The Spark That Bled
kiartle asked you:how do you feel about the end of the ranma 1/2 manga?
I remember being very disappointed by the ending of Ranma 1/2, because there was no genuine acknowledgement of Ranma and Akane’s feelings for each other. Instead, I was left with the impression that they would go right back to the way they were before, with almost no progress made since the beginning.
It’s not that I needed them to get married, it’s not even that I needed them to officially start their relationship (even though I do think that would have been the best ending), and I even understand that the manga was ALWAYS episodic in nature. But the continued denial from Ranma about how he loves her (and he obviously does, just as she loves him) after THIRTY EIGHT VOLUMES left a bitter taste in my mouth.
I might feel differently on a reread, I might be more satisfied with the lack of resolution, but part of me will probably always be a little bitter that so much was left completely unresolved. P-chan’s identity, the suitors problem, their lack of resolution with each other, the curses they were all under, etc. I still love the series and I still love Ranma/Akane with a passion, but I doubt that I will ever find the ending satisfying. ):
The impression I get with Ranma 1/2 (and this is the same impression I get with Urusei Yatsura, her earlier, and somewhat thematically similar work) is that Takahashi just couldn’t be bothered with just trying to wrap everything up, but at least leaves bits and pieces that could, possibly, lead to a resolution for her characters, such as the introduction of Akari for Ryouga, and Konatsu for Ukyou.
The ending does come across for me as disappointing, despite the fact that we at least can feel that Ranma and Akane can finally settle down and everything can be resolved. It just pains a lot of people that we couldn’t see it happen.
oh my god this article what
dad no
no why did you reblog this
Ministers Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Washington, D.C.’s Mayor Anthony Williams and others recently met to discuss plans to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the October 1995 Million Man March. Whilst reading about the plans, I thought of an excellent topic for the event: how not to be poor.
Jesus DAD
The Children’s Defense Fund and civil rights organizations frequently whine about the number of black children living in poverty.
right how dare they
fucking suck it up it’s no big deal
How much does racial discrimination explain? So far as black poverty is concerned, I’d say little or nothing,
-crying-
The civil rights struggle is over, and it has been won. At one time, black Americans did not have the same constitutional protections as whites. Now, we do, because the civil rights struggle is over and won is not the same as saying that there are not major problems for a large segment of the black community.
who are you
is this my father
DID YOU EVEN READ THIS ARTICLE
DAD YOU ARE BROWN WHAT
The civil rights struggle has been won?
And here I was, thinking that there’s still discrimination against the black community!
This RP: http://postwargoldenage-rp.tumblr.com/
Made Blaise white. A user came upon the fact that they are currently using Ian Somerhalder and commented on this. First the rp said ‘oh the book only says he’s tan we can do what we want’ despite the book clearly saying he’s black. That was called out and this led to massive attack from the rp and its users, with such gems as ‘you’re racist/prejudice for calling us racist’, ‘there’s nothing wrong with whitewashing’, ‘whitewashing doesn’t make me racist’, ‘skin color doesn’t matter’, ‘I don’t see colour, purple/blue/black/brown skin it doesn’t matter’, and of course ‘you’re fugly/retarded/a twat/childish’ etc. This was fueled mainly at user luckythinks91 who was the one to originally comment on it.
The users spewing all the ignorance:
ginnyweasleyissosleazy
impossibletounravel
makennaburkes
the main offender, sort of: blaise-zabinireaves
Also, according to the main rp they claimed it was the player that changed the face from Louis Cordice, not them, but according to that screencap they chose a white guy originally themselves. And even if they did want to change for lack of Louis gifs, why did it have to be to a white guy? There are lots of black male actors with gifs.
tl;dr: and its players are terribly, painfully, stupidly racist.
CC: I think I saw all of this on my personal dashboard.
Especially after a-lostbird started calling out everyone in the Blaise Zabini tag who were using non-Black face claims
I just want to say
WHAT IS WITH THE OBSESSION WITH THE VAMPIRE DIARIES AND IAN SOMERHALDER IN THAT TAG.
WHAT
IS
WITH
THAT
Just so everyone else knows though:“a tall black boy with high cheekbones and long, slanting eyes.”
— Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, p. 143
I’m reblogging this because racist fandom should go to hell.
OH, I messaged her (makennaburkes) and this is what I got:
CC: Thank you for this.
I am FURIOUS and now out for blood.
Fuck all this shit.
Every single part of it.
This is THE WHITEST shit I’ve ever heard in my life.
LISTEN TO ME FOLLOWERS
ALTHOUGH I’M SURE A LOT OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS
I’M GOING TO SAY IT ONCE MORE
ONLY WHITE PEOPLE HAVE THE SHEER PRIVILEGE OF NOT WORRYING ABOUT SKIN COLOR
ONCE AGAIN
ONLY WHITE PEOPLE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF NOT GIVING A FUCK ABOUT SKIN COLOR
Don’t you think us POCs WOULD LOVE to toss skin color issues to the side? Don’t you think we’d love to IGNORE RACE and live our lives, racism/race free?WE’RE NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE IT’S FUN
WE’RE DOING THIS BECAUSE RACISM/RACE AFFECTS LITERALLY EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES
LIKE HEALTHCARE
LIKE OUR CHANCES OF GETTING A JOB
LIKE THE WAY WE’RE TREATED
LIKE OUR LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIKE OUR CHANCES OF NOT GOING TO FUCKING JAIL
LIKE OUR SELF-ESTEEM AND OVERALL MENTAL HEALTH
LIKE OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH
LIKE WHERE WE CAN LIVE
LIKE THE WAY WE ARE ALLOWED TO ACT
LIKE OUR GENERAL SAFETY
DO I NEED TO CONTINUE?
OR DO YOU SEE WHY MAKENNABURKES IS FULL OF SHIT AND NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT INHERENTLY RACIST MESSAGE
I honestly cannot believe there are some basic bitches who can claim whitewashing isn’t racistAnd then this asshole had the nerve to cover it up with sparkles and glitter and kindness while basically saying ‘BUT IF A WHITE PERSON WERE TO BE CAST AS BLACK’
Not enough basic bitch gifs in the world.
It’s sad that the mods have apparently put faces to all of the characters, taken or otherwise.
Because that means you can’t have somebody just app Harry or Ron and use a PoC actor as their face.
They claim they don’t see colour? Then they wouldn’t mind a black Harry then, would they?
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![stfuconservatives:
cruelyouth:
ceepolk:
thinkspeakstress:
trubr0wn:
invisibleblackunicorn:
trubr0wn:
madamethursday:
[Image: A picture of a tall, very thin Black woman with her shoulder over a shorter, older white man wearing traditional Orthodox Jewish clothing on a New York sideway.]
staghunts:
“This one is very serious, guys:
I came upon these two on the sidewalk. They were having a conversation. “Excuse me,” I said, addressing the girl: “I’m sorry to interrupt, but is there anyway I can take your photo?”
“Why would you want my photo?” she asked.
“Because you look beautiful,” I said. And she did. She was Sudanese. There is a very distinct beauty among people from the Sudan, and she was filled up with it. Suddenly the man cut in:
“I was just telling her she was beautiful,” he said.
Naively, I assumed I had just walked up on one stranger giving a compliment to another. I wanted to capture the moment. “Let me take your photograph together,” I said. The man seemed reluctant, he started smiling nervously and inching away. But the girl called him back.
“Come take a picture with me,” she said. Encouraged by her attention, he returned. She put her arm around him, and I took the photo.
As I examined the photos on my camera, the man started whispering to the girl. She answered him in a loud voice: “I told you! I’m not that kind of girl.” She seemed agitated now. Finally sensing that I had misread the situation, I stepped between them. The man began hurrying down the sidewalk.
When the man left, the girl’s demeanor changed completely. She seemed shaken. Her eyes were tearing up. “He just offered me five hundred dollars to go out with him,” she said. “And then when I said ‘no,’ he offered me one thousand. Why does this always happen to me?”
“It happens a lot?” I asked.
“All the time,” she said. “I’m sorry I’m getting emotional. I just can’t go out of my house without this kind of thing happening. I have a son. I’m a mother. I would never degrade myself like that. I just don’t understand why this keeps happening.”
“Do you mind if I tell this story?” I asked.
“Please,” she said. “Tell it.”
Let’s hope this man, and all men, realize the emotional damage they are inflicting on the women they try to buy. In the meantime, feel free to SHARE.*
Dear Tumblr, fuck you for trying to erase this.
I’m saving this post because as many times as Tumblr tries to erase this woman’s story and act like anything about this was okay, that’s as many times as I’m reposting it. They can either cut me off or stop being assnuggets about this. whichEVER.
i will always reblog this. because if this woman were white, the mass-erasure of this image and story would not be happening. and that just speaks volumes to me. the bigotry that contributes to this woman’s constant harassment is the same bigotry that led to the erasure of this story in order to ‘protect’ this man. they are COMPLETELY connected. this is a vicious cycle that perpetuates anti-blackness and the degradation and silencing of black women and women of color as a whole.
oh look trubr0wn just deployed more truth bombs.
i am the truth bomb terrorist.
FUCK YOU TUMBLR. I will reblog this every god damn twelve hours. You will NOT erase this woman’s story just because HONY is a bigot who is full of shit. Tumblr staff is full of shit. They are ALL full of shit. And fuck every single one of you shitty people for thinking that you’re going to win. You will NOT.
Hey this disappeared off my tumblr how strange
anyway, here it is again, supporting this lovely lady who has to put up with this crap just because she exists and goes outside, and to call shame on a society that would actually force her to put her arm around the creep who just upped his price after she told him that she wouldn’t whore for him
Here it is, calling attention to the FACT that the aggressor, the perpetrator of this outrage was the one protected, and the victim is just supposed to disappear
To that I say no
no
Open season on Black women is OVER.
I’m going to back up my Tumblr.
But I just want to see if Tumblr will ignore the e-mail I just wrote to them getting unwanted messages by users I’ve told to leave me alone and will send me another e-mail about “violating copyright,” if not try to delete my blog for reblogging this picture and story that needs to be seen and heard.
I’m not claiming ownership of anything, BTW. Picture, story behind the picture, and the erasure of the picture copyrighted2012 by humansofnewyork.tumblr.com . And reblogging this picture has an educational reason behind it — to show how black women are dehumanized, and then silenced if they ever speak out.
Tumblr deleted this post from everyone’s blog. Here it is again. And people have saved copies to their computers, including me. Story’s not going away. The internet is forever.
-Jess](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v4ahIMJ41qlxu8ho1_500.jpg)
FUCK YOU TUMBLR. I will reblog this every god damn twelve hours. You will NOT erase this woman’s story just because HONY is a bigot who is full of shit. Tumblr staff is full of shit. They are ALL full of shit. And fuck every single one of you shitty people for thinking that you’re going to win. You will NOT.[Image: A picture of a tall, very thin Black woman with her shoulder over a shorter, older white man wearing traditional Orthodox Jewish clothing on a New York sideway.]
“This one is very serious, guys:
I came upon these two on the sidewalk. They were having a conversation. “Excuse me,” I said, addressing the girl: “I’m sorry to interrupt, but is there anyway I can take your photo?”
“Why would you want my photo?” she asked.
“Because you look beautiful,” I said. And she did. She was Sudanese. There is a very distinct beauty among people from the Sudan, and she was filled up with it. Suddenly the man cut in:
“I was just telling her she was beautiful,” he said.
Naively, I assumed I had just walked up on one stranger giving a compliment to another. I wanted to capture the moment. “Let me take your photograph together,” I said. The man seemed reluctant, he started smiling nervously and inching away. But the girl called him back.
“Come take a picture with me,” she said. Encouraged by her attention, he returned. She put her arm around him, and I took the photo.
As I examined the photos on my camera, the man started whispering to the girl. She answered him in a loud voice: “I told you! I’m not that kind of girl.” She seemed agitated now. Finally sensing that I had misread the situation, I stepped between them. The man began hurrying down the sidewalk.
When the man left, the girl’s demeanor changed completely. She seemed shaken. Her eyes were tearing up. “He just offered me five hundred dollars to go out with him,” she said. “And then when I said ‘no,’ he offered me one thousand. Why does this always happen to me?”
“It happens a lot?” I asked.
“All the time,” she said. “I’m sorry I’m getting emotional. I just can’t go out of my house without this kind of thing happening. I have a son. I’m a mother. I would never degrade myself like that. I just don’t understand why this keeps happening.”
“Do you mind if I tell this story?” I asked.
“Please,” she said. “Tell it.”
Let’s hope this man, and all men, realize the emotional damage they are inflicting on the women they try to buy. In the meantime, feel free to SHARE.*
Dear Tumblr, fuck you for trying to erase this.
I’m saving this post because as many times as Tumblr tries to erase this woman’s story and act like anything about this was okay, that’s as many times as I’m reposting it. They can either cut me off or stop being assnuggets about this. whichEVER.
i will always reblog this. because if this woman were white, the mass-erasure of this image and story would not be happening. and that just speaks volumes to me. the bigotry that contributes to this woman’s constant harassment is the same bigotry that led to the erasure of this story in order to ‘protect’ this man. they are COMPLETELY connected. this is a vicious cycle that perpetuates anti-blackness and the degradation and silencing of black women and women of color as a whole.
oh look trubr0wn just deployed more truth bombs.
i am the truth bomb terrorist.
Hey this disappeared off my tumblr how strange
anyway, here it is again, supporting this lovely lady who has to put up with this crap just because she exists and goes outside, and to call shame on a society that would actually force her to put her arm around the creep who just upped his price after she told him that she wouldn’t whore for him
Here it is, calling attention to the FACT that the aggressor, the perpetrator of this outrage was the one protected, and the victim is just supposed to disappear
To that I say no
no
Open season on Black women is OVER.
I’m going to back up my Tumblr.
But I just want to see if Tumblr will ignore the e-mail I just wrote to them getting unwanted messages by users I’ve told to leave me alone and will send me another e-mail about “violating copyright,” if not try to delete my blog for reblogging this picture and story that needs to be seen and heard.
I’m not claiming ownership of anything, BTW. Picture, story behind the picture, and the erasure of the picture copyrighted2012 by humansofnewyork.tumblr.com . And reblogging this picture has an educational reason behind it — to show how black women are dehumanized, and then silenced if they ever speak out.
Tumblr deleted this post from everyone’s blog. Here it is again. And people have saved copies to their computers, including me. Story’s not going away. The internet is forever.
-Jess
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AWESOME 50 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY!
So it’s an established fact that I have way too many scalemates (see above).
Seriously.
(But not really)
So! I’ll be doing another giveaway! Also because I hit 50 followers, which is awesome.
RULES:
- You can like once
- You can reblog this once a day (how awesome is that)
- I can’t ship internationally, sorry, so only the US.
- Following me is not necessary, but nice and I will love you forever! :D (if you’re already following me I already love you forever)
- I’ll choose the winner through a random number generator!
- You have to have your ask box open and be willing to give me your address! Otherwise I can’t contact you.
This giveaway will end on MAY 15th!! That’s a whole MONTH! Wow! Also that’s after finals for me so I won’t have to worry about this during them.
The winner can choose between a scalemate (in whatever colors I have available/already made), a miniature scalemate, or a matriorb (which will be light purple because I don’t have grey/black fabric at the moment. But if it’s so important I can probably get it because school will be out for me. Or you can choose crazy colors and cosplay trickster Kanaya or something. Your choice!)
Anyways this message is getting to be too long already so have at it! Reblog away!
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Please stop calling your work manga, and yourself mangaka.
Before I explain why I’m asking for this favor, I should tell you a bit about myself. Growing up I had a friend who was into comics, stuff like THE PUNISHER, VENOM, SPAWN, really grim dark stuff. When he took me to my first comic book store I was about 12 years old, and I wanted to read about rad cartoony kids like me having adventures, running away from home and searching for treasures armed with firecrackers, yoyos, and baseball bats. All I could find in the 90’s were super muscled old dudes, guns, grimdark, and then there were archie and sonic comics. Sonic comics were action cartoony so I bought those but they didn’t really hold my interest (loved the cartoon though). Anyway I gave up on comics, I drew them but I was always inspired by videogames which had the heros I liked. I was drawn to Megaman, Goonies, Mario Bros which all either had kid heros or bright poppy colors and cool art in the instruction booklets. I stayed influenced by videogames until middleschool. I remember seeing a cartoon (anime) called Unico when I was a about 4-5? on a rental, it blew my mind so bad I was sort of convinced it was just a dream and it didn’t really exist, every other cartoon was nothing like that. But I remember watching Sailormoon and DBZ on TV about middleschool-highschool and it once again blew my mind that type of animation really did exist. From there I started buying over priced anime VHS from suncoast (mostly ranma 1/2), started reading manga, going to conventions, cosplaying and my art even started emulating my favorite anime/mangas from there. Later on I even got published under Tokyopop and THEY called my work manga ( I didn’t agree, but who was I going to argue with when they were paying me to draw comics? ). So by all accounts I understand the “But no manga is different!” feeling and that’s my biggest issue.
-It shouldn’t be different.
People see are the way the industries are run. The most powerful comic publishers in America flood the market with superheros written for males in their 30s-40s. Japan’s powerful comic publishers…well take Shueisha for example, publish comics for all genders all ages, while story lines move at much faster rates. These industries are important because they are the spots where lively hood from making comics is more possible, and because their distribution is more powerful they effect the general public’s perception of comics. In Japan comics are made for everyone so almost everyone reads comics, in America comics are seen as a culture and less of a medium for everyone. This makes the lures people like me with thoughts of going to Japan and being a mangaka, but that would not only be MORE difficult and also that wouldn’t help solves any of the problems we have in America. Instead of attempting to separate yourself from other comics artists, we should be working together to change the industry to our standards. With stuff like the internet, webcomics, kickstarter, apps, now more than ever it’s possible to change the world of comics into the world we want it to be. Personally I have no patience for people who superficially look down on others based on their art style, because they are annoyed by diversity which is the centerpiece of making comics a format that is acceptable to the general public. Everything you like from japan is accomplish-able in any other country and viceversa.
-People put too much importance on art style in a storytelling telling medium.
You can tell any story you like in any art style you like. Just to reiterate myself, manga isn’t a style, it’s not any more of a style than the words “movie” “newspaper” “tv show” “comic” Those perimeters are not specific enough to consider them styles, they are formats. Manga (comics from japan) do use symbolic features as part of the language there, but some do not. Some manga are drawn incredibly realistic (vagabond), some are cartoony and have more of those trademark symbols you recognize like big shiny eyes, or sweatdrops or whatever. If you use those symbols your only using superficial tools, these tools are useful in certain cases but they are hardly the heart of comics/manga which is STORYTELLING. So really the distinction most people see is superficial, what matters is the STORY.
-You don’t need that label of Manga / Mangaka and no one should be labeling you.
If you’re a comic artist and someone tried to tell you you don’t belong because of your art style? They are shallow and you shouldn’t waste your time with people like that. Don’t try to fit into what people want you to fit into, work to change things so what YOU prefer becomes the norm. Using the internet finding people who share your interests and will follow your work has been easier than ever. Yes you’ll go to publishers to show your portfolio, and even if you are skilled enough you will be snubbed based on your style. That is their short sighted mistake, in truth publishers don’t usually know what’s going to be good, they can only look at sales and say “oh if we put tits on the cover it sells more, so we should do that”. Punish them by being successful without them, make comics on your own, make a webcomic,and then if you’ve pulled followers on your own you’ll have more muscle to deal with publishers on your terms. If you are intent on working with a publisher keep searching until you can find a specific person from a publisher who will believe in you and support your work.
-Lastly although I hate to mention it, calling yourself a mangaka / manga artist unless you are from Japan makes people take you less seriously.
It shouldn’t really impact your decision to whether you do call yourself a mangaka / manga artist, but just know people are going to assume you are trying to be a special snowflake, that you’re not in the trenches with the rest of the comic artists, you’re above all that. But the fact is if you’re in America our comics industry and culture effects you, no matter how you try to separate yourself from the issue if you’re in a country and the people, economy, and culture all effect your success.
So worry less about your label and help change things so what you like doesn’t need to be distinguished from the rest of comics. Perhaps tell Deviant art to stop influencing youth to think otherwise through distinguishing galleries by “manga style” and “everything else”. Have them distinguish styles by Realistic, Cartoons, Isometric which are much better indicators of style. CHECK THE PYRAMID
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