darkrosetiger: Not Your Granddad's Magical Negro - If you really want to know how we can talk about race in fandom, here's how: White fans have to want to have the conversation with actual fans of color (we do exist!) rather than talking to each other. Realize that the discussion is going to be painful and emotionally fraught. -
seperis: between a rock and a hard place - The concept of objective quality is one of the things everyone flinches on kneejerk. We are all married to the "I" statement in a very big way when discussing fic we liked. "I liked". "I think". "I enjoyed". "I consider this the best story ever in the his -