There's also a now-deleted post that inspired me to make my own small series on, erm, how the bay boys would hold your hand in bed(as all couples do!!!! Sfw handholding) and idk if it sounds fucking cringe but instead of some grey yn hands I am making them poc bc of you(I remember ur OCs? It's so long ago I forgor- and how you've mentioned not enough poc stuff in tmnt. I mean I likely would've done it regardless, I have like 3 white OCs out of 40, but wanted you to know it's with you in mind)
Bonnie is my only oc for the Bayverse (and Rise). Although I think you might be confusing the inserts in this post as my ocs? Or possibly Aida who is @/seafoamtaffy's oc.
You bring up something I've wanted to talk about for ages but have been reluctant to actually discuss because... well...
I was afraid of being stereotyped as the 'over dramatic black woman' just because I'm black and speaking out about black/poc matters.
But fuck it. Lets finally get into it.
I would love it if you made brown/colored Y/N's or inserts in your post because the representation is lacking. Specially in the TMNT fandom which is somewhat ironic because I think a lot would agree that the turtles take a lot from, or have adopted a decent amount of black/poc culture.
I get the whole point of Y/N's, readers, and inserts is quite literally within the names. It's supposed to be whoever is consuming the media right? But... There is just... something so inherently white about how it's usually done.
I don't know if non-poc see it like I do. Probably not. But even when I come across the grey colored y/n drawings I immediately interpret them as white.
Would it exclude a majority of fans if you made your y/n's, inserts, readers brown or poc? Yeah. Welcome to our world. We have to suspend our disbelief nearly all the time when it comes to stuff like this.
But you don't how much it means to us when we're actually represented in our favorite media.
Ultimately I can't force anyone to do anything about it. But maybe voicing my thoughts about this will make others more considerate. Who knows?
Thanks for thinking of me. 🤎
