#they will not be whitewashed on my watch !!!!!!!

[lesbianfakir]

Fakir's theme (Beethoven's Coriolan Overture) always struck me as funny because it stands apart from the other character's themes. Mytho has the delicate Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Rue the somber Gymnopedie No 1, Duck the cheerful Nutcracker Oveture etc... while Fakir's theme is well... LOUD.

It characterizes his most aggressive moments, mainly playing in scenes where he antagonizes Mytho and Duck.

This always sat a little weird with me as it is a very surface-level character theme for such a complex character. In contrast, Rue's theme tells us something about her motivations under the Kraehe persona. Fakir's on the other hand tells us that he's mean and aggressive... something any viewer who's gotten to a scene where the song plays already knows.

On one of my rewatches, though, I noticed that he has another song that functions as a sort of secondary theme: an excerpt from Scheherazade.

This song plays most notably throughout most of episode 12, while he is bonding with Duck. It shows up a few times later in season 2, mainly in scenes concerning Fakir's struggle to write. As such, I view it as a complementary theme to the Coriolan Overture.

Listening to the song, it feels much more in line with Fakir we've come to know him. The song can be a little delicate and a little sad with gentle wind solos that lead into loud, grand orchestral sections. The repetitiveness, tempo, and use of dramatic brass and strings give these louder sections a gallant, almost desperate tone. It's super fitting that this is the song that plays throughout the episode where we get the best sense of Fakir's natural personality when he isn't putting on the cold persona.

I don't really have a deeper analysis here I just think it's really fun that as his character develops he gets an additional theme. If you think about it the music in Tutu functions as a sort of jukebox musical--the world and characters are built around the songs. Once we start to get to know who Fakir really is, the music that represents him changes to reflect him better.

#i dont know much about music pls dont crucify me if im not very good at analyzing things #also v funny itoh was like lollll I just gave him an Arabic name for the aesthetic #and then has one of his main leitmotifs comes from Scheherezade #ya know. Scheherazade. from 1001 ARABIAN nights fame #whatever i wont let her whitewash her own character not on my watch #anyways oh coriolan oveture doesnt go away it just stops being played when he's being a dick #love love love the music its so fun #other characters have secondary themes too. but this post ain't about them #princess tutu #fakir #lea posts

[dimalry]

Gwynriel WIP! Still looks like crap but it should turn out like Feysand‘s piece.

#and please don’t mind azriel‘s skin color #it will be darker once it‘s finished #no hot mf is getting whitewashed on my watch #gwynriel #gwyn x azriel #gwyneth berdara #azriel shadowsinger #gwyn #azriel #wip #digital art #illustration

[eternal-moss]

When people continually whitewash my favourite characters.

[ID: A black and white, rough digital drawing of someone sitting at a desk and clutching their head in their hands. End ID.]

^thank you @describe-things

#This is mainly about Noé Archiviste. But also I will not forget what some people did to Simon Petrikov either when I was watching f&c #I’m so desperate for drawings of them. But for the love of God，is it that difficult? Somehow every other hexadecimal of their #Character design is exactly on model other than their skin. Just. . #OH YEAH I FORGOT KAEYA. FFS. Somehow it’s always the K**luc-ers that always do it. Which makes sense because they disregard his entire char #And with the new influx of atla fans people have been whitewashing Katara too! And I mean drawings of the original show too #probably delete later #And no one seems to have any problems with it? Especially if it’s sexualised art *talking more about Kaeya & Noé here. #People who whitewash the few (and when I say few I literally mean 5/82 playable characters) darker genshin characters. Actually fuck off #If I see ‘it’s just my art style’ or ‘it’s just the lighting’ *every other colour than the skin hasn’t been lightened in the slightest* #One more time-i’m going to explode #Oh and while I’m on this topic! Fuck Bochum for whitewashing literally the entire starlight express cast! Electra being the first ever #non binary character in musical theatre while also being played by black actors. And then Bochum happened. #When was the last time Pearl or Rusty had actors who weren’t white? Literally the last character who hasn’t been replaced is Momma/Poppa. #And being black is so integral to their character and music. You quite physically couldn’t #I really really hope the casting for the London performance this year is like the 1984 cast again. Please.

[m-kyunie]

kneeling for prayer at the alter of You

#nicholas d. wolfwood #trigun #trigun maximum #trimax #if ever tag my art as TriStamp ill kill u. fuckn garbage whitewashed WW what did they do to my cariño was despicable #i want his tit in my mouth #anyw the ring hes wearin is one I just bought bc it reminded me of WW lmfao anyw I'm nothing if not commited #ORG TRIGUN FANS WYA!!! #hello tristamp fans. do urself a fav and watch 98 & read triMax #in this house we draw his nose RIGHT bc Milly needs smtg to sit on #edit 4.13.23 gave him pale palms sorry i forgot SORRY but i ixed it. the insta one i cant edit the post tho sighs

[purgetrooperfox]

my favorite (derogatory) thing about the sw fandom is the hypocrisy

#i thought watching tbb meant you're unbothered by and complicit in the ongoing whitewashing. even if you watch it critically or illegally #that was. definitely a take that circulated before the new season dropped. #who said it? slipped my mind bc who cares #just. #y'all are giving this show a platform and i personally am confused #YOU'RE ALSO NOT TAGGING IT SO MY GAJILLION FILTERS AREN'T CATCHING YOUR POSTS #even the girliesTM use tags #just one. currently extremely annoying example. it's a pervasive issue everywhere but goddamn #leave this one in the drafts leo #this is my I'm trying to get divorced. JESUS.

[merevide]

one thing about me i will trick u into thinking i’m normal and like chill and have good music taste and then u start getting to know me and my lore and then you go ohhh no this girl is a bit strange she’s a bit weird she’s cringe. worst of all she still listens to the songs from winx club

#likeee i’m gonna b real. #winx club is like the future i was a winx club girl i was a lot of girls i watched a lot of fantasy media as u can all tell #the worst thing is that they whitewash the characters though like why is flora and aisha so PALS #pale* #anyways felt like i had to b upfront about this #idk why i said ruse u all know i’m like. #me. myself #and i. yeah #anyway the point of this post listen to winx club at least they have all the songs there unlike mattel for barbie fml still #every time i post a good spotify link there’s a winx club or barbie or monster high theme waiting in the wings #my text

[deathsmallcaps]

Ok I’m probably not the best person to say this, but I’ve been seeing a lot of (as of right now) accurate insults on how the CGI approach for the Live Action Little Mermaid movie, but please be mindful that you don’t take things too far, and *especially* don’t start going after Halle Bailey (Ariel’s actress) and to a lesser extent, Ariel the character.

Antiblackness is still an issue in a lot of fandom spaces, and it doesn’t just come out as using nasty slurs or stereotypes. It manifests as drawing Black characters lighter and/or with more white features, it comes out as removing Black partners from ships, and it starts out as plausibly deniable insults that get the door open to microaggressions and outright nasty comments.

I’m not saying that all discussion of the movie should be stalled, or even if it turns out to be an artistic failure, that it doesn’t merit discussion. I’m saying that you shouldn’t extend your vitriol to the characters and actors.

If you really feel the need to insult her, it might be worth a little introspection. Ask yourself, “Do I resent that they changed Ariel, or that they changed Ariel in this way?”. You’re not irredeemable if your personal answer isn’t kind. Just be more careful, try and observe how that sort of world view affects your behavior to others, and then course correct.

A lot of little kids would love to see another Black Princess. A lot of little kids would love to have a Black mermaid as a main character. Hell, a lot of adults would love those too. Black fantasy characters have long been excluded, transformed, killed, merely in the background, relegated to stereotypes, villainized and have hardly ever in the spotlight, especially in major productions.

Don’t make it harder for kids (and adults!) to see themselves on screen. Don’t ruin their wonder. So don’t make unkind comments. Keep it to yourself. Frankly, Halle looks beautiful, and I can’t wait to see the sparkles in her fans’ eyes as she swims across the screen.

#live action little mermaid #the little mermaid 2023 #Halle Bailey #I’m a white girl but the concept of a Black Ariel is near and dear to my heart #my best friend in elementary loved H20:Just add water and introduced it to me #and she dreamed (at least half then #we haven’t kept in touch) of ordering herself a mermaid tail to swim around in #and I really hope that she has. if she didn’t fuck up a year of college like I did (she was damn smart so I doubt it) #then she’s likely just about to graduate #M I hope you get a great paying job and can order yourself a beautiful quality tail and live out that little girl dream #you deserve it. I don’t think you had near enough #black girl Magic growing up. miss you #i doubt you’re on tumblr but just in case you’re wondering #‘is that me?’ I’ll give you a hint: #I used to say floober doober instead of cursing when we played Mario kart #I mean I did start cursing heavily later. but at first I said that #in any case idk if you’re still into mermaids but we both know you would’ve loved to watch this movie when you were little #this was both spurred on by all the flounder posts I’ve been seeing and ‘A Song Below Water’ by Bethany C. Morrow #one of the main characters Effie works as a Renaissance Faire mermaid and she talks a lot about #how people write fiction about her character but whitewash her or body swap her or would rather do self inserts #or the only comments made about her beauty are just about her tail and never about her Black skin or features #and how she (and her Mom before her death) were usually the only Black characters at the fair #and how she feels so beautiful and incredible being her mermaid self #also again I’m white so I don’t have personal experience but my younger brother is mixed #and he’s always been really lowkey about his feelings but #I took him to see Into the Spiderverse when it first came out #and he’s loved it since #here was this (adorable - don’t tell my brother I said that lol) lanky smart awkward hurting courageous Black boy on screen #and I can see in his heart how he’s been affected by it. he’s not a super fan or anything but I can just tell (big sister thing.) Anyways I #really hope that joy will happen more and more for everyone.

[goldiipond]

nintendos announced not only the first mainline game with daisy in it but shes also a playable character AND we’re getting a new super princess peach i just felt little child skye explode somewhere

#skye's ramblings #god i fuckin ADORED the ds super princess peach this rules ohhh my god!!!!!!!!! obsessed w the little partner creature they are cute <3 #little skye was the BIGGEST peach fan for years. call me basic but looking back. shewas probably my first fictional crush #AND DAISY ILOVE DAISY YAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ive wanted mainline daisy for sooo long i will be playig as her if i get thegame <3 #ive noticed recent iterations of daisy have been slightly more tan like theyre trying to backtrack on the whitewashing #which is good! but theyre being such cowards about it makw her brown again. now <3 also literaly any eye color besides blue wuold b nice #ANYWAY ALSO!!! new smrpg fuck yes. i have heard wonderful things abt that game but i gave up on it VERY early from the difficulty </3 #so i hope this one'll be a little more accessible i was 16 when i tried it. thinking abt trying to play it as a kid is. oouugh #idk why i just gave up normally if i cant play a game or evenif the gameplays just not my style ill watch a playthrough. laziness i suppose #also no new papers mario im not surprised but getting a new announcement this year isnt totaly impossible so. smiles serenely #given the average gap between pm games we are most likely to get a new one sometime next year heheheheheheheheheheheheh #t/pn followers i apologize for the person i'll become whenever that happens <3 obsession is inevitable for anything involving that series #anywayay theres skyes awesome direct thoughts and m&l is still dead. alphadream come home

[jameszmaguire]

y'know, sometimes you just gotta look at the average age of people in a certain fandom and go 'good for them, i'm too old to interact with media in the way that they're doing' and just nope out

#not in a mean-spirited way i was that age once too and i was them #but i have (un)fortunately gained a much better critical understanding of media in general #that i can't divorce from my watching experience anymore and so i can't just. blindly worship stuff anymore that's not how it works #this is not about tua btw if any of my tua mutuals are reading this #Lizzie's sharing her thoughts #but god watching the s/tarkid fandom hold up twisted as this masterpiece beyond greatness when the entire show is whitewashed as fuck...... #i'm too old for this shit #like yeah the lyrics (which are 85% of what make this musical that good) are poetic and the storyline genuinely moving #and with the right cast it might be able to genuinely be that good #however unfortunately it has helluva lot of white people talking about allah in a way that makes me cringe and also. so much orientalism. #and i just can't gloss over that in the way people are doing it in there #and sure i could write a detailed analysis on what i think is wrong with it but god i don't want to deal with people taking personal offens #i have too much shit going on irl to use mental capacity for that

[pidgefudge]

hmm

#having thoughts that i cant rly verbalize well #about being a 2nd gen immigrant who's extremely alienated from my familys culture #largely bc i associate it with their abuse #and bc my parents are extremely religious that culture has only been presented to me through an extremely religious viewpoint #apparently the other brown ppl are like. watching bollywood movies and eating at indian restaurants and indulging in all the secular stuff #meanwhile ive never been allowed to interact with any of that but i HAVE been forced into religious stuff against my will which sucked #and then tying all that back to “im not even a real indian person im basically just white” #and then tying THAT to “should i have chosen an indian name instead of victor” #and the whole being a poc surrounded by eurocentric beauty standards = ppl telling me i look masc #when i look in the mirror and what i see is definitively feminine #but i feel like im at the point of no return where i cant connect meaningfully to that culture anymore (ig ive effectively been whitewashed) #literally no one reading this is going to relate lmao but what is tumblr for if not screaming into the void #idk if i articulated my thoughts well but i DID say its hard for me to verbalize esp without someone else to bounce off of #pigeon coos

[bugunlikeanangel]

i get a haircut and all of a sudden i feel like im hot shit (and thats because i am hot shit)

#im just kidding #but for real though my hair is so healthy and amazing now that the knots and split ends and bleach are cut out of it #and my fringe is cute af #when mitski said 'and watch from my plastic chair as my dark hair unleashes the night' #she was right #first time where i was like. fuck yeah. black hair actually is beautiful and deserving of waxing lyrical about #not just blondes which my brainwashed whitewashed brain as a child thought was my only ability to be beautiful

[birthofvcnus]

[RESTORED] TWICE ‘READY TO BE’ scans ‘Ready ver.’ — Sana & Momo

[original scans]

#sana #momo #twice #minatozaki sana #hirai momo #sana minatozaki #momo hirai #twice edits #ready to be #twice scans #restored scans #they will not be whitewashed on my watch !!!!!!! #lmk if u want me to do the others <3

[jackienautism]

watching a bunch of cant sleep love (eyeballs) animation memes rn and the casual whitewashing (esp within the broadway fandom ones) is so just............ like. [jeremy voice] that is NOT CHRISTINE

#also watched a hamilton one. washington was so incredibly whitewashed #and a heathers one? heather duke was whitewashed #i know these were mainly several years ago but can yall be better like seriously #and these are mainly styles that dont have huge emphasis on facial features #aka the LEAST you can do is get their skin tone right #and htats another rant im willing to go on tbh. how ppl REFUSE to draw bigger / wider noses. softer / rounder faces. thicker eyebrows. etc #even within the cartoony styles #styles like the anime style hinder artists from expanding their facial diversity #and therefore prevents them from drawing poc accurately #mine #text #my thoughts

[starlooove]

If you draw sam and danny super pale fuck you forever

#my mutual said it #whitewashing white characters #INSANE #and im NAWT reblogging ur shit #matter of fact I might like it and not reblog it JUST to fuck with you #might leave a note saying loved the art but doesn’t fit my blog aesthetic <3 #JUST TO FUCK WITH YOU #started watching DP tho sams voice is so nice #the kids show be kids showing tho

[myname-isnia]

Yesterday I was on video call with my mom and while we were discussing how both of us can never figure out what to watch, she said "It's autumn, that means it's time to rewatch Magnificent Century again"

And you know what? Yeah, maybe it is time to rewatch Magnificent Century again

#magnificent century #muhteşem yüzyıl #for context my mom's been watching the show since it was first airing so that's like.. nearly 12 years by now #she's rewatched it countless times #I've only had one full watchthrough so maybe I should make it two #however idk if I can suffer through the Isabella and Firuze arcs again. along with nigar's fate and the whitewashing of ibrahim #once was more than enough thank you very much #just know that if I do I'll be liveblogging the whole experience #maybe I'll make more art for it. there's an awful lack of art in this fandom #we'll see

[blessyouhawkeye]

does disney really think putting cody in the bad batch season two will make us forgive them for their godawful whitewashing crimes. because they'd be fucking wrong

#oh so we're bringing back the white guy to play cody. in the whitewashing show. that's what we're doing? #nothing will EVER get me to watch that show not even my dear boy #star wars #the bad batch #commander cody