#DIVERSITY WIN Y'ALL

[splickedylit]

The Grand Highblood is dead, and some young upstart named Makara just took his throne. A perfect time for seadweller nobility with political aspirations to take an unsanctioned friendly informal visit the battleship Dark Carnival and make sure the clowns' new leader knows his place.

I've had a Playing With The Big Boys animatic in my head for actual years and this all emerged in two days straight of nonstop clown-drawing. I'm losing my gotdamn mind. Happy Honkoween. Please enjoy my baby. Here it is on youtube if you,,, want that.

Warnings, because they go by fast: canon-typical violence and brief flashing lights.

[moiraimyths]

Before we call anon rude because let’s see it from their perspective, imagine getting an entire feast to eat. That can be pretty hard to start with so much that’s going on, but if they start with one thing they know they’ll like (aka one character they like) that can be the start for them leaping to other characters to finish the story and the bigger story. I struggle the same way to start book series if I don’t have at least one character that drives me to read it, it’s all about what can be the hook to push them through. Sounds like the anon is neurodivergent (just a guess) so they might genuinely not see it as rude and see it as a solution to even play the game to start with.

Btw absolutely adore the game, the complex and rich characters making them all so unique is amazing. The art is so pleasing to the eyes I love it!! I’m waiting for it all to get out at once so I don’t get too impatient. Shae however interests me the most, which routes will have the most lore for them? Will there be routes that give more lore in general based on decisions you make or do they all share the same amount? (I mean general lore not just Shae lore)

Apologies; we are not trying to accuse any asker of being rude! We are simply explaining our perspective as the developers / are trying to broadly encourage folks to dip their toes into other areas of the story outside of the main route(s) they're interested in, especially considering some routes will be made available sooner than others, and these other routes will likely contain additional scenes/lore of everyone's fave(s) regardless! We want to give each main cast member an equal amount of love (and lore) regardless of their overall popularity, so our goal is not to tut-tut anyone for having strong preferences for one character over the others, but rather to explain that you may be surprised by how much *more* you learn about your preferred characters in the other routes. That's all!

For Shae... Well, they were a foot soldier for one of the worst periods of the War. Lore wise, any other story that touches on the War will likely have content relevant to them and their experiences. ^^

[vtmsweetambrosia]

so I haven't been putting out a ton of art (guess why. life.) but I just realized that most people would never be able to guess what I do for a job. Like at all. It's like furries and the shock of most of them being in tech or NASA and really high-area things. love it tbh I think we as a society should do more of that

[thevoiceofdesertbluffs]

Thinking about how Mickey's Dick Smasher is trans inclusive

[theskyvoid]

Please note this is moreso a vent post on my personal life experience than anything else, THIS DOES NOT REFLECT MY GENUINE VIEWS ON WHAT DOES AND DOES NOT MAKE A JEW

Being someone raised bais yaakov who has since decided to. Not. Bais yaakov feels like:

Diversity loss! You've finally learned to use toilet paper instead of tissues at the cost of ripping it on Shabbos! Diversity loss! You're no longer stressed about Pesach cleaning because you no longer give a shit if your room has crumbs! Diversity loss! You frequently swear! Diversity loss! You do muksa on Shabbos and Yom Tov! Diversity loss! You're unlearning your guilt over sinning by commiting said sins until you're callous to it! Diversity loss! You're communicating with other Jews on Shabbos and Yom Tov via electronics causing them to also commit an averah! Diversity loss! You're uncertain if you should be baking/cooking food anymore for the drum people in your life since you're no longer shomer Shabbos! Diversity loss! You're...

[taken-aurally]

Diversity win! The state making it harder for disabled people to vote is governed by a man who uses a wheelchair

[notscarsafe]

OKAY SO what with the TWO new Hermits implied by the updated banner I will say that, though the Skizz truthers have me convinced, I now have room to do my own crazy red string monologue and throw my hat in for my choice

1) Mythical J. Sausage (the J is silent) is a multitalented S-tier builder that absolutely deserves to be shoulder to shoulder with the Hermits. The man does buildings, interiors, terraforming, custom trees, and he does them SO WELL.

2) The production values!!! Beautiful replay mod sequences with shifting camera perspectives, shaders, music that sets the tone for each segment that's different from series to series. He already has more than a million followers on YouTube and for good reason!!

3) He has been SO consistent lately. He started a hardcore world about three months ago (about the time you might expect the Hermits to finalize their s10 choices maybe...???) and already has 15 episodes and hasn't gotten involved in any other big content. (He did just start playing a little of the BCG server but from what I understand that's super casual /copium copium copium).

4) That hardcore world is conveniently about to reach a good "pause" point. He started his world on a cherry blossom biome island that he's filled with a medieval village and starter farms, he's said it's almost full and what's left is the castle. I'm guessing the new season will start the first week of February, so if Sausage puts out a video this week building out that Castle and finishing that island it will be MIGHTY CONVENIENT TIMING.

5) This man can GRIND. His Hardcore world hasn't even been going half a year and he's built... So much??? Magnificent! And when he was on the Hermitcraft server he did the Razorcrest for scar AND the player head baby yoda/stormtrooper merch AND the noteblock themesong AND still built in the xmas village and other "diamond of peace" and so many other shenanigans. Did the man even sleep? He can grind with the best of them.

6) He can do redstone, too! Maybe not unique designs, I honestly don't know, but he builds farms for build materials no problem.

7) The DRAMA this man loves his improv and his backstory and trauma lore! For every series he does! Can you imagine if he gets to interact with Ren for an extended period of time, what that would do to them, to us?? Give Martyn a run for his money!!

8) Which brings me to my next point, which is that Sausage is already One of The Gang, because he's been in series with so many of the Hermits already! Empires and the crossover, obviously, but also Pirates with Cleo and Origins with Scar, and he's even done MCC! Joel is the only other player with the same depth of different series but there are other people truthing him already.

9) The EPIC BROMANCE with Pearl. My god the devotion of this man to his sunflower goddess bestie. I would try to do ot justice but y'all have seen floweroflaurelins work, you already know.

10) He's already a PG streamer but with HILARIOUSLY PG-13 tendencies. Imagine him and Cleo cracking each other up at an HHH stream, *grips your shoulders* IMAGINE IT.

11) Sausage comes with his own mascot in the form of interdimensional dog extraordinaire Bubbles, but he's also just an animal lover on general. Mans drinks his "I love Jellie" juice and had her in his world even before the sad news of her loss.

12) Diversity win! No one should be hired just for their gender, race, sexuality etc etc unless it's truly necessary to the job, but we were all happy when more women got added to the server in s8 and I know a lot of people would be happy to see some ethnic diversity added, too.

... That bulletin board had a lot more pins in it than I thought it did but anyway MYTHICALSAUSAGE TRUTHERS/ALL OTHER TRUTHERS RISE UP SPEAK YOUR TRUTH! we'll only get to wildly speculate for a few weeks so we might as well make it everyone else's problem ENJOY IT TO THE FULLEST!!

[onebighappyaftonfamily]

FNAF Dashboard Simulator Pt 2 (because yall ate up the first one)

🦚 the-skrungly Follow

Guys be honest. How many of y'all became engineers or furries after visiting the Freddy Fazbear Mega Pizzaplex.

🐺 weremy-jeremy Follow

...OMG is that why I became a furry?!

🦊 toy_foxy_4vr Follow

I'm a furry AND an engineer. checkmate

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Official Furry Heritage Post

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⬜️ da-mechanic-deactivated03132024

I don't have. a reddit but I wanted to do this so. I'm a mechanic at the Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. AMA

🐊 monty-gater-notice-me Follow

do they let you fuck the animatronics

⬜️ da-mechanic-deactivated0313202

AMA over guys

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🌔 eldest_daughter_syndrome Follow

Guys I went to pick my brother up from the pizzaplex daycare and the security guard was so mean. but she was hot and had rainbow hair

🎳 bunny-bowl

Diversity win! Rude security guard is queer!

🌔 eldest_daughter_syndrome Follow

Bad news guys. She doesn't have rainbow hair anymore. too scared to ask what happened

🎳 bunny-bowl

Diversity loss!

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📙 crackshipper34 Follow

guys do you think fredbear and springbonnie ever,,,, you know,,,,

🟠 glop-shitto Follow

wtf no eww! Why do you always do this?! They're mechanical animal mascots without feelings!

🔮 sleegy_deeby Follow

actually they did kiss and here's the proof: https://youtu.be/O7I-UTvo_80?si=4qjh3zye4o153QsM

🌇 ness-and-ness

AJKSKJJKAJFJKBA HAHAHAHA

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🐺 weremy-jeremy Follow

unironically why are fazbear animatronic fanartists literally so good at what they do. youre drawing robot animals

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📸 Wire-Monster-Heritage-Posts Follow

Guys, as we all know, my blog has been on hiatus ever since the Wire Monster disappeared back in 2023. However, I've been getting a lot of submissions lately about possible Wire Monster sightings at the Freddy Fazbear Mega Pizzaplex. We're so back!!!

🐰 springbonnie-and-friends

omg what? isnt the wire monster a dead meme?

🕶️ cryptid_hunter Follow

then the meme is back baybee!

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🎼 classicalmusic1 Follow

friendly reminder that y'all need to be WATCHING YOUR KIDS at the pizzaplex guys. literally caught the rabbit animatronic trying to lead some kids into the back rooms

🎳 bunny-bowl

girl what rabbit animatronic? bonnie was decommissioned

💽 foundfootagelvr3

oh my god. please tell me what i think is happening is not happening

🎩 f-bears-family-diner Follow

its happening again.

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🐇 bonnie_lvr Follow

🌉 floor-bot Follow

dude, you are down BAD

🚀 golf_is_for-nerds Follow

DO NOT KISS THE FREDDY ANIMATRONIC. MAKE YOUR LITTLE BROTHER DO IT INSTEAD

🎇 slaymechanic Follow

@golf_is_for_nerds oh my god thats so cruel and insensitive to be making jokes about that. I heard that even the newest animatronics are still super dangerous!

🌻 farmgurl1 Follow

Didn't Jerma say he was going to go to the Mega Pizzaplex for a stream? When is that going to happen?

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🧩 matlabpat

Guys I've been researching the history of the Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex... and I think I might have a theory... should I make a youtube video about it?

#fazbear theory #mattheory

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reminder that these are unreality! also i see yall commenting on the video that i linked in the last post. im still going to leave yall mystery links but i didnt make any of the videos i linked so youre gonna be confusing random people 😭 so be nice to them or dont do that. and i hope that poll made yall distraught

[skz-streamer]

Newest Member of Cultracha

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Pairing: ot8 (skz) x fem!reader (9th member)

Genre: Fluff, Crack? Idol Au

Warnings: cult members, slight mention of religion, being in a van? idk?

Notes: Ok at first I was like let me wait until I post the full master list of everything...but I kinda feel bad that I'm not feeding y'all anything so here you go.... Basically Y/n is part of Cultracha w Hyunjin and Jeongin, this is the backstory of it. YAYYYY FIRST FIC PART OF THE Y/N MASTERLIST!!!

Summary: Stopping on a road trip to take a bathroom break becomes a little more memorable than you thought it would be.

-please read responsibly, and remember that this work is fiction and meant strictly for imaginative fun. the idols used in fics are more accurately face claims and personality outlines for imaginary characters, and should not be interpreted as factual representations of existing people

Word count ~700 ;)

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The van hums along the scenic coastal road, and the atmosphere inside is electric with excitement. You're nestled between Felix and Changbin, enjoying the animated chatter and laughter of your fellow members.

Bang Chan, your designated driver, glances over his shoulder and grins, "Alright, who's ready for some awesome tunes?" He cranks up the music, and the van erupts with cheers and claps.

Seungmin, riding shotgun, adds with a mischievous grin, "As long as you don't play any of those old-school songs, Chan."

Chan rolls his eyes, pretending to be offended. "Hey, my playlist is diverse!"

A chorus of playful laughter fills the air, and you join in. Seungmin leans toward you, teasing, "Don't worry, Y/n, I'm sure he's got at least one song from this decade on there."

You giggle, feeling the friendly vibes flowing through the van. The snacks you packed are making the rounds, and there's an ongoing competition between Hyunjin and Jeongin to see who can finish their bag of chips first.

As you navigate through the twists and turns, the conversation shifts to jokes. Han clears his throat dramatically. "Alright, guys, get ready for the funniest joke you'll ever hear."

"Let's hear it," Minho urges, his eyes sparkling with anticipation.

Han smirks, "Why did the scarecrow win an award?"

The van falls into a brief silence before Jeongin's deadpan response, "Because he was outstanding in his field?"

Han bursts into laughter, clapping his hands. "Yes! You got it!"

The rest of you burst into laughter as well, teasing Han for his choice of joke. "Wow, Han, you're really raising the bar for comedy," Seungmin jokes, earning more laughter.

Felix chimes in with his Australian accent, "Alright, I've got one. Why don't scientists trust atoms?"

Your curiosity piqued, you lean in. "Why?"

"Because they make up everything!" Felix delivers the punchline with a grin, and the van erupts into laughter once again.

Hyunjin claps him on the shoulder. "Guys I might actually jump out of the van if I hear one more joke."

As the jokes and laughter continue, Bang Chan suggests a bathroom break. You spot a small convenience store and point it out. The van comes to a stop, and you all pile out, stretching your legs and enjoying the fresh air.

The restrooms are a bit off the beaten path, nestled between tall trees. The small store looks like something straight out of a movie. After using the restroom, you exit and notice two individuals standing near the entrance. You hear snippets of their conversation about spirituality as you pass by.

"Excuse me, miss," one of them begins, stepping toward you. "Have you ever considered the path to true enlightenment?"

Caught off guard, you stutter, "Well, I..."

Before you can finish, the other person joins in, their eyes intense. "Our journey has led us to discover profound answers. Are you on a journey of your own?"

Feeling a bit overwhelmed, you mumble, "I'm sorry, I have to go," and quicken your pace to the van.

Once inside, the memory of the encounter lingers, and your wide eyes don't go unnoticed by your members. As they return, laughter and smiles in tow, Hyunjin notices your demeanor.

"Hey, Y/n, everything okay?" he asks, genuine concern in his voice.

You take a deep breath and share the bizarre encounter with the strangers. The van goes quiet as everyone absorbs the story, but soon enough, a burst of laughter fills the space.

Jeongin chuckles, "Cult members? Seriously?"

Minho grins, "Only you could attract that kind of attention, Y/n."

You let out a nervous laugh, "Yeah, tell me about it."

Changbin shakes his head with a smirk, "Well, you're back with us now, safe and sound."

Felix pats your shoulder, "Don't worry, Y/n, we won't let any cults recruit you."

As the van continues down the coastal road, you feel the warmth of your friends' comfort. Bang Chan offers a reassuring smile through the rearview mirror. "We've got your back, always."

Minho adds with a chuckle, "Yeah, and if they ever ask you to join, just tell them you're already part of the most exclusive cult – Stray Kids."

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[mistress-of-malevolence]

hi, more screenies from episode 8 that I couldn't add to the first post

spoilers below

Khan please-

collection of robots getting their hearts ripped out. fun~

EVERYONE PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR DOLLS DEAD BODY! GIVE IT UP FOR DOLLS DEAD BODY EVERYBODY!

Diversity win! hater girl lesbians.

today has gone well 💜💛

they're dancing in the sky together omfg I'm so happy

*GHASP!* PROFANITY!

yay!! im actually really happy and satisfied with that ending.

but lemme make something very clear to y'all, just cuz its ended, don't mean its over. I'm still gonna make art and write shit and finish my au's (eventually, get off my dick, I'm slow) I don't wanna see nobody packing up shop to just because this is the last episode (that we know of, I trust nothing and no one) does not mean there is nothing left to do. I got questions. many, MANY questions.

why is Cyn like that in the first place?

how did she get demon powers?

are there any humans left or are they extinct?

is Nori ever gonna come back and see Kahn?

what happened to J? did they kill her? like, for real this time?

and lets not ignore this

I don't know how seriously I should take this since it's probably just a joke but is this ok? She looks very tired. can we really just leave it like this??

we got murder drones intermission, somebody should make murder drones aftermath.

k bye. [link to first post]

[enderspawn]

y'all she/her ashe so much that i didnt find out she's canonically a cis he/him dude until nearly a year of her appearing on my dash. like transfem people dont exist in jrwi so i assumed she was a cis chick but Nope full dude holy shit

diversity win! ashe is cis-passing

[auramgold]

why the NILS statue is such a symbolic final boss

first off, Octo Expansion very strongly pulls on vaporwave for a lot of its imagery and visual design, so the marble statue posed like that is clearly the bust of Helios as used as the cover for Floral Shoppe

as a statue in the middle of Inkopolis Bay with an (incomplete) arm reaching up, it's pretty clearly also the Statue of Liberty

considering this Statue of Liberty (the symbol of America) has a giant laser cannon pointed at Tokyo meant to destroy it, we can also take it as yet another example of this being Japanese media about how nukes are bad

it also means it kinda takes on Planet of the Apes symbolism of the Statue of Liberty being a final statement of this taking place on Earth, though that one's probably less intentional and i only bring it up because i can pretend it's a homestuck reference

in addition to the vaporwave symbolism, it is also an explicit fascist wearing a marble statue as an avatar of the past. yes, Commander Tartar is a marble statue avatar fascist.

as in real life where most real marble statues were almost certainly painted and colorful, only bleached white by the passage of time, Tartar is also acting in a malformed, idolized image of a perfect past it wants to return to, despite the fact that when it's on its supervillain rant about the flaws of inkfish society, it's clearly describing humans too without knowing it

...which makes the fact that you beat the NILS Statue by covering it in paint and making it colorful that much more satisfying

in fact, the fact that you win against the NILS Statue by doing what is literally equivalent to a Turf War, the most clear symbolism of the petty fashion and "decadent" fun inklings are obsessed with being the same way the fascist is overcome: by diverse, chaotic color.

"the chaos of an imperfect but colorful world is worth fighting for over a homogenous genocided monochrome slurry" has been a repeated major theme for three Splatoon story campaigns in a row now, but it's never executed better than destroying the marble statue fascist by covering it in the brightly colored chaotic paint it hates so much.

Splatoon is so fucking good, y'all

[hussyknee]

I'm going to call it now. Between Stephen Fry's casting, that snippet of dialogue and the fact that Catherine is nowhere to be seen it's pretty clear the movie won't make the king the bad guy. He'll be some kind of regretful patriarch that loves his grandchildren and just needs to be shown the error of his ways. Casey Mcquiston made the queen the bad guy instead of the Firm, or like institutionalized white supremacy, and Greg Berlanti is never going to remotely criticise anyone powerful so he'll do away with that too. This fandom is already full of white liberal bootlickers who think Alex marrying into violent colonialism is a diversity win and is unhappy with the fact that Henry abdicated. Y'all will go the rest of the way and throw all actual colonized people in fandom under the bus for your gay rep because that's the whole white queer brand and Alex is just the personification of the progress flag for you.

I would be extremely happy if this was not the case but going by the suffocating white toxicity of the freaking AO3 tag alone, it's the only conclusion to draw.

[redisaid]

Sylvaina Poll #6 Results

Thank you once again for doing your part and voting to torture poor Jaina some more. Poll #6 is now closed.

The first option is going to have Jaina deep in her gay thoughts:

She definitely is going to be thinking about going back to bed after this though. Because goddamn have you all given her a rough week to live through.

The initial leader did not win the flashback option, but instead things later turned around for the moment she finds out Sylvanas leads the free undead and is still out there:

I was honestly surprised about the option for what Sylvanas apologizes for first. I saw Teldrassil winning this, and it didn't even come close. Y'all are gay.

For those of you who answered she should apologize for dying...bruh she's way too bitter about dying to apologize for that! I thought of an interesting option that I may include, which would be apologizing for Edge of Night. Otherwise, good write ins on this one that may get added to the string of apologies!

The context of "Please, I need you" got edged out of being completely gay and into only sorta gay:

We are collectively undecided in the kiss, and shall be as surprised as I am when I get around to writing the moment it may or may not happen:

For the bonus question, my smut diversion will be the pre-Third War Silvermoon love motel! This pulled away late as well, as the two Sylvaina options were 50/50 most of the weekend:

A surprising 15 of you want Valadrin. That's more than the 3 I thought I'd get.

There's 5 Starbucks people???

As always, thank you again for contributing to the wacky fun that is putting this fic up to a vote! Please look out for the answers to these responses to be reflected in chapters 9 and 10 of Beneath the Blue Moon!

[abalidoth]

seriously re: maia arson crimew

I did not know that the stupid fucking bi lesbian discourse was still happening. it is 2023 for fucks sake y'all.

imho if you feel you have a tie to the lesbian community or identity you can call yourself a lesbian. full stop, no discussion.

"but bi women--" bi women have been part of the lesbian community for the greater portion of the 20th century, please do some reading about queer history.

"but trans men--" a lot of transmascs id'ed as lesbians before transition and still have a tie to the community. that's great. their presence does not invalidate mine as a lesbian transfem unless they're actively pushing us out, which by and large is happening by cis lesbians, not them.

"but cishet men--" ok here's my hottest fucking take -- I do not care.

first of all, a lot of "cishet men" who joke about feeling like lesbians are transfems flailing to find their way. I was. and people policing that identity was part of what kept me in the eggshell.

but even without that consideration? look at people's actions. if they're making jokes in bad faith they're probably also acting against the community in other ways -- focus on the material harm, not the labels. and if they're not? well.

if a cishet dude acts truly and faithfully to uphold the queer community, and protect its most vulnerable and marginalized members, and unlearn bias, and still wants to call himself a lesbian?

then he's more of a lesbian to me than jenny "diversity win! seattle's first lesbian mayor authorized tear gas in cap hill" durkan.

[brainrotallthewaydown1312]

I just got a poll about bi himbos on my feed and the first option, who is winning in a landslide, is Jake Peralta. and like I get it. believe me I get it. but y'all seem to forget he is a cop. that is literally like his whole thing.

I almost kept scrolling, but I also recently saw fanart of the 99 at a pride parade and a babygirl edit of Terry. so I think it's time for a reminder.

ACAB includes fictional tools of copaganda.

even when

they are fun

they are likeable

they are narratively interesting

they are nuanced

they are looking to fix the system

they are kind people

they are relatable

they are flawed

the writers know they are a bastard

this is because they are still cogs in a bastardized system. all cops are bastards because they are traitors to their class, to their communities, and when they are any kind of minority they are traitors to their identities. by working as a cop they perpetuate systematic cycles of violence and oppression. even if they have reasons like "I want to fix the system from inside" or "I was helped by a cop once and want to do that" or "I genuinely want to help people who are struggling" there are other, better ways to accomplish all of those that do not involve being a cop. even that middle one. there are many forms of community resource positions you can take.

I want to reiterate. I get the thing with Jake Peralta. putting the copaganda aside for a moment, he is a goofball. he is very effectively coded both as bi and as having adhd. he definitely does fit into the chaos bi himbo archetype that is popular for good reason. he is a nuanced character who is always looking for ways to do the right thing. his mistakes are shown and he (usually) is able to recognise them and apologise. he is relatable to many people and charismatic to even more.

but he is still a cop. everyone on that show is either a cop or actively supporting cops, unless they are an antagonist. including Doug Judy, a career criminal who is self described best friends with jake.

and I cannot shame anyone for their enjoyment of Brooklyn 99. the comedy is well written, the characters all have interesting arcs, and it is unique in its genre for a few reasons. I myself watched most of the early seasons when I was in high school and enjoyed the well structured queer coding and the way it discussed the diversity in the precinct instead of shying away from it (put a pin in that for a second) For full disclosure, I have also watched and found enjoyment in the full run of Criminal Minds. and Bones. one of my alltime favorite shows is Eureka which is not only full of copaganda (as its premise) but it has a multi season arc for an autistic character that is important to the plot where his mother (a main character) is desperately trying to cure him a la Autism Speaks. there is not shame in having consumed or enjoyed media with harmful things. but you have to do so with nuance. and you cannot let yourself forget.

returning to the diversity and representation in b99. it is genuinely insidious to normalize members of the communities most historically effected by police brutality and targeted by discriminatory policy as "good cops." yes the writing around these characters is good. and I would argue that in other aspects there is good representation in that show. while the black and POC representation and discussion is also an important related issue, and arguably the more disturbing aspect of this, it is not my place to comment on so I will stick to the queer rep.

Rosa is written in a way that is respectful and is relatable to many bi people. Holt has a nuanced backstory that is not shied away from and his relationship and identity are always respected. Jake is very effectively coded as bi but hasn't realized or accepted yet. and as an autistic person with ADHD, Jake, Holt, Amy, Charles, and Rosa are all well coded and respectfully written neurodiverse characters. and it is difficult to find queer or neurodiverse representation like that. I fully understand that.

but they are cops. queer people (and neurodiverse people) have historically been major targets for cops. we are more likely to die at the hands of a cop than our cishet peers. we are more likely to be hospitalized by them. we are more likely to be arrested on no charge. we are more likely to be set up for things we didn't do. we are more likely to have the book thrown at us when we are innocent and minding our own business. normalizing that cops we deal with can be members of our community our community is legitimately dangerous. LGBT cops are not part of the queer community. they are traitors to their community.

drawing the b99 or any cop real or fictional at pride is horrifying. cops have no place at pride. even off duty. pride is not a party. it is a protest. against cops. it isn't a march for general rights. it is a protest against physical and legal brutality against queer people. it is a memorial to the Stonewall Riot, a response to an act of police brutality against trans women in a queer space. that is why it happens in June. so we do not forget.

b99 is written to make us sympathetic to the emotional nuance and physical danger of being a cop. and for some of y'all that is working. even if you don't think it is. because you are willing to babygirl Terry. you coddle Jakes constant corruption. you will go on at length about the trials holt has faced forgetting that they are because he chose to become part of the system that oppresses him.

there is psychological nuance as to why members of oppressed minorities become cops. of course there is. but there should not be social nuance. all cops are bastards. even fictional cops. even your uncle. because they are participating in and perpetuating a violent bastardized system.

yes, this includes Jake and the rest of the b99. it includes Spencer Reid from criminal minds. it includes Seeley Booth and Temperance Brennan from bones. it includes Sheriff Jack Carter from eureka. Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durand from gravity falls. Olivia Benson from Law and Order. James Gordon from the DC universe. Ranger Walker from Walker Texas Ranger. RoboCop. Rick Grimes from the Walking Dead. chief wiggam from the Simpsons. Joe Swanson from family guy. Inspector Lastraude from every iteration of Sherlock Holmes. arguably Sherlock himself for how often he cooperates with the police. Inspector Gadget. David tennant's broadchurch roll. and every other fictional cop you can think of.

all of them. even the kind ones. even the black ones. and the queer ones. and the disabled ones. even the ones where the media knows they are a bastard. even when they are there to be the butt of the joke. they are all bastards.

and you can watch them. you can read about them. you can even write about them. you can enjoy their media. but you cannot let yourself forget that they are a cop. and that all cops are bastards. because of you forget about one cop being a bastard, that leaves room to sympathize with other cops. and as we all know, even a cop with personal empathy for you is still a cop who will act with violence and corruption without a second thought. and if you forget that in the wrong moment in real life, you or someone else can and will get hurt. physically hurt. mentally hurt. legally hurt. all of the above. sympathy for cops gets minorities killed.

never let yourself forget that.

all cops are bastards.