#tw drama

[botanikos]

that weird Cam guy said more things recently about sending hate to you and Stols and saying he wanted to make Stols look guilty https://www.tumblr.com/cam2203/771825341332389888/idk-why-people-think-that-im-stols-even-i-showed?source=share

I still can't help but think its stols on a alternate acc and just using some random person's pic but I don't know, what do you think?

Being watched for months with a near constant stream of anonymous messages about all of this, and diving into my relationships, assuming I'm dating whatever Blitz or role player I write/ship with is WILD BEHAVIOR. You are all adults, so pardon me for using my adult words and not keeping quiet for once. . .

Wow. Amazing. Cool. You know, I don't care WHO is saying or doing what anymore except, all of you may as well eat my ass since you're so far up it these days.

That apology sure as Hell isn't real or genuine. Don't talk to me ever again. Not even for an apology.

And before anyone says to block and move on: What the fuck do you think I've been doing?????????????????? Wanna see my screenshots?

[glade-constellation]

For the people saying that misogyny isn’t real, you are why it exists in the first place. Denying the truth is just as bad as causing the problem. I hope you’re happy with yourself, and wish you every single inconvenience in your life. You’ve failed at being a decent human being. Maybe you’ll succeed in fucking everything else up too.

[mondstalgia]

Gonna talk about what's happening on weibo on Tumblr too because it's so...fucking stupid.

Fans have sighted a woman with Louis and Nat at the airport on their flight home after the fanmeet, whom they assume is Louis girlfriend (he had his arm around her shoulder). Now they are claiming he betrayed Nat and many delulu fans are saying they won't support him anymore (including fansites which shocked me).

Louis then wrote a long instagram post basically explaining that he loves acting but doesn't want to hide who he is because in the end he is also just human. Personally I found it very mature and beautifully written, the way he always expresses himself has always been amazing. Unfortunately angry fans are misinterpreting it as him being selfish and blaming fans, which is ridiculous. He doesn't even mention fans, he talks about himself and what he wishes for in his life.

Personally this feels like a setback to times where idols and actors were seen as something beyond humans and dating was seen as a scandal. Currently he is receiving so much hate which I find ridiculous and dangerous. He didn't betray anyone. Nat was also literally there with them.

In interviews they have always stated that they talk a lot and even share secrets, there is no betrayal. If anyone knows Louis then it's Nat, way better than any fan ever could. Their private lives are non of our business, including their actual partners. Claiming that them living their lives is some sort of betrayal is insane to me, I'm too old for that kind of delusional talk. Unless someone committed a crime this reaction is absolute insanity.

I'm worried about his mental state, he's always been a bit gloomy, I actually do hope he has someone he loves who can support him through this. Poor guy, he just wants to do what he loves. This is so typical of the BL fandom, it makes me sick.

If you have the time maybe leave some supportive words on his social media ♡

[finleyforevermore]

Merry Christmas, StEx fandom.

[lurkingshan]

A Time Called You: A Great Reminder to Go Watch Someday or One Day 

This past weekend Netflix dropped a new kdrama called A Time Called You in its entirety, and I became particularly interested in watching it as soon as I realized what it was: the Korean remake of Someday or One Day I knew had been in the works for awhile. If you’re not familiar, Someday or One Day (SOOD) is a beloved 2019 Taiwanese drama that is widely considered to be among the best dramas the country has ever produced (there is also a 2022 film version of the story, but that’s less relevant to this post). Now, I love Korean dramas, and I know that countries remaking each other’s best shit is very common in the Asian media landscape, but I couldn’t help but feel protective of the original work and a bit resentful of the choice to adapt something that was so original and unique and specific and put that generic kdrama sheen on it. Taiwan has a small film industry, and this is one of its jewels. We didn’t need Korea’s take on it.

And having watched the adaptation in full now, I am feeling pretty justified in that initial feeling. Let me just say upfront: A Time Called You (ATCY) is a perfectly good drama with a solid cast and competent storytelling. Had I seen it absent the knowledge of what it was adapting, I probably would have liked it a lot. But I have already seen and loved Someday or One Day, so I feel compelled to break down why it is the better version of this tale, both for my fellow SOOD devotees who are wondering how this adaptation stacks up and for folks who have only seen the kdrama in the hopes that you’ll decide to watch the original. As usual, I did the most, so reader be advised that this is long (tagging @troubled-mind as promised and @smittenskitten because I saw you were looking for a comparison of the two dramas). TL; DR: if you liked ATCY, or have seen neither version and are wondering which to watch: go find Someday or One Day, because it’s an overall superior and more satisfying execution of the same story.

The Vibe

Let’s start here because it’s the most obvious and immediately striking thing as someone who has seen both versions. SOOD has a bit of a rough and unpolished feel, which makes it feel more grounded in reality (important when you are getting into fantasy elements like time travel but you still want the characters to feel like real people). We open our story in 1998 in a record shop with a young girl playing Last Dance by Wu Bai and China Blue, a 1996 mando pop rock ballad, and thus setting the tone—this will be a somewhat raw and bittersweet story about grief and hurt and longing that will invite us to wallow in our feelings. And that melancholic vibe stays throughout the drama, even in the explicitly happy scenes, because you are always aware that the joy you are seeing has already been lost. 

By contrast, ATCY feels… emotionally flat. Don’t get me wrong, it is a very faithful adaptation. The early episodes are practically a shot for shot remake of the original drama. But it’s too polished, too shiny. The filmmaking is bog standard kdrama fare; everything is soft focus and warmly lit and too beautiful and consequently nothing feels real. It feels right in line with the standard aesthetics of recent mainstream Korean dramas, and that choice undermines the emotional weight and grit of this story.

A great example of this can be seen in the way the two dramas handle the iconic scene where our female lead runs in the rain, looking back over her shoulder to smile in delight at the male lead before continuing on her way. This is a moment of realization for him about his feelings for her—one he will later immortalize in a painting that becomes part of the mystery of the past she is trying to unravel. In Someday or One Day, this scene takes place on a regular street, in the utterly mundane surroundings of their everyday lives as they walk home, and she runs down the middle of the road as puddles gather in the uneven pavement; in A Time Called Love, they are in a picturesque park for this scene, surrounded by green and encased within a grove of giant trees, and she runs right down the middle of a tree lane that looks like it came straight out of a fairytale. One story is very much about a love grounded in a reality we can recognize; the other is pure fantasy romance.

The Music 

I already mentioned the song that anchors the Taiwanese drama above. Last Dance is hugely important to the story, both thematically and as a plot device, and in its ability to set the mood and tone of the drama. 

The Korean remake similarly uses a real 1996 ballad as its main song and time travel mechanism: With My Tears by Seo Ji Won. And, uh, the vibe is a bit different. 

Discerning listeners might recognize this as one of the many classic love ballads performed by our favorite doctors by day, rock stars by night over on Hospital Playlist. It’s a perfectly fine song. But it sets quite a different tone for our story, doesn’t it? It also is meant to be a song that a teenage boy is hankering to listen to on cassette, and listen, I wasn’t living in Korea in 1996. I have no idea how culturally accurate that may be. I’m sure there were in fact baby Lee Ik Juns running around trying to get their hands on this cheesy love song. But the edgier sound of Last Dance definitely sounds more in line with something the teenage male lead would listen to and what the music is meant to convey. And frankly, since we hear this song about 30 times in the drama, it matters that Last Dance is just an objectively better song. 

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg, because beyond the classic song each version chose to use as its centerpiece, there is also a stark difference in the quality and tone of each drama’s OSTs. Here is a compilation of the Someday or One Day tracks, including the utterly gorgeous main theme by Shi Shi. The music is hugely important in the Taiwanese drama and is used to set the mood as well as emphasize its themes, and the tracks feel specific to this story.

And here is a compilation of A Time Called You OSTs.

If you’re familiar with kdrama OSTs, you will recognize most of the artists on here, as well as some new covers of old songs. And again, the vibes are quite different. Whereas SOOD was very intentional and specific in its music choices, ATCY just sounds like every other kdrama. There is nothing on this tracklist that stands out or evokes the kind of feeling that the SOOD tracks do.

The Main Couple

The name and timeline situation in this show makes this section unnecessarily difficult, so let me just make a little reference sheet here: 

Someday or One Day

Alice Ke plays Yu Xuan (2019) and Yun Ru (1998)

Greg Hsu plays Quan Sheng (2019) and Zi Wei (1998)

A Time Called You

Jeon Yeo Been plays Jun Hee (2023) and Min Yu (1998)

Ahn Hyo Seop plays Yeun Jun (2023) and Si Heon (1998)

All of the actors here are seasoned and very good at their jobs, so I am not casting shade on any of them—they are executing their performances based on writing and directorial choices. But I cannot deny that the Taiwanese version of these characters are more compelling all around. In SOOD, the main characters have a real spark; despite the melancholic undertone of the story, there are moments of genuine joy and when they connect with each other, you feel why this bond is strong enough for them to find each other through time and despite all the trauma they endure. In ATCY, however, the characterizations are muted.

This is most evident in the difference between Quan Sheng/Zi Wei and Yeon Jun/Si Heon. Greg Hsu plays Zi Wei as magnetic, playful, mischievous, utterly lovable, and very intense about his feelings for his lady. He has a real joie de vivre about him that clearly brightens up Yu Xuan’s life considerably, and his devotion to her is not just shown, but deeply felt. Experiencing their memories, you understand immediately why Yu Xuan can’t move on from his death; he was the joyful, relaxed counterpoint to her more ambitious and serious personality. Si Heon, though? He is a nice dude and a generous partner and he is very good looking. But he doesn’t have the playfulness or the intensity that his Taiwanese counterpart does. His personality is just more moderate all around. One great example of this: upon discovering that he has traveled forward into the body of the person that would become Yu Xuan/Jun Hee’s boyfriend, Zi Wei (in Quan Sheng’s body now, are you still with me?) actively decides to find her, love her, and try to solve this time loop quagmire they are in; Si Heon (in Yeon Jun’s body) waits for a moment of fate to give him a sign, and only makes the decision to pursue Jun Hee after running into her by coincidence.

Similarly, Jun Hee is not quite as spunky and sassy as Yu Xuan and Min Yu is not as dark and awkward as Yun Ru; when Jun Hee travels to the past and takes up residence in Min Yu’s body, the differences between the two characters she is playing are not as evident. In SOOD, I could tell at a glance who is in Yun Ru’s body; in ATCY I need more context to be sure. Where Yun Ru had more of an edge, Min Yu simply reads very shy. It’s not as compelling. One scene that really stands out as an example of this: when Yun Ru is pretending to be Yu Xuan in 1998 and looks in the mirror to practice smiling, it looks downright creepy and sinister; when Min Yu is masquerading as Jun Hee and looks at herself in the mirror, she just looks awed and happy, if a bit awkward. It’s subtle, but it changes the way you feel about the characters. 

The difference in Jun Hee and Yeon Jun’s characterization also affects the couple chemistry, which is just not nearly as strong in ATCY. The characters are more muted and thus the expected sparks are more like smoldering embers. The relationship feels cozy and warm and nurturing, but it doesn’t feel vital. It doesn’t feel like the kind of relationship you would fight through time or break the rules of the universe to return to. I recall gasping or crying or laughing out loud throughout SOOD because I was constantly taken aback by Greg Hsu’s arresting presence and the chemistry he and Alice Ke generated was just emotionally riveting. When Yu Xuan told Zi Wei (as Quan Sheng) that they were officially together, that man literally jumped for joy and shouted out his love for her; Si Heon (as Yeon Jun) reacts to the same moment with a quiet smile and a hug. When Zi Wei saw Yu Xuan in Yun Ru’s body again in the finale, he knew instantly that it was her and the smile overtook his face as he reached for her; Si Heon initially called Min Ju’s name before getting closer and taking several beats to realize it was Jun Hee (ruining this iconic moment is perhaps this remake’s greatest sin against romance, my god). 

Everything between the couple in SOOD was just more, both in happiness and in despair. I liked Jun Hee and Si Heon, and Ahn Hyo Seop and Jeon Yeo Been are very competent actors whose performances I have loved in other dramas, but they didn’t achieve that level of chemistry here, the writing and directing choices worked against them, and I didn’t feel that same desperation for them to figure this out that I did with Yu Xuan and Zi Wei. 

The Story 

The Korean version is a very faithful adaptation overall (I haven’t mentioned Jun Jie and In Gyuk because his character and story is more consistent across the two shows), but does make some small tweaks to the story, some of which seem to be out of necessity due to a shorter run time (one episode and a couple hours total less than the Taiwanese original) and some just… because? The shorter amount of story time does lead to them having to cut corners on some aspects of the mythology and time travel lore, making it all a bit less clear for folks who don’t already understand what’s going on, and they put in a few nods to typical kdrama tropes like amusement park dates and hand of fate stuff that we really didn’t need—they are already trapped in a time loop together, we get it!

ATCY also messed with the timelines and ages for reasons I don’t really understand and that don’t really track. In SOOD, Zi Wei traveled forward from 2002 to Quan Sheng’s body in 2010, met Yu Xuan, and then died in 2018. In ATCY, Si Heon traveled forward from 2002 only to 2007 and did not die until 2022—but the relationship dynamics are all the same. It made sense for a young couple who had been together about 7 years and who were in their mid-20s to be having the kind of relationship problems they did—fighting about prioritizing careers and time abroad and whether it was time to get married. But a couple who has been together nearly 15 years? Who are in their mid-30s? They would have already been married probably and had a couple kids to boot. The choice to change the timeline like this had me scratching my head and accomplished nothing for the story. 

But neither of those things are the change to the story that is weighing on me most. That occurs in a very small and brief backstory for the real Yeon Jun, where the drama introduces an original character who has no counterpart in SOOD: Tae Ha. 

In SOOD, the real Quan Sheng is a closeted gay teenager who meets a tragic end: he confesses to his crush, gets brutally rejected, then gets bullied when the crush tells others about his sexuality, and ultimately decides to walk into the sea in an attempt to end his life, a choice that leaves his body in a coma until Zi Wei’s consciousness takes it over. In ATCY, this backstory changes and Rowoon is brought in for a brief but impactful cameo as Tae Ha, Yeon Jun’s cram school friend. We see that the two have mutual feelings for each other but are both struggling to confess. One day as they are driving together, they finally explicitly acknowledge their feelings, holding hands and smiling at one another—and then immediately get hit by a Truck of Doom (easily one of the most tired kdrama tropes), Tae Ha dying on impact and Yeon Jun ending up in a coma with Si Heon’s consciousness eventually taking over his body like in the original story. 

Now on first glance, you might be inclined to give the show some credit for including a new gay character and giving the original Yeon Jun a happier experience with his crush. Explicit gay representation? In a mainstream kdrama? Still very rare and a big deal if done right. But if you think for a moment longer you’ll realize we can’t give the show credit for this, because this is a textbook execution of the Bury Your Gays trope and the narrative punishment that befalls gay characters who act on their attraction. Essentially, what the Korean remake did here was reveal these two characters are gay, killed them both immediately after they decided to pursue a relationship with each other, and then had the het male lead character take over the body of this gay man and use it to enter into a relationship with a woman. Some aspects of this plot were present in the original tale, but this choice to add an additional gay character only to kill him and tie it to their moment of acknowledging their mutual attraction? Made it significantly worse. It was badly done and I will not applaud the drama for representation when they did it in such a cruel way. 

The Ending

SOOD ends on a hopeful but somewhat ambiguous note, with Yu Xuan in 2020 finding a way to go back and save Yun Ru (and Jun Jie by extension) and then breaking the time loop, sacrificing her relationship with Zi Wei in the process even as it breaks her heart (because the only way for them to meet and fall in love in 2010 was to stay in the loop). She sacrifices their romance, and all their memories together, because it’s the right thing to do—she inadvertently destroyed Yun Ru’s life with her time traveling, and she couldn’t live with that knowing there was a way to fix it. We are left with a broken time loop, original teen Zi Wei meeting child Yu Xuan again in 1998, and the hope that they will find a way to make their fates align again and be together without time travel complications. It’s just the right bittersweet touch to end the story on; their previous relationship was lost and their sacrifice was real, but there is hope for another version of a happy life together, someday.

By contrast, ATCY goes for a more explicit happy ending: Jun Hee makes the same choice to go back and save Min Ju, and to break the time loop and sacrifice her relationship with Si Heon, but in ATCY we then jump forward to 2011 to a happy epilogue to see Si Heon and Jun Hee meet as adults. And look, I love a happy ending! But what I said above about the sacrifice Yu Xuan and Zi Wei made in SOOD really resonating because of its bittersweet ending? That’s absent here, because ATCY decided they needed to put a bow on it and reassure us they would get back together. ATCY was just never willing to let us stay in the grief or commit to the darker and sadder aspects of this story, and as a result, the whole thing loses some of its impact.

[ririchonne]

It started with a kiss (and 5 pizzas)😂

New Korean drama airing on Sunday at 9pm starring Danaï Gurira and Andrew *not so slick*Lincoln on AMC

[garroth-is-done]

I hate to be the barer of bad news, but...

We almost 100% will NOT be getting laurence back after the shit that a few users on aphtwt pulled.

So, for context:

We all know Sebastian had recently returned to voice acting but was not a voice actor. He made a sfw account on twitter to interact with the aphmau fandom on there because he got criticized about having an account with 18+ content on it and interacting with fans who are minors. This was 100% understandable, so he made the sfw account. Everything had been going fine; he was interacting with fans in a positive way.

Up until what seems to be around 5pm est according to the time stamp on the tweet that started all of this.

Now, I'm not going to screenshot the tweet due to the instigating tweet from the fan who started this not being visible to me, as said fan has either deleted the tweet or made it private. I do not say they've made their account private, as the person who started this is not private as of now.

Based on what Sebastain's quote tweet says, they seem to initially be going after him for his stance on AI.

Sebastian's stance on AI as I understand it is this: AI is bad when used to profit off of artists and sell things (merch, prints, etc.) But using the AI filters on your selfie is fine.

That, in my personal opinion, is not the worst possible stance to have.

That being said, what the person/people who have pushed sebastain to this decision have done is very petty.

First of all, 2 of the necessary tweets needed to understand the situation are unable to be seen due to the account of the person who started this either being private or the tweet being deleted. So unless someone was actively taking screenshots as it was happening or follows this drama starter, we will never know the inciting comment or the replies from said person. This makes it significantly harder for me to report on this for you all and for you to verify this for yourself.

Secondly, the way fans on Twitter have responded to Sebastian have been a mixed bag, but those siding with the drama starter have been horrible. Again, I don't know the initial accusations made against him, but it seems to only be about his stance on AI. That does not warrant him being pushed out of a space he wanted to rejoin, even if it was just as a fan.

So, to continue on with what happened after the initial drama starter seemingly stopped and private their account:

A second person got in on the drama by making passive aggressive comments about how Sebastian reacted to the comments made about him. These I will not be screenshoting due to the unclearness of a lot of what their second person is saying about him. A lot of their comments are vague in what they seem to be accusing Sebastain of; even stating in one of them: "He's done some other things I don't approve of". When asked what these things were by someone who wanted to be informed, they did not reply.

Now, I dare to ask, who are you to approve of what he does when it is not actively harming anyone, to the best of the larger publics knowledge?

This second person then posted a little paragraph about how Sebastain is 9 years older than them (this person is 19 years old as stated by them in their twitter bio) and that he was being immature for being offended about something someone said, and is harrassing them by replying to their tweets about him. He is allowed to be offended by things people say to him, and reply to those things, but that's besides the point. The continue on to say that he's attacking them and sending his followers after them to harrass and send death threats to them. Now, we do not know if these claims of harassment and death threats are factual, but from what I have been able to find, there is no evidence of these claims publicly.

All this to say, Sebastian has left behind his sfw account, and 100% will not be coming back, all because a few fans wanted to be petty. Congratulations to aphtwt, you ruined a good thing for the entire fandom over something that really shouldn't have been that big of a deal in the long run.

This is the end of this post, but I will be posting my personal thoughts on this situation later; either in a rblog or in a separate post. Thank you for your time, and please reblog this to spread awareness of what has happened because of a small few fans on twitter.

[fictive-culture]

fictive culture is finding out your source (youtuber/streamer) is apparently a terrible abusive person, and knowing that you can't even introduce yourself by name anymore, because between that and your accent, anyone's sure to clock exactly who you are, and they're gonna think you're just as horrible as your source, even when you're nothing like that.

fictive culture is just... being tired of being a fictive sometimes.

We know who this is about and have a fictive and factive of the same man and it sucks so much. We hope the victim gets the support they need and that the abusers ex friends have each other through this and we hope all introjects fictive and factive alike love and wish for your safety and no one treats you like your source.

[ask-codeearasure]

So we got fucking SPAMMED to shit by this user -- itsthesunman -- who went on a multi post transphobic tirade accusing Trans people of being confused, fetishistic, groomers, obnoxious, faking, and rude (tell me you voted for Trump without telling me you voted for Trump), and my bestie, Sarco, had to see that shit.

Sarco was going to -- more polite than I would ever be in a million years -- try to educate this absolute piece of human garbage, but the spam was so hate-fueled that they got overwhelmed and asked me to handle the situation while ve gets some much needed rest, so we blocked them and I am making a statement here.

This is NOT a call for harassment. As aggressive and absolutely livid as I am I would NEVER encourage or excuse that course of action. It is a call for blocking, as many transgender peeps in fandom would appreciate a blocklist away from miserable jackasses like the one pictured below.

Another piece of unfortunate news is this person posts about Undertale too, meaning you might have the bad luck of running into them in this fandom.

Warnings for mentions of abuse, accusations of abuse, child abuse, transphobia, blatant ableism, and even more textbook Republican transphobia, disrespect, and fear-mongering.

Apologies in advance for the stress this may cause and the weird way Sarco and I took screenshots of this dickhead's lunacy. They are all in order though, I guarantee you that.

We stand for Trans Rights. Trans Rights are human rights and will always be human rights.

Trans people are not fighting against nature, anyone who thinks otherwise are fucking idiots, and attempting to put nature in all these fucking westernized boxes is an impossible feat no matter how much you believe it has already happened.

I've always said it to Sarco but I will repeat it here. Our brains are just pink fleshy computers that we don't know everything about. Not scientifically, not spiritually, not neurologically, not psychologically, not psychiatrically, not in any state of science or superstition. Trans people's brains just have very different coding. Not wrong, different. Unlike a car that has the wrong engine we can't just rip the brain out and put it into a new body. Instead, and in terms of those that experience dysphoria, we have to work with what we've been given to make it bearable at the least. We have to use surgery to correct it and hormone therapy, and that's only if we are looking to medically and/or surgically transition.

It's not a fetish and never has been, it's a genuinely horrifying reaction at worst and more people than you can bother to comprehend have to live with that.

If I, an intersex person that identifies with the gender assigned to me at birth, can understand this shit, that says a lot more about you being the "confused and indoctrinated" little prick. Your usage of "narcissistic" and "psychotic", as real medical terms to define mental illness diagnoses and symptoms, to paint abusers as mentally ill when the vast majority of mentally ill people on the planet turn out to be the abused, is not only vehemently ableist on top of your transphobia, but also goes to show how fucking ugly of a person you are inside and out. You are advocating for the mass death of entire populations of people with these beliefs and projections and you couldn't care less. Instead of blaming your abusers and ONLY your abusers for your pain, you're trying to make it the responsibility of strangers. Huh. Haven't you ever heard of stranger danger or was that yet another lesson of common sense that's flown into one ear and out the other?

Please, if you are transphobic or ableist, do us a favor and deepthroat a cactus, spines and all since you and I both know you are not going to go get therapy, or go take an advanced Biology class, or do any actual fucking research on the things you claim to know so much about but have the intellect of a fucking amoeba. Your projection of anger and fear and pain onto random fucking people on the internet that had zilch to do with it is a counterproductive move to make, and none of that reflects badly on us. It's just you. You, yourself, and the indoctrinated fantasy you claim is "reality".

You are just going to trust the middle school biology class that you didn't even pay attention to. I mean even my horticulture class went into detail about how plants had FAR more than two genders. It's almost as if there have been more than two genders since the very start and in more species than just Homo fucking sapiens. Ah, but that doesn't matter to you, now does it? The only thing that matters to you is your absolute ADDICTION to hate being serviced, to blaming a made-up skeleton of a scapegoat for all the things haunting you instead of dealing with them directly and responsibly. You know, like an adult.

I would apologize for what you were put through as a child, I could at least pretend to sympathize and roll over to stroke your twisted state of ego, as that's exactly the response you are digging for as a justification for all the propaganda you're shitting backwards out of your mouth, and it would take too much effort for me to extend an olive branch to a display as deplorable as that.

How your trauma affected you and how you choose to live now is not anyone else's responsibility but your own.

But I should thank you for one thing, genuinely, and that's because you have only proven every single point I made in the two posts I've written before, the ones talking about politics and how harmful Republican ideology really is.

And genuinely, the people your families vote for do matter, as politics do affect how societies work. So cutting off or distancing from family members and ex-friends and whatever the fuck IS a valid move to make to preserve one's own quality of life and personal happiness. You can take your "politics is no reason to cut off family" and shove it up your ass. I hope it gets stuck up there.

So in many words, fuck off. Stick to your shit-filled echo chambers on Twitter, Truth Social, Kiwi Farms, Facebook, and Parler, and leave us and the rest of this fandom alone.

We are no longer interested in trying to educate people like you. We are no longer going to tolerate intolerance.

We never should've tolerated intolerance in the first fucking place. We, as a community, allowed that shit to fly for far too long.

We have a zero tolerance policy for hate. PERIOD. You and everyone else like you should stay the fuck off our page.

To the people that stuck through listening, take care of yourselves. No one like this asshole deserves to share your oxygen or take up an ounce of your time.

-- Ouija

[radqueer-empire]

Another hate anon discussing the trauma dumping done by antis! It’s located under the cut

Anyways, I’ll say this as a victim myself, if your trauma effects you to the point you can’t let people live their own lives and instead resort to sending them unwarranted messages that give your extremely triggering life story, you are a bad person. Their issue is transharmed and transharmful folk, that’s fine, they have a lot of their own tags that those folk can block so they don’t have to see this stuff! Sending these asks that release a bunch of trauma can not just be blocked until after they’re sent. You are not morally superior for doing this and you aren’t helping yourself or other victims. If you want to do something good for yourself, block tags and get the help you need to recover, or don’t. I can’t tell you what to do but Radqueers will not baby you. There will always be people who accidentally trigger you by existing, that is not their problem. It is your responsibility to work through your trauma, not ours to shelter you. Transharm folk do nothing that is harming abuse victims ability to get help or be taken seriously and most don’t identify with these things as a “fetish” or “aesthetic”. Even if they did identify for those reasons, it’s not their job to cater their identity to make sure you’re comfortable online.

Block people, block tags, and take responsibility for your own life. Your trauma is not an excuse to lash out or disrespect others just because their identity bothers you. I will not feel bad for people who continue to put themselves in triggering situations and then cry about how those situations continue to trigger them. You are not required to interact with these folk at all, they are not hurting you, you are just hurting yourself.

If I am triggered by someone for just existing, I either remove myself from the situation or I continue to endure it while understanding it’s not the person’s fault. It takes practice and often isn’t pleasant, but it’s possible and it is the respectable thing to do.

[hazyaltcare]

Tumblr user syunkiss, we never said you don't have DID. I literally have no idea what userbox you are talking about. We have only made one for someone who was Madness Combat kin. Sorry if you are getting hateful anons, but they aren't us. We haven't interacted with you at all except to address the lies you're spreading and to answer the random ask you sent us. Also, no one here ever sent you an ask in general, that is a blatant lie. You interacted with us first.

The only thing I'm guessing by this point is that you're starting drama for no reason, or someone sent you an ask pretending to be us to start drama for no reason. If it's the latter, I apologize that someone would do something so stupid. If it's the former, frankly? Get a life.

This will be the last time we address this. You were blocked for a reason, but I won't let people blatantly lie about this blog without addressing it.

Mod Haze

[glade-constellation]

WIP of my current piece <3

(And now I’m going to talk a little about recent events under the cut.)

I know I haven’t talked much on everything that happened recently and what happened to Kat. I do have very strong opinions on the situation that I wish to talk about and address, I’m simply trying to finished this piece before I do so. As it just so happens, I’m disabled, so drawing big pieces like the one planned can sometimes take me a while.

I would like to say a few quick things though.

If you hate any female character, any from any piece of media, because they are female, I want you off my page. If you are a misogynist and/or ableist, unfollow me right now. Better yet, reply to this so I can block you myself. You are not welcome here. That behavior is blatantly disgusting and I do not want you anywhere near me.

If you think it is okay to harass artists of any kind, real people, the above also applies to you. I don’t know Kat well, but I haves joined a few of her streams and can genuinely say she is a very kind and fun person to be around. As an artist myself, seeing her bullied off of the internet by her own fans was heartbreaking. Kat has done absolutely nothing wrong, and has created wonderful characters and stories for us to enjoy for free. If you don’t like something, then leave it for someone who does. Harassing the creator is never the answer to your personal feeling.

[zariyagormon]

@thebl00ckl1st Since your asks and DMs aren't open/available I have no other choice than to make a public post to ask ... what exactly is this "blocklist" of yours?? Why do you keep @'ing people and tagging them as #blocklist?? What's the motive?? What's the catch??

The reason I ask is because it's one thing to make a blocklist if there are callouts for the people and they're genuinely problematic. But you're just tagging ... IDK ... random people?? I get that you have the right to not explain yourself but, in retrospect, you kinda do owe everyone an explanation. Especially since, like I stated in the first paragraph, you have your asks and DMs turned off.

You're making yourself look bad. You look like a spambot. And, to be frank, because of all these problems many of us are reporting you. I just want to know what's going on. Get the benefit of the doubt.

[crimsonsharked]

General PSA: A word of Advice.

Do not post hate you get—none of it. Sometimes, I think it's fine if you block the anonymous and it's a screenshot. However, bringing attention to hate and harassment in instances where people don't know about it should just be taken to trusted friends and talked about.

However, if you post about it regularly, which makes up 90% of your posts, you need to step back, reevaluate what you're posting and how you're handling this, and change course. It's not healthy to focus on hate. As someone who used to get hate regularly because of stupid shit, it lessens if you don't pay attention to it because it's stupid.

However, if you are reacting, and behaving in a way that is constantly seemingly, and I'm not saying it is, attention seeking, yes you are proving a point to them, and the harassment will continue.

I'm not saying you can't be negative or upset from time to time, or bring attention to awful things but at some point, you have to realize you're half the problem of this mess.

Also! Don't, fat shame people :D

[its-a-me-mango]

By saying that support shouldn’t be given to glitch rn, does that include not watching newer SMG4 episodes and other Glitch related stuff? (I’m trying to know whether i should continue to watch them for now)

If you don't support what Glitch is doing in regards to the Tari's VA situation right now, then yes not watching what they produce is how you can show that you don't support them, that also includes not buying their merch for now (I know they just released a bunch of TADC merch which they've been promoting like crazy since this whole situation started (also you don't need to get rid of anything you've already brought, this is about buying their stuff currently)). Striking is one of the best ways to show a company that you don't support their actions, if done en mass it can send a very powerful message.

Withholding your support until accountability is given is how it should be done for companies like Glitch, they're a company after all, they're not gonna read your callout posts in a 83 part twitter thread lol. Obviously openly harassing Glitch and singling out employees to harass ISN'T the right thing to do and doesn't show anything other than you're a hateful person. If you don't agree with what Glitch is doing, I'd suggest striking.

However if you choose to keep watching SMG4 or anything else Glitch make, then that's your choice to make, its up to you to decide if this situation is worth ceasing your support towards Glitch over. I'm not gonna sit here and tell you what you should be doing, nor am I going to judge anyone who isn't doing the same thing as me and neither should anyone else. Ultimately, I don't care whether you watch Glitch productions or not, its my personal choice to stop supporting Glitch by not watching SMG4 and its up to you if you want to do the same.

I think it's most important to stay up to date with everything that's happening and to keep talking about it, we can't just let this be forgotten about because it may cause it to happen again. Keep informed and keep spreading awareness about it until something is done if nothing else. Don't be afraid to change your mind later one once new information is revealed or even admit fault where needed, this is still and ongoing situation so people's views will change as time goes on.

Anyway take care, remember it's up to you to decide how you handled this situation, do it in whatever way feels best for you and for the people you want to stand with.

[hyjiinx]

I’ll be avoiding Twitter and the Pressure Discord due to the ongoing drama, it’s making me scared so yeah

This place is a safe space for everyone who enjoys Pressure or Sebastian Solace in general!

Please be safe and treat each other with respect.