you’re not a stick in the mud dayurno….. we love you and it’s soooo important to talk about this stuff! especially lately i feel like any criticism for the author is immediately bashed because she might see it, but criticism and hate are such very different things and the racism in the series really SHOULD be addressed and talked about. clearly we all adore these books but there is a very harmful pattern that just ignoring does nothing for. anyway you don’t really have to answer this i just want you to know we love u and im glad you said something, so many of us agree with u and you are not ruining fun by talking about important things!!! pls always feel free to post vents and such on your blog lovie
thank you!!! at the start of this blog i spent a long time talking about this kind of thing and the fandom was remarkably more hostile towards characters (and fans) of color, to a point where the only people really having these discussions in any complexity were me and a few friends, and it made me miserable :)! i don’t even know if anyone has been around long enough to remember my period of inactivity that followed that but of course the reason behind it is that it just wasn’t fun anymore, which is also why i don’t talk about it as often or in length anymore. but seeing how easily any criticism has been swept under the rug, seeing how the things many of us have said years ago were immediately buried under louder voices promoting no-nuance takes on the series, it just felt very terrible. there’s not really any point to this, and i by no means plan to be the hub for these discussions when i’ve done my time already, but it’s still worth talking about. the aftg fandom really will never let you forget its majority is white americans :=)
anyway! thank you cutie for the reminder perhaps i needed it! let’s continue on our planned schedule of having fun and kiking about kevin day online and being good judys
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i have so so many lovely lovely followers here - every now and then i scroll through old posts and look through tags people leave and just,,,,, you guys are so so so sweet. I'm so lucky to have such a nice little community and gosh !! I'm so excited to show you all what I've been working on!
But just :') thank u for following me. I'm sorry I've been lacking in content right now - there's so much going on in my head at the minute its hard to get art out consistently - but knowing that I get to share what I do make with u guys makes me very happy :)
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