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Re: All of the issuefic

[(Anonymous)]

cyrt

Yeah, same. I was at first excited about the whole thing, but like you said--then I thought about it and started not being into it at all. And I really don't want to wank about people doing things they enjoy, I particularly don't want to wank about people being encouraged to write more Black characters (this is why I've been sitting on one version of this rant all exchange), but some of the prompts here are just ludicrous. The AU doesn't make any sense at all for the time period and the prompts are veering wildly between "not making sense for the Lion King" and "not making sense for the time period." But mostly just makes me irritated about the history getting so wildly wrong. It just feels so empty. If you're interested in fic-like stories about Black activists, find an actual goddamn canon and not a weird gifset that is mildly sus just by itself.

If you want the Lion King to be about people, write it about the Ashanti Empire or something. I just can't get past how thoroughly the basic premise doesn't make sense in mid-century Harlem.

Oh and in case anyone is curious. The Shakespeare + Black history combo that someone should do a gifset about: Macbeth and 90s hiphop. Think about it.

Re: All of the issuefic

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

So are you saying if I request "Samurai Among Panthers" as a fandom and Richard Aoki/Huey Newton Black Panthers fic (leaving it up to you if Aoki was double crossing him as an informant or actually just in love), you'll, uh, write it?

Re: All of the issuefic

[(Anonymous)]

cyrt

YES. That is an A+ ship. I want like six versions of it--probably most of them would be the "actually informant" camp, because that is some juicy fucking angst right there, but I'd also love if he was sincere!!

Have you read that great Jacobin article about it? It was informative and stuff, but the extensive discussion of just how into guns Aoki was just makes me want some filthy Aoki/Newton gunkink. It was such a symbol of power to the both of them! That's gotta be sexy.

Re: All of the issuefic

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

HE COULD'VE ACTUALLY BEEN AN INFORMANT BUT ALSO ACTUALLY IN LOVE, HUMANS CONTAIN MULTITUDES and I like my angsty romance complex. I can imagine a whole lot of stroking of barrels while looking in each other's eyes FOR SURE. MAYBE NEWTON KNEW OR HAD AN INKLING ALL ALONG BUT HE LET IT GO BECAUSE HE WAS BLINDED BY ALL THE GOOD BLOWJOBS. Gosh coalie I wish we knew each other in name space lol.

Re: Jacobin, are you talking about "The Case of Richard Aoki: Berkeley Radical, Black Panther, FBI Informant" or the other more general one about FBI infiltrating the left? I've read the first but not the second, which maybe I will someday, idk.