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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

[vulgarweed]

Just proactively pointing out an issue I noticed! I nominated the Watson and Holmes comics (Sherlock Holmes series set in modern-day NYC where all the main characters are Black). There are a few fics for this already in AO3, and there are fandom-specific canonical tags for the two characters whose names are spelled differently in this version - Jon Watson and Irene Adlero - but the other three chars I nominated - Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, and Mrs Hudson - don't have tags specific to this version. I put the version in parenthesis but it's probably the only one of its kind so not canonical in the Archive yet.

[moddington]

Got it, thanks!