The Idiot Is Back

He, Reem, and her brother Tareq survived a bombing previously that the children’s mother did not.

Reem is the daughter of Abu Dia’s daughter. The soul of his soul, do you see? His grandchildren, the souls of his soul—his beloved daughter.

Reem did not have her hair done when she passed, but Abu Dia knew his granddaughter would want her hair done this way. He noticed too that she had lost one of her earrings in the rubble and asked if he could keep her other one to remember her by. He has it pinned on his clothing now and forever.

Her name was Reem. His name was Tareq.

He is Abu Dia

#how do yall whitewash a white woman 

And talking about how the new frizz her is her niece, allow me to do a direct side by side instead

These are STILL not the same woman. Where is the icon fashion, the earrings (the chameleon, which might be in the new show idk I haven't watched it), the prominent hooked nose, the broader shoulders, the volume to her hair, the LIFE IN HER EYES

This frizzle looks like she's been called into the school board for inappropriate behavior and dress one too many times and has been broken.

The old bus had a personality and life and fun and now it’s just… a bus.

The much bigger problem here comes when this design philosophy bleeds into the character designs. What they’ve tried to do is make the show easier to look at by smoothing everything out making it all look a little more “cohesive.” Problem is that when you homogenize everything you, well… homogenize everything. Skin tones are lightened, curls are straightened, Noses are smoothed, fat kids are made skinny, it all becomes less diverse and less interesting. It paints a picture of an executive who thinks that people of color and other marginalized people won’t sell, their version of the magic school bus will be much neater, much more fitting to show our kids.

TL;DR:

Problem a) they tried to declutter the visuals to cater to modern parents who like “clean aesthetics,” without considering what will be fun for kids to watch