what a great day to remember that calling asian characters rat is something you shouldn’t do

thank you

#fandom #fandom issues #fandom racism #anime fandom issues #anime fandom racism #fandom antisemitism #fandom anti asian racism #rats #dehumanization #antisemitic stereotypes #anti asian stereotypes #*DO NOT REBLOG TO ARGUE OR DEBATE OR I WILL BLOCK #jewish #jewish characters #asian characters #japanese characters #rat as insult #vermin #adolf hitler #Asian PEOPLE Too #JEWISH PEOPLE TOO #(SITS... POINTS.....)#its sad i still have to say this here almost daily by this point #(I do think some genuinely dont mean it and look at rats affectionately {I do too!!!} so to them its not a dehumanizing insult)#(and I get that!! I do!! but IF YOURE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IRL ESPECIALLY IF YOURE WHITE you should NEVER USE THIS IN NEGATIVE *EVER*)#hi this includes subtitutes for rats especially 'vermin' 'creatures' {despite it often being used in other memes} 'insects' or 'critters'#things i hardblock over #(if people are excessive about it without ever apologizing which i *have seen* here since 2015)#holocaust

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“[White readers often believe they are colorblind.] Until they read books featuring nonwhite characters. I once overheard a young white man at a book festival say to his friend, “Have you read the new Kureishi? Same old thing—loads of Indian people.” To which you want to reply, “Have you read the new Franzen? Same old thing—loads of white people.””

— Zadie Smith, Their Eyes Were Watching God: What Does Soulful Mean?

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koushirouizumi

fansplaining

With fandom the kind of racism that you most commonly see isn’t things like racial slurs and hate speech and white hoods. What you really see is a constant communal prioritization of white people and white characters, even when there are non-white characters in major roles. This is a trend across almost all fandoms.

Holly Quinn in Episode 22A of Fansplaining (via fansplaining)

#fandom #fandom issues #fandom negativity #media criticism #bad media criticism #fandom racism #fandom colorism #fandom antiblackness #anime fandom issues #japanese characters #asian characters #not dgmn #digimon fandom relevant #*DO NOT REBLOG TO ARGUE OR DEBATE OR I WILL BLOCK #(It really Is Though)#every fandom #*Allies can Boost in support WITHOUT Derailing commentary or random questions #fandom bias

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koushirouizumi

You know what’s exhausting about stanning characters of color? That you can never explore their flaws. You can never appreciate them if they are selfish, angry, hurt, closed-off or cruel; you can’t explore “what would happen if they turned evil”, you can’t write Villain!AUs…

…because inevitably White Fandom™ will actually grab even the smallest sign of them not being a Literal Angel™ to argue that they are canonically evil and the Real Villain™ of the series, or take your What-If AUs and argue that said character is actually turning evil in canon.

And god forbid you go looking for Darkside!AUs, because you will only find piles and piles of garbage written by White Fandom™ just to demonize said character of color in order to prop up their white fave.

#fandom issues #fandom negativity #fandom racism #fandom #media criticism #excessive criticism #characters of color #black characters #black representation #brown characters #brown representation #asian characters #japanese characters #white fandom #flawed characters #character hate #character bashing #shipwars #leads of color #*Reblogging to Inform #*Reblogging for the Commentary #(Im rEALLY Tired)#*DO NOT REBLOG TO ARGUE OR DEBATE OR I WILL BLOCK #(PS STOP DOING ANY OF THIS CHALLENGE)#(IF YOU KNOW the charas you are stanning Are NOT WHITE)#(ESPECIALLY IF YOU Are A Westerner I Side Eye Hard Over These Things)#(PS Please never use my commentaries or AUs or edits to do any of this Either THANKYOU)#(it was bad enough when people reblogged my works to their wholly near 98 Percent Critical TM blogs)#(PS there's also a difference between constructive metablogs and the kinds that do THIS)#(I really love meta actually but i HATE when these things happen and I will never boost these ''''commentaries'''' about non White charas)

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amazonpoodle

also seriously if a character isn’t white, i promise your only descriptive options aren’t food words and varying degrees of tan. it’s okay to say brown. pale brown! light brown! golden brown! medium brown! dark brown! deep brown! so many kinds of brown!

BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN

laffbending

#brown is not a bad word #you do not need euphemisms #B R O W N

This post by writingwithcolor might help in picking good words to use plus reading about why not to use food words! In general if you’re writing a character of color I highly recommend @writingwithcolor

Thank you!

#fandom #fandom issues #fandom racism #anime fandom issues #anime fandom racism #brown characters #brown representation #dark skin representation #asian characters #japanese characters #writing #antiblackness #fandom antiblackness #antiblack stereotypes #advs fandom issues #not dgmn #advs fandom relevant #taichi yagami #daisuke motomiya #sora takenouchi #ryo akiyama #takuya kanbara #jenrya lee #digimon leaders #*OK to boost in support WITHOUT derailing commentary or random questions #(This is what I've been trying to explain this wHOLE TIME)#(About A Lot Of My Animanga and Japan based Game Fandoms TM)#(The guides linked are def good starting guides but definitely keep researching too)#(I can only speak as a Jewish fan in the fandoms Im in but you know i would not Mind quick checking a work with Jewish charas+offer thoughts #*DO NOT reblog to argue or debate or I WILL Block

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Just Digimon Fandom Things TM

Me, A Simple Digimon Adventures Fan: Taichi Yagami is a good character!

The Entire Adventure / Digimon Franchise Hatedom: LMAO.... well actually----

ME, RAISING MY VOICE: TAICHI YAGAMI (+EVEN AS HE IS IN THE VARIOUS CANONS /AND NOT JUST YOUR OWN PERSONALIZED FANON/) IS A WONDERFUL AND AMAZING CHARACTER WHO DESERVES SO MUCH BETTER THAN HE GETS FROM THIS FANDOM!!!!!!!!

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koushirouizumi

fansplaining

With fandom the kind of racism that you most commonly see isn’t things like racial slurs and hate speech and white hoods. What you really see is a constant communal prioritization of white people and white characters, even when there are non-white characters in major roles. This is a trend across almost all fandoms.

Holly Quinn in Episode 22A of Fansplaining (via fansplaining)

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koushirouizumi

every time someone bashes an interracial couple bc they’re ‘hets’ i can actually hear my brain cells dying

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allerasphinx

het relationships involving characters of color are not heteronormative and rooting for them to stay platonic isn’t ground breaking or progressive. full stop. end of discourse

#fandom #fandom issues #fandom racism #fandom negativity #shipwars #shipping issues #shipping #characters of color #dark skin representation #black representation #black characters #asian characters #japanese characters #jewish characters #mf #mf ships #bad allyship #intersectional feminism #(You can have all your ships AND allow these to exist Too)#(including and especially canon ships)#(that involve Characters of Color that are Not White TM)#(I'm sorry you were lied to that it was progressive to hate on ships containing Characters of Color but ALL those fans were wrong)#(No one is saying you have to enjoy every single canon ship and no one is saying you have to force interest where it isn't there)#(we're literally just asking you to LEAVE IT ALONE and STOP MAKING PUBLIC HATE COMMENTS ABOUT SUCH SHIPS)#(ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A WHITE FAN)#(And you know it'd be really really cool if you could consider MAYBE the series actually did plan these ships and MAYBE)#(they were planned and included for a reason and MAYBE you could consider letting them slide and or even better)#(CONSIDER CHANGING YOUR VIEWS AND SUPPORTING THEM BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN CHARACTERS THAT ARE NOT WHITE TM)#not dgmn #(MAYBE RELEVANT)

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White character: *murders an innocent person for power*

Fandom: He had no choice!

Character of color: *shows mercy*

Fandom: How weak, he never did anything!

White character: *stalks, harasses, and exploits vulnerable characters, in large part for their own gain*

Fandom: He's doing the best he can!

Character of color: *hurts someone in the process of saving their life, with the only other option being to let them die*

Fandom: He's no better than a rapist!

White character: *lies frequently, lashes out at loved ones in anger, and hurts an innocent person just because they are feeling hurt*

Fandom: He's been through a lot!

Character of color: *takes a while to recover from trauma and assault and needs time to feel safe around a person who tried to kill him*

Fandom: He's emotionally abusive! He's manipulative!

White character: *manipulates and lies to others*

Fandom: He's practical! He's getting things done!

Character of color: *manipulates and lies to others*

Fandom: HOW DARE HE?!

White character: *makes a plan we don't see the entirety of until after it happens*

Fandom: How clever!

Character of color: *makes a plan we don't see the entirety of until after it happens*

Fandom: How manipulative!

White character: *murders an innocent member of their family for power*

Fandom: He's just trying to preserve the rest of his family and help the community!

Character of color: *actually tries to help his family*

Fandom: He's selfish for helping his own family instead of everyone else's families!

White character: *is actually seen hurting someone in the canon material*

Fandom: The show is distorting events to make the hero of the show look like a hero!

Character of color: *actually goes through harm and trauma*

Fandom: It's made up/exaggerated! They should be able to recover right away!

White character: *does something shitty*

Fandom: He's traumatized! He has a mental illness!

Character of color: *makes a mistake they tried to avoid before it happened and try to rectify after*

Fandom: Trauma/mental illness is no excuse for anything!

White character: *background or recurring character with a simple/superficial story*

Fandom: Here's a million and one headcanons and AUs that we'll perpetuate so far that people don't realize they never actually happened in the show!

Character of color: *main character of the show, engaging story line, and deep narrative*

Fandom: This character is so boring! Nothing ever happens, he never changes, and he never does anything!

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koushirouizumi

One of the most disappointing things about joining a new fandom is finding a wonderful ship with a POC in it and only to find out that, once again, the fandom aggressively only thinks of it as a brotp.

They could fuck and it’s “there was no lead up”. But if two white characters have one conversation there will be 1000 posts on how they are destined for each other.

They could flirt and “they’re just joking”. But if two white characters fight it’s because they like each other.

They could say that they love each other and “it’s just as friends”. But if two white characters say they hate each other they’re actually in love.

I’m tired of seeing more content for two white characters who’ve never met than for ships with POC in it that canonically trust and love each other.

#thatbrotp #fandom racism #fandom issues #fandom negativity #fandom discourse #fandom antiblackness #white fandom #characters of color #white characters #black characters #asian characters #jewish characters #japanese characters #sorato #kenyako #meichi #(etcetcetc)#(LONG SIGHS INTO A VOID)#(That said)#(IT'S NOT THAT ALTERNATIVE SHIPPING CANNOT EXIST)#(OF COURSE alternative ships can still exist)#(BUT if you act like your alternative ship is RIDE OR DIE to the point that you do THIS)#(YOU JUST MIGHT be participating in Not So Subtle Fandom Racism)#('HOW MUCH LONGER do I have to explain these concepts to this fandom'?????)#(also said but there was the interview that confirmed Meiko was placed in a position where she 'could come and go' regardless)#(BUT STILL LIKE MEICHI DESERVES BETTER THAN TO BE TRASHED LIKE THAT BY OTHER STAN TM SHIPPERS)#(They Know Who They Are)#(anyway it's very funny I just had to add some more Stan Shippers TM who can never seem to understand such concepts to my blocklist)#(i'm goddamn tired)#(you guys these shipwars were supposed to be over 20 damn years ago when you were like 8)

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vaderey

white male and female pair: *emotionally charged moments of any kind*

fandom: OMG SHIP

two (usually white) male characters: *emotionally charged moments of any kind*

fandom: OMG SHIP

interracial couple: *emotionally charged moments with obvious romantic undertones, canonical ship teasing or ACTUAL CANON romance*

fandom: wow I love their friendship/idk I just don't see them romantically ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#fandom racism #fandom #fandom issues #fandom negativity #interracial #interracial ships #representation #representation issues #media representation #fandom antiblackness #straight #mf ships #mf #hetero #het #black characters #black female characters #asian female characters #asian characters #white fandom #biracial characters #multiracial characters #latine characters #(PSA PLEASE STOP ACTING LIKE THIS)#(@ WHITE AND NONBLACK FANS RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS CHALLENGE)#(LITERALLY because like)#(Yes this ALSO happens in anime fandoms between Japanese characters and characters who are very clearly Biracial and or Mixed and or)#(with a darker skin tone Yes)#(and no this doesn't mean other Queer ships cannot exist IT DOES MEAN you need to chill the heck out about ships w less such representation)#(and Maybe start CONSIDERING things like Interracial ships rep a little more REGARDLESS)

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Dear fandom,

It is ALWAYS about race.

No matter how you twist it, fandom’s collective and constant dislike of characters of color (especially if they’re in relationships/shippes with white male characters) for some reason you “just can’t put your finger on” is directly related to race.

Your race.

Their race.

Race.

From “Iris and Barry are like siblings” despite him being in love with her his whole life to “Sam Wilson would be a more realistic Hydra agent than Tony Stark” to “Lucy Liu doesn’t look like she has the emotional range to play Watson” to “I don’t hate Finn because he’s black, I just think he’s a boring character”, it’s all so very clearly about race and fandom’s issues with it.

If y'all would admit that instead of clinging to every ninny who writes a post about how people who call out fandom’s racism are sjw bullies using buzzwords and coopting language/terms (that um, btw, WE CREATED), maybe we wouldn’t have this problem every time a fan of color goes “hey, this thing fandom does is racist”.

For once fandom, maybe consider listening to fans of color who have issues with the way they and characters that look like them are treated by fandom.

Please.

A very fed up fan

Ok while there is also problems with in Fandoms in how they treat characters of color or how they think of them, but there is also a problem with how writers present the characters which is equally bad. A lot of these characters can be dismissed as boring because of the way they are written. Both people are bad but don’t just blame fans for not liking the character

Look, you clearly came into this conversation from a position where you don’t have to see what fandom does to characters of color. Where you don’t see the erasure.

Every single character of color fandom dismisses is not “more boring” than the white character that fandom rushes to replace them with. That’s an excuse that y'all use to excuse focusing on white dudes all the time and it is TIRED.

Because for people like you, it’s all about offsetting the blame.

You say stuff like “fandom has a race problem, BUT,” and then give a list of reasons why fans of color shouldn’t be livid about the way characters of color are treated.

It’s not the writers’ fault that fandom refuses to flesh main characters of color put the way they do minor white characters.

That’s on y'all.

Because you all choose to a) ignore and erase characters of color in your fanworks; b) not lift up the voices of fans calling for more introspection on the way these characters of color are treated; and c) develop white characters with bit parts and then say that the narrative made them interesting while not making the effort for characters of color.

Look, some of the white characters fandom latches onto weren’t even actual characters. Because y'all find whiteness and white dudes interesting and exciting all the time.

Fandom gave Clint and Coulson personalities and characterization before the MCU did.

They were building up Darcy, who has never met any of the avengers she’s shipped with, from day one.

They will sooner pick some random white dude out of a crowd and give him an absolutely manufactured backstory that places him in relation to their white dude faves, than have him interact with a person of color.

I’ve been in fandom a good, long time. I know the way things work and this thing about “not wanting to focus on charactera of color because the writers make them boring” is bullshit. Because boring, unfleshed out backstories don’t matter when there are white dudes involved, only POC.

Mind you, when we get the rare fleshed out villain of color or antihero, fandom rushes to say that they don’t want to ship them with their white faves because they’re dangerous or some crap like that.

So y'all keep switching your reasons as to why it’s okay that poc are erased in fandom spaces. First we’re boring, then we’re too aggressive, now, white authors claim that they are ~too afraid of criticism~ to write characters they weren’t writing in the first place.

Also: if you came out of SWTFA and decided that the space N azi with like a dozen lines (half of them propaganda and the other half snitching on Kylo Ren) was more interesting than Finn or Poe, damn straight there’s major racism at play. Because he isn’t more interesting. Not by a long shot. He’s basically a bitchy , baby Grand Moff Tarkin…

Instead of coming into a post to repeat tired excuses white fans have been giving to explain away their erasure of characters of color for YEARS, maybe you should’ve considered doing some research and listening to what people of color are saying about this and about how fandom makes them uncomfortable when it comes to race and racism??

#fandom #fandom issues #fandom racism #fandom negativity #racism #shipwars #shipping #interracial ships #characters of color #black characters #asian characters #japanese characters #women characters of color #white slash fandom #media criticism #slash fandom #(Disclaimer i have not seen Star Wars but i am aware of many of the issues surrounding that series regarding this)#(Disclaimer i typically do not care for Holocaust analogies with fictional fantasy media but yeah)#(Disclaimer i AM AWARE of all those things happening in early MCU fandom and was there watching that clint x coulson megafandom form)#(i also was there watching when all that happened with White characters like Darcy too etc)#(THESE are along the lines i'm thinking of WHEN)#(You ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A WHITE AND OR WESTERN FAN)#(try to tell me 'but GOD Tri and or Kizuna and or DigiAdv 2020 and or MEIKO and or Taichi are SO BORING!!!!!1! THOUGH!!!!1!')#(YOU KNOW WHAT MAYBE CONSIDER THESE THINGS INSTEAD)#(before making that overly negative commentary on Taichi as he is in canon maybe you should consider SITTING DOWN and SHUTTING UP TM)#(anyway i'm probably closing my askbox here for a bit until like April you know but anyhow I swear to god if i see yet more Taichi hate)#(WELL LET'S JUST SAY I HAVE A LOT OF GIFS ON BACKUP)#(AND ALSO fyi this commentary is not aimed at fans who make genuine attempts to be respectful but you HAVE TO BE AWARE OF ISSUES LIKE THESE)#(you HAVE to recognize these anime characters you're talking about ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE WHITE IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES)#(it's one thing to be a little tired of the current pacing and making a casual commentary on it IT'S ANOTHER WHEN YOU'RE ACTING LIKE THIS)

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white fandom: it’s just a coincidence that i happen to hate every person of colour in this show. it’s just i don’t like the things they do, even though i love the white characters who do this exact same thing.

poc and other white fans: *vocal about how much they love those hated poc characters*

white fandom: um wow i think you like this character only because they’re a person of colour.... :/

#fandom #fandom issues #fandom negativity #fandom racism #white fandom #white characters #characters of color #people of color #character hate #character bashing #ADVENTURE CHOSEN #MEIKO MOCHIZUKI #DIGIMON GIRLS #TRI TAICHI #TRI KOUSHIRO #SORA TAKENOUCHI #TRI SORA #anime fandom #asian characters #black characters #(You Might be noticing a Running Theme I've been reblogging about Lately)#(White fans Recognize when you're doing this Challenge!!!!!)#*Boosting in support OK!#(OK BUT SERIOUSLY LIKE)#(ME WHEN I'M CONSTANTLY. CONSTANTLY HAVING TO DEFEND CHARACTERS WHO ARE NOT WHITE TM FROM WHITE FANS)#(WHO WILL GO 'GOD I'M SO BORED BY x CHARACTER' .... OF COLOR..... AND THEN GO ON TO YELL ABOUT IDEK CASTIEL SUPERNATURAL)#(I've LEGIT seen former TM Adventures fans go on and do EXACTLY THAT)#(i'm tIRED also especially re MEIKO and Sora when they get complaints about being 'tOO JAPANESE' 'BORING' for White fans to care about them)#(I'll cool off in a bit as I get more supportive gifsets drafted but like can people hating on the Adventure kids like Get Over Themselves)#(You know it's not cool when you're looking for Adventure kids contents and you see all sorts of fans making snide comments on them???)