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ohhh boy i love fanart!!

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tangata moana-ao-whānui (people of the world's oceans)

kia ora! i'd like to start up an islander discord. this'll be a place for all islanders of colour (so not just the pacific!) to congregate. seasians, people from the caribbean, people who are indigenous to islands off of a mainland continent etc. are all welcome to join!

there's channels for sharing art, food, selfies, just chatting, and a suggestions channel among others!

pluralkit is also in the server.

rules to join:

be 18+

be a person of colour (this is a server for us!)

be an islander (lol)

that's it!

https://discord.gg/qVgwY7zGZh here's a link, it never expires so i hope to see you join!

feel free to reblog if you aren't an islander, i'd love for this to get spread as far as possible!

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echo & crosshair from my rewrite

[id: It's two headshot drawings of Echo and Crosshair. Echo is depicted with brown skin, gaunter cheeks, dark eyebags, a goatee, and a burn scar that takes up the right half of his face. The burn has melted part of his ear, his eyelids, and singed off all hair on the right side. Crosshair is depicted with albinism and his face is covered in freckles. His hair, which is light blond, is buzzed. He has a crosshair tattoo over his right eye and a toothpick in his mouth. /end id]

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Are there any edits of unwhitewashed Kanan? As much as I love seeing unwhitewashed clones, I haven't seen any edits for the other whitewashed characters

No that we've seen. Anyone know of any edits of unwhitewashed child Kanan from TBB?

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"Tech is pale to play on the nerd trope!" Why is the nerd trope a white man? Why *must* a character be pale, light skinned, or even white to be associated with that type of intelligence? Can nerds and super geniuses not also be brown?

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Stereotyping and racism come in layers: it's not just that Wrecker is the only identifiably brown member of the team, but also that he's written primarily for comic relief or aggression. He gets development but does not receive it to the extent every other TBB member does.

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Happy Ramadan!

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Kind of wild to imply that political awareness and knowledge have no place in fandom or are an obstacle. Like, the way people engage with stories—who they sympathize with, who they defend, what they excuse—is political. The whole idea that fandom should be a politics-free zone is just a way to maintain the status quo unchallenged.

But this mindset explains a lot, actually.

It’s why so many fandom spaces get weirdly defensive when people analyze power, oppression, or systemic issues in media. They don’t want to think about how their emotional attachments intersect with real-world ideologies. But pretending fandom is apolitical is a political stance—it just favors the existing power structures.

To quote Skunk Anansie: "Yes it's fucking political Everything's political Yes it's fucking satirical Everything's satirical Yes it's fucking political Everything's political"

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🎬 Part 9 of Acolyte Black History Month:

Award-winning Filmmaker and Director, Hanelle M. Culpepper, contributed two fandom-loved episodes with “Teach/Corrupt” and the finale, “The Acolyte”. In these episodes, Hanelle highlights a turning point for Osha who is forced to confront herself and choose her path. By episode 8, Hanelle links the final conflict to the fitting denouement, guiding the actors’ shining moments and leaving room for more to come.

Now, episodes directed by Hanelle for the new series, Paradise, are airing on Hulu.

Hanelle, we love your storytelling and visual ideas. Happy Black History Month! 🎬

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The Nelson Women's Centre - Te Whare Āwhina Mō Ngā Wāhine Puawai - has been supporting women and their whānau for over 30 years.

They are trying to reinstate their community Social Worker Services in 2025, and are trying to raise $10,000 to do so to cover wages and associated overheads.

They were aiming to meet their goal by the end of February, but sadly, it’s 17th and they’ve only managed to raise $315. I’ll leave the link here in case you’re able to help out.

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hii i have quite a few questions, and im genuinely trying to learn so i hope these aren't offensive, even if i know i dont know too much :3 (also apologies if im incoherent, im currently dead on my feet lol) I was already aware of the whitewashing in TCW and TBB before reading your carrd, but after, it has explained/revealed more things and raised a few questions from me.

So, one is Omega. Obviously nothing justifies the fact that she is white, but shouldn't the blonde hair be excused? Didn't Jango Fett have a canonical sister who was blonde? So Jango does carry the genes for blonde hair (even if, in him, they're "turned off")- which is how Rex and the few other background clones we see have blonde hair. This is where I saw it in the carrd which is what raised my concern/question: "She's 100% Jango, lacking the genetic modifications that all other clones have... Omega has light skin and blonde hair, although the team didn't go the standard route and give her blue eyes like they have done with some clones. If she is a perfect clone of Jango, why is she blonde?"

The other questions I have are from an article that was linked in the carrd: Star Wars: A Tale of Racism. I did know that various Asian cultures/designs/etc were used in the creation of Star Wars, particularly with the Jedi (I learned this through learning where Obi-Wan Kenobi's name was inspired from)- I just would like to know- how is that bad? If other cultures are used as inspirations for various fictional cultures/races/places/etc? Is it not a good thing, in that it's showing representation and such? I mean, taking any culture and using it as a inspiration for a person/place that is only portrayed negatively is bad of course, and I can see why in the instances that it was used that way it is wrong, but (coming back to the original), for instance, what about the Jedi? The Jedi are portrayed in Star Wars as the objective good guys, who can still make mistakes, because they're not perfect. So how is that cultural appropriation? I was under the impression that cultural appropriation is when someone, who is not a part of that group/culture/etc, takes something from that group/culture/etc and uses it either in a negative manner or without credit. Because otherwise it's representation(?). Like, if I wanted to dress up as someone who had a disability that I didn't have or was from a different culture than me, because I liked that character, and if I tried to portray it respectfully/realistically, wouldn't that be representation? Or would it be cultural appropriation?

Also, another question, particularly from the Crosshair carrd, regarding how TBB/Crosshair deals with regular clones. Within the current animation/canon, because of their appearances, I can understand how their interactions/treatments can be racist. However, if, say in a fic or personal revising of their appearances in your head, you fix the colors and appearances to be, still different/modified but accurate to being actual clones of Jango, wouldn't those beliefs change? It would go from, instead of a white man picking on a POC man because of a sense of genetic superiority, a POC man picking on a POC man because of a sense of genetic superiority. Not to say that they are "superior", but they were supposed to be genetically enhanced, far above the average clone. And question on the term "regs". It was mentioned in on of the carrd's that there is often a stereotype that POC people are infantilized, and in Star Wars, regarding the clones, it can come out as them not being able to make their own culture, needing someone to help them with it. Wouldn't "regs" be a part of that culture? It is what a clone who was enhanced far beyond the regular enhancments would call a clone who has only had the regular dose. It's like how the clones call Jango Fett "Prime".

If these were offensive I'm so sorry, I'm trying to learn/understand, and I figure I might as well ask the question that could be offensive and then be corrected instead of just keeping the offensive ideas without correction. <3 :D

Hello! Thanks for sending this ask! I'll answer your queries to the best of my ability.

For question one: First, I want to clear up a misconception regarding Rex and other clones. Their hair isn't naturally blonde -- in canon, Rex bleaches, though it's popular fanon that he's a natural blonde. As for Jango's canonical blonde sister -- what's less important than the in-universe reasons for why a character trait exists is the real life (out of universe) explanation. In writing, when a character is meant to be portrayed as "pure" or "innocent", it isn't uncommon to make them blonde (and a girl, but that's for a different post). The simple fact of the matter is that the creators of the Bad Batch factored blondeness into Omega's appearance of innocence and her allegedly being a "pure" clone of Jango.

In terms of how genes work, they have to be expressed the same way in order for one set to be a copy of another's. Imagine a series of lights switches on a wall. If the first half are off and the second half are on, can you change the orientation and then say that it's really the same just because the same number of light switches is present? I'm not a geneticist by any means, but mere presence of genes isn't enough. They have to be expressed the same way. Which then loops us back to the question of why pure, innocent, morally upright Omega, who is a pure genetic copy of a brown man with black hair, ends up blonde.

(In all honesty, as much as Jango has a canon blonde sister, I don't think anyone's ever cared enough about her to do that level of digging and design a new character inspired/partly justified by her, but I digress).

For question two, on cultural appropriation: CA doesn't just have to be attached to negative portrayals for it to be CA! Here is where we ask ourselves why George Lucas and other writers/creators of the Jedi were so comfortable being "inspired" by various Eastern Asian cultures without ever including Asians in prominent positions in their works. Using a real life culture as inspiration in itself isn't bad, but how one goes about it -- taking the appearance without including the people -- is where that "representation" gets into CA territory.

Especially considering how for the longest time, characters who were Asian in Star Wars were portrayed more negatively than positively, many Asian fans weren't/aren't thrilled to have their culture undergird so much of Star Wars while their faces are nowhere to be seen.

I can't speak to "dressing up as" a disabled person since I myself am not disabled, and I don't want to draw any incorrect conclusions about you, but I would say in general that you dressing up as someone from a group you're not part of doesn't fit the definition of representation. Representation must represent the people/culture.

For the third question, regarding Crosshair: If one chooses to redesign the Bad Batch but keep their superiority complex, then yes appearance of their beliefs would change. I want to make sure I'm understanding you correctly here -- it seems like you're saying that within the bounds of the Star Wars universe, Crosshair is/looks racist because he's a white(washed) man picking on men of color. I want to be clear that 99% of our critiques of the series and designs come from a real-world view, in which we analyze, question, and call out the optics of the Bad Batch with the understanding that that were all writing and design decisions that human writers made.

So within the context of the show, it's not really white man versus man of color because those distinctions don't exist in the Star Wars universe. However, they DO exist in our world, and that is where our critique lies. If Crosshair were redesigned and still a jerk, to us he'd look like a regular jerk, not a racist jerk. In the show, he's a jerk either way. It's actually 100% possible to keep the Batch's false sense of superiority and not come out with a bigoted work. I hope I tackled what your confusion was here!

For the final question, about regs: "Regs" can absolutely be part of the Batch's own subculture of clone culture, as it's a reflection of both their willful separation from greater clone society and their false sense of superiority over the rest of the clones. In the context of the show, the term is used derisively and apparently with justification, as the Bad Batch's belief in their genetic superiority is never challenged throughout the three-season run of the show. Ultimately, it comes down to how the word "regs" is used and portrayed in the show/writing.

I hope I answered all your questions! Admittedly, it's been quite some time since I've had to answer a question about #UnwhitewashTBB and I worry I may have assumed some information is common knowledge when it's not. If there's anything you're still confused about, don't hesitate to reach out! Have a nice day!

~ Mod CH

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Omega commission for @blueberry-ry !!! Thank you so much for commissioning me, giving her dark hair was such a fun experience!!

Commissions are closed for this month, but if I promised anyone I’ll keep a slot open, feel free to message me!

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Don’t listen to their books or statues.

West Indies ou les Nègres marrons de la liberté (1979), dir. Med Hondo

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No actually what the fuck is this lmao we've been over this

What fucks me up is that the original model was definitely darker-skinned than show Omega and apparently they decided that's just not what they want anymore

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Been working on my Bad Batch fanfic Our Love and felt inspired. Not really from my fic—just practicing poses. My fic is a bit like a crossover with Arcane (hence the name) but I don’t use any of those characters, just the story from episode 3 for 1-2 chapters. Is that a crossover? I don’t know. The 2nd picture is something I posted before a while back but wanted to add it here cuz I really like how it came out and kind of kickstarted it all.

Close ups under the cut.

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Is the petition over? I notice you haven’t posted in a little bit

No, the petition isn't over! Anyone who wants to sign is still encouraged to do so. Anyone is also encouraged to share the link.

The lack of Bad Batch content has made our campaign slow down. I (Mod CH) am also incredibly busy at the moment and have been for some time, so I haven't been able to keep up to date with the blog lately.

- Mod CH