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[thepixelblender]

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[Previously doodles and art. Now just Reblogs & Textposts. see @ghozttower for art & @aghoztic for anything zine-related.]

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Suggested blog age rating for most posts is 15 or lower but source fandoms may be heavier

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#ghozt art — all blogs' art posts

#death of the author — not intended as romantic / equivalent of a 'not ship' tag

#ocposting — non-fandom character ramble

commonly posted & rbed fandoms : ace attorney, persona, zero escape+aitsf, rpg maker (cell of empireo, WATGBS, various others), pikmin, evillious chronicles, project sekai, sk8 the infinity, gintama, brandon rogers, cursed princess club, hellsing, yakuza/rgg, dungeon meshi, paranormasight, umineko, total drama, south park, hermitcraft/lifeSMP

commonly posted & rbed ships : adajima (P4G/P4AU), hatsugi (CoE), banicarlos & lichseth (EC), tadaai (Sk8), konhiji (GNTM), jamiepold (CPC), minedai (rgg), carrots tops aka kabru/mithrun (dunmeshi)

last updated : March 20th 2025

[ghozttower]

[creatingblackcharacters]

Hey, has anyone sent you another ask about the Greek mythology fan chart today? I'm very curious about it lol

Hehehe.... Thank you for reminding me to unleash my Black ass fan grievances...

As I said yesterday, while I have a running theory these groupings apply in every fandom, yes I believe that when it comes to fandom racism there are Three Major Groups that the Greek Mythology/"Classics" Fandom splits into. The Hydra of Racism, if you will:

1. The White Hood Wearers

2. "Credit for Diversity"

3. The Barbie Doll Wielders

In this essay, I shall-

[creatingblackcharacters]

1. The White Hood Wearers

This one is exactly what it says on the box.

White is right. The Fox News Demographic of Fandom, if you will.

"you're stealing my/their culture because they're not white" ass people. The "mythological beast is sexy but Black people ruin the fantasy" ass people. The "this design is okay but I prefer the canon because it's white 'accurate'" ass people. The people that forget Africa also borders the Mediterranean, bc apparently only Greeks had the boats necessary to interact with the world.

These fans try to use faux-intelligent arguments that shouldn't work on anyone even remotely familiar with white supremacist rhetoric. But the thing this, the people around the Charlie Kirks of fandom WANT to be racist. They WANT to feel correct, they're relieved to hear their racism- which most of them won't call what it is- is validated by others. It doesn't matter that orientalism amongst other things determines why these stories were chosen by the white western world, and affects how they were told, to this day... No, we conveniently forget that part.

These are the people that will harass anyone that draws or writes their Fave any hint of brown, or will claim in order to have Black people in a fic they must be Historically and Culturally Accurate to the letter, because fandom's only supposed to be for White Whimsy.

There's no saving these people. They're exactly where they wanna be until they get targeted by one of their own. And trust, there will be cannibalism, because these particular fan racists can't help themselves. If there's no one else to hurt, they'll hurt each other. These are the people that deserve warning callouts and social isolation, but for some reason almost never get them. Shielded by the "curate your space" and "anti censorship" nonsense built to "protect" everyone else. Which means Black fans are unprotected until they come into contact.

[creatingblackcharacters]

2. "Credit For Diversity"

This is where most fandom racists fall, tbh.

These are the "It doesn't matter if you're purple, I don't think about race at all when I create!" fans, and... They sure don't! 😅 And they really should.

They want to be inclusive, you should have told them EVEN MORE NICELY (you weren't mean) to stop being racist about their design! You're being mean, and that's WORSE!

This is where all the Ambiguously Brown Characters™ get made, with grey skin tones and straight hair and blue eyes and Perfectly Drawn & Color Picked White Counterparts. This is the "uwu Miles Morales would steal art materials" type crowd. The "I just made this Black woman/man who doesn't have a canon design super dark skinned because I think she's an evil Jezebel/he's a monster" folks. The "it's just the lighting" folks.

It's so obviously antiblack, but because it's sugarcoated with "love of Black characters" folks think it's okay. Picking the characters that are socially "safe" to make Black (I still wanna know why it's always Diomedes that's the Black one in the Odysseus/Diomedes art. Why not Odysseus? 👀 There could be non racist reasons! I have mine for Patroclus!)

These fans could go multiple ways, fr.

They'll get better at Black character design! But if they don't escape the cycle and Learn Why, they'll just be afraid of Black fans and end up in the Barbie Doll Wielders.

They'll stay where they are and ignore it as "haters", and be supported by the hivemind. Will also avoid Black fans.

Or they'll go "I'm never drawing Black people again!!!" in a self-piteous rant that masks how relieved they are that they don't have to continue their minimal effort, because everyone will understand that they are The Victim. This group will be enticed by the White Hoods, though never fully accepted unless they accept the Rhetoric. Has probably already been teased by them, so. The easiest of the three to cancel (and even then!)

[creatingblackcharacters]

3. The Barbie Doll Wielders

These are the ones hardest to spot.

And with good reason. They CAN create Black characters! Really good ones, actually... Or can they? These are the fans that hurt your feelings and piss you off the most, as a Black fan. Because on the surface it's like yeah! They did it! Finally!

But then you realize... It sure is Black-People-Free around them. Another name could be the "Get Out" crowd. 👀 They get accolades for drawing or writing Black people, but then you realize... why are there never any around you? Why do you never share Black creators?

The times Black people do interact with you, is it a positive experience? Or are you standoffish? Are you uncomfortable having Black fans interact with you? Are you afraid of being seen talking about Blackness, even though you have this Black character? Are you... Avoiding us?! How are you inclusive but you're afraid of Black voices? Why don't you mind having the spotlight for creating Black characters, but don't share that spotlight with Black creators?

Are you only inclusive of the version of me you can control? That is, that "Black" character you created? Is that the only acceptable Black for you- the one in your mind?

These are the fans that when you DO see them interact with Black people, you realize how tone deaf they are. There's an overlap with the Hood Wearers, that you realize they don't actually know how to converse with Blackness... But if they never have to do that... 🤷🏾‍♀️

And to me- and this is why I get so insulted- it reveals an unwillingness to fully commit to what it actually means to be inclusive. That is, risking some popularity (aka white fan support). Everyone knows that when you draw characters of color, unless you're a perfect angel who never says anything ever, you'll get less support for it. Can't make that fan base TOO uncomfortable, when everyone is happy that we're sharing our perfect Black Barbie Dolls, the well cared for ones that show We Aren't Racist. You can't say that! Look at what I do! Look at how I treat my toy Black character! There's no war in Ba Sing Se!

These people even argue with the White Hood Wearers. They might genuinely believe that they are a Good Ally! But nothing takes away from the fact that All Three Of You are afraid of and don't include real Black people!

[muffin-snakes-art]

[largishcat]

this Thanksgiving consider donating to Indigenous Women Rising a native run org that helps native/indigenous women in the US access abortion and reproductive care

[bobbole]

Vivienne Westwood

[heavy-serenade]

Jackets from Vivienne Westwood MAN Fall 1996 ‘Martyr to Love’ Menswear Collection

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ごちそうさま

[tamarrud]

As the man-made famine in the Gaza Strip worsens and access to food becomes increasingly difficult, we've decided to extend our support beyond agricultural inputs. We are currently working to connect grassroots initiatives with local farmers-allowing crops to be purchased well below the soaring market rates and directly distributed to those unable to buy or access them.

Read more about and donate to revive Gaza's farmlands, a project by APN that aims to rehabilitate the agricultural sector and restore local food systems to combat famine.

[tamarrud]

Reminder again as there's an obvious focus on the need for flour, but the people of Gaza need more than just bread and initiatives like this one can really help make produce accessible during this time.

[cuties-in-codices]

cosmological, astronomical, and other diagrams

(1. the harmony of the spheres; 2. the world and the orbits of the planets, sun and moon; 3. the ages of the world until godefroy of bouillon; 4. the connection between sun, moon and earth; 5. apuleius' sphere of life and death; 6. the five zones of the earth of macrobius)

illustrations from a 15th c. copy of the liber floridus, an encyclopedic work originally written by lambert of st. omer in the 12th century. this copy was produced in lille and ninove, c. 1460

source: The Hague, KB, Ms. 72 A 23

[chainmaiden-deactivated20260205]

'top or bottom???' wrong ‼️⚔️which one of you is the loyal dog come living weapon and which one of you has the lethal pout and divinity complex ???

[nibeul]

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[kianamaiart]

[argentsunshine]

[apolladay]

The Protagonist of the last game you played, Has to stand trial. How doomed

Completely fucked

A slight chance of victory

Maybe

Good chance of being innocent

Innocent

Results

Voting ended onNov 25, 2025

[orcbara]

i swear to god if people don't start understanding that responding to doylist critique of a piece of media with watsonian exonerations is not an actual rebuttal

[orcbara]

somebody saying "hey i don't like that the only gay man in this story is a weird pervert and it portrays gay sexual promiscuity as a moral failing and character flaw" cannot be rebuked by arguing about how the character's backstory or personality traits explain their behaviour. the choices made by a writer are all fundamentally mutable; somebody saying an author's choices should have been different is not going to be persuaded by an argument that takes those choices as immovable fact

[thepixelblender]

i don't condone arson or anything but sometimes I think about the school of chicago back when they were all about pushing for market liberalism and rational buyer shareholding based economics and you just hafta wonder

[cannibalings]

why are all the actual real human jobs like baker and florist and childcare worker barely paying livable wages but the fake jobs like ai specialist boot licker or marketing campaign dick sucker making six figures