I drew all them (had to wing Amy and Topher’s swimsuits bc i couldn't find a description for them) from @personabreaker ‘s Psyche Shift.
Ignore tbhe second pics dialouge I was messing around
I'll share this forbidden piece of total drama lore. I could only find it on Facebook, it's kinda strange how much td content is just. Buried. Hopefully we will find the scoerra storyboards again soon
(Also I love how the "didn't see that one coming" while looking down a crater line was rerecorded and used again in Hawaiian Punch lol)
To White Creators who Write Black People (From One Black Person)
Let’s talk.
I would like to establish that this is applicable to anyone (not just white people, anyone can perpetrate this) who decides to write minority groups into their works (racial minorities, religious minorities, queer people, neurodivergent, etc.), but I wanted to touch on this specific topic because it’s so prevalent in media.
Through out this, I want to make clear that this is not to say that you can’t write minorities/marginalized groups into your stories at all. In fact, it’s greatly preferred if you do.
There isn’t a problem if you write about black people just existing. It becomes a problem when you try to write about the black experience.
Just to get this out of the way, everything that a white person, could say about being black, has already been said in countless ways. You aren’t doing anything special here. If you really need to write about what it’s like to be black, get a black person to write it. That adds nuance and doesn’t make you look like a clown.
Now let’s address what happens when you do write about being black.
(In reference to The Help) “Not a lot of narratives are also invested in our humanity. They’re invested in the idea of what it means to be Black, but…it’s catering to the white audience. The white audience at the most can sit and get an academic lesson into how we are. Then they leave the movie theater and they talk about what it meant. They’re not moved by who we were.” - Viola Davis, Vanity Fair, July 14th, 2020
This is exists in multiple works by white creators. They explore the idea of what it means to be black, but it feels disingenuous not only because they aren’t black, but because that’s all the black characters are. They are mouthpieces and they make white people feel better about themselves but it does nothing for the group of people that they actually talk about.
Besides, how adept of a writer can you be if the only narrative you can come up with for a black character, is about being black?
@heterophobicnoah QURANTNE SWAP! I remember an au involving mean girls, featuring Izzy as Janice, Owen as Damien, and I think Courtney was Cady. Anyways, here’s the piece!
Two point perspective work results! I also aimed to try out the style of Total Drama with their shapy lineless backgrounds. I know the show more so uses ‘horizontal’ backgrounds, however they can break that motif.
EDIT: Oh yeah, this is featured in the @totaltraumacomic