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Reblog for visibility. Anyone who’s read this, please do the public a favor, reblog. 

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reblogging

John Boyega deserved Better

So, let’s give some context to those who are not aware of what John Boyega has gone through since being cast in Star Wars so many years ago.

And feel free to add anything I miss.

After being cast in The Force Awakens, there had been a large backlash and a call to Boycott Episode VII

Then after The Force Awakens, John had to deal with toxic fans constantly claiming he was not the Male Lead of the Sequel Trilogy over and over again even though that went against what he was told by The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams when he was cast and what TFA clearly setup.

Finn’s character would then be erased and sidelined in the sequel to TFA, The Last Jedi, much to the celebration of certain fans who claimed it was better that Finn not be in the main conflict of the trilogy.

During this time, John would still be routinely harassed by the bigots who were against his casting as well as people going to his social media accounts to verbally attack him.

Then we having the shipping community…which I will not go too deeply into this beyond the fact that one group of shippers have made John Boyega’s life a living hell, even demanding that Disney blacklists him from ever getting work and influencers in that community sending their followers after Boyega. Then we have another group of shippers who legitimately accused John of queerbaiting on multiple occasions through the years.

Then there was the backlash John Boyega received when he had said that his character Finn and Kelly Marie Tran’s character deserved better in The Last Jedi and that the movie was not for him. Citing that as a Black man playing a Black character, being removed from the central conflict of the trilogy was something he creatively disagreed with. This had earned him the hate of fans of The Last Jedi to large degrees that spread from SW influencers to actors and critics that were close with the director of TLJ.

Then John had been falsely accused of bullying Kelly Marie Tran and once again a group in the Star Wars community went again him.

Then, after months of re-shoots. re-writes and multiple story changes on the final film of the Skywalker saga, The Rise of Skywalker, John Boyega gave his honest thoughts on a creative choice in the film he disagreed with. That earned him the most harassment from the same community who went after him with false claims of bullying Kelly Marie Tran and that he wasn’t the male lead of the trilogy.

And finally, after giving his support to the Black Lives Matter cause, John had been attacked once again by toxic Star Wars fans who either claimed HE was being racist against white people or that fighting for BLM didn’t earn him “Redemption” for the false things they accused him of.

John Boyega has endured nothing but constant attacks for years and has gotten almost next to no support from the online community in the way that he should.

The man has fought against racism, fought for his own place in the film industry, and even started his own production company to give people who never had a shot a chance.

If there is one thing John Boyega is, he is a hero. And if he is anything else, then he’s a role model.

REBLOG THIS SO EVERYONE KNOWS:

JOHN BOYEGA DESERVED BETTER

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More stills from Rebecca (2020).

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I have moved on from the ship (hannigram), but this fanfic from bluesyturtle will forever be the best fanfic I have ever had the pleasure to read, hands-down. Read it people, you won’t regret it. Speaking of good writers, she’s one. I wouldn’t be surprised if she one day becomes a published author. She is that good!

YOU WROTE CRYSTAL SHIP?? i read it back in 2014(?) or something... and i remember thinking how it was the best fic i've ever read. it honestly stayed with me. i loved how you gave abigail a pov - it made me see her in a new light and made me love her whereas before i didn't really care for her. dude. you Set The Bar with that fic. ily.

Lol once upon a time I did write that fic. It was many, many moons ago. 😅 That's very sweet of you to say, lovely. Thank you. Feels strange to get feedback on it all these years later. ❤ Stay safe and healthy out there, beb. ❤❤❤

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I’m outraged so should anyone else regardless your race, belief system, gender or political party. This is atrocious by any standard. It still baffles me to no end that Trump’s allowed to even propose to do sh*t such as this and no one has the balls to tell him to knock it off, and he has done and said so many outrageous things and continues to be able to do that. So far he suffers no consequential impact from his actions but the nation and the people have. This is the most bizarre phenomenon in modern history.

I believe this only works if you live in Arizona (correct me if I’m wrong) but please spread so people can email the senator to stop this

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Identify and recognize the real enemy, the real evil. It starts with a “C”.

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I liked their music back when they were popular and big but did not know much of anything else about them. This is some powerful song, they are not just 3 white chicks who sing country to me anymore. Wow, saying I’m impressed would be an understatement, but I’m very much so.

in case you didn’t know, The Dixie Chicks, an extremely successful country singer trio in America, recently changed their name to The Chicks, as ‘Dixie’ is apparently a nostalgic name for the Civil War-era South.

They have also released a new song and video, which is what I really wanted to bring up - I would never have known about it, because I am in no way involved or subscribed to country music, but my mum learned about it and passed it on to me and I’m so glad she did - it’s called ‘March March’ and is absolutely worth listening to but 100% MORE worth watching. It REALLY doesn’t matter what music genres you love or hate I really think you, like me, if you believe in activism and progressive change, will at least feel a little moved by this music video. It’s very well done and quite powerfully edited. Here’s the youtube link.

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Have to reblog this, can’t resist. Giving lydsir1985 a bit 👍🏾 for speaking up and defending Armie. I’m a fan of Armie and respect the type of person he is and the fact that he stays true to who he is. 

Soon you’ll be the only fan Armie has left. Good luck.

Ok, I know I’m breaking my own rules here because I said I wasn’t gonna answer asks like this but I just want to say a few things. First of all, why would I care if I’m the only fan left or not? If I was choosing a celeb to stan based on their popularity, or number of followers, or likeability, Armie would be at the bottom of the list. I would be in the Harry Styles fandom or something if that was my criteria. But I’m exactly where I want to be, supporting exactly who I want to support and for reasons that I deem worthy of my time and my energy. Simple as that. You don’t have to understand it, and nor do I care if you do.

Second of all, (and here I’m gonna touch on a lot of things I’ve said in the past but it bears repeating), I think there are a lot people, including most of stan culture, who don’t know what to do with themselves when a celebrity exhibits actual human traits, like all of us do every single day. If they’re not espousing empty platitudes or rehearsed PR lines or complete and utter catering to their fans, then people start scrambling.

“How dare this nonhuman celebrity plaything not worship the ground I walk on? I have invested SO much time into my obsession and he acts like he doesn’t even care? What the fuck?!”

“How dare this nonhuman celebrity plaything not cater to my every demand? He’s just gonna talk back to me as if he’s a regular person with feelings and not my own personal punching bag? There are consequences to my actions? What the hell is going on? This is NOT how I programmed him.”

“How dare this nonhuman celebrity plaything stand up for himself? This is not how celebrities are supposed to act. They’re supposed to pretend to love everyone, even the people who constantly harass them. They’re supposed to just shut up and take it. I mean, they’re rich and famous. Rich and famous people don’t have feelings so I’m confused as fuck right now??”

Anyway, so yeah, I can see how his behavior throws people for a loop if they are used to a very specific set of complacent, coddling, ass kissing behaviors from celebrities. He has never shown much interest in fan worship and tbh, I think this idea doesn’t sit well with him in general because it comes with a set of expectations that I don’t think he has any interest in living up to. I think he’d be more than fine with having one fan left, and I fucking love him for it. 😊

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“sags like a heavy load”. How real and true.

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black lives matter and why shouldn’t they?

here’s the link to donate to george floyd’s official memorial fund if you are able to contribute. if you can’t donate, please share. being black shouldn’t be a death sentence.

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I really need THOSE good things to happen....

good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

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Dear god, how high above the ground is she with her legs bound together like that? Brave girl. 

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have to reblog this. That’s some sibling love there. Yes, that’s cake was definitely way harder to make than a normal cake. Kudos to the brother!

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WTF?! I’ve never seen or known of an animal as fraudulent as this. Don’t be fooled by the cuteness.

The Black Footed cat is the smallest wild cat in Africa and one of the smallest wild cats in the world.

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This is why i’m a Charmie

beautiful 

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What the fudge?! yes, what the F? I want it in slow motion, so i can comprehend the trick, yeah or black magic or whatever you call it. I refuse to accept other than that this is nothing but a trick and I’m determine to expose the trick. Give it to me in slow motion, i say!

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Wat?! tattered shirt? This gives me a YMCA village vibe. I really don’t know how I feel about it. Heck, I didn’t even know this was Armie at first. This is craaaaazy. What’s going on?

For the future generations 💙