I hope this can be counted for IBARW: Teyla is played by a person of colour and so is subject to the perceptions and presumptions of raciality made by fans and PTB.
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For the last two years of my time in SGA fandom, people have been telling me that they'd like to write Teyla, but they don't know how or where to start.
I suspect it's a little late for this: most of the people have since left SGA fandom. Still, better late than never, and maybe this will help or encourage others to try writing for Teyla as a character.
Rereading this essay through before posting, I guess this has turned into something of a character profile - my perceptions of Teyla and how it affects my writing of her as a character in vignettes, pairings, and team stories.
So be it.
Disclaimer: this list isn't the be-all and end-all of writing Teyla, just my suggestions for the character.
( Five Suggestions On How To Write Teyla )
And, with the end of encouraging people to start somewhere, I present this challenge.
( writing challenge )
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For the last two years of my time in SGA fandom, people have been telling me that they'd like to write Teyla, but they don't know how or where to start.
I suspect it's a little late for this: most of the people have since left SGA fandom. Still, better late than never, and maybe this will help or encourage others to try writing for Teyla as a character.
Rereading this essay through before posting, I guess this has turned into something of a character profile - my perceptions of Teyla and how it affects my writing of her as a character in vignettes, pairings, and team stories.
So be it.
Disclaimer: this list isn't the be-all and end-all of writing Teyla, just my suggestions for the character.
( Five Suggestions On How To Write Teyla )
And, with the end of encouraging people to start somewhere, I present this challenge.
( writing challenge )
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