Recognize her?

Probably not. This is Leah Myers, one of the OG sidelined black female LIs. From #LoveHacks. In 2016. She had an interesting storyline. Older sister to a fiery 14-year-old, psychologically abused by her ex-girlfriend, trying to scrape by as a writer. First appearance in Chapter 9 of the first book. Sidelined in favour of Mark and Ben. Granted, Ben wasn’t introduced until Chapter 11, but he was more prominent in the story, when he and Mark were jealous over MC. Sound familiar?

Recognize her?

Probably not. I don’t blame you, Home for the Holidays (2017) is the OG shitty romance book and I speed-tapped through it too. Holly Wright, another childhood friend. Another writer. Sidelined in favour of Nick and Wyatt, and what makes matters even worse is that Nick wouldn’t even give her manuscript a chance because, to quote the Wiki, “it doesn’t deserve to be published”. Is literally gifted a flashlight from MC if you didn’t pay for her premium gift. Was given the most stereotypical Christmassy name in the book. Done hella dirty, even for HftH.

Recognize her?

Maybe, if you played Wishful Thinking back in 2019. I don’t even know if you’d classify Ellen Thompson as an LI, as she only got actual “relationship development” if you call it that in Chapter 12. The book had 14 chapters. She had an interesting backstory, with abrasiveness stemming from insecurity and not being good enough for her family. Could’ve been an interesting rivals-to-lovers subplot if given time to develop. But nope. Shove her route 2 chapters before the end and call it a day.

Recognize her?

Perhaps. She’s Vera Reimonenq from Nightbound, also from 2019 (moment of silence for the lost potential). While the other 3 LIs also had compelling backstories, I thought hers was the coolest. Nightbound was heavily advertised as a Nik-focused story, but relatively, she did have more development than the others on this list. Still, it could’ve been better. Mysterious gloved stranger, Lady Smoke’s daughter, kickass fighter, despite appearing outwardly calm. What’s not to love?

Recognize her?

You most definitely should. If you don’t, why? She’s been sidelined so hard, treated as the ultimate walking wardrobe (I’d say she even surpasses Shreya Mistry for this title), and not to mention the victim of a racially-motivated hate crime shrouded as a “human sacrifice”, as if this somehow made it better. Was given a racial profiling criminal backstory for no reason other than for PB’s “exploring racism” propaganda. In 2020. Twenty-fucking-twenty. Four years after release. Despite being a group of pixels, deserves the world and nothing less, and sure as hell did not deserve the treatment she received in Queen B. With a black female lead writer? Not at all.

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Is there something in common with these characters? Of course. You’d have to be blind not to see it. They’re black. They’re female. They’re sidelined. They’re treated like absolute shit in comparison to the other LIs. This has been happening since the very beginning, meaning PB had 4 years to fix what could’ve been done in a matter of moments. And these are just the women. Griffin Langley, Shane Parker, Syphax, to name a few. I’m sure there are plenty others that I haven’t mentioned. Race-customizable characters are primarily written for the white audience (see: brushed aside a loose strand of my hair, when black male MCs have no loose hair??? And plenty of times, hairstyles don’t even match the sprite’s head).

So don’t you fucking dare come at the black players in this community or don’t you fucking dare try and defend PB saying “there’s no racism” or “PB has black representation”. I cannot speak for the black community personally because I am not black, but I cannot begin to imagine what you’re all feeling seeing this as your representation, because it’s not representation. If this doesn’t make you angry, it should.

Racists shut the fuck up challenge.

i should be able to expect basic decency out of pb but apparently i can’t. never normalize student/teacher relationships. any representation of it in the media is an adult grooming a child and that is never okay. it’s never a cute look no matter how popular the “forbidden love” trope is. it isn’t “forbidden love” if it shouldn’t be fucking happening in the first place

It Lives in the Woods :: Andy Kang + Tom Sato

@choicescocappreciationweek Day 6

BAIL FUNDS FOR PROTESTERS

ATLANTA

LOUISVILLE

HOUSTON

BROOKLYN

please reblog if you have links for bail funds in other cities or other resources!

DETROIT

RICHMOND

CHARLOTTE

COLUMBUS - comrades in jail right now! (5/30/20, 3:49 EST)

CLEVELAND - POLICE CURRENTLY SPRAYING TEAR GAS INTO CROWD (5/30/20, 3:56 EST)

BUFFALO

Las Vegas - 75 protestors arrested last night and another protest planned for tonight

Colorado—the bail fund also hosted a Mother’s Day bail drive and will host a Father’s Day/Juneteenth one in June

SEATTLE

Pittsburgh:

Connecticut:

Chicago Community Bond Fund

INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis Bail Fund

Indy10 Black Lives Matter Donation (they have had their medical supplies stolen by IMPD two nights in a row, they also ask you specify what the money is for) Twitter/FB

San Jose/Oakland Temporary Bail Fund

WAYS TO SUPPORT/BE AN ALLY

Here is a compilation of places to donate (IF you can, simply reblogging and sharing this can help) and petition to sign. I found these websites and organizations on twitter.

DONATIONS

PETITIONS

If you know of ANY other organizations or petitions, PLEASE ADD TO THIS LIST. The fight for justice doesn’t end here, it will never end. Especially when the president of the United States calls white supremacists good people and protesters of a mans death THUGS. USE YOUR VOICE. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. FUCK COPS. FUCK “BLUE LIVES”. ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER!

Emoji Commissions are open!

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in this house, it’s always missing thomas mendez hours.

A charming cottage in Nantucket, a sexy U.S. Marshal sworn to protect you, and a summer like never before… What else does witness protection have in store? Find out on March 16th in Witness: A Bodyguard Romance! 😎

NATHAN STERLING III

"I just thought,wouldn't it be funny if one of Hartfeld's most successful students crashed and burned?"

closure. a nathan sterling fic

Decided to write a fic where MC goes to see Nathan in prison. Yes. I know I haven’t finished a fic in months, but let me live. And yes I will continue to post fics about the Alphas bc they were WASTED AS CHARACTERS.

Warnings: Swearing. Mentions Tyler almost getting killed if you’re sensitive to that kinda thing. Also has some small mentions of how MC and Nathan had sex, and he talks about her ass, so slightly nsfw.

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