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GL!!!!!!!! AND THEY WERE LESBIAN KISSING!!!!!
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milton grimm running away from the eah students:
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Soma and Whitewashing in Anime:
Avoiding "Brown"
Here is an image of Soma comparing his skin tone from the first season of Black Butler and the current season airing now. As you can see, Soma's skin is noticeably lighter than it was in the past. I considered the lighting and took shade from his hand that looks relatively mid tone. However, that's not really a fair excuse if the anime continues to lighten Soma's face this way.
I also compared his skintone from the Book of Circus season which is relatively more recent, and chose images where he's clearly in good lighting. Soma is still noticeably lighter this time around.
Whitewashing is an incredibly common phenomenon that been happening a lot lately in anime, especially with reboots. A great example I can think of off the top of my head is One Piece where they lightened nearly everyone's skin color in the anime, despite some of the cast being characters of color?
(^^^this character is canonly black according to Oda, the mangaka.)
"Oh but Oda gives Usopp pale skin in all his color illustrations"
One, he should know better. Two, if Oda said Usopp would be African in real life, and chose a brown, Jamaican-american actor to play him, then yes, they have been ridiculously disrespectful in how they've been portraying the character's racial features so far.
In that sense, it's actually relief that anime studios in the past weren't afraid of giving their characters darker skin unlike mangakas who were terrified of even the lighest shade of brown.
For instance, I am happy that A-1 studios made Soma, Agni, and Mina, who are all the same race, slightly differ in skin tone. Mina's skin is cooler toned compared to Soma and Agni's warmer hues.
HOWEVER, and other fans pointed this out, Soma and Agni's skin leaned so far from being golden brown to straight yellow in many scenes, that they were walking around like they have jaundice which is so... Of course A-1 studios found some way to mess it up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Another thing, do you guys honestly think being accurate to Yana's art style is always the best thing to do in adaptions? Angela Blanc, the secret villain in the anime original first season, pretends to be an abused maid and gets whipped in her very first scene. And according to Yana's concept sketches, she was originally brown. I'm actually glad the anime whitewashed her in that instance.
I'd like to point out, Sebastian's skin tone has also changed in the new season, and he's noticeably tanner than his previous anime appearances and yana's illustrations. So why is this okay for the anime to make creative changes for sebastian's skin tone, but have to stay accurate for Soma? (whose dark skin been established in anime viewers' eyes for decades now).
To be fair, I did a comparison of the anime grayscaled and Soma in the manga during the Weston arc. I checked the values and while I will say that his skin is relatively in the same as the manga, only few degrees lighter, whitewashing isn't only about skintone.
Colourism in Features
We could argue whether its just different anime styles or the way Yana draws noses, but its not a great look for Soma's nose to be made noticeably sharper compared to his flatter/rounder nose in the manga/earlier seasons of the anime.
Talking about the Mandela effect and cognitive dissonance as well... there's also something about how manga readers seen Soma with brown skin and pure black hair years in the manga, only for the anime to lighten those features.
It doesn't help that Soma canonly has purple hair and yellow eyes (if anything, I do appreciate the more natural tones they gave Soma this season. No more highly saturated purple hair/yellow eyes and skin!)
Yes, Kuroshitsuji is a fantasy story, and YES artists of color like to play with fantasy features with characters, me included! But my point is that black/brown representation in media is so little already, character artists are also averse to drawing any defining racial features.
Yana has designed brown-skinned characters in the anime with straight white hair and light-colored eyes about three times now (ie. Agni, Angela, and Hannah). The only Indians with dark skin and hair are a bunch of homeless thugs that Soma and Agni stop from mugging Ciel, proving they're "one of the good ones", and Mina whose treatment in the manga/anime is abysmal.
Discussing Racism in Fandom
Alright, so over the past few days, I've seen some fans disappointed with Soma's skin tone change and I hope my post illustrates why they would be. But I've also seen some angry and frustrated reactions to those fans! And I want to ask, why?
Why is fans bringing up racism in anime considered "discourse" but reacting harshly towards those fans is not?
Why would fans expressing disappointment about whitewashing gets you more angry than the whitewashing itself?
Why is being disappointed that an anime lightened a character's skin tone, a character who both anime-only watchers and manga readers alike saw as dark-skinned, stupid to you?
How come the fandom gets a good laugh out of the usage of "fag" potentially canceling the anime, but talking about race is a "risk" to getting a new season?
And if you disagree with my points and believe the anime is only being accurate to Yana's work, why not just say "Soma's skintone is more accurate to Yana's color illustrations, but I understand the disappointment and shock," without being condescending towards us for being concerned in the first place?
I'd be pretty happy if the anime was just using intense lighting and that Soma is darker than he appears (in fact, if that happens I'll reblog the good news to this post!) Because this post isn't "discourse" to me, I'm discussing race regarding one of my favorite characters in the fandom. Discussions like these don't ruin the fandom, but actually help it become a more welcoming place for fans of color.
#breaking out the caps for this#i really do feel spoiled by manga edits of soma#that give him dark brown skin i imagine him having#only to return to yana's art of him like oh... :')#some of yana illustrations of soma is just inconsistent anyway so im used to it#like he'll go from midtone to white... eh#also one piece fans you have my condolences#this recent season hoo boy#anyway im not even 'that' bothered by the change - its so typical at this point#but i just dont want anger towards fans of color to take root in this fandom#just because they want to discuss race#kuro#kuroshitsuji#soma asman kadar#weston arc#public school arc#b.txt#racism#whitewashing
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i think if lisa asked the creature if he’d still love her if she was a worm he’d do that cat hacking up a hairball move again and give her an actual worm and she’d think it was the most romantic thing ever
#lisa frankenstein#AM I WRONG????#drafted this a few days ago but posting in honor of the official socials making this same joke#b.txt
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you know, when house is helping wilson treat his cancer in his apartment, and wilson is throwing up, shitting himself, and all house had to say is “you have everything you need right here”, promises wilson that he won’t let him die in an ambulance, or the hospital, will let him stay and die in his own apartment if he has to, tells wilson to let him help, that he doesn’t need to try to do the hard things alone, let him just help take him to the damn toilet—i can’t help but be reminded of chen chen’s poem winter:
#house md#i just…..#so intimate …….#hilson#help me…..#i am plagued by them#house giving up his own meds to help him???#b.txt#Chen Chen
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This beefleaf tweet has been stuck in my head for like a year
#they have no age gap! I’m sure they’re a completely wholesome and sweet couple :) definitely nothing problematic abt them at all :)#tian guan ci fu#beefleaf#b.txt#but on another related note. why don’t I see birthday beefleaf art a lot what’s up w that
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"noxcrew wouldn't do 4 games of buildmart that would be too boring" "noxcrew knows it would be unprofessional (???!!?!!?!?!) to play the same game so many times" "they know no one likes buildmart they would never" SHUT THE FUCK UP some ppl r so fucking annoying. noxcrew is a bunch of game devs who organize and code for a fun monthly tournament with absolutely zero monetary stakes not some major league professional sports organization that has to adhere to some arbitrary set of rules. if they think something is funny they will do it it's just not that deep like the coping and projection is insaneeee
#b.txt#be grateful it's only four buildmarts actually they could've definitely made it a roster of nothing BUT buildmart#like did no one learn anything from sands of mart? if they think it's funny they will do it that's all there is to it!
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guys welcome back to star trek deep throat nine here for the main characters we have nonbinary lesbian goop, trans woman who is a worm, captain who did war crimes, terrorist with a soft spot for halter tops, dr tennis twink, unstable exiled lizard spy with severe daddy issues, guy who we put through hell for fun, the captains little bitchass shit son and guy who gets mad pussy by owning an arcade
inspired by the post by @ratfuck
#star trek ds9#ds9#star trek#b.txt#captain sisko#julian bashir#garak#elim garak#chief obrien#miles obrien#quark#jake sisko#Benjamin sisko#Dax#jadzia Dax#ezri Dax#will tag the rest later
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The product placement in only friends is abt to be wild. Like can we pause the gay sex for a sec? Ray needs to drink some Oishi Green Tea Honey Lemon
#mew: I can’t believe top cheated on me with boston in the New Suzuki Swift Power You Up!#I can keep going..#JFKDJAKAHCKDNSJFN making myself laugh BYE#only friends#b.txt
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fuck it *frutiger aeros' your squid sisters*
#splatoon#squid sisters#did a thingie... as a treat ... cause why not...#i may be cringe but i am free#frutiger aero#im too much of a coward to post this on main lmao#b.txt#art.txt
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no because bailey bass’s stylist & glam team like..do not miss when it comes to her project-themed looks
#everytbing from the clothes the hair the makeup the jewelry the nailsss#chefs kiss#love seeing young stars link up with a stylist who really gets them and has vision#bailey bass#andrew gelwicks#avatar: the way of water#interview with the vampire#b.txt
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i know they underutilized the frankenstein aspect in the movie but it really does feel like the creature was perfectly created for lisa regardless. from what we saw, he spent his whole life lonely; dead parents, isolating social life, failed romantic prospects, the whole shebang, but he never gets to do anything about it because he dies, suddenly and unstoppably. until he’s suddenly alive again and the whole world is different but there’s this girl who tended to his grave when nobody else would have given him that respect, who’s experiencing the same things he did who actually has the chance to get back at the people who didn’t care for her, one tiny bit of familiarity to him… of course he’s going to kill for her just to see her happy.
#i’m just rambling atp but i really love them man#hits esp hard if you’re annoying like me and factor in trans!creature#theres something so intriguing about devotion to the point of destruction#burning the whole world down for a place in each others arms#lisa frankenstein#b.txt#i’m gonna explore this more in my current wip i think#once i get the scene rip refs i need
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anyway here's my diagram of ciel's mental state:
#yeah hes not#hes not having a good time#cant wait to see my mentally well boy again :)#kuro#kuroshitpost#o!ciel#ciel phantomhive#b.txt
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house being asked what he values in wilson and him saying the fact that he can say whatever he wants to him and he knows he’ll never leave is a kind of intimacy so many want and never get. he pushes and pushes expecting to be abandoned and left alone because that’s what he thinks he deserves, that’s what he expects to be done to him. to be left. and time and time again wilson stays. wilson stays and shows house every single time: i am here, I will not leave, you cannot get rid of me
#b.txt#house md#both v beautiful and sometimes painful#bc house pushes so much and wilson stays anyway….#they are In LOVE
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