#indigenous coded

[the-aila-test]

Kiawentiio Tarbell as Katara in the live action Avatar: The Last Airbender

#kiawentiio #kiawentiio tarbell #katara #atla #avatar: the last airbender #indigenous coded #inuit coded #mohawk #water tribe

[alinahdee]

I forgot that I was quoted in this article about Episode six of Andor and yeah, that just about sums up my stance when it comes to Native Representation:

#andor #native representation #star wars #indigenous #Aldhani #ndn #native coded #indigenous coded

[pizzagame4000]

we all know human vigilante… but what about… slightly human vigilante

#pizza tower #pizza tower vigilante #the vigilante #vigilante #the noise #pizza tower au #if i was made of cheese i would probably stress-eat my hair too #ily vigert ebenezer lantte #some design notes: #vigi will always be short and fat to me. anything else just feels off for some reason #also as we all know #the way indigenous people are shown in this game is Horrendous #so as a native person i was like #hmm. native codes your vigi #it’s subtle cuz it’s not plot important or anything #it doesn’t rlly change anything except flipping the cowboy movie stereotypes #so i thought it would be fun #the turquoise bits on his outfit are inspired by Diné jewelry and metalwork :3 #the braids are just cuz it looks cool not cuz braids = native lol #also holy fuck epiphany: native vigi speaks to the mixed experience #HEAR ME OUT HEAR ME OUT #you are native in the sense that you have native family and community u grew up with #but you are also #made of cheese #something decidedly incredibly not native #bc the entire concept of dairy was imported to the americas by europeans #you are mixed native and white👍 #he’s literally me fr #ANYWAYS. don’t take any of that very seriously but it is an interesting metaphor #sorry for the essay in the tags. it will happen again

[birdiebats]

Katniss is so fun to draw 💃💃💃

#katniss everdeen #autistic katniss everdeen #not relevant to the art but just so you know #that girl is autistic #Also she’s Native American #Katniss is so Indigenous-coded #the hunger games #everlark #hunger games fanart #katniss fanart #birdiebats art

[ireonic]

lark and sparrow

(redraw)

from s1ep42 I think :'DD

#dndads #dndads spoilers #dndaddies #dndads odyssey #dndads s2 #dndads season 2 #dungeons and daddies #dungeons and daddies s2 #dndads fanart #dndads henry oak #lark and sparrow #lark oak #sparrow oak #They are SOOOOOO indigenous coded idc #ireartic

[lionofchaeronea]

Today is Navajo (or, more correctly, Diné) Code Talker Day in the United States, so here's a short piece to mark the occasion.

#personal #poetry #creative writing #code talkers #navajo #diné #navajo nation #indigenous peoples

[untitledgoosegay]

re: dimidue, my writing, & fic

it's important to me that dedue also gets to be weird and traumatized and difficult; it's important to me that dedue gets to be supported by dimitri as much as dimitri gets support from dedue

dedue's PTSD manifests very differently from dimitri's, whose trauma and mental illness are very obvious and externalized, but while it may be less obtrusive, "subtler" internalized mental illness is no less difficult to navigate

dedue gets passive-aggressive; he isolates himself and snaps [in the most plausibly-neutral manner possible] at attempts to draw him out; he's prone to insecurity, reticence, and self-abnegation, and to sink into dissociative apathy; he overextends himself trying to care for others as a coping mechanism that gets worse the worse he's doing; he denies that he's anything but fine even as it's increasingly obvious that he absolutely isn't, & to some extent even believes himself

unlike dimitri, who for all his issues is very self-aware about what he's experiencing and why (at least to the extent that he understands it), dedue is more inclined to denial and avoidance; he's opaque even to himself (dimitri's emotional intelligence complements him, in this respect)

dedue is in some ways even more prone to black and white moral thinking than dimitri -- when he's not actively in the midst of an episode, dimitri is constantly conflicted over the morality of his actions. he knows how he gets when his PTSD triggers, and it terrifies him, and he hates himself for it. he tears himself to pieces over it to the point of self-destruction and immobility. meanwhile dedue isn't nearly so passive or unquestioning in his judgment as some people (felix) accuse him of; he wouldn't accept or enable the murder of civilians, but i do think there's an extent to which he sees dimitri going Ape Shitt on the battlefield and goes "yep :) there he is, the man i love :)" the berserker rage worries him to the extent that it affects dimitri, but it doesn't really concern him in its own right. which on the one hand is often something dimitri needs -- someone to affirm, hey, this part of you comes from a good place, it doesn't frighten me, be kind to it instead of beating it/yourself with a stick -- but on the other hand ... mmmmm it is probably not normal for a person to be so blasé about barehanded dismemberment

dedue is a strong stabilizing & affirming influence on dimitri, but by the same token dimitri is a strong activating & encouraging influence on dedue; they are good for each other

#bird original #dimidue #fe3h dedue #dedue molinaro #fe3h meta #please. please. please. this man is SO weird #he just hides it behind a flat affect and more importantly by standing next to dimitri who is much more visibly off his shits #fic likes to position dimitri as the one getting support and encouragement from dedue & that DOES happen #but their support chain is 80% dimitri BEGGING dedue to accept emotional support & open up to him (like he used to) #& [gestures] @ fandom focusing on an indigenous/Black-coded man caring for & supporting his white partner #rather than vice versa when said moc has his own truckload of shit to deal with #tonight is the night for fe3h meta monologuing i guess

[aenor-llelo]

wishing western enjoyers of japanese media a very "use critical thought when engaging with media from cultures you are not native to"

this is about westerners not thinking about the fact that volo is indigenous coded and a lot of the context/aesthetic of the hisui natives is rooted in inspiration from ainu people/history.

this is about westerners not thinking about these things when making the Choice to depict volo being a purely manipulative pokemon-satan summoning girlboss, being entirely self centered in his motivations, and/or getting beat up by american coded subway bosses.

like, please think about the fact that you're choosing to take an indigenous coded man with implied cultural/religious trauma and turning him into a sexyman villain and/or cathartic punching bag for contextual foreigners.

#i am saying this as a submas fan. THINK FOR FIVE SECONDS before making character takes about volo #the hisui natives being ainu/indigenous coded needs to be kept in mind when making fan content decisions about them! #as a person with taiwanese indigenous family. Please Just Think About The Ainu Coding #pokemon #pokemon legends arceus #pl:a #pl:a spoilers #pokemon volo #volo legends arceus #aenor-llelo

[imaginarianisms]

#visenya targaryen. || visage. #daenerys targaryen. || visage. #( alt. ) #thinking about Them #d.any & her moon of my life vibes & her lunar imagery !!!! #bc atp if the velaryons are black in the show & d.aenerys has martell dayne & blackwood heritage?? she's Very mixed poc atp #iirc daenerys & viserys & rhaegar are like. what 1/10th targaryen as aegon & co. they're not even full targaryen or w/e that means lmao #so i interpret daenerys is being like. HEAVILY mixed. like. white black native desi latina & visenya is half black. #hence the alts !! #bc i interpret the blackwoods as indigenous / first nations coded; betha blackwood was an indigenous queen of westeros #bc remember daenerys has non-targaryen heritage too. the daynes of starfall through dyanna dayne mother of aegon v who i interpret as desi. #the martells of sunspear through myriah martell mother of maekar i & i personally interpret the martells to be very mixed desi latine coded #the arryns of the eyrie through aemma arryn mother of rhaenyra i targaryen who were hella white. #house blackwood of raventree hill through betha blackwood mother of jaeherys ii & shaera targaryen who i personally interpret as indigenous #house massey of stonedance through alarra massey grandmother of jaehaerys i & alyssane targaryen who i interpret to be mixed indigenous. #house rogare of lys through larra rogare of lys mother of aegon iv & naerys targaryen. #& finally house velaryon of driftmark through valaena velaryon the mother of aegon i visenya & rhaenys targaryen #& on TOP of that alyssa velaryon mother of jaehaerys i & alyssane targaryen. who in the show the velaryons are canonically black. #like. can you imagine how insane & powerful it would be seeing a mixed girl of color go from a timid abuse victim to becoming a dragon quee #a BEAUTIFUL & POWERFUL dragon queen who rides dragons & ends slavery?? the whole mhysa scene?? that'd be fucking insanity #& on TOP of that she's a CONQUEROR almost taking on a genghis khan role so if she DOES conquer westeros ?? she'd technically be an EMPRESS #but the predominantly white fandom doesnt wanna hear that so lmao #& also my daenerys is allied with the velaryons & the celtigars who're mixed east asian - valyrian & yitish mixed. #betha blackwood was her great grandmother; dyanne dayne her great great grandmother & myriah martell is her great great great grandmother ! #larra rogare is her great(x5) grandmother; aemma arryn is her great (x7) grandmother ! idk i just think its neat lmaoooo #& not to mention even if the targaryens are white originally later on down the lines especially they'd be VERY mixed even w/ the inbreeding

[sukibenders]

Sometimes I think people only read the part of Katniss describing Rue as being similar to Prim in size and demeanor, but nothing else because it's still wild to me how people thought Rue was white/were surprised that she was played by a black actress, even though she's described as having "dark brown skin and eyes". Like some people either can't read or were just making dumb excuses for their racism (both).

#the hunger games #thg #racism in fandom #katniss everdeen #rue the hunger games #primrose everdeen #or maybe its just the fact that a lot of them couldn't see themselves empathizing with a little black girl #but who know? 🤷🏾‍♀️ #tho these are the same people who get mad when you tell them that katniss is indigenous coded in the books

[disturbed-puppet-enjoyer]

Hear me out on this take: Huachimingo is indigenous.

#he is literally indigenous coded #31 minutos #huachimingo

[todaysdocument]

President of the Navajo Code Talkers, left, Joe Garza; ceremony chairman, center, and the vice-president of the Code Talkers present a copy of the Navajo Code Talkers Marine Corps hymn, on February 20, 1988.

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Image description: Three men standing at a podium. Two of the men are wearing orange uniform shirts with military decorations, khaki pants, and silver and turquoise necklaces and belts. One holds a plaque. The third man is wearing a black jacket with medals, white shirt, and black bow tie. In the background is an American flag. 

Image description: Uncropped version of previous photo, with large distracting light fixture or decoration above the three men.

#archivesgov #February 20 #1988 #1980s #Navajo Code Talkers #USMC #U.S. Marine Corps #military #Native American history #American Indian history #Indigenous American history #Navajo #World War II #WWII

[copaganda-clobberfest]

White Fang propaganda. how come all the bad faunus have different skin tones handle trauma in less comfortable ways fight harder against their oppressive system and in turn are more oppressed by the system. meanwhile 80-90% of the good ones are virtually all white with a handful of exceptions and also never. do. anything. about their peoples oppression. BUT THATS OK THOUGH the humans aren’t that bad they’re just scared of the black people. I mean they’re scared of the the Faunus they’re scared of……. the oppressors are scared of the minorities surely both sides are equally bad :)

Shoot me. It’d hurt less

#rwby #copaganda clobberfest #propaganda #the white fang #not a poll #ok I’m gonna ramble because twf is easily one of the topics on this tourny that enrages me to no end. #firstly I’m half native. the way the show handled ilia’s character in particular #an orphaned INDIGENOUS CODED girl who by the end of her arc needs to be “TAMED” by her much more privelged friend #so she. protests the right way. the Native American girl was not protesting correctly guys TEXAN MADE SHOW BTW #NATIVE PEOPLE ARE CALLED TERRORISTS TO THIS DAY BECAUSE OF HOW OUR PEOPLE ARE TREATED. #AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO BASH MY HEAD INTO A WALL THAT THIS WAS HOW THEY TREAED HER #don’t even get me started on adam. ohhhh boy. #all I’ll say: very uncomfortable they quite literally put a slave brand of the *German* named company’s initials on the eye #of a character with a *Jewish* name. take that what you will. I’ll go hurl in a bucket. #racism tw

[ravenkhor]

WIP art of Nuvua Tuktulok and her son, Ikumak Tuktulok.

Nuvua and Ikumak are both healers, though only she can use her abilities due to the fact Ikumak doesn't have all ten fingers on his hand. Though, both of them have physical features of the Tuktulok family's magic, giving them green eyes when naturally they would be brown.

There's a lot of antler coding in the patterns in her gloves (which are made to be similar to Kakiniit, which she does have on her face) to call back to the Caribou spirit they descend from :)

Ikumak has a lot less of a natural-themed design, as he takes on a completely new role unlike any of his ancestors.

#art #artist #my art #artists on tumblr #artwork #digital art #oc #original character #lgbt #native fantasy #native american #native american coded #inuit #inuit fantasy #yupik #yupik fantasy #inuit art #indigenous #indigenous fantasy #fantasy #fantasy art #fantasy worldbuilding #fantasy writing

[sunnysideblogup]

Bless the OFMD fandom but those of you who are starting to wade into NZ political discourse need to chill out because I have seen some truly awful takes on Twitter by people who couldn’t point to a single one of our cities on a map and “because Taika said” is not the argument winner some people think it is

#like the current convo around Taika code-switching in the scene with Fang #stop treating NZ as analogous to any other country with an indigenous population #we’ve got our own stuff going on #and it’s currently not great #ofmd #our flag means death #taika waititi

[valravn72]

Okay, I’m not getting into this whole debate overall. But YES you are literally obligated to draw Knuckles as Black and/or indigenous. I don’t care if it’s a gjinka, he’s literally a POC character. He is a native Australian animal, his clan is based on Mesoamerican cultures and the series refers to his quills as being dreadlocks. Whether or not you want to draw Black/indigenous characters is besides the point. If you draw Knuckles as white, you are inherently white washing him. If you don’t want to draw a POC character then DON’T draw a gjinka of Knuckles the Echidna. It has nothing to do with the obligation conversation overall it’s just being a decent fucking person. Thank you for your time.

#sonic the hedgehog #knuckles the echidna #indigenous character #whitewashing #art lore tik tok bullshit #representation in art #gjinka #I’m serious. #I don’t care if he’s an anthro character denying his coding is part of whitewashing him #I’m a White blogger so this isn’t my conversation obviously #I just saw this shit and I was like come on we need to talk about this