Blog rulez for Your Fav Is Black!
Here's an updated list of guidelines for the blog
What is 'Your Fav Is Black? - This is a blog in the same vein as other 'your fav is' blogs. Specifically, I made this blog to celebrate Black and Black coded characters in media.
2. Who runs the blog?- I do. There's no group of mods here, it's just me. I don't have a specific name I want to be referred as; but some basics about me are that I'm Black American (monoracial), 28 years old and my pronouns are they/them.
3. What is the flag/What does it stand for?-
Pan-African flag - Wikipedia
4. Can I follow/make a request?- Ive got the usual DNI.
No Fasc/Right Wing/Centrists. No TERFS/SWERFS. No transmeds. No fatphobes/ableists. No Gore/Yanderecore/ED blogs. No pro-shippers/anti-antis.
Also Im sorry, but this is a general audience blog and a lot of minors interact and send in requests. So, NSFW blogs do not interact (that includes likes and reblogs).
Everybody else is welcome to follow this blog so long as you're respectful to me, the content on here and those that interact with it.
Requests are for Black people only. Non blacks liking/reblogging posts is fine though.
5. How do I request something?- Just send in a message to the ask box. Make sure you check the text in the bio first to see if i marked the inbox as 'open' before you send one in.
I ask that you all only use the ask box for requests as sending me PMs through Tumblr messages makes it difficult for me to keep track of them. Submissions are also okay if you decided to take it upon yourself to make your own flag (again for Black people only).
6. Can I make multiple requests?- Yes, although since it's just me making these posts; I ask that everybody make no more than 4 requests at a time so I don't get overwhelmed.
7. What characters can I request?- Any character from any form of media except those from the Do Not Request list as the media on this list either contain extremely questionable/problematic portrayals of minorities or their creators are weirdos/racist pieces of sh*t.
🚫DO NOT REQUEST🚫
Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss/Anything made by Vivziepop
Homestuck
Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin
Hetalia
Black Butler
FNAF Series
Huniepop
Camp Camp
American Horror Story
South Park/Family Guy/Big Mouth (basically any adult animated comedy that has that brand of humor)
The Simpsons/Futurama
IRL celebrities/youtubers
Media with sexually explicit content (ex. Ecchi anime, NSFW webtoons/comics, etc. If you’re unsure feel free to ask)
Newgrounds animations/games
That's all I have for now, but if you have questions on whether a piece of media that's not listed is okay; feel free to ask me.
8. How does a character qualify as Black?-
Well the most obvious answer is that the character will have physical features denoting blackness (brown skin, kinky/curly hair, etc.). Other things that can denote Blackness are speech, mannerisms, displays of Black culture and the like.
Sometimes acknowledgment of a character's race will be outright said in the media or be confirmed by the media's creator.
Racial coding is also an aspect that is used to determine whether or not a character is Black. As with Skeeter Valentine from the Doug cartoon series who is considered to be Black despite him having an unnatural skin color (blue instead of brown), his mannerisms and demeanor lead many Black fans of the show to consider him to be Black coded. A couple of non-human examples of this are Piccolo from Dragon Ball Z and Darwin Watterson from The Amazing World of Gumball.
Darwin is an anthropomorphic orange fish, so one would wonder how he could be considered Black. Well for starters, Darwin's VA [voice actor(s)] has always been a black boy. And Darwin's mannerisms and cadence within the show has always mirrored that of a Black child.
In the case of Piccolo though, he's a humanoid alien from the Planet Namek. Though he doesn't have much in the physical sense that would be reminiscent of Black features (In addition to his VA being a white man) Black fans of Dragon Ball Z feel a connection to him and believe that his character reflects that of a Black man.
9. Well what if I personally don't believe a character is Black?-
Unless you yourself are Black, you have no authority to speak on the credibility of anybody's race/Blackness. I've had my fair share of smart ass comments of people going 'he's not Black he's green! she's not Black, she's orange!'; and I'm not entertaining them with responses anymore. I don't find these types of comments helpful or amusing and if you leave one here, you will be immediately blocked.
With that being said, enjoy the blog; and Happy Black History Month ✌🏾✌🏿














