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I guess what this all boils down to is, even if Belos was actually dealing with internalized homophobia and transphobia, that doesn’t make him a better person. It just makes him a white supremacist that is gay.

Aren't you a fan of Belos yourself? Or is liking him/ enjoying his character different from being a fan? Do you not like how others like him?

You know anon, you bring up a good question and because this is something I actually think about a lot, I’m gonna make this a proper post.

The quick answer to this is no. I’m not a fan of Belos like other people. I don’t call him a cringy old gay he/they man, I call him a fascist colonizer and that makes (certain) Belos fans mad for some reason.

Now onto the longer explanation.

As of late (if I had to guess, I’d say the past 6ish years), I feel like there’s been a HUGE change in how fandoms interact with characters who are just bad. I couldn’t put my finger on it until recently when I started stalking the My Hero fandom (yep, bringing My Hero into this but bare with me).

I’m not as involved in the My Hero fandom anymore, I’m so behind on the show and haven’t been in the fandom in years so I don’t know if things have changed but back when I used to live in the My Hero fandom, there were so many Bakugou fans would say that the real reason why he was angry all the time is that he actually had an anxiety disorder and lived in an abusive household. This caused him to be mean to people, especially mean Deku.

That is not true in the slightest.

Bakugou is just a teenage boy with the powers of destruction at his fingertips, that’s it. I’d say that if given the ability to make explosions like Bakugou, a solid 70% of my old high school classmates would be just as bad, if not worse, than Bakugou because teenage boy are awful.

He doesn’t have an abusive household, his mom isn’t toxic, once again, Bakugou is just a teenage boy and teenage boys are just the worst. (No offense to any teenage boys reading this. It’s not you it’s the fact that you have a very underdeveloped prefrontal cortex, the part of your brain that’s responsible for making decisions, and live in a society that actively encourages boys and men to be violent).

Now, why am I bringing up a completely different character from a completely different show into this? It’s because I feel what’s happening in fandoms is that people don’t want to accept and/or admit that they like morally bad characters. The need to find a way to weave a victim complex into a character’s narrative as a way to find the deeper meaning to their shitty behavior is getting to be pretty popular and I don’t like it.

I’ve seen people defend Belos because “he’s actually just battling internalized homophobia” and I hate this because not only does The Owl House demonize this exact type of behavior (and it’s demonized in the scene that Belos is killed) but it’s not an actual excuse to be a bad person. It just feels like the people who say“I can’t be homophobic, I’m a lesbian” wearing a wig. Additionally, Belos being anything but a cishet, white man defeats the purpose of his character. He’s the Christopher Columbus of the show.

If you like bad characters, just say it. Stop hiding a behind the excuse that they’re actually good but we don’t get to see it because they’re traumatized or battling some internalized homophobia, especially when it’s not even canon. It reflects poorly on your understanding of how the characters are written and how mental health works.

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With the rise of AI art and community notes, I’m beginning to realize just how many people just make up a person to get mad at them. I don’t know if this is unique to the circles of the internet I interact with but I’m now seeing more people like alpha males and republicans get an AI to make up an image of people (usually women and POC) doing something bad with the caption “see, this is what the left wants for our future.” While I can’t help but laugh, I’m seeing it happen a lot more and I really can’t but think just how often this has been happening in the past and how many people have fallen to it.

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Me through tears while reading a story where the author isn’t trying to be offensive: please just say “fat” I beg of you. Please just say “fat”

#it’s not a bad word nor offensive #stop dancing around it #just call people fat

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Not sure if it technically counts as a kink but I recently discovered that I am *devastatingly* into people with the dark eyes + beauty mark somewhere on their face combo. I’m not sure exactly why but I do think it has something to do with the anime character I hyperfixated on when I was like 12

That’s not a kink at all, that’s called having a type 😂

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free my girl. she did all that but so did a male character and nobody cared

#marinettte dupain cheng #amity blight

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i saw a post on twitter by a european saying americans are fake for their random compliments to strangers and their general cheery demeanor and like no. no no no you don’t understand. if you get a random compliment from an american on the street about your outfit or whatever, that is 100% genuine. we mean it. we aren’t lying we are making a small but fleeting connection with you because our lives are shitty but the human condition is enduring. oh god i’m clutching my chest

#Europeans will really just commentate on the us without actually talking to anyone there/looking it up #my smiles might be fake but that compliment sure as hell isnt

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I hate that the terms “adult” and “porn” are used interchangeably.

#this post brought to by me googling adult cartoons #and was immediately met with hentai #I see the error of my ways now #but also I was looking for things like Inside Job

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**For the people asking I found the ring HERE

#me sweating harshly and fists clenched: I don’t need it #I don’t need it

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ways to correct people who misgender you

for me correcting people is really hard bc i have really bad social anxiety so i made a list of ways to correct people that might be easier. (sent this to our-transmasculine-experience but i thought i’d post this here too)

my teacher misgendered me so i wrote my pronouns next to my name on a worksheet. not only did he start gendering me correctly, he also felt bad so he went easy on me for a bit (didn’t grade as harshly and called on me before other people) NOT THAT MAKING PEOPLE FEEL BAD IS GOOD

you can have a friend gender you correctly in front of the misgenderer MANY times (it takes a lot of times lol) works better if they know you and friend are close

text them

have a friend tell them

pronoun pin (didn’t work that well for me, but it did get a few people to start gendering me correctly so give it a go if you want :)

not necessarily towards the person but mention your gender like “ugh being non binary is so hard sometimes” or like “i got that tboy swag” bc that may get them thinking and they may ask you your pronouns

you can put your pronouns in your email signature

say something along the lines of “and then brenda said ‘oh yeah [your name] is so cool [your correct pronoun] said my jacket made me look pretty’” so like say your pronouns… for yourself, yk? so for me it would be “and then brenda said ‘oh yeah Vince is so cool he said my jacket made me look pretty’” idk if that makes sense

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so apparently Dungeon Meshi isn’t about dungeon explorers just in a dungeon for the fun of it. Apparently they’re trying to find someone’s sister who was eaten but not digested.

#from all the secondhand info I have #I really thought these were a group of friends that liked eating #and decided to go into a dungeon #in the way that friends would go on a road trip #I didn’t know they had a goal

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proposal for Nino finding out Adrien is Chat Noir scenario:

for Contrived Plot Reasons, Adrien has to use the black cat miraculous in front of Nino. maybe Nino was supposed to pick a substitute wielder, idk.

good thing he has a secret identity for his secret identity. cue Cat Walker.

Nino is so happy. they are going to bro out so hard. no one in the world deserves to feel powerful and free and heroic as much as Adrien does.

Cat Walker has zero fun. Cat Walker is a professional business cat doing his job. This is so awkward and he wants to end it as soon as possible.

Nino is heartbroken and manages to express this to Adrien in a way that successfully lands as "I want so many good things for you" rather than a guilt trip

Adrien chooses to identity reveal to Nino from a place of wanting to share his joy and express his true self to his best friend

#never thought about cat walker and nino #but yeah they’d be a fun pair #miraculous ladybug #nino lahiffe #adrien agreste

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just steven universe au

#miraculous ladybug #ml fanart #fanart #adrinette #adrienette #adrien agreste #marinette dupain cheng

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✨🌈SEND THIS TO OTHER BLOGGERS YOU THINK ARE WONDERFUL. KEEP THE GAME GOING🌈✨

Thank you Luca, my mutual i absolutely did not accidentally unfollow. This means a lot

#asks #moots asks

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No, no, go on anonymous stranger. Go on calling me slurs and insults. That’s sure to get me to agree with your stance.

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[image ID: a drawing of Lilith and King sitting at a tea table together, along with Hooty serving tea, his body curled around the entirety of the canvas, as well as the Collector floating overhead. The table is set with a blue table cloth, blue cupcakes, and light purple tea cups. The chairs are purple and King's has a thick book on the seat for him to stand on for added height. The entire group is floating in a field of bright blue stars with a yellow background.]

Happy Bleeding Hearts Day!

Last year, I wrote a short fic about Lilith and Hooty spending the typically romantic holiday together as besties. Afterwards my friend @disco-girl suggested that Lilith and Hooty should have a tea party next time, which inspired this year's piece. Also I decided King and Collector should get to join in on the too. Romantic holidays can be tough for those of us who don't participate in romance, but hanging with friends can make it so much better!

Special shout out to my friend @animationadventures for organizing this event!