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Okay in all seriousness. There's something that I REALLY want to talk about as an open discussion with the fandom, but. This is not going to be a very nice thing to hear/talk about.

It's about how Gonta is treated by the fandom.

As a fan of all the V3 characters now, and as someone who has always been a fan of Gonta, and as someone who has many mental disabilities and two diagnosed neurodivergancies... I'm tired of playing nice about it.

You all need to stop being ableist towards Gonta.

I've mentioned in the past that I don't like shitting on personal interpretations. I don't like saying something is or is not canon because narration is just a big web of text that you try to decipher with your own personal biases, experiences, and thoughts. That's why two literary analysts analyzing the same text with the same literary criticism rules can come to wildly different conclusions--why people develop different headcanons from the same canonical information.

But one of the things that challenged my integrity is just how many people view Gonta as this innocent, naive, ignorant, baby boy who can do no harm/never has a complicated/dirty/violent/sexual thought in his life ever.

This incredibly ableist interpretation of the character bothered me for, well, obvious reasons (See: It's fucking ableist, need I say more?) but I never challenged it as harshly as I am now because to be frank, it's not my place to tell people how to HC a character. It still isn't. But I've pretty much given up on my integrity on the subject and have decided to go all in on discussing why this interpretation of Gonta is just. Really bad.

First of all, not to promote my own analyses here or anything, but I think this analysis I did of Gonta explains a LOT in regards to the ableism the cast gives him in canon. I also think that this subtle ableism is why the fandom is so bad with Gonta's characterization in headcanons and fanfic--because they've seen how the cast treats him, and they think it's normal. They don't see the microaggressions, they don't see the subtle ableism in the cast--they just see this big giant idiot who speaks like Tarzan in the English version (which... I don't actually know why people assume Tarzan (Thinking of Disney's version) is stupid. Like as a boy he had to reinvent the spear with no one to guide him on how to do it. He was able to strategize and outsmart "civilized" men in the final showdown. Still I digress) and don't see the literal genius behind his social awkwardness.

There is also another very important point I'm going to make in addition to this, and it's going to be very uncomfortable to Gonta fans who insist he's nothing but a sweet baby who only has pure thoughts. Especially to the fans who insist he "can't be sexual" or think it's weird to ship him with his peers.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but... Gonta blatantly has sexual desire and gets horny right in canon.

This is further clarified here:

It wasn't a matter of Gonta didn't want to touch her because touching someone in their underwear was inappropriate, or being flustered because she was in her underwear which is inappropriate...

It was literally a "weird feeling" that made him unable to approach her or touch her. A "weird feeling" that Miu makes pretty obvious as to what it was--sexual arousal.

He literally was sexually attracted to and felt sexual arousal from looking at Miu in her underwear. He had sexual feelings and thoughts about Miu. Why?

Because Gonta is a young man.

Gonta is a brilliant, talented young man who has normal human thoughts for someone his age--sexual desires, upsetting thoughts, complicated thoughts, ectect. He is not a child, he is not mentally stunted (I've been informed that people have literally said this on Ao3 for the NSFW Gonta fics, please for the love of god stop that)

I think the reason why Gonta fans typically want to keep him as a "pure baby child who can do no wrong" is because treating him like the young adult that he is makes it harder for them to justify Chapter 4. Every time I've seen a Gonta fan that hates Kokichi, it's always followed by the sentiment of "Kokichi manipulated and abused Gonta into killing Miu, so it's all Kokichi's fault." They're afraid of nuance and liking a character with the grey morality of genuinely thinking Mercy Killing the cast is a viable option, because it challenges their own morals about the character they adore.

To those people who read this and are upset: You can and should like Gonta! Gonta is a magnificent character who showcases the subtle way microaggressions can manifest and hurt people, he's a good-hearted person and a literal genius, he cares deeply for his friends and loves everyone with upmost sincerity.

But.

You need to re-evaluate your stance on Gonta if you think he's a stupid, naive fool who Kokichi manipulated. You need to re-evaluate why you think those thoughts, why you think Gonta being shipped with anyone is "Kinda weird" or "has weird consent problems" or "give you the ick." You have to challenge yourself and ask yourself uncomfortable questions in regards to why you treat Gonta like a child when canon has proven otherwise, why you think he cannot have violent or sexual thoughts, why he can't think mercy killing his class is the only way to save them.

This isn't an attack on you--but understand that these specific takes on Gonta? They are ableist in nature. They belittle and dismiss him, they treat him like a child, an idiot who can't think for himself--and you have to come to terms with the fact that Gonta is a far more complex character with complicated thoughts and feelings who is a young adult. Not a child. A young adult.

So again, ask yourself this: Why are you treating this young adult like he's a toddler?

#THANK YOU #Especially the part about people seeing his canon treatment and assuming that was normal #People seeing him as an ‘innocent baby’ piss me off because yes #he is kind and overall good hearted #but that does not detract from his intelligence or personal agency when analysing motives #For fucks sake one of the reasons he nearly gets away with the murder is ableism and infantilism #but the fandom seem to skip over that because poor innocent baby #(side note: you know who was actually manipulated into murder? Hifumi. But people don’t want to mention that) #(but that’s a seperate rant and I don’t want to derail)

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I LOVE SCHIZOPHRENICS, GIVING TEENAGERS HRT, REFUGEES, FREE HOUSING FOR ALL AND SHITTY GRAFFITI.

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psa to able bodied people: if you see someone with a limp in public, you don’t have to ask them why they’re limping, or “what happened”. you can actually simply just mind your business.

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#THANK YOU!!!!! #As a (soon to be) historian #Humans have always been both bad and good-benevolent and cruel #We have to remember that humanity when looking at other time periods #there are shitheads now as there are genuinely kind people #and that should NEVER be forgotten when looking at any culture or time period

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Me: I hate gossip

Also me:

#I found out so much shit at both school and college because of this #people who were gossiping trusted me because I was the one who didn't talk much #so they'd just talk about shit with me in earshot and I'd hear so many wild stories

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youre not yaoiful at all

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Too lazy to finish this bye

#TAKA!!!!!! #ishimaru kiyotaka #dr1

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having an oc you havent drawn / written about publicly yet that only exist as a concept is so funny. i have special access to this limited edition guy from my brain

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Do you ever talk to someone and they bring up trans men and it becomes very clear very quickly the only trans men they have talked too are the rich white trans guys who can afford to fully transition at a young age and didn’t have to deal with most of the shit other trans guys had too.

Like no I don’t think the dude who got top surgery at 16 is an accurate representation of every single trans guy ever.

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irl tumblr meetup with the mutual circle but no one says what their url is so u have to guess who is who

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Miu makes Korekiyo this gif and it’s on every one of his social media profiles

#it’s the banner he uses every time he posts lmao #(also me after my last assignment)

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#danganronpa #miu iruma #kokichi ouma #korekiyo shinguji #ndrv3

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I just got into this hobby and seeing all the Miku Dollfies and their costumes makes me really, really want a Len Dollfie, and like 20 commissioned cosplays for him, just to give my boi the attention he deserves. If only he wasn't so rare and overpriced everywhere...

~Anonymous

#my boyfriend isn’t into bjds as much as I am (he loves my dolls but he isn’t particularly interested for himself) #but he said the second they make a Gakupo (if they do) he’d buy one

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A drawing of the wonderful coton_crayon.

#he is so round and soft :’)

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Hua Cheng: Whoever caused this mess is going to-

Xie Lian: It was me.

Hua Cheng: -is going to be forgiven because everyone deserves a second chance.

#hua cheng #xie lian #tgcf