DEAR FANDOM On AYO...

DEAR FANDOM on AYO...

I know there will be hundreds of posts of gifs of that opening scene  w/ Ayo ~magically~ cut out of it… and plenty of takes with perfunctory compliments talking about how she’s strong, badass, etc… 

But I’d like to iterate that Ayo is *not* a simple SBW (a strong black woman), which is sadly, a pretty common reductive “compliment” white fandom likes to throw-out to feel good about themselves w/o ever actually seeing a black character’s humanity, except in relation to a white character they are actually focusing on… I chose this shot, because Ayo is tearing up here. She is demonstrating vunerability (something black woman are rarely acknowledged as having) compassion and empathy for her charge’s plight, well-played by Florence Kusamba. There is nothing *intimidating* or *scary* about her here.  She assures safety and then confirms a long suffering torment is over. Immediately, afterward, we see her in  the present part of the story… right after so many reductive jokes were unleashed after last week’s episode ending scene, about her “beating his ass” and being “scary”…   Again, I hope more of fandom sees what actually happened here. She wasn’t threatening… 

She was disappointed.

Which is waaay worse. And her former charge was contrite, his head down.  He didn’t even offer excuses, because he had none… She reminded him of what they did for him only for him to release the murderer of their king, and then.. magnanimously gave him 8 hours, once he told her he needed him for their mission. Later, there’s a fight and I see people already acting like literally diasrming him of the arm **they gifted him him** was out of line…. …The same people who actually walked this foreign stranger and assassin out of a 70 year trauma… *sigh* Ayo is fleshed out a bit in this ep, thanks to Florence Kusamba’s nuanced acting. What I’m hoping is that fandom doesn’t decide to reduce her anyway to scary black woman hurting a white fave, when the show and actress has done so much with so little to show us this character is the opposite of that… Why in fact, she is second in command. It has everything to do with her wisdom and compassion, not how “badass” or scary she is.

If you are focused on your white fave? Continue to be so, but don’t drag a black character in wrong-headed directions, making someone who helped *SAVE HIM* an aggressor, for what you think is the sake of that white fave…which I’m already seeing happen. Stay in that lane if you can’t see anyone past the fave in your own. Sure, Ayo is strong, but she is also a generous and caring woman. She was written that way and Florence has played her that way. To imply differently to prop up a white fave is the height of white fandom nonsense.

Prompt List 1

If you send me a request just send "Prompt #" and which category!

This is for both Harry Potter and Marvel

Angsty Prompts:

if my request are open send me a prompt +your character!

1. "I never loved you!"

2. "Just leave!"

3. "You know we all hate you, right?"

4. "You're nothing but a burden, can't you see that?"

5. "Just stay inside! It's better for everyone!"

6. "We're not friends anymore, remember?"

7. "Get out of my life!"

8. "I trusted you!"

9. "I'll be better when you're out of my life."

10. "Don't cry! This is all your fault and you know it!"

Fluff Prompts:

if my request are open send me a prompt +your character!

1. "Your hair is so soft, can I braid it?"

2. "It's too cold! Come back!

3. "Not to be too forward but, can I kiss you?"

4. "Shh, you're safe. I won't let you go."

5. " I just want to help you, let me help you."

6. "Just pretend to be my date."

7. "I see the way you look at me, I know you're into me."

8. "I think I'm in love with you and I'm terrified."

9. "Star-gazing was a good idea."

10. "You look beautiful in the moonlight."

Platonic Prompts:

if my request are open send me a prompt +your character!

1. "Movie night? On me."

2. "Wait you two broke up?"

3. "Best friends are a rare breed, and you are the best of best friends."

4. "I'm here for you, I got your back."

5. "If you don't me to follow you into fire, then don't run into fire!"

6. "Let's drink wine and trash talk our co-workers."

7. "If I'm being honest, you're like a brother/sister to me. I love you."

8. "That is a terrible idea. Let's do it and see what happens."

9. "Well, my plan was to follow your plan. But I guess your plan was to follow my plan, so we have no plan."

10. "Of course I heard it, I was the one that screamed idiot!"

All though you can send request without these prompts or with your own, this is just something to guide and help me formulate a story.

Black girls having to manage with fandom crumbs for years including but not limited to: non inclusive self insert fics, black characters getting ignored or killed off for white ones, interracial ships getting the ‘I don’t see it’ treatment (it’s fake people what did you expect),being written and drawn as lightskinned when it isn’t the case irl

But now the tables have turned and it’s white fans that can’t see themselves in Bucky x sarah ship huh?

Here's my contribution to the witcher fandom lmao

I'm sure others have done this, but this was fun to make lol

The way black women are just so ethereal. Angels among men.

seems a down right shame... seems an awful waste.........