#linda codega

"Please keep this anon if you decide to post as this is more of a rant, but yet another fan (they’re a journalist as well but mostly a fan) was rewarded with a “random” opportunity to become a writer’s assistant for season 3 today. Idk much about them beyond fandom saying they’re trans and they’re a Devil’s Minion shipper/Daniel stan, so here we go again with yet another white person that’ll be allowed near Jacob and Delainey while giving zero fucks about them. But Naomi had to lose her podcast right? It’s all so tiring."

^^ those last tweets are deleted now, it seems (here's a post with the full thread from the time).

I looked into this person myself after getting this ask (my screenshots are below). It's someone who has talked about racial issues before (with DnD and that LotR show, I think??) but....never tweeted about it wrt IWTV, which is insane. Their article for the show that's mentioned in the tweets below also glosses over it in favor of focusing on queerness only. Their novel is about a white witch when it seems like it should prbly be an indigenous story?? I got the feeling this is someone who feels they're doing everything "right" wrt not being racist, but ends up not doing much at all bcuz they're too afraid to step outside a certain comfort zone about it and kinda feels like it's not their fight deep down. Their story about how they got hired too (under the cut) is also the most white privileged thing I've ever read. There's so many ppl in this fandom for the show to pick from if they want to include fandom ppl, yet most ppl picked / named are white ppl who are clueless about the majority of racial themes in the show or fans of color who align with white fandom ideals and won't rock the boat at all about racial things otherwise either. Like u said, we all know what happened with Naomi and the podcast by comparison.

idk. first impression anyway. looking forward to the anons I will get for posting this and calling me a bitch idiot for not being "nicer" and "ruining" fandom for ppl. whatever lol.

if this were me, I'd never have publicly announced this tbh. I get that it's a job account but idk how u can have a history interacting with the iwtv fandom and think this is gonna go well for u once u upgrade to getting a job. wouldn't fucking be me.

Matt and Marisha’s interview with Linda Codega is live earlier than expected!

So I want to be hopeful that maybe it'll get better moving forward but this news with Lin and how they apparently were offered the job in the first place (very surprised they even shared that, they didn't have to say anything about it but they did), and that even if Louis will supposedly have a more prominent role than in the books it's now going to be focusing on Lestat, I feel there might even be less incentive to intentionally hire a diverse writer's room, I guess?

I don't want to assume that this news with Lin is indicative of what the writer's room will look like. And I know that Lin is only a writer's assistant, and I know what writer's assistants do, but it just feels distinctly unfair that they got the job the way they did when there are for sure POC who would have loved to have the chance to even apply for the position... And then add to that Naomi's podcast being cancelled (even tho I thought it was a really nice idea) and Autumn Brown basically being given the job in her place, which always rubbed me the wrong way, and all of the weirdly sanitized interviews (like why was there basically only one question about the trial asked to Delainey and then the topic seemed to never pop up again in any interview following? Unless I'm wrong and missed an interview where it did)... I don't know. I know having connections is super important in this industry but why couldn't the show runners intentionally break that mold and try to open more doors?

Not impressed. Trying to remain optimistic for this next season, because I really want to be excited because I really love this show, it means so much to me, but it's not starting out well.

The reason I'm bringing this up is because I can see everything Cida Bento describes in the book happening in real time in this fandom. It's crazy because she studied a lot of anti blackness in work places, but this fandom proves that anti blackness and racism are always there, every fucking where.

And now with that white person being hired for the show this became even more appropriate. That's why I felt the need of sending this ask. I strongly recommend this reading, especially for us white people who think we are doing so much just by not using slurs, not using force towards PoC or "voting for the right person" and that basic stuff. spoilers: we are not.

Side note: thanks for the opportunity to send this anonymously because then they don't have the excuse of me seeking for attention or whatever. (But of course, please feel free to call me out if I said something wrong)

Thank u for this info!!

Ya, and one of the things fandom pushes a lot as their response to racism (or any other related issue of oppressing whatever group) is that fandom isn't "real life" and it's supposed to be "fun." But fandom is made up of ppl who come from all parts of the world that promote these ideals and so these issues don't just magically skip over fandom. We hear all day how serious fandom is to white queer identies and whatever, but everything else is fake ig, lol??? All the lies people yell in my inbox about the only thing that matters to the show noticing you is "hard work" and not things like skin color and marketability. Ppl will have access to more popularity when they're approved and promoted by racist fandom. It's proven here all the time.

Lincodega barely focused on Louis' blackness or even the topic of race at all in anything they wrote of the show, then was bragging how much they can talk about sexual topics with cast and crew that again are excluding any characters of color in a meaningful way. Tbh it's kind of bizarre and red flaggy how they got hired and influenced so easily to take that job, but white ppl are used to this treatment so they literally think it's something rly professional and different they did somewhere when I saw no evidence of that anywhere. It's not rly that impressive how they were hired tbh, it's just someone who obviously was gonna say yes and wasn't gonna talk about race either, AMC's favorite kind of person!!

We've never interacted at all and they're happy to reply to literally everyone else, but I try to warn them of transphobes they hang out with and tell them this account is invaluable for understanding fandom racism, something they *publicly* say they care about (at least for other fandoms) and without a word this happened. Another self serving white person given attention by AMC IWTV for bringing nothing to the table but their own ego.

What was I trying to do but give warning and education?? I'm tired of these hive minded assholes. Blocking me doesn't do anything but let everyone know what kind of person u are btw. I wasn't even expecting an interaction, I was just providing info for someone who seemed out of touch with real issues in this fandom. I thought that would appeal to a journalist, especially as some of the issues directly impact them as a trans person.

I wouldn't celebrate them for their job position as a trans individual if they can't show solidarity to other trans ppl from the fandom or in general. What's even the point of trans rep bts then?? Only white fandom gets protected. Just like gorrei gushing that maybe Sam Reid used correct pronouns for them but also can't be fucked to care that a trans person is being openly harassed by the fandom for no reason. He isn't even in the fandom anymore, it's just convenient for them to blame a deleted account that won't play these games anymore with them. This fandom normalizes weird, obsessive abuse like no other bcuz Anne Rice was the blueprint for this type of behavior.

Anyway, a lot of ppl in a lot of places watch this account so enjoy the reputation u just cemented for urself for whatever tf reason.