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I think it's fascinating how present Manousos is in one of the early trailers, and visually paralleled with Carol, even though he doesn't show up until later in the season. Notably, them both being associated with the color yellow in two driving scenes that fade into each other:

And that they used the song "You'll Never Walk Alone":

When you walk through a storm Hold your head up high And don't be afraid of the dark

At the end of a storm There's a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain For your dreams be tossed and blown

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone

I think it's fascinating how present Manousos is in one of the early trailers, and visually paralleled with Carol, even though he doesn't show up until later in the season. Notably, them both being associated with the color yellow in two driving scenes that fade into each other:

And that they used the song "You'll Never Walk Alone":

When you walk through a storm Hold your head up high And don't be afraid of the dark

At the end of a storm There's a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain For your dreams be tossed and blown

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone

Real fandom racism is watching the darkest characters get boxed into the specific outsider pov trope over and over despite them being a core member of the cast. it's watching everyone have in depth headcanons for every character but them, denying them the complexity their counterparts get. It's them getting written out of their own plots, receiving little to no audience sympathy when they ARE complex, and, most importantly, watching them get cast in the same exact role when shipping comes in

but all this isn't loud, it's quiet and unnoticeable unless you've had to watch it play out with every favorite character you've had ever since you were ten and started engaging with fandom. it's repetitive, uncreative, infuriating and worst of all NOBODY WILL LISTEN WHEN YOU POINT IT OUT because you're just imagining it and they're not touching you. I've been making my own content and I've seen how people will go out of their way NOT to engage or engage specifically only to discredit a character of color.