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I locked in on the wrong thing and made a shitpost within one day ong bro im losing my mind. Im too scared to post this on twt or tiktok cuz ppl might get too weird abt my ocs (i dont like calling them that for some reason) like Brutus and Ophelia...
Hey guys, I just wanted to clarify something that's been brought to my attention long ago. There was an anon that came to give me criticism about how I handle POC characters, specifically Brutus.
I do understand the concern and I do apologize that I didn't explain sooner but please understand that when I saw this, it felt very hostile and it wasn't something I was able to properly reply to at the time, especially when I was stressed and really busy for college. I'm open-minded when it comes to criticism and I would love to explain myself further or take advices, but this was not it. I, a POC person myself, didn't intend to ignore other POC voices and the concern itself wasn't the issue but the way it was worded/phrased.
Anyhow, regarding the stereotype, no he isn't *just* an abusive muscular brown man and DeityBill isn't just a helpless white twink. There's more to their characters than that. They have goals, motives, and complex morals that can be point out if given the time to analyse them a bit better.
After the "Brutus" animatic, I was planning a script for a comic to delve deeper into Brutus and Deity's relationship at that time but due to my circumstances, I haven't been able to deliver it (I'm a BMMA student, Im handling more script projects than I thought I accounted for 😭). I can't spoonfeed information through asks in my inbox because I don't want to drop the information that way. I've always been a "show don't tell" author so most of Deity's past were animatics (and Ford's era consists of comics), so I can understand why the message of the story seemed really vague for most of my audience.
"Why did you decide to make the King brown/POC?"
This one is a common ask when I've revealed Brutus's color palette when the recent animatic dropped (His color palette was fixed in 2024 but it was kofi-exclusive) so I'm gonna be real honest... I decided it simply because I wanted to and I was tired of drawing white men, no hidden agenda. It was 2024 when I created starfalls and Brutus. At the time, I thought, hm I've never drawn or made POC characters before but since I have the creative freedom to do what I want, I'll give melanin to the King.
"In an era where POC can't be in position of power just so that the villain is black/brown"
"Historically inaccurate AND racist"
Okay, I can admit, I've never been historically accurate. I was just basing things off of TBOB and was going with the flow. But just because I made a POC character to be the villain doesn't make me racist. I beg of yall to see my characters past their skin color and view them as humans. For example, this kind of mindset is like calling Kane Parsons racist because he wrote a black male to be abusive. God forbid I want POC characters to be in position of power and be hot villains like any other character...
And yes, of course it's historically inaccurate because the whole concept I had was what if Bill was a good whimsical deity that came down to earth and changed everything? The world's setting is close to fantasy instead of it being a casual modern setting at this point because everything outside of gravity falls isn't what you think it is.
I've basically hinted that in a comic at one point and I might be at fault for not mentioning it further... Though, I do count Mr. Ford/Dr. Pines's voice log as one of the hints as well but let me shut up-
Anyways, that's all. I'm not yet a proper author with consistent deadlines or a team or a proper budget, so please acknowledge that I have limits of how I tell my stories so of course it has its flaws (and I'm very well-aware of them because its been gnawing at me forever that I know I could've done better) I've started doing this as a passion project and I want it to continue simply because I find it fun to tackle interesting concepts. StarFalls had been a playground/experimental story for me and I'm really happy I've built a community that loves the AU and my characters. Especially Brutus, I've seen ya'lls edits and comments, you guys aren't slick.
Maybe in the future, I'll make my own stories with proper writing and not just a concept that started without plan because HONESTLY IM STILL FIGURING OUT SF'S STORY AND FELT STUCK ON SOME PARTS but hey its all chill, i just wanna go at my own pace.
Bill looks like he's showing Ford off to someone and saying, "Look at this grumpy little guy!" and Ford looks like he's about to bite someone's fingers.
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