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Polaroids

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me when it’s time to draw johnny silverhand’s silver hand

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Aren't a lot of people of color uncomfortable with white people having OCs of color? Or is the problem not giving more visibility to OCs of fans of color?

Well, I would highly suggest finding and making community with fans of color to see these things in action. But the issue is not that they have OCs of color. The discomfort includes when white creators:

Poorly create characters of color, usually including overt racism due to lack of research or empathy (from poorly drawn skin and hair, to stereotypes, to blatant tokenism)

Poorly create those characters and then getting defensive when fans of color- especially the ones being depicted- point out the racism in their work.

Poorly create those characters not even for those who are being represented, but for the applause and approval of other white fans (this includes when they apologize for racism... And it isn't actually directed to or accepted by said fans of color. But that doesn't matter, bc that's not who they did it for to begin with.)

Tokenizes those OCs/characters of color while mistreating fans of color- so, if your "favorite character" is Black, but I either 1) never see you interact with or support anyone Black in the fan base or 2) I only ever see you argue with the Black fans (or your politics are sus, tbh), odds are, you're just tokenizing that Black character. Because you don't actually like or respect Black people, just the puppet Black character that you can control. A "good Black", if you will.

Speak over fans of color on their own experiences, and don't make space for fans of color and their own OCs (which is what you said), while simultaneously claiming ignorance to said issues (how are you 'not racist' but you don t even know what that looks like? You 'cant spot' fandom racism, so how do you know when you're not doing it?)

If you're not willing to put in the effort to depict us correctly or respectfully, don't do it at all. We're not points for your "diversity clout" or to assuage your feelings of unaddressed racism. But many white creators of OCs of Color, or even fan characters, are not considerate of or concerned by these things. It's something I hope I address enough here to bring awareness to those reading.

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this is what i do instead of homework 🤡

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something old

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me whenever I see posts about how canon is shit and can be discarded

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You paint yourself white And fill up with noise But there'll be something missing

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sorry guys art school has been working me like a DOG I am a downtrodden man with a weak spirit. Have some stupid Cyberpunk shit

(☕kofi)

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using the bus tracker app is like. oh it's going to be here in three minutes. now it's five minutes. oh the bus has killed itself

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HEEYY YALL long time no see

Piece done based on my new oneshot, Ghost of the Black Dog! Please give it a read :3 It's not that long and it's super fun

Check out my kofi if u wanna support ☕

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Pros of hyperfixiation:

Happy!

Art ideas

Life is good

Cons of hyperfixiation:

I am going to blow up

All my art is of the same guy

If I don't think about this 24/7 I get violent

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Chapter 7: And everybody grieves, but still nobody sees (Final!)

Rating: Mature Category: Gen Major Tags: V & Jackie Welles, Male Friendship, Grief/Mourning, Street Kid V, Canon is a suggestion, (really) Specific pop culture references Characters: Male V, Jackie Welles, Misty Olszewski, Viktor Vektor, Johnny Silverhand (near the end)

Summary: In Night City, something was better than nothing. It was better to have one friend, some chrome, some eddies than to have nothing at all. But V was greedy by nature. He wanted more than something: he wanted everything. V wanted to be more than a passing thought in this city, more than the slums he was raised in��� V wanted to be a legend. But only legends knew that there was only one thing worse than unfulfilled dreams: Dreams that come true.

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Johnny Silverhand

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🔮Contributor Spotlight🔮

We're thrilled to announce our next artist @charybdiaa! It is an honor to see their passion at work💜

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In case you haven't noticed this about me - fictional characters who carry their guilt and trauma and shame like angry little fists inside and partly genuinely believe they are FINE, ACTUALLY, TOTALLY FINE, partly lie their asses off about being fine are very dear to me. "Didn't actually have a problem with 'em - till now." Oh, Johnny.

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Chapter 6: Tryin' to grab hold of what you can't control

Rating: Mature Category: Gen Major Tags: V & Jackie Welles, Male Friendship, Grief/Mourning, Street Kid V, Canon is a suggestion, (really) Specific pop culture references Characters: Male V, Jackie Welles, Misty Olszewski, Viktor Vektor, Johnny Silverhand (near the end)

Summary: In Night City, something was better than nothing. It was better to have one friend, some chrome, some eddies than to have nothing at all. But V was greedy by nature. He wanted more than something: he wanted everything. V wanted to be more than a passing thought in this city, more than the slums he was raised in… V wanted to be a legend. But only legends knew that there was only one thing worse than unfulfilled dreams: Dreams that come true.