Jesus christ people it’s racial stereotyping used ironically for comedy, with no malicious intentions at all. Can’t you people tell the difference, for fuck’s sake I’m tired of going around and around with this shit. Lay off of Jargon already.

@WyrmSpawN  
Generally. I think Carjack is the one zebra OC he’s made that doesn’t heavily lean into some African tribal trope in either appearance.

@WyrmSpawN  
If that’s it, that’s really stretching since that’s traditional, and Zecora wears that same.
 
So by that measurement the show staff (Including BigJim who amplified this mess) are guilty of racism.

@Cyborg_pony  
The tribal ones, like her choice in jewelry.
 
I assume.

@Background Pony #286B  
What stereotypes?

@Background Pony #37C6  
AnontheAnon got themselves in hot water, Jargon got caught in the drama by association. He made two edits of Anon’s work and when the internet shit-storm got going those edits caused him to get caught in it, and his many comics about “zeebs” didn’t paint him in a good light during said shit-storm.
 
I wouldn’t really say Jargon did anything wrong themselves. It’s not unreasonable to find his weak psuedo-racist work on zebras in poor taste, but as I said before, none of it seems particularly hateful.
 
The only thing Jargon might have done that could be considered racist would be the number of his Zebra OCs from “darkest Africa” and based on unflattering stereotypes. Then again, FiM wasn’t exactly steering clear of that trope when they made Zecora.

@Powdered_toast_mare  
I thought he made a really big mistake.

@Nightweaver20xx  
Most people don’t assume fictional rape images are made by actual rapists. People are rightly more suspicious that racist humor is coming from an actual racist.
 
In defense of Jargon, most of their psuedo-racist stuff with Twiggie actually feels like it’s a joke. The punchline is that a small child is comically racist and the adults around her reacting to that, or in the case of Lustie, her spying on her pupil while she happily plays with a zebra, oblivious to her mentor’s discomfort.

@Powdered_toast_mare  
There are artists who regularly post rape comics and art and worse and nobody ever comes down on them.

@Background Pony #37C6  
making racist jokes, apparently.

@vit  
What was his mistake?

I do note that Scott doesn’t just post racist things, but portrays it as a quality specific to Twiggie. Not sure what to say about the Matriarch’s depiction, but I think that it’s a good thing that she’s portrayed as forgiving and with a tolerance even greater than her size

@Tyko  
No screw that mindless Fanboy mentality. Jargon can make mistakes.  
Doubling down results in never growing up and self-reflecting and learning anything.  
Be a fan, not a Fanboy.

I won’t deny it, I was afraid you were going to leave us.
 
Celestia bless you always Jargon.

The only option is to double down and show everyone that you cannot be contained, and will never be stopped. Celestia bless you, Jargon. We’re all here for you.

@Background Pony #C399  
Well to be fair, Zeg’us has zeebity.

@Nightweaver20xx  
no one has humanity here, only ponity

thanks for staying jeargon, you are one of the best artists and person in this whole fandom. we don’t deserve you

Phew, had me worried for a bit there.

Bold move, cashing in your April Fool’s joke over a month early.

Just heading to bed. Glad I stayed up late enough to see this. Thank you Jargon. Really thank you. I began binging your stuff from way back that I never got around to looking at before after I was worried you would be going DNP. And I couldn’t believe how much gold there was! I thought it would be your early days of struggling to find a style, and awkward stuff. But shit man, you were producing top quality content from the beginning! I’m happy knowing you and your art and hanging on for a bit longer. It’d be a darker place without ya.

@Background Pony #8CA9  
Aye yae yae column fellows theme plays

Good to know.