one thing I love: a shy boy. Yes, please cover your face while I’m telling you that you’re pretty, cover your mouth when you whine or moan like you can’t believe you just made THAT kind of noise, get red when I grab you in public to show people that you’re mine, cover your cute little cock when I’m fucking you.
This stained-glass panel with the Presentation in the Temple was made by Lawrence Saint around 1919. Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, 03.SG.353.
This panel from a Christmas window features the Presentation in the Temple. According to the Gospel of Luke, after Jesus was born Joseph and Mary traveled to Jerusalem to present the Christ Child at the Temple. The architectural context of the story is here emphasized in stained glass by the inclusion of a wall with turrets located just above the main scene. While the family was there, the Holy Spirit visited a man named Simeon and revealed to him that Jesus was the Messiah. The scene illustrates the part of the story where Simeon takes Jesus into his arms and proclaims Him to be “a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel” (2:32).
This panel, together with three others from a Christmas window, was originally located in Bryn Athyn Cathedral. It was later placed in storage, where it remained until it was rediscovered in the late 1980s.
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Page from a 15th-century Book of Hours, likely made in Northeast France. Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, 07.MS.639.
This scene of the Presentation in the Temple is from a page in a 15-century Flemish prayer book. Known as a Book of Hours, these personal prayer books contained devotions appropriate for the eight canonical hours of the day, as well as other prayers and texts. According to the Gospel of Luke, after Jesus was born Joseph and Mary traveled to the Temple in Jerusalem. While they were there, the Holy Spirit visited Simeon and revealed to him that Jesus was the Messiah. Simeon then proclaimed the child to be “a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel” (2:32).
Mary is here depicted carrying Jesus toward Simeon, who prepares to receive the child with a white cloth. Mary, Jesus, and Simeon all have haloes. The woman on the left, perhaps the prophetess Anna (2:36), holds three birds—no doubt a reference to the “pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons” intended for sacrifice in accordance with the law (2:24). In the borders of the page, brown dogs hunt a pig (left) and a small black mammal (perhaps a stoat).
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Watercolor painting by Maud Petersham, from Woodstock, New York (1961). Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, 07.WC.1225.
This watercolor painting of the Presentation in the Temple, an early episode in the life of Jesus Christ, was made by Maud Petersham, an artist from Woodstock, New York. According to the biblical account, after Jesus was born Joseph and Mary traveled to Jerusalem to present their newborn child at the temple, as required by law. While they were at the temple, the Holy Spirit visited a man named Simeon and revealed to him that Jesus was the Messiah. Simeon then took Jesus into his arms, said a prayer, and blessed them (Gospel of Luke 2:25–35).
Maud and Miska Petersham, a husband-and-wife artist team, were well known in the first half of the 20th century as illustrators and authors of children’s literature. Their illustrations were a special favorite with Mildred Pitcairn. This painting was commissioned by Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn in 1961, and was sent from Glencairn as their Christmas card that year.
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Amidst the excitement of the new season, new characters, and new cards, we gotta talk about something that is sadly still an issue, even after Solmare talked about inclusion.
Adding Mephistopheles and Raphael to the cast has increased the number of PoC characters from three to five - which is a great thing!
What isn’t great, is that the two new characters have joined Mammon, Diavolo, and Simeon in being lightened and whitewashed in the in-game card art, and their skin tones made grey when in shadow, and WHITE when in light.
All the pictures on the right above are not how darker skin looks.
Mammon and Raphael are given white skin. Mephistopheles is given grey undertones. Simeon is lightened, and greyed. Diavolo is portrayed as white more often than he is with his actual skin colour.
Dark skin tones do not look like that in direct light or in shade.
And given that some of the card and game graphic artists can clearly manage this task very well, why are Solmare not making sure other artists adhere to the correct colour palettes?
Colour picking from the sprites does not work for these characters - it does not work for ANY characters - as those are extremely small file sizes, small resolution, and small detail.
But it is not difficult to find real world references for any skin tone.
[Please do not infantalise artists in cultures that have institutionalised colourism and/or racism. If you would not excuse it happening in an English speaking country, it is not excusable anywhere - especially in a game that was originally released for an international English speaking audience!]
And note, I am not directly blaming the artists.
I have absolutely no idea what privileges or marginalisation apply to any one individual, and that is a very important thing to remember.
Butas a company, Solmare does bear the responsibility to ensure that all the game art matches, both for aesthetic design purposes and, in this case, to avoid characters being white washed.
Racist and colourist coding can occur in any society that has institutionalised racism or colourism.
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Sidebar: Fanart
The fault of the above lies with Solmare.
The fault of fanart though? Yeah, that’s on fanartists and those who support fanartists who whitewash.
Because again, there is art in the game that shows the right skin tones, that matches the diversity Solmare seem to be striving for (that they aren’t consistent with).
And there are no shortage of fans who support fanartists who know that whitewashing is wrong, and yet… Many fanartists who whitewash still get support from the fandom.
Every time you reblog or RT any art of an artist who whitewashed, you are endorsing and popularising whitewashing and racism in art.
Every time an artist blames their tools, their medium, their style, their lack of knowledge that other people(??) of different skin tones exist(???), they are endorsing and popularising whitewashing and racism in art.
You don’t need to start or join in a dogpile but at the very minimum, you should not be supporting such people.
Otherwise, next time that artists opens commissions? How many people have you advertised a whitewashing artist to? How many people think whitewashing is okay because a popular artist does it, with support?
Nope.Do not support.
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tl;dr
No, I highly doubt Solmare is doing this to be intentionally racist.
But yes, the effects of white washing media characters are still harmful regardless of intention.
And yes, it is easy to fix!
Some of the artists who work on the cards past and present seem to have no trouble managing different skin tones.
Solmare should ensure all art shows all characters as they are meant to look. Artistic interpretation does not extend to changing skin tone.
And they absolutely need to remove the canonical skin tone difference Diavolo has in his human and demon forms. If he has darker skin as a demon, he should have darker skin as a human. Easy!
He wants to tell the how much he adores them, how he loves them. How that while he’s supposed to be the light-bearer, MC’s the light in his life.
He cannot get the words out. He smirks at them instead of the soft smile he wants to give them. He’s cold and not warm. He tries to be soft with them, it comes out in small bits, but not as often as he wished it would.
He’s worried that MC will get fed up with this and will leave him for someone that can express their emotions more readily and be more vulnerable with them. He’s going to try, he should be good at everything, he’s Lucifer. But this is something he struggles with.
Mammon
He’s a screwup, a scum bag, good for nothing. He knows it. Everyone knows it. Well, everyone but them. And he’s terrified that they’ll wizen up to it.
He’s terrified that they’ll stop forgiving him, stop standing up for him, will call him the same names that everyone throws at him.
He tries to not be such a loser. He tries so hard, but his greed gets to him and he messes up again. He punishes himself more than Lucifer could even try to.
Leviathan
He’s holding them back and people will start to think awful things of them just for associating themselves with him.
He does not want them to get the sort of reputation he has as some loser, shut-in. He knows he’s not good enough, but he doesn’t want them to start thinking that.
He’s worried that they’ll see that it’ll happen – even if it doesn’t – and they’ll start to actually believe it and turn away from him.
He wants to hold onto them tightly, he doesn’t want to lose his only friend.
Satan
He’s terrified that MC will become terrified of him. He tries so hard to keep his cool around them and to make sure they don’t see the hideous monster that he is.
He knows that it’s only a matter of time before they run in to see him truly wrathful, the monster that everyone has warned them about, the monster that will drive them away.
He wants them to know that he will never hurt them, that he would never do anything to hurt them, that they are safe.
But he knows that seeing a monster can mean more than his words.
Asmodeus
He realizes he has a reputation as the Avatar of Lust. He’s worried that the reputation will make them think that he doesn’t truly love them, even though he loves them more than anything, even himself.
He’s worried that his looks won’t be enough to keep them. His looks can convey how much he loves them, even if he were to tattoo it on his flawless skin.
He tries so hard to show that he does love them, that he is faithful to them. That he would never cheat on them or betray them. That everything will be with their consent.
He loves them, but he doesn’t know how to prove it.
Beelzebub
He’s terrified he won’t be able to protect them when they need him most. He feels he’s already let them down throughout the year, but now that fear is even worse
He’s already felt the burden of failing one loved one – and in response, the rest of his loved ones – he can’t stand the thought of it happening again.
He stands at their bodyguard whenever he thinks that they could potentially be in danger, always on alert and on the lookout.
Still, the thoughts are always in the back of his head and plague his nightmares.
Belphegor
Being awake and present is difficult for him. He’s worried that he won’t be able to be there for MC like they deserve. He does work on trying to be more awake, getting into a proper sleep cycle, chugging caffeine, but he’s still always exhausted.
He falls asleep when he doesn’t want to and he’s worried MC will get fed up with that. Fed up that he’s too tired to go out. He’ll try, but it’s hard.
He becomes a bit indifferent because of this, even though he does care to the point where it tears him up inside.
Diavolo
He has a very important job as the successor to the throne and he’s worried that it will drive a wedge between them.
He has to prioritize his job over them at times and he’s worried that they may not understand.
He’s worried that him being a demon and them being a human will be too much for them, especially given his role.
He’ll try his best to communicate and be upfront about it, but he feels they deserve more than a prince could give them.
Barbatos
His abilities lead to rumors spreading like wildfires. He’s fearful that rumors will spread that he used his powers to force them to be with him.
The thoughts get to him and he wonders if he unconsciously used his powers to force them to be with him. It tears him apart at the thought of even doing it.
He wonders if they would be happy with anyone else, the realities are out there. He just wants them to be the happiest that they could ever be – even if it’s not with him.
Simeon
If he doesn’t belong in the Celestial Realm, he doesn’t belong in the Devildom, does he truly belong with them?
He’s processing what’s happened to him, slowly. He’ll come to terms with it eventually, but he wonders if MC will process it well.
Will they reject him just as he’s been rejected by others?
He wants a home to go to, he feels that their arms are his home, but he doesn’t want those arms to push him away.
Solomon
All of the demons know him as the shady sorcerer for trying to form pacts with them and understand the workings of the Devildom to ensure the safety of the human realm.
Still, those rumors have even spread to other sorcerers and witches to where they also don’t trust him.
He tries his best to be genuine with them, even if he can be a bit mischievous.
He desperately wants them to trust him, he would never do anything to betray that trust if they gave it to him.
It’s elegant, it screams sophistication, and it makes people think he’s someone important, which he is.
He can drink some demonus in the back and not have to worry about getting anywhere. Sometimes, he’ll just tell the driver to drive around so he doesn’t have to go to an event or back home right away.
Don’t tell him they’re also associated with annoying kids for prom
It’s also big enough to where he can pick up his brothers if there’s something going on
Mammon: Sports Car
He likes driving any sports car, really. Though, his own car will always be his favorite.
He likes how expensive they are, how they look, and how fast they can go.
He never really makes his own car go fast, he’s scared that all of his hard work will go up in flames if he wrecks it.
Will still rent a sports car every now and then to show off
Leviathan:Boat
He likes being out on the water and boats are typically not as crowded as other methods of transportation.
He also feels like that if it is crowded and if he gets overwhelmed, he can escape on all sides of the boat.
He shouldn’t, he knows that, but the option’s always there if he really gets desperate
He can also secretly have Lotan swim alongside the boat if the water’s deep/dark enough.
Satan: Aerial Tramways
He doesn’t know why, but being up high is appealing. He likes being able to see around a large area and see what’s going on.
Perhaps it’s because he doesn’t have wings that he appreciates this more than his other brothers.
He also likes that Lucifer is uncomfortable being in high places when he’s not in control of it.
Will hold that over Lucifer for a very long time.
Asmodeus: Double Decker Bus
He likes being able to sightsee on these buses and people watch more easily than on other methods of transportation.
They usually drive by some cool places, which is always great for a selfie
He gets that natural windblown look, too.
If he gets cold or if the weather turns, he can go to the lower level, no problem
Beelzebub: Party Bike
He likes the aspect of being able to exercise while he’s being transported from one location to the next. In fact, for this, he can give the bike enough power so he can be the only passenger on it.
He can also eat all of the food and drink all of the drinks as the only passenger, too
He does like it when his family joins him, it’s more fun
The only downside is that the party bike never has enough food for him.
Belphegor: Being Carried Around
He likes just falling asleep everywhere he goes. If someone’s carrying him, he doesn’t have to worry about missing his stop. They’ll take him where he needs to go
It’s nice, too, because he knows that his family does actually care for him and doesn’t just tolerate him
He will try to be annoying about it and just suddenly put all of his weight on someone until they are forced to at least drag him somewhere
Diavolo:Walking
He likes to walk around his kingdom to see how things are going and check in on his people.
It’s nice that he has this freedom now after being locked up as a child in his castle.
He does tend to wander while he’s walking around, so he has to keep track of the twists and turns he takes
He has had to call either Lucifer or Barbatos to come and find him - He knows he could use his GPS, but he wants to show them what he found.
Barbatos:Train
He enjoys being able to sit by a window on a train and just relax
He can finally tune out and not worry about the next task at hand - that’ll occur when he gets to his next stop.
He can take time to do some hobbies if he wishes: knitting, reading, sipping a cup of tea, whatever he pleases
He does also enjoy sampling different foods on the dining carts for the more upscale trains
Simeon:Funiculars
A lot of forms of transportation have buttons that he can’t ever figure out. For a funicular, there’s not much for him to do except get on and just relax
He likes that they usually provide a unique view while still being on the ground
The very steep ones are also very exciting and he thinks that they should be impossible - but there they are
Luke:Unicycle
It took him a lot of practice to get good enough to try it
Mammon was the one that had first helped him with it. He would never admit it, but it was fun
Now he enjoys the praise he gets from others when he’s able to get around with no problem
Makes him taller, too. The others can’t call him short when he’s riding it
Solomon:Subway
It’s not necessarily the subway that he enjoys, but rather the subway station
There are also such a vast variety of people that take the subway and he likes to watch them
Sometimes he’ll hustle with some low-key magic tricks that could be considered just trick of the eye - it’s real magic, shhh
It’s a reminder that he loves how chaotic people can be
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Preview for Undateables from Obey Me and Gender Bender sketch preview, should I create a Patreon? You guys can see full version with earlier access on my Patreon before I upload here on my Tumblr? :3
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