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Hello! I just discovered this blog recently and apparently my brain decided I had to scroll through the entire thing.

I came away with mostly just one question-

A LOT of the blog focuses on critiquing people who give charachters vitiligo 'just because'.

But you also said, at one point, that you CAN give a charachter vitiligo if it 'feels right'.

And as far as I've managed to find, Vitiligo has no other symptoms than sun sensitivity for the lighter skin and also being more likely to have some other condition.

So, (if I'm not mistaken) Most people, (and by extension charachters), wouldn't experience any other issue besides sunlight sensitivity.

Would giving a charachter vitiiligo require so much consideration in that case? Am I missing something here? Is it just because of the inaccurate physical depiction/gjinka thing?

Asking because I'd like to give designing a charachter with it a go, but if there's some big thing I'm missing, I'd rather not risk screwing it up :,)

Thank you for your time and apologies if this came off weird, I notice I tend to sound very analytical and blunt if I'm asking about things I'm not super knowledgable on.

Not sure how you came to the conclusion that any/all of the "critiques" that I have given have been only to people who give characters vitiligo 'just because' especially since I've talked about various real world issues like colorism that various types of depictions/assumptions have when it comes to the condition.

It's not just about the "lighter skin" that vitiligo gives, its also about the social impacts that it has on people. I've been called and treated like an animal for having this condition to the point where it impacted my mental health as a SEVEN year old so badly that I still hate taking photos of myself almost two whole decades later.

Why does consideration matter for any group of underrepresented and misunderstood group of people? Because the depictions that YOU decide as a person who doesn't even have the condition to begin with, impact the way that other people view the condition. That's why good representation in media matters so much.

Vitiligo is a disability/disorder and deserves just as much care and consideration that you would give to any other condition.

Disorders, disabilities, or any other condition shouldn't be treated like its some sort of aesthetic even if they are primarily "skin-deep". They're real things that impact real people in ways that people without these conditions wouldn't even be able to comprehend if they never even bothered to look past the surface level or past their minimal understanding of them through media.