here are my thoughts on the bullshit

8-xj:

okay i said i wasn’t going to think about it but honestly? i can’t NOT because what this fucking company has done is too vile for me not to think about it.

in miraculous ladybug, we have several POC. the main character is a mixed race asian girl. her best friend, alya, is a black martinican girl. adrien’s best friend, nino, is a black moroccan boy.

and alya and nino, at some point, are going to join marinette and adrien as recurring main superheroes. i thought it was fucking fantastic when i first heard that alya would become a sidekick to marinette, but then carapace was announced, and i almost dropped dead. think of all the kids who not only have ladybug, an asian superhero to look up to, but rena rouge and carapace!

never were they shown being “lesser” or “expendable.” they were not treated as something to give the main characters leverage and for nothing else. they are shown with real feelings and struggles, they are not props. they have their unique interests, their desires, and passions. they are some of the most well-rounded and flawed tritagonists i’ve ever seen.

but then… zag decides to go and toss this hideous comic out there. (warning: racism)

not only does it sexualize marinette, a 14/15 year old girl who is practically fresh out of middle school, but it portrays the black charity workers with disgusting stereotypes, and it sets marinette up with racist dialogue. she calls them “LOOTERS,” FOR FUCK’S SAKE.

it’s cruel to marinette, who is an underage asian girl and should not be sexualized as this adds to the stereotypes of her race, and it’s just plain disgusting because she’s a kid. it’s cruel to all black POC out there who are fans of the show. it’s cruel to alya and nino, who are canon black characters. 

it’s just plain fucking racist.

please fucking email zag about this. this bullshit can’t be tolerated, and black kids who watch the show should not have to be exposed to this god-awful comic.

their email is info@zag-inc.com. their twitter is zaganimation. jeremy zag’s twitter is zagtoon.

and by the way, we shouldn’t settle for it just being “put out of production.” those harmed by this POS comic deserve a public apology not only from those who assisted in the writing of it, but zagtoon themselves.