yes i identify with will a lot i think a lot of us do but who else is also identifying so heavily with "i let you know me. see me. i gave you a rare gift. but you didn't want it." like i can't be the only one.
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I know I just spam reblogged a lot of posts & I’m probably (hopefully) gonna do it again tomorrow but if you read/reblog only one of them. make it this one (cw for restraints & institutional abuse of neurodivergent kids) . in general my blogging abt institutions & institutional abuse is like. obviously take care of yourself first & do not read or reblog stuff that’s bad for you but i do think this sort of thing is important Ok that’s all goodnight
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I didn't know Cat Grandfather was a convicted violent abuser, wow oh wow! That just makes me look at cat dad and rbr in a whole new light (derogatory).
He's had multiple run-ins with the law due to his violent tendencies. The latest in 2016 where he beat up his own father (the complaint was later withdrawn because "it was a private matter between them")
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least favourite ship?
Probably maxchael if we're talking canon (though I haven't finished yet) and for fanon I'd say maltney
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an interesting article about how fandom-style thinking has ended up dominating a deadly seriously domestic abuse-related trial
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I watch tennis but pretty casually so…. What’s the beef w Zverev ? Why don’t we like him?
oh, that's a long story and i'm not sure if i'm the right person to explain that bc i just get angry whenever i see him or his name somewhere but i'll try (but only an overview). Also: I'm writing this now as far as I can remember, so if I mixed up a date, etc. - I'm sorry.
domestic violence
already in 2020 there were allegations of domestic violence against Zverev. His ex-girlfriend Olga Sharypova has made public that Zverev has become violent towards her.
Zverev - of course - denied everything. Said it's a lie and he didn't do anything etc. etc.
the ATP did a "investigation" on the allegations but quickly came up with a "no further investigation needed" - oh wonder, of course they want to protect their golden boy (what he was back then).
As far as I know(!!) his laywers even made slate.com remove their article(s ??) to this topic. quote from their website: "This article has been temporarily removed due to an emergency injunction that was issued by a German court and obtained before Slate could appear and present evidence. Slate is now contesting that injunction and stands by its fair and accurate reporting based on multiple sources and interviews."
this week new allegations got public, this time by his ex, the mother of his child, Brenda Patea.
aggressive behaviour on court:
he attacted the chair of an umpire (and nearly hit the umpire) with his racket bc he didn't decide like Zverev wanted:
and apart from that (and yes, that's just my personal opinion): he is a very arrogant a**hole. He thinks of himself that he is the most talented and best tennis player ever, he makes fun of other players (admittedly only semi-publicly, but still) and if he loses, everyone else is to blame except him (Monte Carlo 2023).
he is definitely no one to support. and it's very sad to see that there are still so many people supporting him ("iNnOcEnT uNtIl PrOvEn GuIlTy" and all this bullsh*t). in my opinion he should get expelled from the ATP tour. We have no room for a domestic abuser.
i hope i was able to help you with this overview.
also: I hope i explained it all in the right way. if not: pls correct me. or add other important things!
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i don't like to talk much about discourse on this blog anymore both for personal reasons and because i am not by any meaningful metric a minority in this fandom, so this'll be my only post on this for the foreseeable future. but for me the problems that keep coming up in this fandom do seem to come from a general unwillingness to listen or change behaviour in any meaningful way, regardless of whatever "side" you consider yourself to be on. there are too many examples where people in this fandom will say that something's harmful for this reason and the response is to just double down on whatever the point of view was. again, i've seen this coming from people on all different sides of whatever debate is going on at the time. and i don't want to say it's a problem with everyone, because it isn't, but to me the reason these discussions can't ever go anywhere is because nobody is willing to take any of this on board in any useful way. and this is how we end up with so many people in this fandom being chased out. again i recognise that i am in no way the best person to talk about this and this is entirely based on my own experiences here but. it's a pattern i've been noticing.
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