#characters of color

[uhhrellys]

anyway she ate this look

[shyjusticewarrior]

Duke: You're very white today, Bruce.

Bruce: I'm white everyday, Duke.

Duke: That's true.

[buttdumplin]

this is an open letter from a poc to folks who are writing characters of color

if you're going to write a scene/interaction in which the character of color is confronting a white character about their racism, do not, i repeat DO NOT, center the white character. not their feelings, not their reactions. because it is never about the white character, nor should it ever be. white tears and white guilt have never fucking done dick for us, and they never fucking will. a response only matters when it is to make amends and change behaviors.

[radar-chaos]

So I see that the poll did quite well! And some of you were curious to see the sketches of POC!Virgil before I used the design in CvF.

This flat color is part of a separate project I’ve been working on, and I thought it’d make a great display of the CvF design as well.

What do you all think?

[shiranuieditorial]

20 inspirational names for a super summer!

List summary: 新夏、夏向、夏涼、夏艷/夏艶、琉夏、夏樂、夏怡、夏悅、夏嬉、夏歡/夏懽、梨夏、夏梅、夏蓮、莽夏、青夏、勇夏、承夏、平夏、峰夏、and 夏緒！ (Keep reading ’til the end to discover their meanings, readings, pronunciations, guide to etymology and history, and more linguistic knowledge!)

Is it just me or has this summer been unnervingly chilling for us tropical islanders? 🌞🥶

Check out this summer-inspired name bank I’ve been working on for the past 5 months!

Each name was…

→ meticulously hand-picked like exotic cherries 🍒

→ carefully translated to the best of my ability 🉑

→ and then packed with a mini beginner’s guide to 夏 (the Han character/Chinese character for “summer”, used throughout the Sinosphere) 📖

→ which contains its standard readings in many languages: Mandarin Chinese, Dungan Tili, Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Wu, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese! 🀄

(If you need info on any other topolect, dialect, or time-specific variant not mentioned here, just ask away! I’ll see what I can do for ya!)

👉🏼 An incredibly versatile character, it’s impossible to run out of given names containing/based on 夏!

The possibilities are endless, and the only limit is our imagination! 💡

👉🏼 If we visit the Wiktionary entry for 夏, we’ll see a whole lot more linguistic variants & historical hypotheses on this ancient grapheme dating back to 2070 BC, and even a reconstruction of its Middle Chinese & Old Chinese pronunciations based on recovered millennia-old scripts! 😱

👇🏼 Comment “Wiktionary” and I’ll send you the link to read further. It’s very interesting to read, whether you’re a curious beginner or a veteran Sinologist.

❓ QOTD 1: Which name stood out to you in particular? 🤔

❓ QOTD 2: Do you know what the difference is between “reading” and “pronunciation”? 🗣️

👇🏼 Also also also, let me know what you think of this list! 📜

Is it interesting enough? Are the tables mathematical enough? Are my font choices weird enough? Have I managed to convince you that I’m secretly an omniscient Taoist immortal from the 16th century BCE here to steal all the trees off your backyards, or should I try harder? If so, what other attempts at floor-length grocery lists should I make to satisfy your most honourable expectations?

Remember—your plants are at stake here! 🧚🏼‍♀️🌲🌳🌴

[hey-its-sybarite]

“Let's tell more stories. Let's be monsters and enjoy it. Let's be problematic. Give us the space to be a problem.”

[ink-flavored]

A Beginner’s Guide to: The Local Gay Book Club

Did another PowerPoint because after doing Pride and Justice, I realized I will never ever stop doing these. I put the descriptions of the slides in the alt text again, let me know how I did!

Pride & Justice Taglist (Check out my Google form to get added): @elegant-paper-collection @auroblaze @zeenimf @vacantgodling @foxys-fantasy-tales @stesierra @noblebs @thelaughingstag @ceph-the-ghost-writer @damageinkorporated

[pinklikeroses-artonly]

Need more masc lesbian vampires instead of werewolves…..

[uncelebratedjuvenescence]

Two more exe gfs of Rynee

The blonde is Delilah and the redhead is Robin

They’re also redesigns of ocs I’ve had for a very very long time 💞

Delilah is a surfer + skater girl from California who spent a little time in Florida and is currently a server at a trendy beach themed restaurant

Robin is a biker Rocker chick who also works as a bartender

[doesnotloveyou]

not maximus clearly having high Luck in his SPECIAL lmao there's no way you oneshot a yao guai with a 10mm without high Luck, m'boy blessed!

[fyeahwebnovels]

Okay, I didn’t realize the substack was mostly paid posts. Here’s the free version I’ve been reading: https://ofgeography.com/2024/04/30/the-chilliad-hour-one/

Title: The Chilliad Author: Molly OfGeography Status: Abandoned. For clarity, the first 7-8 chapters are up, but the author is rewriting it entirely and has a paid substack for the new version. Some new chapters may end up being free, but personally I’d say this particular version seems to be abandoned.

Genre: College AU of the Iliad. Comedy, I suppose.

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

the golden hour (stay gold)

[theblasianwitch]

The evolution of my OC Sugar Ray from 2019 to 2025

[elentarial]

@tolkienofcolourweek

Day 3: Men-> Eomer, Eowyn, and the Rohirrim

[ink-flavored]

A Beginner’s Guide to: Pride's Gay Friends

Did another PowerPoint because after doing Pride and Justice, I realized I will never ever stop doing these. I put the descriptions of the slides in the alt text again, let me know how I did!

Pride & Justice Taglist (Check out my Google form to get added): @elegant-paper-collection @auroblaze @zeenimf @vacantgodling @foxys-fantasy-tales @stesierra @noblebs @thelaughingstag @ceph-the-ghost-writer @damageinkorporated

[elvensemi]

Okay you've just had the worst day of your life, now to finish it off you just have to fall asleep alone with a terrifying spider man. Easy, right? 

The Demon Isles is a erotic, second-person monsterfucking romp through the dangerous Demon Isles. The second person character is referred to by  gender neutral terminology and they/them pronouns, physical appearance left ambiguous. Sex scenes have two versions with  different sets of genitalia for the main character. Tags and content warnings are available for each chapter.

[Monsterloving] [Stranded on an Island] [Humanoid Monsters] [Fantasy Australia] [Gender neutral main character]

Parts 1-3 available on Patreon now!

Hi, I'm ElvenSemi and I write webnovels online through Patreon (available monthly) and Ko-fi (available for one-time purchase)! Two updates (SFW and NSFW) every month, plus bonus and behind the scenes content, polls, and more.

Interested in what I'm hawking but no $$$? I'm also on Ao3! There are two works there set in Oceanside, the same setting as this story.