What was the drawing that people said Zamii was racist over, that she redrew? Don’t feel obligated to answer this in case it stresses you out or something.
This is the drawing she did for Griddles of his OCs, this was a redraw or re-imagining of the characters that he had commissioned her some years before. She did several redraws around this time and referred to all her old commissioners as ‘friends’. You can still see some troglodytes in the comments harassing her to remove the art even within the last two days.
This is the “racist” Sardonyx she drew. Apparently this is racist because the hair is not drawn as an afro and the tooth gap is over exaggerated. Both of which are nit-picky and obnoxious critics.
This is the “racist” humanized Fluttershy she drew. Apparently this one’s racist because she described her reasoning for making Fluttershy Native American as because she’s very in-tune with nature and animals. Apparently it’s also racist because the Native American character is red-skinned (like most people of Native American heritage are) and wearing traditionally inspired Native American garb… which is apparently not at all what Native American’s wear nowadays so it’s a dated and problematic caricature of their culture or some ridiculously nit-picky, obnoxious bullshit like that.
This is the “racist” drawing she did of Pearl. Apparently this is racist because it looks too much like an asian caricature. She was obviously trying to aim for diversity among the human gems but apparently you have to find a way to depict an asian or asian inspired character without using any typically asian features. Apparently her skin is too yellow, which is odd since Garnet’s skin is never complained about even though by the same logic it’s also a racist stereotype of black people because not all black people have that color skin. -nods and smiles, despite being completely fucking confused by the idiots who actually believe this shit-
She was also harassed for this piece because of the same sentiment – apparently drawing an asian character with slanted eyes and yellow-tinted skin is considered racist, even though we all know if she hadn’t drawn him this way they’d have screamed she was white-washing him and still harassed her for it. There was no way in hell for her to win on this one.
And this is the piece they’re all bitching about where she drew Rose Quartz “too thin”. Case in point, none of their “evidence” actually pans out. Each and every instance of “racism” or “fatphobic” art is literally nit-picky ridiculous bullshit that only the most sensitive and ridiculous of diaper-babies would actually find offensive. As far as her relationship with Griddles, she’s said time and time again that she doesn’t know him beyond being commissioned by him at some point in the past and keeping in general, minimal contact with him since, as most artists maintain with their commissioners who follow their other work. She’s repeated time and time again that she considers all her followers and commissioners her friends and if you dig through her posts on deviantart and tumblr that becomes very apparent. She calls everyone her friend because she’s a genuinely sweet and kind person.
But let’s assume for a moment that she was actually friends with Griddles – simply for arguments sake – she’s a grown woman in her early twenties. Who she talks to or considers a friend is no one else’s business and, let’s be honest, if we’re all equally guilty of the crimes our friends and acquaintances have committed then a LOT of us are in serious trouble. I’ve had friends and people I know do some of the most outrageous and ridiculous, yes, even illegal shit. I know people that I was friend’s with in high school who are in prison for armed robbery, assault and murder. In any other context the idea that I would somehow be responsible for their actions in any caliber or somehow supportive of their actions simply because I still consider them my friends even though they did really stupid, bad shit would be absolutely ludicrous – why is it any different with Zamii?
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