something witty

I'm back to lurk🦐 Look at this blog at your own risk.

[animentality]

[sangohigurashi20]

This!

[rotnik]

Nobody has made me feel safer or more respected than the filthy perverted freaks I was warned about.

[its-not-fate-its-destiny]

Fandoms stopped being a fun escape from reality when people started spreading the belief that you should prioritize purity over pleasure and the art you create must be a reflection of your moral standards at all times.

[dead-dove-ble]

Actually you SHOULD make problematic content. You SHOULD explore dark or taboo topics. You SHOULD have a space where you can cope with your traumas or explore sensitive topics in a way that doesn't hurt anyone.

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[kasmikassim]

"Problematic" has now become the modern-day equivalent of "satanic", "witch", "evil", "unpatriotic", or the timeless classic, "pedo".

Just fling it at whomever you don't like, or whatever makes you vaguely uncomfortable, whether or not it's accurate or fair or objective, and other people have no choice but to get on that bandwagon if they don't wanna be seen as also problematic. Because apparently, in this social-media age where everyone puts their lives online 24/7, everyone is terrified of not being perfect. No way we're allowed to have flaws.

Same way it was unsafe to criticize the invasion of Iraq after 9/11 - the same way there's literally no way to fight against someone who shuts down any argument by calling you a pedo. It's become a weapon of abuse and manipulation.

There's a term for that well-known to survivors of narcissistic abuse: smear campaign.

[saintmachina]

Shipping fictional characters isn’t representative of your moral values. It’s representative of your particular psychic damage and the themes and motifs that haunt you. Hope this helps.

[kasmikassim]

I'm haunted by the psychic damage of trauma and abuse and conflicting power dynamics and the the trust and safety issues around vulnerability and honesty

[angelizd]

happy pride!

[evgesha-el]

New batch of sketches with a favorite couple

👀✨

Hehehehe, canon~

[kimzcheze]

Mizuyang + Roommates = Gold

[grezzirossi]

3 little brave bubus

[svefni]

Happy Birthday, Wuyang!🍥🎂🍰

[lunonoxart]

Mizuyang 💚💙

Puppy x kitty energy.

[svefni]

When we play with my duo, I often fight on the front lines. Quite often, my Wuyang saves me and helps me survive when I have to retreat 🌊🩵🫶

[svefni]

Kittens 🌊⛓️

[rism1223]

Doodle dump

[dawnthefox24]

Wuyang: We should get you to a doctor for a check up immediately. What if it happens again, and there isn’t anyone around to help you? What if it’s congenital? Oh my God! Was it me? Did I hurt you? Mizuki:...You realize any other person that made their partner pass out in bed would simply feel really proud of themselves, right?