Growing up in ME and encountering Aladdin in Arabic dub I was able to separate what I've seen in the animated film and what the culture is like irl because I lived there and experienced it firsthand. But to a kid in, let's say, China that would've been their first encounter with-
@ecutruin
That's a pretty way to say it and all but it's still unethical. You can type in any popular artist's name and get their style replicated. How is that fair? People spend years perfecting their style only to have a machine speed through all that in a matter of seconds
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This is why we need to get rid of the Aladdin stereotype lol popular games and media keeps drawing inspiration from it and perpetuating it to a whole generation of fresh new eyes. Arabs who are in support of the essence do agree that it is a misrepresentation of SWANA culture-
"Arabian" culture. Their impression of SWANA cultures would be the mystical, dangerous land full of thieves and bandits like Agrabah. If this isn't corrected then it's not a stretch to say that they would go into adulthood thinking that way.
But don't really care to speak against it because they already know to separate it from their actual culture. But people outside of these areas don't know to do that unless someone tells them. That's why we have people wanting to speak against it-
@mekinotalter
Yangyang info dumping act 1 felt so much different than Aalto doing it in act 5. Aalto had the chance to show his personality and be likable before he did that whereas Yangyang... she does it with the personality of cardboard she's my least favorite character bc of this
but they are shut down, harassed and straight up forced into deactivating their accounts. Honestly if you are arab and are fine with the essence, don't silence those who aren't. It's really a shame that ppl who just want to see themselves represented better in media are being-
treated like this.
It's not the first time it happens too, anytime people ask for proper representation it is always met with hate and arrogance like come on how does that grind your gears?
Wish we could have some genuine Arab rep in media without it being some orientalist bs
Feels really bad about the native Arabs who authored those Google docs man. They literally just explained the issues they had with it and somehow that warranted dog piling and hate from all those people?
@EnlilBing
says something in passing and it gives me the most incredible levro brainrot thank you ben for encouraging my fudanshi antics today was such a good day for me
YALL I WAS IN CLASS WHERE DID EVERYONE COME FROM!! /pos
Seems I've finally managed to summon the hockeybro fandom HAHAH
But really, thank you for all the loving support! It's the first time seeing my notif blow up this much
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Here's my first ever doodle of these guys
Nah ur weird cuz why do you see queer people existing as political. Straight relationships just exist without anybody making a fuss but the second some dude likes a guy suddenly it's some sort of agenda? Nobody sees queerness as political except homophobes apparently
are the only ones to be upset about this is just plain ignorant.
Here's a really excellent video by another Arab who explains the criticism against the two in a really concise and digestible way:
I highly recommend reading up on "Orientalism" by the late Palestinian cultural critic Edward W. Said who does shed some light on exactly why orientalist perspective is harmful. There have been countless pushbacks against Aladdin and 1001 Nights over the years. To say IDV fans-
@ecutruin
Artists still take time to practice a particular style. they take their time learning why something works and sometimes develop their own creative spin on the style. AI just steals elements without much thought (most of the time without proper permission). it's not comparable
@CATSUNEMlKU
100% this
I hate the trend of infantilizing Asian artists bc high chance they just don't care/brushed it off and then everyone dogpiles on the black VA for no reason it's rubs me the wrong way.
I think idv writing is just horrible at making these guys interesting, most of the male survivors feel super samey to me... oh well atleast idv women are so cool and interesting
Question, who is the most BORING idv character, like a character in your own opinion that is just there and meh (like you don’t hate them but you don’t care for them either)
@KazKazimates
CONGRATS ON THE DESERVED 100 !!
Since we're talkin requests 😏 could you do Vamp Raj? Youre art is awesome, cant wait to see all your doodles 🙌🙌
idk why its unthinkable for someone to mix ch, jp & kr clothing to portray east asian regions in games n films but when it comes to swana regions, people dont bat an eye lol
@SipSipStefen
Xianzhou somehow had so much dialogue with nothing being explained lol sanctus medicus was underwhelming, DHIL was cool aesthetically but writing wise it was ??? Instead of Dan heng meeting Luocha and Sushang we could've had Dan Feng's story explained like we had aventurine's
It should piss you off how they can make countless fear mongering articles with flimsy ass 'proof' but the endless stream of videos of kids dying isn't worth a respectful article
Read the full thread! I especially wanna emphasize this point in particular, please remember that there are real people behind these voices who are VERY likely not consenting to their voices being used in such a manner. Respect boundaries please!
I would also like to firmly put a no on ANY kind of suggestive audio content. I’ve seen people edit audios of characters from other shows groaning in pain into sexual moans, and as a HIGH SCHOOLER, I do not want my voice put in that position.
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Q: Why was your first kiss with a high school mascot?
Did you kiss the person or the mascot?
A: My partner at the time was my highschool team mascot. She wanted to give me a victory kiss but, I was nervous so I kissed the costume!
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damn ppl on weibo begging NE to change Zack's model cuz it looks similar to the Link Click twink watch as they postpone the crossover for that but completely ignore the criticisms on their orientalism ingame
@dearmortis
This is kinda disrespectful lol it's made by an individual creator not some big studio so you're really just being mean about someone's ocs here. This is someone's passion project
Echoing this because I can assure you our team pour alot of passion into Exotic Escapade! We strive to give it our all to provide something special to everyone and we'd like it be done with our own merits independent of any other fanseries out there!
“Exotic Escapade is better then DC”
Hey, let’s not say this!! Not because EE is bad or to justify DCs terrible actions. But it praises them for doing the bare minimum. They’ve stated this themselves. (A quick 🧵)
Since this is kinda picking up, it's based on a Ganji hc I have where he yearns for physical affection of any sort but doesn't know how to ask/express it. He silently appreciates all the physical gestures his friends make :0
Stream over, thanks to everyone who stopped by and said hi! I drew myself a Kazimir on stream, it's one step closer to reaching a complete rebrand HAHA
@SipSipStefen
Most of the characters felt underutilized and only served to give more exposition. Tingyun, Qingque and Sushang, aside from TY neck snap, didn't really offer anything unique but all three hogged screen time anyways
I thought about doing some voice acting but honestly I dont have a comfortable space to do it but that storyboard artist position is pretty enticing :0