Comments | she_burns1: I feel so bad...

she_burns1

I feel so bad...

Mar 21, 2011 21:18

So, I posted a fic for a prompt on the sherlockbbc_fic meme and - unthinkingly - wrote sentence that an anon reader found offensive:

Re: Fill: Mother Dearest (1/?)
(Anonymous)
2011-03-21 06:48 pm Each one was dark and filthy
Do you mean dark-skinned? Because that's kind of the implication, and if so, um...wow. Kind of a problem.I put this as a ( Read more... )

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Comments 7

beansidhe_baby March 22 2011, 01:21:59 UTC

*hugs* We all get our foot in our mouth from time to time.

she_burns1 March 22 2011, 01:27:30 UTC

Yeah, that too, probably ties into my being upset - I'm usually excellent at being PC, so I think I was embarrassed to have written something that could be so misconstrued as well.

beansidhe_baby March 22 2011, 01:31:30 UTC

Happens to the best of us. You did the right thing by apologising for your wording and saying you'd fix it when you re-posted it.

cabaretlights March 22 2011, 03:09:53 UTC

Uhhh...
Anon takes shit too seriously, if you ask me. The racial implications would NEVER have crossed my mind.

muir_wolf March 22 2011, 04:45:46 UTC

Uhm...tbh I really don't think it sounds anything like that. However, I think you handled it very well ♥

dislex1a March 22 2011, 08:14:56 UTC

Tsk. Some Anons are very easily offended. I think most people reading that sentence would have realised that it was more dirt-related than ethnicity-related.

If it makes you feel better, I got told off on the Tron kink meme for a throwaway reference to Ikea!

nonnymoose March 22 2011, 12:22:48 UTC

The anonymous reader was being over-sensitive. Don't sweat it. You have a good heart, stay true to your vision.