#BIPOC Cast

[bixels]

I'm not explaining why re-imagining characters as POC is not the same as white-washing, here of all places should fucking understand.

[artistsonthelam]

He's right there! // (my tweet)

[mouseknightstudios]

Casting Call Deadline Extension!

Hi everyone,

Thank you to everyone who has submitted an audition so far! We're going through them slowly, but we wanted to extend the deadline by a few days to give more people a chance to submit!

Our new deadline is: July 24, 2024 at 11:59pm PDT (GMT-7)

In particular, we've only received a handful of auditions for one of the leads, Mulligan, and would love to get more femme-presenting, BIPOC talent to apply!

MULLIGAN (Late 30’s to early 40’s) is a logical and experienced detective, always approaching cases without letting personal opinions cloud her judgment. After 8 years of being on the police force, she quit her job due to irreconcilable issues and became a private detective. She doesn’t believe in anything supernatural or paranormal, so becoming a ghost turns her whole world-view upside down. Despite how unsettling the situation is and how limited she feels as a ghost, she’s determined to solve the case and bring the serial killer to justice.

More details about some of the other roles we're casting for below!

This is a paid, indie budget project. We'd love to get some SoCal-based talent who are able to record in-person but all roles are open to remote VAs as well.

We are looking for:

2 Leads (1M/1F)

2 Supporting (1M/1F)

A variety of smaller, tertiary roles (all genders)

Deadline: July 24, 2024 at 11:59pm PDT (GMT-7)

All audition details & the submission form are on this document.

Please read through all instructions carefully and reach out if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing your auditions!

[confirmeddead]

The Talamasca cast is looking qwhite interesting so far!

[ddoubleblindd]

Kirti is one of my absolute favorite catgirl designs for Everyone's a Catgirl! Everything about her is perfection.

Art by HP Parker Illustrations.

[aroaessidhe]

2022 reads // twitter thread    

Thornfruit

start of an adult high fantasy trilogy about two women in a city perpetually in sunset, investigating the disappearance of magical children & a noblewoman with secrets

sapphic, autistic mc, mindreading, sea monsters

[alwayslcyal]

recasting of the originals

the mikaelsons klaus - drew starkey elijah - brenton thwaites rebekah - emily alyn lind freya - saoirse ronan kol - tanner buchanan finn - alex russell hayley - camila mendes marcel - jordan calloway the other main cast camille - florence pugh sophie - naomi scott davina - storm reid josh - michael cimino vincent griffith - john boyega

the wolf pack jackson - darren barnett aiden - rafael silva oliver - william moseley

[punkartwantstew]

I wonder why people are anxious about cliff hangers and a series taking it's natural time to build character development over multiple story arcs like ye olden days?

I think people have truly lost any ability to be patient with storytelling.

‘I don’t understand this’ They’ll explain it if you wait.

‘I don’t like how this episode left things hanging’ There’s a continuation next week.

‘This character is flat’ Wait for them to be fleshed out.

So many of the complaints I see about shows lately are people being confused by things THAT THE SHOW WANTS YOU TO BE CONFUSED BY THATS THE FUN OF MYSTERY AND FORESHADOWING YOU ABSOLUTE GOBLINS THE MAIN CHARACTER IS ALSO CONFUSED AND THEYRE GONNA DO A BIG REVEAL AND EXPLANATION LATER IF YOU WOULD JUST FUCKING WAIT

[mouseknightstudios]

Casting Call Deadline Approaching!

There's about 3 days left to submit to our casting call for Ghost InSpectors!

We particularly need more femme-presenting, BIPOC talent to apply for one of our lead characters, so if that's you, please consider auditioning! Details below:

This is a paid, indie budget project. We'd love to get some SoCal-based talent who are able to record in-person but all roles are open to remote VAs as well!

We are looking for:

2 Leads (1M/1F)

2 Supporting (1M/1F)

A variety of smaller, tertiary roles (all genders)

Deadline: July 21, 2024 at 11:59pm PDT (GMT-7)

All audition details & the submission form are on this document.

Please read through all instructions carefully and reach out if you have any questions. We look forward to hearing your auditions!

[twigsandhearts]

Hi there, I hope you don't mind me reaching out through here as I couldn't find an email and as I don't have twitter blue I couldn't message you there! I was just wondering if the roles of Kygo and Bluebell were only for BIPOC actors? I am a trans/enby voice actor who would like to try for those roles, but I didn't want to apply if they are only open to BIPOC actors as I'm not one! Thank you so much!

Authentic casting is our top priority and will never cast people who don't fit categories such as race, disability and trans/nb! Characters without stated categories are open to anyone, eg. a character not having a specified race.

If you feel our season two characters aren't for you, that's okay! There maybe characters in future seasons that call to you.

Unfortunately our season two casting has seen a lot more white people auditioning for bipoc roles which will all have to be disqualified.

[cupcakesandhags]

annual reminder comparing mercer cosplaying as a *green* skinned recognizable fictional villian from a video game to the practice of racist minstrelsy in the u.s. is extraordinarily careless at best, disregards the real pain and suffering the history of black and brown face caused on living human beings, allows misinformation and falsehoods to perpetuate as fact, and generally the tendency of fandom to take well defined concepts with specific meanings and watering that meaning down to anything that can be used to mindlessly attack someone you don't like is actively harmful to racialized and marginalized people. shut the actual fuck up.

[writingwithcolor]

It wouldn’t be historically accurate for my story to include BIPOC!

This is an argument often made about European-style fantasy media like Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and Disney’s Frozen. Audiences, often white, assume that due to the majority-white setting, adding any visible number of BIPOC to the story would be unrealistic.

What these critics fail to realize is that BIPOC do in fact live, and have lived, in these settings, and records of BIPOC presence in places assumed to be majority-white have been buried, written out, or not taught due to white supremacist and/or colonial bias in the field of history. There are historical European settings that were far more diverse than is often portrayed. Consider:

The Moorish Empire exerted an extensive influence over life and culture in Southern Europe from Spain from 711 to 1492

The Ottomans were heavily involved in European affairs up until the treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, but still considered a part of Europe even through the 19th century

The sheer size of the Roman Empire ensured the continued movement of people from various backgrounds within the Mediterranean well until the end of the Byzantine Empire.

“Historical accuracy” should not be used as an excuse for media to be exclusively white in its casting. While there are places which are or were predominantly white, there will always be factors like global trade and immigration that bring multiculturalism to their doors.

And even if the presence of a certain demographic is unrealistic for a certain setting? Consider that we’ve accepted far worse inaccuracies in historical fiction in the name of artistic license. Consider that our understanding of human history is, and will always be, incomplete.

Further Reading:

Historically Diverse London, “Historical Accuracy,” and Creator Accountability

Making a Black Pride and Prejudice Resonate

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This Q&A is an excerpt from our General FAQ for Newcomers, which can be found in our new Masterpost of rules and FAQs. If you're new to Writing With Color and/or want more writing resources, check it out!

-Writing With Color

[cosmiado]

hey shoutout to dndads fans with DID/dndads fans who are part of a system. i love you! and also shoutout to BIPOC dndads fans. i love you too! im really saddened by fans being shitty and also cast being shitty. yall are amazing and im sorry there are fans/cast members who try to tell you otherwise ❤

[hussyknee]

Also that quote Oppenheimer used is from the Hindu holy text the Bhagavad Gita. The furor in India by Hindu nationalists over it being used during a bedroom scene in the movie is stupid, but y'all still need to stop making off with bits and pieces of other people's religions with zero understanding and commodifying them, let alone using it as merch for a movie about genocide.

okay okay so like i don’t wanna kill the party but i just saw an instagram shop selling a shirt that says now i am become death the destroyer of worlds in barbie font and i just sigh i just like i get the novelty of barbie and oppenheimer weekend but i have got to stress the bomb changed the entire world forever and wiped out over a quarter of a million people i think maybe we gotta kinda take a step back here when we start selling it as if it’s fun hot girl summer fodder

[summerlinenss]

here’s the thing.

if you’re one of the people celebrating our flag means death’s cancellation for whatever reason right now, i need you to realize that this is just a sign that whatever you love is next.

and i’m not saying that out of spite. having your favourite show cancelled is awful, i wouldn’t wish it on anyone. but if our little-gay-pirate-show-that-could can’t get its third and final season, the future of queer media is extremely grim.

ofmd was the definition of a sleeper hit. hbo max had no faith in it when the first season came out. it gained popularity purely through word-of-mouth. but it became one of max’s biggest shows, and it’s since been marketed as their flagship series.

it was the #1 most in-demand series in the world for 8 weeks (7 of those weeks consecutively). it’s currently in the 99.7th percentile of the comedy genre, meaning it’s in higher demand than 99.7% of all comedy series in the u.s. it has a 94% audience and critics score on rotten tomatoes. it’s the most in-demand hbo original series even above euphoria, succession, and the last of us.

it was nominated for 16 awards for the first season alone, including a GLAAD award and a peabody award. the second season was just nominated for an art directors guild award, which it was previously nominated for and won in the same category for season one.

besides awards, ofmd is critically-acclaimed and praised for its representation (including a cast of majority queer, bipoc, and disabled characters) and themes of anti-colonialism, challenging gender norms/toxic masculinity, and self-discovery/acceptance. it also has a diverse team of directors and writers consisting of several bipoc, women, and queer/trans/non-binary people.

on top of all of this, the plan for the show all along was only ever for three seasons. david jenkins only wanted three seasons for the full romcom structure to tell ed and stede’s story. that’s it. nothing more.

this isn’t an attempt to make you care about the show. but ofmd’s cancellation isn’t just a loss for the fanbase and the cast/crew. it’s a sign that it does not matter how successful or profitable shows highlighting lgbtq+ (or otherwise inclusive) narratives are or how many big names are involved. ofmd would not have been cancelled if it were a straight romcom. they would’ve magically found the budget. but corporate greed doesn’t care about us. they have no respect for queer people or queer media. and in the age of streaming, it’s only a matter of time until we lose all of it.

[youngbunny]

As someone who grew up on Rooster Teeth, who consumed so much of their content during my formative years, today's news hits a little harder. I'm so upset for the people who lost their jobs and livelihoods due to this huge downsizing on WB part (not to mention the fact most of them found out through a twitter post!) - it pains me to hear that some of their projects will never get a real conclusion or that the hard work they have been putting in for years might be forgotten.

I'm holding out hope that there will be some sort of archival process or maybe the RT website will remain live so that people can watch what is there (maybe no longer behind a paywall?).

That being said, RT was never a perfect company and to pretend that it was is doing a disservice to everyone who has been hurt by the decisions of their coworkers, the treatment of BIPOC by the audience, and toxic work environment that surrounded their productions. We should not use this time to discredit those experiences, but remain aware that these situations can coexist simultaneously.

For the cast/crew/production teams that have led these projects, I am hopeful that this will not be the last time we see them apart of content. I know most people are concerned about the state of RWBY, RVB, Gen: Lock, etc, and I do think these IP's will be picked up. If we're lucky, they will be along with the teams responsible for them in the first place. But I urge you to not use this time to talk about these shows, but instead send some comfort to those who are now out of a job.