#he/they/she general white i think.

[mugwot]

rotating this crossover in my brain. again. i am not gonna say that the kitty is unlucky Because it is a black cat But. it sure is in situations often. lower are vague end-game Ghost Trick spoilers, go play the game! (or you know, watch a lets play) its short and sweet and has a good resent remaster for pc.

my current thought is that sissel got lost on a road trip? maybe fell through a portal? and is kinda stuck in the middle of nowhere usa. Shenanigans ensue. that happens when you have an increadibly powerful energy source stuck in a kinda defenceless body (not counting the time powers. which i am sure clockwork has nothing to say about and danny specifically doesnt have any negative experience with.)

#ghost trick spoilers #i warned!! #all of my thoughts on this are incredibly vague i am no writer i just draw silly thingies #if anyone has any thought please do tell!! #i think these two fandoms mesh very well #whos after sissel? who isn't is a better question #i think the guys in white would have a field day with an apparently defenceless halfa cat with a nuclear reactor in its gut #vlad would need only a whif of a knowledge of time travel to go ballistic #sissel is generally bullyable methinks #at east he is witty thats something #if sass could kill #by defenceless i mean he relies on stealth and very specific environmental circumstances for self defence #not every bad guy can be standing under a conveniently placed wrecking ball #in the meantime i imagine he is riddled with background worry that the next time he sees lynn (or anyone else really) she will be dead #like shit just happens to his humans while he is not around #danny phantom #danny fenton #danny phantom crossover #ghost trick #my art

[lovinnelily]

Y'all do know you can't make Jason be NOT white without changing his whole character, right?

For other characters, yes, because their physical appearance are not that influential in their story, on how they are viewed by people, on their personality formation — you can have a black/asian/indigenous/arab/brown/latino/etc Nico and yes, the hate he gets will have a undertone of racism but at the same time nothing significant on his story, motivation or personality will need to change. This is also true for other characters: Clarisse risks repeating the "aggressive WoC" stereotype but the character itself doesn't change.

This isn't true for Jason, whose main character trait is how he is perceived by others and how he showcases himself to others based on that perception. (specially with how little effort Riordan put on him besides making him perfect-er Percy who's somehow also weaker and less important than him).

Let's not pretend a black, Arab, indigenous, Asian, Latin man, etc, in the USA would ever be treated with the universal reverence Jason gets from New Roma, you can't have the illusion of perfection and most of all, of invincibility they have about him when you see him suffering racism or xenophobia in the middle of a mission. Nothing in his life has ever gone wrong, that's his image, destined to be king, he is supposed to have no weakness on his peers eyes.

He is not trying to prove people wrong, he is trying to prove them right; he isn't worthy despite their prejudice, on the contrary, he only tried to make himself worthy to fulfill their expectations. He can't be a woman or an immigrant or have a visible disability or any other thing that strays him from a perfect ideal by western society standards, and be that same character.

#Different from the other white character in the series he was never questioned or doubted #There's a presumption of perfection with no exceptions that society doesn't give to us (women poc immigrants visible minorities in general) #His privilege (handsome white man with no visible disability son of Zeus etc) also prevented anyone from worrying for his well being #This illusion/expectation of him having no weakness/being untouchable pushes himself too far and clouds his judgment. #I headcanon he didn't even consider the possibility of myopia because that wouldn't fit Jason Grace Son of Jupiter so it wasn't an option #And you think it'd be the same character after facing racism? Because ain't no way he'd be praetor without going through racism #I think I'd love him nonetheless since I'm very weak to the whole golden boy tearing himself to save the world but it'd be a new character #jason grace #I know racism in USA is different from here but I know how different a “non-racist” white person treats me and treats my white friends #Also for him to not be an entirely different character if PoC would be incredibly disrespectful and racist on its own #It would fail to recognize the difference in how we are read (and written). I hate that a lot. #I remember that when Cody told Brandi “I see no color” she told him “then you don't see me” and that's so fucking striking #We ARE different. treated differently. if you act like you don't see it then you also turn a blind eye to the violence that comes from it #This is straying from my point I got a bit heated banalization of things I care about usually does that to me #Point is please don't change Jason on the very few things that man actually bothered writing about him #I actually think this is true about Octavian too. A lot of what he is allowed to do would not be possible if he weren't a white man. #Same for Rachel Elizabeth Dare. I mean you can work around making her poc but it will truly be pushing A LOT #Let's put it this way: a woc doing a street performance is perceived very differently from a white woman doing a street performance. #Specially in the eyes of cops #Pjo

[starheirxero]

guys I've been making this tsams au for months now and a crucial part of Eclipse's character development is that he gets rlly attatched to this cat, but I have just been referring to this cat as "the cat" so,

#xero says things #i considered the deeply hilarious idea that the cat visiting Eclipse ends up being one of Sun's cats (who r named Comet and Midnight- #-after the VA's actual cats LOL) #but i concluded that Eclipse deserves his Own cat bc he... probably wouldn't take well to having to share a cat with Sun 😭 #i think the cat will just kinda be a generic domestic shorthair #grey/white fur with either green or blue eyes #she's also gunna be a total lovebug #that's a very important detail bc if Eclipse even feels rejected by a cat during his depression arc then it will not do him Any good lmao 😭 #sun and moon show #the sun and moon show #tsams #sams eclipse #eclipse #it runs deeper au #ird eclipse #..... #ird syntax error #I GUESS?

[punkeropercyjackson]

Leah is my Annabeth and Logan isn't my Percy

#i don't think logan's a bad actor or but he's SO unpercy it is genuinely ridicolous and i know it's not cause he's white cause walker slayed #guys double L is not percy jackson he's just a white guy with black hair and light eyes who's sarcastic sometimes and generically attractive #and i'm pretty sure the last one dosen't apply to percy actually?he's the finest man ever yeah but he's also said to look naturally scary #he's also not actually popular with girls either it was just 4 and that's not really a lot compared to how big the female cast is #but back to my point leah is different from annabeth but that's GOOD because book!annabeth was very white feminist and not a good person fr #but she had loads of potential and leah is using it to the max which is she's my precious daughter and the celebrity i'm most rooting for #along with how she's very sweet fun and lowkey badass.double L is just like........a guy.that's it not bad or good he's just certainly a man #and i mean percy's canonically a freak in a punk and autistic and accidental femme presenting gender fuckery coding way so! #sorry logster you don't have the range and princess leah ruels supreme-knight walker has his rights too /lh #annabeth chase #leahbeth #leah is our annabeth #autistic annabeth chase #trans annabeth chase #pastel goth annabeth chase #< book!annabeth is transmasc and grunge though #claribeth #leah jeffries #pjo #percy jackson #perseo jackson #black percy #latino percy #punk!percy #team parent percy jackson #autistic percy jackson #summerposting #perlex #bi aroace percy jackson #transfem bigender percy jackson

[unforth]

I'm an OTW member again!

THANK YOU @petralemaitre !

If y'all want to get a membership scholarship before June 30th so you can register and be able to vote in the next OTW election, get all the deets here:

(the post is worth reading even if you don't want the scholarship; it's about End OTW Racism and it's such an accurate write-up of my own thoughts on why I'm involved too, I was like, "wow sharing a brain with a total stranger is so heckin' weird")

Very much lookin' forward to exercising my right to vote! Let's dooooo this!

#unforth rambles #i haven't been a member in a few years cause money's been to tight #and i'd been thinking about trying to scrounge up the money this time because it feels really important #so i was so so so thrilled to see this offer going around and I jumped right on it #it's also aptly timed cause i have to vote in my local election today or tomorrow too #time to uselessly vote against our mayor again lmao #to be fair i don't mind our mayor he's a democrat and he usually runs unopposed in the general election #i've met him a few times and he officiated our wedding he's an okay dude #but he's an old conventional white dude and every primary he gets challenged by someone and it's different people each time #but they're always black women who are much more liberal #one guess who i vote for #the black women keep getting closer to winning so maybe one of these years??? #two of the past elections the black woman in question was actually our neighbor down the street so that was a plus #i'm less familiar with this year's person but I'll still vote for her she's the current city council president i think #also i'm lmao this makes where we live sound sooooo small #it's not there are like 65000 people here it's just a coincidence

[trans-leek-cookie]

ur comment on that post abt dunmeshi mischaracterization is so real. the white ppl have got to go i have seen the most egregious takes on certain characters particularly the ones who are clearly not white and its like hmmm i wonder why these white ppl r so quick to demonize the characters that arent white 🤔

TRULY. It's so scary out here. Can anyone hear me

#Also not The Same but the way chilchuck is treated in fandom..... Like he's probably meant to be white but also. #Like. That man experiences racism. God damn. Halflings are literally treated like dogs (consider the parallel between dogs pulling mandrake #And halflings on boats to warn the sailors of sirens. Plus the whole succubus bait stuff) anyway while it's not the same as the way the #Fandom treats Toshiro and Kabru I think the way so many ppl either... Don't really acknowledge the fact that chilchucks behavior is shaped #By marginalization (ex. When he's kinda mean to marcille when she asks why he doesn't like magic. Like. The abductions. Another ex. How he' #Not super open abt his age. Yeah that's a little odd but also: hes a fucking adult he shouldn't have to share personal details to be treate #Like one!!!) and the fact that when ppl do talk Abt halfling marginalization it's almost always the infantilism like. #That sucks super hard but they are being used as fucking succubus bait we aren't discussing that even a little? #Anyway I have some thoughts Abt how some ways the half lings are stereotyped actually reminds me of like. Arab and general West Asian #Stereotypes but that's for a diff post. Anyway Toshiro and Kabru are base level can you be fucking normal and chilchuck is can you like #Actually acknowledge shit that. Idk even how to say it like the story literally beats u over the head with it and ppl just don't talk Abt i #Sorry for chilchuck brain but he's genuinely a character I empathize with a lot bc of marginalization reasons even tho he sucks a lil

[bmpmp3]

when i was a kid i was really REALLY into fantasy books and comics but interestingly ive noticed as an adult im like. too picky about it? i still read and love a lot of fantasy fiction but while when i was a kid i loved it because of the fantasy worldbuilding but as an adult, 99% i like it Despite it all LOL like ive noticed i prefer most fantasy stories to not dwell too much on magic systems or whatever because i just dont care EXCEPT

except. recently i have discovered that actually i do really like fantasy, low or high, soft or hard, but you need one thing. you need your main character to really REALLY care about some hyperspecific aspect of your fantasy worldbuilding and make it the foundation of the story's scenarios:

either make them autistic and really into monsters or magic or whatever (a certain tasty dungeoning manga that i have been reading recently has taught me this) OR

make them a fucking business major and do real life financial stock market bullshit but like. in fantasy medieval times with wolf goddesses (spice and wolf <3)

#i read the first spice and wolf novel early this year it was so good. so so good. they tried to do a currency shorting scheme #the wolf woman was helping. she was helping our main character play the markets. she was in on it #actually in general i need more fantasy fiction to do dubious things with money and politics. i love white collar crime in my fantasy #and of course i like the dungeony manga because that blonde bitch wants to eat everything so bad. and hes a dog. in his heart #now THATS a fantasy protagonist i can get behind. either be a dog or be a business major. im being mean to lawrence sorry #but he is a business major. this is true. he stares at notebooks that say 'supply = demand' all day #i am so picky tho with fantasy worldbuilding is the thing. sometimes i like 99% of a world but then they throw in something i think is dumb #and im like. come on man. but its not their fault. because what i think is cool is not always cool. i want fantasy to either be about eatin #or unethical financial practices. so. um. OH and i would love to see some legal dramas in fantasy #im sure theyre out there. i should look for em. i wanna see fantasy copyright law so bad #none of my pickiness applies to games tho im a lot more forgiving. theres still a bunch of stuff i dont care about in a lot of games #worldbuilding. but because im playing it i can ignore it easier i guess LOL i dont know why im like this!!! #i swear i genuinely used to eat up any and all fantasy!!! i dont know why im so picky now!!!!!!!!!!!!

[briankang]

idk the response to seeing how honest taylor was about the entire situation in the album and seeing people still pushback bc of their own personal feelings about matty and claim that she's awful...i feel bad for your irl friends who experience things in similar veins if this is the amount of grace that you show them, if you even have them at all bc i cannot fathom holding something like those months of taylor's life against her forever knowing what we know now about the inside of her brain

#like yes matty is reprehensible yes i hate him no i do not hold taylor higher for his actions than her own #and no i do not hold it against her bc she genuinely thought that he was her twin. that she was that level of awful bc she KNEW he was #(and maybe she could make him better still!) #all of these things can be true like i desperately need yall to get out of black and white thinking #theres also nuance here of course but just as a general thing its sooooooo frustrating to see lmao #tay talks

[thechloemobile]

"skyler white was annoying" MF DID YOU WATCH THE SHOW?? 😭

#breaking bad spoilers in tags #i love brba but so much of the discussion around it comes from men who miss the point of the show #“wahhh she was annoying” literally s2 e1 he arrempts to assault her #both at his hands and from generally just his line of work skyler is repeatedly put in danger bc of him #and she was so much smarter than walt when it came to what they should do with the money #like he deadass bought walter jr this super nice car and he didn't think it would turn heads??? #anyways i am skyler whites 1 defender (not clickbait) #chloe speaks #radfem #breaking bad #radfems do interact #radical feminism #rant

[birindale]

Which brings us back to our heroine of the year, and how she came to be. She-Ra was really born because of our relationship with Mattel. I wanted to do another show to latch onto the back of He-Man. I was in an Italian restaurant having a dinner conversation with somebody at Mattel. And I said, "Wouldn't it be appropriate if we could do something with a girl, a superheroine?" I wanted to do a superhero that had a real family. We had done some families on the Super 7 and others, and I said, "I'd like to give He-Man a sister." The guy says, "But she can't appear after 20 years." And I said, "What if they didn't know they were twins?" Shortly after that, we started development on She-Ra. At one point, He-Man was originally going to be called "He-Ro," and they suggested that the new character be called "She-Ro." But I said, "You can't do that because it's not feminine." Then they wanted to call her Hera, which was the name of the Greek goddess who was the wife of Zeus. But for some reason they couldn't do that. So Larry DiTillio, who was the main guy who helped develop her in the early days, came up with the name "She-Ra" because he was reading a book on Egypt, and in Egyptian mythology "Ra" was a word for a god. Larry was also the one who came up with the main background for She-Ra, with the twin sister who was kidnapped at birth, the parents who were threatened, and how she grew up being trained by Hordak, Skeletor's nemesis and friend, who really conquered the universe!

Lou Scheimer: Creating the Filmation Generation

#motu #i'm transcribing an interview from larry ditillio atm (the relevant bits at least) and he mentioned the Ra thing #and i was like 'why is everyone saying he thinks Ra means god' and well. it's bc mr scheimer here phrased that poorly #to be clear. larry ditillio did know Ra was a particular god #and she-ra was never named she-ro because that was rejected immediately #i'm still trying to figure out what happened with hera (nobody owned the copyright at the time) #but i suspect it's the same reason Kimba the white lion was renamed during development bc they realized Simba is just. a word #and it's hard to copyright generic stuff compared to like... well. Kimba or She-Ra. #just a working theory though. gotta suss out who vetoed it first bc that'll tell me if it's consumer goods or entertainment rights #unsolicited commentary

[pocketramblr]

Upon seeing the post about second as iida my first thought was and third can be uraraka then I noticed you had the same idea in the tags

Great minds think alike I just think that's what she deserves,,,trio holders to the original trio babeyyy

#*while making a chart* third's lack of familial care meant he had to find his own in group and eventually meant supporting his leader #where later uraraka was raised with love that she would go as far for her parents as third originally would have gone for second #and still is inclined by nature to a supportive role- she has no great aspirations on leadership or power itself but in how she can help #other heroes (where previously how to help a ragtag freedom fighter group) #*continuing to make a chart* now Second's influence on Izuku could link to that early acceptance of 'yeah world isn't fair' #and i see a link in how Second really took apart his minor speed quirk to do more with it and Izuku's general quirk analysis and hacking #but where Second was mistreated as a threat Izuku was seen as a lack of one and someone to pittied even by those who looked him #which influence the way they react to said injustice though both are moving without thinking to do Something about it #(second having support of a group and Izuku very much not is the deciding factor between Izuku not going with the spider plan methinks) #and i think second + third having teamed up first like how Izuku + Uraraka met first is a good parallel with how Tenya is initially #antagonistic to Izuku but ends up joining both quickly when actual opportunity arises and he sees good things from them #and as Yoichi's somewhat black and white morality did develope somewhat specifically to oppose a terrible brother‚(i gotta finish that fic #where i go more into how they pushed each other more extreme to try to shut down loopholes) Tenya's developed in a way both supported by and #to support a great older brother which is why murder is a hundred percent ok if it's for tensei's sake #and this can be expressed by their different aproaches to making their hair look very different from or very similar to their brothers #speaking of hair that chapter where Uraraka did #a ponytail that spiked upwards? and third's hair? i see it #just as i see a connection when it comes to how she grapples and redirects enemy momentum to the fa jin power and connected combat style #also second scar = Izuku's ofa activation and tbh both could not care less about what their hair is doing dhfhfjgg #plus something about Izuku's 'gotta give ofa away' mode we joke about activating and Second's specific disapproval of him #man that self esteem deficiency sure can spread across more than one lifetime! #and of course. hands. #hands in the vault. tenya returning the favor to grab Izuku's #though the next step is to wonder about fourth but i do have an idea. wonder if we're on the same track about it again #pocket talks to people #anon

[riverofrainbows]

Ok so i finally watched part two of the library episode with River and the vashta nerada and all that (spoilers ahead?)

And oh boy Moffat that was foul. Rivers ending. Just absolutely pathetic. He put her. In the white dress, the dead wife white summer dress. And then put her on a green field and had some rando team members there too (also in white clothes??). And then. And then. He made her a mum. Can you get more heteronormative, more misogynistic.

He made her a mum to the little girl (and i did find the idea that she could tell her some of her stories to her very cute), but then also to the two made up little kids Donna had while in there, the apparently made up little kids because every actual person was saved you know. He made her a mum to three kids (two of those made up) for the rest of her existence.

And her whole character was all about adventure, independence, research. But no, she could not have a proper ending without being put into traditional gender norms. He probably only let her have as much fun as she did later because he already had her ending secured in the bag.

That is a fucking disgrace to her character, and frankly embarrassing for Moffat. Like he should be embarrassed, that the only peaceful ending he could imagine was rounding up any children lying about and stuffing them and her in a traditional nuclear family for eternity, nevermind that two of those children were actually imaginary and one was a few hundred years old, and she was never really the traditional mum type (confined to her home and offspring).

She also never stopped smiling in the epilogue, implying that she was truly happy then? As if that would fulfill her? She just died, she can show some bitter sweet emotion at least.

#own post #dr who #doctor who #river song #moffat #gives h*rry p*tter epilogue vibes #also the dead wife dress was stupid as fuck she always wears some funky boho mum indiana jones clothes #and this looked like mary winchesters fucking nightgown #i do get the dead team members like it was nice that they saved them and she would be happy to see them again yeah #but the ecstatic hugging in white clothes? with all the peaceful smiling? like what was that #i wonder if he tried to be smart and metaphorical and gave the computer world heaven vibes on purpose #i mean probably #it's not actually as clever as he thinks it is tho #actually it gives me supernatural vibes except that they did it better #it's also not fair to the children btw like the two made up children still baffle me anyways and the lite girl shouldn't be reduced to #'generic 8 year old' or whatever that was like it's is more complex than that and she deserves to be respected as such

[valdotjpg]

forever thinking abt where the fuck he got that flamesprayer from btw.

#ive seen a bucha hcs/theories regarding this specific topic but i cant rlly decide on one myself #cuz i think that the theories abt him being an ex hunter are cool but also like. he claims hes 'never made use of it' so im a bit torn #ik that he could be just like . lying. hypothetically. but i also have this disease that makes me believe everything gilbert says ever #so i think abt other ways he couldve gotten it. #for a while i just thought that he couldve like Bought it somewhere for self-defence #which is. yknow. still a possibility! albeit an unlikely one if u start overthinking it a bit #the flamesprayers description mentions that theyre (usually) used by 'certain members of the healing church' #and all the commoners in central yharnam are armed w/ simple guns and like . pitchforks and shit #so getting your hands on one of these bad boys would probably be a very rare occurence. like a church member kicking the bucket #and then their family or friends managing to keep the shit the church gave to the aforementioned person. and then parting ways w/ it #in exchange for a small fortune. #another possibility (which i quite like) is that it was a gift from someone #it could be from some random person we know nothing abt #OR. and hear me out here. gilberts place is close to ipsefkas place right. thats most likely where he used to receive his blood treatments #and iosefka wears the white church set. same set the dudes in cathedral ward wear. the ones that have flamesprayers #so like. *pushes my 'theyre friends' agenda on you* #ok most likely definitely not friends. Acquaintances #i think it somewhat fits iosefkas generous nature. maybe if she felt guilty enough abt not being able to cure him.. plus gilbert being #stuck in yharnam bc of it...... #its an interesting thought. #but. again. the ex hunter (or ex member of the church. after all the flamesprayer isnt used exclusively by church *hunters*) theories #have their appeap too. theyre tasty #augh see what i mean. i think abt this too much #new theory: he found it on the floor somewhere.

[parasolids]

just remembered that i have some iranian ancestry which means that by us census designations i am at least partially white. insane

#i never asked my dad but my mom said she doesn’t know bc like #3 of my 4 grandparents were full indian (at least within family memory) and my dads father had some iranian heritage #but idk if he just had some iranian relatives generations back or if he was iranian or what bc he passed when my dad was 7 #it’s kinda interesting tho i was reading a novel about this iranian american teen a while back and some of their minor traditions words etc #were things i grew up saying and stuff around family #and i’d guess that might be why my dad and some of his sisters are like #almost caucasian white despite being from a part of india that trends darker skinned #man actually i think my boss might be slightly tanner than my dad #and my boss is like deer hunting redneck white HAHAHA #but he might just be tanned rn #my dad does not go out much

[smile-files]

interesting how the visuals here parallel fan's nightmare at the beginning of the episode...

#melonposting #inanimate insanity #ii #ii suitcase #ii test tube #ii fan #talk about emotional baggage #anyway... i wonder what the black and white plus the crack means here #like for fan's nightmare the crack separated him from test tube. it forced him out of his shell #he was kind of wrenched from everything he held dear #for suitcase? i'm not sure #i think generally it's about how she feels like doing the right thing is hurting people #standing up to nickel ended up eliminating him - which really upset baseball #and helping fan talk about himself ended up getting him eliminated. which in a way was the crux of test tube not trusting him #suitcase feels like she keeps taking a wrong step even if it feels right. she's causing everything and everyone around her to crack #she's worried that she's ruining everything :( #at least that's how i've interpreted it idk

[sammygender]

if i was shiv roy my anger would be biblical

#she’s terrible too but like #jesus fucking christ. can u imagine your whole life youve been raised to think ur lesser cause of ur gender ur fathers both consistently #underestimated you and excluded you due to your gender (and also his general manipulativeness) while in a way being his ‘favourite child’ #and the most like him. and you only have brothers and you have to be soooo careful that everyone just doesn’t see u as the crazy woman. and #your dad FINALLY lets u in on the company but obviously it’s just another bargaining tactic and he doesn’t really and your brothers still #leave you out of everything. then he dies and you’re the one he SAID he actualtl WANTED as ceo to your face but for some reason kendall and #roman get to be joint ceo and promise promise promise they’ll let you in on it all but OBVIOUSLY they don’t and they try and screw the deal #you’ve been trying so hard to get without telling you #so yeah you get a little angry and you work with the guy they were screwing over and go behind their back with him. sure i would too. and #your brother wants to elect a fascist who’d probably make it illegal for you to abort that baby you’re pregnant with #(not that you seem to want to and not that you couldn’t anyway even if it was illegal you’re rich; but the point stands) #and your other brother is ‘morally against it’ but still goes along with it all #and ur just in a room and everyone around you is a white guy who will never really be affected by these policies that the president theyre #putting in power is going to enact that are going to kill people #and no one at all will listen to you especially not when they find out you ‘betrayed’ them EVEN THOUGH TBEY DID IT FIRST. and you’re #literally just a hysterical woman to them and you can see it happening and you’re like the most powerful person in the world but you can’t #seem to.. DO anything? #ANYWWY. jesus normally i love yelling at shiv. but jesus fucking christ #i can’t even begin to describe how angry i would be #i felt so angry on her behalf #oliver talks #succession