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thekingofchungus · 1 year

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in 1000000% support of black redraws as a whole but i’m occasionally pensive on how if these characters were already black, there’d be constant scrutiny on the quality of their representation, whether it was really warranted or not

none of you people could handle a black edward elric, a black bakugo. you know exactly what you’d be saying about him

#chatbox #which is a fucking let down because i want more ppl who look like me and arent perfect and thats okay #and i will make them all myself if i have to even if the cost is some idiot in my inbox going #''hey why'd you portray the black man with emotional vulnerabilities. you know how bad that makes them look?''#bc thats so much more racist than the notion that our emotional expressions are inherently damaging. okay <3 #like pls lmk if i make sense ( reasonably. im exhausted ) but the takeaway is like.#okay u want more characters of colour Then You Have To Accept The Ones That Are Respectfully Allowed To Be Characters. yeah?#and im saying respectfully bc like there's thought to this. not asking yall to throw around ignorant tropes willy nilly. thats much worse #but like if ur light skin faves are allowed to be chaotic *and* people....when is it our turn? im not gonna wait for an answer anymore #breaking apart the perfect minority trope with my teeth and my claws

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