no points for subtlety, tossers
Okay, once upon a time there was a character in Harry Potter fandom named Blaise Zabini. And in the beginning no one knew much about hir, so sometimes s/he appeared in fic as a white girl or a white boy (you see where I'm going with this already, don't you). And then Rowling made it clear that Blaise was a black boy, and all hell broke loose in certain sections of the fandom, because some people are assholes. That was a while ago, and I had thought it was sorted and sifted, but no, because this is a real thing in the world.
That's a fic archive dedicated to Hermione, Draco and Blaise. And see there, at the top? There's a lovely banner picturing the cast members playing Hermione, Draco and...oh, look, it's some random white dude. Because evidently this cast member isn't acceptable to appear on their banner for some reason. I wonder what that could be?
This is as big and juicy a fannish road-apple as I've ever laid eyes on, and I can smell it through the internet. So dear Archive People: grow the f*ck up and clean up your sh*t. You're making the rest of us look as ignorant as you are.
That's a fic archive dedicated to Hermione, Draco and Blaise. And see there, at the top? There's a lovely banner picturing the cast members playing Hermione, Draco and...oh, look, it's some random white dude. Because evidently this cast member isn't acceptable to appear on their banner for some reason. I wonder what that could be?
This is as big and juicy a fannish road-apple as I've ever laid eyes on, and I can smell it through the internet. So dear Archive People: grow the f*ck up and clean up your sh*t. You're making the rest of us look as ignorant as you are.