Homestuck A young man stands in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 13th of April, is this young man's birthday. Though it was thirteen years ago he was given life, it is only today he will be given a name!



What will the name of this young man be? continueplease: materassassino: bleutempete: I’m gonna regret this post because I hate feeding into drama - Sapphire is blue

- Ruby is red

- Peridot is green

- Jasper is orange

- Amethyst is purple

- Pearl is white (the color of a pearl)

- Rose Quartz is pink

- Lapis is aquamarine

- Sardonyx is terra cotta

- Opal is lavender

- Sugilite is violet

- Alexandrite is purple-red But somehow Garnet is supposed to be PoC? Where’s the logic in that, when you compare her to every other gem in the show? And I see that people say it’s because her voice actress is black. By that logic, Jasper, Sapphire, Sugilite, and Sardonyx are all black, Pearl, Lapis, Ruby, Amethyst, Peridot, and Alexandrite are all East/Southeast Asian, and Rose, Opal, and Stevonnie are white. In short: the gems do not have human ethnicities. You cannot whitewash something that does not have an ethnicity. Garnet is, if anything, burgundy. You cannot give ethnicity to an anthropomorphic alien rock. That’s like trying to say Chewbacca is black. It doesn’t make sense. I’m not gonna touch the fact that these people are somehow using racism (which relies on racial coding) to deny racial coding exists And the fact that most of the SU voice actors are not White at all. Not even by a stretch of the imagination. I hope some of my followers will take this one because I’m shaking my head too hard. Garnet is very clearly coded as poc, the other gems are debatable but it’s very clear that Garnet and most of the fusions she’s in are coded as black. She has a broad nose, full lips, wide hips, an afro and skin in a darker shade than most other gems. Garnet is undeniably coded as black, she is figuratively black, not literally. You can whitewash a character who is figuratively black by reducing their black-coded features. Whitewashing is any instance of reducing racially coded features to align with Eurocentric standards and aesthetic. Straightening out a character’s kinky hair is one way to whitewash. The fact that people who argue Garnet isn’t human without a human skin tone still pick her specifically to give blonde, straightened hair and light eyes is transparent as fuck. Garnet in appearance is in no way comparable to fucking Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a fur covered giant with no discernible features recognisable by reference to racial coding. VIA: ORIGIN: Show more notes Loading... Lepia Sign



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