anti spop universes and stuff!

ashe - afro-latino - autistic - they/he - gay / ace / demiro

[antispopausandstuff]

hello! ( disclaimers, warnings, & boundaries )

name’s ashe! i’m an​ anti-spop account, because this show is still highly praised and antis spread like a virus. i am part of that virus.  disclaimer - if you’re a stan that is not willing to hear the other side, do not even bother coming at me. it’s wasting your time and mine.

for ( most ) of my SPOP aus - masterlist ( slow updates )

for rewrites - #ashe_rewrites . WARNINGS . . . - talks of abuse ( physical, mental, emotional, etc. ).  - criticisms of catra, glimmer, and any other spop character worth criticizing ( but mainly catra and glimmer ).  - talks of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other offenses against marginalized communities. - talks of nate stevenson and his...issues. as well as criticism of his crew ( VAs included, unfortunately ).  - criticisms of writing ( in terms of plot development, character development, background, tropes, etc. )  - criticisms of the spop fandom ( generally and individually ).  - i will not be sugarcoating my thoughts. do not expect me to be polite about this just because of the lgbt+ rep, or lack thereof, or of how nate and his crew worked so hard, etc.  . BOUNDARIES . . . - do not talk to me as if we’re friends if we don’t actually know each other. - do not harass/stalk/insult/etc. me or others for having different viewpoints than you. speak to others ( and to me ) respectfully. otherwise, you will be blocked.  - do not talk to me about ship discourse, why i’m wrong about certain ships, etc. i don’t care, it wastes time, and i will most likely avoid the discussion all together anyway. - do not talk to me like i am a little child. do not use “hun(ny)/babe/etc.” to me in a condescending way. do not infantilize me. if you do, you will automatically be blocked without a second thought.  - do not talk to me about sexual things. do not talk to me in a sexual manner. i am EXTREMELY uncomfortable with sexual discussions with people i do not know.  may add more in the future. thank you for reading.

[mad-not-disappointed]

"committing suicide is equivalent to facing consequences for one's actions" is the new "committing suicide is a sin". i said what i said.

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so you didnt get the show at all? or just got mad when it started being transfem

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for the love of fucking god, you motherfuckers just read what you wanna read to make yourselves mad.

i respect Jax's gender. i refer to her as she / her without fuss. i have trans HCs for characters in almost all media i consume.

if i do have a problem with it, it's the fact that Jax is a caricature. a transwoman who preys on other women. exactly the kind of thing that transphobes use to justify harassing / assaulting / murdering people, regardless of gender.

but all brands of people can be all brands of people. there is a non-zero chance there are trans people like Jax.

but, beyond that, my bigger problem is that Jax is a misogynistic and racist abuser who doesn't face consequences for her actions, ever.

seriously, if you continue this bullshit rhetoric that i only had a problem with TADC because Jax is transfem, you're full of shit and need to fuck off. there's been tons of problems with the show and its creator(s) almost from the very beginning.

Jax is just a caricature. that is one part of the whole problem.

go fuck yourself.

[solemnlynerdyjourney]

I’m not “media illiterate” for wanting important character development to be shown on screen, whether verbally or visually.

I’m not “media illiterate” for wanting the lore that was introduced to be actually developed, regardless of the fact that the show is “character-based.”

I’m not “media illiterate” for wanting more than ONE character of the cast to be focused on.

I’m not “media illiterate” for calling out wasted potential

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Louder for the people in the back!

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You gotta add: I'm not "media illiterate" for wanting to support People of Colour.

I'm not "media illiterate" for not wanting to see gender-based violence.

I'm not "media illiterate" for wanting to see non-stereotypical and good representation of transwomen.

I'm not "media illiterate" for wanting a show to focus on the victim of abuse, rather than the abuser.

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(first three screenshots is one comment, last two is a response to it)

person: explains the reason why people are upset by Gooseworx and the cast's racism in a calm, reasonable and informative manner

TADC fan: omg shut your bitch ass up i hope you fucking die

also i hate it when people of a community speak for the entire community. just because you can excuse blatant racism doesn't mean everyone should???

"weaponize transphobia" literally no one is upset that the song is used to represent a trans woman. people are upset that an infamously racist person is using songs written by black people to get people to empathize with her favorite abuser.

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do not harass the OP or commentor.

unlike the OP, i am attacking TADC, Gooseworx, and Glitch.

as a trans Afro-Latino who's seen shit like this far too many times, i feel like people are missing the point.

Glitch can't apologize for using a lolicon racist to cover a song that's meant to be about parental black joy.

and Goose sure as hell can't apologize for using said cover of said song to empathize with a misogynistic and racist abuser. i don't care if Jax is her self-insert. if anything, Goose is telling on herself, since she seems to share the same views.

there's apologizing for being ignorant and not knowing you might've been misinformed / are misinforming others. but then there's using slurs, repeatedly, and then having a lolicon racist cover a black joy song for a misogynistic and racist abuser.

i don't care if Goose and co. actually apologized or not, she's not redeemable in this. because she's a grown adult who knows what she's doing and didn't actually care about representation above her own self-pitying fantasy.

( also, rich to say "accusations" when they're literally true. )

as for the weaponization comment, i swear to god these fans take it so personally when criticism / critique is shared. can you calm down?

it has almost nothing to do with the fact Jax is trans. i would want better representation ( not that i don't have morally ambiguous / evil trans characters myself ), but i still respect Jax's gender and her struggles with accepting that.

it's primarily the fact that Jax is a misogynist and racist abuser who tortured a vulnerable, mentally unwell Desi woman the most for no fucking reason.

why does Jax's gender even matter here? Gangle has nothing to do with her personal struggles, Jax decided she was pathetic just because and then harassed, assaulted, and attempted to sexually proposition her in a what-if reality of Zooble dying.

"those are Jax's intrusive thoughts!" there's no proof of that. Jax has shot Ragatha six times just because. Jax has broken Gangle's mask just because. Jax has mocked Zooble's dysphoria just because. Jax has all the keys to everyone's rooms just because. i have severe intrusive thoughts, and haven't done anything nearly as bad as Jax, even when i was a little shithead as a teenager.

if those are her intrusive thoughts, then we have no reason to believe Jax wouldn't act on those. she seems to have zero impulse control.

but, seriously, why does Jax's gender matter at all when discussing the her abusive character and Goose's blatant racism and willingness to work with a fucking pedo racist?

i'm sorry you feel attacked, but this legitimately isn't about your gender nor anyone else's. this is about racism. racism. and willingly working with subhuman trash.

so, kindly, shut the fuck up about "weaponized transphobia". Goose is just a fuck-up and doesn't give a shit. that's what this is about.

get real.

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someone pointed out that they felt TADC began to go downhill after ep. 1 and i can kinda agree.

for me, i think Pomni's character was kinda disconnected or a little inconsistent from the beginning.

what about you guys?

[mad-not-disappointed]

i wouldn't say ep01, it was pretty good till ep04 maybe. i really liked the idea of each episode dedicated to a character until they ditched that idea to turn it into the Jax show.

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i think maybe why i felt the show was off post-ep 1 is because Pomni is supposed to be the main character and, well...

when a main character feels off, the story itself can feel off.

i liked most of everyone else ( sans Caine and Jax, tbh ), but Pomni being the center of it made it harder for me to empathize when she would go from one state to another in basically three seconds.

i kinda wish she was more of a "difficult" person to reach, since that might've helped with the empathy factor that TADC was... trying?

but then she became an enabler and suddenly what little of her we had didn't really matter so much.

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sometimes i'll remember the time i made a badass style edit of Adora with an anti caption, only for it to be stolen be a C//A stan with a C//A-centered caption.

it used to make me frustrated and cry a little before, but now it's just funny. i hope that person got a life and stopped bullying people through stealing their work.

the person deleted the copy-cat video after a few friends of mine pointed out it was stolen, btw, so the situation was resolved.

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someone pointed out that they felt TADC began to go downhill after ep. 1 and i can kinda agree.

for me, i think Pomni's character was kinda disconnected or a little inconsistent from the beginning.

what about you guys?

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Critical folks grab your finalist rewards here

[orchidentity]

can we have a “gave jax the benefit of the doubt and ended up severely disappointed” medal

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part of the reason why i hate Jax is because i was like her as a teenager.

nihilistic, angry, making things worse for others around me. i never intended to, but i did. i was in a constant state of s**cidal ideation, wishing every day i was dead, hating my mom and (ex) stepdad for seemingly no reason, and just feeling alone all the time.

some of my anger was valid. there were some things i needed help with. but i almost got my mom in serious trouble.

i never enjoyed hurting people. i never wanted to hurt people. but i did.

i hate Jax because she deliberately chose to do things that even stupid, asshole teenager me couldn't imagine doing to the people i loved.

my mom forgave me a long time ago, said i was just a teenager, but i will forever regret what i had put her through.

i hate Jax because she's a terrible person by choice and didn't even feel remorse for any of it. she didn't get any consequences for it.

i hate Jax because she's the worst version of a person. because maybe i could've been her, and the thought of getting no comeuppance for that makes me sick.

i don't want her representing me. i don't want her to be a part of me. i don't want her to be used as a reason to hurt more people.

but that's what's going to happen, because Goose is irresponsible.

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Jax: gonna start killing people i don't find funny. Zooble: *sends National Suicide Prevention link* Jax: FUCK YOU.

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LMAOOO i'm sorry but do these people think we were Jax stans before she was revealed to be trans?? really?? 😭

this is an insane thing to say. and it's very reminiscent of how spop fans (and probably countless other fandoms) reduces any criticism of a queer character to queerphobia.

people have been complaining about Jax from the very beginning. or at least, from the point where the show started focusing too much on him.

i'm already sick of this "you couldn't handle complicated female characters" trend because 1. it tends to assume that the people who say they want complex female characters are the same ones who dislike said female characters and 2. most of these characters being brought up aren't even that complex. they're just assholes.

i'm sorry but there's nothing complex about Jax. she's just another asshole who thinks that nihilism is a valid reason to justify being a dickhead to others. we see these kinds of people irl a dime a dozen. the ones who says shit like "it's a dog eats dog world" or "survival of the fittest". it's not complexity, it's just selfishness. and tacking on a generic abusive parent story on top of it isn't gonna magically make the character more complex.

it's so funny to me how generic and overdone Jax's story is. selfish abusive edgelord with a deadbeat dad and an abusive mom. wow, who would have guessed! the only different thing about her character is her transness, but that doesn't really make things better when she's portrayed as an abusive predator towards other women.

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( do not harass the original poster or rebloggers. )

what's complex about being a denialist and using nihilism to justify mockery, harassment, assault, potential sexual assault, and pushing your friends to suicide?

obviously, sexism and transphobia is a very present and pressing matter, but Gooseworx literally made a trans caricature that perpetuates harmful stereotypes that has gotten innocent people killed. of course people aren't going to want to accept or "handle" her.

Jax isn't complicated for being an abusive douchebag because she decided that hurting others was easier than doing anything else. Jax didn't have to be a bad person. she could've been passive, indifferent, careless, if Goose wanted her to be nihilistic.

she had no reason to do the things she did. she just wanted to. what don't people get about that? she's not complicated, she's not special or different for having a rough background, she's just an asshole who used her hurt to justify hurting others worse.

from what we know, Jax was guarded and less involved in the circus at all prior to Ribbit and Kaufmo. she wasn't hurting anybody. even if there were ( somehow ) doubts before, we know now that Jax was capable of leaving people alone. she just didn't want to.

she decided that Gangle was pathetic and deserved so much harassment and pain, just for existing.

she decided that Zooble should be left sad and miserable and was actually off-put by them being happier.

she decided that Ragatha deserved to be silenced, tormented endlessly, and was somehow fake just for trying to be a good person.

Jax decided to isolate and gaslight Ribbit until they committed suicide via abstraction, because of a choice she made.

there's nothing complex about Jax. she's just an awful, awful person who happens to be trans.

people's attraction to Jax before and after the confirmation, that's always been there.

people had liked Jax when she made fun of Pomni and threw her off the truck to use her.

people had liked Jax when she told Gangle to be submissive and threatened her.

people had liked Jax when she had all the keys to everyone's rooms ( for some fucking reason ), planted centipedes in Ragatha's bed, and shot her six times.

i don't think it has much to do with Jax being trans. people have always liked bad people, fiction or not.

Jax's had lovers as much as she's had haters since the beginning. it's not our fault that you're choosing to act like this.

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thought about Zooble and Kinger.

i don't know the TADC timeline v well, but just imagine with me here:

Kinger - Zooble.

Zooble - *curled on the floor* ...

Kinger - i know what it's like to feel... *gestures vaguely towards his head* different.

Zooble - but i'm not different. *curls in tighter* am i?

Kinger - we all are. *gestures to Jax* him, especially.

Jax - ! HEY!

Kinger - *pats Zooble's head* but there's something kind of fantastic about that, isn't there?

Zooble - ... *leans in*

( some time after... )

Zooble - King... Kinger?

Kinger - oh! hello, dear! ...who are you again?

Zooble - ... what?

Kinger - have you just joined? joined the what? now that i think about it, i don't remember what i joined, either. do you know?

Zooble - ...

"he... doesn't remember me."

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Caine: do you blame yourself? Zooble: ...what? Caine: well, it's quite common in this situation for a person to feel a sort of guilt. Zooble: what situation? ( YOU HURT HER. YOU HURT HIM. ) Caine: the accident.

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Have c//a fans ever encountered someone who said, "Yeah, I didn't think c//a was done very well"? And if so, who have they reacted?

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ah, well...

my account does exist partially because C//A stans react so negatively to criticism or simple dislike of C//A.

while not all of them, a lot of C//A fans have taken it so personally that they would harass and even threaten people's lives over it. i have been called a slur before for my stance on the matter. i have been infantilized and patronized several times by people who either didn't care or acted like they were "helping" me.

so, i would say most don't take it very well. you're called lesbophobic and racist, but it's largely in regards if you don't ship Adora with Catra. Scorptra, Glitra, all of those seem to be fair game ( or better game ), but if you shipped Adora would any other non-man character, you'd still get called lesbophobic and racist.

the fandom just wants Catra to have everything. to the point they're willing to hurt in real life people over it.

the fandom doesn't take it well.

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to be honest, Pomni being an enabler could've been a point of development.

it just doesn't fit Pomni, is the thing.

Pomni eps 1-4 would not do the shit she did from eps 6-9. Jax made her uncomfortable and didn't help her at all with adjusting. Jax threw her out of the truck and used her as a line. Jax didn't care about Pomni, and she knew that was how she was.

( and, to be honest, the writing of camaraderie at all feels so stilted and forced that Pomni going from "super guarded and awkward" to "so open and optimistic and savior-y" made no sense. )

so to see Pomni make a 180 with Jax, even from the start with the nihilism bullshit, didn't make sense. she had no reason to listen to Jax. she had no reason to believe her.

but i'll bite the bullet, Jax can still influence Pomni. that's not the biggest issue for me.

what is is that Pomni became so hyperfocused on Jax out of nowhere, to the point she ignored everyone else, when Jax had literally told her that she'd (Jax ) move on and forget about her ( Pomni ) if she died. there was no point of hesitation or questioning, none of that guarded demeanor Pomni obviously had before, with someone who was intent on making everyone uncomfortable and miserable.

how do you want to be around someone still, after that? you can acknowledge someone might be struggling without putting yourself at risk. Pomni had no reason to want to help Jax, and i don't think "out of the kindness of her heart" is a good answer here when Jax is so destructive and persistent on ruining everyone else's lives for the sake of her own entertainment and self-pity.

so... i guess my problem isn't that it happened. it's that it happened for no reason, had no consequences, and had no resolution.

[my-nitpicking-self]

THESE TWO INTERACT MORE IN THE PROMOTIONAL ART THAN IN THE ACTUAL SHOW

Maybe because Pomni is too busy kissing Jax's fluffy tail and only remembers that Ragatha exists when she (Jax) is not around.

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friendship by process of elimination is not friendship, they're just using you to make themselves feel better after a fallout.

like, Ragatha is just a rebound now.

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Some TOH Pride & Extra HCs cus i wanna

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Luz Noceda . . .

transneutral genderqueer ( she / he / they )

grayromantic, bisexual

auDHD

pudgy

many freckles

24/7 painted nails ( until the Day of Unity )

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Amity Blight . . .

mtf transfemme ( she / her )

autism, OCD

vertically privileged.

moles! Odalia made her hide them pre-purple hair

Japanese-Coded, human name would be Ayumi ( no reason other than i want interracial yuri / yaoi where all parties are POC )

not mean, but still has her bite! watch out!

pride pins on her shirt!

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Willow Park . . .

cisgender, but doesn't care for pronouns? ( she / any )

aroace

autism, GAD, medicated MDD

African-Korean

darker skin and curlier hair! ( this design lives rent free )

more obviously plus-sized ( cus i did not. even know for certain if that's what she was meant to be until pointed out- )

clothing becomes more vibrant as she opens up!

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Augustus "Gus" Porter . . .

trans bigendah ( he / she )

homosexual, asexual

auDHD asf, he's so "gifted child"

African-Canadian ( as an American, i cannot subject him to it )

super curls! changes style depending on his mood

pride bracelet

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Hunter Wittebane Noceda . . .

mtf transfemme ( she / her )

questioning aroace, bisexual

autistiiiiiiic, bipolar, GAD

uhhh British-American, sorry

knew she was "strange", but wasn't able to talk about it ( fuckass Belos ) until the Human Realm

feels a level of attraction towards people but does not. want all that. maybe? she is mildly repulsed.

estrogen DID save her! amongst other things!

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all of 'em neurodivergent and queer asf, autism creature cheers.