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rosescore245 · 3 months ago

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I had a lot to add and hit the tag limit, so I'm just going to summarize and close out.

These biases aren't always loud and hurling slurs. Hell I bet a large chunk of people don't even realize they're doing it because it's genuinely so ingrained in a lot!

Why is Vio always pale and thin and sooo white sooo pale guys! Like the thinness can be argued to be grief and lack of self care. But the rest? Vio literally only reads one book in the manga AT ALL. I assure you he wouldn't spend all of his time inside to the point of being paper white.

Why is Blue so often darker? Why is he always super buff? Why can't he be fat or have light hair? Why can't he be anything but muscles and dumb and dark and anger? Why is it hard for people to treat him like a person?

Why is Red the only one that's chubby? Why is it that when I once told someone about my headcanons, the only thing they brought up was "hear me out: chubby red"? Why is it only ever him? Why can't HE be BUFF? Why can't he be literally anything else? Like my Red is fat because I'm fat and I'm aware and TRY.

And Green! You didn't mention Green in your post, but I've noticed a pattern. In the thrall of the manga making it a point that he's the "most Link" (I doubt that's even really true), I see so many people go such a specific way? He's always white, maybe a tiny bit tanned, with like. Lean muscle and golden hair. It leans into this weird vibe I usually can't put my finger on but it feels weird. Like how come the other three get so many headcanons slapped on. But Green gets to be the blonde white hero every time. It feels fucking weird.

And Shadow. Oooh boy. Shadow is the brunt of this I think. Giving him dark skin and then making a point of writing or drawing him as INHUMAN? What the fuck goes on in some people's heads. Genuinely. Like it's not even subtle at this point it's racism cut and dry. The one doing it may not always be aware but it's RACIST. SO RACIST. And depending on other headcanons employed...colorist too! Because if Blue is made black, I often see Shadow be darker skinned which is an ugly picture. "I may be the angry dark skin but at least I'm a hero! Shadow is so much worse than me, see?"

Think for five seconds at LEAST before doing this shit. And mix it up? Like the Tall Pale Thin Vio leans heavily into the White Savior, especially when Shadow is made dark skinned. The "fat character is dumb" thing has been around for so fucking long it isn't even funny, so why is it how people see Red? Why is Green always the fairytale hero, why are the other four almost seen as subhuman in comparison? Is there some unknown spell over Green that makes it impossible to make him Anything Else?

Check yourselves. Be aware, know your biases. I, a privileged white girl from Texas, can think. Why can't others? (I don't identify as a girl but like. It's how I present. It's relevant.)

Fiction DOES affect reality. Maybe not always in a visibly direct way, but it does. Just THINK FIRST. Understand why this post exists. Understand why this is bad. Understand that you can become better and learn.

Literally just think.

hey you guys should stop making shadow link, the evil villan link. darkskinned. right now. im serious and im sick of it. i know that the most popular artist here does it, doesnt mean everyone else has to. please im actually fucking begging you guys to consider what your appearance headcanons say about your perception of your fellow man.

while im at it, vio being *skinny* and tall and *pale* and with lighter blonde hair. as the smart one. hm. oh and blue. the angry one. with darker skin and hair than the other three. oh right and who could forget about red. with curly hair. the innocent and "dumb" one. hes more likely to be depicted chubby too! im trying so hard to be nice rn so people will listen but its so hard to not scream my throat raw. you guys are being racist and fatphobic right now. do you realize that. oh my fucking god.

#yeeah i have noticed a looot of stereotyping in the fandom 😭#a couple of these traits on their own arent BAD. but all of them together on specific characters? it paints an uugly picture #like you can make shadow dark skinned! sure! but then you need to reeeally think. because theres a looot of “darkskin eeevil”#you can make vio tall and lithe! but. thiink about it??? like i usually have him as the tallest because earth-tree-tall #like giving him “desirable” features (eurocentric) isnt good! if the skinniness is meant to represent his poor health in grief then cool!#i havent seen a whole lot of “blues the angry darker one” im suure it exists. and why? if its split up into individual things it isnt better #darker skin and hair has been so demonized and it sucks! because real people have darker skin. real people see these depictions!#real people see this and think “is this what i am?” because one or two people with similar headcanons would be iffy. but its everyone!#dont get me started on red. like i project on him! so i make him fat because IM fat. but its not the same for everyone #the “soft bubbly one is chubby and pan!” stereotype is less known but still harmful! (and yeah ive noticed the sexuality patterns too!)#the curly hair thing too! like why is it only ever red? just because its “positive traits” doesnt mean it isnt a harmful stereotype #the “smart asian” sterotype is so harmful! and its “positive association”! the “fat=bubbly” is harmful too #and honestly? green too! why is he always like. pale with gold-spun hair? why is he always the only “Hero” looking one?#because the “blonde white hero” is a stereotype on its own. and yeah zelda is like that. but if youre doing alll of this with rbvs???#like it looks BAD. all the time.#why cant blue be fat? why cant vio? why cant green? why is vio always the palest? why cant vio have curly hair?#i once had the typical “vio tall thin pale” headcanons. but i realized and grew out of it!#and yeah my red is fat and has wavy hair. but its me projecting. and i write him as WAY more than “bubbly mc nicey!”#and honestly? it would make more sense baseline for shadow to be way paler than the links. because he canonically lives in a sunless world #and darker skin has been historically prevalent in sunny bright places because its beneficial. so why cant the links ALL be darkskin?#like. THINK. THINK DAMN IT. because it is more than just a silly headcanon. fiction DOES affect reality.#like i am white. i have never tried to hide that. so i try to be conscious of stereotyping more than ever because it happens! its real!#you can make them look different from each other. but fucking think first. think about why “blue is darkskin” comes to mind first #think about why “chubby red” and “pale thin vio” and “darkskin shadow” come to mind.#racism. colorism. fatphobia. they arent always yelling slurs out of car windows. they are subconscious ways of viewing the world too.#you can be “not racist” and still have racist values. because lets be real racism is a problem everywhere and a lot of teaching has bias #work to like. look past the surface level shit. and see how harmful it is. genuinely. please do.#if a white privilaged girl from texas can think for five goddamn seconds then so can y'all. because im AWARE that i probably have bias #check yourself. genuinely do check yourself. i know sometimes your projecting might lean into stereotypes but be AWARE #like im aware that i am projecting in a stereotypical way with red. so i subvert it whenever i can. just THINK.

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