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These people want it both ways. They say they blackwash characters because they can't identify with them otherwise, but at the same time say you should be able to cosplay any character despite your race/skin tone because it's the character who matters. Example, I saw a tweet about a black Violet Parr cosplayer saying kids recognized her as that character and how her being black didn't matter. So shouldn't similarly a ficitonal character's skin tone not matter to your being relating to them? Oh no sorry that's logical.
Slightly related to social stuff; college is full of consent posters like "Netflix and chill does not mean yes" or the more amusing "reputation does not mean yes". At one point I saw dudes wearing them as shirts. They're obviously aimed at frat boys who rape drunk white girls, though the intended audience is unlikely to give a fuck.
I wouldn't be surprised to see this crap in tumblr art once these artists transition to a university.
Anyway, I wouldn't even mind race bending as a hypothetical "what if this character was designed this way", even making a little mythos for them. If that was the case, I'd see it as no different than any other AU: someone trying to put their own spin on something other people enjoy all the while answering a hypothetical question.
It's when they start to consider their headcanons actual canon and anyone who says it isn't racist that I join in with the choir and say it's just fuckin' dumb.
I can't help thinking that if the SJWs who do this realize that since Harry is no longer white, that would mean the Drusleys would get a race change as well. And we know how SJWs don't like their villians/jerks non-white.
I can't help thinking that if the SJWs who do this realize that since Harry is no longer white, that would mean the Drusleys would get a race change as well. And we know how SJWs don't like their villians/jerks non-white.
Only Petunia (and Dudley would be the UK's very own Barack Obama, yet somehow with a more manageable temper); Vernon isn't related to the Potters at all. If he was, the book would take place in Alabama.
:late: as hell, but I seriously need a break from this thread once in a while. I can only take so much bullshit.
This logic is so faulty. I can't even. Blackwashing is never a good thing. Just as whitewashing is not a good thing. There is a clear difference between making a character black as an interesting headcanon and just recoloring art because you think you know better than the creator. When you state that you believe you can darken a character without any societal changes within a story, you're basically ignoring the rules that the world set up.
For example, Deku isn't black because the story takes place in Japan. If UA happened to be in someplace other than Japan, then fine, you could get away with that. But Japan is one of the least ethnically diverse places in the world. Event the darkest-skinned Japanese person would not be that dark. Hell, even mixed Japanese people are not that dark (most of the time, but not always).
These people always throw around the the phrase that it's "FICTION" so it doesn't have to reflect reality. And in some cases I agree with them. However, this is not one of those times. No one is going to look at an anime for young children and suddenly change their viewpoints. Why? Because people can only change their minds by empathizing with other people that the come to understand IN REAL LIFE. Because it's a fictional work, people are less likely to use it as a model for life to begin with anyways. All I'm saying is that we tend to remember the experiences that affect us in the real world more than anything else really.
Am I saying fiction can't affect people? No. It can, but you shouldn't base your identity around it. And you shouldn't place false hopes and insecurities onto characters that you know will never make a profound impact in real life. Being inspired to write fiction is one thing, but it's astonishing to me that these people think that changing a character's skin color is a political statement. That everyone will sing praise about how good they are for being "progressive", when in reality it's a waste of time. It's ridiculous.
Okay, the Kirby could actually work. Kirby's eyes are a galaxy so dark skin could contrast with that...wait- is King Dedede a lesbian? As well as Metaknight? What? Hold on....
Okay, the Kirby could actually work. Kirby's eyes are a galaxy so dark skin could contrast with that...wait- is King Dedede a lesbian? As well as Metaknight? What? Hold on....
These people always throw around the the phrase that it's "FICTION" so it doesn't have to reflect reality. And in some cases I agree with them. However, this is not one of those times. No one is going to look at an anime for young children and suddenly change their viewpoints. Why? Because people can only change their minds by empathizing with other people that the come to understand IN REAL LIFE. Because it's a fictional work, people are less likely to use it as a model for life to begin with anyways. All I'm saying is that we tend to remember the experiences that affect us in the real world more than anything else really.
Am I saying fiction can't affect people? No. It can, but you shouldn't base your identity around it. And you shouldn't place false hopes and insecurities onto characters that you know will never make a profound impact in real life. Being inspired to write fiction is one thing, but it's astonishing to me that these people think that changing a character's skin color is a political statement. That everyone will sing praise about how good they are for being "progressive", when in reality it's a waste of time. It's ridiculous.
It's "only fiction" when they want to promote their agendas but if somebody writes or draws something they don't like, then it's NOT just fiction, and is literally killing people.
