I personally think changing a character race or anything about them is erasing rep. Every single oc is some sort of rep with their design, story and race. So yeah its weird, especially if its not your oc
2026-01-22 10:31:20
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Melo/Kurt :
Wasian here ! I would change a yt character 's ethnicity to give them the rep I've never had, but would never change an already poc Character's one
2026-01-22 08:54:13
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𝓜𝔂𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓶 🪖 :
yeah it is
2026-01-22 10:08:40
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Jacob.Killem<3 :
Um yeah that’s somebody else’s character….
2026-01-22 01:17:07
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Henry ིᖭ༏ᖫྀ :
I think so. Especially if they represent a certain culture. The representation is there for a reason so taking it away feels kinda off.
2026-01-22 17:02:33
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Entapizador :
I think it depends on the race being relevant to the character history. For example, I don't care that they casted a black woman as Ariel in the live action because Ariels race doesn't matter, but I do care when they cast a white man to play Heathcliff, because him not being white plays a big part in his story.
I dont know if this makes sense 😞
2026-01-22 17:30:43
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˙ . ꒷ 🍙 𝕳𝖊𝖓𝕸𝖔𝖗𖦹˙— 🐈⬛ :
Most of these comments saying it's ok for a specific race is frying me
2026-01-22 16:13:48
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artice_alice :
To be honest I don’t find it strange because maybe before you were doing mostly one race out of your comfort zone at that time but it could change and you’re more skilled to try different things now. And maybe your OC feel more accurate if they are different race?
2026-01-22 11:11:30
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Viktor/Norman[🫀🗡️] :
No it's your oc, none should care. It's another thing if it's a character that already exists in a media.
2026-01-22 16:30:02
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lithium1004 :
Depends, I feel like its valid to make genshin characters for example actually fit the country they’re supposed to be from in redesigns (Sumeru/Natlan characters)
2026-03-05 08:56:52
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ྀི𝙴𝚜𝚣𝚝𝚎𝚛 ྀི :
i dont think it matters, its your art do what you want. Its not official and wont change anything or interfere w anyones life lol. If you post it tho some people will think its strange but whatever
2026-01-22 15:58:37
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UKUZI :
its oc you can
2026-01-22 11:23:58
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TOM HARDYS #1 D RIDER :
Yeah, if a character has a canon race/skin colour then changing it is wrong, like completely..
2026-01-22 17:31:00
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🐹 Lina :
If its your character than no. Someone else's, yes.
2026-01-22 18:00:54
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Kaipish :
I think it depends really, for example if a game refrence this religion thing but made the charecter white for example or wtv then I don’t rlly see a problem
2026-01-23 09:10:21
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they/them spike :
i think its weird when a character was specifically made to be representative of a certain culture or race but in the end who cares, fictional characters are objects
2026-02-06 06:41:15
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~ Farxiyo ~ :
I don’t know 💔
2026-01-22 08:26:30
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ok :
yes
2026-01-23 06:02:47
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eeewhat? :
no
2026-01-22 22:07:27
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Bella 🦎 :
Depends on if they are a poc or if their race is relevant to the story
2026-01-22 21:40:33
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👽⃤mr voices :
bro it’s your character 🙏
2026-03-16 21:03:30
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Eldritch | Artist :
Depends, if it's your oc do whatever, if it's a cannon character/someone else's oc yeah it think you probably shouldn't
2026-01-23 11:46:36
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Ipitsch :
If the race is important to the character then I wouldn't change it. For example, I wouldn't change a white character to poc if the character needs to be white for the story to work. I would however change a white character to poc if it doesn't really matter that they're white, especially if the show/content they're from lacks poc rep. I wouldn't ever change a poc to white though, because even if the character's ethnicity isn't important to the character or to the story, them being visually poc alone is representation and it shouldn't be taken away. White ppl don't need that rep.
2026-01-23 10:20:45
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🥖 :
yes
2026-01-22 23:44:24
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Empress Cupcakkeina :
if it's a personal OC, do whatever you want. If it's a character from an existing piece of media it depends, if their race is an important part of their character then yes it's not good, if it's not important and if you change it virtually nothing is different except for their appearance I don't see the issue.
2026-01-22 11:35:38
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