there needs to be a REQUIRED course on the history of animation that goes in depth about racist caricatures bc some people are REALLY dense when it comes to designing nonwhite characters
Curious to how many “uhm or maybe let people do what the want” comments you got.
Older male characters in mentorship roles will inevitably be interpreted by the fandom as surrogate fathers to their charges, even though “weird uncle who is somehow very wise and a complete fucking dumbass at the exact same time” is a more appropriate characterisation nine times out of ten.
Characters folks in the notes have guessed I’m talking about:
