Elphaba's entrance. This is Wicked the musical. I'm expecting a huge and grandiose presentation, especially when it comes to THE MAIN CHARACTER. Showing Elphaba from the back of her head in slow motion while she's walking to the entrance is just... boring and an overused cliche. Not to mention the underwhelming reactions from the extras. The cinematography is just meh. I'm expecting better for a fantasy film. It's been done before.

Cynthia as Elphaba. Listen, Cynthia is a great singer and talented actress. I have absolutely nothing against her. With that being said I'm going to be brutally honest: much like Arianna, she is not Elphaba... at least not entirely. Like Johnathan, Cynthia is way older than Elphaba is meant to be canonically and the editing team clearly used the de-aging filter on her to the point where it looks unnatural. If this movie had been made at least five years ago or earlier Cynthia would've fit perfectly.

Continuing my point with Cynthia: the singing. I'm sorry but what the hell was that riff with Defying Gravity??? I'm not entirely blaming Cynthia for this because this has become a massive problem with a lot of musical film adaptations which I like to call the popification of songs. It happens in nearly all the live-action Disney movies and I'm sick of it. What confuses me is STEPHEN FUCKING SCHWARTZ is involved in the musical production. He wrote the god damn songs, how the hell does he not direct Cynthia to sing the right note instead of letting her do whatever she wants??? I don't think he did that with Idina, which is why this riff is so iconic. Come on, if a tiktok meme trend can do that riff better and more accurately than an actual singer can, that's just embarrassing. I'm not good at explaining myself in terms of singing, so I'm hoping a youtuber I occassionally watch does a reaction video to the trailer and does a better job at explaining than I can.

The acting. Like I said with Arianna, the delivery is so bland and dry. I'm trying not to judge all of the acting on a teaser trailer but if this is how the leads are going to act throughout the whole movie then I'm disappointed.

Too much CGI in some parts. I get it. This is a fantasy movie there's bound to be certain effects you can't do practically. But that's no excuse when this is a $145 million dollar movie. The flying monkeys are so painfully obvious CGI. This was a wasted chance to get Doug Motherfucking Jones to play Chistery in prosthetics. So much of this movie ends up looking like those garbage Oz spinoffs. (If you know you know) The CGI is just bad. The bubble and Emerald City buildings look so cheap.

WHY IS THIS MOVIE SO DARK? This is suppossed to be OZ! Why do I have to turn up my brightness to look into the shadow realm???

Now onto some things I'm confused about.

Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible. I'm praying to god she'll blow us away because she's such a good actress and is serving c*nt in her costumes. I haven't heard her sing (I'm dumb but unless the opera song she sang in EEAAO was her then WOW!)

The silver slippers. I KNOW! I KNOW! The ruby slippers are copyrighted and can't be thrown in all nilly willy wherever you please. But keep in mind this is a 145 MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE ALL FOR PART ONE. Do not tell me they couldn't shill a few extra bucks on signing a few contracts. AND YES I KNOW. The musical uses the silver slippers in the first act in ode to the L. Frank Baum books which I love, but don't forget, they turn red when Elphaba enchants them to give Nessa the ability to walk. Dorothy shows up after Nessa is killed and has her shoes stolen. Why aren't they red now? Not to mention most of the audience might not know the original slippers in the books were silver. This would've been a great chance to combine two different canons.

WHO IS PLAYING DR. DILLAMOND???? ifitisjamescordenandyouusecrappycgiiwillgotoyourhousejohnchuand-

Finally, why did John Chu absolutely insist on this being a two parter movie with a year long intermission? Is this shit show really that fantastical that it can be akin to Kill Bill part 1 and 2?

That's pretty much it for now but expect an update to this post with a reblog with updated thoughts when an official trailer drops. My mind probably won't change though. I'm totalllllyyy not considering pulling an Eddy Burback sneaking into Morbius for a week when this movie comes out lol.

Universal Studios and AMC theaters that was a joke please for the love of god do not send Nicole Kidman after me.

#anyways can't wait for the reactionary misogynist reactionary videos pumped out like garbage by neckbeards talking about “woke culture” #I'm already seeing it in the comment section #I'm going to go stick to better fics that get Wicked right #wicked movie

[sukibenders]

Being a woc fan of Bridgerton can be a struggle, especially when it comes to liking the poc characters on the show, especially the woc. Like I remember when s1 came out and the blatant microaggressions and just plain racism coming from this fandom was atrocious. You had people spewing very hateful things about Charlotte, Marina, and Simon and undermining the latter two's pain and trauma at the hands of the white characters---Marina was treated terribly by the Featheringtons and, whether you like Penelope or not, you cannot deny that she also played a part by releasing that letter to the Ton and Simon was violated Daphne no matter how people try to spin the story to offer her some form of sympathy (it still blows my mind that people would want to though).

S2 is just as bad (not even including how they changed the Sharma family's storyline than how it was in the books when that wasn't necessary) and the racist undertones many of the fans have towards Mary and Edwina (as well as Kate but for her it's carries more brown woman needing to be saved by a white man when Anthony is involved because a lot of you all in the fandom are quick to use this trope such as "oh, he's the only one who truly knows her"). The lack of screen time for this family really ends up hurting them to but even with that, whether you like Mary and Edwina or not, it would be a lie to deny the racism a lot in the fandom hold towards them (and how that falls onto the actresses because it was very apparent how many in the fandom couldn't let two Desi women shine without having to bring down the other and Netflix played into that too for drama) and paints every small thing they do as being terrible crimes but in the same breath will not have the same smoke for the Bridgertons, who have their own set of problems (but because they are also the main family, among other things, they are provided more grace without consequences).

#bridgerton #edwina sharma #kate sharma #mary sharma #marina thompson #queen charlotte #simon basset #like fandoms can be a very hostile place especially toward poc #and don't even get me started on some fans acting like they care about the poc characters but only still fall into the tropes i presented #im nervous for how this post will be received bc ngl when people call out the racist antics in bridgerton people love to downplay it #and that's just not right (for any fandom) #and this impacts actors too bc there should be no reason that charithra can hardly be excited about her role in the show #or how ruby had received so much hate that (probably) as a result had two breakdowns #on top of still being asked by polin and pen fans to denounce marina to uplift their white faves #dni if you can't have a calm conversation here #also seeing the creator of the show say for s3 kathony that there won't be as much angst #more happy couple scenes irks me in a way bc that amount of angst didn't have to flood s2 if they weren't so concerned with pointless drama #like the books themselves gave enough angst without the engaged to your sister plotline and such #also would have made anthony seem like less of a prick and actually respect a woman's honor but nope #don't even get me started on how it seems more common for the poc characters to have to gripe and struggle #(especially with things that....they should not be blamed for) at the hands of or as result of white characters #when in the same breath that courtesy isn't extended to said white characters #(e.g. marina having to push colin in pen's direction even though both failed her #to simon begin assaulted and then blamed for it by daphne and the narrative #to kate having to move mountains to grow (even though for most part she wasn't wrong) but don't even see anthony apologize for his actions) #all the actors especially the woc experience racism (and other forms of discrimination) from this fandom #i haven't even gotten into the shitshow from some fans towards simone and the actor who plays simon #as well as the racism the actresses for queen charlotte faced #a lot of yall need to do better

[thefudge]

Hello thefudge i hope you're having a nice weekend. I was reading your sophie fic and i'm genuinely in awe of how amazing your writing is when it comes to describing woc and their experience. You give them the sort of unhinged yet delicate quality that fandoms usually reserve for white female characters specially with who you're pairing them up with (i kept thinking of lana del ray songs when lukas picked sophie from her friends house) and i really appreciate that. Since i've read all your work multiple times i was wondering do you have any recs for fic authors or just book authors who focus on women of color in the same way? The trashy yet sensual vibe?

thank you for the kind words! you're too lovely! "unhinged yet delicate quality" <3

i got a similar ask some months ago, and i give a few book recs here.

as for fic authors that focus on women of color, check out:

my beloved trash sister & friend tashii (@irresistible-revolution on tumblr) who writes layered and sensuous stories about bonnie bennett, azula from avatar, and others (you can also find more of her stuff on ffnet)

somethingdifferent (@janedazey) who often writes about women of color from various fandoms (the bear, batman, succession, star wars (her rose tico fics!)) and the vibes are impeccable

yourgirlislovely (@your-girl-is-lovely) whose stories definitely have those wonderful sensuous vibes, and you can see it in her black panther fics and other marvel content

brainyisalwayssexy (@desidarling123) who also writes wonderfully layered woc marvel content

Man_Who_Sold_The_World (@labyrinthphanlivingafacade) whose sandman & batman fics (+ others) center women of color in a very satisfying way

lostcoastlines (@badrituals) who is killing it with the halle baley/jonah-hauer king fics (+many woc fics on her main account, badritual)

wakandawinterprincess, who is truly wonderful when it comes to hot & layered shuri fanfics

gabrieeella (@darwinquark) who writes the best veronica lodge & also bonnie bennett!

NYS30 (@nys30) for all the bonnie bennett & bonkai goodness!

DR.Elsac2 on ffnet, for bonnie bennett and richonne

TheHedgeRider on ffnet for bonnie bennett

when it comes to darklina content where alina as a woman of color is both understood and explored, i found this fic by cheddarplums to be really interesting and well done, but i'm sure there are many more from that corner

there are probably a few others that do not come to mind right now, but it's a sad truth that women of color rarely feature in more transgressive fanfics for a variety of reasons...but i hope you enjoy the recs!

#fic rec #woc rec #woc recs #replies

[redheadbigshoes]

Another book rec/review:

The book is called She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick.

- It’s enemies to lovers

- Both main characters are lesbians

- One of them is a WOC, specifically Korean origin.

- It’s during college

The book is about two very different girls who end up studying at the same university. Alex had a difficult childhood, her mother is an alcoholic and she has to work to sustain both her and her mom. She has a girlfriend and considering how she is used to flirt with other people, she promises her gf she will gain her trust by not flirting with anyone when she goes to college. She’s more outgoing and confident.

Meanwhile Molly is the whole opposite, she’s very shy and insecure. She has severe anxiety which made her have only one friend during high school: her own mother. She has a crush on a girl named Cora (who is in the same college) who is her crush since middle school, the thing is that due to her anxiety and shyness she has difficulties befriending other people, let alone talk with her crush.

Both girls meet during a party in the beginning of the school year and they don’t like each other at first. However, when Alex notices Molly’s crush on Cora she proposes helping Molly on getting more confidence to finally ask Cora out.

My thoughts about it: I genuinely liked this book. It’s easy to read and for the most part it doesn’t have much angst. It’s pretty obvious to me how the author is a lesbian because she is not afraid to use the lesbian label throughout the story. I think it’s worth reading it.

#stephanie talks #lgbt #lgbtqia #wlw #sapphic #lesbian #lgbt recs #book recs #sapphic books #long post

[korkiekenobiconfirmed]

I'm on a roll with the s/j/m hatred tn so I'm going to compile a masterlist of all her shitty lgbt/poc representation and why it sucks booty cheeks. it should be noted that none of this is meant as shade on any of the characters themselves... I actually happen to like quite a lot of them

EDIT: there are some nice additions to this post in the notes you can check out

LGBT rep

Aedion (Bi/Pan)

Literally known as “Adarlan’s Whore” (a nickname that references both his allegiance to the king and his tendency to sleep around)

His only same-sex relationship is with a vaguely-mentioned unnamed lover from the past (it’s not even said straight-up that they’re a man, but I’m assuming they are bc they’re mentioned to be a commander of the Bane)

He’s shown being attracted to women and only women for two and a half books. He’s a womanizer retconned into the slutty bisexual stereotype

His liking men & women is compared to prostitution

It’s insinuated in koa that he slept with an ex while he and Lysandra were fighting (because the cheating bisexual trope is such a new & creative one!)

Helion (Bi/Pan)

He’s always trying to have 4somes with three of the main characters

Realistically he’s probably one of the most powerful/interesting High Lords but this gets sidelined in favor of him flirting with eVeRyOnE

All we really know about him is his name and the fact that he’s a bit of a manwhore… very 2-dimensional

He has an affair & a child with a married woman… just the Slutty/Cheating Bisexual Trope (Volume 2) :/

Mor (Lesbian? Possibly bi?)

She’s never shown in any real relationships (with men or women)

She had tragic off-screen relationship with a mortal queen a few hundred years ago

We get literally no hints that she’s gay throughout the series, she just randomly mentions she likes women at the end of book 3

She gets no happy relationship, she stays closeted to spare Az’s feelings (as though he’s not a grown ass man), she’s retconned into her sexuality most of the way through the series… just shitty shitty rep all around

Hasar (Lesbian)

She’s a villain, and a shitty one at that

Lesbian rep from a side character in one novella that half the fandom didn’t read? What’s even the point?

Thesan (Gay)

A very minor character & his unnamed “lover” who serve no narrative purpose whatsoever… thanks for nothing sarah

Emrys & Malachai (Presumably gay)

Oh look! More minor, background mlm that might as well not exist for all they do for the story :/

They are cute though, I’ll give them that

POC rep

Nehemia

First (and only) black main in ToG

She dies to fuel the white protag’s character arc… a very tired trope

She was actually a pretty well-written, likable character up until her brutal murder, which made it that much worse to hear about her organs strewn all over the room

Sorscha 

Described as “plain” (particularly in contrast to the white women like Aelin & Lysandra)

We know she’s POC because of where she’s from, but the way her features are described suggest she could still be white

Dark hair, gold eyes, “tan” skin

She really just fawns over white-boy Dorian every 2 seconds before dying a violent death to fuel Dorian’s arc…

…Aaaand I’m sensing a pattern here

Nesryn

Much of her character (especially in QoS) is reduced to her beefing with Aelin (and thus being villanized by the narrative) because of jealousy over Chaol 

Simply described as having “tan” skin (again). I think sarah is allergic to calling people brown

She is also described as plain compared to white protagonist

She has a (presumably middle eastern) family that only wants her to stay home and be a baker/someone’s wife

Yrene 

Once again very racially ambiguous to the point where she could even be white, with “tan/golden” skin, golden hair, and golden eyes

She almost immediately ties her literal life force to a white man she hated like a month ago. Seriously, can WOC not fawn over a hunky white man for once?

She defeats erawan in the end — considering she’s been a character for such a short time, this just feels more like a deus ex machina the anything really set up by the plot

Helion 

Not going to fully rehash what I said above but generally… he has great potential, but is basically not a character

Tarquin 

He’s portrayed as very nice and reasonable, if young and naive, yet he literally only exists to get manipulated/robbed by the main characters

He seems like such a sweetheart. He deserved much better than Riceman and Feyrug doing him dirty like that

I’ve heard rumors of a High King/Queen F*ysand plotline in later books…if that happens, Tarquin will likely be bending the knee and forgiving the people who fucked him over just a short time ago

Lucien

He’s described as very caring and loyal (yay!) which seems to always get him taken advantage of (damn!)

He’s portrayed (especially in ACOWAR) as someone we’re supposed to dislike when all his actions are perfectly reasonable

He’s literally retconned out of being white when it’s revealed Helion is his father instead of Beron. I’ve seen ppl get mad at “white-washed” fan art but it’s hard to expect much else when his original character description was straight red hair, amber eyes,  and “tan” skin (holy shit agAIN)

The people of the White Fangs from TOG

They’re described as having black hair, black eyes, and “tan” skin

They live isolated in the mountains (away from civilization) and are described as “savage” and warlike, always raiding villages in the mountains and stealing women away from their homes… 

Cain, who’s from these people, dabbles in dark magic/religion nobody else understands

This is feeling, intentional or not, like a horrible Native American caricature. Idk maybe that’s just me

#anti sjm #anti acotar #anti tog

[thelesbianpoirot]

Ok I have sent this to @alfalcone but you are another blog I’m a fan of with similar vibes and I think you might like this recommendation. I really recommend the wheel of time (if you haven’t seen it already) for a well written show that has a canon lesbian relationship and black woc main characters. In a big budget fantasy, no less. Which makes sense to me because fantasy is actually one of the genres where you can;t argue historical accuracy as a reason for an all white cast, yet high fantasy has managed to be overwhelmingly white until W OT and recent other shows.

Also, the show has a bad rep because the straight male fans who expected it to be a faithful adaptation of their favorite male fantasy jerk off series were enraged at the diverse casting, lesbian characters, and the “feminazi” content (this is arguably the most feminist of the high fantasy shows (among GOT, The one ring, house of the dragon, etc.). Not only does the show cast black actors for major, non stereotypical roles, they also have Asian actors, indigenous actors, south Asian actors, and the costuming is inspired by different cultures in a beautiful, natural way. The male neckbeards dragged this show over the coals, but honestly I think the show improves on the books in many ways (tighter, less bloated writing, no MRA content, more likeable characters with emotional depth, etc.)I’m salty it wasn’t more popular because of the bad rep it got, which is why I’m sending you this now. Season 2 is extremely good, and season 1 had some great moments. Feel free to ignore this if you didn’t like the show, but I would recommend more feminists, esp woc feminists, who are looking for some good old escapism, to get into WOT, and then post about it so I can talk to them!! Xoxo

You wrote this beautiful argument, but I was going to watch it based on TWO GIFs anyway!

Lesbian sex and women killing men! A WIN!

#thelesbianpoirot

[cleverthylacine]

Netflix's bastardisation of Three-Body

Oh yeah. I haven't said anything about this. Probably because I've been screaming at people on reddit about it for weeks.

Extensive spoilers below of why you don't want to watch this show if you like the books and should watch the C-drama by Tencent Pictures instead. If you like both you can have fun screaming at this show except that after about 4 episodes even that stops being fun.

The first problem with this show is that they decided to set it in mostly England instead of mostly China, and then cleverly made most of the main characters nonwhite as well as non-Chinese, so that they could point at that as evidence that they're not racist for turning a book set in China with mostly Chinese characters into a show set in England with mostly characters who grew up in the global west (even Cheng Jin/Xin has been raised in New Zealand).

The second problem with this show is that they're adapting a trilogy of 500+ page books and they shoved the first book into 5 episodes and the first part of the second book into 3 episodes. A lot of important and interesting material got cut.

The third problem with this show is that the main character of the novel and the C-Drama is Wang Miao, who is a very sensitive, nonjudgemental and caring male character, the kind of male MC we rarely get. He's also a good husband and father and he's adorable with his daughter. Wang Miao is able to make many connections between people and information because he is able to listen to people, even when he knows they're dangerous, with empathy and refrain from judging them at least until they've finished telling him the stuff that he actually wanted and needed to know.

The character they replaced him with is argumentative, judgemental, and angry. Auggie frequently storms out of conversations with key people in the story in high moral dudgeon without having learned a thing.

Cleverly, they made her female, so that anyone who dares criticise her for being generally terrible is hit with accusations of Skylar White syndrome and being unable to handle angry WOC.

The fourth problem is that they changed the relationship between Mike Evans and Ye Wenjie and in so doing obliterated the internal conflict within the Earth-Trisolaran organisation.

Ye Wenjie is significantly older than Mike Evans and serves as a mentor and sympathetic ear to him while he's in China. She already has had her daughter by her late husband.

in the English show she's his lover and it's gross. I am not even someone who generally objects to age gaps in fiction or even reality as long as everyone's an adult, but this is gross. For one thing, Evans is obviously mentally ill and vulnerable. He becomes the father of her daughter. They then obliterate the faction war that started between Wenjie and Evans. This is important and awful because Wenjie's faction wants aliens to come to Earth and save us from our own idiocy. Evans' faction is anti-human and wants the aliens to come to Earth and save the planet from humans. (Why he thinks they will preserve the animals he values more than people, I don't know. These aliens are fucking ruthless.)

The result of this is that they portray the secretive and malevolent eco-terrorist Evans as a cute elderly space-obsessed grandpa surrounded by little kids that his antinatalist ass would have never supported his followers having (and that anyone who followed him would never have.)

The upshot of this is that we get to see dead children's severed limbs after Our Heroes retrieve crucial information. And we don't know that it is crucial information because they have Wenjie in custody and it is therefore not clear that Evans has been talking to the aliens, they no longer talk to Wenjie, and what they're trying to take is the records of all the conversations Evans had with the aliens, which could maybe be important if you wanted to know in advance how bad the aliens are and what they are planning to do.

I don't want to see murdered children. There is enough of that on the news, thanks. It's an emotionally manipulative choice on the part of the writers. It does make Auggie's worst temper tantrum understandable, but if they had made her the kind of character Wang Miao was, that wouldn't have been necessary. Wang Miao did object to all the adults-only carnage, but he also was able to understand that there were plot-related reasons all those grown-ass ecoterrorist assholes had to die.

So now everyone who thinks Auggie is a rotten replacement for Wang Miao is not only a misogynist but pro-murdered children. And the neckbeards who actually haven't studied cults are all like "of course they put kids on the boat! a cult should have kids!" because they're not aware that there are cults other than the FLDS and the Branch Davidians. Aside from the ecoterrorism aspect, the recent cult that Evans' group is most like is Heaven's Gate, who were so anti-sex and anti-breeding that some of them castrated themselves.

They also added a white male character who was rich. Sadly, he was hilarious and entertaining in a very Seth Rogan/James Franco kinda way, so of course he was one of the first main characters to die.

The usual suspects are claiming that the adaptation was fucked up by "wokeness". I don't believe that, but I do wonder exactly why the extreme environmentalist/animal rights/super vegan/anti-natalist/anti-human bad guys were written out of the story.

Because climate change is important and the environment is important and we really have to fix it. We really do. But all good movements have their dangerous fringe people, and people who would do what Mike Evans did in the books exist. For instance, there were animal liberationists who let prion infected squirrels loose 20 years ago and suddenly now in Appalachia, where poor people hunt squirrel, we have an epidemic of prion-related dementia.

(And those of you who read me regularly and know that I've worked in medical research schools most of my life know that I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate these kinds of "environmentalists" so yeah I'm a little bit mad that I didn't get to see Evans die horribly lmao.)

In other words: this show is so bad that it actually makes me contemplate right-wing Hollywood conspiracy theories for a hot second before dismissing them.

They also added a lot more explosions and a lot more interpersonal drama, because that's what Americans like. Yeah fuck you Netflix.

#three-body #three-body problem #don't read if you like the netflix show though #I'm not trying to start fights just vent #and I hated it

[renrotica]

This is probably a silly question but do you know any books where woc/black women are the main character that aren’t romance books?

Like I’m black girl but I can barely find any, the only ones I have found are Luster by Raven Leilani and Post Traumatic by Chantal V.

I would love books like my year of rest and relaxation but with POC. Maybe I’m not looking in the right place lol (I feel like I’m ranting now haha)

I also love your blog xx

'Ace of Spades' and 'Where Sleeping Girls Lie' by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé might pique your interest, i've heard good things about her .

'This Poison Heart' by Kalynn Baron

'Legendborn' (series) by Tracy Deon - background romance but not the main plot

you're fine, i literally work in a library and these are a few that i remember off the top of my head because i've had plenty of people ask me specifically for black women as main characters or woc in general .

when i go into work monday i'll look around some more !!

also thank u i love u mwah x

#ren answers

[bohemian-nights]

- Nettles is specifically stated as a brown girl in the book. Take it up with George RR martin. The speculated actress for Nettles is a brown woman. You think she's black? That's okay since she's clearly of mixed heritage. However, you weaponizing race isn't going to go over well since main point is most of us wocs don't want a woc to be given this treatment in the show.

- "She is an adult by westerosi standards"? That doesn't mean anything. Do you also count 14-yo Rhaenyra as grown woman in the book when Daemon was "educating" her about seduction and sex? Do you count the likes of Helaena who was forced to give birth at 13-14 and adult simply because she was married? This is the same excuse people use to excuse the grooming of young girls in what's clearly a patriarchal society.

- IT IS GROOMING!! You're making excuses for Daemon's behavior. I'll give it to OP last time who called out your "i can fix him" behavior when yous said "he isn't all bad". They're 100% right!! We literally have lines from the book where he is teaching her how to act, giving her gifts, etc. She's a lowborn teen girl and he's a middle-aged royal prince. There is no world this isn't grooming!

- Him letting her go does not mean he loves her. Ya'll just be romanticizing sh*t. This is a grown man of 50. He does not need saving from his depressed and paranoid wife who lost her children just because of your misogynoir and self-insert fantasies!

You have to look outside your little bubble and realize Nettles/Daemon isn't liked outside of your little circle because of all the problematic aspects and not because of some shipping war. Is this is how you want a woc to be treated? Do you want to see women being pitted against each other just because you hate the other one? Over some white man...seven help us then

Her alleged actress and her first canon depiction back in 2015👆🏽 Black people have brown skin too dear(which is how Netty is described). She could be Blackish(never denied that just the insinuation she wasn't Black at all), but why should she even be Valyrian? I'm terribly afraid that the point keeps going over your head🙃

Daemon did groom Rhaenyra, but he isn’t the villain when it comes to Nettles. I’m sorry this isn’t a gotcha moment for you but she was a legal adult who he had a consensual relationship with. Him rescuing Nettles and put her, someone who wouldn’t be missed by anyone except him, above his own safety. That is nothing to sneeze about(and no, you can’t compare their relationship with Dumbnyra because it’s actually supposed to be romantic).

Instead of wanting her to have a rich character arc, you want to put Nettles into a box where she’s Rhaenyra’s Magical Negro/Mammy who helps her wake up and realize that she’s being groomed and wipe her tears away so that she can live another day.

You need to step outside of your bubble and acknowledge your misogynoir(which is a term created by and for Black women to describe our issues, not for whoever you are trying to hijack and use it for). Acknowledge that the sisterhood ends with racism. As a WOC you should know that.

Nettles is the victim of a woman who used racially charged language while ordering her to be murdered in her sleep. Rhaenyra isn’t just some poor unfortunate woman who lost her marbles(being mentally ill doesn’t excuse racism). She’s a queen who uses her power to punch down and she chooses Nettles as one of her many victims.

She chooses to try to make a Black woman(and potentially her baby) into victim(s) of a hate crime. I’m under no obligation to ignore that for the sake of the sisterhood(how dare you suggest I do).

I am under no obligation to sing a racist woman’s praises just because she’s a woman to stick it to the man. If that’s what you want from me or else you’ll accuse me of I’m pitting women against women, then sweetheart, you need to have several seats and take up your issues with GRRM (because he most certainly didn’t write your self-insert to be considered “a clear cut good person who you must worship or else,” which is why you are boiling over people like myself calling out your drivel).

#if you don’t want me to call you out on your bs stop writing bs 🤷🏽‍♀️ #pitting women against women 🙃 please #again stan who you want but don’t go screaming misogyny when people point out that a racist white woman isn’t the victim here #come up with a better excuse for all of this than i’m a delusional self-inserter #nettles is the one time that daemon wasn’t the villain #you all will deal with that #anti rhaenyra stans #nettles #bnask #bnasks #dettles #daemon targaryen #hotdask #daemon targaryen x nettles #hotd fandom misogynoir #dattles #hotd fandom racism #netty #dumbnyra anon

[moralesmilesanhour]

Do you feel all media with Miles water him down? I see this complaint a lot with insomniac Miles, but never spiderverse Miles. I'm interested on why you feel that way.

And I don't know if you read Miles's current comic run, I think he's portrayed pretty authentically there. His main rival is a woc, he's mentored by a black woman, he's dating a black girl, etc. But he's written by a black writer so that's probably why

Well no, I don't think that'd be possible. I haven't looked at the Insomniac games bc I'm not interested in them and only some of the comics including his current run (I have mixed-to-neutral feelings about that one but they have little to do with race). My main point of comparison, then, would be the books, Spiderverse, and those issues that I've read.

Perhaps this has more to do with Spiderverse's break-neck pacing that doesn't always allow its characters to breathe, but the novel resonated a bit more strongly with me than anything else i've engaged with because we actually get to explore his connection to his community and his family in relation to himself and his self-image, not just as a backdrop. I hope that makes sense! And like you said with his current comic book run, the novels are also written by a black man. Maybe the lesson here is that Miles should be written by actual black people lol

#that post was more about me trying to pinpoint why #miles having a white love interest changes how he's received by fans bc a lot of people will dismiss that and say it's an unfounded concern #asks

[dollsuguru]

“is gojo satoru dating THEE jeon jungkook??? more at 7…”

🕊️ kairo’s fun facts! 🕊️

get to know me: hi! my name is kairo! i’m in my twenties, i’m a woc, i go by she/her pronouns, i’m an aries, & i’m an enfp-a! <3 i love jjk! (the jjk stands for jujutsu kaisen and jeon jungkook!)

fun fact: toji is my favorite character of all time, but suguru gives me the most brainrot — so you’ll see suguru here the most! also… i’m a FERVENT lover of hot mean DILFs. <3

favorite anime/mangas: jujutsu kaisen, the apothecary diaries, demon slayer, haikyuu!!, mob psycho 100, skip & loafer, gakuen babysitters, a sign of affection, my new boss is goofy, the yuzuki family’s four sons, life lessons with uramichi oniisan, heaven’s official blessings (tgcf), grandmaster of demonic cultivation (mdzs), gokurakugai, mononoke (2007), etc…

favorite book: the song of achilles by madeline miller.

favorite artists: BTS (i’m jungkook biased! yoongi & jimin are my bias wreckers!), hozier, florence & the machine, beyoncé, megan thee stallion, dpr ian, & agust d.

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