Re: Tears of the Kingdom, Part Ten
Jun. 17th, 2023 07:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingIn before "but how could that artist possibly know????????"
Like have we just decided to forget that super fun Wojak meme that was all over the internet during 2020 when the internet collectively came to the conclusion that the pandemic was created by Jews who wanted to cash in on all that sweet sweet geld from the vaccine, which of course they were using to make "white" people infertile while spreading pestilence and poverty in Black and brown communities.
(Serious content warning for the image under the cut btw.)
I mean listen. I won't lie. Tears of the Kingdom is shitty on its own merits, but the fan art of Ganondorf really isn't helping. Even if you're not Jewish, it's difficult to see this sort of thing, you know?
But Ganondorf isn't Jewish! But the artist wasn't being malicious! Okay, but I don't care?
To quote: "Ganondorf is a dark-skinned desert man with a big nose and evil, mystical powers, and those are also old, stereotypical traits given to both Jewish and Middle Eastern men." If you're a professional artist drawing an illustration of a character with real-world ethnic facial features, know your shit and don't be gross.
Like have we just decided to forget that super fun Wojak meme that was all over the internet during 2020 when the internet collectively came to the conclusion that the pandemic was created by Jews who wanted to cash in on all that sweet sweet geld from the vaccine, which of course they were using to make "white" people infertile while spreading pestilence and poverty in Black and brown communities.
(Serious content warning for the image under the cut btw.)
I mean listen. I won't lie. Tears of the Kingdom is shitty on its own merits, but the fan art of Ganondorf really isn't helping. Even if you're not Jewish, it's difficult to see this sort of thing, you know?
But Ganondorf isn't Jewish! But the artist wasn't being malicious! Okay, but I don't care?
To quote: "Ganondorf is a dark-skinned desert man with a big nose and evil, mystical powers, and those are also old, stereotypical traits given to both Jewish and Middle Eastern men." If you're a professional artist drawing an illustration of a character with real-world ethnic facial features, know your shit and don't be gross.
