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I'm not sure if many people in my friends list have seen this link? It's to a post where someone lists all the faily bits in a particular fanfic.
It's not in a fandom that I frequent at all. It's Supernatural fandom, RealPersonFic, Slash and is set in Haiti after the earthquake. No, you're not reading things, it really is set there. And, you know, maybe in some universe a BRILLIANT writer might be able to do something with that concept, enough that it can make up for the egregious insult of setting a slash smutfic in a natural disaster aftermath, but this particular writer manages to pack in EVERY racist thing imaginable.
Just - read the link. I can't really encapsulate it without my head exploding. I just wanted to say - I don't want fandom to be like this. I want fandom to be a place that's safe for everyone to exist in. I find that a good way of changing things is to be vocal and be adamant - I will not accept this crap, and I do not think it's okay. If lots of people do it, maybe the message will finally sink in.
The thing that really kicks my ass with this thing is, there was a group of people, not just ONE person, but beta-readers, comm-members, artists and comm-leaders, that saw this fic and didn't think, "Hmm, maybe this might be wrong." It just - ugh. Vom time. Super vom time. I can't parse it or understand it. I don't know what else to say about this, really. I just - ugh.
It's not in a fandom that I frequent at all. It's Supernatural fandom, RealPersonFic, Slash and is set in Haiti after the earthquake. No, you're not reading things, it really is set there. And, you know, maybe in some universe a BRILLIANT writer might be able to do something with that concept, enough that it can make up for the egregious insult of setting a slash smutfic in a natural disaster aftermath, but this particular writer manages to pack in EVERY racist thing imaginable.
Just - read the link. I can't really encapsulate it without my head exploding. I just wanted to say - I don't want fandom to be like this. I want fandom to be a place that's safe for everyone to exist in. I find that a good way of changing things is to be vocal and be adamant - I will not accept this crap, and I do not think it's okay. If lots of people do it, maybe the message will finally sink in.
The thing that really kicks my ass with this thing is, there was a group of people, not just ONE person, but beta-readers, comm-members, artists and comm-leaders, that saw this fic and didn't think, "Hmm, maybe this might be wrong." It just - ugh. Vom time. Super vom time. I can't parse it or understand it. I don't know what else to say about this, really. I just - ugh.
