#i still think theyre horrible people but ykwim

[imonthatgayshit]

'he befriended lily to use her for x horrible thing' he was a child. he wanted a friend.

'he should've never been mean to james and sirius on the train' he was a child. defending his beliefs just as those two did

'he should have never enjoyed dark arts' he was a child. a curious child.

'he was friends and sided with the slytherins' he was a child. a lonely poor halfblood child in a house filled with snobs with everything he couldnt even wish for. obviously he was easily influenced/ overpowered/possibly groomed?

'how dare he obsessively stalk lily after swm? (he was begging for forgiveness) how could he join the death eaters?(it was his only choice) how could he hold a grudge against the marauders after that many years? ( the only escape he had from his home and they made it hell for him)'

he was a child he was a child he was a child. a stupid hopeful child who was always at the edge of escaping yet always being yanked back into those pits of hell again.

he was a child who could never fully be childlike because his life was literally from the pot to the kettle to the fucking fire.

just say you like victims nice and unresentful and get over with it.

[invasato]

like lets be honest this kind of shits always been an issue but i think the recent "haha twink" and now the "haha fruit" is whats rlly gotten to me bc theyve been so in my face. its just laughing at (usually effeminate) mlm/nblm. these arent slurs but theyre still like.... homophobic insults?? ppl discovering derogatories like pansy/fairy/twink/fruit for the first time might think theyre funny like "lol wow ppl rlly said this?" but i assure u hearing it directed at me out of a strangers mouth is horrible. youre too comfortable doing that. theyre still widely used.

and its especially an issue with how the internet works in that cishets are latching onto these words like theyre the funniest shit bc its been so widespread. i feel like im in middle school. like yes lets laugh it up at the flaming effeminate fairy because its so funny how gay they look and act. funny. please, id rather u just come out with how u feel and call me a faggot.

and like i will say to a degree ill chuckle along but it just gets tiring being the butt of the joke, especially coming from ppl just hopping on the meme train, or ppl who think these are just funny antiquated terms, etc. its just tiring seeing homophobia that still happens to people turned into an absolute joke. its not even gallows humor or intracommunity humor anymore.

idk, this isnt a super organized train of thought and im sure theres more Elegant ways to explain my feelings but i dont rlly have the energy to be doing that. just think about how yr making a joke, ykwim?

other inputs welcome, its definitely smtng that warrants discussion/nuance/etc and im not the end all opinion, just stay in yr lane or whatever blah blah blah u know

this isnt me throwing accusations dw but can we talk abt how homophobia/homophobic insults against mlm/nblm is getting turned into a Funny Haha Meme by ppl who arent a part of those groups. its not gallows humor if yr not in the gallows. i think we need to talk about that.