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Hello! I’m here to promote a HLVRAI/HL server I own and run!

SOME FEATURES

❧ Separate channels for HLVRAI and HL (and Portal)!

❧ A whole channel just for appreciating Mr. Calhoun himself

❧ Your very own server-wide fridge where we put the worst words you say ♥️

❧ WE HAVE A SNAIL RACE BOT YOU CAN RACE SNAILS DUDE !!!!!!!!

❧ Watch the mods spiral into a heated debate regarding the logistics of whether or not it’s worse to talk about h*zbin hotel or to publicly doxx yourself

❧ Terrifyingly friendly welcome for all newbies!!!

❧ You Get Funny Images :) and you WILL like them

❧ there is a mod chat that everyone can see but only the mods can talk in it

❧ watch the mods say stupid things on starboard 

❧ Benny has a pinging role for yelling at people and it’s fun you get fun images sometimes it’s dirt and sometimes it’s a horror beyond human comprehension!

❧ See The Funny Images :) Love The Funny Images

❧ appreciate the fun chaos of the server as the mods wrangle the owner like an unruly animal and keep everything as a chaotic but comfortable space. the server is homey in a frat house kind of way but with less alcohol and more funny images of bug tits

❧ there’s a not-so-hidden channel where benrey kinnies swarm and kill naughty jesters like a pack of piranhas

❧ there’s a perfectly normal hdtf channel <3

❧ We have a PlayTation™

❧We have all of the Cowboys series, up to Cowboys One Million

THINGS TO NOTE

There IS a blacklist, however I won’t add things from within the series

EX: I WON’T add gore, food/drink, eye contact, etc.

I WILL add more specific things 

15+ Age Minimum

That’s all! I hope to see you there! :-]

https://discord.gg/E2Raq2V

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okay. okay. the original intention when people started drawing canonically white characters as other races was specifically to make people of color feel included in fandom. It was made by people of color for people of color. It started in fandoms waaaay before the time of half life funny. I think it had a HUGE stake in homestuck when Andrew Hussie himself started listening to fans of color and publicly addressed the fandoms racism. It has history and a place. Drawing characters who are canonically “aracial” or white as a person of color was made SPECIFICALLY to piss off and scare away racists, let fans of color feel safe and welcomed into their fandom, and teach people to unlearn their racism and think more critically about how people of color are represented (or not represented) in media. It was not made for white people, it never will be for white people, it is not a place where white people are welcome to do anything but listen and learn.

hellfrai’s fandom drawing characters as people of color is so glaringly obviously painfully white in the way they do it. So many of the depictions of characters being racebent range from “ambiguously brown” to “literal racist stereotypes”. There is a reason for this. The fandom is predominantly made of very young white artists who most likely live sheltered lives, and likely are doing it because they know that being inclusive of all races is something a good person does. Drawing a character of color is a signal to let racists know they are not welcome here. But they don’t know anything outside of that. They think that just slapping a darker skin tone on a white character means “i’m not racist”. They don’t stop to think about actual people of color and how they feel or why they’re doing it. Their activism starts and ends there. And then they get confused and upset when they get critiqued about it. 

Here’s the thing. You CANNOT just race bend a character randomly if you’re white. That’s literally just using people of color, their culture, their experiences, and their struggles, as some sort of wash cloth to wipe yourself of any responsibility for your racism. Your intentions might be good, but if you’re simply signaling to other white people “racism is bad” then your activism is completely useless. If you’re going to do it, take notes from actual fans of color. and really, ACTUALLY listen to them. Listen to their experiences and stories. AND BE SUPER CAREFUL THAT YOU DON’T THINK “oh because i heard this one experience from this one person of color, that means i can apply it to a characters race” BECAUSE THAT IS STEREOTYPING. Don’t talk over them. Make fanart of their designs! Enjoy their content and boost their voices!

You guys are VERY clearly doing annoying pageantry where your whole thing is “Look I’m one of the cool white people because I also think white people are annoying! I’m making fun of white people! Haha white bread!” You need to stop. You need to stop RIGHT NOW because literally all you’re doing is absolving yourself of having to critically think about your whiteness and what racism you’re perpetuating. You’re taking jokes that people of color have made and making them super annoying and completely worthless because they are not coming from a place of trauma and anguish from systematic racism and oppression, they’re coming from a place of insecurity and desperately wanting to fit in. It’s shallow and shows crystal clear that you don’t actually care about people of color, you just don’t want to be seen as racist. You’re lazy.

“If I can’t draw characters of color because it’s problematic, then i should just draw everyone as white” You’re lazy and racist and only see people of color as a way to get internet clout. You’ve given up because you don’t actually care about people of color, you just want an easy way to be seen as cool.

“My style is to exaggerate features anyway, it’s not my fault if it’s read as a stereotype” No, it is. It’s definitely your fault. You didn’t put in the work to actually study what people of color look like or listen to them when they try to tell you, you wanted a quick easy way to get across that these characters are not white so you could get internet clout. Draw some actual facial studies. Like, a lot of them. Realistic ones. Don’t fall back on geometric shapes and cartoons, what you’re drawing effects things that happen in real life, so draw shit from real life. Step out of your comfort zone if you ever want to be a good artist.

“But people of color are just so much better looking than white people!” If you’re saying this while you’re white you’re treating people of color as a fetish. You’re being creepy and racist because you’re saying shit that just sounds cool because a person of color said it. Cut it the fuck out.

You need to put in the work. If you really want to help stop racism in fandom spaces you have to actually listen to people of color and accept that you are white and that it’s a life long journey to unlearn racism. And don’t you dare turn it into a “i’m sorry for being white” pain olympics guilt pity party because it’s not about you. It will never be about you. It’s about fans of color. If you want to get better about it, then your first step is to shut up and listen. Say you’re sorry in your head, but act out what you believe is right by giving fans of color a platform. Amplify their voices and learn. Don’t drown in white guilt. When you get called out on something, apologize, do research or ask about how you can be better about it, and actually put in the work. Don’t put it on people of color to forgive you and absolve you of your sins either. You need to actually stand by fans of color and help them.

I feel like I should mention this because identity politics are something of a necessity on this website. I am a 27 year old white transgender man. If I can understand this, so can you. I am talking specifically to young white people who do not have a lot of experience with race politics and racism.

I had to unlearn a LOT of racism growing up. My history with it is abysmal. I made extremely embarrassing mistakes and had ice cold takes when i was in highschool. I’m still learning a shitload of things as time goes on. Take my advice: You’re going to fuck up. You’re going to be racist. You’re going to be called out on being racist. You need to suck it up, apologize, learn from it and move on. You’re going to feel hurt and attacked. You’re going to get very scared of being cancelled because the politics on the internet are FANTASTICALLY worse than when I was growing up. You’re going to be way too scared to get one thing wrong and you’re going to try to avoid it all together because you don’t want to be subjected to the trauma of being witch hunted. Well, don’t.

If you really don’t want to be seen as racist, you’re going to care, above all else, above yourself and how you’re perceived, about people of color. They come first. Even if someone is calling you a racist and not trusting you, even if you’re already cancelled, your first thought when creating fan content that includes people of color should be “I want people of color to feel safe and included. I want racism to know it has no place in this world and in this space. I am still learning and my hurt feelings are nothing compared to the injustices that people of color go through.” You will listen to them when they tell you you fucked up. You will apologize. You will learn and try again. You will not run away, you will not beg for forgiveness, you will not let your hurt and pain consume you. You will let the empathy that brought you here in the first place guide you. You are here to make a difference, using what information people of color have given you. There is no end to it, you take each experience as it comes and learn from it.  Be brave.

Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. Because it’s what someone who genuinely cares will do. Let these fandom spaces be a place of safety and love for those who are unrightfully excluded. You’re not doing this for you, you’re not doing this to be seen as “one of the good white people”, you’re doing it because people of color deserve better, always, no matter what. You CAN be a better person. You CAN grow and flourish. You ARE worthy of love and respect. You just need to put in the work to earn it.