#can't say i blame them but a freer space for everybody would have been better in this case

[free-luigi-mangione]

Girl, I hate to say it, but unless you want to discuss luigi the human being (which seems to be taboo because so many people hate when others talk about him in any context but the case) there is really nothing else to discuss right now. Conversation about luigi the person is apparently "fangirling/gossiping" to a lot of people, though. We don't know that much about him and his life; a lot of what we know is conjecture. Unless his friends and family decide to share him with us, we'll never really know him. This is me hoping he writes a damn book.

I'm not trying to dissuade you from discussing luigi the human! I hope you do. Anybody dissuading conversation about luigi as a human is doing far more harm than a fangirl posting his picture and saying how hot he is. I really don't like people telling others how to talk about luigi because most of the positive discourse about him has come from his "fandom," and they're the reason we know so much about him! For every crumb of info we have about him, there is an asshole complaining that we shouldn't be talking about it because it's "irrelevant" and "doing nothing but hurting his case" or whatever. With nearly all social media companies actively censoring luigi content to the point where there is almost nothing but anti-luigi mainstream media posts, the public needs to speak about him as much as possible wherever we can. That includes tidbits about him and his life because learning who luigi is is exciting. It helps keep the momentum going. The man is an enigma, and we are intrigued!

I digress here, but I know that many luigi supporters have migrated to Discord to avoid censorship and the toxic people that are constantly complaining about the luigi content other people post. I have a feeling a lot of luigi tumblr just went to discord instead of dealing with the dozens of hate anons they dealt with every day. This breaks my heart because it minimizes the exposure on other platforms. They're letting the haters win. By telling people not to post certain things about luigi just because they don't like it, claiming shit like it doesn't help his case, we obviously get less and less luigi content, which just sucks for everybody.

i am very ready to talk about Luigi the human but i will not be writing fanfic (i've never written fanfic and i definitely don't want to start now) or speculating about whether he has had mental health issues or not. i also don't want to sit here and judge stupid things he might or might not have done during his college life. because it's really not that deep. it's college life for a reason.

but otherwise, i am very ready to talk about anything else. as long as we remember to talk about him as a fellow human and give him the respect he deserves, i am perfectly okay with it.

i can also talk about how hot i think he is, but i'd like to keep those thoughts to myself. things can go out of hand here really quickly if i linger on that for too long or let others do it. so i'd like to plead the fifth on this. 😔

also talking about Luigi makes sure people remember him and that's honestly a great thing and no damage can come out of it as long as people don't pull the forged letter stunt or the notes in socks stunt. anybody supporting him anyhow are still supporting him and that's great.

also not everything will be helping the case directly, sometimes just keeping Luigi's name and face in the public view will be enough. especially because court dates are gonna be scarce (that's how legal procedures work) and if people forget him, he might actually end up losing his life that way.