Re: Tanya's Design Compared to Older Designs.
Lol...
"I thought her skin looked fine." Yet, you wonder why Tanya fans were probably tearing your ass up.
lol I thought the same thing but I didn't want to be mean.
Since you're both "thinking alike," I'll respond to both of you at the same time. There's a funny thing about what I had mentioned to you, Reiko, is when you had asked me what I thought about Tanya's previous appearance, me mentioning that I liked the tone of her skin was the first time I had mentioned that anywhere on any of the sites I go on.
This would be actually the first time anyone has seen me say that about her skin tone, so no, I haven't gotten "attacked" by Tanya fans because of it. And if they are planning on verbally bashing me because of it, not only will I sit in my chair and laugh my butt off, but also will look at that user and think unkindly stuff about them for a good minute until I shrug it off and care about more meaningful stuff to do. I mean I can't tell you how many times I've had people say to me stupid crap about my favorites, you don't see me getting heavily defensive about it, so neither should they.
A lot of (not all but many) Tanya fans gravitated towards her because she looked different from the rest of the ladies that came before her. That includes Jade, too, because Jade had not been unmasked prior to MK4. Her ebony color is synonymous with her identity. Saying something like, "I don't see why they felt the need to darken her skin" is a surefire way to get lit up like a Christmas tree. In addition to not seeing a problem with a whitewashed Tanya, Kitty also said that the fans are another reason why she doesn't like Tanya. Unfortunately, some extremist fans will take that as a person insulting both, them as a person AND the character of Tanya. It sucks but that's how it goes on the Internet. Tanya has some hardcore supporters. I usually try to figure out why people dislike other characters in a better manner but when the word "stupid" starts getting thrown around in discussions, it never ends up well.
I couldn't care less how people think of me hating a character for their fans. I'm not the only user on these sites to look at a fan base and dislike a character. If someone has a deep, serious problem with me not liking their favorite they can speak to me themselves. And like I said before, if someone is really going to get so aggravated at me for thinking that her skin tone was fine, they need to get a hold of themselves and realize how embarrassing it is to get incredibly defensive at someone for having a different opinion. That is usually the problem. Not all, but a handful of fans that I have talked to in the past seem to have a hard time understanding what "respect other opinions" mean. That is usually the main problem I have with this fan base.
I am not all butthurt because a few fans called me some names or wish to see me dead because I spoke differently about their characters, I am mostly laughing my butt off until my gut starts hurting and tears are coming out of my eyes because I cannot understand why someone feels the need to get so defensive at criticism or differences of opinions.
I give Kitty a hard time every now and then but I don't really have an issue with her. If it sounds mean, though, it is what it is.
I am going to ask you kindly to stop giving me a "hard time." I don't like it and it's really becoming quite aggravating every time you quote me. Please stop doing this and just have a conversation with no smart ass remarks.
I don't have a problem with Kitty either, but if you can't understand why her skin color was a problem then it's no wonder a lot of Tanya fans didn't like you.
And as I said before, this is the first time I've ever spoken out about the issue. And if Tanya fans really want to hate me because I think her skin tone was fine, then there's definitely some bigger issues that are needed to be checked out. I am not blind, of course I know why they got incredibly upset about this, but in my perspective, I didn't have a problem with it. So again, if her fans are going to go out of their way to harass me or whatever all because I thought her skin looked fine, bring it. The worst thing I can do is report their actions to a moderator.
I honestly think the whole skin issue with Tanya is blown up way too much for all the wrong reasons. It's frankly quite annoying that people get all pissy when Tanya is described as black. That's why I'll say 'dark skinned' in regards to her. I'm sick of hearing "She's not black, she's Edenian." - That answers fuhk all. You get light skinned Edenians and you get dark skinned Edenians which is evident if you compare Kitana and Tanya. People aren't saying she's 'African American' or what not. The easiest thing for us to draw in comparison is to look at ourselves as humans. If I compare Tyra Banks to Taylor Swift, is someone gonna tell me Tyra Banks isn't black she's American when talking about her skin colour? It's silly.
The worst is people acting as if Tanya never even had a darker skin tone, or that you couldn't even tell the difference with her first MK X model. If there was barely any difference, I doubt there would have been much of a sh!tstorm anyway. Even if you look at the MK4 select screen, her skin is pretty much the same as Jax's, and he sure isn't 'light skinned'
I'm basically on the same boat with this.
