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(Don't let the silly blog name fool you, I'm definitely critical of Riven even though he's my trashy fave) The Winx-centric blog of an illustrator/graphic designer with a surplus of anxiety. I'm probably talking out of my ass.

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TBH in general I really hate the “positive vibes only” thing. Feels like a silencing tactic to me. =P

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Hence why I take issue to prep and hipster culture that we’ve had since the 2010s.

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Listen, I’m a gothy cunt and this is an old ass post. What I advocate for is being able to express your whole range of emotions instead of keeping them all in no matter who your are or what you’re into. It ain’t got nothing to do with arbitrary subcultures because I know punks who fall into the “positive vibes only!” pit all the damn time and I know “preps” that are depressed af. Fuck stereotypes and subcultures.

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Hey Rainbow, hire me.

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When I'm not talking out of my ass on this side blog I sometimes do art challenges! These were part of inktober 2016. 😜

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They’re pulling that chestnut now? Well, in that case…

Non-fans unite!

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I dunno if anyone has tried to pull that tactic yet, but I figured I'd get a word in before it happened. 😉

Is that a Darcy??? I always wanted one of her! 💕

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Someone ate her lips.

I should probably stop posting in the tag tonight. I think I’ve made my point.

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Iginio Straffi must be keeping a damn Burn Book somewhere.

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Also, Aisha is definitely paler...almost as light as Flora’s original colour scheme. Also, they did indeed take her lips away. Why.

WHY, RAINBOW?

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Well, the colour data doesn’t lie. They bleached Flora, I’m almost certain she’s lighter than Stella (not by much, but damn). Added her original for reference as well.

You can call this silly, but characters have specific colours as part of their official model sheets as a guide for colourists so everything stays consistent. Flora and Aisha are at the point now where they just look like bad Bloom recolours.

As a designer I’m personally insulted by the staff at Rainbow right now. Dx

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@thegladingladiator btw thanks! 💕

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TBH in general I really hate the "positive vibes only" thing. Feels like a silencing tactic to me. =P

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***edit*** Been informed that they are still there, must be a glitch on my end. The statement still stands though. ******* Since it looks like someone flagged my videos discussing the whitewashing and whatnot (they seem to be gone from the tag, at least for me) I’ll repeat this here: it is perfectly okay and even healthy to use critical thinking and analyze your fandoms and the media you consume. Even if other people point fingers and go “NO! Positive vibes ONLY! You’re not a real fan!”, those people are only doing themselves a disservice. So keep being critical. 😉

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World of Whitewashing

That's what WoW really stands for, right?

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This isn’t just a case of something being off model, she’s becoming a victim of Eurocentric beauty standards.

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And it’s not the lighting either. We’ve seen her in the dark, in the light, underlit… All with the same issue.

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And I'm pretty sure lighting to no degree makes lips smaller either. This is an absolute train wreck.

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This isn't just a case of something being off model, she's becoming a victim of Eurocentric beauty standards.

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Another thing that is definitely bothersome in the WoW trailer...pretty sure Aisha's lips are thinner. So she's lighter and her lips are thinner. Why???

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Lmao I'm so sorry I crammed my face into the tag but sometimes it's easier to express myself with speaking. 😜