DORIAN STORM, ROBBIE DAYMOND, AND THE CRITICAL ROLE FANDOM: AN ADDENDUM

aka: zoinks, scoob! it got worse!

(same disclaimer as before: we’re talking about racism, not how annoying you think xyz white character is or how much you want to punt all xyz shippers into a fire. keep your comments focused on dorian himself; it feels counterproductive when conversations about the racism experienced by actors of color and the fictional characters they play snowballs into shitting on fictional white characters and completely ignoring the former.)

as should be obvious, this is an addition to my other long post about dorian storm's racist treatment by fandom which can be found here. now onto my suffering for the past couple of weeks!

aaaand here's the rest of the (good) seamless textures I've made, various washes and marker scribbles on different kinds of paper I've scanned. Most of these I've use on brushes but they could be used for overlays too.

Like with the others, make sure you adjust scale and use levels to make them do what you want. Note that these ones will also become hideous if tiled at a small scale.

They're totally free to use, don't worry about credit.

There’s no fuckin way Thriller Bark healed right after Saboady. Fighting constantly for 2 years without a genuine doctor around? Zoro has chronic pain and in this essay I will

Ringing in my bday with some Blood Storm.

Khaled Ashnur-Shal, my Ashlander bean who deserves all the love - that i am unable to give him.

(Last to drawings are from last year)

Happy asexual awareness day from your local autochorrisexual

I cannot begin to tell you how much of a joy it’s been to watch people read this comic and go “oh”

@bluelovebot HEY ITS US

There’s a name for it!!!! Thank you!

There is always a name and flag waiting for you no matter how many asterisks you put on yourself.

jean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Youthful Naturalist’s radical theories cry out for confirmation. But what, exactly, will be born out of his Ambition?

Evolution is Fallen London’s next free serial story

Built another new base in my 1.17 survival world :’D

Default textures // BSL shaders

Here’s some additional pics:

The mask is part-inspired by Oni, and I thought it’d be cool if one of the horns becomes broken at some point - a sort of symbolic ‘path to redemption’ feeling. To contrast his alter ego, I wanted the mask to have very prominent eyes, which almost feel like they are always looking right at you.

I included the bits of gold/yellow as a reference to his original costume (and based the main pic’s pose on the issue 1 cover, too). I aimed to have it look overall like a practical suit, though not without flair - and also not fall into the ‘trap’ of ab-armor and such. As a little easter egg, some of the studs on his shoulder pads have come away, and the remaining ones make the letter D in braille.

For his civilian attire, I approached Murdock with a mixture of inspiration from Charlie Cox’s portrayal, and also Spike Spiegel. 

See you [in court], space cowboy.

Folks have been asking to see this fella for a while, now. Hope you like him :)

Thanks to those who gave suggestions on the details during the stream!

tribunal

Jean Grey #PaperXmen doll has arrived! FINALLY. Sorry this took me so long. I had a hard time coming up with fits for Ms. Grey. My faves are 1 and 4, but the cute 60s high pony is fun. It’s giving Arianka. For look 5 I just went super weird - it’s sort of a play on Prof X’s Cerebro costume. Which do you like? As always here’s the bare paper doll for y'all to do designs on. Use #PaperXmen and or tag me so I can signal boost all your bootiful looks!

it’s such a delight to see everyone’s reactions to dc’s first pride special and all the good reviews coming in because its immensely well-deserved all around but i’ve been a little underwhelmed by the reactions specifically to the alan scott story and confused by no one acknowledging its immense significance. i’m obviously a huge huge alan fan and i’ve read every single one of his appearances, as well as a firm believer of him having been gaycoded since the days of all-american comics (1939), and i can finally say that his story in the pride special is everything i’ve ever wanted to see & everything i never thought we’d get

alan scott is a complicated man with a complicated history that has been gravely sanitized and reduced in recent years, infinite frontier (2021) #0 was disappointing for that exact reason – as much as it accomplished its goals of establishing alan as gay (not bisexual, not  “queer”, not anything meaningless nor ambiguous) and closeted for the past eighty-something years, it presented too much of a reader-friendly version of him that does not truly exist elsewhere. on the other hand, sam johns & klaus janson create a literally impeccable narrative in he’s the light of my life and bring the entire special to a whole new level of storytelling. they present the real alan scott.

the story might easily be the bravest, most meaningful and significant thing dc’s ever put out there and that operates on two levels. there is, as always, the importance of alan scott – the original 1940s green lantern, the first bearer of a name that’s just second to dc’s trinity in terms of renown, a legacy character – being gay. this isn’t an oc created in the past year, this is the culmination of literal decades.

but, if not more then equally important, there’s the acknowledgement of the lifetime of fear alan’s lived through. we get the heartfelt story of his time with jimmy henton, his first love

and the immensity of a brush of a hand in a time of impossibility

but we also get something that has never before been shown in a mainstream comic book. a gay man who grew up and lived in the 30s and 40s shares his history of fear, deeply ingrained fear, for the first time in his life with his gay son

(”it was a bar for, uh, confirmed bachelors. you know, men… like us”)

(”they claimed we had corrupted moral fiber and they made us criminals to prove it”)

the reality of this, the explicitly worded reality of it, blew me away on a first read and still does. this isn’t a sad story – todd, alan’s son, is happy with his longtime boyfriend and goes to pride and does not live with the terror his father did – but the acknowledgement of what’s outright generational trauma resonates loudly and is necessary, it’s our history as much as alan’s. there’s a habit in modern lgbt comics to ignore What Came Before or to pretend coming out is always a possibility and never a matter of survival

(”at the time i did what i thought i needed to survive”)

alan scott’s story in dc’s pride special dares for a more complex narrative but one that has been sorely missing so far and the objective significance of that can’t be ignored

Chiune Sugihara. This man saved 6000 Jews. He was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania. When the Nazis began rounding up Jews, Sugihara risked his life to start issuing unlawful travel visas to Jews. He hand-wrote them 18 hrs a day. The day his consulate closed and he had to evacuate, witnesses claim he was STILL writing visas and throwing from the train as he pulled away. He saved 6000 lives. The world didn’t know what he’d done until Israel honored him in 1985, the year before he died.

Why can’t we have a movie about him?

He was often called “Sempo”, an alternative reading of the characters of his first name, as that was easier for Westerners to pronounce.

His wife, Yukiko, was also a part of this; she is often credited with suggesting the plan. The Sugihara family was held in a Soviet POW camp for 18 months until the end of the war; within a year of returning home, Sugihara was asked to resign - officially due to downsizing, but most likely because the government disagreed with his actions.

He didn’t simply grant visas - he granted visas against direct orders, after attempting three times to receive permission from the Japanese Foreign Ministry and being turned down each time. He did not “misread” orders; he was in direct violation of them, with the encouragement and support of his wife.

He was honoured as Righteous Among the Nations in 1985, a year before he died in Kamakura; he and his descendants have also been granted permanent Israeli citizenship. He was also posthumously awarded the Life Saving Cross of Lithuania (1993); Commander’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1996); and the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007). Though not canonized, some Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize him as a saint.

Sugihara was born in Gifu on the first day of 1900, January 1. He achieved top marks in his schooling; his father wanted him to become a physician, but Sugihara wished to pursue learning English. He deliberately failed the exam by writing only his name and then entered Waseda, where he majored in English. He joined the Foreign Ministry after graduation and worked in the Manchurian Foreign Office in Harbin (where he learned Russian and German; he also converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church during this time). He resigned his post in protest over how the Japanese government treated the local Chinese citizens. He eventually married Yukiko Kikuchi, who would suggest and encourage his acts in Lithuania; they had four sons together. Chiune Sugihara passed away July 31, 1986, at the age of 86. Until her own passing in 2008, Yukiko continued as an ambassador of his legacy.

It is estimated that the Sugiharas saved between 6,000-10,000 Lithuanian and Polish Jewish people.

It’s a tragedy that the Sugiharas aren’t household names. They are among the greatest heroes of WWII. Is it because they were from an Axis Power? Is it because they aren’t European? I don’t know. But I’ve decided to always reblog them when they come across my dash. If I had the money, I would finance a movie about them.

He told an interviewer:

You want to know about my motivation, don’t you? Well. It is the kind of sentiments anyone would have when he actually sees refugees face to face, begging with tears in their eyes. He just cannot help but sympathize with them. Among the refugees were the elderly and women. They were so desperate that they went so far as to kiss my shoes, Yes, I actually witnessed such scenes with my own eyes. Also, I felt at that time, that the Japanese government did not have any uniform opinion in Tokyo. Some Japanese military leaders were just scared because of the pressure from the Nazis; while other officials in the Home Ministry were simply ambivalent.

People in Tokyo were not united. I felt it silly to deal with them. So, I made up my mind not to wait for their reply. I knew that somebody would surely complain about me in the future. But, I myself thought this would be the right thing to do. There is nothing wrong in saving many people’s lives….The spirit of humanity, philanthropy…neighborly friendship…with this spirit, I ventured to do what I did, confronting this most difficult situation—and because of this reason, I went ahead with redoubled courage.

He died in nearly complete obscurity in Japan. His neighbors were shocked when people from all over, including Israeli diplomatic personnel, showed up at quiet little Mr. Sugihara’s funeral.

I will forever reblog this, I wish more people would know about them!

I liked this before when it had way less information. Thank you, history-sharers.

Tucked away in a corner in L.A.’s Little Tokyo is a life-sized statue of Chiune, seated on a bench and smiling gently as he holds out a visa. 

The stone next to him bears a quote from the Talmud; “He who saves one life, saves the entire world.”  

I had no idea it existed until a few weeks ago, but it’s since become one of my favorite pieces of public art. 

Chiune Sugihara.  Original antifa.

PBS made a documentary about Chiune Sugihara in 2005. If you’re interested in him, it’s definitely worth checking out. (The PBS link above even has some interactive information to go along with the film.) Ask your local library if they have a copy/can order you one from another library. You won’t be disappointed!

kate beaton wasn’t kidding when she said look him up

i am going to find this and take him a present

always reblog mr sugihara

“He who saves one life, saves the entire world.”

Is it weird that I’m crying now

I like the Dawn of X suit... But what if we made slight adjustments to it to bring it back to his classic 90s colour/look.