Thatās cool that you have practicing Christian characters! Religion is definitely not shown enough.
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I absolutely loved the afro hair in ink and I thought the girl i made with it was gorgeous!
In limelight, itās not as good, but the big curly one is nice. Can that be used as afro?
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Which big curly one? It can be used as an Afro but it matters by the hair texture you want for the character. If itās Kinky then you shouldnāt use that one and use the LL actual Afro.
Another thing, if you want to make ethnic characters, it always best to learn about hair textures and styles.
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I get that the hair topic has been a big thing in the past. But to me, I donāt particularly consider it a lot. I use hairstyles from the portal, that I like, on all characters. I wonāt use a style that I donāt like. Purely because some, especially dreadlocks styles for example arenāt always nicely made.
So I donāt care for them in my stories.
Characters donāt have to be all natural anyway, with these days in reality, where people do all sorts of things with their hair. Even pocās can in some cases have average hairstyles. Some wear wigs, some have weaves, some dye it, some have it chemically straightened etc.
So although it is something to consider if you want to keep it rooted in facts. Itās, to me at least, not a big issue, where they can only have ethnic hair. Pocās are still a beautiful addition to a story as itās natural. But make them beautiful in your own way too. Donāt just make every single one the same by putting an afro on them. They are unique and beautiful in their individual ways just as the rest of characters are. So style them differently too.
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Nice to know Iām not the only one who kinda hates the limelight dredlocks!
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Yeah, thereās no way for me to pleasantly enjoy the look of worms coming out of their skulls.
Or would be nice to see, in the future, that episodes art department can give those types of style some more texture and fit nicer.
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Yeah. The OG dreadlocks look terrible but also donāt make sense. How are they curved at the bottom? Why does the dreadlock start in the scalp?! I think Episodeās making improvements with the newer dreads because they look a lot better.
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Fingers crossed it continues progressing then. Or Iām giving them all the same hair 
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Bump! (1)
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Excuses, excuses, excuses. They are just lazy, thinking since most people find white people attractive, so why not just make the story with all white characters?
The ābecause Iām unfamiliar with their cultureā excuse is the worse. There are so many people who are sick of seeing a non-diversed story. They are willing to help you and asking them a few questions wouldnāt hurt. Plus, you can interview people from a huge variety of cultures, which is most likely more than enought than what you need.
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Added diversity and discussion tag 
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Iām going to bump this a little because the next blog post on my (huge, 36-post long) list is POCs in Fantasy Stories!
Iām going to be talking about how there is no excuse. Medieval fantasy isnāt the only fantasy people write. A Middle Earth-style world has magic in it, but somehow people think that brown people is too unlike Europe? There was a minority group of black people in medieval Europe. Etc etc.
So it would be awesome if I could get some ideas!
I will never force someone to make their cast diverse. However, Iām not going to pretend the excuses are good enough, either. If you donāt want to make your cast diverse, own that fish.
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The excuses are never good enough in fantasy as a matter of fact. Why is skin colour such a big deal that you need so many characters to be white? Surely it doesnāt matter enough in a different, fantastical world
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I kind of understand the āVampires need to be whiteā argument even though itās not a good excuse.
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I mean itās not a good excuse. Vampires are magically reincarnated mystical bloodsuckers who represent the rich classes in gothic fiction. Why does their skin colour matter? Because they represent rich people?
And the science argument is pretty simply debunked by simply saying: What the actual fcuk is scientific about mystically rising from the dead to suck teenage girls?
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I donāt get it. Whatās stopping a brown person from being a vampire?
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Exactly!
Also why are the werewolves always black?
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I think thatās actually quite a new phenomenon. Looking back on 80s films, werewolves tended to be white, too. And in Buffy in the 90s-00s
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