#but even that's a guess

[aquaburst3]

I saw Kalim's Tsum Groovy Card art, and...oh, boy, he and Jamil are really whitewashed. It's not the first time this has happened either. I've noticed that the dark-skinned characters have been losing some melanin in their Groovy art lately. Thanks to this, I've seen a couple accusations about how the developers hate dark-skinned people. Honestly, I don't think that's true in the slightest. Instead I think this has to do with the fact it's a Japanese game.

Remember Japan is a mostly homogeneous country. While black and brown Japanese people exist, especially if they moved from abroad, the norm is still light-skinned East Asian people. Some have never seen a black or brown person in real life before.

Because of this, the average Japanese person doesn't have a concept of how dark skin actually works, and a lot of things fall through the cracks, so they default to how it works on their own skin tone. It's kinda the same logic for why some white anglo TWST fic authors make the Scarabia Dou, Jack and Leona blush in fanfics, despite the fact no one would be able to tell unless they put their hand on their cheek—just ignorance. The latest card is no exception. When a lighter-skinned person is shoved into a light source like that, they either tend to get lighter or become a silhouette if they stand in direct sunlight. The opposite is true for darker skin.

This doesn't excuse the whitewashing in the slightest and I think colourism is a part of it as well (since that's a BIG issue in Asian countries), but I think that's the most likely reason why it's happening for the most part. Basically, willful ignorance, especially since this isn't the first time that this has happened. To combat this, I think the developers, both for TWST and Tsums ones, should do a lot more research into this topic to prevent this from happening time and time again. Knowing how this game is, that doesn't seem very likely. Right now, you can switch the card to its original state without the weird white washing.

TLDR: I don't the whitewashing of the dark-skinned character is done with malicious intent, instead it's most likely thanks to the developers not understanding how dark skin works compared to their own and willful ignorance. But it doesn't excuse it.

#twst negative #aqua rambles #twisted wonderland #tw racsim #tw whitewashing #I also think it's one specific artist pulling this as well #because Malleus' SSR Groovy card and the anniversary Groovy cards have that same weirdass washed out look #but even that's a guess

[st-dionysus]

We've had strap ons since at least 400 BC, and people still have the nerve to go on gay hook up apps and ask "how can an FTM be a top?"

#Not that you even need a strap to top #But that's a another whole conversation it self #Vent #I guess?

[goldensunset]

a real blorbo is someone you can both write a lengthy and serious/sad analysis on yet also constantly and i mean constantly make stupid jokes about

#peach rambles #hall of fame i guess #this post was about volo pokémon. among others #i have seen almost every fandom i’ve ever even heard of tagged here. good for y’all ig

[crystaleevee4]

i am going to start a collection

if you have any other posts of this kind please send them to me

update: this one thanks to @iputmcytsintohydraulicpress (great url, by the way)

this one courtesy of @catamaurrr-star

So I didn’t want to separate it into two images, this was the best I could do- thanks to @blocky-tides! also art is by @/cheeryfairies

thanks @o0recipme0o

hey @igotthisaccountunderduress. less mcyt related but thanks anyways :D

heheh

I GIVE UP GUYS HOW DO I IMAGE ID SOMEONE HELP ME

...so anyways here's my self-promotion now that this has almost 15,000 notes and you guys sure as hell won't see it if i reblog

My AO3! Not much there right now besides OC stuff, but more to come!

Situations ask game! pleasepleaseplease send me hc/life series stuff here i need enrichment (some of these are shorter, but i can promise you i will deliver!)

@traffic-smp-headcannons! me and mod tides like seeing your ideas :)

(of note: i also take art requests, but only traditional)

#hermitcraft #zombiecleo #impulsesv #traffic life smp #i guess? #life series #grian #mumbo jumbo #moon's big i guess #rendog #falsesymmetry #bdouble0100 #homestuck #??? i guess? #wtf even IS homestuck like i know the vague details but lik.e what #anyways. #tma #tmagp

[error-404-fuck-not-found]

Hey so remember how grocery prices suddenly jackknifed during lockdown and never went back down?

Well turns out the companies would have done that shit either way and had been steadily price-fixing for the last decade!

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson just announced more than $40 million in court-ordained Fuck You money from massive swaths of food production companies are to be paid out to households earning at or below 175% of the federal poverty level ($25.5k for 1 person, $34.5k for 2 people households) before Dec 31st of this year. Happy Holidays.

"The bottom line here is that my legal team took on two large corporate price-fixing conspiracies that increased the cost for groceries for Washington families. We've prevailed, and as a result, we are sending checks to over 400,000 Washington households."

Cannot stress enough the extent of the conspiracies he's talking about here. 15 out of the total 19 chicken producers got nailed in this lawsuit. Not the total number of conspirators, mind, just the ones who left enough evidence for the AG to kick their ass in so expedient a manner. Make no mistake, all 19 were in on it. The court case against the rest of them has been delayed until October of next year, though. None of them are making it out unscathed.

Tuna didn't escape antitrust horseshit either, because the CEOs of Starkist, Chicken of the Sea, and Bumblebee Tuna had a fucking group chat where they complained that the price of tuna was "too low" and they agreed to artificially inflate the price.

“What’s so maddening about the conduct of these companies is the reason that they engaged in this price-fixing conspiracy was greed. They wanted to make money."

So anyway the AG who nailed their asses to the wall and continues to do so is running for governor. If you live in Washington, could be worth your vote when primary season rolls around.

#news #uspol #monopolies #so hey i guess the world isn't complete bullshit even if the settlement money really shoulda been higher #cause deep down you know they only settled because they knew the money was barely going to be a slap on the wrist #Youtube

[tenmillionpoundsofsludge]

The brotherhood of steel respecting pronouns was not on my fallout bingo card

#fallout #fallout show #fallout spoilers #i guess? does anyone even care #fallout prime

[counting-stars-gayly]

It’s time we accept that Percy Jackson is an unreliable narrator. He’s not dumb. He’s just insecure. He’s not clueless about his and Annabeth’s feelings. He’s just in denial. He’s not clueless about Rachel’s feelings. He just doesn’t want to do anything about them. His mother isn’t perfect. He just loves and respects her more than anyone in the world. That boy contradicts his own inner monologue all the time. Do not trust him!!

EDIT: Please don’t interact just to disagree. You can make your own post.

#if anything proves this it’s the og text. but heroes of Olympus and the tv show made it even more obvious. #queued #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo #pjo books #pjo tv show #pjo tv series #pjo spoilers #pjo adaptation #percabeth #percy jackon and the olympians #riordanverse #heroes of olympus #percy jackson analysis #i guess

[dykelizard]

at what point during their travels do you think nami gets luffy and zoro matching backpack leashes that look like this:

#immediately after they leave coco village she turns to them and goes guess what i bought (stole) you!! #and holds these out #luffy puts meat in his #zoro somehow manages to get lost even with it on #one piece #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #cat burglar nami #strawhat pirates #zolu #op #1pc #txt

[frog-chemicals]

Part 2!

#mostly making this version a separate post bc I’m curious if the numbers will be noticeably different? #also for the amount of people who were not aware I also made a rejoice version. scheduling this already so I don’t forget 👍 #gb doodles #for. consistency sake. guess that’s my. creations tag?? it’s not a drawing. but I did have to fotoshop it. even though I did it in paint. #neil banging out the tunes #413

[wotchernewt]

cool new life series! very serious very dramatic!

#mcyt #life series #life series spoilers #oh god i actually need to tag this as real life. sorry to any fans of. the real world i guess #real life #real life smp #grian #grian fanart #impulsesv #impulsesv fanart #solidaritygaming #solidaritygaming fanart #smallishbeans #smallishbeans fanart #goodtimeswithscar #goodtimeswithscar fanart #wotchart #can you believe they ALL died in that mineshaft. except for jimmy. #fastest i've ever scrambled to draw and post a fanart #haven't even drawn half these people before

[batshaped]

the continued adventures of an internet user who was frozen in 2004 and defrosted in 2021: some things are just the way you left them

previous 2004 internet user comics are here: one, two, three, four, five; or just in my 2004 tag

#2004 #art #comic #comics #internet #nostalgia #neopets #aisha #february 2024 art #2024 art #02132024 #did i... forget to upload this one on tumblr in february lol #too distracted by mewtwo's birthday i guess #i have been playing neopets since elementary school #we're talking barely sentient #and i still play every day #it's not really my intention to make a low effort Relatable Comic here #but to capture a specific feeling i have when i feed my neopets #pet sims are unlike anything else to me #they just have this feeling about them that is more intimate than other games even when it's basic text and images #i guess that's why my comic is like #Pet Sim But Sad #lmao

[xxlumos]

Holding onto you for dear life.

#brainrot BRAINROT #i love them so much you cant even imagine it #on to the next piece I GUESS #click for better resolution <3 #good omens #good omens season 2 spoilers #go2 #good omens season two #good omens season 2 #crowley #aziraphale #aziracrow #crowley x aziraphale #innefable husbands #illustration #art #digital art #digital illustration #myart #csp #clip studio paint #clip studio art

[oocmadagascar]

What the hell is this

#????? #i think this clip made me even more ill than I already was #fandom ooc #i guess??? #Estriper 😏😙 #LFMAOHFSH WHAG IS THIS #I'm gonns try to memorise this #new vocal stim unlocked #tpom #the penguins of Madagascar #dreamworks #Madagascar #dreamworks Madagascar #dreamworks animation

[pangur-and-grim]

the vet healed my cat too much

#pangur #I don't know why she's so obsessed with Wheat Thick's pelt!!! I even bought Pangur her own rabbit skins specifically to play with #I guess it's the forbidden nature that's appealing

[exeggcute]

btw did you guys see how the hannah arendt prize committee tried to revoke masha gessen's prize after gessen, a jewish journalist, wrote an essay about how zionists and zionist-sympathizing gentiles, particularly in germany, wield accusations of antisemitism to shut down anti-zionist jews... an essay in which they specifically quoted hannah arendt several times

#I think the committee relented and gave them the award after all but still... irony doesn't even seem like the right word for it... #the essay was good too but even when I was reading it was like masha baby you could've pushed the envelope a little farther. if you wanted. #and then the backlash happened and I was like jk I guess they pushed that fucking envelope alright!

[bismuth-soup]

#196 #censusposting #id what to tag this even #first person to guess mine gets a kiss on the forehead