#POC cast

[leyllethecreator]

Damsel in the Red Dress: Chapter One (Excerpt)

The frozen night gnaws at my face like it hasn’t eaten in days, alive with a bouquet of red currants and fanfare. The smell of perfume slips silently out of the after-party and down the spiral staircase, escaping through the closed door in lusty drafts like a flower garden on steroids. Our footsteps echo - too loud in the crowded, solitary parking garage. Everything feels amplified tonight, and yet far away - like I’m listening to - reaching out and existing through a glass wall. The click of my high-heels on the concrete… The heartbeat of the alcohol in my bloodstream…

She - I stand shivering in the burning red cocktail dress we rented just for the occasion as Kattar makes a ceremony out of opening my door.

#wattpad #Wattpad novels #wattpad stories #romance #romance novels #contemporary romance #romance books #friends to lovers #best friends #male best friend #teen writers #bookblr #writeblr #Hispanic writers #Hispanic authors #african american writers #teen authors #disability romance #Hispanic characters #hispanic characters #POC cast

[the-worlds-between-pages]

So Let Them Burn by: Kamilah Cole

Published by: Little Brown Books Publication Date: 1 /26/ 2024 To start this review I’d like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for access to this eARC. I received it in exchange for an honest opinion and review. Now, let’s jump in. I loved this book. This is a Jamaican-inspired fantasy with dragons and ancestor magic and I adored it. The writing was great, the worldbuilding was fantastic…

View On WordPress

#4 stars #diverse cast #dragons #highly reccomend #Jamaican-inspired #Kamilah Cole #lgbtqia+ characters #magic #poc author #poc cast #So Let Them Burn #ya #ya fantasy

[daisy-mooon]

"I want Annabeth to be blonde :(" then pick up a PJO book and read it you dumb fuck

#pjo fans stop being weird about black annabeth challenge IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #first off annabeths race isnt important to her story. annabeth could be any race. her skin colour doesnt actually impact her. her hair does #now im not blonde but im a white girl so let me explain why some pjo fans need to stfu. i have grade 9s. im called stupid for my appearance #im not insulted bc im white or bc i have blue eyes or brown hair. im insulted bc women are judged on their appearance. im insulted bc SEXIS #annabeth isnt really called dumb for being blonde. shes called dumb bc shes female. and ppl are more likely to stereotype women than men #this is especially true for black women! whatever sexism white women get is always horrifically multiplied for poc women #black hair frequently gets called unprofessional untidy unhygienic etc. its VERY likely that show annabeth has been called dumb for her hai #does this make the casting “accurate”? no. but castings don't have to be accurate. they have to ADD to the character. #annabeth being black ADDS to her character because it showcases how women (esp black women) are devalued for their appearance #movie annabeth wasnt bad for having brown hair or white hair she was a bad adaptation bc she was ooc #i just think its ironic that a core aspect of annabeth was being judged for her looks. and now show annabeth is getting judged for her look #like. you guys really missed the point here. #anyways disagree all you want but book annabeth is still blonde. no one is erasing her. theres a new PJO book w blonde annabeth SEPTEMBER 2 #GO READ CHALICE OF THE GODS IF U WANT BLONDE ANNABETH OMG! adaptions and source material can be separate and coexist! #rant over sorry #pjo #percy jackson #annabeth chase #pjo show #percy jackson and the olympians #the lightning thief #discourse #shitpost #percy jackson show #pjo discourse #riordanverse

[mistyunmoored]

as much as it would have been fun putting him 100% out of his element in sci-fi or something, Calorum is perfect for a Mercer D20 spot.

The goofiest setting which simultaneously had the most heartrending, agonizing, BRUTAL fights, deaths, and relationships of any D20 campaign. Brennan went HARD on the worldbuilding for Calorum (didn’t he say he made like a bazillion page reference/lore doc for acoc?) which fits Matt’s style perfectly. All of it mixes the things Matt is good at with the things D20 is good at, and I think it’ll be really, really fun

Not to mention. The cast. The fucking cast. The seating. The mini previews of characters. Holy shit

#gone from cautiously optimistic to incredibly optimistic #love that the cast is majority POC too #balancing out our earlier worries #the ravening war #matthew mercer #dimension 20 #d20

[zeldadiscussions]

Another point of discussion on TotK is “it’s racist/colorist/colonialist/imperialist that Ganondorf, the sole cause of most of Hyrule’s problems, is a poc coded foreign man.” (Foreign to Central Hyrule, I guess.)

While you’re all super valid for being on guard about that… Rauru, the guy Ganondorf initially starts beef with in TotK, is also a poc coded “foreign” man.

Apparently there is concept art of TotK Rauru as an old white guy. That was probably based on the Rauru from OoT, and likely from earlier on in development. The final version of TotK Rauru is not only younger, but the coding of his people’s culture is both Mezo-American and [Correction] East Asian.

Also, [Correction] the Zonai descended from the sky. They literally like… immigrated to Hyrule’s surface.(It’s not completely clear unless I forgot something but either Rauru and Mineru came down themselves recently or they are the descendants of immigrants.)

Now, pointing this out isn’t to imply poc cannot be imperialists. The Chinese Empire is a historical rollercoaster ride of imperialism spanning several dynasties. The Persian Empire, the Aztec Empire, etc. Hopefully it’s clear here Rauru is not somehow immune to skepticism just because he isn’t white coded.

It’s just… if the primary basis of the concerns that TotK is imperialist propaganda or colorist is the belief that Rauru is white coded… he’s not. Judging by his clothes and his people’s architecture and iconography, Rauru is coded as poc.

He’s not the only one, either. Zelda is white passing but overtly canonically mixed race. Sonia is brown. Zelda’s dad Rhoam was also visibly tan. Hylians overall have much more variance in skin tone and cultural coding than they did in previous games (Lurelin villagers, the stable folk, etc.) It seems Nintendo learned from OoT that one poc sage wasn’t enough to offset the colorist/racist implications of your main villain being a dude from the desert who takes over a country of pale people.

So all in all it really doesn’t seem like Ganondorf is being othered here… Rauru is also an “other” to the ancient Hylians but he’s their leader.

#tears of the kingdom #loz #totk #the legend of zelda #rauru #ganondorf #totk ganondorf #king rauru #totk rauru #i’ve been really enjoying the diversification of hyrule in recent games #i hope Nintendo gives us another tan Zelda in the next game #like Tetra #just let her STAY tan ffs #edited once again for better clarity and accuracy hopefully #take into account also that it’s not just Ganondorf vs Rauru #it’s Ganondorf vs EVERYBODY ans at this point I believe most of the main cast is now poc coded #Link and Sidon are maybe the only exceptions

[cringefaecompilation]

"dorian is not the perfect flawless dreamboat that will be a strong shoulder to cry on to all the pcs and fix all their traumas that all his fans insist he is" and "saying dorian is a pointless character with no real attachments to the plot that people only like for shipping content and 'he should just die already' is reductive at best and racist at worst" are two statements that can co-exist

#🍃 #critical role #critrole #dorian storm #people can be really annoying about him but that is not the fault of Actual Native Man Robert Daymond Howard #you can hate do/rym all you like (and i don't ship it myself lol) #but holy fuck don't be racist about it #like let's use our brains for a second and think why it might be gross to shit on/mock a character played by the only poc in the main cast #and don't be like BUT DORIAN IS JUST A BLUE GUY HE ISN'T NATIVE LIKE ROBBIE Explain The Non-Transverse Flute Then

[estellaestella]

What wealth can you offer beyond the water of your flesh?

:Stilgar to Lady Jessica. DUNE:PART ONE

#this scene with Duke Leto is the epitome of *none of us own anything* #atp the fremen are hunted and they live in scarcity but they know how to share & thrive as a community #Enter Paul Atreides; leading these people to global genocide #so glad the casting didnt go all MENA for Fremen; so tired of that image; even w Paul leading them audiences will only see poc terrorists😔 #dune #stilgar #oscar isaac #duke leto #lady jessica

[showtoonzfan]

Maybe it’s just me but the way both these characters are from New Orleans, POC, and French Creole, and yet one of them sounds like they’re exactly that and the other sounds like an average white dude.

Like no offense to Edward Bosco, I love his voice acting and he’s very good, but holy shit you can just tell that Alastor being mixed creole was a last minute decision. I’m blaming Vivzie in this, not Edward, because while Alastor does have that 1920’s old Atlantic accent but he certainly doesn’t sound of his heritage, compared to Nico where the accent is clear. Of course I know that not EVERY person or group sounds exactly the same, so maybe this is a nitpick but still.

#and again I love Edward as Alastor it just wasn’t the right casting really #this is why I hope Alastor is voiced by a POC actor when the show comes out #like we gatta have our representation idc what some bootlicking fans say about it not mattering #but yeah after doing research Nico is also creole and from New Orleans #like seriously Viv Alastor is not black like omg you suck at this #Hazbin critical #vivziepop critical #Alastor critical

[audioroleplayconfessions]

I usually avoid posting my own opinions, but I've seen a few posts like the one in the screenshot below creep across my feed lately and they're bugging me too much to keep my mouth shut. I censored the identity of this particular example because I don't want to start a Tumblr war or make them feel like I'm singling them out or attacking them.

I don't feel good about celebrating black history month through a character who was both written and performed by a white man. I know this is all just low-stakes fandom headcanon stuff and I'm not trying to control what other people do, but something feels not-quite-right about taking a character played by a white VA and deciding (on his behalf might I add) that he's black and using him as your example of black representation in the audio rp fandom.

There are black VAs out there, they can represent themselves. I really think it's disingenuous to sort through a cast of characters all played by the same white guy and assign POC races to them in order to give a singular white guy's one-man show racial diversity, then celebrate said "diversity".

Sorry, I'm not trying to be a Tumblr drama queen. If you're the person from the screenshot (or have posted something similar), I don't think you meant any harm. Your post probably wasn't meant to be that deep and not the worst thing in the world, but I don't know why you would pick a random character written and performed by a white guy and cheer "Rahhh, let's celebrate black history month with this!". If it really matters to you, you can celebrate a black VA, or a canonically black character, or even just a listener character that you/others HC as black. You can celebrate fan artists and writers who are black.

Why use characters played by Redacted for this? I promise I'm not trying to start a fight, or accuse people who've made posts like this of being racist or cancel anyone. I don't think they mean badly. But I see this a lot even outside of the context of BHM. It's almost always with characters written/performed by Redacted and it's always made me a little uneasy, especially with the amount of enthusiasm people throw onto the race they decided to HC for this one white man's characters.

If you disagree with me, I'm open to hearing you out. I don't want to try and dictate what people can/can't do in a fandom space or send a mob after anyone, but something feels off to me about using Redacted characters to celebrate BHM.

-Ringmaster

#I hope I don't accidentally start a tumblr war and regret this #but POC don't need to be represented by white actors #I'd rather celebrate actual black characters and black creators #just accept that you aren't going to get diverse racial representation from a series where the same white guy is playing absolutely everyon #redacted audio #black history month #BHM #not a callout post #please don't witch-hunt anyone #but seriously there are black VAs out there if black representation is important to you #some are very under-rated and could actually use a shoutout right now #there are also non-black VAs who collab with black people and have actual diverse representation in their casts #also how do you hear Erik's voice and think “that's my black king right there” #redacted fandom #audio roleplay #boyfriend asmr

[all-inmoderation]

lmfao

#“hes part native” blah blah blah its still very shaky evidence whether hes actually even a little bit native or not #either way sokka is supposed to be dark skin and visibly native which wouldve avoided this issue in the first place #its funny tho casting directors will hire a kid whos part white part poc but u think theyd even considered someone. like. black and native? #or a blasian? no. absolutely not of course. #this whole sokka sexism thing is so funny #im glad majority of the ppl are reacting negatively as they should #atla live action #atla #twitter #queue #natla

[fuckalicent]

the way people behave towards criston and fabien needs to be studied

#it doesn’t escape me how u people are terrible to the poc part of the cast #and their characters #what i hate even more is the way people have labelled criston an incel because it is absolutely racially charged #‘those aren’t even related’ take a class i beg! #brown men are always labelled as creeps and misogynistic - u conclude the rest #criston cole #hotd

[starrysharks]

i wonder if white people specifically white progressives realise that black people are only ever seen as their skin color first and foremost

#this goes for all poc but im talking about black people here #black people are constantly connected to their skin color and tone in good ways and in not good ways #people will always see you as your race first because white is considered the default #like if someone wanted to insult me the first thing they would go for is my race or gender presentation #whenever an actor is cast for a role people see the fact that they are black before anything else - talent. style. etc is ignored #black people are othered in society to put it bluntly . that is why white people get so upset when black people are cast as any role #or when they uuuuuh you know exist #and if the other becomes the majority - say a movie with mostly black people or a black-exclusive setting #then white people will get uncomfortable and complain #maybe the way i explained it is weird idk im not good at explaining #what im trying to say is that blackness is not something you can hide unless you are able to pass as white/are biracial etc. #and so the many stereotypes about black people are what people see first #what i'm trying to get at is that the way people percive black people completely changes our experiences esp if we're queer or women #a white and visibly queer person will have a different experience than a black and visibly queer person #and white progressives often forget that #sorry if this was explained weird im not a good explainer and also some bad shit happened today so my head is not really in the game #do people even say that god #whatever man

[ben-the-hyena]

Twitter and Tumblr about completely changing Ariel's ethnia and race in the live action adaptation : "die mad, fiction is fiction, and her origins don't matter in the storyline anyway, who cares where Ariel is from as long as she sings ? Anyone arguing is a racist because life is literally black and white and so are opinions on adaptations, color washing doesn't exist you're just a bigot"

Twitter and Tumblr now that Disney casted an actress who is more native Hawaiian than they ever will be but is not "dark enough" for playing Nani therefore "not a real Hawaiian and white washing" despite she is not white

#personally I won't even watch this movie because I boycott live action remakes but the double standard is pathetic #'i wished Nani looked like Nani' oh I thought they were just cartoons and those who wanted Ariel to look like Ariel were racist ? #because for what I know the Hawaiian aspect of the story (dealing with tourism racism) will be respected with a native in the role then #but omg she DARES being lighter ! look at this point they never cast an actress who looks like the source material (look at Belle...) #so let us just be glad they took someone of the fitting race without checking a quotat list. so what #so lighter skinned POC/mixed POC are not 'native enough' to you ? pretty racist #like i hate Pepa in Encanto but I remember being frustrated people were mad they DARED depicting ONE light skinned latina #lol #tumblr #twitter #Disney #fandom #hypocrisy #them bastards ! #reaction image #race #the little mermaid #movie #lilo and stitch #ariel #nani #colors #black people #white people #racism #polynesian #it reminds me of people saying they were shocked a white guy was playing a pharaoh. it was Rami Malek who is Egyptian #or complaining they casted an Indian for Jasmine while Aladdin's place is ambiguous and it could be Indo-Persian for what we know

[kissingandholdinghandswithmen]

“Zac Oyama is so underrated!” have you guys ever considered he truly is not and is one of dropout’s most active cast members? you guys just cant stop focusing on the white guy for 2 seconds

#please dimension 20 fandom you cant just occasionally mention the poc cast members inbetween constant attention to the white guy #dimension 20 #brennan lee mulligan #dropout #zac oyama

[talons-and-teeth]

Your Taste, Forever on My Tongue

Pairing: Elain/Lucien

Rating: M

Summary: Elain's office is running a Secret Santa event that coincides with the launch of the new website which she's leading on. She happens to get allocated the last person she could ever think of getting a gift for.

Merry Christmas, @makememakesense ! It's me, your Secret Santa!

Thank you so much being so lovely and giving me so many ideas for this AU, I really hope I got it (somewhat) right!

Thank you also to the @acotargiftexchange organisers for giving me this opportunity. This is my first ever fic and I've been so nervous about it, but I'm so glad to have done it for such a joyful community. Special thanks goes to my wife @mmiscbutterflies for helping me brainstorm and bring my 'Love, Actually' vision to life, and generally talk me down from the proverbial ledge when I became anxious/was not in the right headspace to write. Love you always.

Read on AO3 here

Snippet below:

Elain was late.

Not her usual, sorry I’m late-I couldn’t resist-there was a new cafe I just had to try on the way- late, but a fuck me-I slept through five alarms-maybe I spent too long watching reruns of Bake Off-or was it the bottle of Sauvignon?- tardiness, which left her cursing profusely while she tripped over her tights, slapped on eye cream and was out the door.

#acotar gift exchange #Elucien #ACOTAR #ACOTAR fanfiction #i don't know how to tag this is my first fic i'm sorry #Background Nesta/Cassian if you squint #POC ACOTAR cast just because i can #it's canon to ME #Vassa may be my new favourite #Jurian is queer coded sorry i don't make the rules #they're all queer coded in fact #it's criminal to not include Eris in a fic sorry #Lucien is obsessed with Elain and she's none the wiser what's new #shoutout to my sister for being my beta #and shoutout to food for being my love language #cosy christmas fic #office romance #FLUFF #tooth rottingly sweet #inspired by Love Actually #if you see a typo no you didn't #i really tried to make them rivals to lovers but my poor little heart just couldn't #please bear with me i'm so shit at this formatting stuff

[curledupinmyarmchair]

J.E. Chapter 23

#WHEN HE SAID ’’JANE COME AND LOOK AT THIS FELLOW’’ AAAAAUGHH #mr rochester #edward fairfax rochester #edward rochester #MR ROCHESTER IS A POC!!! #I HATE THE CASTING FOR HIM IN THE MOVIE IT MAKES ME WANT TO TRACK THE CASTING DIRECTOR DOWN AND ELIMINATE THEM #op has very bad father issues #i need him in a way that is concerning to feminism #jane eyre #jane eyre fanart #edward rochestor fanart #mr rochester fanart #charlotte bronte #i like older men #i see anything set before the 20th century and freak it #thrifted my copy hashtag sustainability