Aw thankss, I'm glad to know you think it has spicee
And indeeed, we don't smile for random strangers >:u
Ohhh I didn't know about that, though I may google it just to know about it but it doesn't seem that helpful since you say it's used to justify slave owners raping slaves... It's just, there's just no reason to rape anyone >.> No is clearly "NO" and will never mean "Yes", even if there's any "characteristics" that may mean otherwise. I'm really sorry black folks had and have to deal with that Ăș-Ăč
And yes I'm a grown up haha, I'm almost 30 actually (my older sister is already sending me memes about 30 year olds and I'm like dudeee stop it, I don't have 30 yet stfu ) though people do say I look like 22 and I'm like yes why, thanks
Ahaha it's been a week? It's been fun talking here so I barely noticed haha. Oh and yes, sex positive is a good thing! Though I mostly am not thinking about it cause my cast is like... in the first part of the story 10-12 and the second part of the story they're like 14-16 there may be older characters but yeaaah.
I don't usually watch any black people related material cause I guess my interests revolving around anime and not watching a lot of movies does contribute to me not being informed on all the stereotypes. So for sure, you can be certain I wouldn't use them that way! I rlly think it's quite distasteful >:c (Though since I'm interested on having them on the story, I'm now actively looking for useful information )
So yess I can summarize that the black characters I'm thinking are just that characters and my policy is to always make them interesting if they're going to be in the story BD be it protagonists or recurring characters, I always strive to make them so people can relate to them and like seeing them on the story.
Oh, have to mention, a friend also recommended me this movie called "Green book" have you watched it? She says she loves it for like the process the protagonists have in getting to know each other
Yess, don't worry, if you want to talk about anything you can do that BD it's your experience so I'll just read it as part of your life growing up! I like listening to others (reading in this case) so you can go on and on and I'll read it as something you chose to express. We many times feel the need to pour out what we are holding inside and that's completely fine and welcome! BD It's part of what helps one get to know another person after all n_n
Yeaah it's true, it's kind of frustrating how the media only portrays thin people getting love u_u though I'm also annoyed at the thing of "woman with big man couple" cause they don't do it the other way as much or if at all > it's annoying cause it repeats the message of "girls need to be pretty and thin whereas the guy can be unfit and ugly and a girl will like him anyway". Haha, at my school, the guys would make lists about who were the prettiest girls at school, and I find it funny (leaving aside the offensive connotation of the activity) cause I was like "Lol, who said your ugly as*ses had the right to make a girl ranking?"
I'm gonna have many characters as recurring so I could make a big girl too ofc, there'd be other big girls, not just that one character cause it would look unreal. It comes from the different sizes I'm considering to shape up the citizens, though since there will be a school also (it'd be like a renown one in the world for the mix of races and being able to learn from teachers that belong to different kingdoms so students give me the chance to add other recurring characters9
Yess love familiar ties and coming together!
Thanks for the podcast link! I'll be sure to check it too BD (the BD is a sunglass smiley just in case you wonder what BD means lolol)
Oh no, on contrary! I'm really thankful you're taking your time to explain about your experience to me so it'd be doing a disservice by feeling attacked :0 (plus you're being nothing but sweet and mature here!) You're also not a mind reader, you're just expressing your experience and talking about lots of things which I really appreciate! I like it when you mention extra detailed things haha and in this conversation I'm the one that wants information, I have like no business feeling attacked! Though I like exchanging my thoughts about for ex explaining why I use the word sexy haha. I've been told people say it when they want to have sex with someone but I'm like uuuuh... No... it's just that that's the best word that comes out of mouth when I love the design + personality of someone hahah
I like despicable me and the minions (not that much)... well this one which is called Minions: The rise of Gru interested me because of Gru but yess the black guy in the movie was a treat to the eyesss
And I like designing clothes! Though I'll be sure to get some references to feel inspired.
It's also funny sometimes (the cactus thing) cause I was like walking in the park and there was this sign saying our local plant was this type of cactus I don't remember but laughed out loud cause well, the cactus representing the city was just funny (I was like oh come on ahahah)
Ohh I didn't watch the remake but it did motivate me to read the manga! Gotta say it's good! I like how they treated Hao's character on the manga BD he was more brotherly to Hyo than on the other version and I'm just weak to brother interactions q-q
You know? About Chocolove's character, the redesign is actually more faithful to the manga :0 the first design was an anime thing. I used to love that dude a lot, made me think black folks were really cool! I watched shaman king for the first time when I was basically a kid and it was like my first approaches to black folks, I liked he was badass and was like the soul of the party of the group. I also dig that he is the most powerful in spiritual points or something like that (seen in canon info about him). I believe the mangaka had good will with him but japanese are a bit mediocre representing other countries XD The mexican dude was wearing a sombrero, poncho and I believe he had cactuses but we still loved the inclusion even if it was like stereotyped (?) But yeah, as a child and barely knowing anything about black culture, I saw the character and loved him a lot.
I can imagine the cringe you found on Chocolove's design, hope japanese folks get better at designing cause well, their good intentions can be lost on their designs... But yeah, I have like a childhood fondness for that guy xD
(He is also an example of why I think we need handsome representation of black folks XD So I'd be thrilled if I design a guy and a girl that can be seen as cool and pretty cause black folks deserve showing off their stuff! Ofc, they're gonna be underaged so at most cool and cute? Wouldn't call them sexy cause cough underaged cough but yeah XD)
I can show you on private (when I have the designs) so you tell me your opinion on them BD it'd mean a lot if I can get your input on the artwork C:
Yess, I feel you, it's always the best when people inform themselves about what they're trying to write. I believe knowing first hand what it's like not being represented or being represented but in a "really? ok -side eye-" manner makes one be more mindful of not doing the same to others you don't like yourself experiencing.