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I haven’t posted a new bullet journal spread in a while. So here’s this week’s spread. I’m very happy with how this turned out. It was inspired by @holylantern and spirited away. I’ll possibly do a my neighbour totoro spread in the future :’)
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{aug 15, 2018}
today was the first day of school. and the senior high department has 700 students 😱 now, i feel so keen on doing my best and working really hard this school year. The amount of people in class (we’re 50 students in one classroom) seems so daunting, & i barely know anyone.
i tried talking to some old friends from my old school but why did it seem so awkward? ugh.
somehow, this motivates me.
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Hello hello, long time no see!! I’ve been taking a break from tumblr but I’m very active over on my instagram @journalsanctuary so go check it out if you like!! Or just enjoy this august spread :) // pictures via unsplash
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Something you may or may not know about be is that I journal. However, only recently have I gotten the hang of it and stayed loyal to the habit of journaling. Here are some tips and tricks on how you can journal successfully. Hope you like it :)
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tomorrow is the first day of remote learning. all of my senior year events, including prom, are being cancelled. however, we must stay strong class of 2020! stay safe!
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happy easter, everyone! this week has been kinda stressful since i had my english oral and my history ia is due tomorrow. hope you all have a great day!
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i absolutely cannot wait for when school ends. however, I have found out that my graduation will now be held digitally 😭
what’s the general consensus on black characters who were originally inhuman/extraterrestrial origin? i have a black character who originally was a kind of ‘etheral space terraformer’ being with no real form, and for plot reasons left where she was and gave herself a human form. she did not intend to become attached to her identity, though she ended up loving being a person and considers herself such. (for reference- as of now i have 3 other black characters in my story who are regular people)
i’ve seen some people talking about black peoples portrayals in media, and how a lot of times the humanity of said person is taken out for aesthetic. i was wondering if having a black character with static instead of eyes would rub the wrong way with people? it’s not important to the story and i could probably change it to something else- but i’m just not sure if it would matter or not, since i do think it looks cool.
Black Alien character with static for eyes
Concealing the eyes of Black character gives me a feeling of disconnect. Particularly if no one else has their eyes concealed. The character having static for eyes gives me the same vibes.
Now, this isn’t referring to blind or visually-impaired folks in any way, but rather a creator who makes a conscious choice to cover Black character’s eyes for aesthetic purposes, or to make them feel “cool and mysterious.”
Image above: The character Garnet from Steven Universe. Eyes are concealed by large sunglasses.
Example in Media
Garnet from Steven Universe is an example of this. I’m not sure if they’re candidly a Black character (another topic, but not for this post!), but this character reads as Black coded. Their eyes are almost always covered and from what I could read (spoiler?) it’s to hide a third eye.
There’s no medical reason for it that I can find, and the writers could’ve used other methods to hide it (bangs, a visor, scarf, makeup, magic?! Just saying) I might be missing context with this character but I think the example still stands.
Black Extraterrestrial
See our tags on Black Aliens & Fantasy Race
Non-human PoC are fine in itself, particularly if you have human Characters of Color & PoC aren’t the only non-humans.
Make sure that is true for the specific races. (i.e. It won’t due to have human & alien Indian characters, but only Alien Black characters. Consider gender and orientation too.)
Those three humans you have in this story might make the static eye thing not as big a deal too, but do consider it food for thought.
Other Black readers, feel free to share your thoughts! How do you feel about a Black character (alien) with static for eyes?
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