Stop whitewashing Holly Short
I feel like I have to have this talk somewhere outside my head.
I, a 14 year old teenager of color, have always loved Holly Short.
She was described as powerful, with features like a hooked nose, and a dark skin, that made her beautiful. Things that I have always been insecure about, teased for, insulted for, were what made her beautiful.
The powerful woman, who fought sexism and always did the right thing, IMMEDIATELY became my comfort character.
I started to feel better about myself. Draw portraits with my favourite features in my self exaggerated in them. I loved my own features, because she had them.
And then, after reading the whole series and loving it, came the thirst for content. Content in wich, Holly Short, was always whitwashed.
So many fanart, official comics, covers, the goddamn movie! In all of them, Holly wasn't how i imagined her to be. The fact punches me every time. Her skin, her features, are FLAWS that people just prefer to erase from her character.
I still remember how sad i got when i first was raving to a friend about Holly and she said 2 my face how she thought she would be prettier if she were white.
Whitewashing Holly is basically saying the same thing.
Many may go, "whatever, who gives a shit about her color".
But things like this are what make teenagers, kids, like me back at the time, insecure and hating themselves because of simply simply being born the way they are born.
Reminder that you are precious and we all love you very much ❤️
Awww 🥺 I don't know how old this is Im sorry I don't know how I didn't notice this 🥺 thank you so much 🥲💓
The Fairy Thief
FowlFest 2023, day5, favourite scene
Heavy tlc spoilers
Artemis,
Help me.
We don't possibly talk enough about this scene. And theres no valid excuse for that!
We all, including Holly, know what he did was for the better; and he did not in fact let her die.
But imagine being stabbed through your heart with a fucking cursed sword, and you ask the one and only person you trust to save you in that situation for help, only to be watched to death before their very eyes.
And Holly had never asked for help. I don't remember her doing it after either. She does shit on her own. The agony, the pain, and oh boy the TRUST, for her to do that.
Its painful.
Yes, Artemis in fact didn't let holly die, but she is to forever have nightmares about that moment. And in her dreams, Artemis does indeed only care enough to glance her way briefly.
Fowlfest 2022
August 28th || Families
The Fowlrider family :)
I realized Joker and Batman are enemies after drawing this whole thing so don't come at me for that lmao
Texture
No texture
Where it all started lol
This painting idea has been living way too long in my head
It didn't turn out exactly how i imagined it either but it was fun
تنهایی خیلی حس ناجوریه
Ok next kid
Aiden Disthene Fowl Rider
(she changes her name to Aida later on)
Her middle name was supposed to be Domovoi, but Artemis felt like Butler didn't feel so comfortable that way, so she was named after the blue gemstone Disthene for the tattoo on his arm.
Shes a trans woman, and is a year younger than jacky.
She looks incredibly like Artemis, isn't as athletic as Jack but at least knows how to shoot.
She transitioned at 19, shes some sort of an e-girl, business woman. She dyed her hair neon purple, wears black heels with white suits ... Youll see her when i draw her lol.
She is forever supported by her family and has always been extra close to Jacky and Artemis.
Wip of my take on artemis's children:
First born kid is Aurora Julius Fowl Rider (yes her middle name is after Root, that made Holly tear up.) but everyone calls her Jack or Jacky. The nickname came from a time in her childhood when she wanted to be a pirate like captian Jack Sparrow and Alex started calling her little Jacky and it kinda stuck. Shes got brown eyes and black hair. Shes kind of a mix of both Artemis and Alex. Is very athletic, also very intelligent. Shes obsessed with guns, and builds her own high tech guns. She grew up very close to Holly and also wanted to be an police officer just like her. She takes a lot of risks, loves to party and of course, shes gay.
She graduated academy a few years early and kicked criminals' asses in New York City since she was 16. She also worked as a spy for LEP.
+i just need to add some angst, she dies in her twentis.
Ill be posting about the next two children too.
I have no idea whats goin on with the face scar
But can we keep it?
Like can fowldom gather and decide we're gonna draw him this way
He looks like even more of a traumatized blorbo and im here for it
Hello! It’s great to have you back. My question is for Artemis and Holly. What’s the stupidest thing you’ve done for a dare?
Holly: Oh gods, I've taken so many dares. The stupidest one, though, I took in secondary school. A group of boys dared me to try to ride a young troll. My first Ritual experience resulted from that, as I used all my healing on multiple broken bones and a punctured lung.
Artemis: "Dares", as I understand them, are for those who value the esteem of their peers in age. I only esteem my peers in intellect, varied as that intellect may be. Once, though, a professor challenged me to teach a lecture on a subject I was ill acquainted with. I accepted the challenge, and I pity the students to this day. I was fourteen at the time.