Regality

Regality

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I wanted to put all 4 of these together! gosh colours really aren't my strength ;;;; it was fun though! --- art - blog: @chiptrillino-art

[ID: 4 different artworks for a colour palette plus facial expression ask game

1th Image: Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender, drawn from the chest up, dressed as the painted lady. she is facing the right side of the image but looking to the left with a sinister smile. her hair is tied in a low poofy ponytail. she is dressed in a cloth tied with a robe and accentuated with a spiky clam. on her head, she wears a big straw hat with translucent ripped cloth hanging down from it. she wears 3 red stripes of paint on each of her arms. on her face, her lower lip is painted with the colour reaching her chin. curling wavy lines on her cheeks. red eyeshadow and a crescent moon on her front. on the left side below is a text saying "please don't repost" underneath it is a small yellow emoticon showing an expression and 6 circles filled with shades of red that are the reference for the drawing challenge. on the left side border of the image is the artist's signature "chiptrillino . 2022" End ID.]

2nd Image: Sokka from Avatar the Last Airbender, drawn from the chest up, curled up in a blanket. he is facing the viewer smiling with his eyes closed seeming sleepy. his arms are fisting the edge of a blanket he is wearing like a hood, resting on a table. on the left side on the border of the image above is a text saying "please don't repost" on the right side is a small yellow emoticon showing an expression and 6 circles filled with shades of yellow, orange and purple that are the reference for the drawing challenge. on the left side border of the image centre is the artist's signature "chiptrillino . 2022" End ID.]

3rd Image: Yue from Avatar the Last Airbender, drawn from the chest up. she is looking towards the right side of the image seemingly leaning forward as if she is observing something. her eyes are wide open and her lips curls into a small wobbly smile. her hair floating around her. she is wearing a dress with a fur trim ornated with pearls and clams. her hair floating around her. on the left side on the border of the image above is a text saying "please don't repost" on the right side is a small yellow emoticon showing an expression and 6 circles filled with shades of very pale light purple that look nearly white blues and a purple, that are the reference for the drawing challenge. on the left side border of the image below is the artist's signature "chiptrillino . 2022" End ID.]

4th Image: Jee from Avatar the Last Airbender, drawn from the waist up, looking through a looking glass. the right side of his profile is visible. eye closed smiling looking towards the sky following a small cloud that is Appa flying off. the rudimentary background shows thick clouds above a calm ocean and beach. small in the lower right corner of the image is a stylized angular Zuko angrily shouting fire. on the left side in the upper corner is a text saying "please don't repost" on the right side following the border centred is a small yellow emoticon showing an expression and 6 circles filled with shades of reds, that are the reference for the drawing challenge. on the right side below is the artist's signature "chiptrillino . 2022" End ID.]

It just clicked for me why I find a lot of the fandom discourse these days so distasteful from fans who dislike popular male characters, the sort of discourse that sounds a lot like -

"I'm not like all those other fans who just like the conventionally pretty boys with the sad backstories. That boring, terrible character is only popular because those fans think he's hot! I pick my favorite characters for meaningful and smart reasons, not just because I want to sleep with them."

It's just the, "I'm not like those other girls," narrative, but dressed up in a fandom hat.

Advocating for more diverse characters and stories is great! Talking about the way that popular reception to certain characters/ships can be rooted in misogyny (or racism or other discriminatory social narratives) is great! Being a dick about real people because they like a popular character that you don't like, on the other hand, is Not Great.

Anyways, people should love whatever stories and characters they want. No one else has the right to tell you how meaningful or important your reasons are for liking something, and no one has the right to shame you for liking (or disliking!) a fictional story or a fictional character. Even if your reasons are completely shallow and based entirely on finding that character attractive, that's still valid, your choices are still valid, and the only ones who should feel bad about their choices are the people who choose to be a dick to real people based on what type of fiction they enjoy.

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