Etiquette Conduct Review 3 - A Brat and Criticism

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Hello, lovelies~ 

So sorry that it's not the next Hetalia Character Journal entry, but rest assured - one Mr America's entry will be released soon. =^^= I just need to finish two more assignments and continue with other stuff. TTwTT

But anyway~!

Now, most of you who know me or is my watcher would know that I don't condone OC x Canon (except certain circumstances), nor do I have a high opinion on OC's. In particular, some of you understand or may know that out of all the OC's there are in Hetalia, I utterly loathe Piri-chan.

The primary reason being because...ako ay Pilipino. =^^=

And most of them are pretty bad.

However, I was in a good mood this week - mainly because it was my birthday on Monday, my ceramics assignment is complete, I started on my essay which is due on Monday, I didn't fail my presentation, and I had a lot of friends and family just wishing me a happy birthday even if it was late. So, all that good stuff. >w<

When I'm in a good mood, I tend to try and rectify things, or become more kinder, or try something new.

So, after some thinking, I surmised that the reason why I've seen a load of crappy Philippines OC's is because maybe the creators just simply did not get any constructive criticism related to her. Most of the comments I see on the work is "so cute!" or "yay Piri-chan/Philippines!" or just bashing on how she's a slut or whore (which honestly, I'm not surprised). That, and I have a few friends who have OC's, and not only do they accept constructive criticism, but they're pretty well-researched, too.

So, I decided to try and give Piri-chan one more chance by deciding that the next female Philippines OC I see on my feed, will get a comment from me. I'm a Filipino, most Piri-chan creators are Filipino, so there should be some understanding, right?

If it's a good one, I'll say, "Good job! :D" and say why it's good like the colours, character, personality and all that jazz.

However, my pessimism was still present because majority of Piri-chan that I've seen so far are Purity Pairing Mary-Sues with no flaws (clumsiness is NOT a damn flaw), and she's always described as "pretty" and "talented" and other bullshit like that. That, and I've seen a good number of people who've severely offended me because of how they romanticize horrible parts of my country's history.

But I'm not here to rant about Piri-chan. =^^=

Anyway, in my watch feed, I saw a picture of a female Philippines OC.

I so dearly want to show a picture of it, but I decided not to because I get the feeling Piri-chan rabids will get on my ass, and admittedly, I do find it rude to just take someone's work and post it on stuff unless you give them credit. And I most certainly do not want to mention her name, because I don't want anyone running after her and beat her to oblivion, because I'm not a bully.

Anyway, I'll at least put the description of the picture, but not yet.

After looking at the picture and reading the description of the creator's OC, I wrote a comment, like I promised. However, I didn't find the OC...that good.

So, I tried to provide constructive criticism - I've done it before (not with the critique widget, but just in comments to artists' works) to others before (though admittedly not as much...^^;), and it was received fine. Hell, I've even had one person who made a redesign (which I also don't have a high opinion on thanks to other certain events), tell me thank you for the advice but they were happy with how they looked. So naturally, I stepped back and let them do their thing since they were being so polite and mature about it.

That, and because I'm studying to be an art teacher, constructive criticism is essential, obviously. Not only for the students, but for me, the teacher, as well.

There's a reason why I don't have the screenshot of my comment to the OC creator, but you'll find out why.

But, I do have a copy of my comment on a message in Skype.

Why? Because I was talking to a good friend of mine who's quite good with critiquing, and talking about OC's, so I wanted to show it them first to make sure I wasn't being too harsh, or too nasty.



(Due to how much I wrote and Skype's size for it's window, I had to take two screenshots.)

Safe to say, whenever I write my critiques, I think hard on what to write - because honesty is the best policy, but at the same time, don't bash on the artist's self-esteem, because that is the shittiest thing to do to a budding artist. Art comes in all kinds of forms, so there's no such thing as a "perfect" or "imperfect" art style.

Anyway, I got the okay from my friend (as seen above), so I went off my merry way feeling positive, and left the comment.

It only ignited a little shitstorm.

But first of all, can I ask - was there something wrong with my critique? I don't think there was anything wrong with it - I highlighted both the positives and the negatives, and I tried to be encouraging at the end, too. Also, I wasn't bashing the OC and saying it's shit or anything.

Yet guess what happened?

The little OC creator threw a tantrum at me.

Sadly, I couldn't get her first response and my second response to her, simply because I didn't at all expect her to flip shit at me (and there's a reason why, too, which you'll see in a later screenshot I was able to capture).

But basically, she did not react well to my comment.

Her response included saying how every other OC has differently coloured eyes; how Filipinos can be tanned, but also as pale as her OC; and how Russia has violet eyes yet nobody was bitching about it. Then she was mentioning how she wanted her OC to be "different" to other Piri-chan OC's. She also gave me a quote that made me roll my eyes, because trust me - a lot of Piri-chan creators I've seen use cheesy and corny quotes to describe her.

I do remember what the quote was:

"Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul."
(From The Cat Returns/Neko no Ongaeshi by Studio Ghibli.)

She also mentioned that apparently I treated her like trash or "treated trash" as her English wasn't the best.

My response first included me showing a Google images link of Filipino people.
(Do they look pale to you?)

Most Filipinos are tanned or darker skinned due to the hot sun as it's close to the equator, and most of us working out in the sun. That, and genetics as I usually stay inside. XD honestly, I get sick and tired of people white-washing because it seems they think white skin = beautiful, which is the biggest load of crock I've ever heard in my life.

Everyone is beautiful.

That or they're just plain lazy.

My response also included the reason why Russia, and by extension Iceland and Canada, have violet eyes - it's because of their extremely cold climates (which is weird, but apparently that's why). I also added that the nations with green eyes - i.e. Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Turkey, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Lithuania and Poland - have green eyes because the Middle-East and Western and Southern Europe are the countries with the highest amount of percentages of green eyes. Basically, I wrote that you cannot just give a character differently coloured eyes without a good reason.

And what the hell is wrong with brown eyes, anyway? They're the most common eye colour, as well as the most dominant eye colour gene, but they're just as beautiful as other eye colours.


(Beautiful brown eyes, anyone? :love:)

I also mentioned how I was not bashing her or her OC, and I was giving constructive criticism as evident by me highlighting the positives and the negatives. Even if an OC has no positives or minimal positives, it's good to try at least, and be encouraging as well.

Either way all my notions of being positive and giving Piri-chan a chance was flying out the window.



And yeah, I know - I probably sounded a bit bitchy in that response. For that, I do apologize because I do think now that I pause, I should be more mature, since, as I mentioned before, I want to be an art teacher.

But...

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...

...

Eh, I still have some years left before I graduate. B3


(More bitching, because she doesn't seem to comprehend what constructive criticism is.)

And there you go, ladies and gentlemen - the reason why I couldn't get a screenshot of my comment.

Because the little brat hid it - even flagging one as spam.

When I myself hide comments, it's because I don't want people with pitchforks running after the person who I've had a bone to pick with. But even then, that's very rare. Another reason was because in the past, I used to give links to where you can find MMD models, which I don't do anymore, so don't worry.

And to anyone who's wondering who AkaiDalia is, she is a Sonic artist who is exceptionally talented. However, her biggest downfall and flaw is that she could not accept constructive criticism. Tell her something's wrong with something in her artwork even if you compliment it, and she'll throw a fit at you and send her white knights after your ass, and you're somehow the bad guy.

It caused a huge rift in the Sonic fandom. But anyway, long story short - she deactivated her account, made another, but it doesn't seem like she's doing much trouble anymore due to how many people because angry with her behaviour.

But anyway, back to this brat.

Honestly, I could be far worse if I wanted to be negative. Trust me, when I'm negative at people or just life and affairs in general, things are not pretty.

And as I mentioned before - I highlighted both the positives and the negatives of your OC. If I wanted to be negative, I wouldn't have bothered finding positives, nor would I try to encourage you and wish you luck.

But that wasn't it, folks! Oh no, no, no, no, no~! There's one more~


(Let the comment sink in for a moment, folks.)

When I got this comment, I was honestly pretty shocked.

Then after a while, I felt a mix of emotions - anger, offense, and just downright hilarity because of the sheer stupidity and irony.

I think this sums up my reaction well:



Seriously?

Do you know how childish and judgmental you even sound? 

Ako ay Pilipino~

Though whoopsie-doodle! Someone threw a tantrum and hid the comments so, they didn't seem to realize that in my comments and critique, I mentioned and referenced several times that I was Filipino such as saying "we Filipinos" when I mentioned that Filipinos would not be that pale like her OC.

"Think before you speak" - princess, you should go purchase a mirror and look into it.

Because you think I'm racist to Filipinos?

You're being a bitchy brat who not only won't accept constructive criticism, but is also defensive on something that's fucking fictional. And also, you insulted a Filipino who you think you're defending so much.

Besides being a brat, you're essentially a hypocrite.

Also, I'm a Filipino, too - yeah, I was born in Australia, and even though my parents know Tagalog, Visayan and Pangasinan and I can't speak any of the dialects well, I'm still a Filipino by blood and ethnicity, and I'm damn proud to be a Filipino.

But just because I highlighted the negatives of your OC, that means I'm not Filipino now? 

Either they're just plain stupid, can't understand me that well, or fail logic is fail logic.

Sadly, before I could respond to the spoiled brat, she bawww-locked me.

Anyway, not only does it seem like she can't take constructive criticism, but her hiding my comments essentially proves I'm right.

Think about it - if I was bitching at her and her OC, wouldn't it make more sense to leave the comments up? Just to prove how I'm such a bitch? And more people would probably jump in to defend her? I've seen it done with some artists where they leave the comments up just to warn other people or show just how bad this person is.

But I get the feeling that if she left my comments out on the open, she'd probably get her ass handed to her.

That, or I could possibly be looking too deep into it - she might just want to "clean" her comments section and just want others to see people kiss her OC's sparkly, white-washed ass and say over and over and over again how "kawaii deshu!" she is.

Now, as I mentioned before, I won't show a picture of the OC, because that's essentially taking someone's artwork without their permission, but I'll post their description of it because you can't steal words unless it's a book, novel, lyrics or something among those lines.


(Seems like a sweet and innocent OC creator, right?)

There was more stuff I could've criticized on like how she cannot be related to Italy, Japan, Romano or England; and how we also have a shit ton of dogs in the Philippines, so why is it a cat; and how "she loves to do things" but what things are you talking about - but meh, I'm done trying to critique Piri-chan.

I do feel sorry for the poor sap(s) who'll be the bitch(es) for her OC.

But the above screenshots before this one basically proved how much of a brat she is.

A brat who can't take constructive criticism. 

Quoting a friend of mine, "If you can't take the heat, baby, then get out of the kitchen." And before I have femishits on my case - there's nothing wrong with being in the kitchen and cooking: you have chefs which is a male dominated occupation.

But seriously, if you can't take constructive criticism - get the hell off the Internet and go back to school to learn the basic rules of respect. Not everyone is going to kiss your ass or sugarcoat things, and no matter how cutesy you act, say how much you suck, or bash at yourself to try and warrant pity - it doesn't excuse shitty behaviour.

I know that not all Piri-chan fans are like this (I sincerely hope so, anyway - I've only ever seen horrible rabids of her's and very bland OC's who all look like stock shoujo protagonists and romantic drama teleserye heroines), but sorry - I still hate Piri-chan very much.

And so, I implore you: please don't try and convert me or talk to me about her, because that'll just make me resent her even more.

In fact, this kind of cements part of my hate for her.

Creator who can't take criticism, throws a tantrum over constructive criticism, judgmental, hypocrite, bland OC who's "talented", has no flaws, white-washed, has an eye colour that makes zero sense (red)...yep.

I know for sure if my dad saw any of the bad Piri-chan OC's, he'd flip tables all over the house before the house itself, curse kids (he'll assume that the creators are children, anyway), and angrily accuse them of being spoiled as well as hoping they don't have a single drop of Filipino blood in their veins (which then, he'll probably flip my cousin's house and the tables inside it as the creators usually are Filipino which gives a big indicator on another thing, which I probably will save if I ever do a Piri-chan rant which I'm considering); and my mom would feel offended but laugh uncomfortably and shake her head then wonder what on earth is happening to the world today. 

And guys, if you do get constructive criticism from someone, do not throw a bitch fit or a tantrum.

As I had mentioned in my comments to this brat before - constructive criticism is there to help you: not beat you down. It's there to help you improve and to rectify things. Sure, it stings at first - I remember the first time I got constructive criticism back in high school when I was like fourteen: got it from my art teacher, and I was pissed off and upset because I worked hard on it. But, after taking another look, I saw the imperfections, was highly embarrassed and I realized I was being childish, and that my art teacher was correct.

Ever since, I embrace constructive criticism and advice on how to make my art better. I love learning about art - I am passionate about art. That's probably a reason why I love constructive criticism so much - because I love to learn about art.

Hence why I want to be an art teacher.

And also, in a way, constructive criticism from a person shows how much they care about you, your art, and your progress. They want you to be successful and do well - hence why they give you constructive criticism in the first place. There are the negatives, yes, but at the same time - the positives are also there to tell you that you're doing something right. Plus, adding a word of encouragement as a finishing liner is meant to cheer you on, basically.

And guys, the difference between constructive criticism, and destructive criticism is pretty simple.

Constructive criticism is where someone highlights the positives and the negatives, and tries to be encouraging. Destructive criticism is where someone just mentions the negatives and tells you things like "give up" or "it looks like crap" or something like that. 

Which is something I want to hammer away from my future students. No art student deserves to hear destructive criticism. It can be crippling to a student's self-esteem and hence, it would effect their self-efficacy.

Though from my experience with this brat, it also makes me realize that I'll probably get some bratty little shits in my classroom, too, who probably need a good, hard smack from other people because of their attitude, and that constructive criticism is not a bad thing. 

Wish me luck. =w='b

This is Hebigami Okami, and peace out, guys. :thumbsup:

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UPDATE 22/10/2015

Apparently the little butthurt brat wrote a journal about yours truly~



Actually, little brat - you should be very afraid.  

Because you essentially proved that if you continue on with your shitty little attitude, you're going to easily be the next AkaiDalia.  And trust me - so much shit was thrown at her, that she eventually deactivated, and though there are times she claims it's "never my fault" - she still changes her subject matter, so some of the criticism did get knocked into her skull.

I'd totally send this journal to her if I could, but eh.  :shrug: wouldn't want to waste my effort - even if she didn't block me, still be a waste to try and get through her deluded head.

I also love how she assumes I'm like some white guy who's lying about my race or something.  XDDDDD


(Her bitching with her little brat buddy.)

You do realize that Filipinos are tanned, right? And again - constructive criticism is not meant to bring you down, it's meant to help you.

But whatever babe - if you want to be the next AkaiDalia and be hated and scorned and spat at by everyone because you can't accept criticism and continue on with your shitty, judgmental and even offensive behaviour, by all means, go ahead.



1. Go back up, or even just go to Google images - Filipinos are not as pale as your OC.  In fact, you're the one being offensive by making your OC look East Asian instead of South-East Asian: especially because when it comes to beauty, most of them (not all) find tanned skin ugly.  

Well guess what? You're essentially being just shitty to your own race.

2. Your OC is wearing a fucking mini skirt as her military uniform.  Compare it to the other girls in Hetalia who dress modestly, and realistically with pants, because shocker! Pants are better than skirts in the battlefield! While your so-called "original" sparkly Piri-chan will most likely get holes all over her legs from all the bullets.

Oh, and FYI - Filipino military uniforms look like this, you freaking dumbass.


(Big thanks to :iconkyuzoaoi: for the link to the top photo.)

So before you get hated and shit on like AkaiDalia, since it looks like you're really well going down that path right now, you should sit back, actually try and listen to people instead of assuming you're all right and throwing a huge bitch-fit tantrum, get off your lazy ass, and actually do fucking research so you don't disgrace and offend other Filipinos.

Peace out! :thumbsup:

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(A different song instead of Bully by Shinedown because no bullies in this one this time. ^^;)
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This is the real reason why I prefer Philippines oc paired with fanmade characters like Brunei or Mexico, the Philippines oc that I really like that is from Rosel-d's