you know what? i’ve always known some of yall in this fandom were selfish to a level that shows just how fucked up privilege is but DAMN some of your takes are so disgustedly self-centered, i honestly don’t know how you function in the real world.
but fuck your ‘escapism’ whining. escapism this, escapism that, the world is hard right now. ‘look what we did’ or whatever bull statement and how selfish WE are for taking this from you. why is YOUR need to escape more valid than mine?
is the world suddenly less hard for people of color (black people, especially)? did we suddenly stop getting killed in multiple countries? (yes, MULTIPLE, mexico, brazil, the uk, the US, france, i could keep going –) are we suddenly not the ones most likely to be essential works and working while most yall have the luxury to stay at home? or are we suddenly not dying from covid at a higher rate than whites? (i could give you more links, if you suddenly can’t google)
why is it that YOUR need to rest and shut down more important than hours? we should be able to click on open heart - a game where we either spend our hard earned cash or time collecting diamonds - and shut out the world around us. not tune in have to worry about being triggered. we should be able to have the same luxury as white (and in moments, all non-black fans period) fans and open up choices and not have to worry about doing mental gymnastics to weigh if the dealing with the anti-black parts are worth dealing with the ‘good parts’ of a story.
and it isn’t just oph. it’s almost every book?. where was my escapism?
when i had to watch syphax get sold to slavery and i had to deal with the disgusting bs from this fandom
where was my escapism when i got so excited for grant emerson and had to watch him not only get crumbs in the narrative but turned into a murderer by this fandom.
or when yall crucified shane for having the audacity of anger (you know after watching him get ignored). this SAME fandom who continuously complain about wanting an li who stands up to mc.
where was my escapism at lily’s death? or sloane being barely their for her own narrative? or ava being – what did ava get to be?
where was my escapism where i had to step away for a moment after mc got that got in her face in bsc? or how i weighed continuously how vanessa, admiral cochrane, duke richards treatment of an mc hits different when they’re a person of color (or, more in my case, black)?
it’s great that some people in this fandom - no matter what race they are - can just shut out real world consequences from their enjoyment of choices. but not all of us can. not all of are afforded that luxury. and we shouldn’t have to bite our tongues because yall refuse to learn / find other coping methods.