I'm working on a project with the characters below. The two white guys on the right aren't relevant I just wasn't in the mood to crop them out.

The two on the left are both gods - the guy is the god of stars, the girl is the goddess of dreams. It's the woman in particular I'm wondering about. (NOTE: Just realised I wrote 'right'. I did mean left.)

Because of her abilities (reading dreams and seeing recent dreams) she's a fortune teller in a consistent market space. She owns her own stall, and uses her abilities to give readings and advise people on their feelings. She's also the best friend of the god of stars, and one of the most prominent side characters.

Now, the issue is, I'm not sure if having her as a fortune teller is an odd choice - she's not romani, or I'd be in their subreddit instead, and obviously those two groups are very different, but I just want to make sure that there isn't any offensive stereotypes, or it's not too similiar?

Additionally, is the depiction of her hair alright? I'm not the best artist, and she's meant ot have a sort of ethereal look to her (dreams, yknow) hence her pale eyes and hair.

(Vaguely unrelated, but I'm realising she looks a little too close to the god of stars. If I have to change of one their designs I fear it'll be hers, not his, since he's one of my main characters and I'm very attached to his design, especially in his god form)

Sorry if this all sounds a bit stupid, I have uber autism and struggle with communication. But I really want to make sure that while I'm depicting characters of darker skin tones that I do so correctly, and in a way that isn't offensive to those I'm depicting.

Thank you.
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  • It is odd that you just have her as a support character instead of making her a goddess. WTF!

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    It’s not odd considering the person behind the content . Thats the way they see us. Only existing to serve/guide/comic relief/cause trouble. If they do make us the main character , they are gonna make us slaves , rappers, dropouts , criminals, baby mamas etc. AND if they do portray us as educated , they are always either gay/lesbian or in an interracial relationship . We can never just be ‘normal’. We can never be portrayed as classy love interests, or heroes without some type of baggage tied to a stereotype .

    It’s exhausting .

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    Oh, I guess I haven't explained very well. Gods and goddesses are a key part of the story - there's a couple of supporting gods (God of the Hunt is a very minor character, goddess of hearts is a key antagonist, god of fire is another minor character). Outside of the main two characters (the two at the top), the goddess of dreams is probably the most significant featuring character.

    I say featuring only because there's two characters who barely appear but massively shape the course of the story with their absence.

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    Additionally, I mistyped when I said the two on the right were the gods. It's the two on the left, including the woman.

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  • Fortune telling isn’t just a Romani thing, while yes it has its well known roots in Romani culture, there are “fortune tellers” among black hoodoo practitioners as hoodoo is a Black African American cultural practice so it’s not odd.

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