The Deep: Out of Character Community

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Thanks so much!

After posting my first Nanette scene, I wanted to make sure we're all on the same page about this.

I am writing a character born and bred of an era when skin color determined a person's worth in the eyes of many. Vain, haughty and certain of these old-world ideals, the character's viewpoints on races and classes are archaic and offensive.

I just want it to be clear that these sort of viewpoints are not my own. I am stepping well outside my own belief system to write a character who is a product of a less enlightened time. I would hope no one would be offended by some of the things my character will think and say.

That being said, I have no plans to ever use any racial slurs and I would hope that writing a character of this mindset won't lead anyone else to do so.

Thanks.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled writing :)

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