#it's just Not Right

[glorioustragedykid]

TFA is right, Bumblebee wouldn't be white

[ede917]

WHY. IS SHE. SO. CUTE?!

[skyheld]

im still thinking about what tas said about hakkon having a cold for the first time in his life

[longmaxsilvarg]

[thelambthatkilledthewolf]

Euthanasia does not make me cry. You know what does make me cry? FUCKING TOMCAT DISPOSABLES. FUCK MAN.

[merge-conflict]

[john-barrymore]

:/

[arrgh-whatever]

I just stumbled across your BPD comic and I felt So Seen and understood. I was diagnosed with BPD a few months ago, but the one time I went looking for relatable or informative content all I saw was really terrible and disheartening so I stopped looking.

I wanted to say thank you for making the comic and I'm grateful to have found it out in the wild

You're very welcome!

(don't have much to say but I'm truly happy to help)

[umbral-stigmata-unbound]

// fandom wank, specifically people not the content, below. so only read if you want to read.

I'm trying to figure out the right way to address this, as this whole situation as an empath and just a fellow fan in this community (on tumblr, in ff7 fandom) has me rather emotional and upset and disappointed and concerned. But I don't want to speak with those emotions, I want to speak what's most important, to express where I stand, and what I think is wrong. I will be naming peoples tumblrs, but only for clarification so as not to vague, and I'm not looking for drama. I'm just looking to speak in hopes that people will take back hold of some amount of consideration and balance and boundaries to stop the bullshit. I'm not going to talk too heavily on things because apart from who I support, I haven't been in the middle of these things enough to perhaps have a right to talk much, but I will say what I know and what I feel needs saying. * in usernames so I'm not infiltrating anyones search, the people that need to see will see I suppose.

bbsc (bird*blacksocialclub) and get*valentined have their history and drama. I know where I stand on this, I know where I put my trust, support, and ear. But their drama should only ever have been between the two of them. ONLY the two of them, once no one else was involved, and it should've never gone on this long, to this degree. GV has not sought to say anything against anyone, except in instances to clear the air on the original drama, or to shed light on harrassing/bullying/threatening behavior that stems from what at times has seemed to be cult support of bbsc (and generally, it was to clear thr air from harrassing on ANY side). Not saying it is a cult, not saying it applies to everyone that is a fan of bbsc. Hell, I enjoyed bbsc's art and followed for a time, as well as some of that friend group, but when things came to light, I set my boundaries by unfollowing and refusing to engage.

And that is one of the biggest points I will be making here, boundaries and not engaging, but we'll get to that.

GV does not stir the pot, not once have I seen that. And I'm sorry to those that get upset, speaking frankly about issues or sharing opinions about a character that you don't appreciate or agree with does not count as stirring the pot. It's her opinion. Hell, one of the people that I see as enabling the toxic petty behavior and defense of bbsc, I followed and loved content from. Until they starting sharing opinions and takes that just were NOT how I saw certain characters. Did I vague them saying that their takes upset me and villianizing them for it, exasperbating their takes as hate or harmful misconceptions just because i disagreed? No. I recognized that I'd either have to deal with the takes, or unfollow and re-curate my space. Which I was going to do, then GV made her post explaining the original drama with BBSC, not trying to stir drama, just clearing the air because of the toxic DMs on BOTH sides of this little fence of fandom. And so I just knew it was best to unfollow.

But then, that person I unfollowed, and I will only name once because I need to say that I can't respect how this person continues the demonizing/enabling rhetoric, a*ltocat. Not saying this person is horrid, I'm not trying to demonize either. But I've seen the ways A handles things, and it just seems to support this shitty cycle that has been coming in waves for years.

This is not right. Targeting a person, for nothing. Smearing them, for nothing. Passive aggressive disrespect to their work and effort in the community, for nothing. Telling someone they deserve negativity, for nothing. Because YOU can't handle TRUTH, and OPINION. I need people to grow up, and if you can't, back off. If you can't handle social media responsibly, you shouldn't be here. And to those supporting bbsc and A, I do no demonize them or you. I see, in them, childish and petty efforts, but they are not demons. They are people. And to those confused or supporting them, I just ask that you see the sort of energy they enable and don't really do anything to prevent, because they think it's okay, just because it's GV. It's not. See it, and break the cycle. Take control. Please, those aware of this drama, in the middle or at the edges, I just ask that you go forward and recognize and do what you can to prevent enabling this harassment campaign. Everyone is allowed their feelings, you are allowed to express yourself in your own space. But please, do not stand for this any longer, this petty smearing, this petty harassment and disrespect to GV. Please, where you can, encourage Curating Your Space. Encouraging Turning Away. Encouraging setting Boundaries. Encourage the fact that if you do not like someone, or what they put out, the best option is to Not Engage. Or else we reduce ourselves to the worst people.

Now, to the point. Boundaries. Not engaging.

It's that simple. Maybe some of you, like A, aren't meaning to produce this negative narrative, maybe you are, I don't know you guys so I won't assume intention. I've just observed what I've observed. I won't tell you what to do, just that I expected better from competent adults in this fandom. Even if the narrative and demonizing you try to lie and push about was correct, which it isn't, it's no excuse for what's been thrown on GV--people acting like this treatment is deserved, on a person just talking in their own space and saying things you dont vibe with. Truth and opinions, and some people want to attack for it and whichever one of you seems to push sneaky smear campaigns by sending anon's with absolute bull....

If you don't like someone? If you don't like what they have to say, what they make, what the hell ever? Unfollow. Block. Curate your space, and if there is a CHANCE! A chance that their content filters into your space? Making the actual choice, I'm sorry it forces you to put in effort, but make the CHOICE to not engage. It's that simple. And I don't understand why you people that have your issues with GV, no matter how baseless or righteous anyone thinks it is (I say the former), there is no point in this.

That's all I have to say, apart from again, please, just think before you act on your worst feelings. This world is hard enough, without people flooding each others escapes from reality, alright?

[wurmholz]

Man, it's so hard for me to understand how ppl can still support the Isreal army and government after all the violence on innocent civilians.

Like how can you look at all these dead children, women, men. Tortured and humiliated. Who have NOTHING to do with any of this, beside the fact that they live in their home and go 'yeah but Isreal is still right and doing the correct thing.'

[kingofdorkville]

i assume my reaction to dean's cover of "i walk the line" must be the reaction of country fans to his other country covers

[alivingtypo]

you can pry starting sentences with 'and' or 'but' out of my cold, dead hands

[bitchfitch]

writing advice for characters with a missing eye: dear God does losing an eyes function fuck up your neck. Ever since mine crapped out I've been slowly and unconsciously shifting towards holding my head at an angle to put the good eye closer to the center. and human necks. are not meant to accommodate that sorta thing.

[theswisscheeserag]

“I hate school I’m sorry Malala”- Funny yet poignant. Acknowledges both the difficulty of the task and the fact that doing that task is a privilege. Gives credit to the people who fought for that privilege with a tongue in cheek acknowledgement of the irony of the initial statement

“I’m just a girl I should be home baking bread not doing calculus” - at best historically uninformed at worst leaps decades back in time. Refusal to acknowledge the charged history of education and slights the centuries of women’s labor it took to reach this point

[rafeandonlyrafe]

well 🧍‍♀️ as a reminder this blog is NOT a safe space for trump supporters but it IS a safe place for women, queers, trans ppl, people of color, undocumented people, and any marginalized group.