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20-something Latin@ with a thing for fictional worlds. Books. Writing. Mass Effect. Dragon Age. Skyrim. Game of Thrones/ASoIaF. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Fallout. The Wolf Among Us. Transistor. Battlestar Galactica. The X-Files. Post-colonial feminism. Junot Diaz. Sometimes I post my crappy screencaps, my OCs, headcanons, etc My Tags: About Me My OCS

[ourexes]

he came for his entire life holy shit

[kellydeal]

Current President of the Electoral College of the United States 😂😂😂

[liberalsarecool]

Maximum shade.

[acecroft]

“Think before you strike! If you kill me, you’ll become the assassin we claimed you were! You will become one of us!”

[littlebirdofprey]

ME1 side quests more like “hey Shepard I know you’re busy but apparently humanity’s entire military force is incompetent so we need you, specifically, to take care of this”

[big-ass-magnet]

Joker: Message coming in. 

Shepard: 

[deeeepsteep]

[sonority-one]

ATTENTION SARCASM USERS

we’re being faced with a serious issue.

there is only 1 sarcasm left

now we’ve got to use it wisely. please, for the love of god, think before you speak. it’s gotta be good.

[gamegrrl]

yeah okay, i’ll be sure to do that

[peachblossom-odyssey]

Mass Effect au where everything is the same except the hanar refer to themselves as “this bitch”

[phoukanamedpookie]

How to write fic for Black characters: a guide for non-Black fans

Don’t characterize a Black character as sassy or thuggish, especially when the character in question is can be described in literally ten thousand other ways..

Don’t describe Black characters as chocolate, coffee, or any sort of food item.

Don’t highlight the race of Black characters (ie, “the dark man” or “the brown woman”) if you don’t highlight the race of white characters.

Think very carefully about that antebellum slavery or Jim Crow AU fic as a backdrop for your romance.

If you’re not fluent with AAVE, don’t use it to try to look cool or edgy. You look corny as hell.

Don’t use Black characters as a prop for the non-Black characters you’re actually interested in.

Keep “unpopular opinions” about racism, Black Lives Matter, and other issues pertinent to Black folks out the mouths of Black characters. We know what the fuck you’re doing with that and need to stop.

Don’t assume a Black character likes or hates a certain food, music, or piece of pop culture.

You can make a Black character’s race pertinent without doing it like this.

Be extremely careful about insinuating that one or more of a Black character’s physical features are dirty, unclean, or ugly.

Feel free to add more.

[phoukanamedpookie]

Adding more…

Be wary of making Black characters seem animalistic, uncivilized, or subhuman in comparison to white characters. Watch out for: comparing us to monkeys, gorillas, chimpanzees, apes, and other animals.

Words like Negroid, colored/colured, Negro, and the n-word do not belong in the mouths of contemporary characters you want to portray as sympathetic.

Not all Black people are African American.

Africa is not a country but the second-largest continent on earth with some 54 different countries with thousands of ethnic groups and 1,500 to 3,000 languages and dialects.

Resist the urge to make a Black character seem uneducated and ignorant compared to white characters.

Capitalizing Black shows that you recognize that the word unifying people of African descent, particularly the diaspora, should be described using a proper noun.

Please, say “Black people,” not “blacks.”

Give Black characters the same psychological and moral complexity as white men are given by default.

Make sure that you don’t write a Black character as happily subservient to a white character.

Understand and show that you understand that Black characters don’t exist to be the caretakers of white characters.

[phoukanamedpookie]

And more…

Do your own homework instead of expecting, asking, or demanding Black fans to do it.

Before approaching that Black person you admire so much for being so articulate about race issues (this is sarcasm) to beta read your work: 1) make sure it’s something they’ve expressed interest in doing, and 2) you offer something in return for their time and expertise.

Be prepared for fans to have issues with what you came up with and open to suggestions.

Having only one Black character in a story that takes place in a huge city, country, or galaxy looks weird. Really, really weird. Scary weird.

Don’t use a Black character’s death to motivate a white character.

Portray Black characters with complex and multifaceted identities. We are more than just Black. We are also women, LGBT, Jewish, disabled, neurodivergent, immigrants, etc.

There is a huge chasm between hypersexual and desexualized.

Remember: what’s progressive for a white character is not necessarily progressive for a Black one.

[cassianandor-deactivated2025022]

honestly

[itswilliwaw]

Mass Effect: Andromeda AU where everything is the same except Suvi writes her emails like Scottish people talk on Twitter

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

…maybe the real traitor was the friends we made along the way

[thevirdirthara]

[crystalvfae]

All the rumors about a new Dragon Age got me replaying Inquisition again.

[frontpagewoman]

[onceiwashere]

O God, let me write with the authority and the panache of a self-assured male fantasy novelist with a very specific fetish 

[uncertainty4surety]

Vodka aunt vs Wine mom

- Brooklyn 99 4x16

[destinyrush]

where is the lie

[evildeen]

My kink is sniping targets in Mass Effect and my squad mates telling me how great I am

[sashayed]

If your representative voted Yes on Trumpcare, there’s an upside: You still have a crucial, furious job to do.