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Fic: ABC (Easy as 123) [The Social Network, Mark gen]

Sep 06, 2011 20:25

Title: ABC (Easy as 123)
Fandom: The Social Network
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 5500
Summary: In early 2005, Wired writes an article called "The Asian Invasion" about the rise of Asian-American entrepreneurs and startups. Mark Zhao gets his own sidebar discussing the meteoric rise of Facebook and the success the site has been having on college ( Read more... )

the social network, gen

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thedeadparrot September 7 2011, 18:58:38 UTC

Yeah, I really wanted Mark to be someone who isn't made a better, stronger person for dealing with racism. He's not really made morally superior by it, either. My own relationship with race is so complicated and so messy, I wanted make sure his was as well.

Ugh, so many issues everywhere, man.

extemporally September 7 2011, 05:08:51 UTC

Dude, this was such an amazing thoughtful fic - it sort of reminded me of longtime_lurker's always a girl fic (which I enjoyed very much as well)? I really enjoyed this and wish it was longer; now I'm going to have to live in this universe a little.

thedeadparrot September 7 2011, 19:09:30 UTC

Thanks! Yeah, I really enjoyed her always a girl fic, too. I did want to do something similar to what she does, which is to take a look at how oppression can shape someone, even if they pretend it doesn't.

I'm glad you liked it! But I do have to say that I'm glad it's not longer, because even this much was really emotionally draining to write.