Candice has neither Auburn hair or green eyes. Jeremy’s a character that simply doesn’t exist neither does Jenna, they’replace holders for Judith and Margaret. Matt’s last name isn’t Donavon, and Vicki isn’t his sister. And yet with all of these cosmetic differences none were made as big of a deal as the fact that Bonnie isn’t Black in the book. It’s really telling what people decide to focus on.
Paul flip flops with the ships he’s involved in yet he’s never called out for it but he always shown his distain for the show. Like you said Nina never acknowledges tvd unless she has a new project out and even then it’s something as simple as liking or posting a throwback and she’s such a queen for it. Not to mention she’s thrown shade and had a part to play in the hate Kat gets from her fans but does nothing to stop it. But god forbid Kat asks people to stop tagging her in pics
Exactly. Kat is actually very interactive with her fans which made that we miss you comment that got everyone freaking out (not that they weren’t before) all the more ridiculous. Kat’s fan know exactly where to find her–in the past two years she’s been in a lot of projects and still more to come and even when she isn’t she’s not hard to find because she’s one of the most interactive cast members with her fan base. But in the end she’s still the one who catches most flack and the worst kind because Nina, Paul, or Ian have to deal with what Kat does just simply due to her skin color, the worst they have to deal with is people badgering them about a show they no longer car about. Nina may get some sexist comments but I have yet to see her get any hate that’s anywhere near as bad as the shit they’ve said to Kat.
Do you think any of her “friends” actually cared about Bonnie? I saw mentioned that Kai is the only one who made effort to apologize to her. From what I recall, the Mystic Falls gang treated her like a magical fix it and nothing more. Nobody ever really rallied for her like they would for Elena or Caroline in danger. Their group wouldn’t survive five minutes of Bonnie up and left town to start her own life
I think they thought they actually cared about her, but never actually did because when you do you don’t ignore their pain and suffering like that. I think their heads were so far up their own ass, and that they were so used to Bonnie solving it for them that their privilege didn’t allow them to think about her side of things. They only had half-ass comment here and there about her well being but none of that matters unless they actually do anything. Bonnie did things, she was a loyal and good best friend which is funny because you never really hear about that from the characters on the show, but they’ll go on and on about what a good person Elena is despite her never showing those traits, what a great person Caroline is despite her compliance and ability to bend her morals for her friends. Bonnie gets none of that she just gets called judgemental which is a criticism that honesty fits Caroline more but I never see her called, I consistently only see this in reference to black women.
Basically racism was so ingrained in the show and, subsequently, the characters that their version of caring is pretty much the equivalent of a child’s love for their black nanny in every “happy slave” piece of media. They care about her, but only in reference to what they can do for them but TVD’s worse because a child is actually ignorant and can learn, the MFG can’t and as shown by the end of the series, never can learn better.
Plec really gave zero fucks about Bonnie. She literally had her there for diversity points that’s it. And the fact that people constantly go at kat about not coming back for legacies or in general being ‘ungrateful’ is bs. The gratitude is only directed towards Kat despite other cast members openly trashing the show.
Kat can’t so much as breath without getting flack from the TVD fandom. I remember years ago when she was still on the show she did an interview where she said she didn’t identify with Bonnie–it was out of context and she was misquoted–oh dear lord the outcry of the TVD fans all giving the same comments about how she should be grateful and she was rude. That same outcry happened again during her “Twitter-gate” moment where she simply asked people not to tag her in things she’s not in. A simply reasonable request, and even that comment was reasonable because why would someone identify with willingly being the servant of some white girl, but of course because it’s Kat and she’s black she should be nicer and grateful for even being on the show.
Nina only acknowledges fans when she needs to promote something she’s in, Paul has made several scathing comments about the show, Ian noted his dissatisfaction all the time, but none of them get called rude or ungrateful, they actually get praised for how much they seperate themselves from the show. We all know why there’s this difference, but what did we all expect, a racist show can only breed a racist fandom.
Can someone recommend me some Tonnie fanfiction? I feel like I’ve read all of them, but there might be some hidden gems out there
I have this post you may or may not have seen . It’s really long but the first fic recs are Tonnie fics which you may have read.
This is the collection of all my Tonnie fics I wrote on tumblr transferred to AO3.
I recently read this fic, First, which is short but a great read. It’s old and it’s length deterred me but it turned out to be wonderful.
CarlyCo, writer of Bitten and All Warfare is Based on Deception, recently wrote and updated this fluffy AH/AU tonnie fic Out of My League.
@jazzywazzy89 has a few Tonnie fics but mu favorites are Under Our Skin, and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.
You may have already read these but in case you haven’t they’re worth taking a gander at.
our dog’s first night in her new home after we adopted her via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2PpqlGc
“Scarlett & Joker enjoying some enrichment this morning…digging for treats in cedar shavings!“
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