#march!eridan ampora

[nekropsii]

I'm taking all these March!Eridan jokes away from you people until you understand just how deeply transmisogynistic its origins are.

A lot of people are still deeply transmisogynistic about it. Most people, even. Most art is so deeply sexualized or made into such heavy-handed "jokes" that I wonder if anything's really improved here. The Homestuck fandom has always had a tendency towards transmisogyny, but considering how most people have claimed they're "beyond that", especially with the current general acceptance of June*, I have to wonder just how many people are only saying that as pure lip service. I have to wonder just how many people have actually unpacked their own latent transmisogyny- because transitioning yourself doesn't automatically rid you of it. It's not more progressive just because you put a pride flag on it. You need to dissect what the whole thing means before you go anywhere with it.

*Don't even get me started on the initial reaction to June. She may be broadly accepted now, but that was NOT the case when she was first conceptualized as an aspect of Dubious Canon. The violent hatred of her conceptual existence was absolutely not just stemmed in fans not liking change. To think so is outright delusional.

[faygos]

outfit swap because i saw everybody drawing march eridan!! can march ALSO be homestuck crossdressing month as an excuse to draw all the characters in cute outfits? yes? ok glad we're all in agreement.

[chomplicated]

[kaissiah]

march eridan but its not the usual outfit</3

[thecocostarsart]

Aye it’s my favorite time of year, Happy March Eridan Everyone!

[pasparagus]

Fuckin march baeby

[grriib]

[cursed-beni]

march eridan month🤓

[erinep-weekly]

week 10

[weltschmerz-cairn]

Happy March Everyone

[daily-jadeharl3y]

DAY THIRTEEN

[nekropsii]

Question! What exactly is march!eridan and? How was the reception towards june? Im sorry, I haven't been a part of the hs fandom in years

March!Eridan- or, more commonly, simply March Eridan- is a long-running fandom joke and fanon trope based on an image of Eridan crossdressing that was made for one of the official calendars, back in around... 2010.

Pictured here. The problem with this is that this was a "Man in a Dress" joke- an age-old transmisogynistic trope. Now, this doesn't say much about who the artist is as a person nowadays, as this is far too old to truly hang over their head, but... People took it and ran. It's been a running gag ever since the image was created. And the fandom was... Horrible about it, to say the least. People were using all manners of slurs with regards to its concept, many reacting to this image with nothing but pure disgust. And if people weren't turning the concept of a GNC guy into a laughingstock or making it out to be entirely repulsive, then they were horrifically oversexualizing him, despite his age- which, reminder, is 13 years old. It was awful, and I'm seeing the same shit to this day, even if it is on a smaller scale. It's just not kosher either way. It's not surprising at all that that's how people handled it in 2010. It's definitely a product of its time- which isn't an excuse, but absolutely a solid explanation. I really do expect better of people in 2023, though. Especially from people who claim to be "beyond" this kind of thing.

As for June's reception... God, it was awful. The amount of harassment that happened over whether her concept was even worth consideration was entirely unacceptable. No one could be normal about it. Even people who didn't care at all about canonicity and just liked the idea of June as a headcanon got lambasted. I'm honestly glad you weren't there to see it, it was all pretty sickening. I might not agree with how hardcore people will get about June's canonicity, but I do understand where that defensiveness comes from completely. It's hard to not go insane when you feel like the safety of yourself and/or your sisters is being threatened in a community you had grown to feel housed you in a way no other community really will. Getting defensive, having such strong opinions and boundaries regarding the whole thing... It's completely and utterly understandable. Natural, even. You and I would probably be the same way, had either of us been closer to the situation.

The Homestuck fandom's transmisogyny is a well that runs deep, and is about as old as the comic itself... I hate to see that it's continuing to this day. It's hard to be grateful that it doesn't seem to be as bad as it used to be, because the June situation really just proved how many people are closet transmisogynists... Even people who have outwardly progressive politics, or are trans themselves. It's disappointing, to say the least.

Also, saying this in advance: Most people tend to jump to insulting the original artist for March Eridan's art style or technique... Please refrain from doing so here, it's a childish and petty response to this conversation. There's nothing original or insightful one could say in insulting the quality their work. It's been done. Trust me. The pure acidic vitriol that the art and artist received was honestly mind-boggling.

[faygos]

march eridoodle ♒️

[punk-circus]

happy late march btw

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

[potatobugz]

transfem eridan truthers come here i am high fiving you. also happy march