#the energy here is very much that pocketss comic that goes

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I was going to write a better breakdown of the misogyny here, but I just don’t have it in me.

But to be honest I’m not surprised this surfaced during an ask game of this nature. The express purpose of the game is to get people to dish angrily and at length on whatever they happen to feel strongly about. Amazingly, dislike is not a reliable or consistent indicator of quality, and sometimes brutally honest takes are … not great.

Excluding the discussions of abrasive fan behavior, the rest are mostly “I read a fic I don’t like” and “why don’t more people do XYZ.” It literally does not matter what people enjoy or write as long as they are being good community members. I love a good complain, but past a point we’re not having a good complain (or a private complain) we’re having a public shaming of … things that are largely a matter of preference. Generally, people are more willing to do something you like if they feel like they’re all collaborating on it, rather than being taken to task for not doing it sooner - of like they’re going to be the topic of vague posts or discord laugh circles if they do something else. What is the end goal here except keeping people in line through social mockery?

All this to say I think the spirit of the game made it almost inevitable that someone would put forth an opinion that was not only pointed and sour, but also offensive.

I think if your litmus test for if a character (or hell, a real person) has been abused is “they seem too badass/self actualized/strong to submit to that” then you’ve fundamentally misunderstood abuse, it’s core, and it’s myriad presentations