i got an audition for [Prominent Cartoon] where i was sent just the Asian character, looking through the rest, i told my agent "hey i'm happy to read for this, but can i...read for some of these others?" to which i was told "all of those characters are drawn as White, so no" to add extra insult to injury, the character i got sent was labeled "Middle Eastern, South, East, or Southeast Asian" because you know...that's all the same, right? you can just lump them all into one

my agent told me that this is just how some Major Studios are doing things now

i'm having my mom do the gym leader meme, she knows nothing about pokemon, but she very enthusiastically went "FAIRY! FAIRY!" when she saw the list of types, we're now going through the pokemon, stay tuned... mom's reaction to swirlix: "OH, NO, YUCK"
as we scroll down:
"why are these getting worse"
gardevoir: "no, scary"
"i guess i like the fat and smiley ones"
cutiefly: "cutie fly? is it really cutie? ....EHHH"
mimikyu: "looks like he's drunk"
impidimp: "worst one"

i don't know if i've really talked about on here what it's like to be recognized in public, but i was shown this reddit post of someone who took a photo with me at disneyland and called me "kinda emotionless," and it bummed me out a bit so let's talk reddit.com/r/Disneyland/c… i get recognized in public often, that's to be expected with what i do. some people might think, "nice humblebrag" but it really is more like a monkey's paw. you appreciate that people like what you do and are excited about you, but there is a loss of privacy when you're out