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angorwhosebabyisthis · 2 years ago

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since the rusty lake tags are about to be a hellscape of nastiness toward albert fans who enjoy him in any other way than one-dimensional unattractive hate sink,* i just want to say y'all are valid and it's great that you're having fun and contributing to the fandom, and i hope the new content brings you the excitement and joy you've been looking forward to ✨️

*(boy i could go on about how Very Yikes the latter trend is for a number of reasons, but that's a whole post of its own and i will be making it lmao)

#rusty lake #rusty lake the past within #albert vanderboom #i love roots dearly;#but it has some very VERY nasty tropes re: albert and its framing of disabled people/abuse survivors #and seeing the fandom go astronomically above and beyond to take the bait is 😬😬😬😬#especially when there is not a single peep toward a single other person responsible for abuse both over-the-top and mundane #except nicholas; who is a nonsurvivor with zero power imbalance against his favor #in any aspect #and albert STILL gets 90% of the hate; and his fans get all of it #begging people to use One brain cell to step back; examine the framing; & realize that railing abt how a man w/ multiple facial differences #one of which is a severe disfiguring facial scar #both of which are used narratively to telegraph that he's Evil from the very beginning of his life #is disgusting and unattractive and a Freak and should never ever be seen as anything but an object of hatred #is uh. Bad. it's bad. no matter what he did #the writers packaged those two things together for a reason lmao #anyway pay me $500 or get back to me when you've also made posts on the regular about jakob; aldous; emma; samuel; and mary Simps #and if you have ever once in your life called albert a freak then pay me anyway #the salt files #ableism cw #abuse apologism cw #antisurvivorism cw #fr slur cw #rusty lake tag

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