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[12:54]

‘AND YOUR DIVISION ONE 2025 CHAMPS ARE THE UCONN HUSKIES’

you read as the town nearly erupted into cheers, you couldn’t even bear to turn on the tv to watch. you barely even wanted to hear about basketball especially since you and paige had went completely no contact. hell— you didn’t even wanna hear about sports. you wanted to be happy for her, you really did. you all were friends before you all started dating, so the love was still there of course. but you couldn’t help but to think this win was at the expense of you alls relationship.

it couldn’t have been no more than 2 months ago when paige asked to put you alls relationship on “pause”, which you knew was short for ending it completely. you couldn’t blame her, you alls paths were completely different. you wanted to go to grad school and paige was still paige. #1 in the draft, #1 in her conference, just over achieving as usual. you didn’t blame her at all, suffering from success was her biggest issue. you saw how much it overwhelmed her and what the pressure did her mentally and even physically. who knew that when it was time for her to downsize her life, she’d remove you out the equation.

you sucked it up and charged it to the game, you constantly wondered if she was as torn up about the distance between you two as you were. but knowing her, she was too busy to even care.

you clicked on your phone, breaking away from the darkness in your room. you opened twitter, half-smiling at the congratulatory posts. you wanted to text paige so bad, to let her know that you were proud of her. that you missed her and you couldn’t wait to celebrate with her, that you were sorry for missing the game and that you couldn’t wait for the draft this month either.

but you couldn’t. you weren’t even invited to the game, and the draft was out of the question.

a distant memory is what you were to paige and she was still a fresh wound to you.

[whatwouldbuffywear]

What Would Buffy Wear: to the Zoo? Looks like our Slayer was trying to become one with her surroundings in this cord/suede/velour I’m-not-sure-what-kind of fabric it is but it’s orange and it's a jacket. Paired with a green animal print minidress (a little on the nose, but we appreciate a theme), leather boots and scarf, she kind of looks like the 70’s kicked her out for being too tacky. But with a high pony, oddly enough she pulls it all off. RAWR.

[writingwithcolor]

Im writing a story with a white woman(ww) and black woman (woc) as the two protags who will be the endgame ship. The woc is an immortal human whose jaded, cynical, and tough. The ww has lived a sheltered life and is very young and naive. Because of this the ww is more fem and “weak” (not a fighter) and the woc is more savvy and badass. Ww has a unique magic where the woc cant die and is a skilled fighter. Is this problematic at all?

White Woman, Black Woman Couple: Black Women Can’t Die 

In an age where it’s abundantly clear how many Black people die young and needlessly, it is a nice change to have a Black Woman who can’t die. This alone subverts cliches of Black people dying, often first. The times also inform the character. For example, the Marvel hero Luke Cage being bulletproof is a refreshing and welcome change today.

You’ll still need to be careful about stereotypes. 

Your White woman character is sheltered, young, and naive. She’s weak and doesn’t fight.

The Black woman character is jaded, tough, a fighter. She cannot die. 

The innocent white woman could steer into white supremacist views of white women where they are harmless and always in need of protection, even from themselves. We mention this especially because of how it affects Women of Colour.

Your Black woman could potentially fall for the Strong Black Woman trap. Particularly if she’s constantly saving and never being saved herself. Restless and hyped us as a “Badass.” Such praise are often used as a means to demand more from someone. You’re amazing, superhuman, so why shouldn’t we demand more of your time and energy than we would of someone else?

Please explore our posts on how to balance tropes. In summary, characters must be shown to be more than just strong or weak. Strong people need rest, love, and the saving sometimes. Sheltered and “Weak” women still need accountability and she could also help her future Black partner in other areas where she’s strong. 

Another idea would be to subvert the character roles altogether, with the Black one being sheltered and the white woman the fighter. You could even keep the Black woman cannot die which only adds another element. She’s no fighter, naive, and has a resistance to death. 

Check out this highly recommended reading: 

Writing Powerful Women of All Races

Stereotyped vs Nuanced Characters and Audience Perception

~Mods Alice & Colette

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