The issue isn't nor has ever been about fanfics not meeting my expectations or who is shipped with who or etc. The issue has always been the hypocrisy that certain "Bonnie Fans" exhibit but rarely to never gets called out on. I have seen fans complain about Bonnie being used as a witch on call for the Mystic Falls gang and how it was wrong and Bonnie shouldn't be a witch on call but then in the same breathe talk about how she should have gone to New Orleans and been an on call witch for the Mikaelsons and how it was racist she wasn't. They also make comments about her being a slave because she uses her power to save her friends but when you point out Davina and Freya, two white witches, play the same role those characters are never associated with the term slave but black witches are by the fandom. Mind you the people calling the black witches magical negros and slaves are pro POC or at least that is what they claim. Mind you those people don't use terms like magical hunky or slave for the white witches, just the black ones despite both playing the same role. These fans talk about the mistreatment of black characters by the writers, which to an extent yes Black characters were mistreated, but then go on to further degrade those black characters by using slurs under the guise of being supportive of them.

As far as the fake Bonnie fans comment they are absolutely fake Bonnie fans. Why? Because they claim they hate her writing, hating her the first 5 seasons because she was judgmental, say she was wrong for seeking revenge on Kai, say her clothes were ugly and so was her hair but then say they liked the character. If you don't like the writing of a character then you don't like the character. How often do you see those fans talk about things they liked about Bonnie writing? No just the superficial "I love her character" "She is beautiful" "She had great chemistry with Damon or other white toxic male". Rarely to never have I seen this from those fans.

Now I don't mind fans saying certain storylines could have been slightly improved. However when you want to rewrite the entire character you could never have been a fan of the character to begin with. If you want to get rid of a fundamental trait of Bonnie Bennett then she was never your favorite character.

Also not all Bonnie fans are on the same side. You can't claim she deserved better but then put her with Kai or Klaus and not address or downplay the trauma she experienced because of them. You also can't say the relationship makes sense but ignore the horrible crap they did to her and all the other reasons it doesn't.

Once again I want to point out I don't care who anyone ships but if you make statements like "Bonnie deserved better and the writers were racist for not putting her and Kai/Klaus/Damon/Etc. together" I am going to address why it wasn't racist to not have Bonnie date those men and how dating those men is not giving Bonnie deserved better. For those people who ship Bonkai, Bamon, Klonnie, etc. but don't make such claims and acknowledge the horrible things those men did to Bonnie, I have no ill will towards those people.

As far as not writing my own fanfiction. I have made it clear I am not a fanfic writer or even heavy reader. Nor have I claimed I am a better fanfic writer than others. My post have been addressing the hypocrisy of certain Bonnie fans and fanfic writers. Just as those fans call out the flaws of Julie plec work I have the right to call out the flaws in their work especially when they claim they are better writers.

I have way more I want to say and will in the upcoming weeks but my issue with certain Bonnie fans goes deeper than rather Bonnie is shipped with a toxic white male. It is how those fans treated Bonnie for most the series and how under the guise of defending her the degrade and belittle the character. It is backhanded compliments of "I like the character but her storylines sucked and her outfits were ugly". It is also how she gets thrown under the bus by those fans when it comes time to hold thier fav white character accountable. Its the "Oh I hated Bonnie for not undoing the gilbert device and almost causing Stefan and Damon to die. She was annoying until Season 6" or the "Bonnie was wrong for trying to hurt Kai and she is to blame for everything he did". These are the comments those fans make when you dig deeper and have deeper conversations with them.

It is even deeper than the show or Bonnie Bennett but the treatment of POC by fans across multiple fandoms especially fantasy ones. It is how those fans degrade the character for most of the series but then want to jump on the bandwagon of mistreatment of POC characters towards the end and they do it with back handed compliments. Those fans claim the character was boring, their storylines sucked and how they were dressed ugly but supposedly are pro POC characters. Also usually when they jump on the bandwagon it isn't because they cared about the mistreatment of the character of color but more so because they know calling a writer racist holds more weight then whining about your favorite white ship not getting enough screentime or their happy ending. So they use the racism agenda to tarnish a writers career while simultaneously being racist themselves not actually caring about racism.

The outrage

So apparently my post has outraged a couple of “Bonnie Fans” but I am here to tell you I am going to continue to critique those fans and thier fanfics just as they do with the show and Julie plec. These are the same fans claiming they could write better than the show writers and constantly bashing the show writers writing but the minute it is done to them they are foaming at the mouth. 

Lets get something straight.

If you claimed you could write better Julie plec I am going to critique your work just as hard as your critique Julie Plec and other writers work. If that is the case a little critique shouldn’t bother you. 

If you claimed “Bonnie deserved better” and she was mistreated then I am going to critique you and your work on how it treats Bonnie as a character. If it presents Bonnie Bennett submissive or easily forgiven of a toxic white male character then I am going to call you out on your writing. 

A lot of you guys are fake outraged by the treatment of POC. You know how I know? Because I have had discussion with you guys and it shows. Black men main characters get ignored in the fandom especially compared to their white counterparts. Add in when you present the idea of those fans fav white male character being held accountable for harming and abusing Bonnie those fans begin to tear Bonnie down and defend their fav white toxic males. I have a post of it in my timeline. You guys claim she is mistreated and deserves better until it comes at the inconvenience of your fav white male. Even sometimes your fav white female. 

When the fandom begins to do better towards POC then I will shut up but until then no I will continue to talk. 

I am African American.

Bonnie Fanfic

I would love to see fanfic about Bonnie Bennett that stays true to the character and doesn’t try to turn her into Elena or Caroline. I would love to see Bonnie in a fanfic with a non toxic white male and for it to focus more on her and her growth than simply being submissive to a toxic white male. Also it takes place in TVD and not an AU because essentially that isn’t Bonnie Bennett but rather a completely different character with the same face and name. 

I don’t mind rewrites of certain events but please respectful of the character and make the situation make sense. I would love fanfics that actually chronicle her life after TVD finale. 

I am not a fanfic writer but I have a lot of ideas for potential stories concerning Bonnie and her journey. 

Lastly this should be clear but Bonnie should be the focal of the story not a secondary character. I have tried Fanfic.net and archive.com but finding a story with Bonnie as the focal character without a toxic white male lead like Klaus, Damon or Kai and that isn’t an AU is practically impossible which is seriously sad.