i write TV and Comics - couple episodes of a little show called legacies.
my book comes out next year my comic comes out this year
y'know just gay stuff
LAYNE’S FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS QUICK GUIDE/ PINNED POST
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A quick about me that is not needed for this FAQ but you’re getting anyway: My name’s Layne. I write television. I’ve had this tumblr for some ten or fifteen years. It’s my own personal blog where I talk about TV and things that I like and save art. Currently I mostly just answer questions about my job on Legacies. But if that’s what you’re here for please remember that this is my personal space and I’m not here to be a filter for all of your legacies feelings. I’m just trying to vibe. This blog and my twitter are safe spaces for the LGBTQIA+ community, the trans community, people of color, the disability community and more. I am a cis, gay, white woman myself. This blog is a pro Black Lives Matter, ACAB, and pro choice zone. My pronouns are she/her.
Under the Cut you will find a bunch of questions I am asked frequently. Some are just random and related to legacies others are related to my past, twitter, things I’ve said or done, and whatever else. Before you ask a question that may be about one of those things, check this out!
“Are you biphobic/transphobic/racist/a zionist/etc?”
See above. No. However, if I have done something wrong, stepped out of line, or said something that hurts a minority community, please let me know. Let’s talk about it. That is never my intention and I would be happy to go educate myself further if I screw something up.
“CAN YOU MAKE _____ HAPPEN ON LEGACIES?”
No. I love your passion and I love that you guys have things you want to see but I can not make things happen especially ships and major plot changes. That’s just not how things work.
“HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ____ SHIP ON LEGACIES?”
I’m not answering that! And you don’t need me to. Fandom is for YOU. What I think and feel about a ship doesn’t matter as long as you love it.
“Will you ever address / acknowledge / apologize for the racist things you said about BM?”
Yes. I have addressed, acknowledged, and apologized already for my ignorant, inexcusable comments in the past. For those who don’t know, before I worked on The 100 I spoke entirely out of turn about Bob Morley suggesting he was white passing and fully belittled his experiences as a person of color. That was a shitty, ignorant, and racist thing for me to do. At the time I doubled down, and later even issued a tone deaf as fuck apology. None of that is excusable. All I can say is that in the years since, I have learned as much as I can. It’s very important to me to not uphold racist ideals and I NEVER should have spoken about an issue that wasn’t mine to talk about and for that and any hurt I cause, I have apologized for before and will again. I’m so thankful for the people that called me out and am only still sorry they had to spend their energy doing that. By no means do I think that means people shouldn’t be hurt and angry still if they are. I can’t change that or take back the hurt my ignorance caused. But I have and will continue to acknowledge it wherever I need to.
If you want to see my much longer apology that addresses things further you can find it here.
Given recent allegations about Bob and my close working relationship to the show afterward and personal interactions with him and others, I’d prefer not to keep bringing him up on my blog or on my twitter. If you have private questions, don’t hesitate to send them and if I’ve done anything else wrong in recent days, please feel free to bring them to my attention.
“I saw a screenshot on twitter where you said ‘I AM RACIST.’”
That tweet was part of a long thread and ongoing discussion several years ago about the importance of white people acknowledge that racism exists as part of society and therefore is engrained in them and must be acknowledged and then unlearned. It was taken out of context. I’m as pissed as you are.
“Why do you defend Legacies choices that I don’t like in past seasons?”
I love Legacies. I didn’t work on the first three seasons. I’ve criticized it in the past just like any other TV show but at the end of the day I watched it because I love it and I write on it because I love it. If you guys don’t love it that’s totally fine. I’m excited to bring season four to your TVs and we’ll see if you like that.
“Someone on twitter said you ship Landon and Raf.”
That was a joke tweet. I was fake harassing my friend who at the time worked on Legacies. I do not ship brothers. I don’t F with incest.
“Can you tell Brett_____?”
This is not my boss’s email. I am not his secretary or his assistant. If you want to tell Brett something he has a twitter.
“Okay so what CAN we ask you about?”
ANYTHING YOU WANT. This is my personal tumblr. I like to talk about fandom, music, queer shit, baseball, cats, women, writing, the industry, wHATEVER. Let’s chat, let’s hang out. You can ask me legacies stuff that isn’t about future seasons, ships, my favorite characters, or to give opinions on things i hate or whatever. You can ask me how things are made and about the process even if you’re not someone looking to do it yourself. Or whatever. Hope that helps!
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the thing about media literacy is that understanding why the author chose to specify that the curtains are blue is the same skill set as understanding that the way the author characterizes all black characters as angry or all chinese characters as meek and silent is racist. it is the same skill set as being able to identify when a news source is biased or when someone is feeding you propaganda. the ability to ask "why did this person choose to present this premise in this specific way?" is a critical skill in a world full of misinformation. why are the curtains blue? maybe it's a characterization detail. maybe it's extraneous worldbuilding. why is this character written as being right all the time? maybe you're intended to disagree with them. maybe it doesn't matter. maybe you should still ask why.
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I still miss Legacies. My question is apart from the episodes you wrote, do you have a favourite? I’m not sure if watching the episodes is a given when you’re a writer but I’m curious. If you do, which one and why pls.
i actually loved the show before i ever got hired, so i did have favorite episodes and did watch all of them. I even rewatched them all recently with my partner to show her. My favorite episode's always been "Let's Just Finish The Dance" in season 1.
Oh thanks, I wanted to make sure because some writers don't like questions.
My first question would be if hope has a sireline? We know for sure she didn't have it before she turned, because strix wanted hayley's unsired heart to break the sireline. But does she have one now that she became a vampire? No one turned with her tribrid blood yet, even lizzie turned werewitch hope's blood. Some people say when lizzie wanted to kill hope, she would kill herself too. I personally think hope will never have a sireline because she wasn't created by esther's immortality spell.
I really, really appreciate how much thought you guys put into this kind of stuff. it's so cool. I hope you don't take it the wrong way when I say I genuinely don't know. We don't often get that in depth on the lore specifics in the writers rooms unless it's relevant to something we're writing. So please make all the theories and headcanons about how you think it works!
getting lost in boston is fun because I turned around on a street corner three times and some guy yelled "hey stupid! the bus is that way!" very helpful interaction and accurate insult, 10/10 no notes
one time I walked around a building a couple times looking for a bathroom and this guy went "this bitch thinks she's on a merrygoround, where the fuck are you tryna go? bathroom? one floor down to the right behind the door that says bathroom."
My very first time in Boston. I was absolutely miserable, trying to drag my giant suitcase up a lengthy set of stairs in the pouring rain. This guy who had already reached the top looked back at me with the most pure expression of disgust I’ve ever seen in anyone’s eyes, marched back down the stairs, grabbed my suitcase, carried it to the top, left it there for me, and walked away without ever saying a word. I think about him often.
For the people in the notes going "why is Boston like this": a) the insults are a way to show you have no ulterior motives when helping someone (and don't need to be thanked or repaid), and b) Boston was settled by the Irish
also the Italians. mixing Irish and Italian sociocultural attitudes had the effect of multiplying the Sass Levels by the power of infinity, in the sense that you get all of the clever dry wit of the Irish and all of the bitchy gossipy condensation of the Italians rolled into one very stereotypically overly-friendly American package.
also worth noting that who you are to them doesn’t matter. they’ll talk to strangers like that and will also talk to their best friends like that. they’re just Like That.
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the commodification of friendship is the most annoying thing to come out of the internet in ages. like actually i love to break this to you but you're supposed to help your friends move even if it's hard work. or stay up with them when they're sad even if you're gonna lose sleep. you're supposed to listen to their fears and sorrows even if it means your own mind takes on a little bit of that weight. that's how you know that you care. they will drive you to the airport and then you will make them soup when they're sick. you're supposed to make small sacrifices for them and they are supposed to do that for you. and there's actually gonna be rough patches for both of you where the balance will be uneven and you will still be friends and it will not be unhealthy and they will not be abusive. life is not meant to be an endless prioritization of our own comfort if it was we would literally never get anywhere ever. jesus.
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