KA shippers are talking on X about how they dislike the fact that the Zutaraanti account's anti blackness is being reduced to shipping discourse.
I, however don't understand what they mean by this. They say not to reduce it to "ship wars" but that was what caused this to begin with, correct?
The Zutaraanti and their friend wanted to come up with Zuko slander and their friend came up with the Zukkko joke. The Zutaraanti then proceeded to make several posts on Tumblr using that tag.
You literally cannot remove the shipping aspect of this situation because the shipping aspect is what caused this to begin with.
Nothing was off limits when it was about the Holocaust but NOW we're drawing the line here? Antisemitism was cool as long as it was used to aid you in ship wars, right?
My theory as to why they're trying to remove the shipping discourse and zero in on the anti exclusively is simple.
They don't want to acknowledge that they helped create the environment that breeded the Zutaraanti. They don't want to ruin their perfect image as the "hopeless victims that were harmed by the evil Zutarians back in the old days."
They don't want this situation to break outside of X and possibly reach broader fandoms. Because that'll reveal how much they let slide until now.
That's why instead of condemning them, they say "you're making us look just as bad as them."
That's why instead of sympathizing with Zks, they say "Zutarians are annoying but this is too far!"
That's why instead of accountability, they say "Both sides were in the wrong."
They have dehumanized us so bad that even when they're "defending us" they need to simultaneously insult us as well. Almost like to signal to other KA's that they're not one of "ours", that they're still on their team.
What more could they possibly want from us?
The main ATLA reddit blog is very hostile to Zutarians. Twitter/X speaks for itself. Pinterest Zutara content is flooded by antis throwing shade or outright hostility. Facebook is apparently bad for Zutarians too. KA's on Tiktok claim they'd rather be chased by Diddy than be in a room with us. Tumblr is one of our ONLY safe spaces and even THEN they can't let us have this.
They don't want a future where we all live happily ever after or simply tolerate one another. They want to chase us out of the main fandom spaces AND our own spaces as well.
A lot of these accounts are minors, meaning they weren't even around when the show initially aired. They're trying to enact revenge on the behalf of people that either already left the fandom or don't even trip about it anymore.
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