[ SECRET POST #2637 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2637 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Stephen King's from Maine and he still manages to write black characters, somehow. Maybe it's not as crippling of a handicap after all?

[(Anonymous)]

This. Also? Stephen King just writes characters.

[darkmanifest]

Have...have you read Stephen King's black characters? Up to this day he's still recycling the same Magical Negroes that appeared in some of his earliest stories. He's also still recycling the same horror tropes, so it might be that he feels, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. (But it is broken, oh, god.)

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think anyone's claimed King's work is 100% problem free. But he clearly hasn't let the "I grew up in Maine where there are supposedly no non white people" obstacle keep him from trying and I respect that. He took a risk. In the awards system that only exists in my head, I give him a few more bonus points than I give to writers who don't even try to write POCs of any kind, good or bad.

[darkmanifest]

True, I respect him for trying (especially in his early books, written in a time where even magical black people were better than none at all). I guess I just boggle that he achieved that much and then didn't grow at all over thirty years of writing.

[(Anonymous)]

I know. I don't think he's that kind of writer, though. Some writers just do variations of the same books/themes all their lives, which is fine since it's clearly what a lot of people like. I figure King has just enough awareness to realize that trying to write a POC isn't and shouldn't be an untouchable issue for a white person, but unfortunately this doesn't mean he's got enough skill to go out and ace it.

I look at his work as a valuable example of both what and what not to do, one that current and future readers/writers ought to have. Even seeing where someone went wrong and trying to discover how and why is helpful. With no examples at all, nobody learns anything.

[(Anonymous)]

yes, stephen king. this is where i want to hang my hat for the "it's totally possible for white writers to write PoC characters" argument. this is the hill i want to die on.