#cw: slurs

[anothertwdblog]

I have been thinking about Autistic!Daryl and his problematic big brother trying to help.

Merle being the only one who understood his non-verbal baby brother for the first four years of his life.

They communicated by whistling, initially because of hunting, but ultimately because it was easier for Daryl.

Daryl started talking in full sentences on a random Wednesday when he was five years old: "I don't want to skin the rabbit, you do it."

Merle lost his mind: "OH MY FUCKING GOD, YOU CAN TALK! I KNEW YOU WEREN'T RETARDED."

"Shut up, Merle."

"Oh, didn't say anything for five years, and now you think you can tell me what to do, punk bitch?"

Daryl had his first beer that day. He didn't say much else because he was kind of tipsy, and Merle wouldn't shut up, laughing at everyone who said Daryl would never talk, especially their dad.

"I think you speak enough for both of us," Daryl mumbled while falling asleep.

"Shut up."

[splatanastamprr]

How it feels to take down asterius first

Would like this guy better if he didnt get help from the gods i hate this bitch

[articus-wolfe]

CW: Transphobic & Homophobic Slurs

Currently reading Trimax for the first time and... what does Nightow have against us? This is the second time they've spewed some queerphobic rhetoric that adds absolutely nothing to anything

Anyways, this is what happens when you're queerphobic kids, your fandom will shoot all of your characters with the gay gay homosexual transgenderism beam and make them all hold hands in a healthy polyamorous relationship

edit; Turns out it was just a bad translation team kdhfkrnfkdkd. Faggets will always be iconic to me tho

[narklos]

this is the half-life mod of all time (mod here btw)

[nuclear-americano]

Thank you so much Saw franchise for making faggots I love youuuuuuuu <3

[weakfreak]

the most honest and impartial top 5 oasis vs blur moments (2024)!!!

[hollymacycomic]

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[daily-keisou]

Day 189: #yeah

[notes-from-sarah]

When Magneto became Romani

These three pages were included in an X-Men anthology book titled Magneto #0, The Twisting of a Soul by Fabian Nicieza. It was published in 1993 and seems to be the first, or even only place where Magneto's Sinti background is mentioned. This issue is comprised of two short stories about Magneto's background written by Chris Claremont in the 1980's, plus these three additional pages which contradict everything previously written on Magneto's backstory. Unlike the DC universe, Marvel's mainline books are all in the same continuity since the beginning of Marvel Comics in the 60's. Every writer must follow what is established by the ones before. Of course, retcons will happen from time to time, but that's the idea in general. These three pages represent an almost whole-cloth retcon of everything written about Magneto's backstory to this point. For almost 17 years ('75-91), Chris Claremont developed a well defined backstory for Magneto, some of which is included in the very volume that these three pages come from, and Nicieza ignores all of it.

(Content warning for a word that is often considered a slur against the Romani people, I am quoting directly from the text)

Let's examine some of Nicieza's claims:

Pg 1 - "The man who would become Magneto was born Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, to a gypsy family of Sinte desent"

Fact: Magneto is Jewish, which goes completely unmentioned here, and has never before been suggested to be Sinti. I don't know why this author decided to erase his Jewish background and make him Sinti, but nowhere does Nicieza say anything about Magneto's Jewishness, instead casting him solely as Sinti, born to a Sinti family. The illustration even shows him with two pierced ears, an open shirt and a scarf around his neck to drive home the stereotypical "Romani" look.

Also, many Romani people are religiously Catholic/christian.

Pg 2 - "After Danzig was annexed to Nazi Germany in 1939, the young man then named Erik -- along with thousands of other gypsies -- was shifted to a work camp in the city of Auschwitz. We all know what happened then. It is -- or should be -- indelibly branded on our collective consciousness. Genocide. Extermination. Not only of the Jewish race. But also of the Poles, the gypsies, the homosexuals, the intellectuals. Anyone the 'Master Race' felt was disposable... Lehnsherr lost his parents and sister during his imprisonment at Auschwitz."

Fact: Magneto's sister and parents were murdered outside of their town/village by the Nazi Death Squads called the Einsatzgruppen. Magneto was the only member of his family sent to Auschwitz, the rest were murdered and buried in a mass grave.

Additionally, while many groups suffered under the Nazi regime, the genocide of the Jews was specific, deliberate, and at a scale not experienced by the other groups mentioned. For more information, read up on The Final Solution. There was also never a specific attempt to murder all Poles, that's just a lazy attempt to universalize something that was not universally experienced. People can suffer in different ways and it's a disservice to their stories if you attempt to blend them all into one homogeneity.

Also, why use the term "work camp" instead of calling it what it was? It was a Nazi death camp, no need to say it nicely.

Pg 2 - "But he gained something in the liberation of the camp in 1945, as well. He gained hope in the form of a wife, a woman named Magda. In 1946, they took up residence in the Ukrainian city of Vinnitsa... where Magda, gave birth to a daughter they named Anya."

Fact: Magda gave birth to Anya in a small village in the Polish Carpathians. Magneto, Magda and Anya lived in that village for some time, most likely 3-6 years, before moving to Vinnitsa.

Additionally, Magneto was around 15ish in 1945, while nothing disputes this claim directly, I'm not sure he was married at 15 years old.

Pg 2 - "But Lehnsherr had learned something else about himself in Auschwitz, something which was becoming more apparent and more frightening to him everyday -- he learned he was a mutant"

Fact: Magneto didn't discover his powers until he was in Vinnitsa. He didn't have a name for it or consider himself a mutant till much later.

Pg 2 - "When Anya was tragically killed in an arsonist's fire, Lehnsherr lashed out at the villagers who refused to help save her"

Fact: Magneto was prevented from saving his daughter by secret police who were trying to arrest him for an earlier altercation he'd had with someone. He did not "lash out" just because nobody would help, he lashed out because his daughter burned to death in front of him while he was actively being restrained and prevented from helping her.

Also, it's never mentioned that it's an arson attack that caused the fire. I don't know where Nicieza is getting this.

Pg 2 - "In his misery, in his loneliness, he went to Israel -- to save his own soul. He chose to work with survivors of the camps, and in turn, helped them regain theirs."

Fact: Magneto went to Israel because he was Jewish and he had nothing left after Magda left and his daughter died. He helped other concentration camp survivors because he knew what they had been through and could help them.

Also, why is this author having such a hard time calling a concentration camp a concentration camp?

For further information on his time in Israel, read Uncanny X-Men #161 by Chris Claremont.

Pg 3 - "Lehnsherr had taken to calling himself Magnus... as if by choosing his middle name, he could bring some semblance of balance and simplicity to his haunted life."

Fact: Magnus was the only name Magneto was ever given. There was never any suggestion that he was hiding his "real" name when going by Magnus and he is referred to solely by Magnus or Magneto throughout the books. I don't know why he suddenly needed a new name in the 90's but Magneto's name was Magnus for more than a decade.

Pg 3 - "I can separate Magnus the man from Magneto the Mutant Crusader. And please note my choice of words, for I have valid reasons to label Magneto Crusader and not Dictator."

Fact: Crusader is such a loaded Christian term, it's very strange for an Israeli Jewish woman to use it about another Jewish person.

Final thoughts: I'm not against comics taking a character in a new direction or developing them in some new way. What I don't understand is why Nicieza decided to rewrite Magneto's backstory so that he would be Sinti instead of Jewish, so that the chronicle of events in his life would happen in a completely different way, and why he literally ignored all the pages that came before the three he wrote in the same issue!

If you like Magneto as Sinti, that's awesome! It has the potential to be a really cool backstory for a reboot of the character, but also remember for nearly 20 years, Magneto was Jewish and it's not wrong for that version of the character to exist without the Sinti addition. I'll also note that the current version of the Character, the Max Eisenhardt version, is also not Romani. It's one of those things that has been done and undone a few times, much like everything about the character since the Claremont era.

Also, this post should in no way be interpreted as me downplaying the suffering of the Romani people during the Holocaust. Their stories deserve to be told and characters ought to be created to respectfully tell that part of the story. What happened to the Romani people was tragic and should not be forgotten. It also deserves to be told in a more thorough and respectful way than just taking an existing character, changing one or two bits of info about him and saying that's good enough. Nowhere does this Sinti background have any meaning for Magneto, it seems more like a random fact someone added because they were bored of him being Jewish. Magneto's Jewishness has meaning for him as written by Chris Claremont, whereas Nicieza and other writers in the 90's makes no mention of the Sinti background having any influence on the character. It has no effect on his life and seems to be a change made for the sake of it. Both Sinti and Jewish characters deserve better than that.

To read more about how Magneto has been portrayed in comics read my Magneto Biographical Timeline covering the years 1963-1991.

[antelopunny]

T…THANKS ???

more thoughts under the cut (cw: uncensored homophobic slurs)

OK SO MY FIRST REACTION WAS alright this commentor’s probably fresh to fandom / autistic (as an autistic person myself, who has said foot-in-mouth shit like this before and still do ALL THE TIME) so I was like alright… they might just need someone to explain why it’s pretty fucking rude to insinuate that their wlw fic is inferior in any way to a het one, even if you’re praising their writing

BUT

I also know that my fic has been discussed on the 4chan Rogue Trader threads on /v/ and they all take the same stance that my writing quality is really good, but they really wish it (quote) “wasn’t dyke shit” (and then had an argument about how disliking yuri was actually a sign you’re gay)

SO LIKE…

[sarahkomik]

ok so uh, i thought about this.

[pjunicornart]

cw: r-slur, suicide talk, vent, verbal abuse, body image issues

Trauma Bonding with Your Best Friend

More Lewis x Franny (kinda)... and I need to vent for a bit. It ties into why I don't like canon Lewny/Corny. A reblog (not calling them out, but they know who they are) got me thinking about it... plus Hollywood Undead 'cause... Bullet! My high school anthem!

BEFORE THE VENT: All the phrases in the image? Those are actual things I remember my parents, "friends", and bullies saying to me. I remember everything... I'll never forget them. Vent under the cut. Read it if you want to understand me a bit better... but just know that I've never been one to hold back.

Inspo -> Bullet by Hollywood Undead - Did you sharpen your knife twice?

Cornelius and Franny (in the future) remind me of my father and step-bitch (yes, I hate my step-mother that much). The way I see them parent Wilbur towards the end is what icks me. Cornelius pulling his ear and saying "I'm your father, you have to do what I say" reminds me of how my dad would oppress me and not respect me because I'm the child, and he's the parent. He was very controlling. Cornelius going "Mhm" when Wilbur is "ratted out" sounds exactly how my dad and step-bitch would start a long lecture that would drag on because they put me on the spot... I would cry and there would be lumps in my throat because my autism caused me to shut and meltdown, which made them more aggravated with me to the point where they would yell and tell me that, "It's easy! JUST TALK!". Franny suddenly grabbing Wilbur's arm reminds me of how they would force feed me, force me to walk faster, force me to do things quicker, force me to be their perfect little angel.

It hurts. Knowing the movie that stopped me from jumping off the roof has moments in it that remind me of the reasons why I wanted to in the first place. That's why I don't like canon Corny. I physically can't enjoy it without slipping into little space or meltdown. I can't enjoy it without getting angry that they remind me of my abusive parents!

Don't even get me started on the whole "I'm always right" bullshit. Are the straights okay? No, they're not. Boomer humor (as in, "I hate my wife!" and "happy wife, happy life" jokes) need to stay in the fucking past. Ick, ick, ick. "Even when I'm wrong, I'm right." Um, no? Healthy debates here, people. That's what we gotta see.

But, imagining that they went through the same things, brings me comfort. Lewis and Franny as trauma bonded, gross, weird, anti-social best friends is my coping mechanism. Their love exceeds romantic love. They're committed to each other because they saved each other from suicide. Even if they hurt each other, they made a pact. I think I'll call them... Playground Lewis and Franny. They're the best friends who have totally called each other while they were both taking a shit. They didn't mute themselves, either. Listen, if you haven't shit over the phone with your bestie, you're not actually best friends. Let them hear your grunts. Don't be shy. >:)

[splatanastamprr]

[njwinterquartz]

Jesus fucking Christ, I know I want to stay out of things like this but holy shit. This is the person that did the whole “episode two: eddie…” I don’t want to repeat it for so many reasons. But to on top of that bullshit to call bi eddie homophobic and to be like “I’m a lesbian I’m reclaiming the slur” which is like okay that doesn’t mean you aren’t being homophobic. And the show has shown time and time again Eddie did love Shannon and is very much into women. Like as a gay man the amount of times this fandom is just slinging slurs around is just uncomfortable and being just genuinely terrible people is insane.

Wow thanks for clarifying that… not caring about being homophobic. Just fuck off, make it even clearer all you care about are two ken dolls (Buck and Eddie) you can fuck around with.

[janhetjoch]

youre literally just talking over trans women talking about transmisogyny, nobody is saying its wrong or that cis men that dont adhere to norms of masculinity dont exist. it just wasnt what the conversation was about. it was wrong for the tags to come into a post about trans women and say "yeah, cis men are allowed to be feminine though" and it was wrong of you to step and and defend those tags in that context. you heard a bunch of trannies talking about something you didnt understand so you kicked open the door and called them all men. you made an ass of yourself, thats okay, youre allowed to just be sorry and move on.

The conversation wasn't explicitly about trans women, look at the original post again! It's not transmisoginistic to interpret that original post as being about cis men. It just isn't.

At no point did I "talk over" anyone, at no point use the slur you did, at no point did I say trans women are men. You're seeing a made up villain

I really don't appreciate all of the name calling, I'm willing to have a civil discussion, but I think this was all just a big misunderstanding. If you thought it was obvious that the original post about trans women, then I can see how the tags are transmisoginistic, I just disagree that that was clear.

[the-dr-herbert-west]

faggot

yes?