Capcom really needs to learn to divide its series up between different characters instead of pigeonholing the series to just Chris and Jill. Claire Redfield hasn't been seen in a primary game since Code Veronica, Rebecca Chambers and Billy Coen have all but fallen off the face of the Earth; the characters of Outbreak have yet to be seen in another game and the list goes on. Sheva (and Josh Stone) is just another in a long line of "new characters" to join the ranks of the unvisited after their initial showing. It's a shame, really, because she was one of the best parts of RE5 outside Excella.

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People bitched about that pretty much because there's Black Africans in Africa that were being shot which is the dumbest thing I've heard, I doubt they're avoiding making a certain race of characters over a group of dumb people who made a dumb accusation.

Except that it wasn't bitching, a lot of it was pretty justified when you step back from the knee-jerk reaction of ''Resident Evil'' being deconstructed from a critical standpoint at all. Especially when the arguments were valid once you start looking at the social implications of a white character (Chris Redfield) and a light-skinned [West] African woman (Sheva Alomar) killing en masse her darker skinned counterparts.

Throw in how people in Africa are depicted as downtrodden "savages" in need of rescue from a white counter part and you've got a problematic recipe for disaster that most were right to point out. Infected characters or not, considering the general Xenophobia and unfamiliarity Japan has with other cultures outside of their own I'm not at all surprised they never realized the problem that would arise from their general depiction of Black and African characters in RE5. It may not have been Capcom's ''intention'' to come off as racist or prejudiced toward the peoples of Africa, but it would be silly to outright pretend there wasn't some serious and unfortunate implications in the whole ordeal, especially when you take into consideration there wasn't any research put into the locale and setting at all. Sheva's "Tribal" costume and the Sodibaya (Wetland Majini) come straight out of a offensive 1930s stereotypes of Black and African cultures. [SOURCE]

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I think I love hating. Not just dumb stuff, but I do go to it for some things/people rather quickly. And I think it's great when people (well, sometimes) don't like stuff. For when they have this beige, bland expression for things they even use words like "excited" for... they remind me of the people from the Black Hole Sun video and makes me shudder.

I saw this girl-- a girl I will never see in my life! (in real life) (unless this hate thing gets out of control)-- and... ok, her husband's opinions kind of bum me out because he/they're in an artsy field, so while his work is fine, his opinion is more or less going to influence it, yeah? And she just gives off this nervous energy to me, like, "HAHA, look how not racist I am, I married a brown guy, HAHAH." And I just made all of that up in my head, but I don't spend my days dwelling on things I don't like. I don't pay attention to what they do, and sometimes they crossover to things I do watch, and sometimes it's pleasant and sometimes I'll even be excited until, like I said, shitty opinions ruin it.

But anyway, I saw the girl and thought that I was going to beat her. NOT IN A PHYSICAL, HARMFUL WAY but as if life were some competition where you get more points for being thinner. This chick is skinnier than me, maybe the only thing I could "beat" her in is arm size... and like right now I am eating Tostitos. And I thought the same thing when the stepmother went to a Zumba class. Like, isn't this the backstory for every villian??? "Nyah, I'll show you!"

Still trying the baking soda + vinegar shampoo thing. IDK, there seemed to be a common 'adjustment time,' so I'm willing to give it a couple of months. I feel like my roots are greasy (part of the adjustment thing). I asked my mom, and she didn't think so. Did you guys notice?

I made a body scrub from some expired coffee grounds and olive oil. I got the directions from here which said that the grounds reduce the appearance of cellulite. It's oil-y as fuq, but smells soooooo good, so I'm only trying it on certain parts about once a week.

I also wanted a facial scrub since mine seemed to have some shady ingredients, and one of the cheapest and easiest ones I found was with baking soda and oatmeal. Some people've said baking soda has magically done away with their blackheads, but unfortunately that hasn't happened to me :( I'd say it has more or less of the same effect acne-wise, but I do wish I had something a little more effective for redness and other marks, although I think the oatmeal is supposed to be good for that, so maybe in the long run???

I started watching Orphan Black and I think it's FASCINATING. It's obviously more than just a little unbelievable, but I don't care. I think it's interesting and creative. Yay for scifi!

I finished reading His Majesty's Dragon, so that means I've read ten books so far this year!

I'm on track. I wanted to read at least two books each month. I'm currently in the middle of Moby Dick, and the next book on my list is the memoir by Sonia Sotomayor. I haven't read many memoirs. I'm trying to push myself outside of my comfort zones. But anyone, His Majesty's Dragon was pretty good. It was interesting about 75% of the time to me. I thought the dragons were adorable and heartwarming (or heartbreaking). I didn't find the writing itself all that remarkable, but the story was fun and creative and adventurous.

I did an icon batch for ~once20in20, which was really fun. I basically had to create a fanmix for my claim (Regina Mills) and then make an icon for each of the songs. I kind of made the icons first and then chose songs, but I had several songs in mind before I started the icons. I worked through a lot of tutorials and guides for this batch. I enjoyed doing these icons. ^_^ And then when I posted them, I carefully put them in chronological order - innocent Regina to queen Regina to mayor Regina to the sad Regina we have right now. I like it very much, and I actually think the fanmix itself is awesome, haha. Sometimes I wish I could offer up an entire batch of icons for concrit, and get concrit on every single icon. But that would be too greedy. :/

Tuesday I'm going to see Star Trek. I was/am excited, but I'm pissed about Khan. And JJ not liking Star Trek because it's "too philosophical". WTF is that supposed to mean? Are you White Goodman now?