It's kind of a weird feeling to witness your childhood small town grow bigger and more commercial. Like I remember a lot of spots being fields with cows and horses, but now they're replaced by neighborhoods, Super Krogers, and endless views of concrete.
Of course stuff like this is inevitable, but it sorta hurts to see it become another place in the U.S. that are identical to eachother.
It's funny that the most homey parts of my town are the ones with gas stations with tin walls, low-roofted small wooden houses, and square concrete buildings with some sort of decorative painting on the outside. Even the large plots of land that have heavily spaced fast food restaurants and a colorless landfill right across the street of them are somewhat comforting.
Anyways this is just me venting a bit, so enjoy the rest of your day/evening ๐๐บ๐๐บ
Happy Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
NEVER trust an adult who wonโt apologize to a child
Then last night I realized that since Jim is the Trollhunter, he wields daylight; Claire uses shadow magic, utilizing the darkness around her (as seen in the finale of Wizards).
They are light and dark-- quite literally on opposing sides, but yet they love each other. ๐งโโ๏ธ
Other physical symptoms were definitely something to consider while thinking about it! We know that their human forms do fall ill to whatever risks are there, such as Vex's old "geezer" form to be weaker.
The headcannon was primarily based off of appearances, though. I would like to imagine that Aja would do her best to take care of herself, despite being quite reckless most of the time! I also think that Mothership would've been aware of some of the conditions, and that's why Aja first appears with full-coverage clothing when her human form first appeared (idk Mothership being motherly is great).
The idea just resignated with me since I noticed the way people with albinism (or traits commonly associated with albinism) are often negatively treated in media; either perceived as evil, butt of jokes, etc,. So to have a kind, strong, and lively protagonist with these characteristics, it can be something that's important to someone, even if it's not explicitly said nor canon.
So short answer: yes
I always headcanoned that Aja's human form is genetically related to Krel's, but her's just has albinism.
I say this mainly because they do have similar facial features, such as their noses, large smiles, eye shape (large, a bit more wide-set), and slightly wavy hair texture.
But Aja does have many visual traits of albinism, such as her extremely light hair, skin, and eyes.
a friendly reminder that microaggressions against asians can also look like this:
pretending to gag at asian food
pretending to be weirded out by asian customs and cultures
excusing cultural appropriation (often through ignoring the stories of asians who have been mocked for wearing their ethnic dress while praising a white person for doing so)
not trying to learn how to pronounce an asian person's ethnic name correctly, or asking, "can i call you by something else?"
adopting an asian name for the ~aesthetic~
using the words "oriental" and "exotic" to describe asian people, particular asian women
ignoring the experiences and stories of south, southeast, and central asians
making sweeping assumptions about asian countries (including their political, historical and cultural landscape)
treating the entire asian community as a monolith and ignoring the fact that the experiences of asian nationals are remarkably different from the asian diaspora/migrant community
co-opting asian aesthetics into creative media without acknowledging their history
Moved blogs, but you won't know where until you find it yourself ๐โโ๏ธ
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