Hi! Im teddy and im here to snach your boy and kick some ass! Total fanboy, Avenger,and skrull-Kree hybrid...so im like a Skreell? 0.0 This is a close RP for fightasone.
Can I intrude you with a quick favor. It means a lot to me. I created a blog game on my Tumblr blog and I need someone to check it. Can you play it for a minute? Just give a shot pretty please:)* Sandy.
This began as a guide to describing Afro/curly hair but of course, I got carried away. From look and texture of hair, colors and various styles, this guide serves as a thesaurus of sorts for hair, as well as pointers for use in your writing.
Culturally Significant Hair Coverings:
Know the meaning behind head wear and why it’s worn, when and by whom, such as a Native Nation’s headdress, before bestowing a character with it.
Appropriative Hairstyles: Keep in mind that Afro styles should be kept to those in the African Diaspora, such as dreadlocks, cornrows + certain and many braided styles.
Tread carefully describing Afro hair as “wild” “unkempt” “untamed” or any words implying it’s unclean or requires controlling.
“Nappy” and “wooly” are generally words to stay away from, the first having heavy negative connotations for many and the latter, though used in the Holy Bible, is generally not acceptable anymore and comes off as dehumanizing due to Animal connotations.
There are mixed feelings on calling Black hair “kinky.” I’m personally not opposed to the word initself and usage depends on the person’s race (I’m more comfortable with a Black person using it vs. a Non-Black person) as well as their tone and context (if it’s used in a neutral or positive tone vs. negatively/with disdain). Get feedback on your usage, or simply forgo it.
Combination Words: Try combing words to illustrate look of hair. A character with springy coils that dance across her shoulders with every movement, the man with thick silvery hair slicked back into a ponytail…
Mind Perspective: Depending on POV, a character might not know exactly what cornrows or a coiffure style is, at least in name, and it might make more sense if they described the hairdo instead. More defining terms might come from a more knowing source or the wearer themselves. One book I read described a girl’s afro puff as “thick hair pulled up into a cute, curly, poufy thing on top of her head and tied with a yellow ribbon.”
POC & Hair Colors: People of Color’s hair comes in all shades and textures. There are Black people with naturally blond and loosely-textured to straight hair, East Asian people with red hair, and so on. Keep that in mind when coding characters if you tend to rely on hair color alone to denote a character is white vs. a Person of Color.
Related Tropes: There are tropes and discussion related to People of Color, colored hair, and light-colored hair and features.
“Wow you really don’t like dazzlers clasic hits.” Teddy reminded himself of the earlier years of his life, listening to dazzler on max volume with her late mom, he always had a place for Dazzler in his heart, the sweet taste of nostalgia. “Anyway so what music do you like thor, I’m guessing you like pagan rock, celtic music, viking metal and stuff like that……am I right?” Asked teddy reminding himself that the comment may have been very derogatory towards asgardian culture. He rapidly realized that it might have been an offensive comment and this try to amend for that. “I mean there are awsome bands that play that kind of music or maybe you have other tastes, mines are basically dance, disco and funk, i do love metal as well but don’t tell anyone of this, I wanna keep the cute boy title on my resume.”
