[quote=@Lord Wraith]
[@Stein] much like Roman, I'm quite keen to see who you're going to play as if you're still interested that is. 
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Yes ma'am, I am still interested. But tbh, I'm glad [@mattmanganon] mentioned that post of his because I was just getting ready to chew your ass out over it, Wraith.

Well really, all the GM's. Because I don't see how that flew in the first place. 

Let me be clear: I'm not just "Omg black stereotype?!? RACIST!!!" and trying to nail Matt's ass to the wall. BUT, I am gonna clock a few things: 

1.) That portrayal of John Stewart is just [i]wrong[/i]. And I don't mean morally wrong, but I mean even in terms of his "characterization" for the time period. If you're going to try and make a commentary on the racism in America, do research on it. That Uncle Tom caricature the post is trying to present wouldn't have been in the "Leave it to Beaver" era of television. That Uncle Tom shit was mainly done in the late 1800's/early 1900's. Take a look at those old shows and even take a look at earlier American theatre/cinema. There's a world of difference in how black people are portrayed.

2.) I hate putting a subjective overtone on written work, but to put simply: it just wasn't done well. Like bruh, you really made John Stewart a "mamie ass nigger" to the highest degree. This whole "bless my cotton socks" bullshit reads more of a racist white guy doing blackface than anything. It read as on the nose to the extent where, to me, it went past parody for the point of comedy, and ended up being kinda tasteless parody.

3.) What was the point? If it was for commentary, then how does the benefit the piece, the character, the story, the RP, anything? It just came from completely out of left field. Now granted, in my browsing, I did see [@Byrd Man]'s post, and maybe that inspired the idea of doing some type of commentary on blackness. I have my own issues with that post (not the use of nigga, but how its use is serving as a crutch to characterize "Oh hey look, these characters are black and urban." Me and my niggas mix nigga with bitch, bruh, fool, man, boy, etc) but I digress because with that post, I didn't sense any malicious intent and it wasn't looking make a commentary.

That said--4.) Matt, I think I can have respect for what you were trying to do, but none of that translated in the post. I don't believe, as a whole, it makes a reader feel uncomfortable in the way you're intending. At least for me, it makes me uncomfortable because I'm just looking at this post like "Did he really just do that to John Stewart? Did he really think this was a good choice?" It's like when Derrick Berry made it to the top 5 runway walk in S8 of RuPaul's Drag Race: You got love for the girl for having some tenacity, but JESUS, you feel bad for the final product. And you kinda feel bad for the Judges because they let her walk on the runway looking a mess. 


I want to end this all with: I have no bad blood with you, Matt. I just think if you're going to shoot that high, you gotta be ready for someone to tell you why you missed the mark. And in that, I'm looking at [@Inkarnate], [@Saint Maxx] and [@Lord Wraith] for why they didn't clock that shit earlier. 

I'd love to join this RP, and have love for each and every one of you. But, I had to at least address that before I tried to hop up in this gig. 

Do with it what you may.

XoXo Gossip Girl

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EDIT: I guess I can't take too many shots at, Wraith. You tried to come through at the end. You get a C.