Confess.

This means that if I deem your ask derogatory, inappropriate, or just annoying, I have the right to not post it. (If you’re unsure about what's alright, scroll through the asks that have been posted)

Don't be frightened, however, step forth into the confessional and lighten your load.

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No bigotry, derogatory language, etc.

NSFW is allowed! You can get pretty crazy with it but if you're leaving an ask about something violent/otherwise intense I wouldn't mind a preceding trigger warning.

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I don't care whether your ask is anon or not, it's up to you to decide whether your confession is controversial enough to require it

How I Tag Things (because if you hate me and never want to see me that's a-okay):

All confessions will be tagged with:

#malevolent confessions

Characters will be tagged by name, here are the main ones so you get a hang of the pattern

Arthur is #arthur lester

John is #john doe malevolent

Oscar is #oscar malevolent

Noel will always be tagged as #detective noel for clarity and lack of spoilers

Most other characters will be tagged as #first name (last name if applicable) malevolent

As important as this discussion is, I also beg people to look into the cultural roots of some peoples depictions.

(I am also begging people to research Chinese immigration into the US during the 1920-1930s[At the time it was called "the Yellow Scare"] for more context on Parker, especially when Harlan has begun alluding to it in the most recent episode. Yang is a CHINESE surname)

i think fandoms having wide-spread designs that the majority view as 'canon' in some way definitely propagates this problem. and most of the villain/monster characters being drawn as black or brown becoming one of those staples in fan designs sort of makes people feel pressured to draw them that way too.

as an artist i have my own designs, let's use for example kayne. i draw him white because thats just how i view him, but ive gotten comments and asks about reportedly whitewashing him, despite him having no canon ethnicity or race. so now if im gonna post my art i draw him with darker skin because i dont want to be harassed.

theres something to be said about the monster characters being commonly seen as poc and the human/good characters being seen as pasty white, except for a few diversity hires like oscar. and then giving the monster characters which have been drawn as poc more 'scary' features like being big and muscular or just drawing their faces in a really uncomfortable stereotypey way. so that's racist, but drawing them white is also apparently racist.

and THEN they go on to make characters like parker whitey white white despite him being one of the few with a canon ethnicity.

so it's hard to know if im more evil for drawing them white or as poc because either way im gonna feel weird about it. at this point i just avoid drawing the monster characters with human skin tones at all. lillith is purple now, fuck you.

in an ideal world skin colour doesnt indicate morality in the slightest and people can draw characters however they want, but unfortunately we live in a super racist world with stereotypes and biases so we have to be conscious about these things.

im saying this as a latino/white guy though, so feel free to correct me if im straight up wrong

I definitely have my bones to pick with how common the portrayal of John as Black is in the fandom- I think it has uncomfortable implications particularly when most people leave Arthur as white.