L@y spiders-ttvis-an-outier Follow | was at DragonCan one year when Avery Brooks was on 3 panel, and 3 Black dude stood up and talked about how the year DSQ came on, he bacame the sole custodial quardian of his small son, and he was “temified” and felt helpless, because he hadn't really had 2 father himseff, and he didn't really know any Black fathers he particularly wantad to smulate, and no Black single fathers at all, Hetalked about how every week he'd put fis kid 1o bed and sit down and watch Deep Space Nine, and think to himse!f, “Okay, this, | want us to be this kind of father and son;" and how, sily as it might sound, the idea that Ben could be there for Jake, all the time, successfully, and eam his admiration and trust, was the only source he really had of inspiration, the only voice that was teling him he could handle this Job. | swear to fuck there was a whole auditorium of people in tears by the time he was done, including both him and Brooks. Itwas oneof the most beautiful moments | ever saw about the sometimes bloodless- sounding term “representation,” and about fandom in general, and | will never forget it Source: thegaymacoy 24,807 notes >0 2 9Q

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