Reemous

I know technically the series is not technically set in Eastern Europe but The Witcher series has a huge cult following in Eastern Europe, the autor is Polish, the original language is Polish and the video game studio is Polish. Polish people grew up on these books and they are so proud of it. It borrows a lot from Polish and Slavic cultures, especially mythology and strugles and discrimination.

Not only that but Ciri has grey hair, green eyes and pale skin, traits that are so important to her character because of her secret origin.

The fact that Americans are adapting Slavic stories and changing them up bothers me. The Witcher is an awesome adaptation of Slavic folklore and mythology and we don’t get that AT ALL!

Having a diverse cast is admirable and it should be like that. But sometimes that doesn’t have its place. Slavic countries just don’t have diversity in races, it is what it is.

I’m from a Slavic country and the only reason I’ve seen black and asian people in real life is because I’ve traveled west and because Croatia is a tourist country. And they’ve all been lovely, some of my most precious memories from my student exchange are with them. But in reality they are not in a Slavic culture and we didn’t grew up with them.

I’m all up for diversity but I think we should stick to source material if the race is pivotal in it. Create more non-white characters, don’t take away from other people’s culture.

I know that Americans will think I’m ignorant and racist. Europe is not one country and you don’t seem to get that. Not all white people are the same. Slavic countries don’t have the privilege the west has. We’ve been seen as low tier our entire lives. We migrate to Germany and work heavy lifting jobs nobody wants. We are ridiculed because of our accent when in reality so many of us speak English and many other languages with normal accents. I’ve had people not believe me I’m from Croatia because I don’t have a russian accent and have darker skin tone (south Croatians have darker skin because of the Mediterranean). Us Slavic people are not represented AT ALL. I’ve grown up to movies and tv shows representing Slavic characters as drunk, ghetto looking people who talk about vodka in Russian accent and live in communities with torn up buildings, no technology or public transportation, in plain and grey looking areas. Want to know how Slavic women are represented? As hooker looking women with long dark straight hair, also with Russian accent because of course, who dress in mini skirts and fur coats. It’s offensive really.

Slavic countries are poor compared to the west but we have so much to offer. And we want our culture to be shown. Poland deserves it. Let them show how proud they are.

Eid Mubarak!

Lots of stories, love stories especially in manga, show you two characters as childhood friends then one starts to develop feelings for another during puberty. Often, what happens is that after a cut in the friendship through moving or just drifting apart, one can romanticise that childhood to the point of developing these feelings once the two reunite.

When I used to say to some of my friends online at the beginning of the story, that Black and White just can’t be lovers, one theorized (like many other readers), it’s because White is not real. To which one of my other friends, “that’s not convincing enough. people ship Sora and Roxas.” :P 

haha fair enough. But when I say ‘can’t’, I just mean they just spent way too much time together to see one another though that lens.

- sequels coming out in a different size than the first book

- damaged book mail

- that we can’t read through our tbr pile before we die

- that time the Library of Alexandria got burned down

You know, this is why content creators end up abandoning their works, right?

80 likes compared to 10 reblogs means that only 12% of people decided that what you did is worth showing other people.

If you like the thing, reblog it. You don’t even have to add tags, just spread it so that a) other people can see it, and b) the creator gets recognition for what they did.

Obviously, those numbers are never going to match, but the divide should not be that huge.

It’s even more important right now, because tumblr is garbage and they’ve stopped allowing anything with an outside link from appearing in tags. Writers/artists cannot tag things to their twitter/store/writing website. That can cause a significant drop in views, especially for newer creators.

I like their story

I like their motivations

I like their skills/powers

I like their intelligence

I like their quotes

I find them interesting

I like their relationship with other character(s)

What I definitely don’t mean when I say I like a villain:

“They’re just misunderstood”

I’m defending every single one of their actions and I think they’re 100% innocent