#general problems

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Fandom Problem #5237:

The normalized racism and xenophobia towards Japan and Japanese people over anime and manga. That’s it, that’s the complaint.

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normalized not naming other characters w/o permission

god damn

i draw for me half the time if others like it cool! they're like me

if not okay that's fine It's not their style

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censorship is a plague. the rest of the internet is not tiktok, stop censoring triggers and tags. i cannot blacklist suicide if you tag it on ao3 as "su!c!de", i cannot avoid a show with bestiality if you mark it on a site where the entire point is to list potential triggers of a show, specifically doesthedogdie, as "b********y". if i didn't see additional comments, i would've never known they had an episode about bestiality unless i went in and watched the show and figured it out myself, which destroys the entire purpose of doesthedogdie.

you are not protecting people with triggers, you're actively harming them by shoving a potential trigger in their face that they can't avoid. you're harming people with screenreaders, disabled people, and nonenglish speakers because you are uncomfortable typing out a word. pro tip: just don't talk about it then. go away. we don't need our hands held by someone who doesn't know what they're doing OR doesn't respect us enough to do it properly. have you people learned nothing from the tumblr porn ban.

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Fandom Problem 4233:

“Bi erasure is not a problem”

-Asshole who refuses to acknowledge Bi characters as being Bi in favor of claiming that they’re gay when they are canonically not.

Because God fucking forbid us Bi people have anything at all.

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Fandom Problem 5232:

When someone complains about a fandom trend and uses TVtropes to "support" their argument. You know current day TVtropes is full of censorship and authoritarian moderators, right? (in b4 "lol salty because you were banned aren't you", I haven't been banned I just have a brain) Like they've explicitly said they won't respond to any criticism of their methods. Calling on TVtropes makes your argument weaker, not stronger.

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Fandom Problem 5233:

~🌟poooooorrr reeaading compreheeeennnssiiioooon🌟~

That’s it that’s the problem.

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Fandom Problem 4215:

Seeing people create character analysis for male villains and label it "a case study in toxic masculinity". But it's not even that. The villain is simply just an abusive entitled asshole. That's not exclusive to toxic masculinity or anything else. They're just a bad person.

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It alarms me how the term “pedophile” and “pedophilia” have been watered down as just an insult to people who enjoy specific content in fiction.

No, pedophilia is not when a character who is in their 30’s is dating someone who is in their 50’s. (Not to be specific here, but I’ll let you guys guess)

No, pedophilia is not when someone is attracted to a short female character.

No, pedophilia is not when a petite female character is sexualized.

No, pedophilia is not when an adult cosplayer cosplays as a fictional underage character.

And NO, pedophilia is not when an artist/fanfic writer ages up a character who is a minor into an adult.

Pedophilia is when someone is sexually attracted to real life children. Stop using “pedophile” as an insult to someone, it’s not only reckless, it’s not only dangerous, it’s also insulting to real life victims.