...That SPN bigbang thing
The story, the excerpts of it I've read, isn't new to me with regard to the racist tropes. The writer of that particular story is showing what she's learned about Haiti, and blacks, and victims of certain disasters that are mostly poc. I hate the story. I consider it vile. But in many ways, it's a typical example of what creative white racists do
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What the issue is now is that before, folks used to write fanfic and it was bad, but it wasn't all that well read because in 1995 the Internet wasn't as populated as it is now. Today it's different because the Internet is a lot bigger than it used to be and when you write fanfic now, you have to expect critique. Why? Because more people are reading stories now, and thank God they are people who have all points of view. You ain't writing for eighteen year old white guys/gals anymore. So when you put writing on a public forum, expect that people will have something to say about it. I mean I watched Law & Order for years and they NEVER got the grand jury scenes correct, so there you go, people will write what they want, BUT they have to expect people to say, "that sucks" or "that's racist."
I'm reading a lot of the comments and I wonder if people would have felt better if the story was about events that happened after 9/11? In that case they're not using PoC but I'm a New Yorker and that story probably would have offended me, so I really don't know what the solution is.
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Nice to know.
I've been reading fanfic for a long time and really, it doesn't get to me anymore.
How long is that?
I'm reading a lot of the comments and I wonder if people would have felt better if the story was about events that happened after 9/11?
I really hope not.
In that case they're not using PoC but I'm a New Yorker and that story probably would have offended me, so I really don't know what the solution is.
They SHOULD be using PoC if it's set in New York. Unless they're Warner Bros producing friends, that is.
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What's wrong with this story is once, again, using PoC as props. Put it this way. Say you're a doctor in Haiti after the earthquake. Now the last thing you'll want is romance. So, IMO, maybe the story should, if it was to be set there, have been about two doctors helping the PEOPLE in Haiti and maybe how their initial prejudices are smashed by what they see there. But have the Haitian people as REAL PEOPLE. How do you do that? Research the language, the culture and if you can't do that, then change the setting.
One thing I really don't like is having a disaster as a backdrop for romance, even though it sort of happened to me, (it wasn't disaster but working with infants with HIV) the romance didn't happen until AFTER. So the image of two guys making out in the middle of an earthquake doesn't sit well with me.
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