#kazi

Kazi (10th February)

Les personnages de tdp mais basés sur les autres rôles de leurs comédiens en vf

The characters of tdp but based on the others roles of their voice actors in the french dub.

Martin Faliu (Callum) : Jaskier (The Witcher netflix and Siren of the Deep), Bob (Thunderbolts), Canute (Vinland Saga) Aemond Targaryen (House of the dragon), Thomas, Taurus (Tiger & Bunny s2), Dan (Star Wars visions), prince Eric (petite sirène live action),Tanjiro (demon slayer since s3) and Male avatar (Hogwarts Legacy).

Daniel Njo Lobé (Aaravos) : Geralt de Riv (Witcher games 2 and 3 and Siren of the Deep), Gary representant (Thunderbolts), Thors Snorresson (Vinland Saga), Zestial (Hazbin Hotel), Saw Gerrara (Star Wars), Kiros (Mufasa the movie) and Luke Cage (Luke Cage show).

Emmanuel Curtil (Viren) : Adam (Hazbin Hotel) Simba (The Lion King animated movie) and Kronk (The Emperor's Groove).

Valentin Merlet (Runaan) : Spiderman/Peter parker (Across the spiderverse animated), Kylo Ren (Star Wars new trilogy) and Gardar (Vinland Saga).

Jean-Baptiste Anoumon (Harrow) : Falcon/Captain America (Marvel)

Thomas Sagols (Ezran) : Lucas Sinclair (Stranger Things), Omininis Gaunt (Hogwarts Legacy) Mugan (Tiger & Bunny s2) Damian Desmond (Spy x Family second voice) and Joffrey Baratheon (Games of Thrones)

Clara Quilichini (Aanya) : Ciri (The Witcher netflix) and Max Mayfield (Stranger Things)

Aurélien Raynal (Soren) : Ekko (Arcane)

Corrin Wellong (Janai/Queen Annika) : Jessica Drew (Across the spiderverse animated)

Léovanie Raud (Opeli, Lujanne and Zubeia) : Arianna (Tangled the show) Sera (Hazbin Hotel) and Mary Poppins (The return of Mary Poppins).

Boris Rehlinger (Finnegrin) : Yoriichi Tsugikuni (Demon Slayer first voice) Ronin (Star Wars Visions) and Vander (Arcane)

Dorothée Pousséo (Nyx) : Young Adamai (Wakfu) Catra and Frostra (She-Ra and the princess of power) and Erica Sinclair (Stranger Things)

Fanny Bloc (Rayla) : Yugo (Wakfu) and Adora (She-Ra and the princess of power)

Arnaud Leonard (Ethari) : Vox (Hazbin Hotel) and Prime Horde (She-Ra and the princess of power)

Christophe Lemoine (Villads) : Inosuke Hashibira (Demon Slayer)

Lila Lacombe (Ellis) : Kanao Tsuruyi (Demon Slayer), Anya (Spy x Family) and Kiera (Tangled show)

Anaïs Delva (Astrid) : Charlie Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel)

Fily Keita (Kazi) : Emily (Hazbin Hotel)

Youna Noiret (Claudia) : Nora (Wakfu), Lady Caine (Tangled show) and Triss Merigold (The Witcher Netflix)

There's Garan, the leader. Balta, the second-in-command and a skilled tinkerer. Dalu, the team's best fighter. Velika, a Great Being in disguise and the team's inventor, even more skilled than Balta. Piruk, the spy, their eyes inside the Piraka stronghold.

And then there's Kazi. He's a realist. His job is to stand there and remind everyone how utterly boned they are.

In most shows, as much as it bothers me to admit so, some people are right, inclusivity does feel forced sometimes. But it's not the characters' fault, it's not because of them being part of the lgbtq+ community, or being disabled, or being POC, or being strong women who do not conform to patriarchal standards.

It's not that.

It's that the show they are part of is a straight, white, abled parade - and notice, most of said shows won't even pass the Bechdel test.

So yes, in a show written by and aimed to straight, white, abled people, even I, a gay, non-binary, chronically ill person feel weird seeing charcters that are there just for the sake of inclusivity, albeit 'inorganic'.

In a show with the premise of "straight, white, abled men are the indiscussed MCs", seeing that one side-character that stands out and is often ridiculed and/or reduced to a single trait of their 'personality', such as 'the gay one', 'the asian one', 'the disabled one' (etc) is upsetting and feels uncomfortable as hell.

But TDP is different.

They immediately introduced powerful women, people of color, characters that are openly part of the lgbtq+ community, disabled characters etc. And not one of them per 'category', no. For the lgbtq+ community we have Amaya, Janai, Runaan, Ethari, Terry, Kazi. For the disabled community, we have Amaya again, Villads, and even a disabled wolf Ava. For the POC community, we have literally half of the cast, starting from King Harrow, then Ezran, every sunfire elf, Terry as well, etc. Same goes for women, who take up on roles that are rarely considered 'for women', like Opeli being the main member of the High Council, Amaya being the General, Rayla being the main Dragon Guard, Claudia being one of the main antagonists, etc.

Both main and side-characters are part of the communities, everything is so much more organic, enjoyable, thrilling.

We do not come in 'minor quantity'.

We are everywhere, among others, living our lives, doing our best, existing, thriving, proud. It's not just one or two of us among thousands. Surprise, 'categories' can mix! Just like I, a real human being, can be gay, enby as well as chronically ill, we can have characters like that as well! Amaya being lesbian and disabled, Terry being black and trans, Janai being black and lesbian, etc. And, another surprise, 'categories' don't define us. We don't 'shove it' in anyone's face like they say we do, we're just being us and cishets are upset because we don't conform to their sick standards.

Inclusivity is organic in TDP because nobody in that universe questions anyone else's color, gender, orientation, etc. And it's organic because we didn't have to wait half a season to see a black character, or a disabled character, or a gay character.

The key to inclusivity is to realise that we aren't just 'bonuses'. Fill shows and comics with lgbtq+, POC, disabled, and female characters. Not just one every 15, 20 characters. Everywhere.

We are everywhere! We are proud! We deserve to be seen! We deserve to be depicted as the normal people we are, without diminishing our traits but without making them our whole personality either. Treat us like human beings, be considerate like you should be with everyone on the planet of course, but treat us like humans.

Antagonising people who are 'different' (in the mind of straight, white, abled people) will not suppress us. We will keep insisting until you hear us. It's literally one of the main messages, one of the main teachings of TDP and it's so damn important.

Every single person on Earth should watch it. Every single kid should be introduced to TDP at an early age. Every old bigot should watch it, as well. Everybody. Even if it's considered a y7 (y10 for s4 and s5 apparently) show, everyone, no matter their age, should give it a try and watch it thoroughly.