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[moddington]

Thank you to everyone who has nominated so far! I have a few questions listed below. Please take a look if you have nominated: Doctor Who (2005), Miraculous Ladybug, Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling, Power Rangers (2017), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Voltron: Legendary Defender

 

If nominations are the same when the nomination closes, I will either reject or guess the best course of action. Please remember these decisions are only meant as an attempt to maintain consistency for the purpose of this exchange, not to define the single correct way to define or interpret a character.

 

Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)

Character(s): Harriet Jones

The character I found was a white woman. Is there another character this nomination is referring to?

Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug

Character(s): Nino Lahiffe

The character I found was a Moroccan teen. Is there any additional context you can give me on the character having Black ancestry?

Fandom: Harry Potter — J.K. Rowling

Character(s): Group: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson

Neither of these characters are confirmed to be Black within the book series. Would you like to nominate another pairing, or under a different medium?

Fandom: Power Rangers

Character(s): Trini (Power Rangers), Group: Kimberly Hart/Trini (Power Rangers)

The character I found, Trini, is played by a Mexican actress. Is there any additional context you can give me on the character having Black ancestry?

Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Character(s): Group: Joseph Sisko

Is this meant to be an individual nomination, or should additional characters be added?

Fandom: Tortall - Tamora Pierce

Character(s): Veralidaine Sarrasri

I could not find evidence that this character or her parents are depicted as Black within the book series. Can you provide textual support for this nomination?

Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Character(s): Haggar (Voltron), Honerva (VLD)

 

Can I merge these two nominations? If yes, would “Haggar,” “Honerva,” or “Haggar | Honerva” make the most sense?

Comments

Witcher- The fandom with one solid POC source but better source for other characters-

[(Anonymous)]

So weird problem- Witcher has 3 distinctly different and wildly AU canons. They each have some solid characters- but shipping say, Show Istredd (who is black) with Show Geralt is incredibly different than shipping Show Istredd with Video Game Geralt or Book Geralt.

I nommed a bunch of nominations for the show and in crossover fandom, and a LOT of my witcher friends are excited as heck because we have been starving for good Coen and Istredd content, but a lot of us ship show with games and show with show as separate things.

Should we nom each Show with Games separate from Show with Books or just nom ANY or? How do we untangle that?

Re: Witcher- The fandom with one solid POC source but better source for other characters-

[moddington]

I'm happy to hear that you're all excited! I do think Crossover Fandom is probably the neatest way to handle that conflict for this exchange. I would prefer to avoid (Any Witcher), though. So "Group: Coen/Geralt" nominated under Witcher TV, or "Group: Coen (Witcher TV)/Geralt (Witcher Game)" or "Group: Coen (Witcher TV)/Geralt (Witcher Book)" nominated under Crossover Fandom would work, for example.

Re: Witcher- The fandom with one solid POC source but better source for other characters-

[(Anonymous)]

Awesome will let folks know and go fix mine, thanks again!