@mightyneinsimp@Janayasimp oh no i’m not referring to you! i’m referring to people who had an issue with referring to laudna as “pale” when that is objectively what she is
@mightyneinsimp@Janayasimp this person also put it very well here, laudna is just as white-adjacent as she is poc-adjacent and i think not enough ppl listen to what actual people of color in the fandom have to say on this topic
@TdpAtlaToaBcM She doesn't have an official race, she's olive skinned like Vex, and I've been told her clothing is inspired by Polish culture
Laudna is white adjacent because her skin is so white in death and she is played by a white woman
@mightyneinsimp@Janayasimp black coded characters created by a black woman & VISIBLY dark skinned characters, it’s these ppls knee jerk reactions to “but technically☝️” over a character that’s still extremely visibly pale–i wish they conveyed any of that skin tone or phenotype after her death but they DONT
@candescentfiend intention of “centering” it as if it’s the only issue and i’ve called out other far worse issues before (not that i’m accusing you of saying that!! but i saw some ppl making ignorant assumptions and i just wanted to clarify)
@candescentfiend i do wanna be v clear that my comment was just an example of an ongoing pattern in the fandom bc often times this fandom only equates racism to blatant hate instead of other underlying patterns & ignorance & as a woc i’ve watched this over the course of 8 years, i had no