Feb 19
i love that the tma fandom actively makes characters poc but also it is painfully obvious that a good chunk of yall are white. also known as “yeah we add the melanin. no we are not exploring what that means for them as a person we did it for the aesthetics and also sheep mentality” like it’s great that you’re trying don’t get me wrong. but i’d also just really like yall to acknowledge it? try more? talk to poc? idk man
#im having model minority jonathan sims thoughts again#and trans chinese martin struggling to fully feel like he is a man because of how people think asians are ‘more feminine’#and also him struggling to not see reality through these boxes of tradition that have permeated amongst asian immigrants for a while#of conformity and making yourself agreeable and not imposing#because if you do they’ll just use that as an excuse to attack your racial identity#and familial dynamics of owing everything to your parents and not valuing urself as a person#and also black sasha proud and unashamed to be black#tearing down years of hatred and self deprecation imposed on her by the society she lives in#only to be erased as someone who fits. someone who conforms perfectly to the point of it being *uncanny*#but that replacement ultimately not being human and taking away what was fundamentally sasha#OR ANYTHING ELSE#there is so much potential to explore dynamics and characterization for the cast as poc#but most of yall just drop a bucket of melanin on jon and do literally nothing else#id have less issue if yall didnt go out of your way to make representation only to make it surface level as shit#commit to it. go out of your confort zone. TALK TO POC#ughghghgh#tma#the magnus archives#poc
