#Not A Space For Character Bashing

[mangyraccooon]

I’ve seen the fandom take a bastard character and make them a poor little meow meow, twice now

Which isn’t a lot but it’s fucking disappointing.

[qismet]

we as a society have forgotten the true power of friendship

[sonics-atelier]

Nah bro something about some elain Stans complaining they weren't aware of elain Day and instead of creating content for her they choose to bitch about it.

On the other hand some stans ( me included ) picked up their creativity and created art, poems, fics, Moodboards and Playlists inspite of the majority of us not being informed of the event.

If you ever needed proof on who her real stans are here you go.

[ghost-bxrd]

because apparently it bears repeating:

No ship/character bashing on this blog! You’re just tempting me to write exactly that content out of spite.

[the-lonelybarricade]

What do you think of Rhysta?

I'm a firm supporter of ship and let ship!

[rogue-hammer]

Moloch Sang,  Diablorist of the Word Bearers 

[rainbowsuitcase]

Hey, small Tumblr Etiquette Tip!

Go ahead and write that hate post about that character/movie/singer/whatever, no one can stop you, but please. Instead of using the thing's main tag, use the "anti x thing" tag. It's just polite.

[rhys-ravenfeather]

ROSE QUARTZ/PINK DIAMOND GOT DONE DIRTY BY THE SU FANDOM, AND THE SHOW ITSELF

Quick disclaimer: I will admit, upfront, that part of the reason I’m even making a vent post of ANY kind of all is because I’m just not in a good place right now in general, and I just need to scream at something. That being said, that doesn’t make my feelings towards this any less real.

I’ve already talked about this a couple times before in the past, but I really do, legitimately, hate the treatment Rose/Pink got in the later parts of Steven Universe, both the main series and Future.

Look, I almost feel that it could have been a good thing in a way, since Rose was kind of put on a pedestal for most of the show’s first half, and seeing as how the series was about Steven discovering himself, and trying to step out from his mother’s shadow, I feel like, if this was handled better, it could have probably been really good.

But dang, this was NOT the way to do it.

Did Pink Diamond, both as herself and in her guise of Rose Quartz, do awful things? Absolutely.

She hurt her Pearl.

She abandoned Spinel.

She made impulsive, and even selfish, decisions.

But she also turned against her fellow Diamonds, her FAMILY, to protect the earth.

She faked her own shattering so she could keep fighting for the same planet she was originally meant to colonize.

She looked after others and cared for life, both human and gem.

Pink did a LOT wrong, but neither her past actions from when she was still a Diamond, or the mistakes she made as Rose Quartz, change the fact that she spent the entire rest of her existence trying to do good, to change, and become a better person.

And it really DOES strike a chord with me that the fandom, and even the SHOW ITSELF, act like she’s some horrible reprehensible villain especially since it seems to ring very true for how some treat people in the real world who used to do/say some not-so-great things, even if it’s been literal years since then, and they’re genuinely different people from who they were back then. Yeah...it kind of hits just a bit close to home for me...

It just doesn’t sit well with me that someone like WHITE DIAMOND can be forgiven, while Pink, the one Diamond who dared to turn against Homeworld and fight to protect the life of a planet that wasn’t hers, is the universally-agreed upon hated character.

Whether her reasons were ultimately altruistic or selfish, that doesn’t change the fact that she protected the earth and cared for the people she came to love, the best she could, until the day she gave up her physical form.

TL; DR: PINK DIAMOND WAS A VERY FLAWED, BUT ULTIMATELY NUANCED AND HUMAN CHARACTER, AND I WILL NEVER FORGIVE THE SU FANDOM, OR THE SHOW ITSELF, FOR TREATING HER LIKE A MONSTER WHEN SHE WASN’T.

[misterparadigm]

Art vs. Artist, 2023! It was tough to choose. I'd forgotten how much work I've done this year.

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

reminder that i am all for joking about and making fun of our silly little pixel people in good fun, but if i see any outright character hate in my notes i am liberal with that block button :^)

[curiouschaosstarlight]

person #1: "[character i really love] should die violently!"

me: okay, bye

person #2: "i love this character!"

person #2: "[other character i really love] should die violently!"

me:

[seased]

pretending a male character is a handsome butch is something you gotta do gripped by desperation and delusion… u cant do that bein haughty and self assured. ur too convincing. i really believed for a moment. for several weeks maybe. sweat more

[tehloserprince]

Deleted a few reblogs from earlier because I'm trying to ignore Bad Takes and enjoy my space here. Idk if there were replies or reblogs, but I'm not going to be engaging any further regardless. I think it's important to advocate for media literacy even within fandom spaces, but I also don't want to engage with some of the more negative aspects of these fandoms.

I've been good about that, but sometimes I'm feeling spicy and need to reign it in. There are better outlets 🧡

[oops-prow-did-it-again]

For the record I recognize what Nahiri did to Innistrad was horrific but I also recognize that was the POINT, and I get really annoyed with the constant drone of "oh crazy Nahiri, oh good riddance, oh she deserves worse"

I know I'm being a little bit of a baby about this and I'm sorry but can ya'll tag your posts where you rip Nahiri to shreds as Nahiri neg or something? So I can block it. I'm just tired of it

I've been reading all about her, Sorin, and Ugin lately and REALLY loving all three's story and I really disagree with a lot of popular takes on them all, particularly Nahiri, and after reading ONE, I can only FEEL the discourse growing worse

[icequeen-07]

why are there anti max memes in my lads tag

[vox-off]

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