Pinned
rhi. she/her. 90's baby. black 365. southern af. writer. rambler. bibliophile. queer if i had to name it - but i prefer not to live in a box :). depressed thot. silly bitch (complimentary). coffee addict. hopeless romantic lovergirl. emo gangster. acab.
this is a sideblog.
currently on my challengers shit.
masterlists under the cut
MIKE FAIST as ART DONALDSON Challengers (2024) dir. Luca Guadagnino
i want to sit him out in the sun with just a lil bit of crisco
is this a safe space? bc i kind of wanna talk about how i get a lot of recommended reader fics but then i see a visual like this and immediately get turned off.
and like this conversation about centering certain beauty standards with readers isn't new. it's been happening since forever. but i've noticed some uptick once i started looking for stuff in challengers.
the centering of whiteness with fanfiction in general is an issue that me and other non-white people had discussed at length for years. and part of me just wants to say that we should strive to be more inclusive. like there should be no reason for specifying non-white readers, especially black ones, and for us to have our own separate category because some writers can't fathom that non-white readers exist. hell, even in terms of body weight, ability, hair or no hair, GENDER.
i'm not innocent either. it's an easy trap to fall into if you're writing something x reader and you're using yourself as a stand in for the reader. and i'm not here to criticize or shame. i just wanna propose being more inclusive. and that starts with using less images of faceless white girls from pinterest.
maybe it's selfish of me to ask this. but i've been reading fanfiction on the internet for over 10 years. and i can definitely say as a non-white girl, fanfiction did contribute to my insecurities as a non-white person, in feeling insecure in my appearance. nothing has changed it seems.
WE BEEN SAYING!
and I say this to mean KEEP SAYING IT. it's valid and it's correct and it's the reason i created this sideblog.
i would like to be so bold as to take it a step further and say that it also sometimes feels as a writer like (and this is just an example) "if i'm not writing about a presumed thin barely legal blonde trying to fuck the white mains, is anyone going to care about this piece as much?"
taking it yet another step further, i often see this especially in pieces where tashi's character is either entirely erased or she's demonized (i.e. she and art are divorced because she was just so awful). it often seems like it's not only about centering whiteness but erasing the woc main and sometimes erasing any "otherness" from the plotline entirely since a lot of times it's not only erasing tashi but any and all of the homoerotic attraction between art and patrick that is central to the plot and the characters/their dynamics. i see those fics as just an extension of a patriarchial mindset that says hot white boys should be with pretty white girls.
(also, this is not to say that people shouldn't write those fics or create those graphics if it's where their hearts lie. it's good bc it means i know who not to fw like that but it is to say that i think we should encourage diversity in a real way in writing because this post right here made me sit up straighter and realize OH YEAH I SHOULD BE SHARING MY STUFF)
didn't expect this post to blow up like months after i posted it. but i'm reblogging @fandomnoire's reblog specifically because tashi's treatment is proof of the fandom's underlying racism. even art's perceived popularity over the other characters is entirely due to the fact that he is "the right" white boy. he's a wasp.
patrick is meant to be jewish and i've seen people lean into a feminization of him, thus also leaning into stereotypes about jewish men.
and obviously tashi. tashi deserves her own blog post. if this is how she's being treated now, imagine if they had originally gone with their plan of casting a monoracial, dark skinned black woman. as she was intended to be.
we best remember that. and that's not just me using academic jargon to justify my criticism. this is a very real thing. and the way people even talk about these characters is reminiscent of very harmful ideology and leans into white supremacy. i'm just going to say it bluntly.
i'm not saying you're racist for liking art. or for writing the stuff me and everyone who has reblogged and commented on. but you should examine your biases if you think it's okay to treat tashi as a disposable black girlfriend when she's anything but. if you think it's fine to eliminate the homoeroticism between the two male leads.
i literally stopped writing for challengers because it became obvious my work wasn't appreciated by the fandom as a whole if it didn't center on art and/or if my reader wasn't white. (granted i wrote things ambiguous but the reader in my head will always been a non-white person) the notes disparity between my tashi pieces and my art pieces just made it extremely obvious.
seeing this put so succinctly rewired my brain.
is this a safe space? bc i kind of wanna talk about how i get a lot of recommended reader fics but then i see a visual like this and immediately get turned off.
and like this conversation about centering certain beauty standards with readers isn't new. it's been happening since forever. but i've noticed some uptick once i started looking for stuff in challengers.
the centering of whiteness with fanfiction in general is an issue that me and other non-white people had discussed at length for years. and part of me just wants to say that we should strive to be more inclusive. like there should be no reason for specifying non-white readers, especially black ones, and for us to have our own separate category because some writers can't fathom that non-white readers exist. hell, even in terms of body weight, ability, hair or no hair, GENDER.
i'm not innocent either. it's an easy trap to fall into if you're writing something x reader and you're using yourself as a stand in for the reader. and i'm not here to criticize or shame. i just wanna propose being more inclusive. and that starts with using less images of faceless white girls from pinterest.
maybe it's selfish of me to ask this. but i've been reading fanfiction on the internet for over 10 years. and i can definitely say as a non-white girl, fanfiction did contribute to my insecurities as a non-white person, in feeling insecure in my appearance. nothing has changed it seems.
WE BEEN SAYING!
and I say this to mean KEEP SAYING IT. it's valid and it's correct and it's the reason i created this sideblog.
i would like to be so bold as to take it a step further and say that it also sometimes feels as a writer like (and this is just an example) "if i'm not writing about a presumed thin barely legal blonde trying to fuck the white mains, is anyone going to care about this piece as much?"
taking it yet another step further, i often see this especially in pieces where tashi's character is either entirely erased or she's demonized (i.e. she and art are divorced because she was just so awful). it often seems like it's not only about centering whiteness but erasing the woc main and sometimes erasing any "otherness" from the plotline entirely since a lot of times it's not only erasing tashi but any and all of the homoerotic attraction between art and patrick that is central to the plot and the characters/their dynamics. i see those fics as just an extension of a patriarchial mindset that says hot white boys should be with pretty white girls.
(also, this is not to say that people shouldn't write those fics or create those graphics if it's where their hearts lie. it's good bc it means i know who not to fw like that but it is to say that i think we should encourage diversity in a real way in writing because this post right here made me sit up straighter and realize OH YEAH I SHOULD BE SHARING MY STUFF)
props from tashi’s dorm in challengers (2024)
Caramelo Duro ib: Caramelo Duro by Miguel please listen to it while you read :) patrick zweig x fem!reader
Dulce. Dulce. Dulce.
Patrick thought you were sweet. Sickeningly sweet. Sweet like candy. He couldn’t get enough of you. Sugar is 10 times more addicting than any drug in the world, how could he not be addicted?
He knew you were sweet from the first time he saw you. He was smoking a cigarette outside a bar he frequents. You and your friends had just come out of a nearby club and you caught his eye immediately.
Slinky gold dress draped on your body, accentuating your curves. It stopped just above your mid thigh. Your back was completely exposed due to the backless nature of the dress.
i'm a pretty simple girl - i see a black reader and a beautiful moodboard and I click "read more". you should too if you want something short and sweet.
i didn’t write this! user artstennisracket did. but i do write x black reader for challengers & other fandoms.
WHOOPS
SEE HOW READING IS FUNDAMENTAL, EVERYONE?
i already follow stalk your writing so i saw this on the dash under your name but did not see the word "reblogged" 😅
