picspammy challenge, yet again
I am really spamming the hell out of this latest picspam challenge. This is going to be the last one though, and it's different than other spams I've done, a) because I've actually tried to put caps in order (fancy that), and b) because I've run them through photoshop this time (good golly!). ie, I've not been lazy this time around! And it's because this one is a topic very near and dear to my heart: Eight Favorite Characters of Color. It's no secret that I love me my minority characters, and this spam celebrates that from childhood through now. It was always really important to me to see people who looked like me on screen and, not going to lie, I tended to favor them, especially when it came to fanfic. And fashion. And my hair. What, I'm easily swayed!
It's a bit of a diverse mix (fandom-wise), but they are my favorites and the only one I didn't include was already spammed. That's alright though, she's not number one XD! Often times I feel like these characters are either obscure or just don't get the attention they deserve.
So, without further ado...
Tia Dalma
When Ana Maria disappeared in between the first and second movies, I was so happy to see Tia pop up and replace her. I still long for some kind of explanation as to where Ana Maria went, but then Tia appeared with her dreads and her dirty yet gorgeous off the shoulder dress and her strange allure, and I was hooked. She had all the power. One day I'm going to cos-play as her, even if she's completely irrelevant at that point. Actually, there are several people on this list I intend to cos-play as.
Mozenrath
Aladdin was my favorite Disney movie until I realised how much I appreciated Beauty and the Beast, but I always favored the Aladdin cartoon show over all of the other Disney spinoffs. A big part of this was Mozenrath, a teenaged sorcerer voiced by Jonathan Brandis, who may or may not be Aladdin's long-lost half brother (he was supposed to be in the third movie, until the plot changed). He had a magical gauntlet that he wore on one hand and the power ate away at his hand, so he just had a bone underneath the glove. I think, when I was eight, that I found that incredibly sexy. To this day, I consider myself lucky when I turn on Toon Disney and there's an Aladdin episode on featuring Mozenrath.
Angela Moore
I can't say enough about what Angela from Boy Meets World did for my self confidence as a kid. This may sound quite odd, but Angela/Shawn was my first inter-racial 'ship and made me realise that even though my friends made fun of me for it, liking White Boys was totally okay. Especially if they looked like Shawn. She also had awesome hair, great clothes, and wrote papers entitled, "Maintaining My Black Identity While Having Very White Friends." Nuff said.
Huey and Riley Freeman
Huey and Riley from The Boondocks are hilarious. Huey is a tiny revolutionary and Riley is a wannabe thug, who can't be a thug because he really doesn't have it in him. Plus, he's from the suburbs and has a no-nonsense grandfather. They basically say things that I want to say, but can't in polite company, and that they shouldn't be saying because they're kids. But awesome ones. You name me another ten year old that put everyone in their places at the R Kelly trial.
Kim Mathis
I saw this movie (Death Proof) and about four weeks later cut out my perm. No, really. That was pretty much the time-line. Tracie Thoms as Kim is one of the main reasons I went back to natural hair. Other than that? Well she and her friends got terrorise by some old guy and decided, instead of running away and crying, to go beat his ass. Literally.
Captain Steven Hiller
Independence Day is one of my all time favorite movies. Captain Hiller is a fuckin' G. Somehow in the course of this movie he finds time to bond with his kid, mourn his friend's death, capture himself an alien, save his girl friend in an Army Blackhawk, get married, learn how to fly an alien space ship, blow up the mothership, and get his kid 4th of July fireworks. And NASA didn't want this bad ass mother fucker? Pft, their loss.
Misty Knight
Some people have Thinspiration? I have Hairspiration. I understand that she's a comic book character in the Marvelverse and that I'm never going to look like her, but damn. Misty Knight is a red leather wearing, gun toting, bailbondswoman with attitude. She says things like "there's about to be some kung fu up in here" and "I love that crazy white girl". She has a prosthetic arm created for her by the one and only Tony Stark and a relationship with him that (in my head at least) consists of lots of fighting and makeup sex. And, yes, I want her hair.
Capatin Benjamin Lafayette Sisko
When I was younger I got really mad at my dad one day and told him that Ben Sisko would be a better dad than he was. I really hurt his feelings, but do you see how deep my love for Captain Sisko runs? There is a lot to love about him. We can start with the fact that he was born and raised in New Orleans, and then move on to the fact that he loves baseball and Jackie Robinson is his hero. Then there's the whole thing where he's a Bajoran god, runs a space station, is scary intimidating, and HITS Q!!! There are a lot of reasons for his awesome, but it's 3:30 in the morning, so let's not expect too much. Suffice to day DS9 was the best Trek to ever Trek, and I know that as a true fan I should be championing Kirk or Picard, but Picard killed Sisko's wife, so suck it XD! I don't care that he was assimilated at the time >.>
Honorable Mentions
Lao Ma (Xena: Warrior Princess), Jade Nguyen (DC Comics), Lian Harper (DC Comics), Lucius Fox (Batman, Nolanverse), Colleen Wing (Marvel Comics)
It's a bit of a diverse mix (fandom-wise), but they are my favorites and the only one I didn't include was already spammed. That's alright though, she's not number one XD! Often times I feel like these characters are either obscure or just don't get the attention they deserve.
So, without further ado...
Tia Dalma
When Ana Maria disappeared in between the first and second movies, I was so happy to see Tia pop up and replace her. I still long for some kind of explanation as to where Ana Maria went, but then Tia appeared with her dreads and her dirty yet gorgeous off the shoulder dress and her strange allure, and I was hooked. She had all the power. One day I'm going to cos-play as her, even if she's completely irrelevant at that point. Actually, there are several people on this list I intend to cos-play as.
Mozenrath
Aladdin was my favorite Disney movie until I realised how much I appreciated Beauty and the Beast, but I always favored the Aladdin cartoon show over all of the other Disney spinoffs. A big part of this was Mozenrath, a teenaged sorcerer voiced by Jonathan Brandis, who may or may not be Aladdin's long-lost half brother (he was supposed to be in the third movie, until the plot changed). He had a magical gauntlet that he wore on one hand and the power ate away at his hand, so he just had a bone underneath the glove. I think, when I was eight, that I found that incredibly sexy. To this day, I consider myself lucky when I turn on Toon Disney and there's an Aladdin episode on featuring Mozenrath.
Angela Moore
I can't say enough about what Angela from Boy Meets World did for my self confidence as a kid. This may sound quite odd, but Angela/Shawn was my first inter-racial 'ship and made me realise that even though my friends made fun of me for it, liking White Boys was totally okay. Especially if they looked like Shawn. She also had awesome hair, great clothes, and wrote papers entitled, "Maintaining My Black Identity While Having Very White Friends." Nuff said.
Huey and Riley Freeman
Huey and Riley from The Boondocks are hilarious. Huey is a tiny revolutionary and Riley is a wannabe thug, who can't be a thug because he really doesn't have it in him. Plus, he's from the suburbs and has a no-nonsense grandfather. They basically say things that I want to say, but can't in polite company, and that they shouldn't be saying because they're kids. But awesome ones. You name me another ten year old that put everyone in their places at the R Kelly trial.
Kim Mathis
I saw this movie (Death Proof) and about four weeks later cut out my perm. No, really. That was pretty much the time-line. Tracie Thoms as Kim is one of the main reasons I went back to natural hair. Other than that? Well she and her friends got terrorise by some old guy and decided, instead of running away and crying, to go beat his ass. Literally.
Captain Steven Hiller
Independence Day is one of my all time favorite movies. Captain Hiller is a fuckin' G. Somehow in the course of this movie he finds time to bond with his kid, mourn his friend's death, capture himself an alien, save his girl friend in an Army Blackhawk, get married, learn how to fly an alien space ship, blow up the mothership, and get his kid 4th of July fireworks. And NASA didn't want this bad ass mother fucker? Pft, their loss.
Misty Knight
Some people have Thinspiration? I have Hairspiration. I understand that she's a comic book character in the Marvelverse and that I'm never going to look like her, but damn. Misty Knight is a red leather wearing, gun toting, bailbondswoman with attitude. She says things like "there's about to be some kung fu up in here" and "I love that crazy white girl". She has a prosthetic arm created for her by the one and only Tony Stark and a relationship with him that (in my head at least) consists of lots of fighting and makeup sex. And, yes, I want her hair.
Capatin Benjamin Lafayette Sisko
When I was younger I got really mad at my dad one day and told him that Ben Sisko would be a better dad than he was. I really hurt his feelings, but do you see how deep my love for Captain Sisko runs? There is a lot to love about him. We can start with the fact that he was born and raised in New Orleans, and then move on to the fact that he loves baseball and Jackie Robinson is his hero. Then there's the whole thing where he's a Bajoran god, runs a space station, is scary intimidating, and HITS Q!!! There are a lot of reasons for his awesome, but it's 3:30 in the morning, so let's not expect too much. Suffice to day DS9 was the best Trek to ever Trek, and I know that as a true fan I should be championing Kirk or Picard, but Picard killed Sisko's wife, so suck it XD! I don't care that he was assimilated at the time >.>
Honorable Mentions
Lao Ma (Xena: Warrior Princess), Jade Nguyen (DC Comics), Lian Harper (DC Comics), Lucius Fox (Batman, Nolanverse), Colleen Wing (Marvel Comics)