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As it says, this was a request...but I definitely should have checked the account first so.. I might just not tag them... Maybe it's because I'm aroace and I avoid alot of shit, but idk lol
But I really like the art so here you guys go
I've talked about DC's ridiculous whitewashing before, that they turned a character brown just so they won't have to admit the first character is brown (Helena Bertinelli and Selina Kyle/Helena Wayne).
But this case is seriously one of the most ridiculous thing I've seen related to whitewashing.
The whitewashing of Poison Ivy.
She is GREEN.
She is frickin green, why color her in a human skin tone?
Just let her be green! Why white?
Honestly the green suits her so much more.
I love her current series, but why she's white? Why can't artists let her be green?
Also there's Gar/ Beast Boy in his Graphic novel "Teen Titans: Beast Boy"
I haven't seen any real explanation why the artist Gabriel Piccolo gave him a human skin tone.
He's not really white so at least there's that, he's of African decent so at least he got to have some melanin, but I just find it strange.
I understand it's hard to blend in when you're green? And it's about him being a teen. But it still counts as an example of DC erasing green skin tone from character.
Just why?
This type of white washing or human-skin-tone-washing is just so funny to me.
Just let characters be green! Why white? Why human? Huge part of them are based on the fact they are not humans.
I haven't seen any explanation to this phenomenon, if anyone can give me any insights on this subject I'm open to learn.
I don't think there's a real explanation.
My take on this challenge
Poison Ivy has had so many costum and character designs that I just decided to make my own, so hope you like it, even if you can't see it very well
Maybe I should have switched Lyney and Mitsuba, but I like it like this as well