jeepers creepers

Casual racism that is brushed off as “an innocent mistake” or “they didn’t mean it” and then everyone pretending like it didn’t happen and moving on with their day (repeat)

Speaking over fans of color about issues that pertain to them specifically

When fans of color speak out about something that makes them uncomfortable or why that don’t interact with it (usually because of the racial/ethnic bias) they are accused of being anti’s or pro-censorship

Characters of color being used as scapegoats/bashed/plot devices 

Characters of color never getting happy endings/real development

Backlash against characters of color if they do anything other than be a white character’s side kick/best friend

Actors of characters of color being harassed for something their character did or didn’t do

White characters/actors getting all the attention/credit despite the fact that they are a side character to a POC or on the same level as the POC

Fanfic authors patting themselves on the back for writing a “realistic” character of color and it’s just a bunch of stereotypes

Being told that they should be happy they were even included when they call out the above people

White fans crying about persecution/exclusion because their fav character/trope/kink/ship isn’t loved by all 

Fan artists re-imaging characters of color as white/lightening skin tone

Everyone rushing to a white fans defense after a well deserved call out while the fan of color receives hate

Never having a safe fandom space and always having to be on guard with new people/fandoms/chats etc because they’ve been burned before

- (re)writing characters of color as abusive and/or violent to infantilize white characters

Sonic oc time. Here's Aurum the very normal and not part of a cult guy

Figuring him out process

and more doodles

>go outside

>love and support in many places as long you have the courage to ask for it

reworked banlands high, name tbd

growth is taking ur white twink oc and making him fat and korean!!! felix reveal!!

Sorry if it's a bit messy, it's the first time I've sent an ask, have a good day (⁠´⁠ε⁠｀⁠ ⁠)

no worries!! took a while for me to get a good idea going, but heres a few rough concepts i'm moving forward with!!

tw broken neck, implied suicide

mr. six here is a history teacher! part of the reason he's teaching it is bc he's OLD. very passionate about guest related history. fashion-wise he's a little stuck in the 80s-90s, but everyones a little too scared to tell him he looks like a geek

lore and inspiration-wise, i'm pulling from oblivioushd's guest 666 films, and visually from the crooked man (specifically rpgmaker) and candyman.

he also has a noob! i do like my guestnoob pairings lol

this is ms. new! she runs a counterfeiting store between the banlands and robloxia. her most popular item are the fake ids and permits necessary to get your way into robloxia. she utilizes her identity as a noob to get places she shouldn't be since most assume she's "naive" and "dumb". she's in her late 30s - early 40s.

unfortunately, yeah. same thing for amy. its a real shame, i was really excited to design them...

for anyone lacking context, kavra, creator of red dress girl and the if you seek amy mv, had an expose video resurface about them:

https://youtu.be/jHRPQb22I1U?si=h8qSsxDg339SYlFb

it alleges they are buddies with a pedophile, attempted to dox an 11 y/o, used the r slur against an autistic individual, uses fatphobic language, is just really childish in response to criticism as a grown ass adult, etc etc.

But my number two piece of advice is this: be deliberate.

Honestly this would fix so many pieces of bad writing advice. Don't forbid people from doing something, tell them to be conscious and deliberate about it. This could help stop people from falling into common mistakes without limiting their creativity. Black and white imperatives may stop a few annoying beginner habits, but ultimately they will restrict artistic expression.

Instead of "don't use epithets": "Know the effect epithets have and be deliberate about using them." Because yes, beginners often misuse them, but they can be useful when a character's name isn't known or when you want to reduce them to a particular trait they have.

Instead of "don't use 'said'" or "just use 'said'": "Be deliberate about your use of dialogue tags." Because sometimes you'll want "said" which fades into the background nicely, but sometimes you will need a more descriptive alternative to convey what a character is doing.

Instead of "don't use passive voice": "Be deliberate about when you use passive voice." Because using it when it's not needed can detract from your writing, but sometimes it can be useful to change the emphasis of a sentence or to portray a particular state of mind.

Instead of blindly following or ignorantly neglecting the rules of writing, familiarize yourself with them and their consequences so you can choose when and if breaking them would serve what you're trying to get across.

Your writing is yours. Take control of it.

It probably sounds like I'm preaching to the choir here because most of my mutuals are already great writers. But I'm hoping this will make it to the right people.