DnD au where the socially awkward werewolf gets to grow up with the monster-obsessed heir to the noble magic house and less people get stabbed (probably)
forgot to mention originally but sable (the one in the green jacket) belongs to @srahbee! they post dsmp art on twitter if you’re into that!
I need everyone to know that the rampant racism that taints fandom spaces makes it so difficult to even exist as a person of color.
Constantly mine and others discussions on racism are met with dismissal, refusal, willful ignorance and malice. Constantly. Even months later, I will still get reblogs on posts where people tell me I’m being “dramatic”. They’ll deny that racism exists in their favorite media, they’ll deny that their fandom is racist and the entire time they will talk down to me, degrade me and speak over me and my feelings.
I’ve been called horrid names and I’ve had three separate people make burner blogs just to argue with me on my posts discussing racism. Three.
And worse yet, some people seem to think the opposite of racism is fetishization. If they aren’t being hateful they are boiling down characters of color to stereotypes or hyper-sexualizing them. They’ll only see men of color as aggressive sexual objects, then call it appreciation. This is not appreciation. This is racism.
And don’t get me wrong, I am forever grateful for the support and community I have found. So many of you are insightful, attentive, kind and compassionate. So many of you are willing to grow and listen.
But I am so sick and tired of waking up every morning and blocking racists, I’m so sick and tired of justifying my existence in this fandom. I’m so sick and tired of living in fear of fetishization. Im sick of feeling dehumanized by fetishization in this fandom. I’m so sick and tired of seeing whitewashing.
I’m sick of seeing characters who look like me get hypersexualized. I’m sick of seeing characters who look like me get dehumanized. I’m sick of how this fandom treats characters who look like me. Im so sick of how this fandom treats people who look like me.
