#and not done that goddamn chinese slur page (which. as a nordic person. i DO think she was well aware that kind of joke would be on thin ice
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Tfw you get back into stand still stay silent only to realize that yeahhhh the author kinda delved into religious extremism in a way that i don't really feel comfortable having her art as my icon anymore lol
Gotta change it to Toph Time instead
#rediscovering ssss as an old hyperfixation is so weird#its like walking trough the ruins of a recently dead civilisation#there are so many good fanartists and writers whose name i still remember#and i can go back trough their tags and slowly watch their interest deteriorate#from passion to hesitation/pointing to issues within fandom to pointing to issues with the author#many seem to have developed alternate tags as to not boost the main tag+thus the comics popularity#and then they kinda finally dropped off#idk its just. so fascinating#the characters still mean a lot to me (even tho. in hindsight. some development was more thanks to fandom than thanks to minna)#but yeah. jesus. i DO want one of the youtube ppl i like to do a deep dive bc its just. such a trainwreck#the narrative of it all is just so interesting. beloved comic. super active community#some cracks starting to show but being mostly discussed within/fought about within fandom#then. traincrash trainwreck#everything just imploded#ngl my conspiracy theory is that the racism accusations (and minnas inability to just accept them+apologise)#was the beginning of her white fragility persecution complex that eventually led her into the arms of whatever weird#christian right wing persecution complex extremist cult she joined#like. had she gone the graceful route and reconsidered her biases and like. just include some goddamn background characters of color#and not done that goddamn chinese slur page (which. as a nordic person. i DO think she was well aware that kind of joke would be on thin ice#esp when there's already talk abt racism BUT)#but if she'd just taken the criticism and grown (and she could have! she had a lot of goodwill with the fans atp#no one was out for her blood she was quite well-loved)#if she'd just accepted the criticism and grown insteaf of taking it as a personal attack and getting defensive#she might not have ended up on the cult slippery slope#ANYWAY#stand still stay silent#now its Toph Time bc i love her
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