#so I won't bother

[21fallouts-atmychemicaldisco]

As you can't see, I am Clancy

[koriel-12]

If Gabriel had lighter skin in that image, you'd have no problem calling him white. But the fact you feel that you have to defend your claim when someone suggests a character you like is black and you have to do mental gymnastics and argue semantics seems to say that white is your default. He doesn't even have to be specifically African American to be black - "blackness" and "whiteness" are entirely social constructs: what you see is what you get, and what i see with Gabriel is a skin tone that looks most similar to that of black people IRL. The first step to getting rid of a learned bias is to recognize you have a bias. I would actually be happy if, right now, you owned up, admitted you fucked up, and tried to be more careful in the future instead of doubling down.

One thing I will admit is that I suck at putting my thoughts into words. I'm really sorry if the things I've said have had racist undertones, or have come across as anything other than reasoned discussion. I promise this is all in good faith, and if it seems otherwise then that's on me.

The reason why I "doubled down" wasn't because I was trying to defend him as white, it was because a. I thought you misunderstood what I was trying to say (again, my fault) and b. because it irritates me when people bring up race (or any other quote-unquote "sensitive topic" e.g. sexism/homophobia/transphobia/etc.) as a catchall excuse for a problem in fandom.

The main point that I am trying to get across is that Gabe doesn't really have a race (other than "angel", maybe) and it seems unnecessary to try and give him one. He may have black skin, but he doesn't have any of the culture or history that black people do. You also mentioned that he has a similar skin tone to black people IRL? which doesn't seem true.

This is Gabe's skin colour, which is definitely a "dark grey" kind of black as opposed to the dark brown colour that you see in real life. I don't think that Gabe's dark grey colour is a natural skin colour for humans.

I also wouldn't want to call him white, in any circumstance really. His armour's white. He has "white boy" vibes. But he isn't white. He's an angle, and fictional too. Projecting race onto characters that don't have one can be nice as a headcanon, but when you shame the rest of the fandom for not remembering an attribute of a character that is never explicitly stated (or, if you accept angels as a valid race, explicitly stated otherwise) then I think that makes you a bad person.

I think that covers everything. My mind tends to jump around to much to make a properly cohesive argument so if I've missed something lmk please. Again, I say this as more of a "don't shame people for something that isn't even mentioned in canon" and not "GRRR HE'S WHITE HE SHOULDN'T BE BLACK yap yap yap". Hope this clears my stance up.

[jameszmaguire]

I think it would be better for everyone if I were to be left alone in the future. Don't you?

[captainjonnitkessler]

I truly, TRULY do not know how to say this, because the fact that I have to say it makes me feel like I am losing my grip on reality. But no, in the post-capitalistic anarchist utopia, I will not be relying on “autistic minecraft girlies” to be building inspectors because - and this may shock you - one of those occupations takes years of education in how to read and interpret hundreds of thousands of lines of regulations based on complicated math and physics that were the result of decades of tragedy and death, and the other one involves playing a children’s video game.

[psystirene]

i've been thinking about this reddit comment ever since i read it. the sheer rage. almost tearful i think. the horrendous take. underestimating the ability of sapphics to find sickly little leech women irresistible.

[moomimania]

it's friday, have a selection of random old doodles ✨

including my greatest masterpiece yet:

[wolfchans]

BANG CHAN ♡ GIANT JACKET MAKING MOVIE

[elzorton]

She's stealing your stuff

[fennthetalkingdog]

This is a neopronoun/xenopronoun positivity post! If you see this, tell me what your neos are!! >:3

I mostly just go by he/they but I also go by xe/xem/xyr and other canine-themed neos!

[astrolavas]

my art style is too simple for this but just know that when i draw post-ttt hunter, in my mind he has central pink-brown heterochromia. like this, kinda:

[satans-knitwear]

Blue valentines with brighter lighting ✨💙

Treat me ~ Tip Me ~ More of me

[texff14]

She was shiva dominant before it was cool B)

[stealingyourbones]

Submitted Prompts #144

*shakes a bag of bird skulls I found in the woodsI and places it on your desk like it's a bag of gold*

I had an idea:

What if the Fenton parents are, in fact very competent Hunters, but they love their children more than their work?

Say the first shot Maddie ever fired at Phanton actually lands, and the scream he makes sounds too much like Danny's voice, to a point even with any ghostly distortion, his own still recognizes the voice.

I can see her pulling Jack to the side, making a ruckus about how the "darn ghost got away just as her blaster ran out of juice". Mostly as a way to get Danny her darling son to leave and go somewhere safe, while his parents have a whole breakdown in the GAV about their dead son.

And so begins the stealthy studies on how Phantom's "human disguise" works, the Revelation of Horrible Truth, keeping tabs on Danny's growth and revising their whole attitude on Ghosts to account for the fact that Danny himself is, at least in some part, a Ghost himself, but all he's done is live his life (and be the little hero Mom always said he'd grow up to be).

Jazz stumbles across his secret and is immediately pulled aside to join the secret "Protect the Baby Ghost" family group chat.

"And what about all the times they shot at him in canon" I hear you ask?

They're damn good shots, but while Maddie can train herself to aim just so that the shot misses just enough it looks like Phantom dodged it, Jack has the Fenton Bazooka outfitted with a tracking HUD that purposely fails to hit everyone's favorite Ghost Boy.

Danny picks up on that, but not on the fact that They Know.

And so begins the single most convoluted training arc ever.

Next time Skulker's in town, Phantom has become untouchable. Not a single shot or electrified net reaches it's target.

(The electrified weapons in particular send the Fentons into a rage when Sam and Tucker finally can't keep hiding it, and come clean about what happened, since the Fentons have proven themselves to be trustworthy)

When Red Huntress comes about, and Valerie Grey becomes barely a distant acquaintance after having only just now started becoming more than a friend, and with the GIW sniffing about, Maddie and Jack pull Danny to sit between them and finally tell him they know, and they want to prove that they'll love him just as much as before, whether Human or Ghost.

Danny breaks down in the safety of his family's love, and takes some time off as Phantom to help his parents establish a proper line of communication with the Ancients, considering they've kinda adopted themselves into the roles of Aunts and Uncles towards their little Ghostling.

Which is a good thing, because in Phantom's absence the GIW make a giant spectacle of destroying several houses while chasing some blob ghosts. They're chased out of town by brick, stone and metal bat.

Next time Red Huntress actually manages to hurt Danny, the Fentons pack up and leave. The Portal can be transported somewhere else. It can be rebuilt.

Their baby boy can't be rebuilt, no matter how much he likes to be a little shit and ignore Reality to quote Shakespeare at his own head (thank you Mr Lancer, for not giving up on him) or "give them a hand".

As Fenton takes the last tour of Amity, Phantom disappears. The Protal has been left seemingly unguarded.

The Ghosts decide to have one last hurrah in Anity Park before Danny closes the Portal, as per their deal. They won't hurt anyone, just cause chaos, but in return Phantom won't stop them. It's not like poor Red has the energy to chase them down, now that she's been "upgraded" into Amity's sole defender (the one time Lancer compares her new lack of sleep to Danny's, horrifying pieces start lining up too well in her mind)

The Fentons move out. Into a quiet farm neighbouring the land that belongs to the delightful couple that are the Kents, and their darling son, little Clark, who stares at Danny mildly horrified whenever he comes by to babysit, or help out with fixing the stubborn tractor. One day under Danny's clever hands, and Jonathan Kent's eagle-eyed gaze, and that damned tractor has never worked so well before. The boy's alright in the old man's eyes, and he makes sure they kid knows it.

After quiet rooftop admissions of one small boy's growing powers (I know Adult Clark is a brick house of a man, but what if he was a little twig while young) and the reveal of Something More Than Human from his honorary older brother, the course of Time sets into it's best version, and an Old Clock smiles, as Superman rises, only to be scolded by Spectre for recklessness.

(Dunno how well it came across, but I'm envisioning Valerie's feelings towards Danny to go from bitter resignation because she " had to" push him away, to horrified despair when the truth starts falling into place. He's her "the one that got away". And it's not like she gave him much of a reason to trust her with his secrets.

Maybe older and wiser Red Huntress gets invited to the Justice League, and has to deal with not just Fenton, but also Phantom flirting with her, after a good long conversation on how dumb they both were as kids, and a mutual vow of "I think I can do better now, and I want to prove it to you")

[cardo-de-comer]

matej doodle

[thewriterowl]

Boba: Look, Jedi, I don’t like you and you don’t like me--

Luke: I like you.

Boba: But Djarin is head over heels for you. So, know, if you break his heart--

Luke: I should suffer for eternity and die alone

Boba: I...yes?

Luke: Cause he is amazing and if I do anything I don’t deserve anything except torture.

Boba: I’m the one trying to do the shovel talk here

Luke: I don’t deserve him so I need to appreciate him and how lucky I am to have him in my life.

Boba: Damn, kid, you ok?

Luke: You’re a great friend. I am so happy he has you. I made you a friendship bracelet as a promise to never hurt Din but you don’t have to wear it.

Boba....

(Later)

Boba: Djarin, if you ever break this kid’s heart I am going to destroy you.

Din: He gave you a friendship bracelet huh?

Boba: (covered in twenty of them) Not the point, shut-up.

[impossiblefeat]

All of Espio's White Space animations from Sonic Generations.