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kristini do not generally read sf/f anymore. not since high school, except a few beloved authors i keep up with. i had been considering getting back into it, but have decided not to. right now my list of authors i would be willing to read is far shorter than the list i am now avoiding.
maybe it is because i had been paying so much attention to racefail, to everyone (at least outside of flock) in fandom decrying the pros, but i got super angry earlier looking at the fandom steel cage match. i saw the qualifying round, voted without really looking at the results, then checked back for the first round and noticed my options.
now i don't know all the fandoms, but using wikipedia i found (not surprised, but disappointed) there are seven characters of color who made it through to the first round, two of which (Cameron from T:SCC and Michael on Prison Break) are not coded as CoC. That is out of 48 characters, so roughly 15%. discounting cameron and michael, 12.5%. as an aside, there are 19 women. all in all, not surprising, and not as bad as it could be.
the issue i have is when you look at the results so far. only one CoC (the wonderful Gus of Psych) is winning. only one. (of the women only 7 are winning, none of whom are CoC.)
i think it is a pretty safe bet a white male will win this. now i know the CoC are often underwritten, suffering from lack of knowledge on the part of the creators, shoehorned in and under utilized. i know this. but still, it is a bit disappointing.
people, there are characters of color and they are awesome! take a look at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nextian's characters of color yenta meme!
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Now for the gift. tell me about your favorite CoC and i will make you an icon of them. (i would appreciate it if you could provide an image if it isn't a fandom i know.) depending on how many people reply, you might get more than one.
eta: i'm now unlocking this post
eta the second: gus didnt make it to the next round, so the sweet 16 is all white, with four women, at 25%, when fandom is 95%(guesstimate) female. looking at the results, it looks like there will be one woman (VMars) in the top 8 for certain (is she just that awesome or is it the fact that she hasn't been up against a guy before? i really hope it is the former, because she is pretty fucking awesome.) and one possibly (lorelei gilmore).
maybe it is because i had been paying so much attention to racefail, to everyone (at least outside of flock) in fandom decrying the pros, but i got super angry earlier looking at the fandom steel cage match. i saw the qualifying round, voted without really looking at the results, then checked back for the first round and noticed my options.
now i don't know all the fandoms, but using wikipedia i found (not surprised, but disappointed) there are seven characters of color who made it through to the first round, two of which (Cameron from T:SCC and Michael on Prison Break) are not coded as CoC. That is out of 48 characters, so roughly 15%. discounting cameron and michael, 12.5%. as an aside, there are 19 women. all in all, not surprising, and not as bad as it could be.
the issue i have is when you look at the results so far. only one CoC (the wonderful Gus of Psych) is winning. only one. (of the women only 7 are winning, none of whom are CoC.)
i think it is a pretty safe bet a white male will win this. now i know the CoC are often underwritten, suffering from lack of knowledge on the part of the creators, shoehorned in and under utilized. i know this. but still, it is a bit disappointing.
people, there are characters of color and they are awesome! take a look at
nextian's characters of color yenta meme!.
Now for the gift. tell me about your favorite CoC and i will make you an icon of them. (i would appreciate it if you could provide an image if it isn't a fandom i know.) depending on how many people reply, you might get more than one.
eta: i'm now unlocking this post
eta the second: gus didnt make it to the next round, so the sweet 16 is all white, with four women, at 25%, when fandom is 95%(guesstimate) female. looking at the results, it looks like there will be one woman (VMars) in the top 8 for certain (is she just that awesome or is it the fact that she hasn't been up against a guy before? i really hope it is the former, because she is pretty fucking awesome.) and one possibly (lorelei gilmore).
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Date: 2009-03-08 08:45 pm (UTC)I think this is actually driving home for me, more than all the essays and posts and comments I've read, how easy it would be for FoC to feel invisible in this community.
Ugh.
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Date: 2009-03-08 09:50 pm (UTC)i'm glad this helped you. i considered unlocking it for that reason, but i think it could be considered wanky considering how many people love their white make characters. (which, so do i! i voted for some of them!) but i wrote this quickly while angry and i don't want to offend. (also, is it my place, as a very white girl, even if i try to be an ally, to point this out? idk.)
Did you want an icon? If not, i completely understand. I loved your post awhile back on what your icons represent.
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Date: 2009-03-08 10:11 pm (UTC)Anyway. Um, if you're still in the mood for icon-making, one of Gwen from Merlin? Except I don't have any pictures of her handy... *goes in search of screenshots*
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Date: 2009-03-08 10:13 pm (UTC)I have Merlin caps I made awhile back
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Date: 2009-03-08 10:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-08 10:58 pm (UTC)Gwen is a happy wonderful woman:
Who is also kickass with or without a sword:
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Date: 2009-03-08 11:43 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-03-09 07:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-09 08:35 pm (UTC)Queen Gwen will kick their asses. Take that, silly fans.