Board Thread:Fanon Discussion/@comment-4598697-20141120230042/@comment-3991308-20150620060453

Okay, my first few posts in this thread were from a while ago, but Rosabella is now released, and I'm so glad she's a POC! Slightly disappointed that she's lighter-skinned, but a POC girl being recognised as a Beauty is indeed a lovely thing to see~

Which brings me onto my point: conventional beauty. I mean, as I mentioned before, so many "pretty" characters are just conventionally beautiful. Blonde, white, good skin, etc, etc. And "ugly" characters are pretty much the same, except with many brown hair, an awkward disposition and braces or something.

I dunno, it would just be really nice to see more diversity of beauty. It's not about beauty overriding everything else, it's not that appearance matters particularly well, but I just want more kinds of beauty being represented. It's not that someone with dark skin or disabilities or kinky hair is beautiful in spite of those things, because those things aren't necessarily ugly.

And that's why I really really adore Griselle Damgaard. Bug has written her really well, and I adore characters who break out of that conventional mould of beauty.