Headcanons are LOSING their meanings

Let’s be honest, headcanons are losing their meanings.
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Part One/Blackwashing video: • Why does maeiixu REFUS...
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0:00 - Intro
0:12 - Race headcanons
20:03 - Disability headcanons
21:24 - Body type headcanons
22:47 - Shipping headcanons
24:06 - Religion headcanons
25:26 - Conclusion
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[@mipsthemouse]

| WARNING: 6:09 a comment alerted me that this person posted NSFW with no warning on their account | I also want to make it clear if the author themselves want to change the race of their character it's fine like Oda making Nojiko black in the live action of One Piece or JK liking the idea of a black Hermione, the reason why it's okay is because it's their work and if you're a writer and/or artist you'll relate to changing your character designs over time whether it's their hairstyle, skin colour, outfits, etc. Also I made a mistake sorry Gon has no canon race so pls imagine I used Killua as the example lol Also I've been getting comments telling me Darwin is black, and I don't rlly get why because I never said Darwin wasn't black, I know the ppl commenting mean well, but I feel like they all keep misinterpreting what I said, I mentioned Darwin, Garnet, and Simba as examples of BLACKCODING so that means drawing them as humans as a race other than black wouldn't be considered a headcanon, because they are canonically black, but I also said a disclaimer that some very few times blackcoding isn't intentional, for example, Starfire, but most times it is

[@CuppaLLX]

See I kinda go the other way, while I may do art of my characters and have hard rules for non human appearances, if their humans I only described clothes and any unusual traits, you can head cannon any race and it’s fine as long as those signature traits are maintained. Take Clair, exemplar of love, she is described as an air headed valley girl with parents who seem to live on a different plant with how out of touch with normal people they are. My ref art has her blonde and white. But you wanna make her Asian? Sure. Black, fine. But once you start changing her traits and style it’s no longer Clair

[@user-jd5dk7wp5j]

Yoruichi Shihōin is Indian🇮🇳 Yūshirō Sakimune Shihōin is Indian🇮🇳 Actual black characters in Bleach below. Kaname Tōsen is Black Zommari Rureaux is Black Franceska Mila Rose is Black Jackie Tristan is Black Jerome Guizbatt is Black NaNaNa Najahkoop is Black Lille Barro is Black “avoid the facts” is in the definition of head canon inherently is a delusion (e.g. something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated) Black washing is the same as White washing it is routed in racism due to the intent of suppressing a marginalized group (i.e. Japanese/Asian) in this case! You are a hypochondriac who is self-disgnosed “I have undiagnosed ADHD!”

[@Itrippeddownthestairs]

It’s okay to change my ocs skin color?

[@Itrippeddownthestairs]

Are you part Nigerian or smth?

[@mipsthemouse]

@@Itrippeddownthestairs Yh it's ur character

[@EggoBeggo__]

People when a Japanese show has Japanese characters: 😡

[@CH40T1C_TW1NKL3]

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[@Alex-up6on]

Yup. Gotta love the westerncentrism /s

[@Official_Neneko]

@@Alex-up6on r/F**kTheS

[@Cyber-Hexagon]

@@Alex-up6onNow with Disney going after anime, it will be soon ideology colonization. Because that’s what it is, colonization. They aren’t respecting the country’s culture.

[@Sea4eighteen]

​@@Alex-up6on only one day we can get a gory anime inspired by the Yugoslav war 😔

[@milkrxllz]

dont show this to the tiktok people, they will FLAME you 😭

[@I_am_Shori_Xx]

Or Twitter--

[@yipipayayiii]

Nah they are on drugs 😭😭

[@h3artach3_]

Flame? Hah they'll ignite you

[@Zar_exists]

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[@Luci_IsTired]

REAL

[@_Flower-Mouthz]

In my personal opinion JUST MY OPINION OKAY i feel like its really unnecessary to race swap characters every group of people deserves their own characters and not some race bend of a already existing character

[@Taaaaaaaaakkkiiiiissss]

It's kinda funny how people say "We need to respect another's ethnicity" *Race changes to an already existing character with their own race and says it's inclusion* I always hated both backwashing and whitewashing, it doesn't make sense to me. People will say that "blackwashing" doesn't exist. If it doesn't exist, why is it the contrary of whitewashing + if whitewashing never existed possibly blackwashing neither. I don't mind characters from another ethnicity in the media, but PLEASE, changing something from the character's race is basically racist despite you saying no. Racism is not only skin color, it's also religion, gender, sexuality....

[@_Flower-Mouthz]

​@@Taaaaaaaaakkkiiiiissss i agree with youre statement i believe every group of people no matter race gender religion etc etc deserves their own characters in media to represent them not taking a already existing character and changing them since in my opinion thats just lazy and yeah not the best type of representation and as said in the video....ITS NOT A HEADCANON It is a different story when you make a animal a human for example if i go ahead and make pinkie pie a pale girl you cant jump in and say that im wrong since this is how i invision the character as a human or if i make shadow from sonic a poc you can say that im wrong since that is how i invision the character

[@SillyLittlePookie]

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[@chimichangaVA]

​@@_Flower-MouthzExactlyyyy. Took the words right out of my mouth. I remember once commenting a similar thing below a tiktok short, that was of the person on it basically black-washing nezuko. Everybody IMMEDIATELY attacked me, saying how I'm "wrong", "stupid" and "need to shut up", etc.

[@_Flower-Mouthz]

@@chimichangaVA i am very sorry that happened to you some people really cant take other people opinions and will complain and attack that person

[@drowsy7921]

As an atheist, I hate how people see nonbelievers as inherently worse than religious people. To have people give canonically atheist characters a religion is insulting and would be the same as making a religious character an atheist. Atheism is just as impactful on a person's life as religion is.

[@Jarp5872]

Im not even an atheist and I completely agree with you … if they don’t believe anything than they don’t believe anything

[@Yuki_Official_777]

FRR, I'm an Ateist, and I have MUSLIM classmates and believe me, they are SO MUCH WORSE... (I also have muslim friends and they r the nicest xx) So get a grip, religion doesn't make a person nice or rude. GET. A. GRIP!!! (talking to ppl like that)

[@shark_girl]

EXACTLY!!! LIKE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO SHOVE THEIR RELIGION IN OUR FACES AND THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE TAKING AWAY THE THINGS WE ACTUALLY HAVE

[@Yuki_Official_777]

@@shark_girl YESYESYES LIKE NOO GIVE ME A REASON TO BELIEVE IN *YOUR GOD* THERE ARE SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM, I'M CONFUSED. DONT SHOVE RELIGIONS..

[@stacki1040]

yeah i feel like religion-swapping is just SO weird. like do people not realize just how much of an effect being an atheist or religious has on someone's like, entire life??? not to mention unless you're in a fandom for media set in like, a normal earth (no magic or weird sci-fi stuff or anything) there's no reason that the same religions would even exist! as long as the character has no confirmation/strong coding for being religious/atheist i think it's fine to give them whatever religious beliefs you actually think they could have though.

[@kirumaa]

About the religion headcannon: I vaguely remember seeing someone on tiktok making a headcannon of Pastry Cookie as a muslim. The thing is, Pastry Cookie is a nun. It's even explained in her story that she's a nun and a skin/costume of hers was named "Shadow Nun" or something similar. She's clearly supposed to be a catholic nun, and it irks me when someone made her a muslim.. and I'm saying this as a muslim myself😭

[@commercialairliner]

As a Catholic myself, her inspiration is pretty much a no-brainer. She's definitely based on a Catholic nun.

[@MLIU-ko7nn]

As a Muslim I say this is insanely DISRESPECTFUL towards Catholics >:(

[@shinyy_mineyy]

I agree though I don't think hijab by itself is bad bcuz while it's a part of Islam, it doesn't belong only to Islam as it literally means head cover.

[@MLIU-ko7nn]

@shinyy_mineyy i am fully aware of this however and with the content given it seems more like an attempt at religion swap then anything else

[@kirumaa]

@@shinyy_mineyy I agree! I also vaguely remember that the person who made said headcanon did it because of the veil Pastry Cookie wears. Which kind of feeds into the mindset of "head covers=for muslims only!"

[@emiliaserra1333]

The most annoying thing ever is that when black people disagree with this, theyre gonna call you slurs and say "oh youjust hate yourself" "you're just appealing to white people" Hun...i dont say things for the approval for yt people AT ALL, i say things because I have my own opinions. This is so prevalent in the tmnt fandom, so thank you for this video.

[@Biteof87-tz9qy]

INNIT it’s so annoying like they don’t have proof that leonardo is black bro😭😭😭😭

[@emiliaserra1333]

@Biteof87-tz9qy Yeah. Like I'm 100% okay with others making them black, but they literally fucking yell at anyone who draws them any other race. Like no, your headcanons aren't canon

[@kellinquinnfeetpics]

I agree but like did you just censor white 💀

[@emiliaserra1333]

@@kellinquinnfeetpics I didn't, "yt" is an abbreviation

[@Sireington]

I think raceswapping is fine to some extent, but this bs where you just change a race for "inclusion" is really stupid. I remember this one person that made a short where they bragged about blackwashing deku and it became quickly apparent that they only were doing this for the clout from the hate views/comments.

[@whoevencares123]

I don't mind headcanons MOST of the time. I get annoyed when people are upset that their headcanons don't become the canon itself or say that they're better. Oh, and also, even as a non-autistic person, it annoys me when people headcanon every cheerful or happy character as autistic. It's not about the fact that they're autistic, but more about the fact that people LOVE infantilizing autistic people for no reason and treat them like babies. Edit: I'd also apply it to people headcanoning every serious, sad, or gloomy character as aroace. Like, I'm sorry, but as aro person myself, we can be optimistic and outgoing, we are not depressed or broken because we don't feel romantic/sexual attraction, we are happy the way we are.

[@stacki1040]

and the headcanoner has to change everything abt the character too 'cause they don't know shit about autism. if you gotta character who's bubbly and you decide that's autism but then "bubbly" is the ONLY trait you keep of the original character maybe you are wrong about them being autistic (or at least to what you think that means)

[@robynngo411]

YES OMG. I have autism and every time I see someone display a character with Autism by making them childish, bubbly, and overall not mature I die a little on the inside. And we don’t even get THAT much representation. Like, with the little amount of autistic characters there are, can we AT LEAST not make them behave like 6-year olds?

[@SukunaRyomen-xh6ss]

Head cannons are so bad like the MHa ones

[@chuuyashonappl]

REAL BRO ESPECIALLY EMU OTORI!!!! im on the autism spectrum (also have adhd) and lord i hate it sm when people do that.

[@x-x_project_sekai]

Isn't Nene Kusanagi canonically autistic? I've heard people say she is,but I'm not sure.​@@chuuyashonappl

[@akki-san4987]

The discourse with race headcanons can be actually ridiculous sometimes, like with the MLP characters. Like THEY ARE HORSES STOP ARGUING OVER SOMEONE NOT HEADCANONING PINKIE AS BLACK.

[@skootergirl22]

And hay don't forget every mlp character is gay

[@-cat_in_space-]

**PINK AND PURPLE HORSES THAT DO NOT EXIST fr tho, like

[@Animepolls]

OH MY GOD FACTS! Like “pinkie is black coded!” She’s a fucking horse! And in her human form what color is she? PINK!

[@KindleTheSkywing]

It's always crazy when people get upset over people not having the same headcanons as them like IT'S A HEADCANON FOR A REASON.

[@cherisilk]

they are PONIES >:(

[@hope.s_dreams]

Literally saw a person calling a Luna (mlp) figurine whitewashing… it was a Japanese anime figurine. The pony is originally blue. Then got attacked when I pointed out she was originally blue… like bro

[@ly_sho]

Tbh I do think it would look better pallet color wise for her skin to be darker and Celestia's to be white or pale, it just looks fitting 😭

[@hope.s_dreams]

@@ly_sho and that’s fine. But doing otherwise isn’t racist. Tbh I think giving Celestia darker skin would make the most sense since raises the sun and such.

[@ly_sho]

@@hope.s_dreams where did I say it's racist 😭

[@hope.s_dreams]

@@ly_sho sorry that came out wrong. I didn’t mean you said it was racist, I was just making it clear to anyone who might read this later that I’m not against the head-cannon that Celestia’s black. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[@ly_sho]

@@hope.s_dreams no that's fine! I have to say tho when ppl humanize the ponies they generally go for the gray scale of them and turn it to orange color wheel, which is the closest thing to the original ( and also because Twilight was actually intended to have dark skin in Equestria Girls in it's original design but that idea was scrapped, lol )

[@inserthahafunniusername9656]

What the fuck happened to headcanons being shit like "i like to think this character is obsessed with space and this other characters likes making video essays"? Why are headcanons always just changing their race, body type, pronouns, and determining their gender identity and sexuality? Its lowkey really boring seeing people spew out the same categories of headcanons and barely much else

[@tash4995]

REALLL!!!! can't they just live and exist as who they are without having to fit into 10 different labels😭why should any of those things effect their actual character and the plot of the show

[@SPRX77]

OMG SOMEONE GETS IT, it’s like people are so confused on the same dumb HCs WHERES THE “OMG I HC THEM AS A COMPUTER GEEK” or “OMG THEY BE INTO ROCK MUSIC” or “THEY WOULD LOOK GOOD WITH THIS TYPE OF FASHION” like where did all the creativity go????

[@illdevouryoursoulwithasmil6478]

Everybody is trans now. I have nothing against trans people btw but whenever there's a "headcanon " there's a 70% chance that they'd been transfied. Plus the Yamato situation.

[@inserthahafunniusername9656]

@@SPRX77 exactly! It frustrates me to no end and I think you worded it perfectly holy shit

[@stapoldy_propaganda_account]

i totally agree with this!! like, making silly little "this character uses lots of emojis!" or "this character listens to vocaloid!" headcanons are my absolute favorite!! ...but unfortunately i feel like i'm being a hypocrite when i say that i dislike canon-info-swap headcanons because, well, there's this one character who's canonically a boy that i make into a girl in my aus...but that's just because I'M a girl and i kin them so i'd rather not refer to someone who i see as myself with masculine terms. but also it's not exactly a headcanon, i know and accept the fact that they canonically will never be a girl. it just makes me comfortable to call the silly little five cent coin by she/her pronouns...

[@KaimationOffical]

You should talk abt how ppl fight over race headcannons too. Like especially in MLP they been doing that for yearsss with Pinkie Pie. And if someone dares to say if she's another race other then black ppl go bananas. I can already see why they kept their unnatural colors in equestria girls. And they only say pinkie pie is black cuz of her hair being curly which is really dumb cuz Hispanics and Gingers can have curly hair 😐.

[@chaus1ku]

Exactlyy

[@Scarlettt343]

EXACTLY Saw some people “correcting” art because Pinkie wasn’t black and Im like??? She’s a horse??

[@mop4yy]

@@Scarlettt343 SHES A PONY.

[@mop4yy]

@@Scarlettt343 YOU FAKE MLP FAN edit: im sorry for the confusion i wanted to joke around and say “ITS PONY NOT HORSE” im sorry yt deleted my comment 💔

[@chiletoo8741]

@@mop4yy huh- how are they a "fake mlp fan" they didn't even claim they were a fan in the first place plus they didn't even say anything incorrect about the show

[@feijaocomarroz2846]

out of all languages, you decided to speak facts

[@Cr3Ek_l0v3R]

"Its a headcanon dont bully me :(((" The headcannon: literally just changing the character's whole culture or personality from how it really is.

[@aelitastone5629]

And it's still a headcanon. Why we care? You can make a good and gentle character a psycko and what? It's not a real person. I don't give any attention honestly for a thing that doesn't exist. There is more important honestly and for real people.

[@JustAnotherEmoNerd]

​@@aelitastone5629 then it's not headcannon, chungus. Headcannon is supposed to be an addition to the cannon, not existing against it.

[@aelitastone5629]

@@JustAnotherEmoNerd There is literally no law about headcanon because that just the imagination of the person. So you can change everything you want we DOESN'T CARE. Headcanon is the canon in the head of the people. So yes it is even if it's a prolongation or a big change. And more nobody should come and care that much for that. That pretty creepy sorry to trying that much to control what other should think or change about a story like some want to do and trying to forcing at change only what THEY want them.

[@beyondalpha9139]

As a black guy I think it's seriously ridiculous how far this has gotten. What's the need of inserting a race, religion, sexuality, gender, or flag onto a FICTIONAL character that was never intended to be associated with said concept by the creator in the first place? The craziest part of this imo is people vehemently arguing over what race said (insert fictional colored animal) is. I just think it's people trying to impose their real-world characteristics such as race or sexuality onto a fictional character (getting mad at people who dont agree with them in the process) and it honestly baffles me why people do this in the first place.

[@jonal5126]

Why not trying to make an OC based on what they like instead of changing a character? Making Ocs is fun!!!

[@anapple6912]

@@jonal5126 maybe because they lack the creativity to make one. sometimes rage bait. or they are so madly in love with the characters, they want to make them more relatable to themselves. no idea it just pisses me off

[@blehh_mae]

honestly i feel like when that sorta stuff is unspecified by the creators, and as long as the artist isnt trying to push some sorta belief Or trying to be rude Or generally be weird Or act as if it is or should be canon, it doesnt really matter Too much, its just a personal design choice at that point like, first example i thought of is i dont think people drawing a character from homestuck (homestuck jumpscare in 2024) as one race or another is trying to push some sort of belief, and i dont think it matters too much if its adding small realworld features to fictional characters because what does that really impact or change, and all characters have atleast some realworld features anyway its sorta guaranteed

[@A_Krix]

The intent was to have fun with it. Now people are having difficulty differentiating canon from headcanons and that's what makes the communities so hateful towards each other. But you can't expect them to stop making those headcanons and projecting themselves into the characters. Fandoms do fandom things. They are practically harmless in of itself, I just think it's important that people are aware that these things may not even happen and accept it.

[@RichielaurensIII]

@@blehh_mae I feel the same way. Unless explicitly stated or implied HEAVILY, I think anything is fair game. And by implied heavily, I shall give an example. Demon slayer: everyone in the show is wearing Japanese clothing, plus they literally have oiran, Japanese prostitutes who were highly valued. I think it’s safe to say those characters are Japanese. Other anime that doesn’t have the traditional Japanese aspects or characters that have non Japanese names could probably be headcanoned as a certain ethnicity. Like attack on titan or one piece.

[@uko.z]

I once got muted from a discord server cuz I told someone that it isn't okay to change someone's race.

[@Eliz-zu3bd]

I got called white trash once for saying the same thing 😂😂

[@MVW_action]

Better for you at least you don't will have more contact with them

[@toomuchrot]

Bro it’s a fictional fucking character you’ll get over it

[@lynnxxvsr]

And they'll get over his reply too.

[@noone-mv4wk]

​@@toomuchrot they can't even get over his reply :))

[@lemoncardboard3530]

I'm honestly terrified to speak my own opinion about race swapping, LGBT headcanons, or changing body weights. I want to have opinions and communicate them but as a non-POC I would get harassed. Despite being pansexual myself I would get called homo/transphobic. It is insane how sensitive we as a society have become to opinions that people are scared of having them.

[@celestial_fox_2217]

Exactly

[@ooriginalkawaipotato3840]

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[@Greenbeeeans]

Honestly i really dislike it how some people’s attempt of being “more inclusive” in fandom spaces or just media in general sometimes ends up being the exact content they claimed to hate like i can't stress this enough how many times a light skinned non-white/mixed raced characters are called "white". I think Marinette from miraculous ladybug would be a good example in my eyes as in many people often complain that she isn't "asian/chinese enough". Like what do you mean not "asian" enough?? Do you want her to have chinese music everytime she walks on screen? Very odd that the people who claim to "want more diversity" in shows end up being racist themselves.

[@RockoSalmon]

As someone who's wasian, I hate this more than you do. 😭

[@StarlightzStuff]

not asian enough is wild. though i would probably get that if i lived in america cause im desi asian. meaning im not chinese/japanese/korean which sum people think asian is lol

[@mimi-milkymulti_fandoms6735]

I 100% agree with this comment, mixed people exist, and who ever is trying to say otherwise isn't ready for this world

[@holyhot-chocolate]

On a note related to autism headcanons, there’s so many times where I’ve seen characters who simply just don’t know how to interact with people and then they’re labeled as autistic. Most of the time, these are characters who have been isolated for all of their lives, and struggle simply because they haven’t had the chance to actually communicate with others. I just.. think it’s odd that other people take something that is so important to a character’s story and how they act, and then make it way less of a big deal by saying it’s just autism-coded. It’s so very clearly trauma, an isolated person isn’t gonna figure out social boundaries in a split second. I could take a character who’s been forced to live in a basement all their life, barely talking to people, put them out in a sociable setting.. and then automatically they’re autistic? The character is just trying to figure things out… I just don’t get it??

[@SwankemasterSupreme]

People who say “all autistic people are queer” should not be given a platform.

[@stacki1040]

or when it's someone who intentionally acts like an asshole/socially awkward or weird. like, dude i don't do this on fucking purpose?? rude!

[@Ich-Existiere-Nicht]

THIS!!! In order for a character to be autistic the symptoms shouldn't be understandable after finding out their backstory. If a symptom can be explained through trauma it's obviously not an autism symptom.

[@peachesandcream22]

"ahem ahem" Mobei-jun from SVSSS "ahem ahem"

[@Cenamosity]

The fact that’s what people do to sunny from omori and he fits your exact description

[@hiii-i]

Yh, when it comes to disability headcannons, as a disabled person I like them when they make sense. Like u said, bakugo getting hearing loss makes sense, cuz he fires explosions. However, I don't like how ppl headcannon characters just based on like 1 or 2 stereotypes. It's rlly annoying, and comes across like those "if u have any of these 5 things you're x" and then it just lists preferences or broad things. Great video, I learned some things ^^

[@coriumfigs]

Mha headcanons that I get: Bakugo has hearing loss from the explosions Izuku has nerve damage Here I'll make one up: aizawa uses glasses sometimes I think these make sense based on the characters actions and story. BUT MAN I HATE WHEN PEOPLE HEADCANON CHARACTERS BASED ON STEREOTYPES 💀😭

[@hiii-i]

@@coriumfigs ​Those are so cute tf ToT

[@metagross6897]

​@@coriumfigsthe aizawa using glasses could be a great use of drawback of his eyes, Like he has to focus so much on his eyes that he could lose sight just because of forcing his eyes too much, so yeah I support that headcanon

[@penntopaper9305]

same this is how i feel about autism headcanons as an autistic person. i really like the ones that make sense and are defensible but if they arent i just dont get it. a lot of those ones that arent rly defensible are also based on stereotypes

[@hiii-i]

@@penntopaper9305 omgg I'm autistic too, literally same ^^

[@MASCFLUTTERSHY]

Especially because the race of a character is a part of who they are as a character, imagine blackwashing a real person

[@omegasynth2775]

They did it with the Cleopatra documentary. It didn't go well.

[@smal5504]

im so sorry for the unrelated comment but KIKUO PFP KIKUO PFP I LOVE KIKUO!!!!!!!!! KIKUO IS MY FAVORITE EVER!!!!!!!!! RASDBJSXHSHSSBXHBXGSBDHHS i would like to apologize for my previous actions

[@MASCFLUTTERSHY]

@@smal5504 YAYAY I LOVE KIKUO TOO

[@SwankemasterSupreme]

Queen Victoria.

[@Frootsmoothies]

This Is Unrelated But… *KIKUOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

[@yuzisanx]

Im chinese and i saw someone change the skin color of a chinese genshin character(Yun Jin) and i asked why did the person do that, and that person replied "Shes still chinese, shes just mixed, stay mad" It's like my own ethnicity is just a side quest and changing her skin color and features are more important

[@Eliz-zu3bd]

I hate when they say a charecter is mixed. Like no they aren't

[@eiri1332]

Also the fact that Yun Jin is a representation of a dying art form. Being Chinese is extremely significant to her symbolism She's meant to be an icon of Chinese heritage.....and if you change that ....that's all gone

[@rei.6874]

Doing that to Yunjin is insane, my girl represents more than her skin color 😔

[@sassyjiiva1153]

Sadly, this behavior isn't uncommon in the Genshin fandom (Not hating on the game btw, I play it myself and am quite fond of some of the characters)

[@lucid_3938]

As someone with autism i can say it greatly annoys me when people heacdcanon characters as a certain mental disability or illness because their canon traits for other disabilities or illnesses can also be symptoms of that. Well i guess it's less headcanons i dislike but when people say a character is "coded" when theyre coded for an entirely different thing. For example ive seen many people say Lucifer from hazbin hotel IS autistic (even going as far to lie about it being confirmed or canon) while using his symptoms of depression as "proof" it is true many traits are shared between them but depression traits are extremely misrepresented and are often only shown as the "sad" symptoms when depression isn't just being sad. Saying these traits that are incredibly misunderstood for a disorder are actually symptoms of a more widely understood (though extremely misunderstood still) disability. You're practically erasing his accurate depression representation by excusing those symptoms with something else. It's also just weird to headcanon the guy that was cast out for his crazy ideas as autistic, like autistic people while sometimes have misunderstood ideas because of how they express these goals never just have "crazy ideas" for things like all of creation. We can also i guess be more creative but the fact he eas thrown out for litterally creating evil just makes it so weird to headcanon him as a very demonised disability. Im going to talk about something a little more nsfw so be warned going forwards. Another popular hc i see is people making a s3xual dynamic with him and his wife where he acts like a child or baby (which is especially bad since the character is short and s3xualising short men like that is so weird because why do they always have to be the more "submissive" one?) And it being pared with a disability that is often babied is crazy. Another example of this is people having the headcanon Sero from mha is Hispanic but then also having the hc he smokes weed or even sells it. Those two are definitely connected and fine on their own but put together and you have a disgusting harmful stereotype.

[@aetheriansunrise5433]

I can agree with you to some extent but I do feel like I have to add that conditions can be comorbid, so disorders and thus disorder headcanons don't need to be mutually exclusive. I wouldn't care if someone hc someone who's meant to be canonly depressed as also autistic because that's something that can and very often does happen. It would be if they claim that "No he's not depressed those are actually all autism traits" that's when I'd start getting frustrated.

[@FantasyTheSloth]

Reasonable

[@skootergirl22]

Oh some characters acts differently to other characters? Then they must be neurodivent

[@lucid_3938]

@@aetheriansunrise5433 I agree with this when the people saying these headcanons know this but alot of the time they don't even know this themselves and it just seems really really iffy to me at that point

[@coolguyscrytoo]

Wait, when they say "sad" symptoms, are they talking about the feeling of being sad or do they mean the acronym "SAD"? I have SAD(Seasonal Affective Disorder). It's almost the same as Depression but I get it seasonally, usually starting in the fall and ending in late spring. Just mentioning that in case, because that's a common thing that gets confused. But yeah it is weird, I grew up on characters that were just one-dimensional, Flanderised or had tropes, so if a character was really dumb(like those incompetent henchmen characters) we would just be like "oh that character is really silly and stupid" but nowadays people label them as having a disorder, disability or something else.(This is just one example of one type of character, the list goes on forever) I know plenty of people who are legit really stupid, and they have no diagnoses, mental illness,disabilities, or anything of the sort. You can have a dumb character simply for the sake of being dumb. My teacher used to work at a school for children with learning disabilities and she said so many of the kids struggled so hard to function normally and learn, she would never call any of them stupid. When she started working with regular high school kids, she said a lot of them didn't want to work or learn and were too lazy and spoiled, she said "Those ones are the real idiots. They have everything they need to learn and succeed in their education, but they don't want to."

[@tondoma]

Ironically this whole black editing stuff just makes it harder to find actual black anime/cartoon characters so makes it harder to find actual representation. I realized it when I was searching for pfps on Pinterest and while scrolling only saw black edits when I wanted an ACTUAL black character for my pfp.

[@Sillybeef]

This is real. When I search poc art on pinterest all I see are black edits and because I'm not that aware of many manga/anime characters I end up thinking one of them is actually black. Finding normal poc art is always a gift for me especially if the person has a pretty art style.

[@kusawwwwww]

Check out Soul Eater, it's got a bunch of black characters, who were obviously designed to be black, with sick designs to boot

[@ree57brzi]

The hijabi “head canons” are mostly just for aesthetic or even memes they don’t actually think nezuko for example is a hijabi, or at least that’s what i’m aware of, heck idek if the ppl doing these hcs are muslims or not. as a hijabi i rlly hope ppl don’t head canon characters that are CLEARLY non muslims as hijabis. But rest assured most ppl just do these edits for fun and memes. other than that I completely agree with you in so many levels, It reminds me when I saw people attack someone bcz they didn’t draw knuckles as black smh wth is wrong with everyone 🫠 Edit: Muslim headcanons in general are mostly memes, so they’re not even headcanons, just memes. Ppl saying “alhamdulillah” is also a joke, they’re not being serious, they don’t think these characters have “seen the light” or whatever Edit 2: even if Knuckles was indeed black-coded, that doesn’t excuse all the toxicity regrading a fictional red echidna’s race, so please be nice when correcting ppl!

[@Roguemeowmeow]

Knuckles is black coded, literally a lot of his design elements people have said are very specific, as well as the recent stuff? His quills literally look like dreads?😭

[@dzaster7008]

@@Roguemeowmeow He is literally a Red edchina, and I you REALLY are gonna give a fuck about that, why not, idk, the fucking MEso American NAtive inspirations??? Because, yeah, those people where brown, not black, yet not once do you guys think of REALLY representing the only canon race he is supposed to be (bc im pretty sure if the island went to the sky that long ago, the only race up there before Knux became the last would have been the Meso Americans)

[@LuneIita]

@@Roguemeowmeow Twitter user spotted IQ absent

[@qwerty.007]

Yeah. I feel like the hijab is just becoming more of a fashion statement than what it actually means. 😕

[@Roguemeowmeow]

@@dzaster7008 And Drawin from amazing world of gumball a fish. Your point?? Literally racial coding has existed, if your only argument on Knuckles not being black coded is literally because he isn't human than I don't know what to tell you. Also there's multiple instances where he has black coded stuff, like for example the va, accent and such. It specifically is black coding for Knuckles specifically. But honestly some of you barely are open to this convo so I'm going to save my time and leave it here 🗣

[@sakurahirawa]

The crazy thing is that, you can headcanon a character as mixed race/a different race. But you don’t need to completely change their skin color for that. Not all mixed race kids are a perfect blend of both skin tones. If I’m going to headcanon a race, I’m not going to completely erase the canon design and set up either. That just feels disrespectful.

[@Fart_station69]

Real

[@glitch8505]

I’m a quarter Thai but I am EXTREMELY white passing. And I really hate the idea that people need to look a certain amount of whatever race in order to be considered mixed😭

[@mysryuza]

As someone who is half-black, I hate how people assume half-black people would be light tan with curly hair like it’s frickin paint. It’s invalidating and, in a way, erases lighter skinned biracial people’s identity

[@jazzywithzs]

exactly, drew (from tmf) is character that has no canon race, but yet he is tanner than most of the cast. i decided to headcanon him as columbian, because idk it tickled my brain just right. that doesnt need a skintone change (yet when i draw him i make him slightly darker bc his origional skintone is so saturated it looks orange and i dont like the way it looks in my style) more personally, i am polish. so yeah, my skintone is white, so people automatically assume they can say downright harmful things around me because i dont look like a racial minority.

[@sol1vi]

fr! i have some stereotypical indian features but i’m much lighter than what people picture, so i get confused as mexican

[@spectre9340]

I found out from my younger sister that people are saying that Deku from MHA is Jamaican and I'm just over here like "???? He's Japanese?? Wtf" And I remember people starting fights on Twitter when _Encanto_ came out cos people kept insisting their headcanons were canon (e.g. Isabella being a lesbian just cos she didn't wanna marry a man she didn't love, Mirabel being bisexual or neudivergent, Camillo being genderfluid cos of his powers, Bruno being gay just cos he was ostracized, etc.) (Side note: We now have a confirmed human skin version of Mina from MHA so that's pretty cool)

[@MarshyMell]

Yeah..that was weird.

[@BlackCherryLimonade]

There's one where some people head cannon Luisa as Trans-Masc because she was huge and had muscles (pretty sure there was more but that was pretty much it)

[@dizco7934]

There's a confirmed skin tone for Mina?

[@MarshyMell]

@@dizco7934 yup! I’m pretty sure she is light-toned

[@MarshyMell]

@@BlackCherryLimonade Wowwieee. I don’t mind ppl hcing isabella lesbian/sapphic, camilo genderfluid, or luisa transmasc. Like, you do ya thing, if you think s character is queer coded, sure! But that reason…oof..I think that hc is RUINING representation instead, bc it implies that women cant be muscular too.

[@Sycamore_Wcue]

What I absolutely hated the most, was someone drew tanjiro and nezuko black, and absolutely attacked people who spoke up about it.

[@Sycamore_Wcue]

Not to mention, nezuko was renamed to (n word)ko

[@toxic_sushi_roll]

​@@Sycamore_WcueHELP QHAT

[@LuffyWantsMeat01]

@@Sycamore_Wcuedefinitely white as shit for sure

[@Cookie.mp4]

​@@Sycamore_Wcue that's just straight up racist I don't think it was just a hc or a harmless redesign

[@Nana-cj9dv]

As an Asian, I hate when ppl use “there isn’t much black representation” like??? YES THERE IS THERE’S SM BLACK REPRESENTATION just in general, and even in Asian media too where there’s little black population living ya’ll r still represented, and I HATEEE when their like “it’s for more diversity/ poc” bro, how dare you blackwash a poc with another poc and call it more diverse, their equally diverse 💀 and the thing is they would preach about diversity meanwhile NOT represent special groups, groups with disabilities, groups with mental disorders (not in a edgy or cute way), if their so passionate about spreading diversity then actually spread diversity but no, it’s just another excuse to blackwash and race swap

[@sweetwillyrollbar]

they sure as hell have more rep than us hispanic people lol which i think is kinda funny since from what ive seen theres a small community in japan of japanese people who love cholo culture (not tryna be rude im a tejano myself), all im sayin is ive never seen a mexican anime character other than chad from bleach, hes still cool as hell tho and i like his design alot (ive never watched bleach personally)

[@C_And_P]

I am confused why you as an Asian spoke in such a manner about Black people's sentiments when Asian characters in Anime have many White characters for quite some time and a good amount of these Anime characters are canonically White yet it's a problem for Black people to want Black characters in Anime as well and not just the White coded or canonically White characters? Had you spoken about this pressing double standards in Anime then I would understand bringing Black people into it. The author Kishimoto famous for Naruto for example has stated Naruto is blond and blue eyed to appeal to Whites aka "Westerners". Other Japanese authors have stated the same sentiments. It isn't rocket science to figure out which characters are clearly meant to embody the stereotypical White phenotype yet this generation likes to act obtuse going "but but X people can have", "but but they were never said to be White". One learns context clues in education. Nonetheless, this is Black individuals issue in Anime. It is also problematic to think that simply because it's less in the population that they shouldn't have representation. White people once thought this as well in the past. Let us not repeat history and instead understand why things happen the way they do as a reaction to an action and so on. I feel this is just as harmful as people erasing Alastor's asexuality and downright being bigot about it (feel free to watch Ayy Lmao's video on Alastor being AroAce with evidence from those who work in Hazbin and Viv herself) or people forcing blackwashing on others and saying it's factually a better version of said characters.

[@C_And_P]

​@@sweetwillyrollbarI am uncertain of the country you are in but in the USA, Hispanic and Latino are not a race but an ethnicity. Any race can be Hispanic or Latino as long as they met the conditions. For example, a White person from Mexico (Hispanic) or a Black person from Brazil (Latinx) whether themselves or their family.

[@sweetwillyrollbar]

@@C_And_P ah yes i do know that, i live in the us and i am talking about just the presence of hispanic/latino characters of any color it would be nice to see more, i am a white mexican myself (my keyboards autocorrect is majorly fucked up for some reason) sorry if it came off in any other way :)

[@Sun_S3t_22_Official]

​@@C_And_P I get your point and I fully understand it, but the percentage of Black population in Japan is an explanation of why there isn't that much representation. If you grow up surrounded by people from all races without racism or discrimination, you might do way more representation than someone who got raised on a place where there isn't so much diversity. It's how the human mind works, and it's difficult to change your point of view just because somebody tells you to do so. Also, white people discriminated and enslaved Black people, so I don't think it's the same at all.

[@ZosiaBlob]

That "shut the fluff up" scared me so much.. I nearly forgot about Our Drawings and this reminded me of it😔

[@This-is-a-commentt]

“Shut the fluff up! There is nobody else on this planet who can defeat me! You made a big mistake!”

[@puppydogs68]

I’m sorry but as a Muslim the hijabi Nezuko had me LOSING it; that is NOT a headcanon lmfao 😭😭💀💀

[@Red-qz5ry]

Fun fact, there's poc/cannon/implied character in 3 anime by same author. Blood Blockade battlefront has a cannon poc guy name Zepp. Gun grave has cannon Blaisan character name Sherry MacDowell-Walken. Trigun has implied poc character name Nicholas D Wolfwood. And yet almost NONE are very mention by people.

[@skootergirl22]

I know a white person called Tyrone and that's normally a black person's name

[@Red-qz5ry]

@@skootergirl22 bruuh but also I suggest checking all those anime out, they are good.

[@Red-qz5ry]

Hey mini thing but some people asked chibiservin on Instagram. (a black person who does blackwash wash character for their anime merch story.) if they plan to make merch of CANNON Blaisan characters and they said they never watched it so no, all of you can now stop acting like blackwashing existing characters helps diversity but ignore cannon once.

[@MewGirlZ]

Can I ask where POC Wolfwood comes from? It's not the manga, because Nightow takes a lot of creative liberties with how he renders skin tone from scene to scene, and the animes can be just as varied depending on the screenshots you find. I think it's possible he could be a person of color who has lighter skin (and therefore his tone changes more drastically depending on the lighting of a scene), but a lot of people just seem REALLY EAGER to "claim" him. Are there any better examples of how he's implied to be POC? (A genuine question as a fan of Trigun and Wolfwood as a character.)

[@Red-qz5ry]

@@MewGirlZ I said it was *implied* :> , many people assume it due to both his nose, way he talks and how in a lot of older art + older anime he was only one drawn with darker skin, that's why I didn't said it was cannon, hope it helps. Also, you don't have to agree with this and that cool, just most people isnaw agreed that everything about him at least implied that his poc or light skin Latino at best.

[@rex_roar4459]

I actually made my own mha OC that is Asian, but has a darker skin tone! I don’t want to draw or actually draw the MHA character as darker skin tones unless they are darker, some people just making characters black when they are already poc is soooo weird to me, always has. It’s even weirder when people know that anime characters are Asian and do it anyway.

[@someoneovertheinternet4417]

Same! Currently I'm also making my own mha character who in my case is Mexican-Japanese (I'm Mexican but I added the Japanese part for her story) and I have a similar view to yours, why instead of seeking artificial representation, basically the scraps when we can have our own characters that can actually represent us?

[@thatoneguy52884]

As someone who is Caucasian and was planning on deleting tiktok anyways, I decided to finally give my opinion on how blackwashing was just racist and basically theft when it was just drawn over a character. I immediately was told to kill myself when I said my thoughts on it and how it was just racist and was rude towards the character's creator. They didn't even glance at my problems at it. They just wanted to be mad at someone. Thank you for making this video and saying something that I agree with all the points on so people will actually listen to this topic.

[@aliteralblueberry7837]

They be the same ones to say “black voices matter” yet the moment a black person has a different opinion they belittle said black person about it.

[@iloovehearts4041]

I’m sorry but as a white person you don’t have a say in the matter of whether or not “Blackwashing” a character is racist or not. like at all. not to say that uou being told to kill yourself was justified. when black people create drawings where characters actually look like them, sound like them, behave like them, it is in a realm of solidarity and relatibility. It is hard to find characters that look like us in media - especially anime and manga (if there are any they are heavily whitewashed as the show goes on). You cannot say that black people making headcanons on characters to feel more represented in media they enjoy is racist or disrespectful to the creators of the content when we weren’t included in said content anyways. Hope this helps!

[@felixsfriendthatgavehimthe2108]

I’m glad someone is talking about this with the clarification that black coded isn’t the same as racially ambiguous. Black coded characters are usually very explicit. The writers will implement something that is often considered apart of black culture (certain clothing styles, black vernacular English, etc etc).

[@Scruffy-qi3ik]

even than with the coding thing, it can be pretty questionable and can be dangerously close to be basically stereotyping again, especially when you consider that culture is tied to surroundings and beliefs, not directly to your ethnicity as separate races can be taking part in that same culture for one reason or the other. it does have the obvious majority taking part of it, but i do feel like coding sometimes leads to more questionable issues then fixing them. like when people claim that knuckles is black coded and just mention his personality, which is a brash idiot that acts before he thinks, which is already a poorly associated stereotype.

[@felixsfriendthatgavehimthe2108]

@@Scruffy-qi3ik that is true. There is always criticism to be had on what stereotypes are and aren’t good when coding a character. I’m not black but I’m Mexican, and I’ve personally never minded stereotyping, as we Mexicans do it to ourselves all the time. But it’s very sore subject in black American history, and should be handled with a lot of care.

[@felixsfriendthatgavehimthe2108]

@@Scruffy-qi3ik also I cannot speak for all Mexicans. Just adding that lol

[@Yurki9472]

The thing I hate the most is when people say things like "if you don't see x character as black you have a problem" or "this is practically canon" The first one is obvious. Calling someone weird or straight it racist for not seeing a character as black (like Pinkie Pie from Mlp) is just so wrong. I've seen people genuinely say that they don't trust people who raw Pinkie as any race other than black. And for the second one it's something that personally annoys me SO MUCH. It's mostly used for shipping, but it can also be for pronouns, gender identities, disabilities or sexual orientations. Again with the Mlp example, I saw so many people say "Flutterdash is practically canon" or "I loved when Appledash was confirmed to be canon". First off, it can make people who are watching the show or jave never watch it to actually believe it was confirmed, when it never was, and when you correct these people they scream at you "It's just a ship of fictional characters CALM DOWN". Like, excuse me but YOU calm down, all i'm doing is say that you shouldn't be claiming something as canon nor call people who don't agree weirdos. I hate so much when people say "It may be just a me thing but people who make x character straight/cis/white make me uncomfortable". It's just so irritating I swear...People get so defensive. I hate Twitter

[@dontonei29]

I am so glad that I wasn't alone when it comes with "OMG THEY'RE CANON1!!1!1" Like oh my god??? Is being best friend even exist on their mind???

[@InfinitySevens]

I see the second one tied more to when a character might be coded in a particular way and there's strong reason to come to such a conclusion, even if that sort of "heavily implied" and 'explicit canon" are not necessarily the same thing. At the same time, it might be worth taking a step back and realize not everyone cares.

[@Yurki9472]

@@InfinitySevens The last thing is the reason I started my second point with "personally". I know most don't care but I will because, for me, it's very annoying. I didn't quite understood the forst thing you said so i'm not answering to that (atm)

[@A_Krix]

"(Fictional ship) is practically canon," are mostly jokes and I think most of them don't actually think that but I can see why some new fans would be misinformed.

[@Yurki9472]

@@A_Krix then it must be because i'm autistic. It's really hard for me to see when it's a joke or not

[@_Samwich_]

You don't have to like people's OPINIONS, and that's OKAY. You don't have to like people's HEADCANONS (interpretations) and that's OKAY. But it goes too far when you race swap characters for an unnecessary reason.

[@apall570]

Exactly

[@xxkankala1671]

yea like turning black charater white which is crazy

[@j.k9316]

​@@xxkankala1671and vice versa too

[@Scarlet.Octopi]

8:25 exactly! I’ve seen many black people with these features so saying their just so “stereotypical” is weird because their basing it off of black people who do tend to have those features

[@skootergirl22]

At least they' don't have those red lips

[@lavender4658]

That's what I was thinking too. Like when she mentioned the lighter palms I looked at my own lighter palm in confusion like "that's not even stereotypical that's literally just true!?" Same goes for everything else she mentioned in her vid (except for those damn lips lol). But yea. It's definitely not stereotypical to draw Black characters with true to life Black features.

[@chocobear4078]

@@lavender4658 it's even funnier when you realize that everyone's hands and feet are lighter, the only reason it's more noticeable on darker skin is the higher amount of melanin. but I guess it's too much to expect the kinds of people to say that would bother to research or understand science

[@Animepolls]

As a black person changing a character to black isn’t representative of black people or culture. It’s just taking something someone already made, slapping new skin tone and acting like that means something. Real representation is making new original characters representing black culture. I just hate the excuse of its representation. It’s not it’s just table scraps. This is the shit Disney tries to do with the little mermaid and Tinker Bell. They just took iconic characters and change their skin tone instead of just making a new princess or a new character. Edit: I just remembered me arguing with someone about blackwashing them saying it didn’t exist but they also said some things like how whitewashing had something to do with SA and taking over countries? And then called me “uneducated” when whitewashing is to alter...in a way that favors, features, or caters to white people. I don’t get what SA and imperialism has to do with any of that.

[@Sillybeef]

This. When I first saw black edits I never understood why it was considered representation, I always say that if we want more representation in our community we should make our own characters not take random light-skinned characters and turn them poc. I remember someone calling me a "racist white bitch" when I said I didn't agree with the whole race swapping, I prefer to make my own poc characters not turn other pale canon characters brown. - A brown person

[@AC-dk4fp]

Disney took a story canonically set in China (Aladdin) and made the aesthetics middle eastern but nobody talks about that. When it comes to classic stories its not so simple. The Mermaid was an inter-racial love story even in the original tragic version before Disney made their dumbed down family friendly movie, Tinker Bell is a fairy who lives on an island coded as somewhere in the Atlantic. There are Shakespeare performances with mostly black casts as part of African-American culture where modern frameworks like 'representation' aren't really under consideration.

[@peachesandcream22]

The only Black princess Disney ever did was Tiana from The Princess and the Frog, as a representation of Black New Orleaners. I'm sure there are plenty of African princesses, but I bet Disney won't give a single fouque about them.

[@Elizabeth-qe4px]

That SA thing has to be complete bullshit, either that or the braindead person who argued with you is probably dumb as fuck.

[@i.cs.zamodits]

​@@AC-dk4fp How is Aladdin, a story from Arabian Nights, chinese?

[@spicynoodles2742]

19:50 This reminds me the drama that happened with the Korean girl who cosplayed as a Mexican character from Overwatch called Sombra, for this she used make up to fit the tone of the original character, who has a darker skin. Many Mexicans felt honored by the Korean cosplayer's efforts and yet she was attacked by the gringos trying to "defend us." I really don't think it's wrong, as long as it's done in a respectful way and people from that culture don't have a problem with it.

[@pameladuente5449]

Headcanons shouldn't be changing things that are clearly canon. They should be fanmade scenarios that *might* happen due to specific given reasons or things that haven't been confirmed. Plus, there needs to be a limit. Like, imagine hc Nezuko as a rapist

[@Eliz-zu3bd]

I agree there should be line that shouldn't be crossed

[@Cobalt2918]

I find it funny how some people SOME PEOPLE NOT ALL think its okay to make white characters black but when someones does make a black character white its unacceptable ifs so stupid.

[@xxkankala1671]

just say you dont understand and move on

[@butter-qv4wt]

​@@xxkankala1671 girlie pop what

[@blackswanxkafkatruther]

maybe because people of color a minority group who lack representation unlike white people

[@JJisthatbtch]

@@xxkankala1671 YOU👏🏽ARE👏🏽THE👏🏽REASON👏🏽WHY👏🏽THIS👏🏽VIDEO👏🏽EXISTS👏🏽

[@Eliz-zu3bd]

​@@xxkankala1671She understands and she sees the hypocrisy in it.

[@missplayer30]

I'm so glad someone is pointing that out, I'm so sick of headcanons involving what flags the character is associated with (Even when there are evidences against it), their most often then not mismatched race, and those people acting like bible-thumpers like their own headcanons are facts. Also, it's getting super tiring that everyone are depicted as black, unattractive or gay (Or all of them). I do headcanons myself, but NEVER go to those territories (Even if I did, I only based off on whether it makes sense or not).

[@skootergirl22]

I've seen a lot of fan art on Pinterest with *insert pride flag* next to a character who's canon straight

[@Pilot-the-Radiowave]

I have to admit I changed some characters ethnicities (they remained the same race and skin tone though, just like Japanese and Mongolian or some shit) and represented it with flags… but like the main focus was the big strand of text about what I think their hobbies and behaviors was, I want more of that and less (pride flag, race swap)

[@adish1401]

​@@skootergirl22 I'm like, if someone put a bi flag over a canonically gay character, wouldn't the very same people be mad?

[@skootergirl22]

@adish1401 well with bi you're attracted to the same gender

[@h3artach3_]

Okay,this is just my opinion but personally if people decide to change a character's race.that is not ok. It's best to just create and oc and your own lore but changing an entire race just makes my non existent brain burn

[@GraveyardMaiden]

Honestly one of the things i hate as "head canons" is when people "fix" characters to be more modest and change their body types to fit what they believe to be less sexualized. Like really all it does is just reinforce sexist beliefs that women are bad for the way they dress or that bc they are curvier they're inherently more sexaul than smaller women. Now if it's a situation where a minor is being placed in sus clothes I'd understand but like I've seen folks do this shit to characters that are full on adults

[@InfinitySevens]

Personally, I'm someone who likes seeing physically strong characters actually drawn with more musculature but I think the notion of "fixing" art (aside from maybe actual drawing errors, and even then most people don't really like having that unsolicited) can often come off as condescending to the original artist. Though I also still find really weird in (mostly) Eastern media where you have a character that looks and acts way more like a young adult only for the creator to go "yeah they're 15 actually", especially given this tends to overlap with sexualization. Though I think it's more than this comes from wanting to appeal to folks around that age range or something.

[@GraveyardMaiden]

@@InfinitySevens Yeah it's different when we're talking about characters that are minors that are placed in stuff that's basically lingerie. But like when it's just regular ass clothes like shorts and a tank top, it just gets puritanical, double so when they do this stuff to characters that are adults. And like if the artist is being a sleaze over what the character is wearing call out the sleazeball behavior bc when sleazeballs are going to be creeps even if women are dressed in hijab or whatever the hell counts as "modesty"

[@avalynnplaysofficial7773]

They always say “omg it’s just a head cannon!” When they make a character black and morbidly obsese for no reason Edit:I love head cannons but head cannons are: “likes to sew” “great at cooking” or hell even ship head cannons but head cannons aren’t making a character be black or chubby or any other race and size they have a canonical body and you should keep it that way if you wanna add some things onto their outfit go ahead that’s cool but don’t change their entire character

[@KUSANAG11Z]

are. are people not allowed to have their own takes on characters ??

[@terranceorwhatever60]

Yall dont understand what a headcanon is. Headcanons usually tale on AUs where there is a possibility they will end up like that if things were slightly different

[@bluep3rz]

@@KUSANAG11Zwatch me headcanon a highly athletic character as obese do you see how stupid that sounds now

[@insertaname2485]

@@bluep3rz Gotta agree, that's like making a character who is a priest or a nun be Muslim.

[@ly_sho]

​@@terranceorwhatever60why would you make that... Like I think it's better to make original characters but sadly characters with dark skin in general aren't so popular in like... India, China, Japan, South Korea etc. and if they are most of the time artist's will turn their skin grey 💀 It's just hard to make them popularized which is also the reason games like Genshin Impact just go as far as giving African characters a slight tan

[@user-hj7pw1sm2z]

Omg i always imagined pinkie pie as a curly red head like me! I’m happy that I wasn’t alone with the idea!

[@JELLO_MEADOWS]

Tbh, i jumped on the pinkie = black train, but now im realizng, that i really liked when she was portrayed as a curly haired non-black character, bcuz when ppl think curly hair, they immediately think black is the only option which isnt true at all

[@Firelava88.]

ive always thought these were weird cause hcs r supposed to be things you passively believe about a character while watching a show 😭

[@halcyon.x]

exactly they’re not whole new features that don’t even relate to the character

[@dragottaOWO]

2:21 THIS, I saw many artists drawing the human version of mlp characters, and some people would seriously complain if they made human pinkie white. "Pinkie Pie is black 😐😡"

[@CL0WN_V1RVS]

I got blocked by someone on tiktok for saying that Dazai isn’t black when they “headcannoned“ him as a blasin.

[@lopi3lopi3night72]

I’m okay with headcanons but it’s when people literally don’t understand headcanons. As long as someone knows that they’re headcanons aren’t canon or the other way around then that’s, to me, a good way to have headcanons I’m also a shipping fan and I’m alright with my ships not being canon, I also have HUGE hatred for ship wars, proships and comships. I feel that sometimes when it comes to fanon and canon, people need to understand the difference between the two.

[@Eliz-zu3bd]

Same. God knows I ship charecters that don't make sense. (Mikey x Senju from Tokyo revengers, yes I know it doesn't make sense)

[@aelitastone5629]

@@Eliz-zu3bd I didn't do orginal. Mikey x Takemichi. That doesn't mean I will impose it nor that I declare them real. Sometimes some characters can be good together in alternate. People really need to make effort in real thing more they fictive characters.

[@sageknyfan_]

would it be ok to make a character tan because they've been in the sun a lot?

[@beepybopbap]

Yes, because that's logical. Then maybe make a version of when it's cold showing that they have paler skin due to staying in, could be fun!

[@SpectreBagels]

Uh depends on what you mean. Do you mean wanting to draw them tanned in general, even when not in the sun a lot, using them being in the sun sometimes as an excuse instead of what they were or to draw them with a tan in an image of them being in the sun too long?

[@stacki1040]

as long as it's realistic to someone who tans easily - make their skin actually tan and un(?)tan during the winter/if they don't get out as much. not just "no guys it's cause they used to be in the sun a lot" about someone who now lives in an underground cave 24/7.

[@Saleema-Ali]

CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW GOOD HER ART IS THO???

[@-DumbTurtle-]

FR THO

[@L-E14]

Another thing that bugs me when people call it a ‘headcannon’ is when they make canonically straight characters gay or a canonically gay person straight.. Like Dazai from bsd is shown to have a very deep interest in women (even saying he has no interest in men) yet so many people say he’s gay??? 😭

[@yuzukistardust87075]

Exactly. Like, I personally headcanon him as bisexual, but like... I really dislike it when people claim that characters like Dazai, Deku, Ochaco are gay because like... Dude, they've literally shown attraction to the opposite gender. Where'd you even get that from? Same for characters who are like canonically gay but they make them straight (although I haven't necessarily seen it as often as making supposedly straight characters gay).

[@sol1vi]

i think the vast majority head cannon him as bisexual but agreed. tbh though his interest in women might not be real but that doesn’t mean he’s automatically gay

[@KUSANAG11Z]

"dazai is gay!!" "no he's straight!!" he's pan. he doesn't care about gender. he just likes getting ass. next question

[@bluep3rz]

EDIT: this was an incredibly stupid thing for me to comment. i’ve recently changes my views on this topic and i apologize to the people i’ve hurt. also there’s a weird double standard too when it comes to trans headcanons trans ppl can hc a cis character as trans but cis people can’t headcanon a trans character as cis

[@crit_dmg]

​@@bluep3rz what. that's not comparable

[@dragoness5515]

I hate how some characters in shows ((lego monkie kid for example)) the character is adhd coded and they are immediately infantilize the character and say they’re younger then they actually are. like MK from lego monkie kid is a young adult and in young adult range yet people in the fandom treat him like he’s 12-13, since when can a child drive and have a full time job)) I have autism and adhd and it makes me feel like I cant hardly tell anyone im close to in the fandom or anywhere really lest I get treated like a babbling baby

[@Eliz-zu3bd]

The lego monkie kid fandom is very annoying

[@JustaCherry477]

I never understood race headcanons when the character is human, I don't mind it if the character is not a human because they don't have a canon race but a HUMAN?? Someone who already has a race??? Literally makes no sense, like are you blind?

[@InfinitySevens]

If you want to get pedantic, you might run into cases of human characters who are still ethnically ambiguous.

[@Beelzecore]

I find blackwashing annoying because it’s hypocritical, when a person whitewashes a black character (btw I’m not supporting whitewashing) people get mad and say “oh that’s r*cist” yet they do the same thing with the opposite skin color and say it’s “different” it’s the same thing.

[@iloovehearts4041]

It’s not the same thing at all. Blackwashing isn’t a thing. White washing has been used to erase black and poc characters in media. “Blackwashing” is done by poc to feel more represented in modern day media or in spaces where people who look like us aren’t apparent or appreciated. Hope this helps!

[@who.where13]

@@iloovehearts4041you can’t just slap a different skin tone on someone and not call it racist.

[@Bananapie5111]

@@iloovehearts4041 bro thought they ate with "hope this helps!" ur not cool for making someone black just so you can say ur progressive, hope this helps!

[@chelsealee3510]

Code Name kids next door is a one of those shows that comes to mind, that u don't have to have the same skin colour as a character to relate to them, sometimes characters I saw as a kid that had the same skin tone as me completely didn't represent me as an individual because I didn't like their character or personality. Thats why good character writing is so important, the design is a minimal part of the character, its surface level and eventually isn't enough to support a character. People are so aggressive and take any disagreement or alternative opinion as an attack and label you so quickly. Your video was a great addition and perspective to this discussion!

[@lucy-kris7462]

as a person with both diagnosed Autism and ADHD and kinda physically disabled thought risk of type 2 diabetes and undiagnosed asthma; i say making a able bodied character disabled is not at all offensive and i dont get why it would be..? the thing with disabilities, especially physical once, anyone can be/can become disabled! age, sex/gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality or wealth status, all that dont matter cuz disabilities dont discriminate! theres alot of ways to become disabled from having a very bad accident to uh.. your genes fucking you over.. ect thats my take tho

[@awsfilm]

imo, i think headcannoning able bodied characters as disabled is alright as long as it makes sense with that character, if that makes sense. this goes with mental and physical disabilities.

[@lovelysakurapetalsyt]

Same! I hate others saying "you're making us look like a joke!" or one person in the comments here saying "it's only happy people that are said to be autistic now" Let me point to Idia Shroud in Twisted Wonderland. He hyperfocuses on mechanics and games, is bad socially partially due to staying indoors a lot, and absolutely HATES change, and is a super gloomy person. I relate to all of that, so I headcanon him as autistic. I have been told I can't do that even if I'm autistic and I want to feel like I'm represented, even if only in headcanon. Am I suddenly not allowed to feel represented because not everyone is disabled? These people are so weird

[@lucy-kris7462]

@@lovelysakurapetalsyt yeah that.. thats very weird behavior.. why can i just imagine its from tiktok or twitter cuz god-

[@skootergirl22]

They're the same people who would go crazy if someone's head canon is of a gay character being straight and a black character being whitec

[@Richarddz]

Because you shouldn't headcanon a character who's queer as straight? Same goes for black characters being headcanon as white.. What is your problem, people

[@skootergirl22]

@Richarddz so is ot OK for head canoning straight characters gay?

[@Richarddz]

@@skootergirl22 I honestly don't care, but there's no problem with that because straight people don't have barely any representation in media nor are oppressed like queer people

[@miss.truffle5587]

@@skootergirl22 Uhm yes? We barely have any lgbtq reprisentation, so its perfectly fine to headcanon a straight charatcer as gay, after all most of the human population is straight, also if you want to be homophobic just say it, dont try to hide it

[@skootergirl22]

@miss.truffle5587 I'm not I'm just pointing out the double standards

[@monster-enthusiast]

Headcanons are just a silly little thing you do for yourself. It's in your head and nowhere else. I don't get why people always gotta be weird about everything. You make a good point about headcannons being about things that aren't confirmed as canon. It's a gap that youre filling. It's just little things here and there. And I usually see people make a headcanon when it makes sense for that character. But there comes a point when you gotta ask yourself if you even like the content you're consuming. If you're changing most of the characters, do you even like them? Wouldn't you wanna find a show or story that actually has CANON characters like that???

[@MxMatched]

Exactly! I love seeing people's silly ideas and expanding them in fanfictions or rps but it's always something silly like this character owns a million plants. Is it canon, no but would he? Probably

[@LuneIita]

THANK YOU so much for bringing this up, with the amount of people who genuinely believe this is right (and with most of these kinds of people being aggressive and toxic af) you really have the balls of steel to post such a video, and I commend you for it. I personally don't think that drawing them as black (or literally any other race) is wrong. But the main problem lies in people ENFORCING their headcanons and presenting it like it's a fact. This isn't just about skin either, there are headcanons about sexuality, mental illnesses, ships. etc. and if you dare question these people you are met with SO MUCH HATE. It's just so toxic and manipulative, to the point where I'd even say it's so similar to religions enforcing their beliefs onto other people BECAUSE IT'S THE EXACT SAME CONCEPT. It baffles me so much that these people genuinely think they're in the right and their opinions are superior, they shove their own beliefs down you're throat. To anyone reading this, and If you are this kind of person SELF-REFLECT IMMEDIATELY.

[@crystalunit5926]

Solution: Just make your own characters

[@nonoNsunny]

Black Dazai on the thumbnail scared me so much 😭😭

[@toxic_sushi_roll]

Same 😭

[@Ali3n_From_Space]

Fr😭

[@Entiimy]

In my times headcannons were things like "In my hc this character gets every flower they see in minecraft"

[@nyoaeuikhoudu]

Let it also be known that headcannons are treated differently for different forms of media. For example, while reading the percy jackson books growing up I always read Percy and his mother as hispanic as his appearance was never explained in detail other than his eyes and hair. With books it's easier for different readers to interpret characters in different ways, but I think when it comes to characters being shown in cartoons or movies where they're played by actors racechanging is very different.

[@Catnapthekilleh-hk2vm]

as a muslim... STOP MAKING RANDOM SILLY CHARACTERS MUSLIM PLEASE

[@aethersflamessv]

I see this so much with a certain character from a quite obscure game that I really, really like. in canon he's a pale skinned, blue eyed redhead, but I have seen a lot of people draw him with various darker skintones, sometimes change his hairstyle/length/type to go with it. there's even this one artist who drew him as a dark haired, presumably trans woman, but still refer to him using his original very masculine name. damn near unrecognisable as the same guy. it's even more jarring because he's often drawn with some other characters who also have pale skin in canon and are kept that way in fanart. I have heard that this is quite common practice with redhead characters elsewhere. but at the same time I don't think I have a right to say that, because I am headcanoning an almost entirely made-up religion for him (it is apparently canon that he is religious but it isn't specified what. game takes place in a fictional world and there are only a few sparse references to its mythology and I guess I am expanding on that). it doesn't involve any changes to his appearance/way of dress tho...

[@skootergirl22]

Even gingers are getting black washed by fans other then Hollywood

[@lune4089]

Ooo can I know the game? I feel like I might know it

[@aethersflamessv]

@@lune4089it is the visual novel "Vincent The Secret Of Myers" by dino999z.

[@Valwashere]

Childe from genshin?

[@stacki1040]

if he's not got a specified religion i think it's fine to hc any religion onto him. especially since you're keeping in mind our world's religions wouldn't exist there. it's only really weird if it's established.

[@CuppaLLX]

13:15 so quick correction scarlet Johansson playing the major in ghost in the shell is not white washing. 1: the creator cam out and said it was a fine choice and 2: cannonically the major doesn’t even know their own race or history. In fact their previous body was a man. Like it’s the entire point of ghost, loosing yourself to the ghost and loosing your humsnity

[@skootergirl22]

I only played the demo of the game

[@topcatfan]

Than you for reminding me clay kids wasn't a weird dream

[@Princessallstar365]

The “it’s just my head canon!!” Defense is literally just a shield for them at this point.

[@Ky0shi1i]

LMAOOOO THE BLACK DAZAI

[@Consumeroflemons]

I’m a white guy that generally enjoys drawing poc. I’ve been a little worried I might unintentionally offend someone with a design, even if I do my research on the culture first. It’s really nice to hear someone’s opinion on this topic that isn’t TikTok flame wars, so thanks for the video! (Also as a side note your art looks so good qgacayv)

[@vortexxx--.]

idk what to say for the race headcanons part because my fandom is Lego characters so everyone's literally yellow, but great part and video i understood very well. and tbh i've never heard of religious headcanons-

[@TYKO_KYTO]

Would it be rude or racist/harmful to RE-draw cartoon/anime characters Native American (my race) just to see how they would look? Because any time I see 'Native America' characters they are stereotypical or end up getting canceled. I doubt it would bring awareness to that though. The only GOOD show I found is 'Reservation dogs' but I haven't watched it yet so i'm not 100% on that.

[@Kuwushii_]

if they are a native american since the beginning, you have the right to change their looks (and not race) if you think that the chracter is not well done ! :))

[@TYKO_KYTO]

@@Kuwushii_ okk, thank you!!

[@millycakeck]

im pretty sure the issue here is the whole discourse about their headcanons "being the better versions" and constantly push it down peoples throat as the "version it shouldve been all along". i dont think youre in the wrong for trying to experiment with characters looks! after all, youre reimagining them completely different and for your own fun :) aslong as you respect the original character and creator which i assume you do (unless we are talking about the stereotypical stuff you mentioned, then i get why someone wouldnt respect that) i think its fine!! go ahead ^^ have fun with your silly drawings

[@katie15732]

You definitely need to watch Molly of Denali! It's a PBS KIDS show, but many people of all ages like it. The main character, Molly, is Native Alaskan with a Gwich'in, Koyukon, and Dena'ina background. Molly and her family commonly speak Gwich'in, and the characters perform traditional dances and songs in the show. Despite it being a kids show, some episodes get "mature" and deal with topics around racism, discrimination, and struggles Indigenous people have faced- with episodes like "Grandpa's Drum", "Molly and Elizabeth", and "Not a Mascot". I am Hispanic, but I like to think this show accurately represents Native Alaskan cultures, considering many fans and staff are Native Alaskan themselves. I'm also aware Native Americans and Native Alaskans are considered different according to some, but seeing that many Indigenous people liked the show and you wanted some positive representation, I thought I should recommend it to you.

[@ghoulchan7525]

it's not really rude. as long as you state the intent. there is a different between "here's what i think this character would look like as {insert thing here}" VS well the whole fixing and other debacles. one is a cool art experiment, the other is an Ego Trip.

[@aetherroses]

Genshin Impact as a fandom, is one of the biggest offenders in all of these different types of headcannons. Especially with how people won't let go of the Sumeru characters controversy when its been way over a year at this point. Many people complain that characters' skin tone from Sumeru are too "white" for a Middle Eastern inspired region. Ignoring that there is no "White" race in Teyvat, people make really ugly redesigns of Sumeru and just other charas in general, to the point that they look unrecognizable. People who especially redesign characters and change the skin color, do not understand the variety of skin colors, general color theory and color value. They also make the skin color too dark or too saturated that doesn't mesh well with the other colors on the character. Also they might end up drawing something that's just as offensive if not more with their "redesigns". I mean sure, I agree that it is a missed opportunity to have more featured characters with a variety of different skin tones, but it is what it is. Also, not all people from the Middle East (which Sumeru is based on) have medium to dark skin tones. The same could be said that not all people from Africa are Black either, there are White (or people of European descent) Africans that exist out there. Drawing any character a slightly different body type like putting a little bit of plump in a character, will get you hunted down. Ever dare to like a straight ship? Well I hope you enjoy countless of people who are into gay ships to chase you down and bully you. (Used to be the other way around, but I'm seeing the opposite happen just as much if not more as the years go by) I think you did miss one though, but this one is probably the most dicey to talk about- gender headcannons. Approaching something like gender headcannons honestly is a lot more trickier to talk about because you'll be offending someone no matter how nice you'll be discussing the topic. People who do gender headcannons are more defensive than any of the other people who make these headcannons- those who do this tend to project their own identity onto characters (i.e trans men or women and non-binary artists/writers make male/female characters who identify with their birth sex, trans or non-binary). So when you question why people do this, they take it as a threat to you questioning their identity and they get absolutely pressed about it.

[@xxkankala1671]

who cares

[@aquadraws5833]

The sumeru thing was so dumb 💀💀💀

[@butter-qv4wt]

​@@xxkankala1671 girl why are you so offended lmao

[@catdownthestreet]

Yeah, and then there's the whole thing about neurodivergent headcanons in the fandom. A lot of times the people with these headcanons- like myself- are also neurodivergent. Not everyone is, but most are. Some people, though... I've seen people straight up bully others off platforms for those headcanons. (And sometimes, for not liking those headcanons, but that's a little less common as far as I know.) Like, especially with Alhaitham, people have responded to me posting about my headcanon that he's on the autism spectrum with so much hatred. It's honestly insane that they think it's okay to say some of those things. Like people have told me he can't possibly be autistic for really weird reasons, like "No, the noise-cancelling earpieces are because he's deaf! He can't be autistic because of those because they're actually hearing aids!" or "He's too full of himself/narcissistic/something like that to be autistic." Both of those ideas are just... odd. They seem to be implying some weird things, too: 1) headcanons have to based on canon so if there's anything at all in your headcanon that doesn't align with canon you're wrong and should off yourself (which I've actually heard people say and it's disgusting). But that just defeats the point of fan content. It's fine to have ideas about a fictional character that don't completely align with canon. It's when you try to argue that your headcanons are 100% canon that you're going too far. I'm not getting into the racebending or any of the other more egregious "headcanons" people have, just the neurodivergent headcanons. Those are always dismissed by certain people who aren't autistic and can't understand why someone who is autistic could relate to Alhaitham's more autistic traits. They don't see those traits as autistic in the first place, they see them as traits a bad person would have. 2) the selfish comment is dismissing common autistic traits in Alhaitham as an excuse to ignore that not every autistic person is sunshine and rainbows and Alhaitham happens to be a bit not socially conscious, making him seem worse to neurotypicals than he actually is. Like no one is saying you have to like him as a character, but when you point out the ableist things people say to excuse bullying people with neurodivergent Alhaitham headcanons, they get mad and throw temper tantrums about how he can't possibly be autistic because he's selfish or something. Which he isn't, but I won't get into that rn. Also, using narcissistic in that way really makes these people seem even worse. It's a bit ableist to compare autistic people to people with narcissist personality disorder or traits, both to autistic people and to those with narcissistic traits. Just saying. 3) if one person has a different headcanon from you, your headcanon is automatically wrong and can't even be slightly enjoyed for some weird reason. Again, that kind of defeats the point of making fan content. And headcanons are okay to have, as long as you don't insist on forcing them down people's throats and claiming they're canon when nothing is really confirmed. My point is, you can have neurodivergent headcanons, and you can not. It's up to the person. You just don't get to claim they're canon and bully people for disagreeing. Also, just because Alhaitham doesn't seem to be conventionally autistic in the fandom's eyes, doesn't mean people like me can't have a headcanon about him being autistic. It's a spectrum, people, not every autistic person is the same. Stop trying to bully neurodivergent people off the platform for liking an idea that makes them feel valid and understood.

[@Serekuta]

I have seen a Neuvillette "fixing" (only recoloring his skin) turning him black but the worse part was that they give him giant lips. I felt offended for black people 💀. Because genshin impact character are in a anime style so they don't have their lips coloured so putting giant lips that were very detailed not only made it weird to look at but so racist. I get why genshin impact doesn't have a lot of black characters. It's a Asian owned company they have made it clear in the past that they will always appear to their people more than to the open world players . To me their attempt was good for trying to please the open world players that aren't their people. It's racist to change someones race. Like Whitewashing a character is racist so is blackwashing. They make the characters follow a stereotype too which shows that most of them want to be racist but just use the word headcannon to justify it.

[@arahab4k1]

tbh i think blackwashing is acceptable AS LONG as the intention wasn't meant to be harmful(for example making a char black bc you like the character or giving them a hc that they're your race), i've never rlly seen the bad side of blackwashing(most of the artist ik are nice n don't have ill intentions) so this is js my opinion

[@smolkiddo1842]

Agreed

[@tobyhd6054]

It's really frustration, even as a white person, I see people say that white people get enough representation, which on its own is technically true, but when it comes to the cutrures, there's no way it feels like representation. I'm slavic and from what I know there's little to no representation of slavic people without it being the typical Russian villian named Vladimir (and even that is something I don't see much) or some shit, like there's 12 other slavic countries then Russia and thousands of names.

[@tunatunaatuna5303]

Thank you for this video honestly. also GORGEOS ART?? LIKE OMG I LOVEE IT great job tbh

[@igotafallenangelzhang523]

I COMPLETELY agree with your video!!! Thank u so much for talking about this!! 🙏🙏

[@S0REZ]

i once saw a video race swapping and making characters Muslim, i commented expressing how it's unnecessary to do so as it does nothing. And of course after a few days, i visit the holy land of tiktok and got greeted by a flock of comments ranting how i am racist and multiple people saying i am a dumb white person (I am a southeast asian💀)

[@ragsrare3771]

Islam isn’t a race, tried of these Muslim and these people who think it is a race

[@S0REZ]

@@ragsrare3771 I think you misunderstood me. I didn't intend to say Muslim was what they race swapped the characters to. I meant to say that they are making characters the opposite race and giving them religions that aren't their respective religions, for example the character is say, An asian who believes in Christianity, the creator would then change their race along with their religion to be something else. I hope you got what i am trying to portray, im sorry if my wording is not clear

[@Et3rnalGameNMusic]

I mainly agree. Although I'm just a white person that grew up in America. (I know very little of the one culture that my family knows they are aka Polish so... I'm not one to talk on cultures and stuff.) I do had made many many characters (and designs for them), so I believe I can voice on that kinda matter. 1. One thing about race headcanons is that the character has no stand ground on a character's race. I personally headcanon Mina at least part japanese due to her last name (I am a mega weeb, and know some things about hirigana and katakana) A-shi-do. Yes it is completely possible for her to be adopted as we have no information on her parents what-so-ever so in that way the headcanon just be just out of the way. 2. On pro-shipping... don't do it. I believe the only "good" proships are canon proships that are portrayed in a bad light. Like in my story there is an abuser x victim. But by end karma go hit on the abuser and the abuser dies. (This abuser character is also a mass murderer so... it's not over-punishment.) Yes my stories does take on some darker topics. Off topic but I'm basically just the kind of person that doesn't give their OC's a canon race. I don't pay mind. If one of my characters are a darker skin color I just click better with that character a darker tone.

[@wanicdeter]

Tbh, I hate raceswapping or giving them different religion. It just feels disrespectful toward the original creator.

[@TDuckyFDuckie]

I honestly get so annoyed when people claim her headcanons are canon, because they say 'canon' and only later say Canon to THEM. They seem to always forget the headcanon and get mad at YOU rather than apologizing for 'accidentally' spreading misinformation

[@That0nelosergirl]

Fr!! I honestly get so annoyed by those people that they say their headcanons are ''canon'' because they say so which it doesn't approve anything neither does characters saying little quotes when examining an object or a person and then they spread the misinformation around like it's gospel.

[@pinklights9712]

Good headcanons: Bakugo has hearing issues from his explosions, Fizzaroli acts like a gremlin child to everybody, Glamarock Freddy gives off fatherly vibes to everybody, Prince Ezran has more animals in his backyard than a stick can be shaken at, The Lamb annoys the bishops and acts petty to them, Marinette has mental issues, Alastor dislikes *all* the Vee's, Discord and Luna team up to prank ponies. Bad headcanons: Shigiraki is inlove with Deku, Stella is a good wife and Stolas is ungrateful, Cassidy forgives William because he was controlled by Glitchtrap, Viren was just looking out for the kingdom, Narinder and the Lamb are in love (it takes a VERY specific type of AU to pull this off decently, like, 1/10), Lila is good, Alastor is in love with Lucifer, Tirek had a bad childhood and that's why he's the way he is.

[@ereminYIPPEEE]

THE WILLIAM BEING CONTROLLED BY GLITCHTRAP HEADCANON… OH MY GOD 😭😭😭 GACHA FNAF WAS CRAZYYYY

[@pinklights9712]

@@ereminYIPPEEE my au used to be LIKE THAT. Steruotypical and everything. HOWEVER, now it is a bit non-steriotypical??? I have alot of things ive never seen before. But it kind of makes sense??? idk-

[@ereminYIPPEEE]

@@pinklights9712 omg i used to hate on the stereotypical fnaf aus as if they burned down my house 😭😭😭

[@pinklights9712]

@@ereminYIPPEEE can't blame you, honestly. They do be weird.

[@ch33seg00se]

I hate when people decide to give my little pony’s 50 neopronouns and a never heard of gender, and a random complicated sexuality, then adding a bunch of disabilities like autism and adhd and ocd and anxiety and depression and bipolar and narcissistic (etc)

[@Sugar__K1tty]

you are clearly very educated and have a lot of evidence to back up your points! I love the way you structured your video, its very effective and gets ur ideas across! (i sound like an ELA teacher lmao) but alsooooo... DUDE U ARE SO GOOD AT ART!! HOLY SHIT, THAT DRAWING YOU WERE DOING THE ENTIRE VIDEO WAS SO FREAKING GOOD, I LOVE DEM SMIKLE!!

[@gwifty_1]

Honestly, people are just stripping Japanese characters out of their own representation. Even though it may be an anime, Japanese people are still getting their poc rep. But these people ONLY care about anime. There are plenty of shows with all kinds of rep. As you mentioned, Moon Girl has such rich representation and people turn a blind eye. Lunella is exactly what people want, a black female who's smart and a fun character. I love the show, they give more than that as well. There are Muslim characters, which I don't see a lot in other media. Casey, she's Puerto Rican and Jewish. Not only does it show color rep, but it shows a lot of rep that people crave. Same as Epithet Erased, it's a great indie show. The main character is a mixed autistic 12 year old who is so well written. All people care for anymore is "making rep" out of anime characters, but that's not actual rep. If you take a purely white character and just turn them black, it's still the same white character you started off with. It's so stupid, why can't we just be original? If you want black anime characters, just make them yourself.

[@mipsthemouse]

I just checked out Epithet Erased it looks AMAZING I love the art! Thx for mentioning it!!!

[@gwifty_1]

@@mipsthemouse OF COURSE!! I'm glad you enjoyed it, Epithet Erased definitely deserves more attention :D

[@IsabellaMathew]

It’s unrelated but, wonder could talk about this incessant artist who getting accused of black washing princess bubblegum despite charter who living gum.

[@mipsthemouse]

what's the name of the artist?

[@IsabellaMathew]

@@mipsthemouse Artist name was girlist.

[@mipsthemouse]

@@IsabellaMathew thx but what platform r they on?

[@sigmapink]

A little idea for the body type headcanons part of this video, If you want to draw a chubby character as skinny or a skinny character as chubby and post it on social media, you could put the caption to: "Wanted to see how ____ would look like as skinny/chubby and oh my god they're beautiful/handsome/stunning/pretty either way!!"

[@hussainifamily503]

What I hate most about these "headcanons" is that I'm a muslim and for some reason people put non muslim people wearing a hijab! I'm not racist or that stuff of if you have to change a person's religon then make your own muslim characters!!! It's not that hard!! Btw I saw a headcanon of a person making Bakugo (the guy from MHA) HAVING A DISORDER!.....I don't know anymore

[@user-1q47ai36]

As a Japanese, I see this often by the My Hero Academia American community. (I am not saying they are all bad.) I feel confused at why people make Midoriya black. Thank you for your video. Some information: Horikoshi-sensei has said that Ashido Mina would've had a darker skin, but she is still Japanese. I do not think it is bad for her to be drawn as Black, but I am just saying that so people to not get misinformed. Thank you. (I am sorry if the translation has misread my words.)

[@Fanny_FromDeathPact]

hot take: both black washing and white washing erases representation

[@horriblypaintednails]

YES YES YES SAY IT LOUDER ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥

[@brianna2352]

We need speakers for the people in the back!!

[@BlubberGubber]

Love the beautiful drawing today! So realistic.

[@themuffinmansmuffin]

Dude I see this so much with feminine males where people make them canonically transgender when all they are saying is that as a male you can’t be feminine or you were not born a male. It always peeves me so much as I am transgender and making a character trans who is a man who is feminine or a woman who is masculine as trans just shows how imbedded stereotypes are in society. Like I’ve seen so many videos on how dazai is transgender and I’m sitting there like 😑 cause it ain’t even representation whatsoever. Like find actual trans representation like Millie’s sister from hellavaboss. It’s like walking up to a feminine man and asking if they are trans. Like just ew

[@Weewoo988]

I’m so glad you talked about the pinkie pie one. I’ve seen so many people flaming people for not making her black, and vice versa!

[@creativityismymiddlename]

This is a rlly insightful and respectful video. As someone who enjoys writing, drawing, and redesigning, it’s extremely helpful to properly understand why x thing can be harmful and how it can be done respectfully, so thank you for sharing your opinion! ❤

[@spamonger3105]

Your art in this video was so good! I loved the shading!

[@pastelpsychopath8312]

They redesigned the character then label it as a headcameron

[@RainyEditzzxoxo]

I like thinking about pinkey pie being black I think it could be pretty but I always will think if she was human she would still be pretty and pink

[@skootergirl22]

What of the other characters? Why is twilight black coded and she has straight hair?

[@mipsthemouse]

The fanon for Twilight is South Asian that's why she has straight hair

[@skootergirl22]

@itzmipsart but why is she, though? Isn't it a stereotype that Asians are smart,

[@mipsthemouse]

@@skootergirl22 Yeah ppl only say she's Asian cuz she's smart and socially awkward, but that's unfortunately how fanons are they work HEAVILY with stereotypes

[@skootergirl22]

@@mipsthemouse yep even with the disorders