screw you

First I have sort of an awkward question/request to make. I'm writing a story right now that is contains a number non-white characters (African American, some of whom are of mixed parentage) and I'm finding myself terrified of putting my foot in my mouth and saying something stupid, stereotypical, or just generally offensive, in relation to their ethnicity and at the same time not wanting to just ignore it. So I was sort of hoping that maybe someone on my flist who would define themselves as being of said racial category might be willing to talk me through it a little.



Now: Two memes!


assymbia posted a Shakespeare meme earlier and that got me thinking about Shakespeare in general and so a Shakesperian meme of my own:

Comment with a character from one of Shakespeare's plays and I will reply with 3 facts from my personal canon about them. (If I haven't read/seen the play I reserve the right to ask you for a different one... additionally the link has me replying with my stats so you can check that if you want something from an obscure one.)





The apocalypse meme as stolen from sophia_helix and sainfoin_fields (both of whose responses are well worth reading).

Fill in the blanks, and I will attempt to fic it:

Three things _____ did after the world ended by _____.

e.g. Three things Toby Flenderson did after the world ended by nuclear attack.
e.g. Three things Luna Lovegood did after the world ended by clowns.


Suggested Fandoms (This is just a starting place, I'll try anything [regardless of format] that I know):

A Song of Ice and Fire
Bones
Doctor Who (New)
BtVS
AtS
Firefly/Serenity
Veronica Mars
30 Rock
Arrested Development
The Office
BSG (because I just re-watched the mini [which is totally more depressing out of context, btw].)

Wonderful fics by my flist outside of our usual "fandoms" but things you're probably farmiliar with the canon for:


starrysummer wrote Hamlet-fic Now Cracks a Noble Heart: Horatio-centric, Horatio/Hamlet, Horatio/Ophelia.

alyxbradford wrote Trojan War fic Astyanax: Andromache and Cassandra AND Arthurian Legend fic No Sin: Arthur/Morgan.

assimbya wrote Alice in Wonderland fic Without the Lobsters: Gryphon/Mock Turtle(suprisingly un-squicky)AND Dracula fic Repentance: Mina-centric.