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🎪THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS🎪

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also (fakemon spoiler)

(I genuinely love how you colour your art and I'm taking so much inspiration from it in my current style <3)

Cat? Im a kitty cat! and i dance dance dance and i dance dance dance--

I randomly found this as a sketch unfinished, so i colored it and spruced it up! also thank you so much?!?!?!! Id love to explain my coloring process one day! :D

“I could easily kill you,” he pouted.

Stonefaced, he said, “I could easily kill you.”

Between giggles, he proclaimed, “I could easily kill you!”

His face was red with anger as he screamed, “I could easily kill you!”

He continued to back up, stumbling over his feet. “I could easily kill you!” he forced out.

“I could easily kill you,” he said with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

But please for the love of god. If anything I do is racist or ableist, call me out on it! Tell me!

I never thought that "do not critique unasked" would include leave people there racism.

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

Bad criticism: giving people negative feedback about something innocuous when they did not ask (i.e. saying someone has a bad singing voice)

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

"Don't critique unless asked" does not apply when you're being a bigot and contributing to why nonwhite people feel unsafe here

"Hobie Brown would probably make his own patches, not buy them" isnt the same as "Don't do blackface to cosplay a black character"

"Your character redesign art isn't canon-accurate!" Is not the same as "Don't give east asians slits for eyes, buck teeth and yellow skin, that's racist"

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

proper fandom etiquette: "you can't tell the writer 'your work sucks and you should die', that's mean & no one is forcing you to read it."

vs.

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

For example, if you're writing a woman, and that woman is a damsel in distress, then you might resonate with some women who feel like they need help, but at the same time alienate women who don't like their gender to appear weak. If you go the opposite way and make her a strong rouge type, then you're playing into the tough loner of a woman trope. Some women will find that representation freeing while others will not like how her independence and rouge-like behaviors make her look like a bitch.

I know the same problem exists for characters who are minorities, too. Like, for the longest time, children's cartoons which featured black supporting characters made them all smart, nerdy, and\or hard working. Which is better than the alternative! But also kinda reinforces racist stereotypes by making a big deal out of not using racist stereotypes in an Exception Proves the Rule kinda way. It's also difficult to relate to and actually enjoy characters with little to no percievable flaws, or who are annoyingly nerdy in ways no real life human being has ever been, and thus these characters exist in a limbo of not actually pleasing any audience members while simultaneously meeting a diversity quota. Token characters were a really big deal when I was a kid, and they were almost universally meh.

Cartoons with actual non-white characters that were well written (static shock, avatar the last airbender, teen titans) definitely had some issues where characterization could get racialized, but they also gave us some of the best children's cartoon characters! And unlike bland token characters, these characters are relatable and enjoyable to watch.

So! While it would be easy (and unfortunately frequently opted for) to avoid writing characters that could result in an accusation of sexism or racism, I think it's best to write the characters anyway, and then listen to criticism!

Sure, you might get weird comments like "you fetishized black people" in a fic where a character is married to a mixed black man (literally saw this happen and now we're permanently down a story featuring a gay mixed couple because the guy's spouse had a fleeting thought about how his husband's hair was beautiful smh).

But even if you get a message that at first seems like it's completely crazy- you obviously never intended to make your story racist or sexist- it's best to revisit that comment after the initial defensiveness has waned. You might find it has merit, or you might find that it came out of left field. If you have trouble identifying which it is, then reach out to others and ask. BUT NEVER REACH OUT OR RESPOND WHILE YOU ARE FEELING DEFENSIVE OR LIKE YOUR FEELINGS WERE HURT! WAIT FOR THAT EMOTION TO WANE BECAUSE YOU WILL ALIENATE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND GIVE CYBER BULLIES AMMUNITION IF YOU MAKE AN AGGRESSIVE POST IN RESPONSE TO CRITICISM!!!!!!

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

If I say "I am uncomfortable with fandom's tendency to write trans men as feminine and submissive" I do not mean "I think every person who writes feminine submissive trans men should be chased with pitchforks". I don't even mean "any cis-person who writes feminine or submissive trans men should be chased with pitchforks". I mean "I would like writers to seriously think about why this is so common, why they write that, and if it fairly and genuinely engages with what it means to be a trans man, or if they just think it's hot when submissive people have vaginas and didn't want to write omegaverse of m/f".

Similarly, when people say "fandom is systemically less interested in black characters, less willing to give flat black characters rich fanon than flat white characters, and less interested in black characters in ships", the response is not to explain why you, personally, just happen to like popular white guy in that fanon. Your job is to look at yourself and ask if you tend to "just happen to be more interested" in the popular white guy across fandoms, be honest, and start unpacking that. Sometimes it's easier to love the flat character who's already getting 10,000 fics with headcanons and art and meta.

If somebody says "I wish there were more gluten free options at the potluck. I hate always showing up and not finding anything I can eat*", they are not asking you to throw your cake in the trash and weep. They do not want to hear your long speech about how actually this is your grandmother's recipe, and you've tried it with rice flour actually, but it just didn't work. You think about what you can do, and you listen to how they feel.

Maybe I'm giving certain people too much grace but the fact is that too many of us see things like "bigotries in fandom" and feel like we're being made out to be some kind of KKK member. Nobody wants to be the bad guy but the fact is that sometimes... you are.

Especially when it's in regards to a status quo you benefit from or at least feel more comfortable with.

Sadly, this means that phrases like, "Just admit that your racist/sexist/etc" won't win many over. Many will see you as just slapping them around for no reason other than something that could be perceived as problematic but is no biggie in your eyes.

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.