non-whites

[seldear]

You know, I'd really love it if professional authors (and, hell, fanfic authors) took an interest in "those coloured people" on the Stargates - both SG1 and Atlantis. I haven't met a professional author yet who was interested in Teal'c, Teyla, or Ronon as anything other than sex fodder or background.

And, no, underdeveloped does not mean uninteresting.

And yes, I know the term "coloured" is an insult in the US. I'm using it deliberately to describe the mindset I see in professional (and fanfic) authors: "only the pretty white people count."

To tell you true, I'm freaking tired of it.

Comments

[sharim.livejournal.com]

You know, specifically on Teal'c - for so much of SG-1 he was essentially wall-paper and the quite hero, the one you saw and heard so little about. By the end of the show he was so much more developed, so he's easier to write now in general.

I think it's also a 'relating' thing. Most people can't relate to being aliens from different worlds trying to fit into Earth Culture.

Not to mention his ships weren't all the USTy and ZOMG GET TOGETHER already, so why would people write about him?

I try to write him; I like Teal'c. Once I even started a story on how he came to be who he is, but I gave it up because I knew so little about his history and culture it was too hard ;)

[arrietty.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[sharim.livejournal.com]

*laughs*