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[welcometothehole]

remembering the discourse where some people actually thought the grabber was just grabbing kids for the sake of it bc the movie didn’t explicitly state that he was raping them before he killed them. i still think more people need to be forced to watch old SVU episodes about child sex abuse so they can learn how it’s shown through television so they can learn how to comprehend complex themes that can’t necessarily be displayed directly due to the sensitive nature of the topics. that does NOT mean it doesn’t exist just because no one explicitly stated it. the director’s job is to opine on it, not spoonfeed you.

anyway im glad black phone 2 wasn’t afraid to delve deeper into the aftermath of finney’s rape and how much he was struggling to survive bc of what happened in that basement. he was self-medicating with weed, didn’t approach anyone with romantic intent bc of his trauma, and was overly protective of his little sister who never gave up on finding him. until the very end of black phone 2, that poor kid was still living in that basement being sexually abused and getting prepped for murder. that scene when the grabber was on top of him was absolutely indicative of the kinds of nightmares he’s probably still having, and he feels guilty that he got away while the other boys didn’t. it’s sad scoob

[frustratedasatruar]

I just read a fic description for a Star Wars fic (do not go bother the author) that said "They don’t exactly teach healthy coping mechanisms at the Temple."

And like... what the fuck are you talking about? From what we see of canon, healthy coping methods are the thing that the Jedi teach you in the Temple. They are fucking constantly talking about mastering your emotions and they're always checking up on each other and shit.

You could even argue that "flunking out of all the healthy coping mechanism lessons the other Jedi take" was the problem with Anakin, who constantly responded to people asking about his wellbeing as if he was being interrogated and literally, empirically, could not healthily manage his emotional responses to things even when his life depended on it.

Not getting the groundwork training that all other Jedi get from infancy in this and related subjects was, like, the whole thing about Anakin being "too old." Remember? That whole massive plotpoint? The thing that loads of people complain about the Jedi doing, even though demonstrably, the Jedi making an exception to this rule was an existential mistake?

[werewolf-cuddles]

can fandoms please stop fucking describing fanfiction as "CSAM"?

that term refers to recordings (image, video, or audio) of minors being sexually abused

please stop using it to describe fictional stories about fictional people who do not exist outside of words on a page, thank you.

they are not the same thing, and are not even close to being the same thing on any level.

[azelmaandeponine]

If there's anything the online reaction to Takopi's Original Sin has proven, it's that people cannot handle abuse victims behaving realistically instead of like Perfect Victims.

If you think a 9 year old victim of severe abuse deserved to die, that says more about you, to be honest.

Anyways. Marina is a bad person and deserved consequences for her actions, but she didn't deserve to die. She deserved to be helped just as much as Shizuka deserves help.

Can you guys be normal about abuse and trauma victims please.

[maxnightstar]

art from me, to silver,

because mother is very pretty and I need to make something sad today

So here @mewkton

Jingle hugging his mama

He really needed that hug

[autisticzenitsu]

It's so funny that people characterize Tanjiro as "that's my SISTER, Zenitsu >:(".

Meanwhile, this is his actual, canon reaction to Zenitsu and Nezuko getting together:

He's canonically supportive of the idea of them being together. He supports Zenitsu as Nezuko's husband.

Characterizing Tanjiro as "You're not good enough for my sister, she's OFF LIMITS, THAT'S MY SISTER" is blatant mischaracterization and wildly OOC.

[sonicenvy]

there is a new scourge on AO3 that I discovered recently...

that scourge is "Placeholder fics". This is thing, where someone posts a "fic" on AO3 with a summary and tags (and sometimes even a complete tag), but when you click on the "fic" the content of the "fic" is something like:

"coming soon" or "in progress" or "an idea I'll write someday"

This is a scourge on AO3 tags that directly violates TOS Section IV, as it is spam (sect B) and inappropriate content (sect H) (not, strictly speaking a fanwork).

If you see these "placeholder fics" on AO3 REPORT THEM. It is easy to do.

Link the fic in report and in the description, you can write something like this:

The linked "fic" is a so-called "placeholder fic" where the author posts a work to a tag and the only content is the words "In progress". The "fic" appears in tags, yet contains no content, so I would consider it to be spam. Thank you!

(This, btw is the actual thing that I wrote to report one of these a few weeks ago)

If you want to get jazzy you can even mention that you believe the "fic" violates TOS IV.H (which is what the AO3 mod told me in the email response to my report) or TOS IV.B.

You can report anonymously if you want afaik. Once you submit a report the AO3 moderators will get back to you at some point to update you on that report and action taken.

This is a simple way that YOU can make AO3 better today. If you see a "fic" that violates TOS in any way, REPORT IT. There are literally millions of fics on AO3 and the moderators can't possibly go through all of them without YOUR help.

I suspect that the people who are posting these "placeholder fics" are probably very young people who are very new to fandom and fanfiction and do not know better. If you are reading this post, and you are one of these people, know that I don't hate you, I just want you to know that what you are doing is a violation of the AO3 TOS and that it fills AO3 tags with spam, preventing readers from finding actual fic to read. There can be (and certainly are) MANY fics on AO3 with the SAME names, if that's what is motivating this.

AO3 isn't a social media site, it's an ARCHIVE for fanfiction. If you want to communicate with your following that you are planning on writing a new fic, use your tumblr, your reddit, your dreamwidth, your substack, your pillowfort, your livejournal, your bird site or whatever the fuck you have to do this. Link your socials in your bio on AO3 if you must. Mention it in the author's notes on your latest work. IDK, just don't post empty "fics" on the ARCHIVE.

[gorey-gorella]

There's people on Twitter wishing Zuko be mass murdering his own people because they are cheering on his death in the Ember Island Play. Honestly, feels like everyone forgot Zuko commited TREASON and BETRAYED the country, humiliated the Firelord and Fire Princess and got two high status baddies to betray it as well. Like, I would be expecting pro FN genocide from Aang stans, not Zuko stans of all people. This is very... must I say... interesting? I'm not sure how to feel about it besides 'wtf' and 'wow you are so stupid'. Just letting you know, the fandom is as braindead as ever.