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You know what I find a bit upsetting? The fact that if people take a White character, and make them black, no one will bat an eyelash. But the moment they take a black character, and change them white for their own views, people get called racist, and all sort of nasty things. 

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Quick thing, I probably wont use this site much, so I wont take the time to make my blog look nice. I apologize.

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Okay, so this goes along with my previous post.  Don’t make a character trans just cause you are. Don’t make a character black just cause you are. Now which character am I talking about?  Ah yes. Dave Strider.  Now, before people come at me, I wish to ask why people view him as such when he’s not. I’d love to see your guys’ point of view on things and try to understand.  And on another note, if you don’t like what i’m typing them message me. I acknowledge not everyone likes my views on things, and that’s okay. But please, if you have a problem, message me kindly.  But as i was saying,  Lets get onto the first topic. Dave, in the comic, is classified as male. Andrew Hussie specifically made him that sex and gender. He is cis. But i wont delve too much into this. Now with people viewing Dave as Black, he isn’t.  He’s albino. Its not scientifically possible for him to be dark skinned. Sure, his race can be such, just not skin color. But i don’t want to see everyone going around and making him have curly hair, and dark skin when he doesn’t.  But before you use the ‘’Hussie made everyone racially ambiguous’’ excuse, I believe he didn’t. If everyone was racially ambiguous in the comic, he wouldn’t have stated that Dave’s a blonde on his formspring (ill get a link as soon as i can.)  He also wouldn’t have added these things into the comic:   ``beep beep albino hairless dickmonkey coming through `` http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004672  `` AT: cERTAIN FEATURES OF YOUR PALE ANATOMY MAY SERVE AS THE MARSH MALLOW INGREDIENT, nEEDED FOR THE MOLTEN SNACK, `` http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005391 And most times, If a character has red eyes, its safe to assume they have ocular albinism, which can be linked to albinism as a whole.  Also, side note, don’t say Dave was ever a ginger. When rose was talking about those ``Orange tuffs of hair``, Hussie confirmed she was talking about a smuppet on his formspring. I hope this didn’t come off as rude to anyone. It was never meant to be. But if it did, i apologize sincerely.

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So. I acknowledge I will get hate for this-- But instead of being rude to me about it, please message me and be civil. I made a Tumblr account just for this reason, though i never wished to get involved with social media. But please, Don’t view a character as trans just cause you are. Don’t view a character as black just cause you are. Don’t view a character as white just cause you are. Don’t say a character has mental illness’ just cause you have them. Don’t make characters have blemishes that you have, if they don’t. I’m sick and tired of people taking characters from series, and changing them to fit their standards just cause it pleases them more. If its not your own work, then don’t bother.