ya wanna know what doesn’t sit right with me? the fact that the main characters in the owl house are all poc, and the people with the largest accounts on owltwt are all white and somewhat problematic yet everyone forgives them instantly most of the time. they treat these issues +
like a trend, and nobody actually pays attention to the poc voices that are CONSTANTLY speaking up about the issues. they treat it like a trend until someone gets exposed and then suddenly it’s an issue again. like seriously, none of this makes any sense to me. not to mention, +
paying attention to the poc characters was also treated like a trend?? they are literally the main characters in the show! they have way more screen time than like any of the white characters! it’s to the point where people outside the fandom don’t even know that the main +
character is afro-latina and not the white girl! that part of the fandom just doesn’t make sense to me. i understand that i may not be constantly talking about the issues, and i feel really bad about it. i’m trying my best to educate myself so that i don’t say anything wrong +
or spread false information - my biggest fear is making a mistake that may harm anybody so i’m really sorry if i’m not speaking up all the time. i will be trying to stay on top of it more. but i don’t wanna make this thread about me, so like i was saying before, i think we need +
to work on getting the people who’s voices we NEED to hear (from poc accounts) more attention than the accounts that are currently up there at the top, cause i’m sorry but some of them really don’t deserve that position. this isn’t about them. at all. toh has so much +
representation, but y’all don’t treat it that way. and that’s exactly what needs to change.
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