Mr. Lanez, 30, was convicted of three felony counts: assault with a semiautomatic handgun, carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence. He faces more than 20 years in prison and could be deported.
The case, which played out as both a tawdry tabloid narrative and a weighty referendum on the treatment of Black women in hip-hop and beyond, was closely watched for both its famous characters and what it said about the recent adjudication of alleged abuse by notable men, such as Johnny Depp and Harvey Weinstein, in court and in public.
Mr. Lanez, though not a household name before the case, has seen his celebrity profile rise since the shooting, earning explicit and implied support from various corners of the hip-hop universe, including influential blogs, social media accounts and the rappers-turned-talking heads 50 Cent and Joe Budden.
sexyheretic
Dec 23, 2022
this part is particularly heartbreaking
On the stand, Megan Thee Stallion said she had initially lied about the extent of her personal involvement with Mr. Lanez, including in a television interview with Gayle King, because it was “disgusting,” she said. “How could I share my body with somebody who could shoot me?”
Even as her career skyrocketed, the assault had caused her to “lose my confidence, lose my friends, lose myself,” she said in court. “I wish he had just shot and killed me.”
Honestly I need that little Canadian twerp to be murdered.
Its already bad enough that he shot her but he dehumanized her because his poor ego was bruised and he let toxic masculinity and anger get in the way of better judgment , and he did this for two years and he knew what he had done and he still took great pleasure in afflicting emotional pain to someone who lied to the cops to prevent him from becoming another black man, another hashtag, another beaten or killed by police , another name, another screaming for his mother, another (insert name of black man woman or child who was abused or killed by cops or white supremacy I.e emmitt till, Trayvon martin, Eric Gardner, Mike Brown, Sandra bland, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd etc) and let all these biiitch arss gossip girls and 🐈’s arss male rappers make offensive lyrics about her and make light of her too, (just blatantly dickriding that “man”) and not giving a single fquck by the fact that they are breaking her spiritually and emotionally even after that vertically challenged twat gets his comeuppance and you wonder why I’ll always be heated about this?
Everyday, nearly everyday, I’m reminded in some way of how this world does not love Black people, but hates Black women in particular.
Watching the commentary around the case with Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez has been so frustrating and at times, just downright depressing.
Megan Thee Stallion (and all of the women in the industry like her) deserves so much better. Multiple times now, she has gone out of her way to protect the Black men in her circle at the expense of her own well being. And what has she gotten in return? Memes and jokes mocking her abuse and trauma all over social media. It’s disgusting. It’s deeply upsetting, and it’s emblematic of exactly why so many women decide to not come forward with stories of their abuse.
There are many Black women who have suffered/are suffering/will suffer the same thing and don’t have the access and privilege that Megan Thee Stallion has. But her status as a wealthy celebrity has only made her into a sort of avatar that the average man can more easily project his misogynoir onto. Her status as a celebrity means she’s not a real person. That she’ll be fine no matter cruelly or callously they talk about her. But she is a real person. She is not fine. And the ideology these comments are rooted in is also very real and very harmful.
Tory Lanez is an avatar as well. Much like every other man in this industry who has committed acts of abuse. For these losers, the position he occupies is aspirational. Wealth, fame, and the power to mistreat and abuse women with impunity. They see themselves in his actions. They want him to get away with it. A win for Tory Lanez represents some sort of psycological win for themselves as well. Him actually being held accountable for his harm scares them because of the possibility it represents for themselves.
This whole situation is such a perfect example of misogynoir. Tory Lanez’ did not have this sort of fame and support prior to this case. But the way these losers have rallied around him?The absolute glee they take in making light of Megan’s abuse??? You can literally see how expressing hatred and indifference towards Black women is bonding experience for them. It makes me sick. These men deserve nothing. Nothing, but the worst in life.
All this to say, send Megan some love. I know she needs it right now. And while you’re at it, send a Black girl some love too. My heart breaks for all of us in situations like these.
Black women, I love you❤️
And if we have nothing else, we have each other. Always.
4, 5, and 6 of the character ask questions for Jordan Li and Marie Moreau please 👀
oh i’m so excited to answer these questions! thank you for sending them in!
4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?
i feel like the obvious answer for marie would be avatar: the last airbender, because, hello, bloodbending…and because i love the atla universe so much, i’m going with the obvious answer. but, if i wanted to pick something completely unrelated to her powers, i think i’d the show sex lives of college girls would be perfect for her! i think she’d get along great with the core four, especially leighton and whitney, plus i just think marie’s character just kinda fits the vibe of the show.
as for jordan, literally the first thing i thought of was encanto 😭 and at first i was like, this is such an unserious answer, but i think it’s hilarious to think about jordan’s grumpy ass being in an actual disney movie. for a more serious answer for jordan, i would actually love to see them in agents of shield. i could definitely see jordan as one of the inhumans and i also think they’d do well as an agent of shield. also i just want to see them interact with daisy, i love her so much.
5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?
okay, i watch a lot of edits of them on twitter so i lot of the songs i associate with marie and jordan are songs from the edits, so these might be a bit unserious 😭
for marie, the first song that comes to mind is anxiety by megan thee stallion. it was the first song that played when marie was introduced to us, so now that song is literally marie’s in my mind. like i’ll only ever think of marie now when i listen to that song.
as for jordan, the first song i think of when i think of jordan is like a boy by ciara. one of my favorite jordan edits used this song and now it’s just engrained in my mind when i think of them.
(also, bonus answer: the first song i think of when i think of limoreau is the louvre by lorde, it’s just so them to me…)
6. What's something you have in common with this character?
marie and i are both older sisters (i have two younger sisters and she has one), and while our situations are nowhere near the same, i really understand where her desire to find her sister comes from. my sisters are some of my best friends, it would completely break my heart if my sisters decided to completely cut me off the way marie did with annabeth.
as for jordan, we are both bisexual! and we’re both super competitive. i make jokes about it, but i know that if i was ever in a top ten situation, and i knew i was being robbed of my rightful ranking, i would also be bitching about it constantly. we’re both kinda sore losers too if you think about it 😭
Music: Ethel Cain, Flyleaf, Lady Gaga, Rosalia, Ashnikko, Lana Del Rey, Avril Lavigne, Megan Thee Stallion, One Direction, Five Seconds of Summer, Odetari, Alec Benjamin, Mitski, Hatsune Miku, Paramore, Kali Uchis, ppcocaine, lil hero, Kim Petras, COBRAH, and City girls
Movies: Hercules, Twilight, Now You See Me, Harry Potter (and The Half-Blood Prince), Any Batman movie, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse, A Silent Voice, and Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
Television: Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Umbrella Academy, Tokyo Revengers, AOT, One piece (anime and live action!), Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Derry Girls, Shameless, My Little Pony, The Walking Dead, Naruto, Death Note, Little Witch Academia, My hero Academia, Hellsing, BlueLock, Haikyuu, JJK, CSM, KNY, and FullMetal Alchemist
my name is maya, and i am a mexican-american student with a love for the arts and humanities! this blog, ofalqamar will be dedicated to documenting my time as a university student, recording my studies as well as my hobbies as i navigate my 20s.
kim namjoon described the indigo album as an archive of his 20s. i hope that this will be mine.
so get to know me down below! i’m not new to tumblr — can even be found at @theladydimitrescu for sporadic video game content! — but i am new to the study side of tumblr. don’t hesitate to reach out, as i am excited to meet new people!
all about maya
name: maya [ofalqamar]
age: early 20s
favorite color: green
favorite film: el laberinto del fauno (2005)
favorite season: autumn
favorite song: black swan by bts
hobbies:
acting: although i don’t have technical training as of yet, i’ve enjoyed the voice acting i have done in the past and would love to continue learning. i want to practice so that i can do film-based acting :)
baking/cooking: i like trying new things from around the world!
dancing: i did ballet as a child and unfortunately abandoned it due to financial strain. i now plan to learn contemporary dance as well as hip-hop based movement so that i can be a dancer again. dance makes me happy
drawing: i don’t actually know how to draw but i have the drive to learn
music: i like to sing, and i have a decent voice that i want to improve over time (lean into my natural abilities and all of that). i also adore listening to music and analyzing music videos
reading: i read a lot as a child and have slowly regained my love for literature as a young adult!
writing: i have a plethora of wips i am working on, including a story about día de los muertos, a star wars standalone, a star wars trilogy, a cyberpunk video game, and many more!
interests:
books: babel by r. f. kuang, the ones who walk away from omelas by ursula k. le guin, un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes by gabriel garcía márquez, a game of thrones by george rr martin, the hunger games by suzanne collins, iron widow by xiran jay zhao, the cat’s eye chronicles by t. l. shreffler, the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy by douglas adams
next on the list: mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia, human acts by han kang, black flower by the witcher series by andrzej sapkowski
film: el laberinto del fauno (2005), knives out (2019), spider-man: into the spider-verse (2018), the green knight (2021), it comes at night (2017), barbie as the princess and the pauper (2004), your name (2016), get out (2017), in the mood for love (2000), the lady vanishes (1938), interstellar (2014)
music: bts, nemahsis, alaina castillo, megan thee stallion, lil nas x, txt, xg, gloria groove, the weeknd
streamers/youtubers: berleezy, kennie jd, xiran jay zhao, dylan is in trouble, joeiaco, pg, coryxkenshin, binging with babish, amanda the jedi, the try guys, cari can read, moreant, with cindy, somebros [berleezy, joeiaco, pg, krystaology, imdontai, rico the giant, poiised, jojothamofo], jazzyguns, moreant, best ever food review show, hidamari cooking
Television: game of thrones (2011)/house of the dragon (2022), beyond evil (2020), the witcher (2019), the mandalorian (2019)/andor (2022), bojack horseman (2014), undone (2020), avatar: the last airbender (2005)/the legend of korra (2012), doctor who (2005), daredevil (2015), euphoria (2019), the walking dead (2010), vincenzo (2020)
video games: the last of us (2013), gris (2018), uncharted series (2007), tomb raider series (1996), resident evil series (1996), kena: bridge of spirits (2021), spider-man (2018)/miles morales (2020), god of war series (2005), witcher series (2007), telltale’s the walking dead (2012), life is strange franchise (2015), what remains of edith finch (2017), indie horror games on steam :)
studies:
humanities: world mythology, english language and literature, world history (with a focus on mexico + korea), anthropology, sociology, psychology
english: literature (analysis and critique, as well as historical context) and writing (primarily fiction)
film/cinema: acting, cinematography, directing, producing, and writing
language: english (native) with a desire to learn korean, spanish (latin american), arabic, turkish, latin, ancient greek, etc.