also re: siofra, the idea that well off white people can't write black people or can't reconceptualize their ocs as black is ??? I have a very similar background to hussie and I am 100% capable of writing about black people. Do I understand all of their experiences? No. But I am perfectly capable of talking to black people, watching/reading/listening to media by black people, and taking advice from black writers if I need a different perspective. If worse comes to worst, Hussie can hire additional black writers to help write the show if they're soooooooo incapable of writing a diverse cast, which I don't think they are.