Why Forced Woke Diversity is Dying

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[@happyphiri4237]

if you could cover how diversity could be implemented right that would be interesting

[@Kneejair]

​@@happyphiri4237 make new stories. Easy. It's been suggested for many years

[@happyphiri4237]

@@Kneejair like original concepts??? no changing old stories like famous comics and that?

[@ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2]

I could care less if a character's race swapped or whatever, so long as the character development and story development is enjoyable! I'd even take snake eyes as an example that could've worked even with the race swap if they stayed true to the character being mute and mysterious (like they did in GI Joe Renegades.)

[@happyphiri4237]

@@ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2 or like nick fury

[@madambutterfly1997]

You know what I find problematic? their refusal to just create new characters, instead of tokenizing existing characters

[@EndymionTv]

I agree

[@Aeyis537]

It is because they no longer have any creativity. They're just daddy's boys stuffed with money, with no skills, who commit to each other! American showbiz is an inbred environment

[@madambutterfly1997]

@Raf SR is it too late to use thanos's culling method but instead of it being random, we're specifically going after the talentless people in Hollywood and the industry.

[@suzygirl1843]

@@EndymionTv The real answer is because of CHINA. The USA went woke to stop Africa from dealing with the East with China, it didn't work.

[@GusOfTheDorks]

I mean yeah, this being problematic is part of the point. I get that making a new character would make everyone happier. But the goal of these race swaps isn't to make people happy. It's literally to make people hate each other to the point they start killing each other. You need to realize that there are only really two groups of people in the process of these race swaps. The ones who are scared of catching any flak so they just let others do whatever they want, and the ones who believe that everything is political and so do this to either demoralize for the sake of instigating collapse and revolution or rewrite history in order to make one group (whites) less likely to fight back.

[@TropicaIJay]

As someone who is black, I hate race swaps for two reasons. One it feels like Hollywood is basically saying you aren't worthy of your own original character, and two they seemingly never turn an established black character white.

[@EndymionTv]

It’s low key racist & they’re basically saying they only see value in white characters. When they should focus on established black characters & making new ones. But they’re lazy

[@knowledgeseeker4614]

@@EndymionTv I personally think it is higher than low key.

[@Avarn388]

@Low Distortion Yup. It's funny because when I rail against this, some ideologues will quickly assume I'm white because of my name(LOL). I find racially swapping a character particularly gross because the creative capital could have been spent making a new character. Mindy Kalling in particular, infuriates me with Velma. Did she think she was appealing to every other Indian and me by racially swapping Velma. If anything, she's made us look horrible, like laughing stock. It's why I loved Mohinder in Season one of Heroes because he was awesome and just happened to be Indian, and why I'm working hard on my own original character who is Indian as well(focusing on making him a GOOD character). All in all, this woke casting stuff all it's doing is excaberating racism out there. They want to put us into boxes as opposed to valuing us as individuals. I'm not going to sit here and say raciism doesn't exist or there are not serious problems. But if you want true diversity(thought, perspectives etc.), you must be authentic about it. Actually make a character who can appeal to the general public as opposed to just a niche crowd, and focus on WHO they are not WHAT they are.

[@schnek8927]

@@EndymionTv Not only is it not at all low key, it's blatant racism. But also, you think it's low key racist because it only shows value in white characters...? Not because, *you know,* it treats white characters as expendable merely because of their race...? I hope i'm misunderstanding you, because if not then your morals are completely f*cked... That's a woke mentality, same level as "men die in war, women most affected" and all that crap. (albeit for a less serious topic, obviously)

[@run2cat4run]

So you ok with whitewashing

[@adriansandlin556]

As a black man who was a child in the 2000s, Disney Channel was a staple of my childhood and I found that Disney Channel during that time was ironically more diverse when diversity wasn't the primary focus. It just came naturally. Just because I'm black and someone else is black doesn't mean I can relate to them more than I can a white person, latino, or asian.

[@CuntNuggets]

I really wish it could go back to coming naturally instead of the focus.

[@adriansandlin556]

@@CuntNuggets Yes. 100% Yes.

[@rhythmicmusicswap4173]

I still have to see a show like that's so raven

[@carsandsports123]

Agreed, woke people pretend there was no diversity before race swaps, but they turn a complete blind eye to all the evidence to the contrary

[@greg3639]

Im white and love some black actors and brilliant roles back in time things work much better than this woke shit respect bro

[@d_dpo]

I'm an Indian woman and i was just fine with white princesses in fairy tales growing up. I'm not so fragile as to need to see my colour everywhere to feel represented. I could identify with qualities of various characters, even superheroes, such as being courageous, kind, strong and fighting for what's right even in the face of adversity. Those were my general takeaways. As a kid, i used to find those stories fun and inspiring. I know I'm not a duck, dog or a mouse but i loved Donald duck, micky mouse, goofy, etc. It is the same principle. You don't need to see your own kind everywhere to enjoy a good comic book, books or even films. To dumb it down to such basic levels shows how scant of a regard they actually have for the very people they think they are catering to, because this is the bare minimum. If you truly want to represent a community in a meaningful way, create new worlds and characters to show some new stories. Do not try to force gender/ race into existing stories. It just makes you look shallow, cunning and downright disrespectful

[@Ken-fh4jc]

They are basically saying we are all too stupid to relate to characters unless they look exactly like me. I’m a guy and growing up and even now I always loved Ellen Ripley from Alien and Sarah Connor from Terminator. They were complex characters with compelling story arcs who were also incredibly well acted. James Cameron didn’t have to go on TV and call them bad ass girl bosses. We all could tell they were bad asses nobody needed to tell me.

[@Jadenas]

Exactly this. As for me, I am white, but when I go and watch something that was made by people on the other side of the world, I'm not gonna sit here and cry there are almost no whites in it. And and all race bs aside this is just a simple logic. If something is happening in China, I expect Chinese people. If it's in Europe or USA, I expect predominantly white people. If in Africa, I expect mostly Africans... because that's how geography and history works. Also it's much more fun when things are more relatable instead of some diverse mishmash that has no substance and history behind it. tl;dr New writers are shit at their job.

[@estradamurcielgo175]

“Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.”

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Tolkien was ahead of his time

[@SadoMessiahLP]

too bad amazon didn't have the rights to that line xD

[@marcusblackwell2372]

@@SadoMessiahLP And anyway, it wasn't dialogue I don't think. It was just Tolkien describing Melkor

[@_pinkpatek]

🎯

[@dansmith1661]

That is antisemitic.

[@slyc5920]

I'm black and I relate to Peter Parker and Luke Skywalker. It is what they stand for.

[@shorray]

I am slavic... I always wondered why I like Darth Vader so much

[@spottedslash4256]

Respect, man.

[@12345Micki]

I love Peter Parker because nothing goes right for him, but he keeps trying. He is the personification of struggling integrity.

[@TheKingOfRuckus]

Same here. Grew up reading Spider-Man comics in the 80s. Love the Star Wars films too. Never once looked at those or any other characters and thought "I can't relate to them in any way because they don't look like me". I dislike how things are going in the world today.

[@onanestudios8604]

I am mexican, but when I saw Blade I wanted black sunglasess and kill vampires.

[@UnifiedEntity]

As a black man, im always annoyed by changes like making a character black or some race change that they weren't even to begin with. You already stated the stuff regarding her being fat.

[@EndymionTv]

Thanks for being understanding about it! We all deserve representation but it shouldn’t be at the expense of others. Hopefully people understand that

[@dominickroberts4653]

Exactly. If they want to create more stories with black characters. Maybe a film or show about the Great Zimbabwe Bird civilisation. I would pay to watch that.

[@happyphiri4237]

as a black man too I agree and the people who actually swap characters are people who actually don't care about the original identities They just want "to connect with the audience"

[@lancetoston3941]

@@happyphiri4237 but they’re not connecting with us they are showing us how they see us

[@SLRModShop]

Starting all your sentences by "as a [insert identity here]...", you're perpetuating wokeness and identity politics. A good point is a good point regardless of who makes it. Your identity should have no bearing on your point so there is literally no reason to mention it. "The sky on Earth is blue" ... Am I a Martian? Doesn't matter, it's still true... Unless you live in the UK and then it's grey... but you get my point.

[@RC-gh7os]

When I was a 5 year old girl, I still aspired to be Indiana Jones. He didn't have to be a 5 year old girl for me to relate to him or enjoy the character.

[@anothervictory2595]

Are you a T or something? Women shouldn't want to be men and vice versa.

Exactly, Ellie from the last of us is one of my all time favorite characters and I read every day.

[@knowledgeseeker4614]

I remember loving Static Shock or John Stewart because they were great characters first. It didn’t matter that they were black nor should it. When Static Shock addressed racism, it was done tastefully.

[@EndymionTv]

Hal & Jon are the best Lanterns 1000% 🔥

[@Kneejair]

Static shock was good. Loved that one

[@joewright1262]

Jon Stewart for life. I remember when I watched justice league as a kid, good times.

[@godrules311]

I loved both of those shows so much! Good times.

[@otbaht]

I loved static shock. at least the cartoon I never read the comics. the gun episode still sticks with me.

[@mirror2760]

As a young Native American girl I watched Static shock, x men evolution, and Spiderman religiously. It didn't matter that I wasn't the same race, a bang baby, a mutant or bitten by a spider, their stories were amazing to watch. If you need someone to be exactly like you to empathize with them then that's just sad.

[@chrisnichols9014]

We live in a clown world, I'm afraid.

[@neovagras980]

As Mexican when I watch marvel movies and power rangers I always loved the paragon heroes and cool anti heroes. Most of them were white characters but I didn’t like them because they were Mexican or black I liked them for their morals and traits

[@friedchicken4735]

I need my fictional characters to look and sound EXACTLY like me otherwise I can't stan

[@englishatheart]

Right? I'm a white straight woman. I relate more to male characters far more often female characters. Shit, Steve Urkle was someone I related to growing up. Christina Ricci's Wednesday Addams is one of few female characters I have ever related to. Her and Daria, lol. Just because someone shares your race, sex, or sexuality, it doesn't mean you can relate to him.

[@NaoyaYami]

As a standard middle-European white guy my favorite Spider Man so far is Into the Spiderverse's Miles Morales. If anything, I see too much of myself in the overweight, lazy, sweatpants-wearing white guy Peter B Parker -.-

[@melantharosewood]

Oh my god, when you mentioned Slavic characters being the bad guys, never good guys I said, “finally, someone other than me said it.” I’ve yet to see a Slavic character be depicted positively.

[@barongeoffrey75]

The only good slavic character i remember is Michel Strogoff.

[@toheekang174]

I’m glad I not the only one noticing the odd pattern

[@melantharosewood]

@@toheekang174it’s become so generic, cliched and basically painted a lot of Slavic people in a bad light. The only positive depiction of a couple of Slavic characters is from Resident Evil Damnation, and this released was back in Japan of 2012.

[@Noperare]

If a slavic character is not evil, he is a drunk idiot because "haha vodka"

[@iampchan083]

Does anyone remember Linka from Captain Planet and Colossus from X-Men? Those characters never felt shoehorned, they were simply a part of the team, full of common sense to offset their "act first, think later" Western counterparts.

[@BennyProductions]

at 4:00 I literally screamed out loud how RIGHT you are

[@Vergil_sparda1987]

Couldn’t have said it better yourself

[@mlag8858]

ironically this obsession with race did more harm than anything to that feeling of connection I felt as a kid

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

Cause it’s just damn true! I watched Regular show all the time when I was a kid, I related a lot to Mordecai and Rigby cause much like them I hated working (Or in my case going to school) and just wanted to sit on my ass all day and play games or draw. It didn’t matter that they were canonically 20 years older than me or a friggen anthropomorphic blue jay and raccoon.

[@Bruh-gq1ne]

People often forget that anyone can be racist, be it a black, white, or asian person. The fact that people forget that is a problem with our modern society. I also really admire that you made this video.

[@TankHunter678]

Rather they act as if black can never be racist, that white is only racist, and that white deserves to be punished for existing. With asian being the other white.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

I've seen infinitely more racism happen in my Hispanic community. If one white dude does it then it's like jackals fighting over a leg

[@james656-k8e]

they haven't forgotten they just don't want to admit it

[@chaos5121]

Blacks, hispanics, and asians can and are racist as shit. Try visiting China or South Korea as a black man, hell in China the light skinned Chinese discriminate against the darker skinned Chinese. Blacks and hispanics talk mad shit about white people. Most attacks on hispanics and asians are done by blacks. The list about racism from all groups goes on and on.

[@vertigo2894]

Asians being the most racist towards blacks.

[@joshmartling]

It’s funny how their definition of diversity includes making every character the same

[@dustenekoes28]

Right. Diversity to them is only skin-deep. There is no such thing as diversity of culture or diversity of thought 🙄

[@Deadman7600.]

I don’t think that’s true though

[@the_even_toed_ungulate.]

​@@Deadman7600.what you think is irrelevant.

[@Deadman7600.]

@@the_even_toed_ungulate. you have literally said nothing here. If you’re not smart enough to add anything to the conversation then maybe consider not commenting so you don’t look stupid.

[@rasendestroyer2701]

making every character "themself"

[@True-Sea-Turtle]

It's sad... I had friends (They are no longer my friends) They were super WOKE. They were not bad people but eventually their woke attitude push me away. The saddest part is that they were always talking about wanting a change in the world. One day I heard about visiting a Senior Retirement Home that was low in resources. Many of this elders were abandoned by their families. I thought it be a nice thing to do. Take some food for them, play board games and chat with them. I invited my woke friends. NONE of them showed up for the event.

[@EndymionTv]

They just like the idea of helping others but they don’t actually do it. It’s the same thing when it comes to supporting super sike products. They’ll tell everybody to buy or support it so they don’t have to. It’s all pointless virtue signaling

[@Avarn388]

@Just a turtle Then it really shows who they are as individuals and really you're better off without them. These clowns only pay lip service; I doubt any of your friends ever put that lip service into reality. Having volunteered at nursing homes and in general, it provides such a valuable insight onto the world. Because the truly sad part is none of these folks will ever back up what they say. They will preach and preach; because all they want is to LOOK good; without DOING good.

[@Semilamist]

They don't want to help people, or make the world a better place, they just want likes on social media and the spotlight on them for dopamine hits

[@roiking2740]

SJW are the biggest hypocrites in the world.

[@calebemerson9317]

Probably because they believe in Solidarity, not charity.

[@DetectiveThursday]

What I find problematic is what conclusions teachers or others might jump to when you pick something that doesn’t match up how you look. When I was a boy, I too thought Storm was awesome. Nowadays if I said something like that in grade school I’d have teachers thinking I was some trans egg they had to make it their mission to hatch.

[@RockyVegaTV]

"I don't think you need a character to look like you in order to see yourself in them." Damn right I don't and I didn't even need the explanation to understand why. I always have and it's a real shame this isn't more commonplace. It's literally the reason why Spider-Man's entire body is covered from head to toe as explained by Stan Lee himself!

[@fuzzbutt4551]

I am in no way a white, Caucasian boy from America, however he has always held a sweet spot in my heart. I have seen his mindset, worldview, personality, experiences, struggles etc. and-ever since I was young-looked up to him as a result because _he is like me._ He made me point at the screen and say "He reminds me of myself" on many different occasions. (As ppl say nowadays: 'he just like me fr') Yeah, he doesn't LOOK like me, but the character is what's most important. Tbh, I can even say the same thing about Naruto (despite me not being a blonde, blue-eyed, Japanese male ninja with whiskers) and many, many more. Relatability goes beyond appearance and where they're from and unfortunately many people miss that point nowadays.

[@RockyVegaTV]

@@fuzzbutt4551 💯💯💯

[@Tetragnathidae]

Exactly. I'm a woman and I consume a lot of fantasy and scifi books. Most of the main characters in this type of litterature is young adult men, teenage boys, male main characters. That means I've learned to see myself in them in various ways that may not refer to gender, looks or abilities (because I mean as much as id like i cant do magic..) and I still enjoy the content. I think it's important to learn to see yourself in a variety of characters no matter if they look like you or not.

[@RockyVegaTV]

@@Tetragnathidae Long as we're on the subject of Sci-Fi, one of my favorite characters is and will always be Ellen Ripley!!!🙌

[@chrisblanc663]

Yup.

[@miguelgomez2663]

As a Native American male, I always resonated with Spider-Man, hulk, and magneto because of their depth and not the color of their skin, the depth of the characters is what drew me in, same with characters like ghost rider and I really liked the character of penance arguably one of my favorite designs for a anti hero

[@micahrutland9021]

Magneto may very well be my favorite Marvel character. I intensely relate to his views of you were to apply them to the real world.

[@Danny.Duns1]

all these people at hollywood are so out of touch and have an agenda, it's honestly sad

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

For me, the character who most resonated with me has always been Commander Data from Star Trek TNG. An android with gold skin, but he was trying to learn from other humans. I have Aspergers and I am Schizophrenic so normal human interaction is a huge puzzle for me, I tend to watch others interact, wondering why certain behaviours result in certain results, but I don't feel the need to try it for myself. Watching and learning from others is enough for me.

[@billcarpenter5615]

@@micahrutland9021 Agreed, I always felt some pity for magneto as I thought he really wanted to help mutants

[@yohyzo5889]

I would like to know your opinion about Warpath. Growing up, he was the only native superhero I knew of in comics.

[@ZackydomPoy]

As a Malaysian Chinese, one character I relate to the most in movies is Remy from Ratatouille. HE'S A RAT But he's an ambitious rat with an insane passion for something despite being born in an environment that doesn't support his passion. And despite noone to share his passion with, his passion never died out until he got his opportunity. And even after he got his dream job, the movie didn't end there, there's struggles that you need to overcome in your dream job, struggles that come with the job, and unique struggles that stems from where he came from. That's what I saw in Remy the French rat as a Malaysian Chinese boy when the movie came out.

[@PeachthePom]

The saying “anyone can cook” always stuck with me. And I can be used for more than just cooking. Greatness can come from anywhere. All this wisdom from a movie about a cooking rat haha. It’s just great story telling

[@TheMormonSorceress]

That's how I felt with Disney's Mulan even though I'm a white girl. She is flawed and clumsy but by using her brain she saved all of China. I saw myself in her because I'm autistic and like her don't fit in but I have a good brain on my head and I use it to overcome my personal opticals.

[@miniman649]

@@TheMormonSorceress wow you must hate the new mulan then, given it turned her from a resourceful, intelligent warrior who still had to learn, into a immediate perfect fighter who only has to learn not to hold back against others, all due to her superior genetics.

[@VibePhoenix.]

"HE'S A RAT" got me bro

[@frontier1823]

Not to mention kidnapping the health inspector, and the former head Chief was funny and also terrifying, because I thought for years rats are that smart.

[@alexanderfreeman-rodin9921]

As a half Russian guy born here, I was raised in a Russian/American household and i grew up speaking it and many traditions and cultural things are part of my life as an adult as well. My whole childhood saw Russians as the villains. I never saw my people represented fairly. I don't hate anyone or America for it but THANK YOU for saying this!!❤ I've said the same thing in the past for years and been called racist "cuz white people can't face discrimination and stereotypes." Yeah I'm white, i AlSO GREW UP WITH A DIFFERENT CULTURAL BACKGROUND. Now with the whole thing with Putin/Ukraine it's even worse. Nice to hear someone else say it. PREACH!❤

[@PrincessLockette]

At least there is Black Widow 😂

[@alexanderfreeman-rodin9921]

@PrincessLockette not discounting that at all. Actually one of my favorites in comics and the MCU. And Scarjo playing her is cool too

[@artizan11]

I love how you said a character doesn't need to look like you for you to connect with them. I'm an Indian kid (Guju to be exact) and have never once cared about needing to look at an Indian person on screen to relate to them. At the end of the day, we're all humans who suffer or succeed at the hands of the human condition, which people seem to have forgotten. Personally, my favorite superheroes from my childhood went from Iron Man, to Iron Fist, to Spiderman, to Luke Cage, to Shera, to freaking Martian Manhunter - a literal alien. It's crazy how people forgot what the whole movement was about in the beginning, looking PAST surface level values.

[@pyromaniac_howlovely]

I agree with you. I'm a brown woman (pakistani) and growing up I usually consumed international media and never I thought "b..but he isn't a brown woman!! I'm feel so discriminated" that's just weird plus growing up I really loved Dragon ball z and I thought vegeta was super cool I didn't have a crush on him I just genuinely thought he was sick and I didn't have to be a Japanese man to just enjoy something. These people are forgetting that enjoying a show doesn't depend on the gender or race of a main character the story does. Sadly the thing is the creators think that diversity=profit and they know that people will defend their show just because it had a black trans lesbian women with disabilities in it and even if they don't they still will get hate watchers helping them profit off the show.

[@SueDoeNimh]

👍

[@suryasingh9738]

I'm not white, and I relate to the Flash because we're both runners, we have similar interests, our favorite GL is Hal, and we both love nerd culture. To think that you can relate to a person based on skin color or gender doesn't leave a lot of options open and only makes you more narrow-minded.

[@beeman4266]

I'm just a white dude but I loved fast and the furious growing up and I thought Vin diesel was great in it. I had no trouble identifying with him despite him being half black.

[@mortaldeity1922]

of course, you don't need it, but it definitely adds a whole other level of connection to them.

[@ToonfieldAnimations]

The moment you started talking about Dragon Ball Z I was reminded of how American SJW's are accusing Toriyama of racism for not adding enough diversity. He responded with "This is a Japanese franchise. Made by Japanese people for Japanese people. It's not your show, it's ours."

[@GamerMinilla]

You know that "article" was faked, right? Toriyama-sama hardly ever does interviews.

[@MinhNguyen-pk9qk]

@@GamerMinilla Still though I wouldn't be surprised if he actually said that.

[@crewgunnight8987]

Any kid will try a Kamehameha despite their skin colour. Hell my fav character is majin buu and he is technically healing pink goo and according to mordern view point i cant see myself as him lol.

[@atomu27]

that shit is fake lol

[@maravreloaded]

Japanese people are overly based. They had not-usual sexual characters since the 70's and nobody cared about. Sailor Moon had lesbians. Ranma 1/2 was about a sex changing (or "genderfluid", since changed with water) character. Hunter x Hunter had a lot of unknown sex characters. Take for example Neferpitou. Nobody knows if that's a he a she or something in between. Sometimes it's called with one others with the other. Japanese creators don't care about "your feelings" they care about profit. If for you profit is less important than *_DA MESSAGE_* then you're just r3t4rded.

[@Kneejair]

Spawn was dope. I didn't care as a white kid what color he was. He was just cool. Easy to relate to his goal of revenge

[@EndymionTv]

Hell yeah and his look is so badass. I need him in Fortnite cause I can’t control myself

[@Arendvdvenk]

​@@EndymionTv fortnite?! This is very harmful for your street cred

[@roadrash2005]

I only see skin color when a race swap happens. Original characters are just that.

[@Stop_Gooning]

Soul Calibur 2 on Xbox

[@blackfang1481]

I think this was one of the first comics I bought starting at 1 and decided I was a collector, the art was dope for its time. Image Comics was so fresh.

[@CryptTheNecromancer]

This is why I'm so hesitant to share my stories with big named companies. I want a company to create my stories how I see fit, based on the stories ive written, not "modernize" my characters how they see fit based on how they "feel" about diversity

[@Alastor999]

“You don’t need to look like a character to relate with them.” Because people are more than just their skin colour or ethnicity… it’s PART of who we are, but not ALL we are. This is a concept modern writers cannot grasp or refuse to understand.

[@rektz2457]

Woke nazis are actually worse than ww2 nazis at this point

[@clayongunzelle9555]

The people in power need us to be decided because that's the only way they can continue to take advantage of the people

[@lifeline.6144]

yet most characters are white so clearly it matters

[@dairoleon2682]

@@lifeline.6144 Most Disney characters were white during their Renaissance because their stories were stolen from classic European folk tales. Guess what color most Europeans tend to be? Most comics characters are white because back in the day comics were a lot like early fighting game characters where they were just super stereotypes of their place of origin, and most writers and artists wrote and drew what they knew, which tended to be New York and California. Which at the time, were majority white. Most popular media is made by Americans, which has been a majority-white country for over 200 years, or European, which has been a majority-white continent for millennia. Or East Asian, who see pale skin as a sign of wealth and prestige, and therefore beauty. What is your complaint?

[@Mouse_Metal]

@@lifeline.6144 Watch some Chinese or Bollywood movies LOL!

[@MRJBS117]

I’m glad there’s loads of KZbinrs who are fighting and talking about the wokeness which is ruining our lively hoods

[@Archangel976]

Where are the glasses

[@rousbagaming]

It doesn't matter. Democrats are still winning. KZbin is tiny place. Real world is outside.

[@t.townsend]

He’s talking more so about fake wokeness

[@79Bobola]

@@t.townsend all wokeness is garbage and needs to die.

[@Gaggerlotion]

It’s lively in the hood

[@ShellShock11C]

As a war veteran with psychological trauma, I feel for your Grandfather. Strange, I have no idea who he was, looked like or believed in, but I feel a certain kinship with him. Though, he had it far worse than me. Rest in peace, and I'm sorry the world did that to you sir.

[@ZeroNumerous]

It's kind of weird and heartwarming the things we can relate and bond with. We build a kinship and an understanding with someone we've never met just through knowing a little bit about their life.

[@gibusgaming5866]

What war did you participate in you don't mind me asking?

[@Gamescharles]

GWOT?

[@ShellShock11C]

@MichaelMyers'knife Nah, I'll just keep being a drunk. Lmao

[@ShellShock11C]

@@Gamescharles 2008 OIF. Yup.

[@averyleeacton2544]

4:29 "you don't need a person to look like you to relate to them" is so true. As a white man, I can still relate to the family dynamic, struggles, and personalities of the older sisters in Encanto. Well written characters don't need demographic requirements to be relatable.

[@anothervictory2595]

Well somewhat. I will never relate to a woman, an asian, a hispanic, or a ghey.

[@protorhinocerator142]

As a guy I used to watch Wonder Woman on TV. Miles Morales in the Spider-verse movies is black. I felt every ounce of emotion he endured on his heroes journey. They did his character right. His dad however, is woke. Did you spot it? In the first movie his name was Jefferson Davis. In the second movie, his name was Jefferson Morales. He took the name of his wife, Miles' mom. Apparently she was a single mother until some time between the movies, and he was just the live-in baby daddy. Now a soy boy. Not a strong family message there.

[@anothervictory2595]

@@protorhinocerator142 Miles Morales is not blk, you need two blk parents to have a blk child the same way you need two yt parents to make a yt child.

[@nicholassupino8775]

I felt the same way when I first saw Spawn as a kid. I used to wrap a big red blanket around my shoulders and run around the yard pretending to be him. I'm not black but the fact that he was, never made me not relate to him. In fact that never even crossed my mind.

[@tjtjmich16p]

The innocence of childhood is being taken away by the entertainment industry, No more writing a good character it's race swapping and good character into a diverse one

[@85justsomedude]

Al Simmons was black. Spawn was a burnt corpse with a Venom suit .

[@TheSilentRevolution1988]

April went from chasing stories, to chasing calories

[@bluemonk44]

😂😅😂

[@AlteraLin]

Too many donuts in the News Van will do that to ya. :(

[@r4hsn18]

I don't think she can chase anything now

[@aeternusdoleo4531]

She's a modern 'journalist'.

[@jakethegreatest473]

​@@aeternusdoleo4531so now she just makes shit up that fits a narrative 😅

[@jakehanson216]

Spawn and blade are the most badass characters I've ever seen, and they didn't have to constantly remind you of the color of their skin

[@dusancakic]

Also Punisher

[@Archive_7802]

Facts.

[@eliasrodriguez1419]

Also wolverine

[@dusancakic]

@@eliasrodriguez1419 True, how did we forget our boy Wolvie...

[@PLG1311]

Om honestly gonna throw a fit if they race or genderswap blade lol

[@ruairi9109]

I think the part of anime often overlooked is that a large majority of the audience like to self insert themselves and live through characters Anime characters can be anything and to fact people can still relate says that this idea is just inherently wrong Unless it’s different from seeing people to animation but I don’t personally think so

[@Crosstorm_]

i like the buff man from Jujutsu Kaisen and want to be strong just like him is that bad

[@Kneejair]

I'm not sure it is going away at all. They ruin more things every week.

[@EndymionTv]

I mean you’re not wrong 😂😩

[@Kneejair]

​@@EndymionTv wish I was haha

[@schnek8927]

@@Veskr1 - "... their punishment is coming. It's going to be ugly for them." I hope you're right man, i really do. The uglier, the better...

[@bigboi5545]

​@Veskr1 I agree. With so many high-profile failures and backlashes in recent memory, it finally feels like general audiences are getting as tired of this shit as we are.

[@run2cat4run]

Capitalism’s wokeness is making people rich

[@renzrose9050]

I really like your point here. I am Puerto Rican/ black. I do not connect to Miles at all. His story is not my story just because our ethnicities match. I once read that it is the height of narcissism if you can only relate to people that remind you of yourself.

[@EndymionTv]

I agree 100%

[@noahjester8471]

Samus Aran is nothing like me; she's tall, pretty fit, an experienced soldier, and a woman. And yet, I've looked up to her since I was a kid. Her stoicism and drive to see her objective completed was inspiring to me. And yet, her stoicism doesn't mean that she's incapable of being compassionate, vengeful, or even terrified. She's the best, not because she was handed anything, but because she fought tooth and nail for every victory

[@DarthVoxyn]

Congrats from me. I too grew up loving Samus despite being straight white and male. She is everything I aspire to be, courageous,compassionate and adventurous.

[@thenewbee5850]

Sadly if a movie were made of Samus she would probably be race swapped and have different ideals to change her from her cool stoic self

[@raisofahri5797]

@@thenewbee5850 Nintendo will never let it happen lol, like what happened to super mario

[@ThatGuy-nc6wg]

She is definitely my favorite and the fact she doesn't talk makes her the perfect woman.

[@lXlDarKSuoLlXl]

​@@raisofahri5797 Nintendo doesn't wants to remember the existence of that movie, what your back, they'll come for you 😂

[@Asankeket]

04:00 "I don't think you need a character to look like you in order for you to see themselves in them" - this bears repeating.

[@JAB6322]

My condolences to your grandfather ENDYMION. If only he had the strength and the help he needed to bear the pain on that fateful day so that he lived. 😔

[@EndymionTv]

Thank you! But that’s what war does to people. And I hope events like the Holocaust are never repeated. But because of him I’m here! So I’ll live on & carry his memory ❤️

[@ashlynbrown3728]

War takes and ruins lives, but we hold the memories of those who fell. A wise man once said lest we forget

[@akaiyoru2681]

@@EndymionTv While I don't know of any of my ancestors being in concentration camps, I do remember being told about my great grandma. She has survived bombing, hidden in the cellar

[@RyugaSemVoid]

also as a black man by modern media standards i am not allowed to relate to wolverine i just cant wait for the day that all this woke stuff to be eradicated from media i just want it to happen now!!!

[@skullofglory10]

Don't we all?

[@padroelhijodemorzat112]

It will happen eventually, don't worry :)

[@matthewui5034]

And another thing that makes no sense is the argument for her last name. People get their last names changed all the time when they get married 🤦🏾‍♂️. And tons of black people have white last names because during slavery they would sometimes take on the surname of their masters and owners. What is y’all problem with 1 black female character bruh? This movie looks sick and has a lot of promise but no one can look past a fat black girl??? Jesus Christ give me a break

[@Manic_Panic]

It's not going away. Companies are ranked by their ESG score to secure fundings. They know no one likes this sort of crap but since they get money for it, they will keep employing woke writers that will keep the company's ESG score on a net positive. Unfortunately, the regular joe is tired of complaining about this so people are just accepting it since the change is not happening. Movies, video games, TV shows, books, music... all of the entertainment industry is poisoned... at least the western media is.

[@MiguelDLewis]

@@matthewui5034 There are no white/black last names or first names. A lot of names common in Europe have African origins and vice versa.

[@DarthVader1273]

All my life, I have seen characters in movies, TV, and video games that look nothing like me. But every time I would look at a character that I admired, I wouldn’t see race, gender, or even sexual orientation. I would see only the reasons why I fell in love with them: Their personality traits, ideals, role in the story, and/or overall coolness & likability. If a character is well written with a good story and not constantly pushing some sort of message, then I don’t give a damn what their skin color, gender, or sexual orientation is because I care about more than what’s on the surface

[@Justanotherguy83]

Facts...

[@Dataman481]

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[@DroolingDrilling]

People like Angry Joe would disagree, and call you a bigot.

[@trailerwager8850]

Dude, EVERY redhead is turned black. Imagine seeing that as an Irish-American

[@DarthVader1273]

@@dragonhale2026 Growing up, I saw the neighborhood kids doing the same thing you said. I would see white, male children occasionally fighting over who got to have powers that happened to belong to female and/or non white characters. The ones I noticed were Storm, Blade, Invisible Woman, and even Raven & Starfire. They didn’t care what color or gender the person was at all. They simply liked their awesome powers and enjoyed the works they appeared in. I never heard any of them tell another they couldn’t have a certain character’s powers because they weren’t white or male.

[@fmc291]

Im gay, brown skinned and Puerto Rican. Yet I grew loving the films Willow and The Neverending Story. Both of the main characters were outcast by those around them, both were unsure of themselves and lacked confidence. Bastion is a daydreamer who draws Unicorns, hates math and was bullied. I connected to both of these characters despite one being a little person and the other Caucasian.

[@steveouk90126]

When I was a kid in the 1970s I used to watch a show called "Good Times", in which a black family struggled to pay the bills and maintain their virtue in a world which treated them poorly. Even though all white people on the show were either dumb, racist, or both, I still enjoyed it because I could relate to the struggle and found the colorful characters entertaining. I also got life lessons about making difficult choices and putting character before personal gain at others' expense. Some things are universal.

[@fmc291]

@@steveouk90126 exactly. I love the OG Roseanne. I related to them because they were also poor and struggled financially. Especially the episode where their lights are cut off. I’ve been there growing up. Yet my family is Puerto Rican. Also loved Crooklyn, I was an only boy in a predominantly female house and Troy was a girl in a predominantly male household. I related to her and how she interacted with her brothers. Some one said “strive for a universal story and you will attract everyone”

[@doubleagentd]

As a black man of 42yrs old, I don’t appreciate my “entertainment” telling me what offends ME or what I need to see to be able to identify with. My best friend, my chosen brother is a southern white man, we come from extremely different backgrounds but by todays standards we can’t be friends because “we can’t relate” but those differences are exactly what make us work. My favorite X-men were Gambit and Storm, favorite villain Magneto and I have nothing in common with any of them except that we are all human beings…yeah yeah me and storm are black but you get my meaning.

[@nobalkain624]

Agreed. People like to point out that X-Men was all about the fight for Civil Rights, and while that is true they did so without beating us over the head with that message. The Characters and Story came first. Through the X-Men I saw people of all Cultures and Backgrounds working together. I also saw that Women could be Strong and Leaders, while also Feminine and Vulnerable. All lessons that are lost on these people. Just to prove how even more wrong they are I am a Masculine Straight White Male who learned all this reading Comics when a Teen in the 90's.

[@jjones9822]

I’m a white dude and I think Blade is awesome, especially Wesley Snipes version, and I also think Ripley from Aliens is badass and a great hero because she’s just a scientist who has to find the courage to fight back against literal killing machines. I don’t need a white male character to inspire me. I just need a well written character, not forced diversity. Woke diversity completely misses the point about creating great characters.

[@endangeredspecies8441]

“Because we are all human” omg this line right here !! We need to spread this line around.

[@williamerickson520]

Technically the X-Men are all mutants, but we get the idea. lol

[@MrArtVein]

This. I love the titties on my maple syrup bottle. Idgaf White folks thought a real person was a racist caricature. RIP Auntie Jemima

[@scotginger4690]

The problem is that "Woke" ideas treat fatness like it's as bad as racism or sexism. It's not, and while we shouldn't make fun of fat people, we shouldn't strive to "be fat" in a sense. Being fat for most people is fine. But for others it could seriously damage your health especially if it gets out of control.

[@wakkaseta8351]

It's either acceptable or it's not, and it's not. This "we shouldn't make fun of people for X" nonsense is precisely how wokeness starts.

[@ultear_yunan]

Uh-huh year people like you always so stressed about someone's health only when they fat. When girls got anorexia and food disorders in 16-20 trying to fit in your stupid comic standarts of being fuckable, imposed on them by bigots like you, its all okay with you))) I wonder if you really think about someone's health - yeah, right, lmao I will better have shows that will tell them that people comes in different sizes and the fact that they have internal organs like stomach or peer-shape of a body doesn't mean they are dying from cholesterol or whatever bullshit people like you believe in

[@greybush6939]

​@@wakkaseta8351 exactly! I can't be friends with someone that I can't make fun of!... or if I have to censor myself around them!

[@maravreloaded]

One thing is making fat jokes like jokes of any type of Dark Humor. Other is going with fat people and saying "HAHA YOU SC-MBAG YOU SHOULD D13" Nobody is defending that. I think it's very obvious.

[@maravreloaded]

They talk about obessity like if it was something you were born with. Like another race or opressed group. And since they act the same way with everyone they can't do much but just encourage self-destruction.

[@hyperous5643]

Spawn is one of my favourite characters of all time, not only because of how badass and how powerful he is but also because of his depth. Some of the dialogue from the 90s animated series was so deep. He's a great example of how characters can be diverse without losing their depth or as you said, how characters can speak to people who do not look like them. I'm white as hell and I still relate to a lot of things in spawn (potentially not a good thing)

[@leeharris8102]

love spawn... enjoyed the movie and if the cgi had been like todays, would of been brill.. the hbo series was amazing.. watched it like 10 times lol..

[@lordofspork9865]

man that hbo series is a easy once a year watch, keith david not being the type cast big cigar military guy is a absolute pleasure dude truly can emote with just his voice. i'd rather a continuation of the series and not a new movie

[@thelegoyousteppedon]

Al Simmons/spawn was a good person who got stuck In a shit situation he genuinely tries to do good

[@shadowednight1600]

Spawn is a icon, I mean sure he was seen as edge but now he's a deep character that brings so much to the table

[@leeharris8102]

@@lordofspork9865 I totally agree, would love more of the series, it's one thing I can't see them getting woke crap in to ruin it lol.. saying that I would like to see a live action with the way they can cgi today. Saw something like a clip and it was like spawn and his cloak, looked like in a library. Hope it wasn't this on my phone lol.. anyway, yeah deffo more series, especially with the amount of material they have to work with..

[@CONTRACTOR_SG3]

Man loved this vid. Its a beautiful thing to see yourself in characters that might not be your own color, that means the character are well written. Being black I always looked up to Snake Solid/Naked from Metal Gear Solid. The dude was smooth, got shit done and was jsut badass. The fact that they haven't made a live action Static Shock shows you how much they rather race swap then actually put in effort into already established characters.

[@TheGhostbuster1989]

Your part about Slavic representation really resonates with me, I am Arab and hollywood hasn't really been kind in our representation. We are represented either as Terrorists, Greedy Oil Sheiks, or bumbling buffoons with a strange language.

[@rannenw6207]

Guy Richie is making a movie about a interpreter in Afghanistan who is actively avoiding the Taliban because he served with US SF and he saves a US soldier from being captured and he goes back to get him out of the country

[@rannenw6207]

It's called the Conevenat.

[@RumAddict2]

You are all three of those things at once.

[@zibix4562]

You might like the kite runner

[@vitus6302]

How are Arabs representing white people in their media?

[@LaMorenaPequena]

Conformity to societal views kills art!!! You don’t know the good you’re doing by putting out these videos! On the behalf of all creative’s without a platform I want to say thank you 🙏

[@-Siculus-Hort-]

it's all about bringing about a certain political ideology...

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

_Conformity to social views kills art._ This is a bit too simple. Of course you can be fine with the views of the society you live in and still be a good artist. The problem is when artists are bound to or tend to at all costs avoid outraging parts of the public. If so, art becomes more cowardly and less powerful.

[@LaMorenaPequena]

@@jensphiliphohmann1876 You make a good point. I feel like you kinda described a scenario that further shows my point though. When you force yourself to accept the status quo and you are afraid to make art (of any kind) that might “upset” people then that places limits on your creative process. This allows only a certain group of people who hold views and values deemed “socially acceptable” to get recognition. Think of all the projects that don’t see the light of day because they would be deemed vulgar by the public. Not all art is sunshine and rainbows sometimes art is designed to make you FEEL emotionally, and sometimes that emotion might be disgust or discomfort. It’s supposed to move you! (Sorry for all my grammar mistakes 🙃)

[@ceasarsaran8573]

The problem isnt that creators want to do this. The problem is that money men like Blakc Rock, Set Street and Vanguard CEO have developed this point system, where they award actual woke points to something, and if something has more woke points, the Morte money they will give. So if you make a movie that has a stupid white character, and a smart sassy black one, you have a point. Letssay your movie has a Climate Change message, you have another point. Maybe your movie makes fun of Christian tradition, or conservative people, you get another point. A family with 2 moms and no dad, another point....etc.

[@Mongrelntruder]

if you relate to this clown you probably make shit art to begin with😂

[@wolverine2314]

I'm From India. I'm agree with you. Most people from my country don't like Dirty Woke politics in movies as well.

[@poliidentity]

Agreed but urduwood still keeps churning out woke content anyways 😶

[@zinnahsayarmahmud]

​@@poliidentityyeah but those controversial stuff don't get traction in their homeland but only in Western spaces.

[@michaelphillips2079]

It seems woke is a peculiarly Western mental illness, although it is always in danger of spreading.

[@noush4835]

bro ive never screamed THANK YOU these many times in a row. u keep saying "this is gonna make u mad" but then i completely 100000000% agree with u like these are my exact thoughts but non-jumbled and very very well written

[@t091293]

Wokeness is going away for good. We endured it enough, time is up.

[@tylertorch5914]

It never goes away for good, it's a pendulum. One that I wish would just sit in the middle. Just make good characters FFS 😭

[@crazysnow1236]

It’s like what the grave mind said” like the water I ebb and flow” it comes in waves

[@kazmiller7195]

It's not going anywhere sadly

[@dragonfruit6532]

@@tylertorch5914 “sit in the middle” THIS. *THIS.* WE DONT NEED TO BE EITHER EXTREME!

[@tylertorch5914]

@@dragonfruit6532 so much this.. can we not just live and let live. Idgaf if you want to be a chick you don't worry about what I'm up to, I ain't hurting anyone.. well except myself for the most part 😂 sometimes I get away unscathed. What I'm seeing is a super weird fetish for controlling things that have no effect on anyone. I mean it certainly doesn't help that anyone who wants the kind of power to run a country is a class A textbook narcissist. Look at Trudeau and his gas lighting, the whole country sees it and he still thinks he's pulling it over on us. Text-fucking-book, "I'm the greatest I'm the smartest you will all listen to me because I'm never wrong". Just another reason why I think in 2023, the people can vote on the issues that matter to them. We don't need representation anymore, 100% of the time they don't speak for everyone they represent

[@astudyofdreams2558]

Broader issue: I just want original IPs. Every piece of media today is a lazy cash-grab remake or reimagining. The wokeness just creates artificial controversy by trashing the fans' nostalgia.

[@EndymionTv]

True this is why I loved Evil West from late last year. Just a fun new action game. We need more fun new stuff

[@metalnuck3181]

What modern writers and Hollywood overall fail to grasp is that people for years related to a character not because of race or gender. People found personality traits and life events that they could relate too. People could gain an emotional attachment to any character if they were well written.

[@markovukmirovic4039]

Ja sam takodje Srbin koji živi u USA Florida napisao sam ti ovo na Srpskom samo da se razlikuje od ostalih 7000 komentara. Svaka cast na ovom video. Pratio sam te vec neko vreme a nisam imao pojma sa si Srbin. Veliki respekt

[@minecraftbuildswithme4797]

As a black woman I totally agree that you can still like and see yourself as characters that aren't the same gender or race as you! When I was super young I loved Mario from Super Mario Sun Shine, that was my first game I've ever played. When I saw mario I didn't notice that he was different from me, I always saw him as a guy jumping between pipes and saving princess peach, I liked him because he was a hero! I still love mario to this day, He's character is perfect and he brought me so much joy and has always been their when I was growing up, I would never want him to be race swapped to be the same race as me, there's no reason to change him!

[@g-coalitionbrother1729]

The day someone tries to reply to this by trying to appeal to you with how cool it would be to have a black Mario: "Bitch, please tell the Japanese people who made Mario pseudo-Italian how racist they are and see how quickly they come to their senses on you. I'll wait."

[@buckjones4901]

It is crazy isn't it, the most racist people are the people who obsess over race all the time. The corporate media is a prime example of that.

[@kirbyboycoolness6734]

Nice. Mario is amazing true

[@bud389]

April isn't just overweight...She's OBESE. There is a difference. Overweight is considered to be over the normal, healthy weight, and is a precursor to being obese. Obese is when you are decidedly in the unhealthy category. People in the overweight category can still be relatively quite healthy.

[@zm9419]

This normalization of obesity and trying to paint it as beautiful is sickening. Any person who lost weight or any person for that regard with a functioning brain will find this trend moronic. HAES is a plague.

[@smelltheglove2038]

Relatively? Relative to an obese person but not a physically fit person.

[@nobalkain624]

@@smelltheglove2038 That depends on what each person would consider to be a Healthy Lifestyle. If you wish to be rather Physically Active all the time, then yes it would be very hard to do so. If not though you can still live a rather Healthy Life as long as you dont reach Obese. The hard part is keeping yourself from doing so. Due to my Arthritus I am not able to be very Physically Active, thus I am not able to do much to keep myself from being Overweight, but I watch what I eat to keep myself from being Obese. In no way to I consider this a good thing, but I do the best I can in my situation.

[@smelltheglove2038]

@@nobalkain624 no, each person doesn’t get to choose what they consider healthy. There are objective standards.

[@smelltheglove2038]

@@nobalkain624 also, I do t think it’s hard at all to be physically active. In fact, I find it hard not to be physically active. I start losing my shit if I don’t get outside and move around. I used to skateboard a shit ton, my knee hurts constantly, and I still get out and do things. I’m not getting surgery because I can handle the pain. I’m starting to get arthritis in my ankles too, or somethings going on there. I still get out and hike, fish, and hunt. I walk my dog two miles every morning, weather permitting. I think it’s called not being a lazy person.

[@omniviewer2115]

One interesting factor people often overlook is that when a character exists who already adds diversity to the series, there's a strong chance that they will be erased entirely for being quote-unquote "outdated stereotypes". Look at what happened with Speedy Gonzales back in the late-Nineties and early-Oughts. For a brief period, Cartoon Network refused to air any cartoons with him in them because his cartoons were deemed offensive to the Latino community, and only restored them when said Latino community told them how wrong they were. Speedy is actually considered a heroic icon by the very people he's supposedly offensive to, and the only people truly offended by him were self-righteous slacktivists who claimed to know what was best for people they knew nothing about. Then the cancel mob tried censoring him again in 2021 to similar response. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@endangeredspecies8441]

The only people offended are white people and people that want attention. They are over correcting to make up for the backlash they received in 2016.

[@GizmoFantasyCrew]

As an Hispanic myself I consider Speedy one of my favorite characters in the looney toons

[@matthewui5034]

Okay, some of y’all are taking this a little too far/personally. I mean y’all really fat-shaming a black fictional character 😭 because she’s not white. I hate forcing diversity into media through rewriting history since it’s obviously disrespectful & demeaning asf to basically say viewers can’t have an OG diverse character. But it’s a really good looking KIDS movie. It’s no Spider-Verse but it’s got potential for sure. Yet everyone is dislike bombing it and talking shit because of 1 single character. This is 100% overreacting man. This is why nothing ever changes because y’all are sending this abrasive message that y’all seemingly HATE diversity altogether (acting like actual bigots) rather than sending the message that you simply hate minority-washing/forced diversity and don’t want to be pandered to. TLDR: If this is how y’all are gonna react to a single character rewrite in an otherwise fantastic looking KIDS movie, then buckle up cuz you’re looking at being pissy asf for the next half a century at least.

[@completelyaverageviewer]

@@matthewui5034 i think you’ve vastly misunderstood most of everything being discussed here. regardless if the movie looks good, if it has troubling implications and the like, it should and will get backlash, because is allows for actions like what’s being taken here to be considered “okay” when in reality it’s just making the primary issue worse. the issue here is primarily like what was discussed, the forced diversity and pandering by changing existing characters to meet those diversity goals isn’t something people wish to see. when you make an established character into what’s essentially an entirely different character, people are going to notice, they’re going to point it out, and you’re going to have to ask yourself, “why did they do this when they could’ve simply made another character for it?” that’s why people really liked Into the Spiderverse, because not only was the movie designed and directed very well, but Miles was truly his own character with his own personality, background, and story, and all of that was achieved without having to change how Peter looked and acted. they were kept separate characters and the directors and writers put the time and effort into truly diversifying Miles and making him his own character, instead of taking the lazy route of just recoloring an existing character and saying that it meets the diversity quota, and you do not achieve real diversity by writing over existing things. that’s the troubling implications being put forth, it’s not that people are mad at having diversity, it’s about the troubling routes that studios are taking to attempt to achieve that diversity.

[@_Vengeance_]

That can especially be seen with brands, such as Aunt Jemima syrup.

[@Nomimonyo]

I'm Filipino, my father worked in animations. He introduced me to spawn at 12 years old. Shit was an eye opener for me, loved it! Those who wants to change the backgrounds of characters, simply just want to complain to complain. Let these people become modernized, those of us that enjoy the backgrounds of those we love will always resonate to us.

[@AsteriskBlight]

I like the part where you say you don't need the character to look like you to identify yourself with them or be inspired. I am a super pale, blue-eyed Slavic girl. Ever since I was a child, Mulan was my favorite Disney princess. Her race, culture and body/facial features did not matter. What I love about Mulan is her courage, wit, ambition and determination. I couldn't care less what any character's racial heritage is.

[@matthewdietz5485]

I think the creator missed the mark on describing this desire, though. The thing isn't that people can't relate to a character not like them, it's that there are some people who can't find ANY characters like them, or only find them rarely. For a personal example, I grew up in a time where, gay men were hyper feminine GBF stereotypes that made/were jokes or part of a tragic teen duo where one or both ended up dead. When shown at all. Seeing a character like me for the first time was a feeling I have never been able to explain since. As a gay man into contact/fighting sports, I quite literally did not see a main-ish character who I related to both in terms of both romantic desires and interests until I was well into university. It even made coming out harder, as I was told multiple times that I couldn't be gay because I didn't "act gay" and that maybe this was stress getting to me. People were literally quicker to medicalize my admission to liking men as something akin to a psychotic break I'd snap back from than to believe I was gay because our media had only a slim stereotype of gay men in niche roles, when we were shown at all. So while yes, you as a white, blue-eyed Slavic girl can love characters of whatever race, that's not what people are talking about when asking for representation. They aren't asking for every character to be exactly like them. They are asking for at least a few characters like them.

[@thahirshibu5042]

Are you an albino? I ask this because even white folks can be albino. I met one kid who genuinely looked like those porcelain dolls chilling out in an antique store

[@tarlison2k1]

If you know the real story of mulan its more interesting, she was not known as a warrior but as tactician and a general, nobody knew she was a girl until her friends decided to visit her home

[@FrancisJacquerye]

…are you saying that it’s the character’s circumstances and story arc that you identify with? Whaaat?

[@IceQueen975]

Exactly. I'm Slavic too and most of my faves from childhood were actually *male* characters. But I loved them for their bravery, determination and how genuine their love for their friends and romantic interest would be written/shown. Let's not even touch on how WE as Slavs have no rep at ALL. >.>

[@Zacharyali]

“if you think i’m being fat phobic that says more bout you then me” was a hard line

[@ajstudios9210]

Dude, it wasn't hard at all. His line "She looks like she'd be winded opening the fridge" is extremely fatphobic. Like, wtf? Who says that crap. He doesn't like April being overweight, fine, but he shouldn't exaggerate things and say toxic things like that just because she's big. It's honestly on parr with the type of comments the characters in HBO's Velma say about Fred just because he's a white guy.

[@ltb1345]

@@ajstudios9210 Jesus Christ, seek professional help. Being fat is objectively bad for your mental and physical health, and there's no such thing as "fatphobia".

[@viroshanargiri4641]

@@ajstudios9210 being fat isn't healthy lifestyle the media shouldn't glorify it.

[@JesseJS4317]

@@ajstudios9210 like he said... ''that says more about you then me''

[@apkhbmbgamlkbh1531]

@@ajstudios9210 if someone is fat it clearly means they either lack self control or are uneducated. there is no excuse for being fat when its that easy to not be fat and that is why its okay to make fun of fat people and to "shame" them because its their choice to be fat so its my choice to laugh at such an absurd choice

[@LeeEverett1]

I remember when the Little Mermaid remake trailer dropped with all those woke lunatics praising the race swap, and when real gingers and red heads were expressing how they felt they lost an iconic character representing them, the comments of "you're a racist" and "you're just a bigot" were immediately thrown at them 😂

[@psychic-friend-toy-freddy]

Yeah this is why i am against woke culture

[@Aqueox]

Anti-Whiteism will continue until we're dead. That's the basic fact of the matter.

[@oldkingspook]

Redheads are truly taking a beating. My friend is a natural redhead and she feels ugly because the message being sent to people with red hair right now is "you're not good enough to keep around."

[@Aqueox]

@@oldkingspook Oh don't worry. Redheads, blondes, eventually all of us Whites will be raped and killed to extinction. Ever hear of Rhodesia? Doesn't exist anymore. South Africa? Whites are specifically targeted and there's a crime against them each and every day. It's over.

[@zigsteenine8650]

@@oldkingspook honestly makes me wonder why it’s mostly redheads being race swapped though… like does some higher up in Hollywood despise red heads or something? It’s very bizarre…

[@mannofdober873]

"Racism is bad." "Wait a second, is that a COMPETENT WHITE character?! Gimme that black paint."

[@zer0rez_]

It reminds me of how I love watching Blade so much because he looked so badass over the traditional vampire and also an originally written and portrayed as black character. It was a revolutionary story to see a vampire hunts another group of vampires to protect the human society. Similar to your experience, I watched it as a kid.

[@IShallCallHimTaders]

I had this same damn conversation with my friend "Would it be cool if Black panther was white?" Him "Uh, no, he's called the black panther." "What about heimdal, are you okay with him being black?" Him "Sure, I think it was a great rendition of the lore." "You do realize that Heimdal's name and title is quite literally Heimdal the White. Right? He was given that title for he was as pale as fresh fallen snow." Him "That's just norse lore, this is different." "No it really isn't, both are set in fiction. One has the name black, and the other has the name white. But it's only okay that they are both black, but not both white?" Him "You are putting words in my mouth." "No, I'm just pointing out what we call Hypocrisy. Either both are okay, or neither is okay." He stopped talking to me after that, and I told him he was being pandered to.

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

I want you to show him Magneto in the comics (mega buff) & Magneto in the movies (old coot),try to get him to list off the diffrences.Make him realise that the actor's CHARISMA is far more important that accuracy. Alternatively.Get him to play Mass Effect,& make him explain hom much impact gender or melanin has. Or get him to read those "Men of Reddit,what're yor moments with s3xism" posts,or the Tvtropes article about the same thing. One way or the other,he has to realise m4le,h3tero YPIPO aren't the IRL Mary Sues he thinks they are.

[@beauporter8440]

Logic always hurts when it challenges our misconceived pre-conceptions.

[@expiredjuicebox]

what about heimdal needs him to stay white for his character to work? because making black panther white takes his whole character away and i’m sure heimdal wouldn’t hurt if they were turned a different skin color. that’s the problem it’s so stupid people think they’re making a good argument by saying “wHy dOnT wE cHanGe tHe sKiN cOlOr oF BlaCk ChaRctErsz?!?” what if i told you THE WHOLE POINT OF THEM BEING ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHITE IS BECAUSE LITERALLY A VAST MAJORITY OF CHARACTERS ARE WHITE

[@IShallCallHimTaders]

@@expiredjuicebox You left your Capslock on.

[@isdrakon9802]

I actually didn't know about that title. Personally so long as the race of the character isn't directly tied to the story then changing the race for a better actor is fine. For characters like black panther who is the leader of a nation of black folks, making him white wouldn't make sense

[@cesaraguirre4577]

I just found you and there is only one thing I can say: Preach bro!. I am a white fella, from México, that also got into Spawn instantly and his story looked so badass to me, I love him and I don't need a Mexican, white, and curly headed version of him to keep loving him. That is what the woke agenda can get right...they are so stupid and can't wait for this shit to stop happening

[@EndymionTv]

Thank you for watching! And cheers

[@DarkGellidous]

Que cool ver otro paisano que ame Spawn!

[@golegojic972]

​@@EndymionTvMy dude, I'm Serbian, from Belgrade, and much respect to you, my fellow countryman, for bringing light to WW2 attrocities the Croatians did! Wish you all the best!

[@cesaraguirre4577]

@@DarkGellidous Spawn es un chingón! haha aun recuerdo que mi jefa me tiraba los comics por que eran satánicos hahaha, que buenos recuerdos. La neta el mejor antihéroe para mi gusto, es una lastima que este mas o menos olvidado en los medios, una buena serie o una película, sin jaladas woke claro, estaría genial...pero ya lo veo venir, seguramente lo hacen gay o alguna jalada así por que el que de base, Al Simons sea un hombre de color, ya no es suficiente para el mundo "inclusivo".

[@yagami931]

"We are all more than color of our skin" - brilliantly phrased. this episode explained why I felt these "woke" things as being off even though as a minority I should be, in theory, benefiting from it.

[@p.d.l7023]

I agree with what you said about Magneto. When they showed Magneto being pulled away from his family in one of those first Xmen movies I cried.

[@seastorm1052]

I was writing a story and showed one of my ex-friends who, at the time, was just discovering all of the wokeness. The story was inspired by European/Scandinavian culture and where most of the characters live is generally cold, and thus all the characters, except for one, who I made it a point for them to have grown up in a desert, were white. This ex-friend then proceeded to blackwash all my white characters (to "see who'd survive the transformation", in their words) behind my back and without my consent, then asked constantly about where all the black characters were. They even tried to coerce me to make a different black character of mine trans/nonbinary just because his name is Ezra. They did a lot more (ie. rewrote classic European/Scandinavian folktales but with every character being part of the LGBT community) but that's a long story. These people only care about complete and total control, not pure and unadulterated creativeness.

[@lasantabibliaparanino3795]

My God this world is ending

[@mackayladavis4021]

You're out here complaining about a lack of "pure unadulterated creativeness", and yet you have a problem with the reimagination of folktale characters as queer. It sounds like YOU'RE the one who's against pure unadulterated creativeness.

[@mackayladavis4021]

@@lasantabibliaparanino3795 Lol because black and gay people exist?

[@Saltedroastedcaramel]

@@mackayladavis4021 Can't you read? They said their friends did that.

[@mackayladavis4021]

@@Saltedroastedcaramel And??? Their friend reimagined European folklore characters as gay. That's creativity. And this commentor is against it, all while lamenting about the supposed demise of "pure unadulterated creativity".

[@gtafanman]

My take on it is. Once a character is created for a story. "LEAVE THEM ALONE!" I hate it when changes are made to them because they offended people in one way or another. Offended, well too damn bad. If it offends you, real easy fix. Don't watch, read or play what ever that character is on. Problem solved. It's not that hard. When a character gets changed with a race or gender swap. I take my own advice. I just abandon the story all together. The story is trash by default at that point. I know there can be exceptions when its different people. Like different super heroes being the same hero, like the flash. Different characters played him. That's different story.

[@leonardceres9061]

Yeah, absolutely once a character is created, it should be canon, concrete, unchangeable. That’s it. It’s not a piece of malleable clay to be changed whenever people run out of other ideas to mold as they see fit to suit their agenda, they should be treated as pieces of art that can be capitalized only as they currently exist, and not as some thing else. This is like the Mona, Lisa, being exactly what she is in the painting, and never changing. Which is how things should be instead developers today might very likely take the Mona Lisa, and turn her into a black or Asian person or whatever they want just to suit their agenda.

[@micahrutland9021]

Predator 2 (1990) is a great example of a diverse cast at a time when no one gave a sht about everyone's skin color.

[@WesLewisMusic]

Man I was so mad when L was black in the death note movie. L has such a distinguished look, it would’ve been so cool to see that adapted in live action.

[@tgs5725]

I watched the movie before ever knowing what Death Note was so nothing seemed off to me. After the movie which (I was very intrigued by) I watched thr anime then realized how stupid the movie was for changes like that lol.

[@MiguelDLewis]

@@tgs5725 I felt the same when I learned that Briareos was originally black and Deunen was mulatto in the original Appleseed manga. All the movies made them white.

[@roybabineaux5353]

​@@tgs5725 you're right? It's always off when Europeans play Egyptians or John Wayne played Genghis Khan?

[@rhondahoward8025]

That was actually one of the few race swaps I didn't really mind. In fact, I found him one of the best actors (along with William Dafoe's Ryuk of course) in that Netflix adaptation.

[@UndeadSlayer5]

They already had two live actions movies that were good they didn’t need a remake

[@mihajlo7835]

When i heard Serbian i was like wait...WHAT as a fellow Serbian it warmed my heart to hear that. Hope you and your family are doing well i am very sorry about your grandfather i know the history of our country but it was still heartbreaking but you are from a strong family. Uzdravlje i sve najbolje.

[@7evenseas975]

I'm sorry your countrys reputation was possibly ruined by that movie that bears the name of your country If it didn't- whoops my bad man

[@mihajlo7835]

@@7evenseas975 Serbia has so many great old films it's sad the one that is one of the most popular is that one but it's fine

[@Crimson_Edelweiss]

И ја се сјебо, реко иди у пичку материну. И то још полу Јермен

[@finland4ever55]

I'm sorry that Slavophobes will be rude and defend the lack of rep. Both white and POC people have something in common. Hating Eastern Europeans, denying slavophobia is a thing and trying to defend it, often by saying slavs are white and thus privileged and never oppressed which as a POC that's not true, admit you think EE people are inferior and that you think they're all communist savages

[@LandoMusicNYC]

At the end of the day, a good story is a good story. I don’t need see myself reflected in the characters in order to appreciate their struggles and adventures.

[@bayraktarx1386]

Non of woke characters have struggles they only exist to show how superior they are mainly because of gender, skin colour or sexuality.. what basically is sexism and racism.

[@ranzor0626]

what blows my mind is the fact that we are called racist by the modern creators while we are the people who grow up with Blade movies

[@aresgodofwar7401]

My hot take, red heads are being erased from our media for no reason at all. I'm kinda shocked you didn't touch on little mermaid as well for the unnecessary race swap as well. It's very sad that Hollywood can't see why race swaps are one of the worst things to do to established characters.

[@SUP-h9d]

I don't see how this is a "hot" take. Redheads ARE being erased from media. Its criminal and hypocritical.

[@Gunitz89]

There are paving the way for their disappearance as race mixing gets promoted

[@lunarvision]

Gingers are being “erased” because being a genuine redhead mostly equals Caucasian. And this is an easy early step at erasing them from art and history.

[@dioniscaraus6124]

All the comments got censored yikes

[@Agent-mb1xx]

they ARE being removed, jews hate redheads

[@janesigabaro7593]

The reason that this is sad for me is because now it will be harder for people/writers who have diverse original characters. People are so heightened to “Woke” that they see a different character and just automatically assume they will be woke. This is hurting creators and good shows with diverse characters such as The Dragon Prince.

[@isabellamathew8559]

It’s is very sad.

[@Mr_Mistah]

The Dragon Prince IS woke

[@WickedCool23]

It’s already happened. People tried to say Netflix Sandman was “woke pandering BS” because of all the LGBT representation, unaware that those characters were also present in the source material written 33 years ago

[@WickedCool23]

@@Mr_Mistah how exactly is it “woke”?

[@twentysecondcenturywoman]

FACTSSSSSS

[@TheMultiversalDrifter]

Another example of this is the Netflix Fullmetal Alchemist movie. The Amestrians were supposed to be a German WWII / Post 9/11 American metaphor , and there was the country of Xing with characters named Ling Yao and Xio Mai vs. The rest of the cast with names like Edward and Roy. Completely missing the point of the story and even forgetting the introduction of my favorite character

[@48cxy2]

I never had the mindset of seeing myself in a character in any entertainment medium. I always see myself as a spectator/observer/audience following that character's journey. In videogames where you can create your own avatar in your image and likeness, I never make the avatar look like me because it is not me. I'm just following their journey with the added function of allowing me to decide how they look like. Also in those videogames where you can make choices that affect the outcome, I never thought of making choices based on what "I" would do, but on what "I want to make my character" do. The real reason why people these days want representation in any entertainment medium is because they are narcissists, plain and simple.

[@robertvalcic7508]

Agree. I always look for the lessons in a story no matter of a character involved. But you point it out perfectly.

[@rascallybloom567]

So you're litterary the watcher

[@elijahnajera5425]

Thank you! I always found this sort of mentality asinine and harmful. I'm a Hispanic man who was born in America, yet I was able to relate to and enjoy characters who are completely different to me. Take the classic Mulan for example. Her story today resonates with me since I know how it feels being judge for being an outlier to others (since I'm autistic) and found her character to be endearing and quite inspirational as she taught me that embracing my differences can make me strong. Then there's Sargent Johnson from Halo who I couldn't help but be motivated by when I play since he's such a cool character and I quote every line he says in my free time and his death still hits me hard every time. Yet by these people's logic, I shouldn't be able or relate to either of these characters because they're not a Hispanic Male character. As I like to put it: We all suffer, that's why we're all the same.

[@hectorvonkobra3951]

Amen to that... And Im not even catholic....

[@kateshiningdeer3334]

Hello, fellow autist! I, too, related to Mulan for the same reason. Also Ariel from The Little Mermaid, and Yentl (a Jewish girl who pretends to be a Jewish boy so she can study Judaism.) I'm not Jewish, but as someone who loves to learn, I could relate to her desire to learn, and being willing to hide who she was in order to be able to do so. I think many of us can relate to characters who just don't fit in. It's just who we are!

[@AnimeALX]

I miss Sgt. Avery Johnson 😢

[@williamking3301]

"We all suffer, that's why we're all the same." Well said!

[@RumAddict2]

Hispanic is not a seperate race. Look at me. I'm from Uruguay. 😂

[@Nekron999]

I'm sorry for your grandfather's PTSD. I am grateful for his service and sacrifices.

[@caiomegaverse5590]

Yes, here in Brazil, people really love Naruto. It is never because of the skin color that we feel connected with a character, it is because the personality, story, themes, etc. The INNER side of a person is more important than the surface. She should value people by their interior, not by the exterior, and the same always happens with characters. An example of this is that many characters in books and poems do not have their appearance described in detail, because the most important thing is not the color of the skin, but the nature of the soul.

[@JurkeBones]

I’m glad you shined light on medias attempted murder of redheads, as one it’s not even about this bs “representation” that they spout about, but that it seems like redheads are disproportionately changed for near no reason. It actually makes me, and other gingers and redheads I’ve talked to, feel forgotten and written off by pop culture and the world in general. But of course despite being the smallest demographic of people in the entire world (by genetic hair color) and having one of the longest histories of oppression based solely on our hair color or nationality, we’re roped in with all other whites and looked down upon. (Even further than other whites because it’s “just poking fun” to pick on the ginger) Thanks man, you highlighting that point really made me happy.

[@Krag-Jorgensen30-40]

My sister is a redhead, and I have noticed the same thing. Her friends always make fun of her for having red hair, and I have seen tons of memes hating on gingers. It makes me mad people hate on someone for having A DIFFERENT COLOR HAIR! IT MAKES NO SENSE!

[@bearrington2024]

Im late but also made a similar post. It fucking sucks being told by non-whites "shut up, you can't complain because you're white and privileged" and then be told by the other whites "oh fuck, you survived our genocide goddamn it be trash idiot" and conveniently forget that redheads were the enslaved class before Africa started selling slaves and only took over because it was harder to hide black skin than red hair for runaways.

[@Igotaglockinmyrari17shotnot38]

​@@Krag-Jorgensen30-40why do you think racism exist?

[@Krag-Jorgensen30-40]

@@Igotaglockinmyrari17shotnot38 this is exactly what I am saying, it is racism.

[@detectivemadoka69420]

That's really upsetting; here in Brasil, people don't care about this kind of stuff because it's a really diverse country; there's also a lot of us in the southern regions, especially in Rio Grande do Sul state.

[@dogstar5927]

It's amazing how fast people forget the woke horror that was the Rings Of Power television series !

[@marhawkman303]

True, it deserves to be remembered just in spite.

[@Naadeneo]

They forgot it because nobody watched it

[@BrainsAndBeats_]

I honestly think giving him the shield would have been the only thing they needed to do. Falcon can be his own thing while carrying a piece of Cap with him to honor his legacy. It could have been purely symbolic and have way more depth seeing FALCON with the shield.

[@GusOfTheDorks]

The point of making Falcon into Captain America had nothing to do with the natural progression of a character or trying to make any race or group feel empowered. The entire point was to demoralize white people in order to better bring about a revolution they think is inevitable. Giving Falcon depth and showing any form of respect towards Captain America would have been (in the show runners eyes) evil.

[@noobnoob8408]

April ain't chasing stories no more, she's eating them now😂😂

[@blistlelo1700]

Sonic the freaking blue-ass hedgehog was my favorite role-model as a kid and we don't even share the same damn species! I loved his cool attitude and his running speed even though I'm not a giant talking blue hedgehog myself!

[@PancakeTheKat]

Absolutely! Since when I was a kid, freaking Papyrus from undertale and Mikey from tmnt were characters i looked up too! IM A LIVING, HUMAN, WOMAN

[@agirlinabasementofyourdaddy]

Mine was (and still is) Woody from toy story. Yet im neither a toy, neither a man and neither a cowboy :D

[@biggie_d298]

When u mentioned Finn, I was super excited to see him as the main character. A storm trooper as a jedi would have been really cool to see since we don't see that often with the case of that one time in the comics. And it's not race swapping it either since that was the empire era, not the first order, so it was a completely different character entirely and not just rehashing the comics. However they scrapped him as the mc for a marry sue with no character development.

[@the11382]

Finn should have been the MC yeah. The entire ST should have been centered around Finn, starting from his time during the empire(not first order) and have him struggle with the bad things he did. His training as a Jedi would be made harder by guilt, shame and anger pulling him to the dark side.

[@evil1st]

@@the11382 yea hes should have been the main character from the beginning, only slightly touching on things like luke skywalker or ben solo until a finale movie, instead they added Rey into the mix who was so bland of a character it felt like the movie was made from blooper reels and not real acting

[@sockysol9599]

lol it was never going to happen, the chinese overlord don't like people with melanin rich skin

[@nurovolt7]

​@@the11382tbh, when I first saw ads for episode VII, I thought that Finn was gonna be the MC. Kinda let down when I saw it was a Mary Sue

[@guyincognito959]

That intro, the first half hour of that movie was so strong and great. At the end he is merely a badly written out side character. Pathetic.

[@exiverence]

Your love for spawn is definitely relatable. When I was like 5-6, mr t was my hero. The people in my fam were darker skinned (Sicilian) so I used to say “I hope I’m dark like Mr t someday”. But more than that. I liked him cuz I thought he was badass in the a-team and rocky.

[@sagethorburn9821]

As a ginger, I don’t go a day without someone commenting on my hair color and saying something ugly. It is accepted. Get rid of gingers right??

[@BanthaSoup]

Great video, and spot on. I’ve looked up to so many Black people in my life. Michael Jordan is an absolute hero of mine. The Jedi Mace Windu was one of the number one action figures in my collection. I lost sleep, waiting for him in the mail. It’s not about race, it’s about story. Just create new awesome stories with amazing black leads that we can get behind and create new lore.

[@EndymionTv]

Thank you for watching 🤘🏻🔥

[@Welsh_Works]

I remember the older shows of TMNT. Absolutely loved it. It was a beautiful show. I miss those days of amazing writing where people didn't throw a hissy fit over literally anything that doesn't fit their "agenda"

[@CheshireTails]

And the fact those shows had strong women who wern't toxic assholes just to try to prove themselfs. I remember loving Charley in Biker Mice From Mars, sure both she and April often had to be saved, but they were also dependent of them, they could not manage on their own, and they didnt see each other as men and women, but friends and family. How hard can it be for them to actually see the characters as people with personalities rather than their sexuality and skin color, it's them being way more racist and sexist than the people they're accusing of just those things.

[@Welsh_Works]

@@CheshireTails Exactly. Women don't have to be dominant or superior to be strong. They just got to be a decent person and show what its like to BE Human. Black Widow or Wonder Woman are good examples from Marvel and DC that I know of.

[@DestroyDEI]

@@CheshireTails Holy shit, Biker Mice from Mars. The nostalgia is flooding in...

[@777Rowen]

Yup, you’ve hit the nail on the head. When I watch a show I love characters, and I don’t need to see my own race to feel represented. Characters, and character development should be the focus, their race shouldn’t be overly emphasized.

[@davidwalker9594]

My first exposure to spawn was the Spawn vs Batman comic, and.. the art work on that issue indeed had a strangle hold on a 10yo me. I was obsessed with the cape, the skulls, the chains. I drew the front cover for my step dad, and he still has it to this day. About broke out in tears when I saw it at his work.

[@willharper1326]

I remember being maybe 7 or 8 when Spawn first blew up. My older brother took me into a comic shop, and the Spawn toys immediately caught my eye. I had never seen toys that looked that cool before! They had Violater, Anti Spawn, and Medieval Spawn. Then I saw the Spawn comics in a different part of the shop. Maximum Carnage was already my favorite comic at the time, and I had never seen art like Mcfarlane’s before. Once I found out out he was the same guy who created Venom, who was my favorite character. I became a life long fan. Unfortunately, I lost my original comics, but a few years ago started buying all the Spawn omnibuses and now I have the entire original series. As always this was a incredible video, and I’m going to be reading Spawn all week now.

[@willharper1326]

That was longer than I intended, but my point is. On that winter day back 97, I didn’t open up that first issue and say, “Oh no! He’s black?! I’m throwing everything I bought away!” Al Simons race, never once registered as anything negative to even 7 year old me, because that’s not how the real world works!

[@glaeli1184]

The part of not needing the character to be like you to feel connected to them… SO FREAKING TRUE. I’m a woman and I’ve grew up with many favorite characters who were… WHATEVER, you love a character for their personality and coolness and that’s it, and I HATE to see these characters changed because I loved them as they are and I want them to be respected as they deserve.

[@thettplacce]

Completely agree with the notion that part of the overall problem alongside identity politics being shoehorned into games, is the fact that all forms of media have been creatively bankrupt for quite some time. It's why we lose our minds over a game like Hi-Fi Rush, because creative and unique experiences are far and few between these days. And rest in peace to your granddaddy bro, very sorry to hear that.

[@colex110]

hifi rush literally had dope gameplay in mind first and had no forced crap in it. game was short and simple. worth every penny. gotta be honest, I really hate the grind fest of newer games. for example, every game from Ubisoft had a battlepass and a online shop for almost all of their singleplayer games.

[@roguecalvinist]

Btw I appreciate that you put clips of "Turtles in Time" in this video

[@ravenbh]

The Turtles being somewhat younger, April being bigger in the beginning could work. Showing her training with the Turtles, getting healthier and working off the weight over time could be a good lesson to teach. Course I know that's not what they are intending, but it could work.

[@dannybonsai7102]

Yes it's satisfying to watch characters develop even physically. I loved seeing Mr Incredible's training montage. He's still big and kindly but he worked off a few pounds and it was just so satisfying.

[@dickmelsonlupot7697]

with how dumb American entertainment is. That's not going to happen and for sure they're going to do a Velma in it

[@brickinterviewertv]

it could work yes but they dont have time in what will be at least a 1 and a half hour movie to make her character to improve that will benefit her

[@Thiborfirenz]

I don't think we have ever had a depiction of a fat, unfit, and unhappy character actually have a proper character arc that shows what the journey from fat, unfit, and unhappy to a place were they are slimer, happier, fitter, and more confident in themselves. Yes, there are a few movies or shows we're characters shape up, but it's always some blink, and you'll miss it training montage. That makes it look like it's super quick and easy. So then when fat people do try to make a change, they expect it to happen in six weeks AND they often push too hard and just make themselves ill. I've been fat all my life, and about 9 months ago (after about a year of dieting on my own and getting nowhere) I joined a gym and slowly started to finally make the changes to both my body and mind that I had wanted to make for 40 years and since then I've lost 4 stone of weight and now feel much better about myself. And all I've done to do that is take a gentle walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week, and give up surgery drinks and sweets. So that just shows that it can be super easy, but it just takes time.

[@ltb1345]

If that's what they're going for it would be based, unfortunately it definitely isn't.

[@trigun442]

Well said, thank you for making this segment. I'm glad to be a 90s baby. I had such a great upbringing. Screw today's woke culture, society can't accept what the truth is.

[@ltb1345]

I'm glad to be a 2000s and early 2010s kid; the calm before the storm...

[@P-P-Panda]

@@ltb1345 same

[@wakkaseta8351]

90s were super woke as well. That was the time when society was teaching the "waycismbad!" nonsense the hardest and encouraging multiculturalism through imported media the most. The 1950s were the last decade were the west had any sense.

[@westonmeyer3110]

Bill Clinton installed wokeness into everything. The 90s were when everything went to shit.

[@austinmorrison6953]

I’m just sick of people choosing representation over quality writing

[@GAPearce828]

Selfish representation is the mentality of weak minded liberals. Not just white people are the problem, but also blacks, Latinos, and Asians. Liberals have no brains whatsoever.

[@lifeline.6144]

we need both

[@UnknownPriorityTwitch]

It's funny you mention you identified with Spawn yet not being the same race. I constantly think of Black Panther in this regard. The movie and the character has such a strong message about family and father relationships, not just in regards to race. Which I absolutely loved as I have a strong relationship with my Dad, who also got me into comics at a young age. If I wanted to dress up as Black Panthwer for halloween these days, you'd get in such shit for it for simply enjoying a character. Wild.