#i'm genuinely glad you're respected/loved enough for there to be more than literally 5 people calling you the right name

[beatx-mavie-archangelx]

"pronouncing 'Þerindë' as 'Serindë' is not that big of a deal" just say you've always been called right your whole life.

[halfetirosie]

✴︎˚｡⋆ I'M not crying, YOU'RE crying! ✴︎˚｡⋆

(Star Message 11 - 14 React-os!)

1) Edmond scaring kids with the intensity of his questioning... 😂

Nah bit, just look at that pretty face! If the kid gets scared, it's his own fault---how could Edmond possibly look scary? My mans ain't even scowling!

2) Ohhhhh, so the metal plate really WAS made by Brahe, then?

Seeing how the metal of the prototype plates were the same, then the message really was from Brahe.....That's a shame; I had hoped that wouldn't be the case, because I didn't want Brahe's bitch-ass son to be correct....

But doesn't this mean that they have evidence of Brahe's intellectual merit?

Even if they never found solid evidence of starscape creatures, Brahe DID invent a new type of sound-record magic circle. (Even if I didn't understand Rei's explanation of it, it's clear that it was more advanced than the usual magic circle.)

3) You know what this reminds me of?

You know how in Minecraft you can find that one disc that has a recording of environmental sounds, and it has a really weird vibe to it?---Disc 13, I think?

That's what this reminded me of... 😅

4) There he is! There's our dude!!! :D

Now I feel like kind of a jerk for thinking that the environment-sounds were creepy... Cuz now that I think of it, yeah, how else are you supposed to communicate with a creature who doesn't speak your language???

5) FUCK, this guy is such a sweetheart!!! (⸝⸝o̴̶̷᷄ ◡ o̴̶̷̥᷅⸝⸝)

He is such a sincere guy... I feel so bad for him, getting mocked by everyone; even his shitty son...

This is so bittersweet.

Sure; in a poetic sort of way, the message did, in fact, arrive in "the right place." It didn't reach the starscape creatures (as far as we know), but it did find its was to Blade/other believers.

This recording is a beacon of hope for people like Blade, and Brahe was truly a pioneer in his area of study.

It just makes me sad that Brahe was so ahead of his time, and didn't get the respect he was due when he was still alive.

6) Dang, so that metal was literally made out of a shooting star?

Does that mean all of the other prototype plates were, too? Are meteors big enough to make that much metal???

I want to know more about the space metal!!!

But anyways, I'm glad Rei had some genuine fun during this event. It's right in his wheelhouse! 😊

7) Edmond, you sly little Tsun-Tsun Cinnamon Roll!!!

I love how he gives professional-sounding evaluations while subtly hyping Blade up!

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8) I couldn't have said it better myself, Blade sweetie!!!

Helping like-minded people come together---to realize that they're not truly alone---is what gives them the power to make changes.

9) PFFFFT!!!

🤦‍♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣

Edmond.... My love.....

Out of all the things you could've chosen to lead your message with----

----I just-----

*static*

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*static*

Your character is so consistent, babe, and I LOVE that about you!

---even if your insistence on making aliens follow government procedures kinda throws off the friendly vibes...😅

10) *SCREAMING, SOBBING, ROLLING ON THE GROUND*

EIDENNNN!!!!!! BABYYYY!!!!

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH, BUT LOOK AT YOU NOW!!!!

YOU'RE LIVING WITH A GIANT FAMILY OF HOT GUYS THAT LOVE YOU!!!!!

YOU ARE SUCH A WINNER!!!!

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

11) FUCK, this is SO CUTEEEE!!!!! ♡♡♡♡♡

Back at it again with the poetic endings!

It is so fitting for Blade to carry on Brahe's legacy---now he has another cool hobby to spend his time on!

Plus, considering that he's an e-droid, that means he'll be able to carry out the research even longer than Brahe did, and I think that's pretty damn cool.

Gotta love a happy ending!

🚀 End of report! 🚀

[habibialkaysani]

okay, let me preface this with a little note about my identity. I am a queer, mentally ill muslim british cis woman of colour. specifically, I was born in britain and my parents both hail from bangladesh. I am not white or black or latinx. so my opinions will - understandably, I hope - be from the perspective I am offering based on the intersecting parts of my identity.

so, let’s start with that. as a nonblack woc, I think it’s pretty patronising to be told that you don’t have to be black to be a person of colour. I know that. I don’t need that explained to me when I am literally not even black to start with. nowhere in my post did I say a mixed race pairing requires a black person. of course it would be interracial if someone was latinx. rene/thea is interracial. so is cisco/caitlin, and amy/jake, and those are just off the top of my head. pairings involving asian people are also interracial - wally/linda, for instance, and lena/jack. and while not latinx myself, I am aware of the issues latinx people face, enough for me to know that of course they are people of colour. I never said that latinx people face the exact same struggles as black people. I know they don’t, although they do overlap at least insofar that they’re groups that deserve far better.

my focus on black people in this post, btw, was partly to address the antiblackness I see in my own racial community. but also, me making the focus on antiblackness in my post does nothing in and of itself to dismiss other poc or, as you’ve suggested, throw other poc under the bus.

and that brings me to my main point. as far as I was aware, for a character to be considered racial representation and thus a person of colour onscreen, I thought the person portraying that character had to be, at the very, very least, a person of colour also and preferably also at least the same race as the character purports to be.

let me put this another way. as a desi woman, I would not have considered jack spheer to be desi if he was portrayed by a white actor who’s a bit tanned, calls himself bengali onscreen and calls his mother “amma” and, idk, eats rice and curry every day, and thus I would not consider him bengali representation because he was whitewashed. I was under the impression that a similar logic could be applied here, because, yes, maggie calls herself nonwhite and andrew kreisberg called her latina and she spoke spanish to her father, but floriana lima is still white. if you personally feel like whitewashed representation counts as representation, fine. but to me, sanvers is just another white wlw ship that the racist white non straight fandom flocked to because god forbid they give an interracial ship, irrespective of genders, a chance. I listed it because I was trying to make that very point - and, absolutely, if maggie were portrayed by an actual latinx actress, I would never suggest that sanvers is the same representation wise as clexa, wayhaught, cophine, avalance, etc., because there would be a person of colour who could potentially make the pairing important and groundbreaking and different. but she’s not. floriana is white. chyler is white.

now, I don’t know a lot of latinx people on here, so I’m not sure what the general consensus is on this. but I have seen latinx people speak out against maggie being whitewashed. at the same time, I fully acknowledge that I am not latinx myself, so if you think that representation that is so watered down and in your own words flawed is still adequate, fine. but put simply, me slighting maggie sawyer or sanvers with regards to racial representation isn’t me slighting latinx people at all. because maggie, to me, at least, and to a fair few others, isn’t truly latinx when she is portrayed by a tanned white actress. just like an ~exotic-looking white woman does not desi representation make. *coughamyjacksoncough*

I feel like poc should be in solidarity with each other. and if I said anything against samantha arias, rosa diaz, amy santiago, cisco ramon, rene ramirez or any of the other latinx characters on tv who are genuinely portrayed by actual latinxs, I do apologise. but in this instance, I can’t in good conscience consider maggie a woman of colour when the actress portraying her is white and she is clearly whitewashed, and therefore, I don’t see sanvers as a truly interracial relationship when they clearly are not in reality.

fandom racism is a huge problem, I agree. but you pointing this out doesn’t help. in this instance, I’m pretty sure it was supergirl and floriana lima who whitewashed a character who was meant to be a woc, not the fandom. the fandom whitewashing actual poc played by poc is what you should be calling out - zari tomaz, for instance, is often whitewashed in edits, and people assume sameen shaw is white even though she’s persian. people lauding chyler leigh and caity lotz, two straight white women, for being lgbt ~allies when maisie richardson sellers and keiynan lonsdale, two non-straight black people, are right there being as straight and white as a rainbow, is fandom racism. the 100 fandom practically starting a riot over a fridged white lesbian who wore brownface and a bindi and then staying radio silent or, worse, defending poussey washington’s death is what you call fandom racism.

I get that you mean well, but I did not say anywhere in my post that I felt nonblack poc were in any way less important than black people. me focusing on one race of people in no way diminishes the importance of other (nonwhite) races. if you truly consider maggie sawyer a woman of colour, good for you. I don’t, and I won’t until they decide to recast her with an actual latinx person (which is highly unlikely). so please don’t assume all other poc share your view, and don’t label my behaviour as ignorant or careless. 

- same anon as before, that's understanable. and i'm sorry for the racism that you do get. i'm glad you're able to just ignore it, and that most people respect you. (and for the a*dena,l*xa,s*ra thing) that makes sense. i like them all as characters. but the fandom saying that l*xa is wearing the helm of awe? (not sure if that's what they call it, but it is a bindi, that's just awful. s*ra being shipped with only white women, makes sense. i haven't watched lot for awhile. - p1

p2. but i did hear about the fandom shipping her with “new” character called a*ya? ev*? i’m not sure. and i was a bit confused, if they had like 5 lines together. (if ev*) now that i think about it, she is white right?

yeah, her name is ava, and they’re clearly building up to it and that’s - whatever, but just. five white women and one fleeting poc (leonard) and one woc who isn’t even mentioned by name this season does not diversity make. 

it’s sad that that more subtle racism exists, but what’s sadder is that fandoms on the whole don’t want to admit that it’s a thing and that we’re complicit in that racism. and I say “we” because I’m guilty of it too. I remember when I was watching poi and I was for some reason reluctant to ship carter with reese. just like how I was initially reluctant to ship sara with jax romantically. even tho in both cases the ships had wonderful dynamics. I’m not saying that everyone who brotps them is racist. but this refusal to view black people as love interests for white people is definitely a worrying trend - look at finn in star wars, for example, or even iris west with barry allen and to some extent amaya jiwe with nate heywood. it’s this less blatant racism that most if not the vast majority of us are guilty of to some degree that I think we need to recognise in ourselves and try to do better with. and that doesn’t mean you can’t ship sara with ava, or kara with lena or cat, or, hell, even maggie with alex, but I just think we also have to recognise that that racist bias exists and is a real thing, and, I don’t know, just try to do better by taking a step back and seeing where that racism inherent in all of us is manifesting itself.