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I have indicated to several people that this is the “rough draft” version. \u00a0I am writing for word count, not for sensibility (although I am always delighted when I go back into the archives and say, “Hey, I *did* broadcast that… awesome!”) \u00a0With that said, there are some problematic situations that I am aware of, and I will add to this list as I can. \u00a0This is not to say that all or even any of these would be fixed in the “real” version, but that they do weigh on my mind.<\/p>\n

Problematic Things:<\/p>\n

1) It’s written in first person.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0E is a white male of European descent. His friends are almost all men.<\/p>\n

3) All of the women in E’s life are witches, with maybe the exception of his sister and mother.<\/p>\n

4) E likes dark-skinned women to a fetish. This means his descriptions of them are far more florid (including “food-colored skin”) and he thinks of “white” as the default and doesn’t generally describe people with this attribute. \u00a0I’m far more likely to be “color-unconscious” which is still a problem.<\/p>\n

5) Written accents. \u00a0I hate this, by the way, but I played with it for a bit.<\/p>\n

6) Things appropriated from other cultures. \u00a0Actually, I like to think I haven’t really done too much of this, but it’s possible I can’t see it because of my own privilege. \u00a0 ( http:\/\/www.irosf.com\/q\/zine\/article\/10087<\/a> )<\/p>\n

7) “Crutch” words. \u00a0I take ’em out when I fix the drafts, but I particularly do so much with the “nebulous” of magic, I have a lot of “something” that isn’t well defined. \u00a0I also have empty adverbs, and numerous other grammatical mistakes.<\/p>\n

8) I will sometimes describe how he brushes his teeth or the other mundane bits. \u00a0This is the sin of including action or description that has no bearing on the plot or characterisation.<\/p>\n

9) There are a number of non-consensual situations. \u00a0They make me uncomfortable writing them, and they are (at least to my knowledge) all deliberate.<\/p>\n

10) No one swears. \u00a0I mean, seriously. \u00a0I write around it here, but the next draft will be more realistic.<\/p>\n

11) Lack of names. \u00a0Honestly, I don’t know what E’s name is. \u00a0I’ll figure it out eventually.<\/p>\n

12) Middle-class privilege. This is actually a deliberate blind spot for E in some ways, but I’d actually like to build it up a little so that he sees the strangeness of the Beyond in this regard.<\/p>\n

13) Everyone is fairly neurotypical. I have my thoughts about Maggie, but I also don’t want to paint her into a “villain” role with a designation.<\/p>\n

14) Yes, there’s two people I know in the story… disguised, yes, but it’s a problem.<\/p>\n

15) I don’t want Ed to be the “gay sidekick” but right now that’s a fair description.<\/p>\n

16) There’s a lack of individuals with obvious disabilities in E’s life. \u00a0Besides the “haves and have nots” of magic, and well, vampires… but it’s something to note.<\/p>\n

17) I was able to come up with seventeen different things without really working at it… and you’ve probably found some more.<\/p>\n

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Things I don’t expect you to be able to see:<\/p>\n

1) Killing off an LGBTQ character “to make a point.”<\/p>\n

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