Considering trans character being thrown aside for head-canons on non-trans characters, it does drive the point of trying to justify some fan-fic tiered crap no one else cares about. As for loss of users, considering how it dropped from 49 to 35 million, it may be a matter of time before they probably move to another website, though I could just be optimistic on that part.
http://isaiahstephens.deviantart.com/
Dunno if this is related, but remember that movie where the main character was trans, and every Tumblrina threw a tantrum and possibly boycotted the movie because the actor wasn't trans?
Oh, you know what she's doing.
Yeah I know, I already posted that picture in the thread a couple of pages ago. I personally don't like most of them, with the exception of his Him drawing (which is fucking awesome), the Mojo Jojo drawing is also pretty cool. It's just that I find it a little disconcerting to see a little girl murding people.That drawing is from this guy: http://isaiahstephens.deviantart.com/gallery/
And I'm going to have clarify that the Princess Morbucks is part of his re-imagining of Powerpuff Girls villains (which are pretty badass).
For example, here's Fuzzy Lumpkins:
![:\](/styles/custom/emotes/svg/chris-confused.svg "Confused :\")
Especially since it's kind of out of character for Princess Morbucks.
Edited my post and added a couple grown up picsYeah I know, I already posted that picture in the thread a couple of pages ago. I personally don't like most of them, with the exception of his Him drawing (which is fucking awesome), the Mojo Jojo drawing is also pretty cool. It's just that I find it a little disconcerting to see a little girl murding people.
This reminds me of an image I saw in Tumblr a long time ago where an artist redesigns the Lord of the Rings characters that does exactly what you complained about; shallow redesigns for the sake of representation. Some characters are gender flipped, some are turned into blacks. I can't find the picture anymore and I can't stand slogging through the LOTR Tumblr just to find that one pic. I do remember Arwen and Saruman being turned into female, though.It's kinda funny really, it's pretty easy to tell between a "good" redesign and a "bad" redesign. Not so much good or bad as to how it looks overall but more towards "why"? Generally they're done to either fit the mood better, make a team of characters more distinct, just make them easier to draw, give a returning character an overhaul to suit a changed art style or just imply more about their character. Or just generally make them look more cute and appealing. In other words, it's done with a practical purpose.
With the "bad", no matter how pretty they look it's just "I don't like cleavage and long hair!!!" or "This character is black cuz feels!"
And as mentioned, it basically ignores characters that already fit the desired traits. Hell, three of my faves don't fit "typical" beauty standards (one of them is bald for starters), two are mixed race (and likely neither of those two races are Caucasian) and one of them is already rough, tough and boyish. So of course I never see any of them paraded around by SJWs (frankly, that's a good thing) but all of this does bring a bunch of points to the typical sjw redesign/headcanon choices:
- They're shallow. Many characters that fit the traits these people want so bad are often minor characters. Basically it implies these people don't care enough about a series to even look at minor characters... which is real fucking ironic for the self-appointed minority crusaders. "We're sick of society only noticing the majority!" *only looks at the franchise equivalent of a majority*
- Even then, it shows a lack of care towards even the characters they do fawn over. Even redesigns generally keep true to some essence of what they were before. Look at that Wonder Woman from before... what part of that even resembles the character anymore? Seriously, what about that is recognizable outside of the WW thing that's not even a sorta-breastplate anymore. Compare to another character who's been through many designs:
He changes a lot in outfit and even face but something worth noticing is they still retain various key features. He's a real big guy, prominent lower lip/jaw, very prominent nose, prominent eyebrows, penchant for headpiece jewelry. Point is, despite looking radically different in each pic, one can still look and say "Oh hey, that's Ganondorf!"
Yet many of these redesigns in the thread only serve to strip characters of just about any identifying marks and features all in the name of "muh justice/representation"
Kinda makes me wanna try doing redesigns of a few favourite characters in a way that doesn't totally bastardize them. Also sorry if all of that came off really spergy...
That looks worse and it's lazy to boot.
This guy isn't a bad artist, but wouldn't tumble get on him for making everyone hot?EDIT: Mulligan already posted the guy's deviantart
Fuzzy Lumpkins:
All grown up Powerpuff Girls
Ed, Edd n Eddy
Actually a lot of his drawings are very popular on Tumblr. They really like the hipster look over there.
Why yes, yes they would. But we're talking about SJWs here, I don't think they care about small details like that.
Here's something from the body-positive side of the SJW art pit:
And apparently also that all mermaids have flippers for hands and football-shaped heads.
Also, not only is that clearly not the body type of someone who is constantly physically active, but others have pointed out that human fat actually does jack shit for insulation in the water. If you want to make your own inspirational fat character, the least you can do is make them vaguely plausible.
I'm more curious as to why her left arm is going right through light blue fin-rim.Here's something from the body-positive side of the SJW art pit:
And apparently also that all mermaids have flippers for hands and football-shaped heads.
Also, not only is that clearly not the body type of someone who is constantly physically active, but others have pointed out that human fat actually does jack shit for insulation in the water. If you want to make your own inspirational fat character, the least you can do is make them vaguely plausible.
Here's something from the body-positive side of the SJW art pit:
And apparently also that all mermaids have flippers for hands and football-shaped heads.
Also, not only is that clearly not the body type of someone who is constantly physically active, but others have pointed out that human fat actually does jack shit for insulation in the water. If you want to make your own inspirational fat character, the least you can do is make them vaguely plausible.
Because the artist is too lazy to draw the arm properly.
well they could be the marine mammals most closely related to tumblrinas: manatees