#i think they are choosing to misunderstand these posts bc they have victim complexes and taking these posts seriously feeds into that

[letbuckfuck]

hmmm

[cockneydio]

Watching people misinterpret your post about Giorno’s moral compass sure is something

I decided to save my reply until after a scan thru the gio tag and I'm glad I did bc the post I just rb'd does misunderstand a good bit of my point but it's intellectually honest which is good and I appreciate, so I want to make clear I'm not vaguing anyone with this answer.

Fandom lately, it's an all-or-nothing approach -- towards characters (i.e. Protag is Good or Bad and nothing in between; Antag is Redeemable or Irredeemable and nothing in between), towards ideas, and towards other fans. That's not how stories work. It's not how ethics works. It's not how human interaction works.

All of that comes together in Giorno's case; he's an almost-complex character in a knee-deep text with a weak enough role as protagonist that there's rich ground to have fun analyzing his motivations. That's the fun of fandom IMO, textual analysis. Which sounds boring as fuck but I mean I am a boomer so. But if you're the type to project on him, you get pissy when he's exposed as anything but righteous and pure and a victim of a shitty childhood (except characters don't have trauma; they have backstories). It's happened a lot with Vento Aureo and I assume it's cos of the relative youth of the characters. That, I think, is at the heart of most willful misinterpretation of my Giorno meta, which cycles here and on Twitter for reasons I can't be bothered to figure out. Among the people who say anything that isn't glowing character worship is character hate.

Now. The vast, vast, vast majority of this blog is a clown show for my own entertainment that doesn't matter at all (because fandom doesn't matter at all). Vast. But while the subject itself isn't important... the way mostly young people are in fan spaces choosing how to interpret ideas and form opinions and defend their beliefs with these paper-thin reads, kneejerk reactions, and absolutist takes... that shit sticks with you. Like the devaluing of human life when you suicide bait on the daily sticks with you. And it bums me out sometimes when I think about how debate and logic/reasoning (and ethics for that matter) are actual disciplines and valuable skills that aren't worth learning when it's easier to post a hot take and get a million shares.

[dappertangerine]

Fake people are not okay Invalidating someone's mental illness is not okay Calling someone a victim-complex when they speak out about being manipulated is not okay Harassing someone you know is mentally ill to the point they block you and self harm is not okay Insulting your friends intelligence who you claim to be protecting is not okay Refusing to fix it is immature and also not okay I'm not perfect I've been abusive bc of my mental illness and I've apologized for it and am getting help Invalidating that is not okay Saying me getting the support I badly need is manipulating my close ones who want to be there for me is not okay Being a motherfucking hypocrite is not okay Ruining a friendship off one night/a misunderstanding is not okay Using me opening up to you to get help from you and turning it against me is not okay Not realizing my feelings are valid too is not okay You know who you are and I refuse to forgive you I was wrong too but what you did was not okay if you're not going to apologize don't you dare contact me again or I'll block your drama queen ass on here too I am pissed I am hurt I am valid and he loves me in the end he chooses me so deal with it I don't care anymore what you think of me I don't care if this hurts you bc you've hurt me A LOT I have not stopped crying I don't give a shit if that is pathetic I am mentally ill and I am valid I have severe bpd and that is valid I have severe depression and that is valid I have severe anxiety and that is valid I have an extreme fear of abandonment and being alone and that is valid I have learning and social disabilities and that is valid Don't you DARE compare yourself to me and say I'm invalid bc "you have it worse or the same" you are not me I am not you you don't understand me or my relationship and don't seem to care to I've done bad things bc I am mentally ill, it's not an excuse and I'm accountable for being abusive but it's the truth and don't you DARE invalidate that or deny that I'm trying my hardest to make it up to the people I've hurt I've hurt my BF, friends, family and they forgive me they understand I still need to forgive myself but that's going to be a process and I deserve to be able to forgive myself somewhere down the road Everyone deserves that I was happy so incredibly happy until 2 nights ago and this went out of control and that is your fault not mine and I deserve to be happy again I deserve to get that back So fuck you and fuck how perfect you think you are bc you're hypocritical af Idc what damage this post does bc the damage you've done is enough to make this irreversible Have fun ruining your friendship with him bc he loves and supports me and is on my side and that's what a true relationship is We communicate we fix things fights still happen but imo were the right fit bc we understand each other and want to be better for each other So again fuck you fuck off if you apologize which I know you won't it'd better be a damn good one 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕