THIS IS A CALLOUT POST AGAINST DIVISUS / HISBAND.
All the information under the cut.
Warning for ableism, intersexism, racism, and rape mentions
We will begin this with how carling disregards the fact that her character is a canon attempted rapist.
As a victim of rape, this is absolutely disgusting. to completely remove a character from a CANON scene and act like he never did it, is truly pushing this situation under the rug. Belial canonically attempted to rape, and when he failed to do so, killed an innocent woman, that’s what happened. Wou do not have the privilege to say ‘ I don’t see him as somebody who would ever force himself onto others. ‘
HE DID.
You cannot say that, when it is a canon part of the story and his character. You cannot disregard the severity of this scene and how it pertains to his entire characterization.
Next up, is how you took a pale character — who’s brother is a white man, and made him black with your ‘ human fc. ‘ There is a massive problem with the mere idea of seeing Belial as nonhuman, but that’s for later.
Belial portrayed in the movies vs how carling portrays Belial’s ‘ human form. ‘
Belial’s brother
The fact that you ‘headcanon’ a physically and sexually violent character to be black, specifically a black man, is regurgitation of some of the most racist stereotypes that have come from society. The mere fact that you also use both his canon WHITE appearance and his alternate fc is the roleplay equivalent of blackface. you see the alternate fc as merely an attractive face to slap upon your character, not willing to realize that the character’s actions might be harmful to characterize as the actions of a POC.
The reason why the idea of a ‘ human fc ‘ is so cruel and ridiculous, is the fact that Belial ISN’T NONHUMAN. He is considered a conjoined twin who was separated from his brother, and their resentment towards this action is what causes them to go on a rampage.
Snippet from the wikipedia page for the movie.
TV Trope page, which yet again confirms that they were conjoined twins.
Furthermore, her headcanon about Belial being intersex is absolutely one of the most REVOLTING things i’ve seen in quite some time.
The mere idea that someone you consider a ‘ monster ‘ has reptilian genitalia, is your idea of an intersex person, is disgusting. The stereotypes of intersex people being hermaphr*dites and having perfectly working vaginas and penises at the same time is something that plagues the community, this blatant sexualization of who we are is incredibly hurtful.
And the idea that intersex people have animalistic genitals is nothing more than blatant bigotry and dehumanization of us and our struggles.
Finally, we go into how you identify Belial as mentally ill, and how troublesome that is considering Belial’s actions.
You take Belial, a character who attempted to rape a woman, and has murdered several people, and label him as mentally ill. For decades, mentally ill people have been labeled as violent, delusional perverts. Mental illnesses are labeled as ‘ scary ‘ and ‘ causes people to go insane. ‘ To look upon a character that is both physically and sexually violent, and decide to make him mentally ill, is exactly the type of shit that causes mentally ill people to be seen as animals and dangerous people in the eyes of the media.
Carling, your actions are both abhorrent and should not be seen as acceptable ANYWHERE on this site. Your portrayal of this character is nothing more than an incredibly failed attempt at being progressive and a ‘ good ally. ‘
Edit: Carling, you can write a half-assed “apology” that completely avoids addressing any single point of this post to save face, but it doesn’t matter when you immediately post this afterwards.
You really thought it was 100% okay to say that a black man’s father was “the father of all monsters”, hm? That’s a very interesting (and by interesting I mean racist) perspective on things, and it shows that you literally ignored this callout and show absolutely no intention of changing or listening to genuine criticism.