Please comment any time! I maaaay like these discussions/find them interesting. You know, just a smidge.
You're right, I did assume that about Blaise's mother. I thought that it was in the books but yeah, I'm pretty sure it's never actually said. That possibility did occur to me about Dean's mother though, and while I also believe that in Jo's mind Blaise and Dean both have black mothers, it would seem not to be in the text for either of them. In which case we're actually back down to zero confirmed adult WOC in the entire series. Which again. Wow.
Which is not to say that canon doesn't allow for more. I do think canon allows for more, and am v grateful for that and glad that fandom has taken initiative there. But, doesn't make it canon, and doesn't mean that people who aren't engaged in fandom will ever experience those interpretations.
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Date: 2016-07-26 04:01 am (UTC)You're right, I did assume that about Blaise's mother. I thought that it was in the books but yeah, I'm pretty sure it's never actually said. That possibility did occur to me about Dean's mother though, and while I also believe that in Jo's mind Blaise and Dean both have black mothers, it would seem not to be in the text for either of them. In which case we're actually back down to zero confirmed adult WOC in the entire series. Which again. Wow.
Which is not to say that canon doesn't allow for more. I do think canon allows for more, and am v grateful for that and glad that fandom has taken initiative there. But, doesn't make it canon, and doesn't mean that people who aren't engaged in fandom will ever experience those interpretations.