#asian-american character

[aroaceleovaldez]

your spleen is forfeit

[rottpoppart]

I was going to file my taxes today. Oops

[normalbrothershow]

the thing with racism in supernatural is that you can look at any aspect of the show and you WILL find something racist. whether in-universe (where you can additionally differ with hunter culture, monsters+lore, fetishisation), writing, casting, production.

like only scratching the surface of the anti black racism with the casting is like:

90% of black supernatural characters are antagonists with insane potential who got killed off (or ignored in raphaels case) the second they finished an amazing build-up for a character arc (gordon, jake s2, henriksen, uriel, raphael, the vampire alpha)

5% of black supernatural characters are 1-episode side characters or minor characters that had about 2% of their potential used (rufus, missouri, the hunter couple)

last 5% of black supernatural characters had 1-2 scenes where they functioned either 1. as hoodoo/voodoo plot device (playthings, crossroad blues) or 2. random demon (also antagonists)

and this is with black spn characters making up like. 5% of all spn characters

[pixiatn]

POKEMON AND DISLYTE CHARACTER DESIGNERS, SNEAK INTO HOYO HQ AND MAKE DARK SKINNED CHARACTERS AND MY LIFE IS YOURS‼️‼️‼️

[brokenlovesong]

RYO PAUL RAMBLING

Something I find so fascinating about Ryo Paul is how Ryo playing him changes the dynamic of Paul with everyone else. Ryo’s Paul feels much less intimidating than say Dan Paul or even Victor Paul. He’s tall, but physically smaller in stature and more soft spoken, even when he’s angry. He feels like a scared kid with more anger than he knows what to do with.

Bob is a much more imposing character compared to him. He’s loud, abrasive, and will say whatever he feels. He doesn’t care who he offends. He’s a very in charge type of person.

It makes sense that Paul would follow him. He’s this big tough all American boy and especially during the period and where they lived, that’s the type of person Paul wanted to be. It’s probably what his parents raised him wanting as well. For Asian families in America in the 60s where they may be some of the only Asian families in the neighborhood, assimilation was often a huge priority. The idea of fitting in and having that “perfect American life”. The model minority myth played into this idea greatly. East Asians especially were seen as the “whitest” people of color, if that makes sense.

Bob let him into their group, full of guys who are what Paul aspired to be (ie white). So he followed Bob and it gave him a pretty nice life. The town respected him because of the company he kept in comparison to the greasers. It didn’t matter that he wasn’t white was when he was surrounded by his friends. That made him seem like one of the “good ones”. Living on the west side and having the appearance of having money helped this as well because it meant his future was bright. He would have opportunities.

When Bob died, that’s the first time you really see him in a leadership position. I don’t think under any other circumstances the socs would’ve followed him like that. But he used their anger and gave them a target and because of that he was able to rally the socs together for the common enemy

[ohihopeicanchangethislater]

I may be white, unmarried, and not a dad, but I am so ready to be this genre of father

Edit: I can't figure out how to get rid of this space so I'm just writing this here

[spocks-kaathyra]

I despise any narrative that positions social progressivism as a western concept. why is every immigrant narrative about escaping from the terrible inherent conservatism of the backwards culture your family comes from and being saved by america's unique progressivism. just this disgusting pinkwashing that is exactly the same as any other narrative claiming that the west invented civilization and all those third world barbarians are only just now beginning to learn it from them. america's enemies do not have a monopoly on social conservatism. white people did not invent queer acceptance or anything else of value. death to america idk

[everybody-hit-the-pyro-cue]

apparently the only time i watch shit with my family is chinese american stuff

[verylead-flavored-candy33]

[aurieeeeeenyx]

this might be a Hot Take (tbh idk how many people think this) but does anyone else not read sevika as Black? at least for me i always saw her as south asian or whatever the arcane equivalent of that is

[vyeoh]

Finally got around to watching sophomore year and GOD ive forgotten how ive never related to a character like ive related to riz gukgak

[nekropsii]

A cosplayer I'm friends with on Instagram often vagueposts on his stories with complaints about other fans cosplaying Meenah or Damara on account of it being racist to do so. (None of the cosplayers in question had done any... questionable makeup choices of any sort, they just had the usual light gray body paint approximating canon. The friend in question is white himself, as am I.) Do you think there's a genuine issue with people cosplaying characters like those ones?

I'm genuinely curious on your insights; I came to your blog for this since I find your posts both about the alpha trolls and the racism especially with them, but also in Homestuck overall, to be very well written. If this feels too much like discourse to you, you're free to delete it. (You askbox rules made me a bit nervous ^^)

This is a loaded question, which I am getting the sense is... A controversial one, and I do not feel equipped to give a solid yes or no answer on this as someone who is not a cosplayer and doesn't really know anything about the scene.

However, I do have to ask... Why specifically Damara and Meenah? There's an infinite amount of characters who are white, even within Homestuck. Why specifically dress up as characters who are without a single doubt not white? That is tacky to me. This isn't even an anime situation where it doesn't really matter until people start pinning their eyes back, Meenah and Damara - Damara especially - are depicted in a way that is straight up racist, and also some of the few characters in the comic who are just straight up not white. Like, you have other options. Most of the characters in the comic are white. Why them?

[asian-character-of-the-day]

Day 220

Today’s Asian character is Ivy Ling from American Girl!

She is Chinese-American.

[face-claims-central]

Makenna Murray - Japanese Hawaiian, Unknown

[colorfuldonutrunaway]

Weirdly enough, Ray has a human form as well!

Lore under the read more.

Ray was born as his fox form after being created from Dr. Akira Watanabe's DNA and the genes of a female Vulpine, an ancient race of fox people who existed before human civilization began.

This created a hybrid who had some human genes leftover that didn't really express themselves.

After Ray meets Roman and gets to know him and his skills better, Ray asks Roman to use his Genetifyer device to give him a human form, just like Roman.

Roman is reluctant at first, but he eventually caves and uses the Genetifyer to "exaggerate" the human genes in Ray so that he develops an alternate human form he can transform into. Calling himself Ray Jones and denoting himself as an Asian American, he now has a form to disguise himself. But for what purpose, you may be wondering?

To join The Council, in the hopes that he can get Roman's inventions patented without them knowing that it's from him.

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I'm tired of the lame gray coats. I'll probably switch to the white lab coats.

[zephyr-paladyn]

dan heng transgender moments compilation

in which dan heng says shit that makes me go like ‼️ TRANSGENDER MOMENT ‼️

character stories

It is his first time seeing his own body clearly. This body belongs to him. It belongs to this current name.

1.2 story quest

I told you and that woman many times... I am Dan Heng.

I am Dan Heng. Whether Dan Feng was hero or villain has nothing to do with me. I bore his punishment, accepted my eternal banishment without complaint... but do not let his shadow cloud your estimation of me, general.

dan heng imbibitor lunae trailer

I stand here... to fight for a new life!

dan heng IL introduction

...After all, I am Dan Heng, one of the Nameless aboard the Astral Express.

to be added onto in the future i think