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Shi Mei - 2ha II I am on twitter now : @bubulle_sama, feel free to follow me if you want to see my art there and interact with me :)
hello, first I wanted to say how much I love your art, they are amazing. Well, I was wondering if it's okay to use your artwork for fanfic covers editing. It has no lucrative purpose. It's just entertaining. And I will always put your credits for the fanart. Regardless of the answer, thank you very much for taking the time to answer me and continue with your work because it is simply incredible
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let’s talk about racism in the danmei fandom
alright so originally i wrote this for twitter, but i felt like tumblr could benefit from it too. today we’re finally getting the long awaited “deconstruction of racism in the danmei fandom” post. and lemme preface this by saying- i’m chinese-american. i’m nblm. i do, in fact, have the cultural and historical background to know what i am talking about. so let’s get into it.
this is gonna be a long post, because we have a lot to talk about. first, racism doesn’t have to be as blatant as calling me a chink, or saying all asians look the same, or not wanting to consume asian media, or making ching chong jokes.racism can be as subtle towards asians as it can towards any other race. if you think i shouldn’t have to say that, join the club, bc same.
second, racism towards asians, especially in the west, has a long history of being overlooked and accepted. now, let’s talk about how racism dictates some of the takes you see in the fandom. firstly, what originally inspired this thread- the mxtx rumors and the jokes being made about her and censorship. now, obvs some ppl are gonna say that they were just jokes made in poor taste. and, sure. but they were jokes made in poor taste, steeped in racism. the jokes being made about mxtx going to jail happen bc ppl do not view her as a real person. not rlly. she’s an author, sure, the author of one of their favorite novels, but she’s not, like. a person with thoughts and feelings and a life. and that sort of casual lack of humanhood and agency given to danmei authors is rooted in the severely racist dehumanization of asians that’s prevalent in the west. this is something that can be seen other places, too- a good example being when parasite was notably nominated for every oscar category *except* the acting ones.
it’s this lack of personhood, this lack of agency, that allows ppl to have takes like “censorship isn’t actually bad, and here’s why”. yes, this is a real take that i saw. this take argues that the cql is better than mdzs, bc it is “softer and less graphic”. in general, a lot of ppl have the take that mxtx’s works in particular are too graphic, with problematic sexual elements. now, i’ve talked before about how that’s a homophobic take bc gay relationships should also be allowed to be messy. but it’s also deeply entrenched in racism. it’s why white gays can have the take “this is Problematique and here’s why” and claim it’s not homophobic.
racism against asians has long since created a trend of sexualizing them- thinking asian men are sexy while also removing their sexual agency. asian men can be sexy, but they can’t actually *have sex*. not explicitly. there’s a historical, real world element to this. “not fats no femmes no asians” could definitely be seen on ppls grindr profiles, back in the day. asians can be sexy, sure. look at kpop boys. but they can’t be sexual. they’re infantilized. they have to remain pure and wholesome, or they’re dragged as problematic and homophobic and fetishizing, a word that’s thrown around so often it’s practically lost meaning. fetishizing is my ex-bf telling me i’m sexy bc* i’m asian, it’s bl/yaoi fans approaching a gay couple on the bus and gushing over how “cute and yaoi they are.” fetishizing is *not* showing your 2 male main charas having explicit sex. if it is, then every white fan in danmei is fetishizing asians.
but i digress- back to the point about racism. the fact that ppl can argue about censorship shows that they, as a whole, aren’t considering the ramifications of censorship on the literal country it exists in, and it’s citizens. i, obvs, do not live in china. but i’ve got relatives who do, and who did. i’ve got relatives who fled china. not everything is about you and the media you want to consume. and then, of course, there’s the casual racism. the everyday racism. the racism that lies in things like saying all the names are too similar and it’s hard to keep track of them. the racism in saying things like “i’m just here to have fun,,,like sure, i’d persevere through dostoevsky, but this is danmei”, as if danmei is somehow inferior, as if danmei isn’t meant to be critically engaged with, as if danmei doesn’t tackle and critically explore some of the deepest and darkest issues.
asian media is often presented that way, from kung fu movies to danmei. there is a type of racism, of eurocentrism, that exists in the belief that western media has deeper, more engaging morals. asian media is more “fun”. asian media is almost entirely based on morals and deep thought, it’s just not based in western ones. for example, two of my favorite authors are haruki murakami and kazuo ishiguro. both are japanese authors, who’s works i’ve heard westerners describe as weird and without a point, when in fact they are simply telling stories with innately eastern asian morals and teachings. it’s the same type of racism that causes ppl to make jokes about asian food, to not view it as a craft the same way they do french food. it’s asian- it must be “less than”, be inferior, be inherently not worth as much.
casual racism about asians is normalized, which isn’t a word i use often. it’s normalized to the point where ppl don’t even realize they have that sort of implicit bias, and we know ppl don’t rlly come on the internet to think critically. but unintentional racism is still racism. it still has an impact, still does damage. ppl need to think intentionally and critically in how they consume and interact with media not made for them, but they don’t, instead choosing to come in with their preexisting biases, and bc of that, it’s easy for fandom members to dismiss the cultural concerns of chinese ppl within the fandom. it’s easy, for example, to say “calling them martial brothers is incest apologism”, ignoring the inherent cultural roots of martial brothers.
now, we’re gonna get in to the current “drama”. i do not ship chengxian. i think that even bears repeating. i Do Not ship chengxian. i have written them, in a modern au, as adopted brothers. but there is a real historical and culture relevance to the idea of martial brothers, of community, that westerners willfully refuse to hear, claiming instead that “you’re disregarding adopted families!” no. that’s not what’s happening at all. what’s happening is ppl are refusing to look at their own, western bias, and placing western values on an eastern idea. community raising of children, community family bonds without being adopted families, is important in east asian culture. there is a long history of community being whats important, and ppl don’t get that you can be a “communal/community family” without being considered familial. jyl choosing to view wwx as her brother, bc he is a martial brother, and chengxian being in love, are things that can technically coexist. whether or not you choose to perceive them as such, refusing to acknowledge the real history of martial brothers, and scremaing “incest apologism” whenever someone tries to explain it, is inherently racist. it’s you assuming you know my culture better than me. it’s you assuming your western ideas are the only ones that exist. which is, at its core, the basis for most racism in the danmei fandom.
most racism in the danmei fandom comes from this idea that casual racism against asians isn’t *really* racism, and therefore asians don’t *really* get to have a say, and it shouldn’t matter anyway bc we’re lucky you’re even engaging with danmei, with asian content, since it’s shallow and inferior anyway. the racism comes from a place of moral superiority, of ownership, of this assumption that westerners are entitled to not just consume danmei but also bring their western lens and apply it to something that was never written for them in the first place.
You know, this hits me hard. I have seen so many people make so many assumptions on Chinese culture in front of me. I have seen people assume that because some people are Chinese, they are very good with math (I assure you, that is definitely not the case and everyone is either smart or not smart with math, you cannot just assume that an entire race is good with math just because they’re Chinese. This also applies to all Asians). I have been asked if Chinese people ate dogs and cats, or someone came up to me once and said “you people eat dogs!”
That annoys me a lot, but I’m lucky to be part of a group where people debate with me about the ideals and culture of the Chinese people, and it gives me perspective of how some of the Western viewers see CQL, MDZS, and so forth.
Some people, I realize, do not understand the deeper meanings of cdramas, since they see it as “silly,” as the OP brought up. That is not the case. The case is, is that cdramas bring a lot more understanding to the relationships and the meaning of a trait more to life. Take Nirvana in Fire for example; there was so much betrayal and angst and many, many flashbacks to family, that it hurt when revelations were made. They showed how much characters care, despite what has happened, and the bonds that were made and fractured because of actions. It was more powerful than the freaking plot, which made said plot more powerful. They put more effort on the familial relationships as much as the plot.
I’m going to get into a “silly” argument; Buddhism. I have seen so many people assume that because the Gusu Lan Sect are vegetarians, they are Buddhists. No. Just. No. No. I know people who are Buddhist. Hell, I have been to a Buddhist temple myself and attended lessons there. There are large differences between Buddhism and cultivation. One misconception is that if you are Buddhist, you will only eat vegetarian dishes. I have seen many Buddhists eat meat. I have seen them consume meat like there is nothing wrong. Eating meat is frowned upon on, but it’s not forbidden.
To the next misconception, Buddhists are cultivators. Buddhists and cultivators are not the same; Buddhists aim for enlightenment. Cultivators aim for immortality. I have gotten into two arguments about this misconception with other people of the fandom, and it was not pleasant. Those two misconceptions are some of racist issues that I’ve seen in MDZS (I refuse to go into other points because that’ll take even longer), and I would like to once again point out that as much as I’m not an expert, I research and I ask people. That’s a whole lot better than what some of you are doing.
This sorta diverged from OP’s point, but the thing is, please research and ask experts, people who have been raised in this sort of environment. People can be patronizing when it comes to insisting their interpretation is the only right ideal, especially in this fandom. I have had a friend admit to me that they are not willing to dive into the English side of fandom of MDZS because of the toxicity and the lack of knowledge. So please. Research. Research. Research. Ask. People will help if you just ask.
Rereblogging this for my friends very important addition above ^^
reblogging this with this persons additional parts bc i am buddhist and i eat a lot of meat and also i’m tired
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Hello ! Yes, they are open :) (You’re right. think I will refresh that and sorry for the really late answer 🙏🏽)
Hi, how are you? My name is Tayne and I am a big fan of your artwork, and I wanted to ask if you allow the use of your fanart on fanfic covers? I will give you all the credits I promise.
Hi ! Yes you can ! (And, I am really, really sorry for the late answer 🙏🏽)

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Hello! Good morning, good afternoon or good night. Pleasure, my name is Esther and I am a Brazilian fanfic writer, I am a big fan of her arts and I would like to know I can use them, putting the due credits, of course. I look forward to an answer.
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