#man it was rough

[bookishfeylin]

Same finnrey anon. Ajjajahahs they so did poor Finn dirty. And yeah I saw some of the John Boyegas harassment (poor man, but some of his responses to them were pretty hilarious), but I never knew about that awful and disgusting name calling. I can't believe anyone would call Finn/John such things, and all for a ship or his race? Gross! People need fucking help.

Yeah, it was horrible. That's not to say that Reylos, other sequel trilogy characters and ships, and other cast members didn't get hate as well because the Star Wars fandom is incredibly toxic, but Reylos made the unique decision to be racist and wildly antiblack in their hate of the character/actor. It started with them turning around the allegation that Reylo was abusive and claiming Finn was abusive, actually, and it spiraled into "Black man bad" from there and then into, uh, more blatant racism. Like the name calling. There's a lot to be said about how Kylo was found to be relatable, worthy of redemption, secretly good, and deserving of being the lead despite his being a, uh, genocidal maniac whilst Finn was viewed as evil because--and I kid you not--he grabbed Rey's hand in one scene in The Force Awakens. And yes, I like villains, and I am opposed to any kind of harassment over ships and whatnot, but the hypocrisy and racism was something else. *mutters about an essay about the villification of Black characters vs the woobification of white villains incoming* The same "ship and let ship! Fiction doesn't equal reality!" people suddenly decided that only applied to white characters, and checked people who felt otherwise by being racist towards Finn and John Boyega. They don't genuinely believe ship and let ship, they only feel that way for white characters and ships and have no qualms about being just as bad as the "antis" they claim to oppose, and Reylo exemplifies this. They chose to be nasty, chose to be racist, and for that I will forever side eye them. Most Black fans still do. Aside from @diversehighfantasy there's also @rootbeergoddess , @positively--speculative, @blackfilmmakers , @lkeke35 and many others.

There was just... a lot of nonsense, and many Black fans left the fandom. There's a reason why, across all fandoms, most "fandom moms" are white, and it's not a good one.

Edit: Also- @shewhotellsstories and @starwarsfandomh8speopleofcolor

[ghostlyglide]

Not to bash on anyone who has said this, but it’s really interesting hearing people talk about their teen years saying “yeah when you’re that age you think you’re invincible.” Meanwhile there was me believing I would be dead long before I graduated college

[lilcherry06]

[pawjobss]

Very sleepy this morning

[inoirettes]

im ovulating

[princssheartt]

miniskirts are meant to be worn without panties.

[maria818noctis]

Need😔🤞

[sluxxtyprinc3ss]

Hii💚

[rottttenlasagna]

mama's boy

[johnnyspells]

"So all cholesterol is good. Change is absolutely necessary. And whatever you said about hot lady summer, it sounded like you kind of had it figured out."

[pawjobss]

Tiny baby <3 (I desperately need more girls to dm me PLEASE, I love icky girls too 🥹)

[inoirettes]

sorry for being unactive daddy :(((

[princssheartt]

I don't need therapy, I need an older and much bigger man to manhandle me and fuck me while he call me his pretty little princess.

[dumbdollyprincess]

please please let me sit in ur lap. I promise I won't wiggle my butt and get you worked up just to pretend I was just trying to get comfy ˚ ༘♡ ·˚ ₊˚ˑ༄ؘ

[sylphee]

the "both of us have at one point gotten violently erased from existence but we got better™ so we're totally fine now for serious :)" team

[powerbase]

This is what I live for.