Seeking some help from fans of Garth Nix's Abhorsen/Old Kingdom series.
I posted this fanart of Lirael inspired by Nico Parker (ignore the misnaming in the post) to the Abhorsen subreddit.
There's a user there who is claiming that I've done wrong in how I've drawn her. They claim I've done POC a disservice by raceswapping.
I attempted to defend myself and my rightful pride in offering a fanart of mixed-race Lirael on a subreddit where that's severely wanting; Lirael is mixed-race: Nico Parker is mixed-race.
They seem little able to back up their critique and claims and go on a bit of a more than inadvertently self-deafeating and hypocritical tangent (seriously, even if you don't contribute, it's worth looking at for entertaining bafflement).
I don't feel in the wrong or seriously upset with my art (ike at all) but this was an irksome and downer start to my morning (insert a begrieved "but it's Christmas!!!!").
I'd appreciate any comments you might be able to add, any rebuttals, support, or conversation that might otherwise help this post be about something besides silent supprt for this dude's argument (they keep getting up votes, even if they're balanced with downvotes).
Anyway, tldr tear this fool apart.
Also here's the fanart in question: