Wyll Ravengard's Silly Little Bard

Author's Note:

This is a passion project of mine at the moment because it is a topic that I feel strongly about. Please note that the intention of these posts is to mainly draw awareness to and educate on the patterns and attitudes directed towards black characters that I have personally witnessed in my time across multiple fandoms. I will not be tagging these with the main fandom tags or any characters mentioned, but you are more than welcome to in any reblogs. For ease of use, I will be pinning this post and updating it with what is basically a table of contents to help you navigate to the part of the essay you're seeking. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Also, remember that I am a human, imperfect and flawed as anyone else. These are my observations and musings, and are not to be interpreted as a generalization to any one group. Thank you for understanding. 💙

If you want to filter this out by tags, the one I will be using is "#antiblack racism in fandom".

Part 1: Respecting Black Characters You Don't Agree With

Part 2: The "Boring Black Man" Phenomenon

Part 3: Taking Back Black Stories

Ask: Writing Vivienne

An Aside: Avoiding the Extreme of the "Perfect" Black Character

Part 4: The "Straight-coded" Black Man

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