Anasui Is Bad Lesbian Kin Representation

Ok I'm legit not into Steel Ball Run but damn this looks amazing. Love how the entire thing is framed with the golden rectangle and Gyro's got saaaasss.

(Disclosure 1: This post is written from my vantage point as a white U.S. American and English-speaking JJBA fan who writes Avdol/Polnareff fics. My perspective has been shaped not only by my observations of JJBA fandom, but also by my repeated experiences of finding hurtful systemic biases– such as racism– in my own writing. I believe that resisting racism within myself and in the world first requires a willingness to acknowledge that: 1.) in a racist society, racism is the default, not the exception, and 2.) resisting vs. perpetuating racism is about the *effects* of my actions, not about my intentions.)

(Disclosure 2: This post owes a great debt to the research of Dr. Rukmini Pande. In this post, I draw on her work and attempt to apply some of her ideas to JJBA fandom. I recommend her book “Squee from the margins: Fandom and race” [2018, University of Iowa Press].)

I’m returning to the subject of my “Why isn’t Smokey/Joseph more popular?” post after discovering that, as of March 14, 2019, the following is true:

Smokey/Joseph fics on ao3: 8

Avdol/Joseph fics on ao3: 7

Kakyoin/Joseph fics on ao3: 16

…Yeah. Age is definitely the biggest reason why Smokey and Joseph aren’t shipped more often.

Bruabba Week Day 1 - Team

“We already have four, and this one looks like an asshole”