i’ve noticed an influx of new fans, so i thought i’d put together a list of resources on fandom racism and racism within the writing of kotlc, as well as accounts who talk about it regularly :)
from @cogaytes:
fandom woobification of tam song
the song twins & keepblr characterization
tam song’s outfits and stereotypes
from @soryasongsaa:
on tam song in fandom and the submissive/effeminate asian stereotype
on linh song and the china doll/fragile asian girl stereotype
tam song, gender, and western bias
the weird stereotypes of the song twins (this is technically a joint post with @cogaytes but i wanted to get both of their reblogs on this matter)
an analysis on the official art of the song family
other users:
fandom treatment of characters of color (from @toxtt)
why do people headcanon white characters as poc? (from @bookwyrminspiration) (note: while this does reference old discourse from 2023, it’s also the best explanation i could find.)
@shangri-la-rights has compiled a lot of excellent posts on racism within the writing of the series itself, although xe hasn’t been active in quite some time.
these resources are meant to educate new users, so if i missed any posts or accounts, feel free to add on in the notes :)
Me meeting a genie: Okay, so my first wish is for 1000 dollars a day, deposited to my bank account without any way of tracing it to anything illegal. I want this money to come from the ten richest people in America (100 dollars each), withdrawn under the guise of nebulous, random purchases and surcharges. It would probably be best to split the money into a myriad of smaller fees, though, to reduce the likelihood of anyone noticing. Got all that?
Genie: um
Me, continuing on without a care: For my SECOND wish, I want you to give me the ability to learn any given phoneme, so that I can learn to pronounce new languages perfectly. If you’re willing, it’d be nice if it were a little easier to memorize new languages too, but if that’s not cool, I’m perfectly fine doing all the legwork myself I mostly just want to be capable of pronouncing things correctly.
Genie, now staring at me like I’m insane: ……okaaayyy?….
Me: For my third wish. I want to always have great ideas for gifts for people. Every birthday, every holiday, I want to be able to come up with something they’d really like, with enough time to actually get it for them.
Genie, just staring at me
Me: I can provide you with a written document if that would help.
we dont talk about it but biana also stopped pressing buttons 🩷 she is every bit as responsible as fitz is. she had a chance to save her brother and she didnt.
There are official playlists for each of the first 7 Keeper books on Shannon Messenger's website, so consider: Spotify Jam so we can listen to the playlists together?
(or Keeper-themed Spotify Jam where we just add our own songs that remind of us Keeper)