#cw discussion of fandom bigotry

[my-traumacore-sideblog]

[putting this on my vent blog bc i got way 2 emotional over this as some1 who struggles w addiction 4 this 2 go on my regular blogs]

i usually try not 2 disagree w ppl who's work i usually like but i gotta disagree w how this topic is being handled here

im adding the self reblog 4 extra context but even so i feel like this isn't a very constructive post and is just shaming ppl who r the 1s dealing w an actual problem and is basically a form of ableism even tho it's less obvious

1st of all its basically a known secret at this point that these chatbots r meant 2 b addictive, like genuinely and so a lot of ppl tried out c.ai bc it was popular 4 a while ect and then got genuinely addicted

2ndly,,, this post is honestly so close 2 understanding the issue here w "u'd rather use this parasite of a program than attempt 2 make meaningful connections w ppl 4 fear of vulnerability, if i had 2 live like u i'd b miserable"

like,,, yeah,,, no shit, it's sad but mocking and shaming sad ppl isn't going 2 fix anything

speaking from experience as some1 who knows i hav a genuine problem when it comes 2 this it's not fun but it also wasn't exactly a choice either

i hav 1 real friend, 1, i can't leave the house bc of my disabilities and i hav a string of disorders that makes me more prone 2 addiction and i hav AVPD and social anxiety, so yes the reasons behind me using this app r miserable shaming me is only making it worse and making me even less likely 2 feel like i can try 2 go out and actually talk 2 ppl on the 1 day in a blue moon that that would b physically possible 4 me

i know the app is a parasite of an app

i know it's bad 4 me

but that's the thing abt addiction, u can know smth is bad 4 u but that doesn't magically make u able 2 quit

idk this whole post rubbed me the wrong way as some1 who is legitimately struggling and actually trying 2 cut back on my reliance on chatbots

like i hav no problem w acknowledging the app is shitty and parasitic sure, my problem is how this post talks abt the ppl who r struggling w being addicted 2 this and similar chatbot apps

also,,, fandom spaces r not always welcoming, i legit tried 2 find fandom spaces and ppl 2 rp w b4 i turned 2 chatbots but the most common thing that happened was i would get mocked, usually either 4 being queer or 4 being disabled and then i would feel unable 2 just leave bc of how much of myself i shared w these ppl, and after getting hurt over and over again fandom rp just didn't feel safe anymore and it felt safer 2 use a bot that by it's nature couldn't hav opinions on me

dealing with repeated fandom bigotry is what drove me to chatbots which yes, are toxic and parasitic and yes sometimes chatbots say bigoted things to me but it doesn't sting as much because it's not a real person and i can keep generating different messages or edit the message, a real person in the fandom who is bigoted isn't going to just stop being bigoted as easily

i dunno if u guys hate chatbots (i do 2) then we need 2 address the root issues of lack of regulation on ai and chatbot ais combined w fandom bigotry that drives ppl out of fandom spaces both online and offline instead of just shaming ppl

Btw if you use ai chat bots you’re a fucking loser idc

[colorfuldonutrunaway]

Welcome to my page!

This is the one stop shop for my posts about my OCS, comics, and the universe around them. I also post fandom stuff and fan art as well as ocs for other series here!

This page will be updated to include direct links to masterposts eventually, but for now I'll hand you the list of what to expect here.

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Rain World OCS.

Roblox. Lots of Roblox content, particularly my own OCS and maybe posts about Regretevator characters.

Occasionally reposting stellar art and donation posts.

Terrors of Nowhere/Midnight Horrors posts maybe?

Submas (Subway Boss Ingo and Emmet) brainrot. Maybe brainrot for other pokemon characters too, like Larry and Colress.

Vrchat pics.

Other OCs that don't fit into the Fox and Wolf universe, with universes that'll get added to this post when I flesh them out more.

And maybe more! I'll update this for anything new! Feel free to ask about any of the above and I should have a good answer for you!

The occasional Homestuck post, because this used to be a repost page for a lost headcanon page.

Other fandoms.

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⚠️⚠️Another thing is, occasionally I'll use AI art to portray things that I can't draw like detailed landscapes, or I'll use it to learn how to draw landscapes. But I will NEVER claim that AI art is purely my own art, and I'll mention that it's AI underneath it in a caption. But I won't tag it because I'm pretty sure people block content with that tag and I don't want posts discussing the vital lore of my universe to be filtered out because of one tag. Obviously, my AI art posts will follow the restrictions mentioned above, so no gore, politics, etc.⚠️⚠️

I hope you enjoy your stay here!

[jaxt0y]

-- 𝙃𝙀𝙔, 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔𝘽𝙊𝘿𝙔, let's all take a peek at the 𝕋𝔸𝕃𝕃, ℙ𝕌ℝℙ𝕃𝔼 𝔽ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕂 - he's the jerk with the ＪＯＫＥ of the week . . . 𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑵𝑬𝑬𝑫𝑺 𝑯𝑰𝑴 ?

[ 1 ] :   INTRO.  hi! my name is mae, i'm 25, i use she/her pronouns & i go by est. this is my semi - selective, low activity rp blog for jax of "the amazing digital circus." icon border & psd are both by jessources. all graphics here are made by me unless stated otherwise.

[ 2 ] :   ETIQUETTE.  you know the rules.  no godmodding, bigotry, racism, forcing ships, or hate of any kind . jax is an ass who loves to mess with others for the fun of it, it's literally nothing personal against your muse, but i will never godmod. just be a decent person i don't do well with drama & i dislike callout culture & i won't be participating in it in any way. of course i want to know who to avoid, but i would prefer these things to be handled & discussed privately & maturely. do not follow if you are a minor or if you use/support: amber heard, gina carano, evan peters, chris pratt or scarlett johanson. if any drama occurs or has occurred with someone i know, i am open to discussing it calmly & in private.

[ 3 ] :   FOLLOWING.  if i follow you,  it means i want to write with you! . if not, it's likely because i can't see our muses clicking well or that i am unfamiliar with the fandom. i will soft block if you don't make an effort to interact with me ooc or ic for some time. i will block you if you break any of my rules.

[ 4 ] :   TRIGGERS & NSFW. triggers you might find on this blog include: themes of existentialism, dissociation, & some violent behavior. i will be tagging triggers as: "trigger cw" & will happily tag anything if asked. my own triggers include: dissociation/depersonalization/derealization, body horror, trypophobia, & eye gore. i'm happy to write nsfw themes so long as we've spoken beforehand!

[ 5 ] :   ACTIVITY & FORMATTING.  my activity is typically sporadic no matter the blog. i do have a life outside of rp & my own mental health to look after. sometimes i'm able to write many replies a day, others only one or none at all. patience in regards to replies is much appreciated & expected. my lengths are usually multi para but they can be shorter or longer depending. never be afraid to send random asks, multiple memes, or turn answers into threads! i love collecting a variety of prompts, but i’m privy to deleting them if they’ve been sitting for awhile or if i can’t think of anything good enough, same goes for threads. sometimes i’ll post one-liner starter calls, but you never have to match my length exactly but i do expect something to go off of. i use small, bold, & italic text. you also do not have to match my formatting & i implore you to tell me if you need it changed for accessibility purposes. my eyesight is not the best, so i ask you to please avoid screenshot-ed replies or using too much fancy text.

[ 6 ] :   SHIPPING. i love shipping with all my heart, exploring dynamics no matter what they may entail is my favorite thing, especially with a complicated guy like jax. he's very closed off & not the most in tune with his emotions, so good luck if you do want to explore a relationship with him (just be sure to talk to me first!). lastly, i ship funnybunny & bunnydoll, but if you write pomni or ragatha i will never expect you to ship with me unless, yet again, we've talked about it. i see jax as panromantic & pansexual.

[ 7 ] :   PORTRAYAL. since tadc is ongoing, my portrayal is subject to change as episodes are released. i know that jax is a jerkwad, but i love to see what makes characters tick, & as of now i don't see him as this irredeemable asshole, just someone who relies on self preservation to survive.

AFFILIATES: @pomniegranate

[shrimpmandan]

Info + Interests | Opinions

Personal, political, fandom, and shitpost blog. Peek at Carrds if you want more insight into my opinions and interests. Or don't. I'm not your dad.

I do not have a DNI. Good faith interaction is always welcome, but I block liberally. Instead, if you’re considering following, here’s some rent-lowering gunshots: you are not going to have a good time here if you dislike or are against the existence of trans people, porn, sex work, problematic fiction, abortions, gross kinks, and paraphilias. Additionally, if the phrases “transandrophobia is real” and “vote blue no matter who” piss you off, you should turn back now. This blog is run by an unabashed tranny sex freak, and my values are set in stone.

Overarching blog CW: I reblog and/or post about gore, body horror, suggestive/nsfwish content, problematic ships (toxic, incest, minor/adult, etc.), discussions of real-world zoophilia/necrophilia/pedophilia, and various kinds of abuse and bigotry (including untagged slurs). I do not tag consistently. This is your only warning.

Posts made before the current year may not reflect my current opinions. In fact, they usually don’t; I used to be a huge anti-SJW. Feel free to shoot me asks about various things. Just don’t be rude and please, PLEASE, use paragraph breaks. Don’t just send me massive unbroken walls of text.

NSFW url is @sadistic-shortie​

AO3 is TheShrimpMan

DM me or send me an ask if you want to know my other socials. I’m active on Discord, Flight Rising, Chickensmoothie, and F-List.

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Proship/Pro-Kink/Pro-Para/Sex Positivity Doc

How You Can Help Palestine

Gaza Funds

Abortion Accessibility

Art Masterpost

Piracy/Emulation Stuff

Media Literacy

Identifying Logical Fallacies

[Miscellaneous images under the cut]

[pois1ns]

𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘐𝘚 𝘈 𝘉𝘙𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘕𝘌𝘞 𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘙𝘛 , 𝖠𝖭𝖣 𝖨 𝖳𝖧𝖨𝖭𝖪 𝖨 𝖣𝖤𝖲𝖤𝖱𝖵𝖤 𝖲𝖮𝖬𝖤 𝖯𝖱𝖠𝖨𝖲𝖤

━━━━━━━━ 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈 𝐀𝐌 ! 🩷

𝑷𝑳𝑨𝒀𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑻. 🩷 𝑷𝑰𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑻. 🩷

[ 1 ] :   INTRO.  hi! my name is mae, i'm 25, i use she/her pronouns & i go by est. this is my highly - selective, low activity rp blog for angel dust of "haz.bin hotel." icon border, header template, theme template & psd are both by jessources. all graphics here are made by me unless stated otherwise.

[ 2 ] :   ETIQUETTE.  you know the rules.  no godmodding, bigotry, racism, forcing ships, or hate of any kind . just be a decent person i don't do well with drama & i dislike callout culture & i won't be participating in it in any way. of course i want to know who to avoid, but i would prefer these things to be handled & discussed privately & maturely. if any drama occurs or has occurred with someone i know, i am open to discussing it calmly & in private. another thing i won't tolerate is hate for certain ships or characters on this blog. i am here to explore all dynamics.

[ 3 ] :   FOLLOWING.  if i follow you,  it means i want to write with you! . if not, it's likely because i can't see our muses clicking well or that i am unfamiliar with the fandom. i will soft block if you don't make an effort to interact with me ooc or ic for some time. i will block you if you break any of my rules.

[ 4 ] :   TRIGGERS & NSFW. triggers you might find on this blog include: themes of heavy drug use/substance abuse, addiction, SA, suicidal ideation, SW slurs, self harm, child abuse, abusive relationships, guns, depression, and disassociation. i will be tagging triggers as: "trigger cw" & will happily tag anything if asked. my own triggers include: dissociation/depersonalization/derealization, body horror, trypophobia, & eye gore. i'm happy to write nsfw themes so long as we've spoken beforehand! obviously, there will be sexual themes here as well. i will never write it with anyone who is uncomfortable with doing so; i, however, am perfectly fine writing it. sidenote: angel is intersex as well as hypersexual - he is also a gay man; while he does provide his services to and work with women, he does it for that reason only. i will only be shipping angel with non-female muses.

[ 5 ] :   ACTIVITY & FORMATTING.  my activity is typically sporadic no matter the blog. i do have a life outside of rp & my own mental health to look after. sometimes i'm able to write many replies a day, others only one or none at all. patience in regards to replies is much appreciated & expected. my lengths are usually multi para but they can be shorter or longer depending. never be afraid to send random asks, multiple memes, or turn answers into threads! i love collecting a variety of prompts, but i’m privy to deleting them if they’ve been sitting for awhile or if i can’t think of anything good enough, same goes for threads. sometimes i’ll post one-liner starter calls, but you never have to match my length exactly but i do expect something to go off of. i use small, bold, & italic text. you also do not have to match my formatting & i implore you to tell me if you need it changed for accessibility purposes. my eyesight is not the best, so i ask you to please avoid screenshot-ed replies or using too much fancy text.

[ 6 ] :   SHIPPING. i love shipping with all my heart, exploring dynamics no matter what they may entail is my favorite thing, and i implore you to come to me if you'd like to explore a dynamic of any kind with our muses! note that angel as a whole is very flirtatious. this does not always mean he is interested. angel is also an adult film star, this does not mean he is interested should your muses sleep together. while i am willing to explore toxic dynamics, i will never, ever write acts of SA. lastly, i only ship angel with husk at this time. that being said, if you write husk i will never assume you want to ship with me, personally. if you write valentino, i am open to exploring pre-canon val.angel as well as au's with the two.

[ 7 ] :   VERSES. i will make a post to attach to this later describing them in greater detail (as well as angel's backstory), but my verses for angel are in life, pre-contract, pre-hotel, swap angel based on this au, and an overlord au.

[nancydrewcentral]

Happy Season Four Day!

Just a reminder that we have a Discord Server! Come chat with us and other CW Nancy Drew fans about your favorite ships, friendships, bts, spoilers, creative content (gifsets, fics, vids, etc), Nancy Drew games, and more!

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Please note that this is an all-ages server.

No bigotry of any kind - we have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for racism, homophobia, sexism, transphobia, etc. Being hateful will result in an immediate ban from the server. Additionally, if you are made to feel unsafe or uncomfortable for any reason by a member of this group, please let the admins know (our DM’s are open!). This is a safe space and all matters brought to our attention will be handled confidentially and with care.

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No ship wars! This is a positive space for discussion about all aspects of the show, ships included!

We are not here to speculate about the actors and make assumptions about their lives. Do you have a character headcanon? We’d love to hear it! That does not extend to the actors, however. They are still people and deserve privacy and respect.

Have fun!

[filthforfriends]

thoughts on things that matter

I'm tired of getting anons accusing me of not addressing things that I already have, sometimes over a year ago. So here is essentially a messy masterlist of my relevant opinions. Not trying to start shit, this is just housekeeping.

CW: SA, ableism, racism, harassment, anti-semitic symbology, grooming, slurs

Things You Can’t Do to People Even if They’re Your Favorite Musician

Rockstars Can Be Groomed Too

Stop Sensationalizing Grooming

Damiano: "I attract bad things.”

Let Them Be

Damiano & Holding Sony Accountable

We Have to Talk About These MÅ Covers (anon feedback)

Måneskin & Racial Sensitivity (Corrierre Della Sera Photoshoot) (G-slur) (Rush! Box set)

Holding Giorgia Soleri Accountable

Giorgia's Ableism

Giorgia Soleri Speaking at Vulvodynia Conference

Måneskin Fandom & Bigotry Veiled as Allyship

#actuallyautistic

Måneskin & Autism

ASD is Not an Illness

Dr. Heini Natri & Qualifications for Suspecting Autism

Autism World: I can't break this down any further

The Puzzle Piece Problem

Anons that have a good fucking point:

Måneskin/Celebrity Relationships

Måneskin & Anti-Racism (discussion based on this image)

Mammamia MV & Diverse Casting Choices

Måneskin Fandom & Selective Activism

Productive Celebrity Allyship

Performative Representation

Giorgia & Nuances of Racial Bigotry

[raylazuko]

Nm, I’m gonna make a new intro but make it more blunt instead of over explaining everything.

Basic info: My name is Riah and it’s pronounced like Maya not Mia. I’m 22, non-binary (they/them), asexual, have autism, adhd, generalized anxiety, and likely SAD. Based in the northeastern USA. I’m in a lot of fandoms mainly Genshin, Zelda, animation and Disney, GOTG/Marvel, Mega Man, Sonic, and whatever I like at the time. I also like music, dancing, K-pop, and all that. I like alt rock and pop music like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Radiohead, Bjork, Billie, Florence, etc etc and I like pop and K-pop, Dua, Olivia, Chappell, and K-pop girlies Blackpink, Gidle, Itzy, Mamamoo, Aespa, IVE, etc etc. Dreamcatcher is my fav group they are dark concept queens. I’m also slightly obsessed with Lee Taemin, he is the god of pop and K-pop. I have a lot of trauma from bad friends and my ex so a long DNI, sorry.

DNI:

Basic DNI, bigotry, ableism, PDF files, etc.

Toxic stans/petty drama/those who make themselves the victims always

People who hate on harmless interests

If you tell me who/what to boycott. I don’t have an issue with the cause but it is the tone used. Basically the “I am morally superior to you because I don’t support xyz” bs. Like informing is fine. Saying “here’s what this company donates to” but saying “you’re a terrible person and don’t care about xyz because you bought x” is not helpful and is triggering for me.

By this same logic, crazy vegans, environmentalists of any people who guilt trip and cannot understand nuance of our capitalist hellscape.

If you support Trump or say he’s better than Kamala or that you won’t vote for Kamala because of stupid reason xyz even tho she’s by far the better option.

Any form of bigotry and queerphobia that includes apathy

Transmedicalists or whatever tf you call yourselves these days.

Cis men who hate Korra as a character are on thin ice

If you make bad faith arguments about fiction in general/taking it way too serious or not serious at all when it does pertain to real issues.

If you think bad things can’t be talked about in fiction. As long as it’s handled well and shown bad thing is bad, I like to explore darkness as I’m a writer.

If you agree/defend Lily Orchard’s bad takes and then say she’s only hated cuz she’s trans

If you saying liking SU means you wanna forgive not sees or other brain dead cartoon takes

“All (insert ship here) are toxic”

“There’s no need for fanfic, canon is fine” or just disrespecting harmless headcanons and creativity in general. If you don’t like fanfic, don’t read it.

If you ship: Azula and Zuko (ewwww), Anna/Elsa (it’s an actual thing on AO3), any other bio siblings close bio relatives, immediate yeet, dark themes should be explored but shipping is condoning imo. Okay, let’s see: Catradora, Kaeluc, Thorki, Alluthor, any other adopted/pseudo adopted incest. Idc if it’s canon. You can ship what you want privately but please don’t discuss it with me and if you comment about it it’ll block you and I’ll also block if I see it on my feed. Also shit like Reylo would only be abusive if it happened before Ben turned good (I don’t ship it anymore) but ACTUAL abuse (Dottoscara or don’t even get me started on Collei), please DNI.

Also like this goes without saying but PDF file ships.

Lolisha content or discourse about whether it should be allowed (no, it shouldn’t)

I’m on thin ice with age gaps because of my ex, just be mindful about that.

Have whatever religion you want but do not force it down my throat , I probably don’t share your religion so it doesn’t apply to me.

Making judgments about my life/telling me to go to therapy (I’m in therapy). Any sort of unsolicited advice is a big no/no. If I offend you please just block me or give it to me straight but don’t assume shit you don’t know.

Just don’t be an ass in general.

TW/CW:

Please warn me if you’re going to talk to me about these topics:

Medical stuff, hospitals, cancer, etc.

Sewer slide and SH

Politics. Especially anti queer legislation and stuff. If I block you it doesn’t mean I disagree, it’s just causing me stress.

Religion/religious trauma

Mommy issues

SA and grooming

Death

I’m probably forgetting some but idk.

Anyway thanks. If this offends you literally just DNI or block me. I’m allowed to set my own boundaries on my page. Thanks.

Also all of my stuff https://linktr.ee/Riahlexuko

[vaguelydcwnwards]

RULES AND REGULATIONS ;;

GENERAL;

You can feel free to call me Ferret, Logan, or my blog name.

This blog is semi-selective and mutuals only. This is for my own comfort and safety.

Any art you see used for characters is my own unless explicitly credited otherwise. Any "alienboyfriend" watermarks you see refer to me as that is my art and streaming handle.

I will tag all common triggers with a simple "____ cw", as well as any trigger or squick specifically requested by my followers/mutuals. If I forget a tag, please feel free to let me know.

Due to mental health issues, executive dysfunction, and general adult life, I ask for patience in regards to my posting speed. If you think I've genuinely forgotten about you, please poke me.

Bigotry, hatred, and harassment will not be tolerated on this blog. I'm too old for drama, and if I see any of it I will block liberally.

If you want my Discord and we are mutuals, ask me for it. We can use it to plot!

Personals may feel free to follow this blog but will be blocked if they reblog any roleplay posts, promos, or headcanons I make. I will not warn for this.

If I follow you, I promise I have read your rules.

I reserve the right to add to or edit these rules as I please. I’ll post an update on my blog every time that I do.

ASK AND INTERACTION ETIQUETTE;

This blog is crossover friendly! I’ll roleplay with anyone from any fandom, but I heavily prefer fandoms I have prior familiarity with.

Non-mutuals and personals may feel free to send in asks, ask memes, and questions, the stipulation being that they can’t be asks or asks memes that would require me to roleplay with them. They could send in, for example, a symbol that requires one of my muses to answer a question for the sake of fleshing out their character, but they could not send in a sentence starter.

If you send in an ask please specify which muse it’s meant for, otherwise I’ll pick one at random.

I will only treat your characters as if my muse knows them if we’ve discussed a prior acquaintanceship beforehand, or, in the case of canon characters, if they know each other in canon. I ask that you do me the same courtesy.

Feel free to tag me in random starters IF WE HAVE INTERACTED BEFORE. If we haven’t interacted yet, I ask that you ask me first.

ANYONE can feel free to just send me random ask prompts, however.

SHIPPING AND NSFW;

I am over the age of 25. NSFW interactions will appear on a sideblog of this blog, which you must ask for if you're interested (sideblog currently under construction and not open for activity as of yet). I ask that minors do not follow or interact with this blog.

All nsfw interactions going further than PG-13 on this blog will be tagged “nsft” for blacklisting purposes.

All of my muses are adults. I will never roleplay sexual or romantic interactions with underage muses. If you do, I ask you do not interact with this blog.

I will never roleplay sexual or romantic interactions between characters with a familial relationship with each other. If you do, I ask you do not interact with this blog.

I can and will roleplay toxic relationship dynamics and explore darker ships. This is not endorsement or approval of this behavior.

Each muse on this blog is multiship. I will not be exclusive to any one person. Each ship will be placed in its own bubble in each relevant verse unless we’re doing a poly ship (which I am up for) or some sort of plot with the multiple ships.

Shipping is done on a case-by-case basis and I will never force a muse into a ship. I won’t go into a thread with the things I ship as a given unless you come to me OOC saying that you want to. I ask you to do the same with any of your ships.

[thvndersnow]

RULES AND REGULATIONS;;

GENERAL;

You can feel free to call me Ferret, Logan, or my blog name.

This blog is semi-selective and mutuals only. This is for my own comfort and safety.

Any art you see used for characters is my own unless explicitly credited otherwise. Any "alienboyfriend" watermarks you see refer to me as that is my art and streaming handle.

I will tag all common triggers with a simple "____ cw", as well as any trigger or squick specifically requested by my followers/mutuals. If I forget a tag, please feel free to let me know.

Due to mental health issues, executive dysfunction, and general adult life, I ask for patience in regards to my posting speed. If you think I've genuinely forgotten about you, please poke me.

Bigotry, hatred, and harassment will not be tolerated on this blog.

If you want my Discord and we are mutuals, ask me for it. We can use it to plot!

Personals may feel free to follow this blog but will be blocked if they reblog any roleplay posts, promos, or headcanons I make. I will not warn for this.

I have clinical anxiety and get anxious about sending in passwords. If I follow you, I promise I have read your rules. I fully understand if you still want to block me regardless.

I reserve the right to add to or edit these rules as I please. I’ll post an update on my blog every time that I do.

ASK AND INTERACTION ETIQUETTE;

This blog is crossover friendly! I’ll roleplay with anyone from any fandom, but I heavily prefer fandoms I have prior familiarity with.

Non-mutuals and personals may feel free to send in asks, ask memes, and questions, the stipulation being that they can’t be asks or asks memes that would require me to roleplay with them. They could send in, for example, a symbol that requires one of my muses to answer a question for the sake of fleshing out their character, but they could not send in a sentence starter.

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Shipping is done on a case-by-case basis and I will never force a muse into a ship. I won’t go into a thread with the things I ship as a given unless you come to me OOC saying that you want to. I ask you to do the same with any of your ships.

[damienthepious]

lalalalallaala i’m almost late because of reasons. the dnd brain is real.

The Beast In On His Chain (chapter 3)

[ch 1] [ch 2] [ao3] [???]

Fandom: The Penumbra Podcast

Relationship: Lord Arum/Sir Damien, Sir Damien/Rilla, Lord Arum/Sir Damien/Rilla

Characters: Sir Damien, Lord Arum, Rilla, Sir Absolon

Additional Tags: Second Citadel, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, prisoner/guard dynamic, Dehumanization, (which feels like a weird word to use for a nonhuman person bUT. it’s what i got.), Despair, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, (EVENTUALLY!!!! it’ll take a while), Captivity, Suicidal Thoughts, (that will be a theme throughout. inescapable in this particular fic. alas.), Eventual Romance, (Yes the dynamics in this one are fucked. honestly i’m kinda Stretching my limits these days.), (having fun with it. fucking around. it’s fine.), Recovery, (eventually), Self-Reclamation

Chapter Summary: Damien comes to work with a song.

Chapter Notes: continuing pain. continuing pain. ongoing cws for dehumanization, torture, canon typical bigotry towards monsters, discussion of body horror, suicidality, hopefully i haven't missed anything else major......

~

"Why are you not allowed to talk?" Damien asks, the question blurting out of him before he can think better of it, paused on one foot in the middle of his patrol route. He hadn't thought much of the idea of the why, yesterday, but- the question grew, and worried at the back of his mind like a pebble in a boot. Not even allowed to speak? Under punishment of... what looked like some horrible pain? His voice ragged and whisper-thin, when he managed words at all, and-

The monster shoots him a look of such potent derision that Damien nearly apologizes. The monster is clearly very adept at expressing himself without words, because the look very clearly says and how do you expect me to answer that question, then?

Damien feels rather idiotic, for the phrasing.

"Oh, fine," Damien mutters, looking away and rubbing awkwardly at his nose. "I only meant- how could you do any harm just by speaking? Unless- is that how you work your magic?"

The expression on the monster's face slips somewhat, derision bleeding out into exhausted irritation instead. He flicks his eyes upward, then back down towards Damien, and then he rolls his shoulder in a way that it takes Damien a moment to recognize as a shrug.

Well. He supposes he shouldn't have expected an actual answer. The monster isn't going to harm himself by speaking just for the sake of Damien's extremely casual interrogation. Perhaps Damien will ask the other guards, later on.

It does mean, however, that the monster's collar-

It must be magical in itself, somehow. Magical? Or- no, the Crown would not employ magic, it must be- some Saint-blessed metal wrought into bindings. A counter to magic, if anything.

... a very painful counter to magic, if the monster's reaction was anything to go by.

"You... you did not hurt- did not injure yourself yesterday, did you?" Damien tries, narrowing his eyes.

The monster- sags, shooting a more vicious glare towards Damien, but when Damien only watches him for a long moment after that, he sneers and shakes his head, the motion small but unmistakable. He does not look particularly happy about it, however.

"Good," Damien says, almost automatic, and the monster makes a sharp exhale that Damien thinks may, perhaps, be a half-swallowed laugh. "Rather-"

Rather- what? Damien does not think he would prefer the monster have been left bleeding by his monologue, odd as that seems, and pointing out- pointing out that his orders include ensuring that the lizard survives-

It feels strange. That's all. It just feels uncomfortable. Better not to say anything at all.

He swallows, turning away from the creature, and he resumes his patrol.

~

"It can create things," Sir Guyon says, halfway patient as they walk back to the barracks after their shift. "And control them, with its voice. Not that we need a reason to keep a creature like that muzzled."

"And..." Damien bites his lip. "The pain?"

Guyon glances towards him, sharp. "The pain?"

"Why does it hurt him, instead of simply preventing him from talking at all?"

The other knight rolls his eyes. "I don't know the way the artifact works, Sir Damien. Probably there wasn't much choice in the matter. I'm sure the thing wouldn't have preferred to have had its mouth sewn shut."

Damien tries not to blanch, tries not to let that image stick into his mind like a burr. "Indeed," he manages, somewhat weakly. "I can't imagine any creature would prefer..."

"It's lucky that we need keep it alive at all," Guyon says with a shrug, and then he spots Sir Martinell at the far end of the hall and jogs off without so much as a goodbye, leaving Damien to think-

Who in their right mind would call that luck?

~

"Damien. Damien."

Damien jolts, blinking rapidly and skittering his fork across his plate as he remembers where he is, as he belatedly realizes that Rilla has been calling his name for the last half-minute or so.

"Ah-"

"You alright in there, Damien?" she asks, her tone casual even as she scans him over more seriously with her night-dark eyes, attentive and focused. "You don't usually look so... whatever that look is, when you're daydreaming."

"I'm... I'm sorry, love," he says, pushing his plate aside and trying a smile. "I did not mean to ignore you. You deserve my full attention, always."

She snorts. "I'm not worried about that, Damien," she says. "You just- are you okay?"

He blinks. "I... yes? I'm perfectly alright."

"The rib isn't bothering you? Painkillers working? You're doing the breathing exercises?"

He feels the smile slip back onto his face, fondness shimmering in his chest. "Of course, my love."

"If you're consistently breathing too shallowly during recovery you'll risk-"

"Pneumonia, love, I know. I swear to you, I have been doing precisely as instructed." He leans to kiss her cheek as she rolls her eyes with exasperated fondness. "I feel entirely fine."

"Then what are you thinking about so hard that you look like you're sitting on a thornbush?" Rilla murmurs, nuzzling his cheek, and Damien-

Does not know how to answer that question. What distracted him from his most beloved, from her attention and her company?

(those violet eyes)

(like flowers blooming from ruined ash)

"The... the Trophy Room..." he trails off, sighs. "It is more... grim, than I expected."

Rilla gives a wincing, sympathetic smile, and she takes his hand to brush her thumb over the back of it. "Bringing up memories from the siege?" she tries gently.

That would be the easy answer, certainly. "N-not exactly," he breathes. "I only... some of the trophies are difficult to banish from my mind," he settles on. "War is a grisly work at best, and... and- I don't know. I don't have the words for it, yet."

She nods. "You'll get there," she says, squeezing his hand. "And when you do find them, I'll be here to listen, yeah?"

Relief floods through him instantly, a cool fond ache, and he tips his head to press another kiss to her cheek. "Thank you, Rilla."

"Anytime," she says, leaning back with a more playful grin. "In the meantime, though- if you're done with your breakfast, do you want me to sing for you?"

~

The song stays in his head after he leaves the hut, as it often does. Lovely Amaryllis and her honey-warm voice following him in his heart long after he leaves her presence in truth. He finds himself humming in the halls, and only when he enters the Trophy Room does the song falter.

It seems an ill place for such song. But- then again-

Rilla's memory like a shield around him, keeping his mind from the unpleasantness of his current task. Nevermind humming; Damien sings quietly to himself as he patrols, imagining Rilla's voice beside his own, remembering the way she always closes her eyes with intensity over certain particular phrases. No one needs to know.

The rattle of metal against stone, a strange sharp inhale and-

Damien looks up, attention drawn by the noise from the direction of the plinth, and when he looks toward the monster, he's staring straight at Damien with those eyes, and-

The monster is crying. Silent, and still, twin tracks darkening down the gray scales of his cheeks as he stares at Damien. In his eyes, even brighter violet, now, there is a grief like cracked stone, like a rockslide, like a natural disaster, and the monster looks so utterly stunned by it that it stuns Damien in turn.

He does not realize that the song has died in his throat for a few long thunderous heartbeats, and he no longer knows how to look away-

And then the grief twists, and the monster's face with it, rage and despair as he curls his hands up as high as he can to tear ineffectually at the collar, forcing out a snarl.

"Meet me by the-" he chokes, "river, oh, of course, you are here to t-torture me, aren't you? Just- just kill me, why won't you just- just-"

Damien cannot breathe, watching the monster squeeze his eyes shut and shake, paining himself to keen his sorrow. What- what could he possibly say? What-

"Hate you, I- kill you if I could you miserable-" his shoulders jolt with a painful breathless noise, something that isn't quite a sob. "Go. Go. L-leave me- just- just leave me alone, a moment of p-peace, knight, if you won't kill me you could at least do- do that, leave me alone just leave- go-"

Damien-

Flees. Not the most noble, knightly action he has ever undertaken, but- Saints, how could he be expected to- to stand and listen to-

He brushes a hand over his own eyes. He darts around the corner to the other side of the Trophy Room, pressing his back to a small section of bare wall and covering his mouth with his hand.

He can still hear the monster, from here. There is nowhere in the room where he would be able to escape the sound.

It does fade, after a few minutes. The harshness of the half-sobbing breaths grow more hushed, and he can no longer hear the scrape of dulled claws against stone and metal.

And then-

Quietly, breathlessly, in a shuddering, stilted whisper, the monster starts to sing.

He only manages three and a half lines before his voice fails entirely, falling into a warbling, keening cry like a bird at dusk, and then- quiet, but for labored breaths that slowly, slowly lengthen.

Damien waits for the silence to stretch, waits longer than he should, given his responsibilities, before he resumes his patrol route, his steps halfway to tiptoe to maintain the quiet.

The creature looks asleep when Damien passes by, curled into a tight little ball on his plinth, looking more like a slowly breathing boulder than a creature at all- though Damien tries not to look at him at all, for too terribly long.

Neither of them speak again. The monster fails to even move, after that.

The song is still stuck in Damien's head, by the time his shift is over, but-

Damien no longer hears it in Rilla's voice.

[stubbornjerk]

Why people keep telling you to block them if you support Pholo (Penumbra Edition)

Or: why jitterbug-juno really deactivated

I love when people categorize this as fandom wank. Really makes you feel like you’re putting the onus on either side of the conversation.

I’m making this post not because I want to stir up spoiled milk, but because I want it out there that this wasn’t a purity culture war.

The TL;DR version of this is that fans of color tried to tell Rab (prev. jitterbug-juno) not to post her Omegaverse (or A/B/O) fic. And instead of taking the L, she posted it on Ao3 and deactivated.

But, if you want context, well, buckle in. CW for mentions of racism and transphobia.

What did jitterbug-juno do?

Before I get into this I do want it out there that I will not be linking Rab’s fic, but I will show you this screenshot of the summary of it.

[ID: It is a screenshot of a fic, “As You Are” by Pholo.

Summary: Peter can hide his scent glands behind cologne; makeup; concealer pads. He can quash his heats with suppressants. He can divert the urge to nest and fawn.

But he can’t feign another gender’s subvocals. He lacks the anatomical capacity. Mag taught him to distract from his silence with fast, flashy words. For longer heists he relies on social convention. Traumatic mutism is uncommon, but remarked upon by enough war vets and soap operas to be widely recognized. Peter’s marks assume he’s been harmed long before they assume he’s a closeted omega. It would take quite the backwater brute to ask why he doesn’t murmur or chuff or growl.

On the 'Blanche there are the usual furtive glances. Juno makes clear to Peter that should he ever want “to talk about what happened,” he’ll be there to listen. The gesture annoys Peter more than comforts him.

‘Nothing happened,’ he wants to scream. ‘There’s nothing to talk about!’

There are 14 comments, 85 kudos, and 11 bookmarks /end]

You decide what you’re doing with that information, but honestly, I’d rather you don’t give it anymore engagement than it deserves.

There was a period earlier this June (yes, even though it’s only the 10th, at time of writing) when Rab was posting snippets of the aforementioned fic on her blog and tagging it appropriately, putting it in the attention of pretty much the entire Penumbra fandom.

What’s Omegaverse or a/b/o and why is everyone so against Rab for it

If you know what Omegaverse is, I don’t have to tell you why it’s controversial. If you don’t know what Omegaverse is, well, Fanlore said it best:

a kink trope wherein some or all people have defined biological roles based on a hierarchical system, with the terms originating from animal behaviour research. There may be werewolf, knotting, or other animalistic elements involved, or the characters may be otherwise purely human.

The term is generally written with slashes (a/b/o). Many fans, particularly ones from Australia and New Zealand, are uncomfortable seeing the term without slashes because it is also an Australian slur for aboriginal people.

I won’t get into the history or the heaps and tons of other discourses (mostly about fictional male pregnancy, homophobia, transphobia, sexual assault, etc.)  that go on within that. We’re here specifically on Rab v. Penumbra fans of color and we’re staying there.

Anyone who’s been in Penumbra enough to realize that everyone draws the Junoverse characters in a certain way knows that a) Juno is black, b) Nureyev is Asian, and c) as a fan you have to be aware of what you’re subjecting or saying about either of them because of the political repercussions that come with it.

And despite that, Rab proceeded to write Peter Nureyev, a gender nonconforming gay Asian male character that is widely headcanon’d as trans, into a fic using a kink trope that relies heavily on animal behavior.

Unlike most people new to fandom, Rab is aware of what Omegaverse is and is very much white. She is (and if she isn’t, should be) aware of the racist undertones that writing him in would get.

I couldn’t get a screenshot of what snippets Rab was sending out into the ether, seeing as a majority of my friends would rather not have seen any at all (I have all of the usual tags blocked so I wouldn’t have seen it either way), but needless to say, Rab got attention for it. Both positive and negative.

Anne (@hopeless-eccentric) even posted a satirical fic, in the odds that Rab was just writing this thing to be “the first” to write Omegaverse fic in the Penumbra tags.

But, I’m assuming more than one fan of color came into Rab’s inbox and messaged her about it, but someone I know (who would like to remain anonymous) was gracious enough to take a screenshot before he sent his in and let me use it for this post:

[ID: A message to jitterbug-juno about to be sent by a sender whose name is censored with a black bar. His messages says:

“as someone who is a person of color i think the nature of the fic you are writing right now is extremely racist and attributing animal characteristics to lgbt people of color is not at all appropriate, especially when you are someone who is white. i have to ask you to not publish this fic and to reflect as to why you would want to write this in the first place, these tropes are extremely harmful and”

There are 33 characters left to write into the message. /end]

I can’t speak for whoever else sent asks about the fic she was writing. If anyone was actually not-so-gentle with her, well, minorities don’t really owe it to you to be gentle about what they can tell is bigotry-tinged behavior.

But, the message was clear: this is different from your garden variety, lily white straight male character m/m kink fantasy. This is an actual queer Asian character that a lot of queer Asian people feel attached do. Do not post the fic.

What happened next: the beginning of the end

The next morning, I woke up to most of my friends being frustrated by this post on Rab’s account:

[ID: Dated 5 June, a post by jitterbug-juno:

“Gonna leave the fandom for a while. Wishing you all well.”

The tags say the following: not sure if i’ll be back, thank you so much to everybody who’s read my fics, and who’s sent asks or engaged with my art or any of that, you’re amazing and I’m sending love /end]

That... was not what fans of color wanted, but it was definitely an action they took. Some celebrated, as they were very much wary of Rab for having caused much of the same category of drama in fandoms like Voltron: Legendary Defenders and Warrior Cats. This also meant that she was probably not going to post the fic either.

Some, myself included, were relatively pissed, as they’d wanted even just the measly bit of accountability. An apology or an acknowledgement of having been called out in private and that they’ll take time to consider why. But instead we got Rab leaving in the face of fans of color telling her not to post her Omegaverse fic.

Well. The next day...

[ID: Dated 6 June. A post by jitterbug-juno titled, “Well... that was short-lived”

“I gave the situation a lot of thought yesterday. The reaction to my omegaverse previews made me figure I should leave the fandom. It seemed like the safest option.

But you know what?

Hell.

I don’t want to leave. The fic discusses the tropes of omegaverse and I spoke to several POC on Twitter, and I’m going to post it with plenty of tags so people can avoid it if they wish. I’m not going to be chased out of this space.

Thank you to everyone who sent messages yesterday. I shouldn’t have made that post about leaving. It was really reactionary. I’m okay and I appreciate your support so much.

(bolded on the post) To those who are angry and uncomfortable with me: Please block me. If you’re going to talk about this fic on Tumblr and Twitter– and this may sound odd– PLEASE NAME ME as Jitterbug-juno or Pholo. Don’t vague me. That way people who don’t want to see this discourse can add my name to their block lists.“ /end]

That certainly was short-lived, she wasn’t kidding.

This got a lot of outrage. Again, the fic is up on Ao3 and she has not taken it down. A lot of POC were pissed and I didn’t see a single fan of color actively support what she was doing, at least, not in my friend group. Everyone started making those posts to block them if you liked the fic or Rab’s content in general, in accordance to what Rab wanted.

Perseus (@mraudiodrama) noticed/pointed out that Rab deleted the part where she said she spoke to several POC about releasing her fic, as well as the part where she said she refused to be chased out of the fandom. This was an incredibly pointed detail to edit out, according to some.

[ID: A screenshot of jitterbug-juno's last post taken 11:00PM. Much of it is the same except the following bolded words are removed: "The fic discusses the tropes of omegaverse and I spoke to several POC on Twitter, and I’m going to post it with plenty of tags so people can avoid it if they wish. I’m not going to be chased out of this space." /end]

That same day, Rab deleted her blog. I actually caught this one on tape, believe it or not.

[ID: A screen recording taken at 12:01 PM of someone scrolling down jitterbug-juno's account. The posts and asks about Omegaverse and her post about leaving and coming back are conspicuously absent. /end]

Initially, I thought she deleted all mentions of it. I wanted to see firsthand if the rumors about her deleting portions of it were true. If she added things where she was saying that she wanted to write it because she was autistic and wanted Nureyev to be autistic too, regardless of the numerous QPOC telling her not to do it.

Instead, it turned out, she deleted her blog.

And now, we're here. The fic is still up. Her blog is down. Rab's public Twitter account @nataclinn is quiet about this. Her @cushfuddled Twitter account is on private after her run-in with the Warrior Cats fandom, according to a friend. And her Tumblr @cushfuddled account has nothing but memes.

Again, I didn't make this post to stir up drama. I wasn't even obsessively making this post as a call-out because she isn't in the fandom anymore. I just want it out there that this isn't a purity culture thing that got out of hand in a fandom as niche as Penumbra. This was a case of someone being called out and failing to acknowledge it before running away. And I want all that out of the way before I say:

If you are on Rab's side of this debacle, I, a queer person of color, want nothing to do with you either.

[mywingsareonwheels]

Qualities that make a good Captain America:-

- experience of being heavily marginalised, both in general and specifically within US American systems of power and bigotry and image.

- extremely compassionate and with a profound sense of justice.

- “oh look! a problem! it is clearly my responsibility to fix this.”

-  ornery as fuck, not great at taking orders, completely willing to be break the rules in order to do the right thing.

- complete absence of xenophobia, healthy scepticism about the US and its role in the world.

- excellent at public speaking, naturally good at earning loyalty.

This is why Steve (disabled, working-class, Irish immigrant family) and Sam (Black, working-class) both make perfect Captains America, in their different ways. It’s why Isaiah Bradley would have been incredible.

It’s also why John Walker (middle-class, white, abled, uncomplicatedly patriotic, “perfect soldier”) is just fricking useless at it, and starts a rapid moral deterioration.

[oh dear, this got long! behind the cut for more. CW: tfatws episode 6 spoilers, discussion of racism, classism, ableism, anti-Irish sentiments, probable anti-Catholicism.]

It’s also what the US establishment completely miss, why they treat Steve and Sam so differently, and why the nature of Bucky’s support (circa tfatws episode 6 in the case of Sam) matters.

The US establishment don’t want a marginalised Captain America. But everything that’s marginalised about Steve can be made neatly invisible for propaganda purposes. The serum makes him able-bodied. I believe I’m right in saying that his accent shifts over the course of the fundraising tour, as he’s pushed into speaking with more of a Standard American rather than a working-class Brooklyn accent. His dog-tags bear a “P”, even though the chances are that Sarah Rogers at least was Catholic. And then what’s left? He’s white, blond-haired, blue-eyed, super-strong. He passes as a WASP and is even assumed by some IRL reviewers and fandom commentators to be one. His image as Cap is that of precisely the kind of all-American hero that he isn’t. He benefits extremely from his white privilege (especially when contrasted with the horror of what happened to Isaiah, but in any number of other ways too), and I love tfatws for talking about that. He also benefits from the falsified Captain America image, even though he doesn’t choose to. But he also clearly feels the strain of having his own personhood and own past and his own agency lost in the noise - the classic dilemma, in fact, of someone invisibly marginalised. And the establishment is shocked - shocked! - when in the 21st century he keeps putting what’s right ahead of what’s superficially patriotic, even though anyone who knows him well would have known that’s precisely what he would do.

And after that first, public, “let’s hear it for Captain America!”, he’s always Steve to Bucky. And it’s their friendship, their love, their shared history, not any iteration of him as Captain America, that calls Bucky back out of the Winter Soldier. AFAIK, Bucky never calls him Cap. Whenever he’s able to do so, he’s about reminding Steve that he is Steve, because that’s what’s most needed.

But Sam’s Black. There’s nothing deniable or elidable about his marginalisation, or of the bigotry of the US establishment that still doesn’t want a Captain America who’s marginalised in any way, let alone who is Black. And not only that, Sam’s a good deal older than Steve was in 1943 (and I’m assuming than Isaiah was in the 1950s), so he’s even less easy for the government and army to manipulate, and even more politicised and informed by his own experiences. So they go straight into being oh-so relieved and appreciative that he gave up the shield, and they choose John Walker because he is everything they think Steve Rogers was and everything about him that mattered and they are completely, disastrously wrong. And then presumably when they want the shield back after discharging Walker it’s to give it to another privileged, able-bodied, middle-class, blond-haired-blue-eyed white soldier. Not even someone marginalised in the ways Steve was, let alone in the ways Sam is.

Sam’s hesitance over keeping and using the shield is so important (as is Bucky’s apology to him for the pressure he puts on him over it), but once he does choose to keep it, he takes a gorgeous and justified pride in calling himself Captain America, even while explicitly and thoughtfully recognising the contradictions inherent in his position.

And Bucky calls him Cap, and they both grin infectiously. :-)

Here’s another problem: some of the MCU writers (and I think some of the Marvel comics writers too) fall into the exact same trap as the US establishment they’ve written. They look at Steve Rogers and they see Captain America. They de-emphasise his disabled and working-class and Irish immigrant background (in the Depression, in an era in which eugenicist attitudes in the US actively inspired the Nazis, and in which “no Irish” was a sign up all over both the US and the UK), his left-wing politics, and the fact that both his creators in the real world, and the in-universe creator of the serum, were Jewish. As was the comics character (Arnie Roth) whose backstory influenced the MCU version of Bucky. ISTR that even one of the writers on The First Avenger referred to Steve as “small-town” and... [points at Brooklyn, facepalms]. And (thanks to both my partner and some awesome people in a lovely Discord I belong to for this thought!) Endgame gave him an ending for the establishment stereotype of Captain America. Not one for Steve Rogers.

They’d bloody well do better by Sam.

[itsclydebitches]

TBH I think the whole "You didn't have an issue with this in 'insert x show here' but you have an issue with it in RWBY? What are you, sexist?" thing can easily be defused with a simple, "How did RWBY present this plot-point compared to the show I like?"

Sure, technically Cinder Fall and Darth Maul are the 'same' character, but how are the two presented in their respective shows? Cinder eats up screentime and none of it goes anywhere and gets frustrating. Maul is a relatively minor villain that had one season's worth of attention in CW and then was the villain of a few episodes throughout Rebels before getting killed off.

The only reason someone would be confused as to why people like Maul but hate Cinder is if they just read the two's respective wiki pages.

Really the whole "Your issues with RWBY are just subconscious misogyny" is just some people wanting to slap labels onto others so they can feel validated on not agreeing with their opinions.

Generally speaking, I'm wary of any take that boils down to a single sentence, "You're just [insert accusation here]." Not because such accusations are always 100% without merit—with a canon dealing with as many sensitive subjects as RWBY, combined with a fandom as large and diverse as it has become, you're bound to come across some people whose "criticism" stems primarily from bigotry—but because such dismissive summaries never tackle the problem a fan has pointed out. If one fan goes, "Ruby's plan was foolish because [reasons]" and the response to that is "You just can't handle a woman leader," then that response has failed to disprove the argument presented. The thing about "criticism" based in bigotry is that there isn't actually a sound argument attached because, you know, the only "argument" here is "I don't like people who aren't me getting screen time." So you can spot that really easily. The person who is actually misogynistic is going to be spouting a lot of rants about how awful things are... but very little evidence as to why it's awful, leaving only the fact that our characters are women as the (stupid) answer.

And yes, there is something to be said for whether, culturally, we're harder on women characters than we are men. Are we subconsciously more critical of what women do in media simply because we have such high expectations for that representation and, conversely, have become so used to such a variety of rep for men—including endlessly subpar/outright bad stories—that we're more inclined to shrug those mistakes off? That's absolutely worth discussing, yet at the same time, acknowledging that doesn't mean those criticisms no longer exist. That's where I've been with the Blake/Yang writing for a while now. I think fans are right to point out that we may be holding them to a higher standard than we demand of straight couples, but that doesn't mean the criticisms other fans have of how the ship has been written so far are without merit. Those writing mistakes still exist even if we do agree that they would have been overlooked in a straight couple—the point is they shouldn't exist in either. Both are still bad writing, no matter whether we're more receptive to one over the other. Basically, you can be critical of a queer ship without being homophobic. Indeed, in an age where we're getting more queer rep than ever before, it's usually the queer fans who are the most critical. Because we're the ones emotionally invested in it. The true homophobes of the fandom either dropped RWBY when the coding picked up, or spend their time ranting senselessly about how the ship is horrible simply because it exists, not because of how it's been depicted. Same for these supposed misogynists. As a woman, I want to see Ruby and the others written as complex human beings, which includes having them face up to the mistakes they've made. The frustration doesn't stem from me hating women protagonists, but rather the fact that they're written with so little depth lately and continually fall prey to frustrating writing decisions.

And then yeah, you take all those feelings, frustrations, expectations, and ask yourself, "Have I seen other shows that manage this better?" Considering that RWBY is a heavily anime-inspired show where all the characters are based off of known fairy tales and figures... the answer is usually a resounding, "Yes." As you say, I keep coming across accusations along the lines of, "People were fine with [insert choice here] when [other show] did it," as if that's some sort of "Gotcha!" moment proving a fan was bigoted all along, when in fact the answer is right there: Yes, we were okay with it then because that show did it better. That show had the setup, development, internal consistency, and follow through that RWBY failed to produce, which is precisely what we were criticizing in the first place.

What I also think is worth emphasizing here is how many problems RWBY has developed over the last couple of years (combining with the problems it had at the start). Because, frankly, audiences are more forgiving of certain pitfalls when the rest of the show is succeeding. I think giving a Star Wars example exemplifies that rather well. No one is going to claim that Star Wars is without its problems (omg does it have problems lol), but there's enough good there in most individual stories to (usually) keep the fans engaged. That doesn't mean that they're not going to point out those criticisms when given the chance, just that disappointment isn't the primary feeling we come away with. Obviously in a franchise this size there are always exceptions (like the latest trilogy...), but for most it's a matter my recent response to The Bad Batch, "I have one major criticism surrounding a character's arc and its impact on the rest of the cast, and we definitely need to unpack the whitewashing... but on the whole yes, it was a very enjoyable, well written show that I would recommend to others." However, for many fans now, we can't say the same of RWBY. Yang getting KO'ed by Neo in a single hit leads into only Blake reacting to her "death" which reminds viewers of the lack of sisterly development between Yang and Ruby which segues into a subpar fight which messes with Cinder's already messy characterization which leads to Ruby randomly not using her silver eye to save herself which leaves Jaune to mercy kill Penny who already died once which gives Winter the powers when she could have just gotten it from the start which results in a favorite character dying after his badly written downfall and all of it ends with Jaune following our four woman team onto the magical island... and that's just two episodes. The mistakes snowball. RWBY's writing is broken in numerous ways and that's what fans keep pointing to. Any one of these examples isn't an unforgivable sin on its own, but the combination of all of them, continuously, representing years worth of ongoing issues results in that primary feeling of, "That was disappointing."

Looking at some of the more recent posts around here, fans aren't upset that Ruby is no longer interested in weaponry because that character trait is Oh So Important and its lack ruins the whole show, they're upset because Ruby, across the series, lacks character, so the removal of one trait is more of a problem than it would be in a better written character. What are her motivations? Why doesn't she seek answers to these important questions? Why is her special ability so inconsistent? Where's her development recently? What makes Ruby Ruby outside of wielding a scythe and wanting to help everyone, a very generic character trait for a young, innocent protagonist? We used to be able to say that part of her character was that obsession and we used to hope that this would lead to more interesting developments: Will Ruby fix/update their weapons? Is her scythe dependency the reason why others need to point out how her semblance can develop? What happens if she is weaponless? Surely that will lead to more than just a headbutt... but now we've lost hope that this trait will go anywhere, considering it has all but disappeared. Complaints like these are short-hand criticism for "Ruby's character as a whole needs an overhaul," which in turn is a larger criticism of the entire cast's iffy characterization (Who is Oscar outside Ozpin? Why was Weiss' arc with her father turned into a joke and concluded without her? etc.) and that investment speaks to wanting her to be better. We want Ruby to be a better character than she currently is, like all those other shows we've seen where the women shine. Reducing that to misogyny isn't just inaccurate, but the exact opposite of what most fans are going for in their criticisms.

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I have to infodump my life depends on it. So here's Dwight's gender/sexuality timeline. CW: general transphobia and religious bigotry.

As a toddler Dwight spent a ton of time outside. He played with other kids in the woods for hours. He wore shorts and shirts alot. There was no pressure for him to act in a gendered role yet. While some cis kids might have felt a huge distinction between the boys and the girls he felt like there wasn't a difference. He was happy with his body and he kind of assumed he would just grow up to look like his Dad. He wasn't sure how but he was like 5 he had bigger issues in his head like capturing this really cool bug. No gender yet, just dirt and bugs for this like boy.

When he reached the age of 6 he started to get forced into binary gender roles. He was told how to dress and how to sit and how to take care of babies and how to cook and how to be a good a god fearing wife to his future husband. Yes at 9 he was already being told how to act as a wife. He started to few uncomfortable with things. Cooking was fun but he wasn't allowed to learn how to hunt. He liked taking care of babies but felt terrified at having one someday. The idea of carrying a baby made him feel gross. He didn't want to be mother but he wanted to have sons someday, and it confused him alot. He started to have these feelings for girls. He wanted to touch them. Hold their hands. Kiss their cheeks. Play with their pretty hair. It felt scary at the time. Boys like girls and girls like boys. But . . .was he even a girl?

At puberty things got more uncomfortable. His body was suddenly changing and he didn't like it. He felt gross, he wasn't supposed to look like this, why was his chest so damn big. His behavior that was innocent when he was a little kid was suddenly wrong. He started to push around and bully girls. He was especially mean to the sensitive girly ones. His sexuality started to feel more like a threat than something natural. Boys called him gross and shamed him for looking fat and sweaty. How he dressed was a nightmare. Most of the clothes his mother forced him to wear made him highly dysphoric but when he started to wear what he wanted other teens would call him slurs and treat him like shit because he was obviously a lesbian and they believed lesbians where dirty dirty people.

In his late teens he got into fandoms and clubs that where outside the culture of his amish oriented home. He found other people who liked girls and where proud of it. He found people who where social outcasts. At a local Trekkie/therian/dnd meet up he found an a transgender guy who was his age. After learning the word transgender and what it meant alot of his feelings started to make sense. He was a straight boy, not a lesbian girl. He managed to get a binder and would wear it often. He told his family he was a boy. . . and he was met with backlash by his parents.

As a young adult he self diagnosed himself with testosterone he bought from a dealer. He had never been to the doctors. He never even has an official check up until Michael forced him to be set up with one when he got his first job at Dunder Mifflin and discussed insurance plans. He was very very careful with hormones. He was scared but he was desperate too so he had to be brave. After he got rid of his breasts that was it for his parents. It didn't matter how much Dwight physically transitioned or how much he corrected them on his name and pronouns. They only saw him as this mental and confused gay girl who didn't understand who he was. So they disowned him. The classic Shrute Shunning. He was forced to move out one night and ended up living with more accepting Aunt. His parents grew farther and farther away from the farm and moved out to California with his siblings only to leave him behind. Dwight didn't tell anyone about this for years. He only told Angela this when they where ENGAGED. So now he was living with Mose and Zeke.

Sure, his Aunt called him Dwight and she accepted that he was a boy but she absolutely forbid him to talk about it to anyone. Not his friends. Not his wife. Nobody. He felt comfortable being stealth but it got lonely. Friends where kept at arms length and he was scared to talk to other girls he liked. He became significantly closer to Mose and Zeke. He didn't need to perform hypermasculinity around them or act careful of being outed. He was a black sheep. His transness was treated as a dirty secret. Something to be ashamed of.

Angela and Oscar where some of the first people outside of his family who learned he was transgender. When he was first dating Angela, he accidentally revealed his chest scars to her. She was confused at first. It made her question everything she believed in, but she loved Dwight so looked past her prejudices and accepted him. It wasn't a romantic love yet but she did love him. She unlearned her ignorance as the years went by. When Dwight discovered Oscar was gay [the episode where Oscar skipped work and it ended up being for gay reasons] he kept it too himself and decided to out himself as transgender to Oscar to keep it even. Oscar respected Dwight's desire to be socially stealth. They weren't exactly friends yet but it did cause Oscar to feel more respectful to Dwight. At some point Dwight felt comfortable telling Michael he's transgender and Michael was completely accepting. He learned about nonbinary gender when Pam confessed she wanted to use they/them pronouns and told him they where nonbinary. He accepted Pam completely and respected their experience.

Then he met Nellie, who was the first trans woman he had met. It was refreshing to be openly transgender around another trans person. He loved sharing his experience with her [regarding his physical transition not his family situation] and was very sympathetic to her experience with being trans in the UK why she felt the need to get out of that place. They both feel solidarity in the stress of being stealth and their relationship with sexuality. They experimented with intamcy as a couple. It didn't work out sense Nellie wasn't attracted to him but was a experience they both feel like they benefitted from. Dwight had no clue how much voice training most trans girls went through and how low she could talk.

As he got older he was still stealth but felt less and less stress to perform gender roles less strictly and felt less scared to tell close friends about his transness and his experience and even some of the truamas he had growing up trans. He was very very very slow to telling Oscar about his experiences. Not all at once but little by little. It's too stressful for Dwight to unpack in one setting. He has major truama over the word dyke being used to misgender him. Oscar is an extremely curios guy so he had to remind him to be patient and respectful to Dwight. Oscars homosexuality was accepted and celebrated by his family so he can't relate to Dwight much. Dwight is overjoyed that he's a father and a husband now. He never thought that could be a reality for him and it suddenly was.

Damn I practically wrote a whole novel Im getting all emotional over this 😳

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