Project Your Voice

art by the.gauntlets

My icon btw, was an edit done by a mutual for me.

The whole thing was shady. Looking back at it, I’m pretty sure they were trying to get me involved in their inner circle’s drama, by having me call out this person. I’m not y’all’s attack dogs.

I just told them to knock it off and stop using aave to sound intimidating, which they considered censorship so already I mentally checked out of that whole thing.

Sayaka Miki has been hit with the melanin beam! Some extra thoughts below

This is for @creatingblackcharacters ‘s melanin beam challenge. Already had this art idea in my head and thought it would work nicely here so have some art of my humanised designs of Yellow and Brown from the Among Us show :]

Since this will likely reach outside of the show’s fandom, both characters go by they/them, thought I’d mention it ^_^

Also, I was thinking about this song while drawing this. I think it fits them really well (I wonder why /silly)

Oh, I just, never shared this 🙃

Hmmm 🤔💭 Are you sure about that? Now, I agree with this sentiment when it's said by other Black people in fandoms. But when white fans start parroting this... I find it rather eyeroll inducing. Sorry, but I can't help but question if they actually believe what they're saying. Btw, I say white people in fandom because they're the main cause of the issue I want to talk about, but that doesn’t mean non-black fans of any ethnicity cannot contribute to it.

So here's my question for white & non-black fans: Is that really what y'all want? Because whenever there is a flawed Black character in a movie, tv show, video game, whatever, y'all crucify them to the highest heaven. God forbid a Black character slips up from time to time, isn't always nice, or has a disagreement with the non-black main character, then suddenly there's a flood of video essays titled Why [Blank] Is The Worst Fucking Character Since The Dawn Of Television. Black characters can't even be a little sarcastic or snippy without people feeling some type of way about it. You can also expect fandoms to respond with even more hostility if the Black character is a woman.

So, again - Are y'all sure? Are y'all sure you want Black characters who are flawed, complex, & three-dimensional? Because we can't even get past "Stage One: Black Character Makes Mistakes", without fandoms erupting into a shitstorm. This means we're in a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation. A Black character is perfect? Non-black fans will hate them because they're a "flawless token". A Black character has flaws? They're still hated because fandom culture is notoriously racist and anti-black.

Designs for the Melanin Beam Challenge hosted by @creatingblackcharacters !!! I did the main Ruby Gloom cast because I LOVE that show (especially Misery, I made a full design for her bc she's my fave)! These designs were super fun to do and work on, and this challenge is awesome and I'm so happy for a chance to participate!!

Bit of design discussion under cut!

Gijinka'd Cinnamoangels for the melanin beam challenge 💜