#yknow what. that hateful troll anon is right. i DONT make enough positive posts about stede

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was gonna say it in the tags of my last reblog but it was such a heartwarming post i didn’t want to put my Grumpy Fandom Whining on it lmao

but like augghg when there’s a post discussing izzy and his connections to racism/colonization (both from the implicit biases of his character and the meta themes of his narrative role) and izzy stans crawl out of the woodwork to be like “well if you hate izzy for being racist you MUST hate stede for also being racist!! you’re being a hypocrite!!!! stede is just as bad!!!!!!!!!!”

but like 1. i don’t hate izzy bc he has racist implicit biases and 2. i have never denied that stede doesn’t have a LOT of growing to do

but aaaaaaAAAAGHHHH YOU GUYS. YOU GUYSSSSS.

it’s not about the biases. it’s not about characters being Problematic™. i just don’t like izzy bc he’s MEAN!!!

THATS IT! THATS LITERALLY IT!!!! he’s mean and bitter and that does not appeal to my personal taste in blorbos!!!!! i don’t CARE if he’s in deep unrequited love with ed i don’t CARE if he’s surrounded by idiots and he’s tired and exasperated I! DONT! CARE!!! i don’t like characters who are just viciously mean to everyone around them no matter what!!!!! he is mean and unfunny except when he’s being laughed at and i find that deeply unappealing!!!

and if you like izzy, that’s literally fine. like congrats! im glad you have fun with your little asshole antagonist!!! liking mean characters is totally valid!!!! but oh my GOD to come onto an analysis of izzy’s racism and be like “okay but what about stede-” stede has a lot he needs to work on, but my hatred of izzy isn’t about how i focus on his flaws and my love of stede isn’t about how i ignore his.

STEDE, man. this guy set out to build a family at sea and he gladly shares everything he has with people and wants his crew to have fun and express themselves and yeah sometimes he can be self absorbed and ignorant but by GOD he CARES about building a little community on his ship!!! and despite all his flaws and all his room for improvement, it works!!!!!!! and that’s what everyone completely MISSES when they try and defend izzy by shitting on stede!!!!!!!!