[ironmaidenhead]

Dennis Rodman in DOUBLE TEAM Dir. Tsui Hark (1997)

[isekai-ed]

After this, I have to face the tvl fandom and their racism bc I need to watch the new ep

[grapecaseschoices]

remember the next time people say racism, colorism, anti-blackness are all dead in the world or have no place in fandom that a section of the LADS fandom led bullying campaign because they didn't want a darker skinned love interest.

the darker skinned love interest in question:

[isekai-ed]

It's not lost on me how this fanbase saw that the new character got slightly(barely!) wider jaws than the existing LIs and is more buffy and started claiming he is tan, hypermasculine, violent and should only be released on the african server. They saw a LI who's a bit different and immediately stereotyped him as this antiblack caricature.

In reality, Valko is fairer than Sylus and is just a bit more muscular than him. He's a goofy nerd who's super affectionate from the get-go.

Given this game's track record, a tan LI was not going to happen. They would actually have to fix their lighting issues and create more shades of dark skin to accommodate this hypothetical tan LI which they won't! That should be enough reassurance for these racist players but they can't go a day without demeaning black and brown players and calling them slurs!

[isekai-ed]

Trying to get hold of some concrete news on the Valko situation and I keep getting distracted by how pretty Valko is in all these in-game pics. We could've had it all

[kurapikapikachuu]

honeslty as a poc idk what to feel abt the cn side anymore. ik there were many complaints abt valko; but the skin colour, facial features are what deeply affects me the most. I feel sick to my stomach thinking abt how deep rooted the issue is, how deeply they hated those aspects abt him. that boy has the smallest hint of melanin, in my eyes, barely any, and yet it was a focal point of their hatred to him - amongst many other things, sure. but its really upsetting idk. I feel so sick and gross just thinking abt it. like idek how to voice how embarrassed I am to even think we ever could've gotten a tan li. they really do hate us lol.

[thinkingofzayne]

I haven’t even got to know your birthday yet, and now I need to pretend you’re not supposed to exist? ☹️

I’m so sorry Valko, you landed into the hands of money greedy developers, instead of ones that genuinely cared about storylines and all of players’ voices.

[ashluym]

Oh, sweet baby, I'll miss you.. 😭

I'm never moving on from him, I fear. 🐺

Here's to what should have been 😓

[isekai-ed]

Girl, fuck you and fuck your stupid game. I'm not logging in for wish ticket scraps

[isekai-ed]

Guys, will they do a Lumiere rerun next year or am I dreaming too big?

[isekai-ed]

Wait, they used to update abyssal chaos??

[isekai-ed]

.........a werewolf li....

[isekai-ed]

And he has 2 sets of ears!? Can we get serious?

[isekai-ed]

The ears are not permanent! But he's not tan! I'll never win!

[isekai-ed]

He's silly! I'll take it

[fakelawyerbug]

I've seen a bunch of "fandom etiquette" posts on my dash today and I'm going to say something that is maybe going to be unpopular but;

The absolutely pervasive mentality that unwanted criticism or critique shouldn't be given and should be ignored is why fans of color don't stay in fan spaces.

And I am not going to mince words here:

A lot of you are racist. A lot of your fan works are racist.

That might have been difficult to hear. And if it was, you should probably reflect on why that was.

"Fandom etiquette" has created a space where fans of color either bite our tongues and eventually leave or say something, get dogged on, and then eventually leave.

So much of "fandom etiquette" seems to be about insulating creatives from Feeling Bad and hostility to any kind of negative feedback is a pretty big contributor to why bigotry festers in these spaces.

[isekai-ed]

.........a werewolf li....

[isekai-ed]

And he has 2 sets of ears!? Can we get serious?

[isekai-ed]

The ears are not permanent! But he's not tan! I'll never win!

[lesbx]

whenever theres a woman im like YAY. whenever theres not a woman im like meh. i’ve seen better

[dufrau]

i dont think straight people should be allowed to do "enemies to lovers" i think if a man is your enemy you need to trust that you were correct the first time and slay him in battle

[dykieran]

it's crazy how once you notice how literally everything centres men all the time you will never be able to enjoy anything properly ever again

[dykieran]

this show is about men this movie is about men this game is meant to be played as a man these characters are men so they're intrinsically more likeable than their bitchy women counterparts this show is about women but they're all for men to look at this movie is about a woman but there's a guy there as well to make it more palatable for General Audience (men) this fandom is all about this one man what do you mean you don't like men. what about this man you must like him!!! he's like a woman to me! and by that i mean i headcanon him as a trans man because im #queeringit and him being a trans man basically means Woman Lite right? so i basically do care about women! and going on e makes you like men and going on t makes you like men and being a lesbian means you still have to have a himbo man friend and you HAVE to read this book! it's about a man