Some ficathons do. I said in the post itself and also in my comment to callmesandy that things like annual Femslash ficathon or the CoC ficathon over at choc_fic or something like Yuletide or Remix are all things that make me go, "YAY!" because it's people getting together to write fic about things that they love and of which they want more. That? Is *awesome*.
But something like, "a New Years' outpouring of fan creativity for POC/minority/female characters. A requestathon or exchange, for stories, art, vids about a set of characters determined by the mods of the challenge" (from technosage's LJ about helping to save Heroes from itself (http://technosage.livejournal.com/218575.html)) makes me go all o_O at people because um. Why aren't these things being done *now*? Why does anyone need a special...thing to get them to do that? Why isn't this fan product coming out because of just wanting to show your love of the characters? Where was all the fic dealing with DL during the first season? How about Hiro? How about non-incesty Claire fic? How about Niki and Jessica? How about fic about Eden and Hana and Dale and Janice? Where was all of that stuff? Where is all of that fic and vids and meta and fanart dealing with how awesome they all are? They were all there during season one. There's a bunch of them still around in season 2. Where's fic about the amazingly fantastically awesomeness of Monica and the family Hawkins?
It really does bother me in a way that I'm terrible at articulating because it feels like tokenism *and* othering all at the same time. Like all, "Hey, we don't do this normally, but we're doing it now because we are better than the show!" and I'm mostly just kind of like, "Not really. No. I'd believe you all more if I saw the fan product before and not just because you are making a statement." Does that make sense at all? Like...why do the women and POC on Heroes have to be treated differently? How is that not problematic?
And then I sort of flail at people and go back to conducting my fannish life on the phone.
But regarding your squee? Darling, you are one of the people that I associate *most* with celebrating women and people of color.
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Date: 2007-11-23 05:22 am (UTC)But something like, "a New Years' outpouring of fan creativity for POC/minority/female characters. A requestathon or exchange, for stories, art, vids about a set of characters determined by the mods of the challenge" (from
It really does bother me in a way that I'm terrible at articulating because it feels like tokenism *and* othering all at the same time. Like all, "Hey, we don't do this normally, but we're doing it now because we are better than the show!" and I'm mostly just kind of like, "Not really. No. I'd believe you all more if I saw the fan product before and not just because you are making a statement." Does that make sense at all? Like...why do the women and POC on Heroes have to be treated differently? How is that not problematic?
And then I sort of flail at people and go back to conducting my fannish life on the phone.
But regarding your squee? Darling, you are one of the people that I associate *most* with celebrating women and people of color.