daily reminder to block and unfollow me if you’re a beastars fan bc actual nazis and white supremacists praise it for how well it dogwhistles their beliefs- tw in the links for. yk. nazis on 4chan being nazis.
alright so i haven´t read the whole thing so maybe there´s some shit that im missing but i dont think this is right. like nazis do this shit of going and taking something that isn´t a nazi thing and trying to twist it into nazi shit, doesnt necesarily make it a nazi shit. they did it with a green frog, norse mythology in general, the concept of clowns for a while? etc etc
its not like the only people who like beastars are nazis, i like beastars and im not a nazi. its a decently popular piece of media some gross people are gonna crawl out the shit to go and be weirdos
and like. the whole story is about some dude who basically goes “actually fuck society ideas on what people have to do” and while i haven´t read the whole thing i doubt it actually turns around and goes “actually he was wrong nazism is good” or smth
hi! how do you explain these @santijpg
the creator calls haru a “lolita” and implies that it’s natural for human adults to want to molest children
following the metaphor of predators vs prey being about racism, here’s their awful take on segregated schools and how predators will act out without the prey there to stop them from it. and another page with a “carnivore power” poster in the bg as if they werent subtle enough.
(one, two, three) various pages from a scene where it’s asserted that the only reason a carnivore and a herbivore would ever date is because the carnivore wants to assault the herbivore
(student/teacher assault tw) a scene where a teacher gropes haru (you know, the “lolita”?) and the only thing haru is worried about is if the teacher is pure herbivore or not
more bullshit about how the only reason a carnivore would be around a herbivore is to assault them
(this) (horrible) (mess) about how ancient carnivores were unnaturally huge and strong and how “savage” they were and how their “culture was under developed”
whether or not “mixed species” animals are worthy of life is brought into question
this hybrid character has the “urge to maim and kill” because of the carnivore in them
legosi has a “fetish” for herbivores and that’s the only reason why he wants to go against society’s norms. another character responds that “that’s how all males are.” and then follows up with the killer phrase “your fetishes are what make you who you are”. these characters are minors!
extremely sexualized haru, put next to other non-”lolita” characters. you can really see that haru is drawn childish on purpose! especially since she’s a literal high schooler and a fucking minor, lol.
i’ve been too upset about like. literally all of the everything i’ve seen from beastars to put together a comprehensive post but i’ve got ppl in my notes claiming white nationalists and nazis don’t exist actually so. since y’all are allergic to thinking critically here’s a bunch more sources linked.
btw i’m literally not accusing The Entire Fandom of being nazis™️ despite what y’all seem to think i’m doing, i’m just like. fucking uncomfortable as shit with it because of this??
Hey, so, I’ve been seeing my friend here get a lot of really nasty and/or dismissive messages in response to this, and I just wanted to say, as a Jewish person myself, it’s really concerning how defensive a lot of people get over legitimate concern and criticism of a show and the fanbase it’s courting (unintentionally or not). As I’ve said here https://punkcynder.tumblr.com/post/614438326848634880/anyway @punkcynder is specifically talking about how the show “dog-whistling”. That specifically implies that the fanbase ISN’T all nazis! Dog-whistling means signalling to a specific group of people without attracting the awareness of everyone else. (This is a basic description. More info about the term here https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/dog-whistle-political-meaning)
Yes, it’s absolutely true that nazis will interpret media in bad faith to try and recruit, but in the case of Beastars, I would argue that a lot of these hate-groups don’t necessarily have to twist the in-universe rhetoric and overall narrative that hard to apply it to real life politics like this. This is a legitimate concern that my friend expressed and that I, and others I’ve talked to, agree with. The extent to which I, and others, have seen these issues ignored by the fandom is frankly worrying.
Again, nobody here is accusing the fandom of being all nazis, or of any fan of the show personally being a white supremacist just for liking it, but @punkcynder is expressing completely legitimate and understandable frustration at seeing these very heavy themes in Beastars mishandled, to the point where real life hate-groups feel their perspective being validated, and the fanbase at large seeming to ignore it. I know some hardcore fans might feel attacked because these are heavy accusations, but please don’t take criticism towards a piece of media you enjoy personally. It’s really important to be critical of what you consume.
The ways Beastars handles its very heavy topics really is damaging, and people who are hurt by the messages it ends up sending aren’t obligated to be polite about it.
As a final note, I’ve seen a lot of messages accusing @punkcynder of speaking over Jewish people, but I, and other Jewish people, have been expressing these concerns as well, and it’s worth noting the issues brought up here also affect more people than just Jewish people. (more than just white Jewish people in particular)
Hey if yalls first reaction to someone calling a certain media shitty and bigoted is to immediately go “IM NOT A SHITTY PERSON STOP MAKING X POLITICAL” congrats! You are one of the shitty fans. Especially those of you pulling the jew card to tell a person of color to shut up on racism and antisemitism when op worked with jewish people who were both white and not to point out its problems. I’m one of them hi! Your “I got mine” mentality is showing and its gross.
Stories use allegories to make them more relatable to a target audience. Beastars uses allegories to promote white supremacy and antisemitism and because of that maybe ask yourself why you want to defend it so badly. Taking it out on someone who literally just asked for space is really undignified when he literally did not tell any of you to stop consuming it. You can go and enjoy your damn profash propaganda in peace just maybe leave people alone if they want to be over it.
See this shit?
This is why I left this shitshow of a site
Bye again lmao
