#torvents

[justmeandmythoughtson]

So I just saw an absolute GALAXY brain take from an anti recently (and I paraphrase, because the screenshot has the blogname and i can’t edit on my crappy phone)

And said take was: “It makes me uncomfortable when people write/make character angst of X character I identify with, like what are you even thinking about when a REAL PERSON tells you they have trauma?”

And...If you feel THAT strongly about fictional characters, if you can’t differentiate an emotional response for them from an emotional response for a real person - you MAY want to try stepping back? If you’re so deeply invested in the ‘wellbeing’ of a make-believe person that seeing other people NOT feel the same way towards them is upsetting to you, then maybe you’re a little too emotionally caught up in fandom?

Fandom is *going* to disappoint sometimes. Everyone has different opinions and most people aren’t going to change their minds over some stranger complaining to them on the internet. But ASSUMING people aren’t capable of basic compassion to other human beings *Just* because they sometimes like to play with puppets is. Wow. Are you really that self-centered.

Characters are puppets. They’re dolls. I can do whatever I want to them, because they’re play-pretend caricatures. I don’t care about them like I care about a living, breathing person. They’re fun to play with. They’re make-believe. They’re not real, and they don’t have feelings or bodies to be hurt. But real people? Those deserve respect, compassion, or at least civility, if you can’t bring yourself to muster up the first two. You don’t treat a person like a toy. You don’t treat a real person like a puppet.

This is not a difficult distinction to make. If a building is burning, and I can only save one person - I save the fucking HUMAN. Not the dolly I can easily replace, not the beloved toy. One is a person, and the other is pretend.

This concept doesn’t change just because I’m suddenly creating a fic or fanart or original storyline or etc. I still am constantly making that distinction. I’m ALWAYS making that distinction in fandom, because I value actual human beings above ANY make-believe character.

(Wow, so difficult to conceptualize, right?)

[justmeandmythoughtson]

This blew up on my twitter, so here.

TL;DR - If you (general you) REALLY thought art was CSEM, then you wouldn’t be screenshotting, reposting, or calling out the artists who make it.

Why?

BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD GET YOU ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION, DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION OF CSEM.

And no, it’s NOT okay because you’re ‘drawing awareness to a Bad Person.’ You want to know how illegal CSEM is?

It’s so illegal that even victims of CSA can be arrested for having CSEM OF THEMSELVES.

So. either you admit that art and fiction aren’t CP/CSEM (in the US, where all the social media you whine on is based) or you turn yourselves in to the goddamn police for possessing, distributing, and promoting CSEM every time you make a fucking callout.

And no worries. When all of you 🐜s slink away, muttering some BS excuse about how it’s okay when YOU do it, we’ll know.

We’ll all know you’re full of shit.

[justmeandmythoughtson]

How about we try this idea on for size:

If you are cruel to or harass another human being, you are inherently doing something harmful and wrong.

WITH. NO. EXCEPTIONS. You are the only person responsible for how you act. So don't try to excuse your cruelty.

Because regardless of what someone else did/didn't do, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF. AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO BULLY, MAKE FUN OF, HARASS, DEHUMANIZE, OR OTHERWISE ACT IN A MEAN-SPIRITED FASHION, YOU. ARE. A. BULLY. YOU ENABLE ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR. AND YOU ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN IT.

Fix yourself or accept that you're a shitty excuse for anything remotely close to being an empathetic or kind person. Kindness and basic human decency isn't just reserved for people you like. It's for everyone you meet.

And if you are making exceptions for yourself, maybe you need to reevaluate your life choices.

[justmeandmythoughtson]

Every objection to “problematic content” I've ever seen has the same basic flaws:

Purely emotional/lacks relevant, accurate citations

Doesn't differentiate between thought and action

Assumes that the internet is, by default, a safe place

Diverts culpability away from direct actors

And all of these flaws destroy the entire argument against problematic content. There's legitimately no way to argue your point when these gaping holes exist in your logic.

I don't understand how this isn't recognized except by willful ignorance. The anti argument literally eats itself. I don’t get it.

[justmeandmythoughtson]

If you shit on someone who's writing something for fun, you're an asshole.

Heaven fucking forbid people write OCs or rarepairs or crackfic or anything "cringe" nowadays. Heaven fucking forbid people write stories using overdone tropes. Heaven fucking forbid people write because they....I don't know, like writing. And heaven fucking forbid you make fun of people for writing fanfiction.

[justmeandmythoughtson]

The fuck happened to blocking people you didn’t like? Or, idk, not talking shit about them behind their backs? OR going on their blogs just to argue?

Like goddamn. Can some of y’all shut the hell up? Not everything requires a response beyond a block. And like, if you don’t like someone, keep their name off your blog, and don’t fuckin’ vague.

It really isn’t that difficult to mutually ignore someone’s existence on this hellsite. jfc.