Into The Wild (2003)

I should have known if I brought up wc I’d have to talk about. But it includes of a lot of issues with feral/furry designs that use feathers in hair. I don’t necessarily know why the conversation only started and stayed in the wc fandom when horse/wolf/lion feral fandoms are still doing the same thing.

Now having feathers in the design isn’t a racial attack first thing off because there’s a lot of context around what feather’s are used, the shape, and where they are placed. If the look is anything like "rave Coachella looking tribal fantasy feathers and beads" it’s probably insensitive. I’m not to sure why it has to be feathers, I honestly think the wc fandom are holding themselves back when it comes to forwarding designs in a unique way. Tail feathers are also left out in this conversation as well, one or two feathers or feathers in the shape of a birds tail are fine but bunched together feathers are leaning to close to how we have our horses wear feathers. This is in the context of the design already looking like a "medicine cat" already its bad. it’s like those yt girls wear feather head bands but animal addition.

I’ve talked about this before but silhouettes are so important, like Native American stereotypes are on the global scale you cannot escape this silhouette you just have to avoid it. There’s no "but it’s in so many other cultures" no it’s not it’s totally unique to our people that’s why people flock to it because it’s so "mysterious, sacred" whatever their weird twisted up reason is. There’s so many unique ways to break this silhouette you just gotta be more creative. And I feel like instead of being more creative and coming up with totally different ideas it’s just easier to lean on these visual native stereotypes to get across "wild mythical nature fantasy"

I could get into the horse fandom and the weird situations they’re doing over there but that’s another crazy thing. I should say because someone will ask, ostrich feathers on like show horses or knights or puss in boots style is fine not the same thing (breaking the silhouette) they’re not related.

And it comes down to understanding what you are drawing and where this imagery comes from, I’m not gonna get my feelings hurt because of your design but I’ll question why are you drawing stuff like that. You cant remove that cultural/stereotypical imagery, and if you don’t care about it then you don’t care about the history or how it looks on your character and art.

I made it this far on the internet but if you want to be conscious about these things good on yea it doesn’t take much☺️👍

so since Guppygill got over 300 NOTES WHAT she thought she would quite like to introduce you all to her wife

her name is Lemonfoot, and they are a very happy couple :] driftclan is oh so lucky to have them

lemonfoot of course decided she was going to have a completely unrealistic coat, and we support and respect her decisions in the matter.

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do you guys want to see their kits ???

so I'm finishing up The First Battle and like. yeah gray wings "tell the stars you won" line fucks hard but where did this come from. u spent like 3 books doing nothing but whining over everyone hating ur brother for being a power hungry dictator. where did this change of mind come from. ESPECIALLY SINCE MINUTES AFTER U GO BACK TO CODDLING HIM.

this chapter should've been from his pov. like I wouldn't hate this nearly as much if we saw his thought process; the brutal realization thar he can't keep denying that clear sky is a shitty person and everyone was right about him. idk. either that or give the line to thunder.

im not saying “don’t criticize the content you consume” but i am saying to have reasonable expectations

I can feel the fandom rising from the dead... the tag is full once more.....

From a Graystripe AMV I will likely never actually finish.

I haven't seen anyone talk about this yet. Towards the end of Guardians vol 3, when Rocket sees Lilah, Teefs, and Floor again, they're not "whole." All four of them still have their enhancements. To me, this detail is so important.

As disabled people, we have a history of being told that, when we die, when we go to heaven, all of our illnesses, deformities, ways of being in the world will be gone. We will be cured. But for many of us, we don't want to be cured. If there is an afterlife, and I'm not autistic, I wouldn't even know the first thing about how I would exist as that. More importantly, I wouldn't be myself.

Like disabled people, Rocket, Lilah, Teefs, and Floor didn't get to choose their existence, their bodies, their minds. They were made that way and, very realistically, could not imagine being any other way, despite their pain and suffering. Even in most modern media, disability is a plot device that, when its purpose has been served, gets cured or written out of the narrative. Having all four of them being disabled in the afterlife is so goddamned important.

HOLIDAYS RAFFLE!

hi guys, I reached 900 followers + the holidays season is here so why not do a raffle? the prize is a pixel bust icon with some basic animation of your choice, good luck everyone

RULES:

Reblog and follow to participate (no raffle accounts)

Only one entry per person;

I will pick one random winner on the 25th.

Firepaw doesn’t need a dad, he’s got these two

Fireheart Is Dumb(tm)

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