Talk:VOCADOL/@comment-30602727-20141229012917/@comment-53539-20141229201637

There isn't much else to say, the whole situation with the VY series is fustrating.

The use fo popualr avatars is damging because often it is a completely off putting portrayal. The most popular version of Leon is a blonde blue-eyed white guy... Except... We ow know that both he and Lola had black singers behind their voices. It was obivous because their "soul singers" and the majority of them are in fact black. but at the same time, bare in mind white Leon can be taken as an insult because Black singers have trouble establishing themselves or getting places because the industry is white dominated.

Its why most end up as rap singers because thats the most popular black singer music and unless they go into that field they can't always get noticed. In a typical list of the top 100 musicians, how many will end up being white? Even thought he most influential musicians were black and the genres jazz, soul, rap and gospel all were created via black singers.

The fact people are so used to using that White Leon proves a ever lasting impact popular OC designs can cause, as even VY1 and VY2 can face just as controversial issues.