@samreich Get Ready For A-

orianna better not find out that she got given a second chance at life by her father who showed a child experimentation on a live creature and then created a drug that plagued two cities and started a war and made a comically large furry (literally two wolves inside vander if you think about it) and then met twink jesus and combined the furry with the drug to save her

hello ice!

i was planning on doing an interpretation/design of a preexisting character that has only been shown in-game as a sprite.

^ this is their sprite (clover from undertale yellow)

i was in the middle of drafting some concepts when i remembered from your lessons of how little racially ambiguous characters get interpreted as Black. i then quickly sketched up a Black interpretation of their sprite, with everything the exact same except for the hair turning into locs, the lips being two-toned, and the nose being wider.

this game has several endings, two main ones though. one where this character chooses violence and vengeance as "justice" and the other wjere they choose self-sacrifice ajd peace as "justice".

as a nonblack POC, it feels weird to initially interpret a paleskinned pixel art character as white, and then change it to or have another design/option/idea of them as Black. Also, it feels strange that the main reason behind me doing so was a sudden remembering of what i could add to contribute to the greater community, but i fear im using the character's ambiguous race and my presuming of them being Black is tokenization.

another small element is that all artwork by the creators done of this character has been protrayed as nonblack.

i dont really know what i should do -- move forward with them being interpteted as Black for only one design? for both? for none?

(also, i apologize if my phrasing is offensive or awkward or innappropriatw -- i dont know if its right to refer to a design as "the white one" or "the Black one")

thank you for your time!

Just do it lol. It's fine. It's a Black edit and Black edits are fine. That's what we all do when we make them- go "yeah, they were white. BUT WHAT IF-" and then decide to add a new depth of perspective to them, their designs, and their decisions, now that they're Black.

The fact that you even put that much thought into it is more than someone who was tokenizing Black character design would do- just make sure you're being honest with yourself and your motivations, and that it doesn't become a source of you feeling good about yourself rather than just something you feel passionate about, or wanted to try. If you genuinely realize you're doing it for clout, stop. But if you actually care, proceed.

And as for their character route, that's fine too. Black characters should have complex stories!

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Dear Friends,

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im going to name a few examples of webtoons off the top of my head

im going to get flamed but its true

unordinary: Farrah

Divorcing my Tyrant Husband - the 'aggressive' tyrant king

king is on right, mc in middle, lov einterest on right

i mean COME ON

unfortunately, hand jumper by sleepacross, my favorite webtoon:

^ the only character i could find that was slightly darker skinned (all of hte main cast are east asian or white -- and even then theyre all pale)

this dudes name is literally "the butcher"

ok now this isnt off the top of my head now im actively looking through my webtoons list

this one is the Princess's Jewels by Hong-Cha -- basically the two characters with emalnin are either hyper aggressive and jealous or super stiff and basically has zero character except having basic human decency

also it uses the excuse of "the Black people that can turn into wolves/giant shadow wolves have dark palms because of the paw pads of days" and like okay why doesnt eh dude who can turn into an eagle have sharp nails or feather pattersn on his arms or a white outline on his mouth for a beak or SOMETHING like PLEASE be consistent or at least be committed to your POC characters

highly recommend to NOT read this webtoon if you are the type who likes plot mor ethan art because this was just I Don't Know How To Write A Female Character TM galore

and then last but not least, Muted by Miranda Mundt. im going to be honest i loved this webtoon, i just wish Nyra had develope[d her character faster because in the first few episodes she had like five stereotypes written into her but they slowly got developed out so honestly im not mad about it. i also wish her hair had texture :[

now for good webtoons to read

Daybreak - cute, feel-good, slice of life, wholesome friendship things and is very lgbtq+. main two characters are both Black, both trans, and are so freaking sweet. this comic updates twice a week too!

Suitor Armor - im sure most people have heard of this but if you havent you should read it beacuse oh my gosh what a story - fantasy drama with some comedy in it with dark themes, slightly mature content (gore, etc.), adorable and yummy art style, interesting characters that are POC and!!! they have character!!! not just empty shells of people!!! they also give all hair their textures!

Lovebot - now this oen is also by Miranda Mundt, and i gotta say, wow is the improvement TANGIBLE! poc main character, several poc supporting characters, hair with TEXTURE, with INTEREST, gender is a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT, imaginative and creative science-fiction futuristic setting where we solve climate change and now its the future. very dark, mature themes, not reccommended for younger audience. great read, just finished too so go read it while you still can for free with no daily pass shenanigans!

god i spent too long writing this

It's everywhere

i wanna be dark and mysterious but i also cannot stop yapping about myself

THIS.

this.

THIS.

'People are panicking about AI tools the same way they did when the calculator was invented, stop worrying' cannot stress enough the calculator did not forcibly pervade every aspect of our lives, has such a low error rate it's a statistical anomaly when it does happen, isn't built on mass plagiarism, and does not obliterate the fucking environment when you use it. Be so fucking serious right now

you know when your adhd compels you to immediately stop all work and begin reharmonizing a choir warmup for spooky season (october) and purposefully go download a free videoediting software (ShotCut, hot artists dont gatekeep) to then continuously voice record myself for the next one hour exactly cutting and editing the voice recordings to line up (speeding up by 1.001000x with pitch consideration) and then having a result that was absolutely not worth the time because your two-voice harmony one sounded much better than the three-voice one you spent twice the amount of time as the two-voice harmony one figuring out and you messaged your music major friend about it but theyre asleep rn so your thoughts are still hyperfixated on music even though i've music'd all the music there is to music right now because i have no instruments near my vicinity enough for my adhd to consider it more convenient than it is important to stay hyperfixated on this unimportant task?

yeah me neither

i could NEVER be a witch because of how indecisive i am. you're telling me youre paying me so i can only curse your enemies with ONE spell when i have SO MANY OPTIONS?? i want to give them saliva with the texture of oil AND no teeth!!

Hello my friend, I am a hadiah from Gaza.

Can you help my children and donate even a little

I was working as a lawyer to bring justice, and now you are the ones who will bring justice to me...

I have children. In the name of humanity and not participating in genocide.

I ask you to re-share my story and help my children if possible. Ten dollars is enough to save my children.

Please do what you can.

I want my children to live in safety and peace. Please don't neglect to do what you can to participate or donate

Link in bio

My campaing vetted by @90-ghost

@moayesh

Please help my family and save my children 😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭😭

#gazahelp #FreePalestin

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