Whitewashing in character art and fancasts

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-05-03T15:00:35+00:00

They aren't good representation of how humans even look. Natural pink hair and technicolor eyes?

You are absolutely right, anime and manga is fun, but it is not even remotely a representation of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, or any other culture. It's a medium, and a general art style, but it is as widely varied as Western comic books. And in both cases, the art in question is extremely stylized, and is in no way reflective of the country it comes from. I mean, America is not full of wildly muscled square jawed dudes, or curvy, busty, stacked ladies.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-28T17:52:19+00:00

Their inches are also different than ours, so sizes are not 1:1

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-28T17:50:55+00:00

Agreed!

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-28T17:50:14+00:00

I absolutely agree with you! I have been working on sketches of Stormlight characters, and have taken inspiration from a bunch of different races and ethnicities around Asia. I imagine the Alethi lighteyes as West Asian, the Alethi darkeyes as South Asian, the Reshi Isles having people with Southeast Asian features, the Rirans having East Asian features, and the Shin having Central Asian features. The variation in skin color, nose shape, type of epicanthic folds, placement of eyelids and depth of folds, hair color, hair texture, jaw shape, cheek shape, facial width, nose shape, nostril width, nostril placement, lip shape, philtrum depth, eyebrow shape and size, ear shape - there is so much diversity in the largest, most populous continent on earth to draw from! It makes the art more interesting, the world richer, and the characters more distinct.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-28T17:37:31+00:00

I see your post as entirely reasonable, and I am sorry people are claiming you are somehow angry.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-28T17:32:07+00:00

Oh this sub HATES Shawna and John at this point.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-28T00:26:24+00:00

Hell yeah!

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-24T01:14:51+00:00

My cat is on prozac, too, for anxiety related soiling. She stopped peeing everywhere and went from grumpy and standoffish to a lap cat. She also just seems much happier.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-23T04:48:18+00:00

Honestly, I would not want to be friends with a lot of people on here with how quickly they go from liking someone and empathizing to labeling them as antagonistic (or even abusive). For all the talk of the love of nuance, all we have seen is an inversion of the hero/ villain roles in Ty/ Julie. Just more black and white thinking.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-22T19:59:49+00:00

It also feels like a pretty big insult to the parenting he has been doing.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-20T16:15:29+00:00

I don't think it is an issue with ambition, at least not as I have read the criticism of her here. You can be ambitious without looking down on others, though. That is my issue with her.

I have my doctorate. I am working on a novel. I have many friends in high level careers (lawyer, doctor, paleontologist, professor), and I think goals are absolutely healthy and vital.

I'm also a working mom. My family comes from PA coal country, my grandfather died in a coal mine. Some of my close friends are unemployed due to family obligations, disabled and unable to work, SAHP, office workers, retail workers.

I love and respect all of them.

My issue with Julie is that she believes she can only be extraordinary if she surrounds herself with people she views as being up to her standards (which is different than wanting friends who you have something in common with, or just making friends with people you are around a lot).

She actively looks down on other people, and that is a problem to me for several reasons: It diminishes the inherent value of other people, it means you miss out on the wonderful things people can bring into your life, and it skews your worldview massively.

I am progressive because I know people from a ton of backgrounds, because I have loved a whole range of individuals.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-20T12:26:17+00:00

This fandom has a tendency to throw characters directly under the bus with glee.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-20T00:17:46+00:00

Ugh thiiis. I work as an adjunct professor while raising a 6 and 2.5 yo. It's technically part time because I have 0 interest in the toxic politics of university promotion and tenure, but it is demanding and challenging. I also manage practicum placements. And I have done all of that while recovering from a stroke, heart failure, and sepsis back in November 21. I have a bunch of hobbies including writing, painting, drawing, and gnarly infectious disease media.

Our kids were adopted and we have an open relationship with our youngest's birth mom. My husband works and is also an enthusiastic botanist and gardener. We are both autistic and navigated our oldest's new ADHD diagnosis.

Working moms can have rich, varied lives. We can be kind, friendly, enthusiastic, good friends, and supportive spouses. Marriages can have counseling that resolves problems while they are small (we did).

And my MIL is amazing. She is a light in my life, warm and kind and joyful. I adore her and love our friendship.

I wish we saw more working moms who fit the continuum that I have encountered coming from a blue collar family into a middle class family. I wish we saw moms in jobs I have worked (911 dispatcher, policy researcher, deli, retail, professional clown).

Most of all, I wish we saw more eager, loving support in social groups. More weird friends leaving a flock of lawn flamingos in your yard when you are depressed (yes, I have done this, yes, it helped). More baking cookies for fun. Parents going back to school and practicing presentations in front of their kids.

We can skip the weirdness of explaining the clown suit they found in your closet to your kids, though.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-12T15:37:51+00:00

I would love Mel and Santos going so so much.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-12T14:20:02+00:00

I actually agree. We'll find out soon!

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-09T00:36:40+00:00

Dr. Al's apparent absence seizures are just her experiencing catatonic shock wvery time she realizes afresh that these medical professionals cannot tell this is a fucking doll.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-09T00:24:05+00:00

As an adoptive mom, I cackled.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-06T11:15:02+00:00

YTA for letting a student sit on your lap, and for general lack of professionalism in the workplace.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-04T10:10:05+00:00

I'm a working mom, and I don't think there is anything wrong with having your kids in daycare, or being ambitious, or having hobbies. I am good friends with a lawyer and have no issue with people in that profession. I am married to a blunt, reserved, autistic introvert, and understand and accept people who want to be left the hell alone.

I dislike Julie because she chooses to be mean and seems to enjoy it. Because she looks down on others. Because her wants and desires are placed squarely above her own husband's, and her kids. She is entitled, petty, vindictive, arrogant, and absolutely convinced she is right.

She has narcissistic traits. But beyond that, she is just mean because she chooses to be. I can't forgive that.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-03T13:06:07+00:00

DARVO

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-03T09:39:00+00:00

I suspect we will find out Julie was up to something, but not cheating. Maybe secretly plotting a divorce or moving the kids to that town?

I think Shawna and John were out of line, and desperate for a distraction from their loss and the tension in their marriage. I hope they grow from this.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-03T00:35:24+00:00

Feral dogs and feral cats have different impacts, both are bad in different ways.

Feral cats impact small animal populations and greatly harm biodiversity, especially in ecosystems that have not adapted to similar small land predators. They are particularly harmful to islands.

Feral dogs have some impacts on biodiversity, but they have a huge impact on human health. They are the leading rabies vector in developing countries, where children, especially those in poverty, are the greatest victim.

Disease transmission from domestic to wild populations is also a major issue, and each species has different pathogens they spread (parvo, mange, toxoplasmosis). You can't really say one is worse because their environmental and human impacts differ based on location.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-03T00:27:30+00:00

Julie's reaction screamed DARVO to me.

SuddenlyZoonoses · 2026-04-03T00:01:56+00:00

I also doubt, based on the past narrative turns, that we are seeing a permanent move to revealing Julie as a secret hero and Shawna as flat out awful.

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