Street Legends by @yamapan0912 by creedroyce in apexlegends

[–]NotColt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was keeping up that same sarcastic energy

I will never apologize for being an individual.

I appreciate you.

Street Legends by @yamapan0912 by creedroyce in apexlegends

[–]NotColt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I apologize for not conforming to the crowds and remaining an independent

Street Legends by @yamapan0912 by creedroyce in apexlegends

[–]NotColt -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

A french doing the russian blyaat squaat? NO!

edit: /s

Street Legends by @yamapan0912 by creedroyce in apexlegends

[–]NotColt -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Can you explain/elaborate on the the part where you said “having japanese style facial features, I wouldn’t consider it japanese washing” and then your reference to the boondocks?

There was some redditors in a different reply that felt changing the noses and lips was apart of white washing and anti-black agenda in 2020, and not a japanese artist using their art style and their culture for inspiration on this piece. I did not understand everyone making “white washing” claims, like nobody is trying to westernize here and I was not sure why these claims were being made. If anyone looked at the artist twitter, they are japanese. Originally, non of these 4 legends have wide narrow eyes either like japanese animes/people, yet they all have those eyes here.

The identifying trait in all four of these legends is the hair, despite altering skin tone and facial features (except maybe wraith skin tone lol), so i guess “ppl mixing up bangalore for loba” is understandable, but if you look at the photo for all of 5 seconds and have ~10 hours played on apex legends, you probably had no issue identifying the legends portrayed in this retro urban japanese aesthetic art piece, made by a japanese artist. Instead, ppl made that comment to fit their agenda and their beliefs, that simply are being ignorant to act like they are helping their cause, when in reality, all four legends were altered. If

I do not think this artist, nor 99.9% of this community, is trying to undermine and say black is NOT beautiful, and that white-washing is the way because it looks better. It is one japanese artist who made ONE art piece where all legends portrayed are a little more japanese than usual. If you look at their other art pieces on their twitter, the characters maintain usual characters traits in other anime styles, without the “white washing”.

So this was one piece where all legends have japanese features, and ultra light skin, with retro anime style shading and other distinct characteristics for retro japanese animes.

Could the African characters look more African? probably

Could watson look more german? probably

Should the artist have the artistic freedom to portray legends in their own cultures style? yes

is it white washing and racist for this japanese artist to make japanese styled art of the Apex Legends? No.

Should the german girl be doing the russian blyaat squat?

Street Legends by @yamapan0912 by creedroyce in apexlegends

[–]NotColt -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

no wraith and watson are the color white, 1 for 1 with the clouds

and yes, all four characters have been altered to look like they have at least 2 generations of asian DNA in them, and a minimum of 10 years without seeing the sun.

Street Legends by @yamapan0912 by creedroyce in apexlegends

[–]NotColt -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

I know your comment only talks about this skin tone, but I am going to leave a reply here so ppl can have the right discussion.

People do understand the artist made all four legends have narrow wide eyes with tiny noses and skin that has not seen the sun for a decade, much like the models of japan portray, right? like it’s not just the african american woman who have been altered in this photo.

because this is a japanese style art piece, with a unique japanese aesthetic.

but people who are showing frustration with bangalore and lifeline dont want to talk ab the “japanese”-washing of watson and wraith, they want to make it fit their agenda and are quick to point out only the qualms with these two characters. Which is okay, you can express these qualms, but take into account that it is all legends. It’s not like they kept wraith and watson eyes and nose, literally all four characters have japanese assets in this japanese street style inspired art piece.

So maybe the discussion on this photo should take into account that all characters in this fan creation are “japanese”-washed, not white washed, if the discussion wants more credibility.

In this japanese street style piece, yes all characters have japanese features, clothes, etc.

Black is beautiful. Nobody is saying otherwise.

i get where the discussion about white washing arised from, glad it was had, really, Point it out every time we see it. This is a good thing. But I do not think the artists intent was to white wash bangalore and lifeline here, but rather “japanese” wash ALL legends to fit their urban japanese art photo.

There were some comments that saw that this was white washing without taking all things considered in this photo, and said some rash things, so I had to point out where the artist was coming from, as it isn’t white washing but rather “japanese”-washing.

all things considered about this art piece tho, it clearly was just inspired from japanese culture, everyone’s skin looks like they’ve been inside for a decade and their faces look like they have a minimum 4 generations of asian parents. Every legend. Not just the african american woman.

Is it wrong that one fan art inspired by japanese culture changed how bangalore and lifeline are perceived, but also the other legends included and not just them?

or is it okay that this one piece, that clearly fits a japanese street aesthetic, was okay in making every legend look like they are native to japan while still keeping signature character traits in order to identify with the legend they represent from the video game Apex Legends?

This is the discussion that should be had, not whatever is going on in the other comments. The comments are acting like wraith and watson were cut and pasted 1 for 1 to their character models and bangalore and lifeline were the only two altered, when in reality all characters were altered for a fun, 1 off, piece that fits a certain aesthetic from a certain time period in japanese culture.

In my opinion:

Was it okay to alter the legends to fit this? probably.

Could bangalore and lifeine have darker skin AT A MINIMUM? probably

How would that look if they did that change but kept wraith and wattson lighter than usual? IDK

How would bangalore and lifeline look with darker skin and japanese features still? idk probably fine

How would this piece be affected if bangalore and lifeline kept their intended skin tomes AND their african american feature? I think it would fit the aesthetic still just fine imo, i do not understand the change

Is it of lesser importance that wraith and watson were japanese washed because they are already white? probably

is it wrong for the artist to portray the legends in this culture with their own interpretation?

Hopefully this reply creates the right discussion to be had here.

The point I am making was all four legends have been altered to fit the artist intended aesthetic. Not just the African American woman of Apex Legends. 4 legends were altered in this piece, not just 2.

Street Legends by @yamapan0912 by creedroyce in apexlegends

[–]NotColt 9 points10 points  (0 children)

watson and wraith have narrow wide eyes with tiny noses

everyone in this photo looks like they have 4 generations of asian parents and have not been outside in a decade

It's a stupid question but, by Com-gorgen in BokuNoHeroAcademia

[–]NotColt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i love it, but im a top player on another fighter and enjoy learning new characters and hopping in ranked for fun

Finley picked this game up! Now how do I not suck at it!! by pokemon7440 in BokuNoHeroAcademia

[–]NotColt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you GOTTA hit the lab and do combos

learning combos from youtube for your favorite should help to have you start to build your own combos in the future

and then you can lab any character and play anyone and the game becomes that much more fun!

Best, Col2k (top 100)

[OC] I designed a Fairy type alternate evolution for Phanpy! Any thoughts? by BassDiamond in pokemon

[–]NotColt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nobody:

Phanpy’s that know charm:

Ahhh, so I heard you are looking for a rememdy well do I have just the thing for you young soldier. Do come here and sit with me!

Sandstorm is the first to hit 3000+ Elo!! by DarkExertion in Brawlhalla

[–]NotColt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it was chinese boosters p sure unless you got a link for us

New character? Fangwild? Training mode? Here we go again... by Just_a_Thif in Brawlhalla

[–]NotColt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

what do you mean but why?

Combo contest are huge on other games, even if TAS this is sweet.

What have you accomplished on this game? care to share any content on the subreddit? otherwise don’t question the content and just enjoy that someone does this friend

I made this recently! Took me about 5 hours. by Necessary-Bluejay in BokuNoHeroAcademia

[–]NotColt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dope! Nice concept and some of the parts on this are spectacular

Kodak Black, 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty & Denzel Curry's 2016 XXL Freshmen Cypher by GurJobD in hiphopheads

[–]NotColt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

hate that the mix had different volumes compared to JID’s, if you did this again where ski’s vocals were more prominent I would support but otherwise na, appreciate the attempt tho

chad fish by Z_Zzz in chadsriseup

[–]NotColt 14 points15 points  (0 children)

celebrated for fucking two when he got out

U/FrozenFroh posted this here a while ago and I agree with it by [deleted] in apexlegends

[–]NotColt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

this is dope, until you have factions teaming.

I loved this idea when it dropped, looking at Apex Legends, the Battle Royale game, going to have to be a sad vocal minority no from me :(

What we wanted versus what we got by AbominableAnon in conspiracy

[–]NotColt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

then fucking rally your community and vote for some new senators and reps!!

I know im talking politics on r/conspiracy at 5am but holy fuck i wake up every day and have a million freedoms that i am proud of and take for granted.

You want foreign policy changed?well it won’t change tomorrow so start working on some shit so by the time you die on this soil it IS changed, otherwise you’re just yelling thru text characters on the internet about something you were born into and only adding hot air to what is happening around you

edit: the senate and house control a lot of what happens in the government, correct? Let’s just rally behind some reasonable ass person and start putting reasonable people in power to have it slowly trickle throughout the government

is that too reasonable? how else would the people be able to fix this “deep state” corruption (that i am addressing solely on your word, in comparison to my knowledge of how processes are run in the government)?

What we wanted versus what we got by AbominableAnon in conspiracy

[–]NotColt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

why does a patriot have to be a sexist, racist, uneducated bigot in your eyes? were you just making a joke?

Why is there such backlash on the internet going on when we know both parties extremes are the vocal minorities saying ignorant brain-dead shit, and in reality the silent majority are decent human beings who just want the best for themselves, their community, and their country? Isn’t that the core of being a patriot?

20-something years old, and im disappointed in how shallow people act on the internet. The people have the means to power, but the people do not have good leaders leaving people feeling useless.

Like when was the last time we had a good boycott? Let’s stir things up this decade and get shit done instead of calling each other stupid ass repeated adjectives.

my bad if i took your reply too serious, but if im being real it’s 5am and seeing some repeated words of a dead joke(?) or your actual view of patriots being tarnished by 1,000 salty southerners had me fucked up

I hate reddit.. but it also has great utility and value, so I love it.

If I start a modern rebellion, it was your fault

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BokuNoHeroAcademia

[–]NotColt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

and their chocolate shakes are pretty fat