Thank you for not taking this story down. I think we are all learning a lot about ourselves during the recent events. If things are ever to change we have to start within. It takes a lot of courage to own up your mistakes and try educate yourself and others.

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G story! Love it...

Proud of you, girl! By the way, you hit 1,111 reviews on May 13th, 2012. Congrats on hitting 2,222 reviews on June 17th, 2020!

Of course you shouldn't take it down! You worked too hard on it! And you know what? I bet as more readers study this fic and your portrayal of Thresh in the future, it might facilitate even more conversation about racist stereotypes in literature and fandom alike. There's always a silver lining!

I am so proud of you for showing the humility to own up to your error. And thank you so much for not taking it down! I agree, censorship has its own problems.

I know you were trying your best to honor Southern history and culture, and that most likely you fell into the trap of what the South wants you to believe about its history: that the Lost Cause was about states' rights (it wasn't). It is the most successful revision of events in all of world time. Don't beat yourself up that you were fooled by it.

It takes a lot of courage to admit a mistake like that. Welcome to the Resistance.

Holy crap a 2012 fic was updated

Proud of you girl!

thank you for voicing your concerns about having this conflict within with what you wrote back then and hopefully it may inspire other people who are going through similarly...
your writing of thresh's character back then for me about him being wrote with being a racial caricature went over my head as i was not born in a country with racial conflicts but i thank you for addressing it especially for a character who is written as a black...
also, thank you for not taking it down. i was afraid you may take this story down within a period of time and i may never get back to it when i decide to read it again.

Thank you for your statement and for not removing the story! To know better is to do better. I truly appreciate your words and, while I did initially notice Thresh’s shift, I knew it was not down with malice.

Thank you for posting this - really made me think!

I really appreciate that you are taking ownership without making excuses and that you are actively trying to be better. Thank you for your statement and your powerful words.

Thank you for this story and your statement!

Hello! I read this story wayyyy back and, to be honest, I don't recall picking up in those details. I say this not to excuse it (I'm sure that if I reread I'll be able to pick up on it now) but to say how much I appreciate you adding this note.

I am a woman of color (though not black) but I was much younger and not as informed when I first entered the fandom/read this story. I guess what I'm trying to get at is that all of us have these biases that we are unaware of, so it can be easy to pass over it when we see it. Thank you for acknowledging this aspect of your work and owning up to it; I hope that it will help anyone else who enjoys this work in the future.