Dee Laundry

Title: DVD Commentary: Foreman in Aftershocks 26.3 Victory
Author: Dee Laundry
Fandoms: House MD
Relationships: Gen
Characters: Eric Foreman, Robert Chase, James Wilson
Rating: PG / Teen
Summary: Some thoughts on writing Eric Foreman
Tags: Character of Color, POV Character of Color, Comfort, Recovery, Board Games, Cooking

Welcome to the DVD commentary for “Aftershocks 26.3: Victory.” This chapter of Aftershocks is peaceful and comforting; most other chapters are far more harrowing, rated Mature for graphic violence and in the very first chapter/story “Bad Company,” one scene of rape/non-con. This meta was prompted by Banned Together Bingo 2020, prompt “Black Character with Agency.”

Disclaimer: I am a white person. The meta/DVD commentary below, therefore, is a white person talking about how they tried to write a Black character’s ideas in an in-character way.

Here are links to blogs that contain real-life Black people’s ideas about fandom/content, which need to be read. You can’t read everything that exists on the internet, obviously, but purposefully ignoring all Black people’s ideas builds White supremacy in fandom. Which is (a) harmful and (b) contrary to the inclusive ideals most people enter fandom with.

nerdsagainstfandomracism.tumblr.com
fandomshatepeopleofcolor.tumblr.com
mcufandomhatespeopleofcolor.tumblr.com
writingwithcolor.tumblr.com
diversehighfantasy.tumblr.com
TED Talk - The Danger of a Single Story

( In March 2007 )

Bammel? Sabine? Spoggly? Namaste?

queenzulu makes a compelling case for a House-AU of mine being anti-feminist here. It's very thought-provoking. Anything you'd be interested to add? I'd love to hear more analysis and opinions.

Please note that this is critical analysis of text/writing, not of me as a person. There is implication throughout the commentary about an author's responsibility for the end product of a work, which is an important idea that needs to be considered.