#nibeul says fuck

[cafffine]

absolutely insane of you to be talking about respect while you harass people of color for trying to celebrate and reclaim their culture through media that they enjoy. They’re doing this for themselves, on their own terms, and you are an intruder. The culture week is doing INFINITELY more to elevate POC voices than you - some reactionary white person - telling poc to kill themselves bc you don’t like george lucas or whatever.

Also Nibeul was incredibly gracious in that reply by trying to educate and correct you with facts and personal insight, and now here you are again crying and putting your white ass on a pedestal. Next time say thank you, and then shut the fuck up

are people willfully ignorant of how mongolia gets shit on? Why are natives always the ones who get shit on the hardest. These people talking shit about me do not hurt me. They make me mad. Between George lucas and JRR Tolkien most things people know about mongolians are that they are some fucking war people in the middle of nowhere. When in reality they are the lagacy of kings. They lay claim to the mandate of heaven. They seek justice against evil. They aren a goddamn costume to put on and take off like the white ass people who made star wars did to them. Like the white ass people who produced the LOTR film did to them. What JRR tolkien DID TO THEM.

[nibeul]

if u think poc talking about fandom racism is ruining ur fun and putting a strain on the community, I wish u a very shut the fuck up

[sandu-zidian]

Just imagine...

(Double posting on tumblr cuz queuing still confuses me)

It’s no secret that Star Wars is heavily inspired by Asian culture and Samurai movies. George Lucas approached Toshiro Mifune for the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi, an obvious nod to the samurai genre which Mifune was a large part of creating. The man rejected the role. Instead of finding another Asian actor to play Obi-Wan, George Lucas went to Alec Guinness. In the prequel movies, Padme’s outfits are obviously inspired (and sometimes fully ripped off) from traditional Asian clothing. The most notable one is the Queen’s outfit with the horn like headpiece, obviously ripped of from a traditional Mongolian headdress that is worn by married Khalkha women, and has cultural significance. The makeup Padme wore as well as the headpiece were stolen and given totally new meanings, with no thought to its cultural significance. In present day, these points are things I’m acutely aware of.

So, with that set down, please let me indulge in what could have been: Toshiro Mifune as Obi-Wan (an Asian face in the OG trilogy, which we never got), and Asian Padme, which was a redesign by @nibeul , which I gave Padme a Mongolian inspired outfit. Being the platform it is, I feel obligated to say that I love Ewan Mcgregor, Alec Guinness, and Natalie Portman. They are wonderful actors. But part of me has realized that there had been no Asian protagonist or secondary character in live action Star Wars until Rogue One back in 2016. Despite myself, that makes me extremely sad, especially taking into account the HUGE inspiration Asian culture was in Star Wars from the Jedi to costume design to lore.

I’m not gonna argue with anyone. Make a stupid ass argument about representation and that Star Wars shouldn’t be “political” is gonna get an immediate reply that says “I have the Ron Swanson permit to do what the fuck I want”. The voices of POC and other groups have too long been shut down by others who refuse to look at media critically and self-reflect. I’m tired of it.

[belfrygargoyles]

*whispers* I would like to hear what you have to say on reader inserts in the SW fandom because I too have a problem with them and I feel like not enough people are calling it out 👉👈

I’ve made a few posts about it in the past but I think it’s high time I actually Do This and really get into it.

Before I start: 1) This will be in specific reference to fanfiction written for the Star Wars fandom, particularly tcw and the mandalorian eras, 2) A lot of the issues come down to racist fetishization of men of color by white women; I am white, so there is much that is simply not my place to make statements on. What I can speak most on is my take from the gender side of things.

I’d honestly recommend reading this post by @nibeul with addition by @clonehub first, as they discuss the core issue with reader inserts in the Star Wars fandom.

And 3) some of this will involve discussion of sexual acts (as they relate to fanfiction) and sexual fantasies. These discussions will be non-explicit, and no pornographic text or content will be displayed.

Also. I’m GNC and nonbinary. I’m also a very feminine looking person that falls under the generalization of “small and petite.” I don’t have dysphoria, I like my body and the traits I have, and treating them like inherently female sends me into a blind fury. This is, unfortunately, important.

For the sake of making sure I come across as clearly as possible, I will be writing as though the reader of this post has never read or is broadly unfamiliar with reader-insert fanfiction.

Without further ado.

Hey, Star Wars reader insert fic writers? Please get your shit together.

INTRODUCTION

I’ve been reading reader-insert fanfiction since I was a grade schooler waking up early to check Quizilla. I love it! It got me into fandom, kept me engaged, helped me make and develop some of my oldest OCs, and it’s just fun to read and write- it’s like a self-indulgent little gift you can give to a bunch of people all at once. Because who doesn’t like the idea of starring in their own little adventure, usually alongside some of their favorite characters? It can be fun, immersive, get you attached in ways other ways of fandom interaction may not, make you feel just a little bit special, or be a way to express some feelings you might have about canon and the way the story went.

Like any form of fiction, it ends up saying more about the author’s feelings than anything else, whether the author realizes it or not. For many, many authors of reader-insert fanfiction, the primary enjoyment comes from writing “themselves” into the story- before the readers, the author most often makes the “reader character” someone they, themselves, can relate to and substitute for themselves. They write to live out a self-indulgent fantasy they have, and their readers can come along for the ride.

Some writers do actually try to write as diverse or as vague of a reader character as possible- as few details about the body, identity, etc. as possible so anyone could superimpose their image without the narrative directly contradicting it. This is not the kind of reader insert author I will be discussing.

The kind of author I will be discussing is the one most common in the Star Wars tag on Ao3: White, AFAB, cisgender, gender-conforming, able-bodied women who assume all of their readers are also White, AFAB, cisgender, gender-conforming, able-bodied women. Yes, you can tell.

ISSUE: fetishization of men of color

Again, this post puts it in the best words, but there is a rampant problem with Star Wars reader-inserts, particularly those involving the clones, Boba Fett, and Din Djarin, fetishizing characters played by men of color as either “physically aggressive and threatening, hypersexual and dominant, big strong men who are scary because they do violence and fuck constantly when they’re not” or “completely inexperienced baby who doesn’t know anything about things and needs a gentle nurturing guiding touch to introduce him to the mere idea of a vagina.” The former is common across all of them, the latter most common among clone trooper fics or Din/Reader.

I went into the Boba Fett/Reader tag on Ao3, because I like him and hoped to find something alright. Here are some stats I tallied up (give or take some) based solely on tags, summaries, and warnings:

There are 284 works in the Boba Fett/Reader category as of the time of this post.

198/284 are rated E for explicit sexual content. 69.7% of all Boba Fett/Reader works are sexually explicit.

259/284 are in the F/M category. 91.2% of all Boba Fett/Reader works involve an explicitly female or AFAB reader.

24/284 are tagged with or mention “Age difference,” “Older man/Younger woman,” “Innocence kink” or “Virginity kink.” 8.4% of all Boba Fett/Reader works are written explicitly with an age gap, with Boba Fett as the older party

26/198 E rated fics are tagged with or make reference to “Daddy kink” or involve the reader being called some variation of “little girl” by Boba. 13% of all E-rated works under Boba Fett/Reader are daddy kink fics, or allude to Boba Fett being a daddy dom/sugar daddy.

102/198 E rated fics are tagged as, make reference to, or suggest in the summary that Boba Fett takes a dominant sexual role with a submissive reader involving rough or painful play, or make reference to Boba Fett being frightening, physically intimidating, having a power dynamic over the reader, or being possessive or violent. 51.51% of all E-rated works under Boba Fett/Reader portray Boba Fett as sexually dominant and/or enacting use of physical force or pain play.

Just using this as an example, because it’s the easiest stats I can gather and also what made me realize there was a pattern.

The problem isn’t even necessarily that people write explicit fic about Boba- it’s that 1) over half of all fics in the category are explicitly pornographic, and 2) the way those pornographic fics are written. The two things compound on each other. They’re dominance fantasies projected onto a character of color in which he becomes extremely sexual, physically rough with the reader, possessive, and demeaning towards a reader character who is always written as White, AFAB, and petite.

This brings me to the next issue.

ISSUE: The way sexual relationships are portrayed.

Let me clarify so there is no chance of me being misunderstood: sex is good. Liking and wanting and enjoying sex isn’t bad. It is not bad if you are AFAB and have submissive fantasies. It is not bad to be sexually attracted to a man of color. You can write about sex even if you haven’t had it. Writing about sex can be a good way to express some more complicated feelings you could have about certain things. It doesn’t even have to be realistic. It has its time and it has its place.

This being said.

Sexual relationships as they are portrayed in the vast majority of E-rated Star Wars reader inserts are… not great.

The reader is always AFAB. I can think of maybe one fic off the top of my head where an AFAB reader was written with they/them pronouns and not just she/her.

The reader is almost always submissive, the dominant character is almost always portrayed as cis male. Even when the characters are supposed to just be having spontaneous casual sex, D/S or BDSM aspects will be introduced with no prior discussion or talks about it afterwards. Sometimes characters will start using dirty talk and it just does not fit at all, but it’s what the author thought was hot.

Sometimes, it just reads like a quick smutty oneshot. More often than that, it reads like the author doesn’t realize that sex… isn’t always a dom/sub thing. Or that someone can take the lead in sex and that doesn’t automatically make them a dom.

It’s not bad to be inexperienced. It’s not bad to have preferences or kinks or specific turn-ons.

But it gets… tiring to read, over and over and over and over, because that’s all there is.

That and… I dunno, it just has me a little worried? It doesn’t make me feel good knowing so many people can only portray a sexual relationship if it’s dom/sub. I don’t know why it makes me so uneasy.

Vanilla sex isn’t a bad thing I promise. It's this feeling of insistence that something "spicy" absolutely has to happen for it to be worth writing that gives... some weird vibes.

I’m going to move on to the next Big-

ISSUE: Every “reader” character is exactly the same

By which I mean the following:

Always cis AFAB female

If a character is written with gender neutral pronouns they will always be AFAB and written like Girl Lite

I have never seen an explicitly stated nonbinary/gnc reader character unless it was a request specifically for a nonbinary reader

I have never seen a gender neutral reader insert fic where the reader was AMAB

I have seen a grand total of 1 cis male reader fic and 1 trans male reader fic. The trans male reader fic was about dysphoria.

The reader is allowed to have one of the following backstories: slave/runaway, mechanic, medic, ex-Rebel, secret Jedi, bounty hunter.

The reader is allowed to have one of the following personality traits: throws knives, babysitter, completely civilian, WOMAN, says curse words.

The reader is never written with any narrative agency- things only ever happen to the reader character or around the reader character, they are never written to take charge and actually affect things on their own. Essentially the sexy lamp trope.

Remember when I said the majority of people writing Star Wars reader-insert fanfic on Ao3 were White, cisgender AFAB women who are gender-conforming and able-bodied? This is how you can tell.

It’s at this point where you can tell they’re really not meant to be reader-inserts, but author-inserts with the names removed- they were only meant for a very narrow selection of readers.

I’m nonbinary, I’m gnc, and I’m a very feminine looking person, generally speaking. I’m used to people looking at me and assuming oh, girl. I’m at peace with that.

I can barely stand reading some of these fics just because of how much the author emphasizes that the reader is FEMALE shes a WOMAN with BOOBS and a VAGINA and FEMININE WILES. There’s barely ever even a chance to give myself room to mentally vault over all the “she”s and “her”s because then I’m getting hit with Din or someone calling the reader “girl” or “the woman.” It’s unbearable, and I even fall into the general description every fucking fic author uses for their generic protagonist!

Even with the “gender-neutral reader” fics, it is just. Painfully clear that they just wrote a female character and changed the pronouns- no, there is no such thing as “male behavior” or “female behavior,” and I quite heartily rebel against the concept of gender essentialism. And honestly, I can barely even begin piecing together how I know it and what it feels like, because it’s just one of those vague conglomerates of cues and writing patterns I can’t consciously pick up on but I know it’s there- it’s frustrating, it’s demeaning, and it feels like you’d have to threaten these authors at gunpoint to get them to write a reader character who was any major deviation from the same three cutouts they use every time.

It seems like they can’t possibly force themselves to write a reader character who isn’t meek and submissive or has the sole personality traits of “mean and can hit things”- you can actually strike a balance between “absolutely no personality” and “fleshed out oc” you know? And you don’t actually have to tell the reader what their hair looks like or how full their figure is

It’s like 2:20 AM and I started this at like 8something PM but.

I’m someone who loves reader-inserts. I enjoy them. I still check for new ones regularly. I’ve been reading them for well over half my life now.

So many of these authors are just locked in on exactly one way to write things and it fucking shows. It’s like a self-feeding loop, they just keep writing the same things and the same dynamics because they see each other doing it and they never think about taking a step back.

It’s… exhausting. I’m exhausted. If you’re a reader-insert fic writer and you want to improve your reader character inclusivity and have also read this far, you can DM me or shoot me an ask.

[echos-newlegs]

I am so frustrated rn with the people that try and make it seem like Jedi loved the clones, with maybe the exception of Plo, and maybe Shaak. The Jedi cared about the WAR, NOT their MEN. Men that trusted them, had feelings, emotions. Men that, like slick, even ended up betraying the order because hey! This life is fucked and why should we be slaves??? They may be programmed and a clone of another man, but that doesn't make them less of a person! Less of a breathing creature that deserves to make their own decisions.

You can say what you want, but they were enslaved. You saw from jedi as bad as Pong Krell, to as mild as Yoda, Anakin, or even Obi-Wan that they didn't care. Ping-Pong-Dong turned them against each other, ignoring the mission on umbara just to destroy the clones.

Anakin, as @nibeul mentioned in an absolute stellar post, fucking let a whole group of men die for a fucking R2 unit. Who tf does that? I get it, he's had R2 forever, but he killed those men! And people still stand up for him.

Obi-Wan and Yoda?? Fucking JOKES. They didn't even try to spare them. They slaughtered those men with zero remorse even if they couldn't control themselves! They were in a trance, they had a fucking chip for gods sake! How are they going to fight that? I know some could, like Rex, but not all can.

Plo was the only one that actually just let it all go .down and happen, sparing his men, his bros, even if they were in "the wrong." (Because is there really a right and a wrong in this war?? both sides suck ass in their own ways.) He was said to be the best pilot ever, right below anakin even, I think. And he didn't even attempt to fly off or fight back. He didn't want to be the reason his men died, blood on his hands. Or at least that’s how I see it.

I know this is random but FUCK, Jedi puss me off. They aren't right at all, the clones deserved better tbfh. Like honestly, if it weren't for the fact slick got some of his brothers killed, I wouldn't have blamed the guy. I would have tried to leave the order and free my brothers if I was in that situation. I would have left, because you know what, with all those men you could overthrow them. Get new fucking soldiers, not men that don't even know what happiness outside of the war is.

[revenge-of-the-shit]

AO3 Tag Game

How many works do you have on AO3? 10!

What’s your total AO3 word count? 214,764

How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

Technically 2 because I wrote fanfic for the Hunger Games when I was 12 and published it on a site that has long since died and literally been taken down At the moment, my AO3 is all Star Wars!

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Disconnected Conduit

Broken Beads

Gold and Silver

Cold Fire

Finishing Promises

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

I try to! But I'm so bad at replying and sometimes I get overwhelmed and just read it and end up never replying oop

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

//Probably// Cold Fire? I think Echoes of Zyggeria gives it a run for its money in terms of angst but that one ends with a slightly more hopeful ending

Do you write crossovers? Nope.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Not hate about the writing, but I did indeed get an Islamophobic comment once that tried to dismiss and insult my muslim mutuals/friends...

Do you write smut? If so what kind? Nope.

Have you ever had a fic stolen? Yup. Someone stole Fractured Twists word for word, put it on their wattpad, and was replying to comments as if they had so much fun writing the whole thing, and when I called them out on it they deleted it.

Have you ever had a fic translated? Nope!

What’s your all time favorite ship?

Not Star Wars related but probably Hiccstrid from HTTYD?

What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

I've got an idea for a political intrigue/grimdark fic that centers around a ROTS where Empress Amidala rises to power unwillingly and goes through a corruption arc. As the Bendu says - even the desire to do good can lead to great evil. I wanted to address issues such as her privilege as a former Queen and Senator on a wealthy planet, the privilege that Obi and Ani hold as Jedi and as humans, and how this could lead to them talking over those who don't hold the same thing.... it'd end up being a commentary on power and politics and privilege, but I don't think I have the time/effort to ever truly pull it off right.

What are your writing strengths?

I //think// dialogue? And imagery+phrasing?

What are your writing weaknesses?

Probably pacing, and sometimes losing track of details.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? Uhhhhhhhhh

What was the first fandom you wrote for? The Hunger Games!

What’s your favorite fic that you’ve written?

Honestly, an unpublished one (that's coming out soon in the Hope zine!) - it's a piece that centers around Baze and Chirrut and I wove a fuck ton of Chinese culture into that one, and it came out pretty solid, I think.

Tagging: @lightasthesun @katierosefun @nibeul @puirell

[certified-anakinfucker]

Rules: Copy and paste these questions and make your own post, please do not add onto this one, it’ll get too long too fast. Mahalo. Then tag some of your friends to let them know you’d like to hear more about their ocs! (original by @/queen-breha-organa and I was tagged nine different times so ha)

——— yall are gonna love this one

Name: Anakin Skywalker

Pronouns: he/him

Nickname: Ani, Daar'Ani (Brother Ani; Togruti), 'Kinnie, Insufferable Pain In The/My Ass, Dipshit, Skywalker, Skiirunner, Bro, Kiddo, K'et (son; Cheunh)

One Word To Sum Them Up: Extremely

Noun to Describe Them: Pride

Temperament: Anakin can be very headstrong and more stubborn than a bantha, but it's safe to say he puts his heart into everything he does. He's a very excitable and loving guy, always looking to make more friends to drag into his antics.

MBTI Type: ENFP - The Champion

Enneagram Type: 3 - Competitive Achiever

Other’s First Impression of Them: "Is this dude for real? Or is he fucking stupid?" / He can come off as that over-excited puppy, or that hunt-trained grown ass dog.

General Likes: LOVES spending time with other people, getting to learn from others, showing off, having time to unwind and be obnoxious just a little bit, starfighters, thrill of the chase, friends :)

General Dislikes: Strict order, strict rules, lectures (sometimes), thoughtless chaos, Palpatine., loneliness, denial, motherfucking Ventress, Grievous, this entire war

Romantic Status: Depends; he's either married, fucking, or single.

Love Interest (s): Generally depends on au; sometimes he's with Padmé (albeit under different initial circumstances) or I'm undecided.

Good Friend (s): [Canon] Obi-wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano , Dama Montalvo, Tiplee, Tiplar, Finn Ertay, Barriss Offee, Rachi Sitra, Serra Keto, Varrom Selon; [OCs] Omura Vane, Jicelli Molidero, Aster Biando (@pentothestars), Chandrika Banshara (@/pentothestars), Nathan and Grace Warren (@keys-to-the-stars), Losnook Kuri, Master Mizza'lat'ano and Knight Mizza'ohuwa'langu, Ceres Fauna (@penguinkiwi), Ouro Kronii), Nanashi Mumei

Enemy (s): Sheev Palpatine / Darth Sidious, Ventress, Grievous, Every Kaminoan Ever, that one guy who spilled his Space Horchata this one time, probably more people he's forgotten

Hobbies: Avoiding meditation, avoiding saber practice, sparring with his crechemates and losing, being adoringly insufferable, taking on scores of battledroids because one of them said something mean to one of his clones, fistfighting depression

Songs They Relate To: Centuries - Fall Out Boy

Fictional Characters Similar To Their Personality: bestie you're gonna laugh,

Fun Fact: Anakin is apart of a creche group I like to call "Calamity Creche", comprised of highly-adept beings that were pretty much spawned in by the Force to answer for a long-standing upset in the balance. Members of this creche group include Jicelli Molidero, Aster Biando, Chandrika Banshara, Omura Vane, Nathan and Grace Warren, Losnook Kuri, Tacar Anulig, Serra Keto, Tacar Anulig, Varrom Selon, Ceres Fauna, Ouro Kronii, and Nanashi Mumei!

Free Space/Ramble: - The design I use for Anakin is @nibeul's redesign! - Anakin, now that he's situated in a creche group, is now the middle child who can and will get away with everything. Not that he isn't noticed, but most people don't bother stopping him! - Anakin is stupidly afraid of spiders and Will call the Temple Guard at ass o'clock in the morning to come kill it. - He runs hotter than a furnace, which was hilarious considering his master is Chiss. - Anakin is twice as strong in the Force as Grandmaster Yoda. The only thing that stopped him from curbstomping Yoda was Master Mizza'lat'ano asking him very nicely not to.

Tags: @penguinkiwi, @milfplo-koon, @sith-lord, @purgetrooperfox, @amikoroyaiart, @arcjesse, @friedennic, @shiniest-captain, @jawajawas, @mysteryhacked, anyone else >:)

[kiwikipedia]

OC Personality Sheet / Tag Game

Rules: Copy and paste these questions and make your own post, please do not add onto this one, it’ll get too long too fast. Mahalo. Then tag some of your friends to let them know you’d like to hear more about their ocs!

thanks to @mysteryhacked for the tag!!

Name: Hakra Dorgoa

Pronouns: He/him/They/them (but uses He/Him usually)

Nickname: ‘Ra, Idiot One (Idiot Two is whoever else is being an idiot), Demon (Guard Assigned Codename), Kitten (cue Syo wheezing)

One Word To Sum Them Up: Unpredictable

Noun to Describe Them: the Wildcard

Temperament: A bit wild, loves a fight, big “brother who take you out for drinks even though you’re under aged” vibes, friendly until provoked, kinda an idiot on the surface

MBTI Type: ESTP

Enneagram Type: The Opprotunist

Other’s First Impression of Them: Loud, kinda stupid, very much a bawns-over-brains type of guy, intimidating, has a “weirdly perceptive gaze for an idiot”, a little bit agressive, FUCKING TALL (6′6″ lookin asshole)

General Likes: The thrill of a fight, dogs, spicy foods, seeing the other Guard get better at fighting, listening to the younger guard talk about the good things in their days (big brother vibes go brrr), The Temple Guard 

General Dislikes: People looking down on the Guard, racism towards him for being a “different type” of Zabrak (Exile, not Iridonian or dathomirian), being touched without permission, people being weird about him being intersex

Romantic Status: Pining like a dumbass

Love Interest (s): Eeth Koth

Enemy: Anyone who breaks into the Temple (Cad Bane, mostly), General Grievous, Count Dooku, Palpatine (Bad Vibes, he says), Pong Krell, Ki-Adi Mundi, his old Master

Hobbies: Not a lot but he does like to wood carve and also sometimes he’ll doodle

Songs They Relate To: Diamond Eyes (Shinedown), Born to Be (Nano), War of Change (Thousand Foot Krutch)

Fictional Characters Similar To Their Personality: Morganite, kinda (Houseki no Kuni), Mordred Pendragon again (Fate), Beowulf (Fate), Li Shuwen (Fate), I’d say Arataki Itto (Genshen Impact) but he came out after Hakra was created and they’re not that alike but sure

Fun Fact: He’s considered to be one of the most powerful Jedi in the Temple Guard strength wise, possibly up in the top ten if you ask any of the Guard. Considering how some of the others are a wookiee, a thirteen-foot-tall nauolan, and two Togorians, I’d say that’s a rather remarkable feat

Free Space/Ramble: He has eight siblings and is somewhere in the middle in terms of age placement, though he’s not close to any of them at all, he knows that at least some of them accompany his biological father (He has two dads and a mom, diversity win!) around the Galaxy for trade reasons as their family clan is a merchant group of sorts

tagging (no pressure): @nibeul @mysteryhacked @hotshot9 @tumor-tumor

[trixree]

Thinking about @nibeul 's baby!batch thread again tonight and. Protective ori'vod Echo stumbling in on the Batch's teenage Shenanigans.

Cue: Echo comes back to the marauder one night. Crosshair has located the star wars equivalent of weed, brought it home to the Batch, and they. They are are so goddamn high.

Crosshair and Wrecker immediately start giggling hysterically. Hunter stops breathing for many, many seconds. (It is unclear as to whether or not he is terrified or just high enough to overthink breathing.) Tech, entirely deadpan, his eyes VERY red, "I believe my estimation of Echo's time of arrival may have been miscalculated."

Echo is just torn between "ARE THEY TOO YOUNG FOR THIS??? A RESPONSIBLE ORIVOD WOULD CERTAINLY SAY SO!" and "Oh thank GOD I can smoke, I am in SO much pain and some fucking relief sounds absolutely fantastic"

[meerlichts]

Last line tag game

Tagged by @billielurked !

Last line I’ve written in a current wip:

“Waxer,” Runner says quietly from the side—Waxer recognizes his markings—and Waxer turns his head. “Who’s in there?” he asks.

Runner stares at him. Waxer looks away, watches the tent until his vision shrinks and his eyes are hefted onto the entrance.

“That’s the other one? Fucking hells, you weren’t kidding, they’re extraordinarily shiny,” someone behind him whispers. Runner huffs. “I don’t think he knows,” he replies. “He wouldn’t still be here if he did, the admiral would’ve taken him in there, too.”

“Knows what?” Waxer asks. The words feel heavy on his tongue.

Tagging: @transfetts @charlie-without-chocolate @nibeul and anyone else who wants to! No pressure!

[mercuriiarts]

might i further add that @nibeul and @milfcommandercody have made excellent points and explanations on how Disney has seriously fucked up time and time again. as POC creators they have a far better perspective, and yall should hear what they have to say

been thinking of addressing this for a while, but people really need to stop with counter arguments to whitewashing that treat the bad batch (and omega) like real people who just happen to be the way they are. meaning:

stop with the scientific explanations. the characters are not real, you cannot study them scientifically! something potentially making sense scientifically isn’t necessarily a sufficient explanation for why a fictional character is a certain way.

stop acting like the identity of racially ambiguous/whitepassing māori is being debated or scrutinized. omega and the bad batch are not real racially ambiguous/whitepassing māori! they are fictional and their characters, designs, and narratives have largely been under the control and influence of white people. racially ambiguous/whitepassing people and their identities should not be used to give a pass to whitewashing! it’s incredibly disturbing please stop.

[nibeul]

not-so-friendly reminder that Abdul Ali is a brown skinned Asian (and a Brown man in general), so y’all better be fucking drawing him as such. quit the skin lightening, it’s gross

[nibeul]

man, the fact that there’s a character limit of 200 for ID text is so dumb and just defeats the whole purpose. you can’t accurately describe an image—especially one that’s complicated or has multiple images in a singular image—in 200 characters or less. the most you can put is a very basic description, if even that, and it’s especially troublesome when people are trying to transcribe videos, tweets, etc. it’s like a fancy thing tossed in under the guise of accessibility while actually not doing much. 

[nibeul]

I think some of y’all need to realize that nice people can be racist. Too many people excuse racism because the person is nice without realizing that these two things are not mutually exclusive. It’s hard to accept but it’s a topic that needs to be addressed

[nibeul]

you know, I think we should have a conversation about how (predominantly white artists) will encourage others to “make their characters ugly” and then proceed to draw these “ugly” example characters with big noses and lips, small eyes, thick hair, and dark skin. Y’all need to address your biases because it ain’t cute. 

[nibeul]

“How is changing a white character’s race any different from changing a character of color’s race?”

Buddy pal, I didn’t see anyone who looked like me in Star Wars until 2016 despite the fact that a good chunk of the Star Wars Universe (specifically the Jedi) are based on various Asian cultures. The Rebels were based on the Vietcong.

“The Rebels in 'Star Wars' Were Inspired By the Viet Cong, George Lucas Reveals. “Star Wars” might have been set in a galaxy far far away but the characters who played in its fantastical settings possess very human qualities. This was how “Star Wars” creator George Lucas intended his heroes and villains to be.”

時代劇 (jidaigeki) (meaning 'period drama' motion pictures about samurai)

“As he has often acknowledged, he simply borrowed the idea from Akira Kurosawa's 1958 samurai classic, The Hidden Fortress.”

Cultural Theft in Star Wars

Cultural Theft in Star Wars (Pt 2)

A New Hope came out in 1977. Rogue One came out in 2016. Rogue One was the first time I saw an Asian lead, on screen, in Star Wars.

You tell me the difference.