[ SECRET POST #6584 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #6584 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.



__________________________________________________



02.



__________________________________________________



03.



__________________________________________________



04.



__________________________________________________



05.



__________________________________________________



06.

















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 20 secrets from Secret Submission Post #940.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

DA
But describing black woman as a scary one is playing into racist stereotypes.
Even though I absolutely loled at the secret, that was the first thought

[(Anonymous)]

I'd argue that she's not scary because she's black, she's scary because she's got crazy fake talons and no eyebrows or hair. If Erivo were white, that would still be scary.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT
I agree!
Just the first thought though why it could be considered a bit racist.

[(Anonymous)]

especially the contrast of

"they both look fucking weird, but the much darker black girl is the one that looks SCARY AND VIOLENT AND ANIMALISTIC, and the much lighter weirdo just gives autist vibes"

also cynthia is wearing some avante-garde bullshit regarding her hips that makes her look more dramatic and less like a normal human, so there's that

[(Anonymous)]

They were both described as animalistic. You are reaching.

[(Anonymous)]

Sincerely disagree. Cynthia's aliensona was described as hunting human beings, and Ariana's was described as being socially inappropriate and eating flowers at brunch. Also, maybe this is just my limited cultural referents, but the first one definitely made me think more Xenomorphs (the air vents and stuff), and the second one more of like...the coneheads or the thermians or Mork. One's a monster, one's a weird character. There might be animals that eat flowers, but they aren't usually invited to sunday brunch in order to interrupt it - that's a breach of etiquette, and only people are expected to follow etiquette in the first place.

To be clear, I don't actually think the secret IS racist - the way cynthia's hands are posed + the long press-on nails definitely gives claws, and the black dress with the dramatic jutting hips IS reminiscent of geiger-style aliens. But that contrast is definitely part of why brain also flagged it as "wait, IS this racist? is this defaulting to subconscious associations of a black person as more animalistic?" and I don't think that's what is happening, but it's still good to question your impressions, especially when it quacks a little bit like a racist duck, you know?