[ SECRET POST #2525 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2525 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.


__________________________________________________



02.


__________________________________________________



03.


__________________________________________________



04.


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06.


__________________________________________________



07.


__________________________________________________



08.


__________________________________________________



09.


__________________________________________________



10.












Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 063 secrets from Secret Submission Post #361.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

You're giving the show more credit than I would

[(Anonymous)]

The show seems to be taking a character based on a real historical white woman who did horrific, horrific things and giving her a redemption storyline. It also seems to be taking a character based on a real historical black woman who was an influential religious figure and not implicated in anything horrific, and giving her an agenda of killing everyone she doesn't like because she's (however justifiably) pissed off.

It is, I suppose, theoretically possible that these storytelling choices were not made due to racism, but it really really looks like racism.

Re: You're giving the show more credit than I would

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Yeah, I certainly agree that the show has some serious problems with making her a/the villain in the first place. I have very complicated thoughts on her as a villain, primarily because the racist history makes it way too hard to separate her from a lot of tropes, not to mention what you said about taking a real Black woman who was actually pretty awesome and making her into the villain. This show is chock full of problems. I think all the credit for the character's likeability goes to Angela Bassett more than the writers.

I'm just saying, if we enjoy her as a villain or someone in that gray space in between, there are legitimate reasons to, especially in the context of a show that's trying to get us to sympathize with Madame LaLaurie.

Re: You're giving the show more credit than I would

[(Anonymous)]

the real laveau owned slaves