Raven Shepherd

Shriektober Day 22 - “Season”

This week, I got back into the swing (spring?) of speedpainting again by taking on a prompt from @swpom ‘s very own festive #Shriektober prompt list!

For today’s prompt, “Season”; I tried my hand at swapping my rogue boi Paddy’s design from an Autumn to a Springtime theme! (It felt real good to draw a familiar face again after having been busy for a lil’ while, but also pretty weird to see him in such a vastly different style than usual! haha)

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Gypsy does not mean wanderer.

It literally means ‘people from egypt’ or similar, as europeans believed Romani people were from Egypt. It has become known similar to nomad due to how our ancestors have been forced to be nomadic due to racism and ostracization, but it is a SLUR.

Romani people are STILL being forcibly sterilized.

Romani people are STILL being forced into ghettos.

Romani people are still facing violence and danger in countless European countries- and recently, I’ve seen the beginnings of the extremes in the United States.

Have a little fucking respect and DON’T USE A SLUR THAT’S BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES AGAINST US.

And for the love of whatever’s up there, ESPECIALLY do not use it to describe your witchcraft. It is playing on the ‘magic gypsy’ trope, and is EXTREMELY insulting.