Roselle (yes like the flower)

My hyperfixations vary day to day but currently they are . . . Sonic the Hedgehog (only watched Sonic Prime don't know anything else) Miraculous ladybug (that show has left scars) Naruto (This was a problem) My hero Academia (don't worry I won't be posting much about this) Frozen (rarely) Disney's Wish: My Au (When I get time I'll develop it trust) ROTG (And just gonna at Rise of the Guardians since it is accompanied with Jelsa) INDIAN CINEMA- gonna post about this occasionally once I get it out my drafts, recommend me movies to watch and I'll rate them Also I got a Desi Rapunzel Au because I hate the live action cast and take everything I said about it before back. Stay for the rants,fanart,fanfics you name it I got it Edit: I changed the desc because I haven't been really posting in a while. Also I need to change my profile pic I drew that like 2-3 years ago.

[rosellerivers19]

MOVE OVER RAM CHARAN HELLO KEVIN!

As some people know Ram Charan's latest movie Peddi released today on June 4 or I guess yesterday in India.

Do I have and hopes for this movie?

*Checks the heroine*: Jhanvi Kapoor? Yep this is gonna be insanely misognyistic

Now I'm not saying Jhanvi Kapoor is directly responsible for this phenomenon of being cast in South Indian movies for the sole purpose of 'attracting' certain types of audiences but oh my god you came from Bollywood! (This is satire I know the people at fault is the director in the Indian Audience promoting this)

Both Devara and Ram Charan starred in action movies where Jhaanvi Kapoor is the heroine with a seemingly confusing plot and sorta misogynistic hero? I dunno I don't think Ram Charan and Jr Ntr are taking this Rajamouli curse pretty well.

Don't worry after a few flops you too will escape like Prabhas with a Kalki or Salaar. It only took him like, four years and three movies.

Hey Ram charan you're almost there! This is your second movie, just one more to go!

This is no hate to the actors in all honesty they act beautifully it's just the roles are kinda . . .

I mean I know mainstream Indian movies are supposed to have a bit of overt misogyny but these movies they've done recently is giving 2013 levels of misogyny.

Hey! I'm not saying Devara didn't have a good concept it's just the execution or at least the plot in the end was kinda predictable a-Katappa copy! Instead of Bahubali's dad dying by Katappa it's Devara's father dying (possibly) by his hand? The movie overall wasn't doing it for me but like what you like.

Anyway the purpose of this post isn't to debate whether or not I'll like watching Peddi no it's about a post I saw on instagram recently.

I do not keep up with promotions for any Indian movies, heck i don't even do it for American movies (Except if it involves Anthony Mackie and Sebastian stan, I'm a newgen sambucky shipper so I've been gobbling up as much content of them in interviews as I could) so I didn't think about looking at any promotional material for the movie since I wasn't really interested in it anyway.

I don't know where the popularity started but Kevin Kunta a professional MMA fighter who also acts as a bodyguard for Ram Charan in his nationwide tour for Peddi has been growing in fame from fans of Ram Charan due to his easy strength, humble nature and overall attitude and fashionable looks.

This is Kevin Kunta btw

He recently also protected jhaanvi Kapoor (I feel like I'm spelling that wrong) in a promotional event when a fan rushed to meet Ram Charan. Kevin Kunta acted quickly grabbing the fan mid run and carrying him away from a visibly startled Jhaanvi kapoor (I hope she's doing okay).

You know how much that man probably weighed? In the 220 lbs at least.

And While the fan didn't have bad intentions just wanting to meet his favorite actor (Ram Charan) which he did get to do because of course he did. It could've been a dangerous situation and people admired how Kevin handled the situation with ease.

After watching a couple of videos all I could think was . . .

Wow he's really attractive-And that he's great at his job!

Some people are debating if introducing Kevin was a publicity stunt or something which I personally don't care about however like with usual publicity there is also a downside and I wanted to address some of it.

I saw a comment suggesting that Kevin should play a villain role in a future tollywood movie which I found disgusting because of the insinuation that black men are only fit for negative roles in Indian media which unfortunately is a longheld practice. Look at Saaho where Black actors were used as side characters that were the goons that the hero had to fight/shoot in one of the scenes. But from what I know this isn't exclusive to just how Black actors are portrayed in Indian cinema but also actors of other nationalities are sidelined to background roles usually as obstacles the main hero has to defeat. Take Pushpa 2 for example where Pushpa jumps out of the container in japan and starts beating up all the Japanese actors who play goons trying to stop him from--honestly I don't even remember what exactly It's been so long since I watched that movie and I didn't even really like either of the movies.

Now I don't know everything about Indian politics and won't pretend I do but I do know that colorism, culture clashes and racism plays a huge role in everyday life in india and these movies and comments reflect that sentiment.

Some people have also suggested he gives off hero material which is a better remark that made me smile a little because yeah! He's handsome, fit and stylish! He should be getting praise.

He made a statement on Insta thanking the fans for their support but even then when there are comments praising him with some of them are backhanded calling him a kukka or dog, King Kong, downplaying his achievements as an MMA fighter to just Ram Charan's bodyguard, weird comments about changing his hair to look better etc. They might have positive intentions but negative connotations because of how uneducated/ignorant the public is referring to him as an object rather than person when calling him Kukka, Obviously referring to gorillas and a racist sterotype when referring to him as King Kong, not respecting him as an individual when only calling him Ram Charan's body guard and suggesting Black hairstyles are 'ugly' when telling him to change his hair.

It's really disgusting and I hope he doesn't see those comments.

I'm happy Kevin Kunta is getting mostly positive feedback with only the occasional racist comment on youtube and insta and hope he continues to have a successful career in MMA. I don't watch sports but I might find time to watch a few clips here and there just to see what it's about.

There wasn't really a point to this post I guess just to thirst a little and y'know spread awareness about some tollywood news and some social commentary. I don't think anyone really cares but I guess I wanted to rant a little.

Anyway check out Kevin's insta linked here

Kunta Kinte (@kevin__kunta_) • Instagram photos and videos

472K Followers, 526 Following, 91 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Kunta Kinte (@kevin__kunta_)

Here's a photo dump:

Ahhhhh! He's so stylish ❤️

Anyway-Roselle out!

[kraskrov]

them...

[rosellerivers19]

Just in time for pride month!

[rosellerivers19]

123 we want Yuri!

This is the second time I'm drawing Starfire with insane romantic tension with a female character. The first one is in my drafts.

Honesty idk anything about these characters I just think they look good together.

They call me the Crackshipper I ship anything and everything.

On another note I loved how I was able to actually differentiate Storm and Starfire's hair textures I was scared for a second that I'd be blinded by their big poofy hair and through hair blindness make a carbon copy but I made it work somehow.

This was originally just supposed to be a storm drawing but then the yuri agenda hit me like a train.

I also didn't know what to add for the dialogue but I do know I wanted to make Star angry and Storm annoyed cause of the reference.

What would they be angry about? No clue someone else can make up context.

[dictearchive]

me and friend just watched scooby doo the movie

[rosellerivers19]

Hey! Why didn't I think of that . . .

[rosellerivers19]

Happy Pride Month!

I wish all queer folk a great pride! While I know the world has been scary lately I hope that everyone who is able to will freely express themselves with friends, family and a community that is centuries in the making.

Queer people have always been here and will always be here. Never let anyone tell you otherwise!

To celebrating Queer people, lives and Media!

[rosellerivers19]

When you watch a youtuber so much that you start getting all the meme references they're making

Why is this genuinely giving that one Ellie meme flipped around?!?!?

LOOKKKKKK!!!!!!

[rosellerivers19]

What a full day of free time will do for ya

Yes she is the type of person to write her name on the back of her fingers to let everyone know who they're talking to

also I discovered a new brush!

[cr4ft3r]

wives fighting over wives 🗿

[rosellerivers19]

The FunkyFrogbait discourse is disgusting

I've looked through the comments of the Funkyfrogbait response video (I don't care what you say that was NOT an apology) and why is everyone genuinely rewriting canon rn?

'Oh Funky said they were genuinely apologetic for their actions and were trying to educate themselves'

B#tch where!?!? They didn't not say sorry once in that video or at least until halfway through and it wasn't even acknowledging the negative effects of their comments on the marginalized group their comments had been impacting!

Who uses the phrase 'I am incentivized to do nothing right now' when making an apology which I believe that video is not!

This bigotry is literally filling every space of the internet with multiple people spamming the 'it's a nothingburger' rhetoric in literally every criticism of the video and the comments itself and frankly it's pissing me off.

I *liked* Funkyfrogbait I was elated when I found out they had a gaming channel because there were so few good gamers that I liked but they are literally promoting bigotry with their response I would argue it's actually more hostile than Gooseworks or Michael Kovach and Ashley's apologies because at least they pretended to be sorry while FunkyFrogbait is acting from a place of 'I understand the game and I know I'm going to lose' when the game isn't even rigged against them.

Their follow count hasn't even dropped no mass unfollowing, no super viral posts that criticized their actions they are literally an example of why cancel culture doesn't truly exist. They are going scotch free while so many creators and commenters are being attacked for being rightfully upset.

Not once in the video did Funky said they intended to change because from their perspective they didn't do anything that garnered change, they'd simply said the wrong thing at the wrong time that their reaction had unintended consequences but that didn't reflect anything on them.

They didn't apologize once in the video for what resulted because of their actions, they didn't acknowledge that more marginalized voices would be harmed by their fanbase rushing to support them, they didn't even try and have the decency knowing popular they are to tell their fanbase not to meaninglessly attack people while defending them because they believe it wouldn't 'attacking' it would be supporting.

Now I am not saying that Funky is willfully evil, I am saying that they are willfully ignorant and find it surprising how they weren't able to take any meaningful criticism out of the backlash. They said they wouldn't take hate campaigns as meaningful criticisms but truly what meaningful criticism did Funky take from the situation? They aren't taking time to reflect on their internal biases, they didn't acknowledge the harm that will and has been brought upon marginalized communities who are justified in voicing their criticisms and they never once addressed any part of the 'criticisms' that may hold value in their perspective.

Funkyfrogbat only reiterated what everyone was saying that they were ignorant of the situation which their 'haters' acknowledged, that they had spoke with limited information, and that they were likely speaking from personal experience or vitriol on the topic of cancel cuture.

They spent half the video saying that which everyone basically already knew. People or at least the majority weren't saying that Funky was openly racist that they had some evil agenda against black people, they were saying that they were quick to defend Gooseworks when they didn't have the proper information, that they didn't take something as serious as racism allegations seriously being willfully ignorant and labelling it a hate train and that they had been a hypocrite when saying people who spread misinformation were just as bad as the people who started them when Funky themselves spoke misinformation!

Funky didn't need to be cancelled they just needed to reflect but they didn't have the decency to even do that acting self righteous and like they were the peak of morality.

Funky's reaction and response is really disappointing I liked their content how they approached certain issues and topics and how they acknowledged they were growing from just simple commentary into something more meaningful I was upset when they made that rant on stream but I had hoped at the very least that they would acknowledge what they did was wrong and try to improve.

This felt like the second annual creator purge for me that these TADC controversies are really bringing out the true colors of people in a time where doing racist things is no longer even worth a 'cancellation'.

And I know exactly what sparked this.

I might make a more in depth post about this later I actually started writing something the day I found out about the controversy before the response video from Funky and had started writing my thoughts. I might make the post into a two section thing reflecting my thoughts before and after the response.

[rosellerivers19]

I really hate these type of comments

So I feel like everyone knows that twitter is the worst place on earth to have discussions especially since you know who runs it but that's not the point.

Every few business days I see the most awful tweets imaginable but at least there's a bit of pull on either side the bigoted and the people who have common sense but tell why this whole comment section is so deranged?!?!

'yet YOU wanna complain about representation'?!?!

So some context the very original tweet that all these tweets are referencing is deleted but I think it was talking about how Manon left Katseye either willingly or unwillingly and so someone was rightfully saying that they hate the lack of representation in katseye now since Manon represents Ghanian heritage since her father is from Ghana and her race is Black representing one of the many women of color apart of Katseye who has now been removed from the group.

They seemed to have been visibly upset at the erasure of Black women in the kpop industry especially when Katseye is supposed to represent a GLOBAL group and Manon who is yes from Ghana a specific country in Africa is sort of representing Africans as a race similar to Lara raj, Daniela, Megan and Yoonchae not every Indian, Korean, Chinese, Venezuelan, Cuban, Ghanian and Singaporean looks exactly like these groups but most fans from these nationalities love the representation they bring. And Manon who is very visibly Black connects to people outside of Ghana similar to how people from Sri lanka, Pakistan or other desi countries might connect to Lara Raj even if they're not Indian.

So when a kpop member who represents nearly 17% of the global population (Just taking into account the population of Africa as a continent) is removed for seemingly no good reason people are going to be upset since Black people and other minorities have historically been under represented and villainized in western media and haven't gotten a lot of good representation in media for a long time as the West has relied on racial stereotypes and still doesn't represent them that well in comparison to the mostly white cast and western cinema/industry in general.

Then the poster in response to the original saying they were upset at the lack of representation says this

Black people don't have 'plenty' representation in the western industry they might have more than other minorities but that is nowhere near the amount white people have!

It is actually even more hypocritical for HYBE a Korean company to remove Manon given the fact the Kpop industry is based ON Black culture and is very racist in general and on top of that they decided to remove their one black member? Mmm that's giving a bad vibe to me.

This poster claims to be an Asian American and I as an Asian American myself find this take to be incredibly idiotic like girl stand up white supremacy affects us all, (why do you think Asians aren't represented at all in Western media?) and just because Black people in Western media continuously fight for their representation and are able to get it doesn't take away from the fact that they have to FIGHT for it and are still underrepresented.

Instead of fighting against representation for others maybe you should fight for your representation in general Western Media?

I think this was their original post which is even more reprehensible

YES THEY DO! Every Minority complains at the lack of representation because it sucks! Like you are literally complaining right now!

What they don't do is complain about how someone from another ethnicity has 0.1% more screen time than their favorite character of the same ethnicity when the white main character is taking up 90% of the shot.

Go outside, touch some grass we as POC need to work together with other people of color not bash on them while the people who are really at fault are relaxing.

I might edit this later

[fatpigeonfan]

I didn't like the "apology" video. I rewatched funky's video and I feel like I just wanted to forgive them because they really are a comfort youtuber for me, I watch their videos whenever I'm bored or sad, but I hate how the video was worded.

For reference, I'm Jewish and a victim of grooming, but I am neither black nor a tadc fan. I understand if my opinion is not valid because of that.

I understand I'm doing exactly what they complained about in the beginning of the video, I understand why it was there, but it really feels like a "well it's called a hot take for a reason" type of claim to hide and try not to be able to take criticism.

I don't like Gooseworx. Their posts about racists not being allowed in the fandom feel like what happened when people kept asking about Jax's sexuality and they responded with every label under the sun. It's almost forced, and trying to stray away from the topic of the VAs being racist and another being a creep. Saying that you have sympathy for someone who won't talk about how their VAs are racist kind of feels racist.

I'm not saying that Funky is a racist, because I don't have evidence that they are. I'm really just saying that their video felt passive aggressive, and that they don't actually feel bad for what they did, which was screaming at a fan that they were a horrible person. I don't know the rules of their chat, but it really does sound like a child told them, because most of the amazing digital circus fandom is children.

[rosellerivers19]

Hey me too! I saw a few videos from this Black creator which sums up my feelings about the situation.

I felt like their sudden switch and lack of nuance on this issue was really strange and sudden but thinking back on it they've been posting content that kind of gave off the vibe that they strictly focused on issues pertaining to them Misogyny, homophobia etc. but never touched on intersectionality like how race factors into things when there's always been a ton of discourse and controversies that they could've made commentary videos on but never did.

I don't even feel like they were making a apology video more of a defense video which I think was awful overall but same thing even if it was an apology video I'm Indian so it wouldn't be something for me to 'accept' or defend which I would never because they already have a bunch of fans harassing black creators for their opinions even though Funky is clearly in the wrong.

I encourage you to watch @itsdigichiaki 's video on it she words it really well!

Replying to @sugarysasuke also the refusal to call gooseworx's behaviour racism is such a pattern in white people addressing these situations. they'll wear out every synonym in the dictionary before even THINKING about letting that word touch their lips 😭 (TIKTOK THIS IS COMMENTARY, FAKE WORDS, I AM BLACK) #analysis #rant #controversy #racism #funkyfrogbait

[fatpigeonfan]

that video was really informative thank you!

[rosellerivers19]

you're welcome!

[fatpigeonfan]

I didn't like the "apology" video. I rewatched funky's video and I feel like I just wanted to forgive them because they really are a comfort youtuber for me, I watch their videos whenever I'm bored or sad, but I hate how the video was worded.

For reference, I'm Jewish and a victim of grooming, but I am neither black nor a tadc fan. I understand if my opinion is not valid because of that.

I understand I'm doing exactly what they complained about in the beginning of the video, I understand why it was there, but it really feels like a "well it's called a hot take for a reason" type of claim to hide and try not to be able to take criticism.

I don't like Gooseworx. Their posts about racists not being allowed in the fandom feel like what happened when people kept asking about Jax's sexuality and they responded with every label under the sun. It's almost forced, and trying to stray away from the topic of the VAs being racist and another being a creep. Saying that you have sympathy for someone who won't talk about how their VAs are racist kind of feels racist.

I'm not saying that Funky is a racist, because I don't have evidence that they are. I'm really just saying that their video felt passive aggressive, and that they don't actually feel bad for what they did, which was screaming at a fan that they were a horrible person. I don't know the rules of their chat, but it really does sound like a child told them, because most of the amazing digital circus fandom is children.

[rosellerivers19]

Hey me too! I saw a few videos from this Black creator which sums up my feelings about the situation.

I felt like their sudden switch and lack of nuance on this issue was really strange and sudden but thinking back on it they've been posting content that kind of gave off the vibe that they strictly focused on issues pertaining to them Misogyny, homophobia etc. but never touched on intersectionality like how race factors into things when there's always been a ton of discourse and controversies that they could've made commentary videos on but never did.

I don't even feel like they were making a apology video more of a defense video which I think was awful overall but same thing even if it was an apology video I'm Indian so it wouldn't be something for me to 'accept' or defend which I would never because they already have a bunch of fans harassing black creators for their opinions even though Funky is clearly in the wrong.

I encourage you to watch @itsdigichiaki 's video on it she words it really well!

Replying to @sugarysasuke also the refusal to call gooseworx's behaviour racism is such a pattern in white people addressing these situations. they'll wear out every synonym in the dictionary before even THINKING about letting that word touch their lips 😭 (TIKTOK THIS IS COMMENTARY, FAKE WORDS, I AM BLACK) #analysis #rant #controversy #racism #funkyfrogbait

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EXTRA NOTES:

sooo prologue is over! im gonna take a break for a bit so i can catch up on the work ive been putting to the wayside. not abandoning this, certainly not, but if i post an update within the next week you should yell at me

from now on the comic is gonna be a mix of bigger arcs like this prologue and more doodles/slice of life bits. just random fun interactions i think of

i do in fact have a timeline semi planned out for the plot of this comic. whenever i lose interest in this (which will likely take a while) ill post the timeline so people know what the story plan was. i always hate when a fan comic or fanfic ends abruptly and i dont know what was gonna happen

big thank you to everyone who's sent me asks, i just figured out how to open asks and so far everyone has been very kind and very cool. i appreciate them all a lot, but i havent responded to anyone because it scares me. just know im really really thankful for all the support and ive read every one of them <3

soooo Teegarden's Star C is a real planet. It's another "planet named after the star but with a letter next to it". The star it orbits (teegarden's star) is a cooler star. which makes it more red. which makes the planet also red. which was a wonderful coincidence because i picked teegarden's star because of it's placement in the path back to Erid from Tau Ceti (based on a kinda shitty map i found of the phm journey, which may be wrong??). WHY exactly the Hail Mary is in this system at all is to be answered in the story

also apology to anyone who hasn't seen phm or iron lung, that last page must be confusing as hell. anyway it'll only get more movie-lore based so good luck to anyone who hasn't seen/read those stories

should i post this on ao3?? i have an account, but i havent posted anything on there ever. an ask mentioned it might be nice to have the comic compiled into one spot like that. but yeah ive never posted anything on there

UPDATE: AO3 link is here

thank you all again, the support's been amazing and i hope you all enjoy what i have planned <3

[rosellerivers19]

Art study ft:Simone Ashley

I think it's useful to try making character studies before attempting to draw characters based on real people in more casual settings for example comics,sketches etc it really helps you map out their features.

However don't have the time nor the memory to follow that advice but I do recommend people to try it out! It can also help if you struggle with same face syndrome which I think I do have.

Im forgetting how to draw hair for some reason but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for color theory

[trashtellar]

All the art I have made of "The Hope Kids".

A group made up by Miguel Rivera (Coco), Hiro Hamada (Big Hero Six), Meilin Lee (Turning Red) and Riley Andersen (Intensamente), but any other character is welcome to be a Hope Kid.

Why the name? 'cause I like to think that they represent this new generation, the ones that have the hope to heal what others generations couldn't. Something like that.

Todos los dibujitos que he hecho de los "Hope Kids" (los esperancitos). Un grupito conformado por Miguel Rivera (Coco), Hiro Hamada (Big Hero Six), Meilin Lee (Red) y Riley Andersen (Intensamente), pero se pueden añadir a más personajes c:

Ahora, ¿por qué ese nombre? Me gusta pensar que representan esta nueva generación, los que tienen la esperanza de sanar lo que generaciones anteriores no pudieron. Algo así.

[alexxuun]

A mini PHM comic about Grace growing old. I wanted to explore two ideas: Rocky dealing with Grace’s dementia and Grace wanting to donate his body to science. I spend so much time on figuring out the dialogue (some part still feel clunky to me) but I hope it express my thoughts on where I think Grace’s life would go :)

Title is based on a song by M83

[rosellerivers19]

In honor of AAPI week

I was going through my bookmarks and saw a tweet I saved of Simone ashley and Manny Jacinto starring In Mrs and Mr. Smith style movie would be a super cool idea that Hollywood of course would never indulge in.

I love Simone Ashley and Manny Jacinto and drawing so I decided to work on drawing them as the cover to the movie. I also got a Swan Princess idea I wanted to draw as well and only got started on Simone's part for each and wanted to share my progress

Im still working on the face