#i don't even remember what context she thought it was in but 💀 i told her to introduce me to her furry friend n was like wait r they trans

[cinna-bunnie]

i had a rly lovely day. i got rly stoned earlier n spent a few hours sorta ranting to myself about my gender n sexuality and got a lot of stuff squared away i haven't gotten to dig into before, then my friend n her bf got me drunk as hell and treated me to dinner n a movie ‹: im still kinda 😵‍💫 hours after the fact.

[vintage-bentley]

Just adding to the JKR and gay Dumbledore discussion; another thing to remember is that when JKR began writing the books, Section 28 was still in effect and she likely would have had trouble with putting in nondeniable homosexuality in her books. and yet, as the other anon said, she definitely was laying out the backstory even if she thought she'd never been able to show it beyond coding. In addition, the tabloid reporter who wrote about Dumbledore in the final book, the way she wrote about him, Grindelwald (evil wizard boyfriend), and Harry, it was in the very British way of never saying it outright, but insinuating enough to get the point across while still maintaining plausible deniability to get around British libel laws. To a Briton, it would be far more obvious that the Wizard Tabloid was trying to call Dumbles a flaming q*eer who maybe never should be trusted around young schoolboys (sorry for the language, but that was the sentiment in story). American Tabloids don't have the subtlety, so this might not have pinged anything in American readers. Or came across far more subtly. She also didn't bring up the fact that Dumbledore was gay unprompted for press. She was at a Q&A session in 2007, and a fan asked if Dumbledore ever had any girlfriends or romances [there were a few Dumbledore/McGonagall shippers back then, so the fan may have been trying to ask about that]. She replied, very casually, that well he was gay so no girlfriends but he did have a romance (with Grindelwald). The crowd went bananas, and she seemed surprised, said she would have said something earlier if she thought people cared and would be this happy about it. The scriptwriter for the movies did know, as she once had to tell him to cut a scene where Dumbledore starts talking about a girl he liked in school. She apparently had elaborate backstories for all the main teachers in school, but never found a way to make any of them relevant (aside from Snape's) to the story as it's told from Harry's POV, and most kids don't really give a toss about their teachers personal lives. But she always wrote Dumbledore in a way she thought was coded enough that older readers would pick up on it. But she never tried to toot her own horn, with like LOOK AT MY GAY REPRESENTATION!! LOOK AT HOW BRAVE I WAS! PRAISE ME!!! or anything. She wasn't trying to get praise for gay rep without actually having it be gay, like some people...

I guess now is the time to admit that I assumed the evil boyfriend was Voldemort 💀 I was just like “yeah that makes sense” and I understand if the HP fans want to point and laugh at me

A few people have pointed out the existence of Section 28 in both discussions of HP and GO, and it’s incredibly important context. (Especially when comparing how the two books went about it…one still being respectful to gay fans, and the other being like “okay section 28, you don’t want us promoting homosexuality? We’ll take it a step further and make a joke about burning f slurs, you’re welcome”)

Tbh I’m surprised that the Anti-JKR crowd hasn’t called out the inclusion of that tabloid…it seems like the perfect thing for them to misinterpret and bash her for.

From everything I’m hearing about this, it seems like she’s been very respectful and casual about the whole thing. To me, it seems like she had an idea about her character that she legally couldn’t put into the books, and was honest about it when asked. And she seems to understand that it’s not explicit representation that deserves praise, otherwise when she was accused of being anti-LGBT she’d be all “oh but Dumbledore is gay and he’s amazing representation!”. Meanwhile Neil expects praise for being all “A/C are literally anything you want them to be except gay”

Dumbledore aside, I have a lot of respect for JKR’s support of LGB people from what I’ve seen of her tweets. She’s always one of the first to speak up for lesbians when the TQ+ are being lesbophobic, which I think is really important given her large platform. I have no doubt in my mind that she’s an ally, so it doesn’t surprise me that she handled a gay character so well.

It’s so fascinating that a woman can be this respectful regarding a gay character and receive so much backlash…but a man can be Neil Straightman and have the entire internet kissing his ass. And it’s funny that JKR has lost her belief in gender because of how she’s been treated due to her sex…yet Neil’s sex benefits him so much, which allows him to deny the importance of sex.

[moboxcritique]

I can explain the stuff with Kiyomii, this is gonna be a long ask sooo prepare yourselvess:

Sooo I saw that the guy who bought Cajeta bought (What I thoughtt, because it was never explained looking back on itt) a kid version of Sallemm. Mee, being confusedd, went to Kiyomi and I was likee: "I'm really confusedd, this is Sallem as a kidd, rightt? I thought you owned himm?"

Aaand then Kiyomi was likee: "Okk welll, I didn't actually get all the Sassy's Palace characters aand I didn't pay 50$ for them like you guys did with yourss, if I did get all the characters it would be too much moneyy"

Aaand then I was likee: "Ohh? What all do you not havee? How much did you payy?"

Aaand then she was likee: "That I'm not comfortable sayingg, buut I can DM Mob about kid Sallem if that would make you feel betterr"

Aaand then I was likee: "Yeahh, alrightt, go aheadd" Because I was obviously really confusedd, aaa

Aaand then Kiyomi's telling me that what Mob's saying was that the character was actually Sallem's fanon childd, which confused me a bitt, buut she went on to sayy: "Yeahh, Mob doesn't even remember the name of this kidd, the guy was asking about an OC that Mob and her friend madee"

And then it hit me that this was actually Sallem and Tiffany's (a character made by an old friend of Mob'ss, Salmaa) kid apparentlyy, buut it was never clarified to the publicc, aand then I understoodd, aand then I was likee: "Ooohhh, yeah okk, that makes sensee, sorry for wasting your time with thiss"

It was a simple misunderstandingg, aand it should've been an easy fixx, buut then Kiyomi started questioning me for some reasonn?

Aaand right before the questioningg, she was likee: "Sooo apparently the owner of this character wants me to show him who's asking thiss" (… Likee, screenshot my user or our convo or somethingg??)

Aaand I was sitting heree, knowing how the guy feels about mee, likee: "Emmm, I'd rather you not do itt, the guy hates mee, sooo noo"

Aaand she was likee: "Why does he hate youu?"

Aaand I was likee: "Because I called out Mob for her bad behaviorr, that's whyy"

Aaand then she started questioning mee

(It turns outt, she ((Kiyomi)) screenshotted my user or something SPECIFICALLY after I told her not tooo, mmm

Aaand I know it because after the convo the guy blocked me on TH, aand Mob made the post about itt, mmm)

During the questioning she kept going onn and onn aboutt: "I'm sorry buut I don't want you to buy my characterss" When I told her I wasn't interested in buying either her or Mob's characterss, aand I kept saying that she would be the rightful owner of themm (Because she accused me of wanting to buy her and Mob's characters) aand I was likee: "Huhh?? Noo?? Not at all actuallyy??"

It's so strange to mee, because it was a misunderstanding that was solvedd?? Why did she need to question mee??

Aand then she started talking about you guys aand calling you a hate blogg, aand saying that critique was the same thing as hatee, aand also thiss:

(Kiyomi's referring to Mob here when she's saying one personn, she's comparing Mob and the critique she gets to that of a school shooter'ss) 💀💀💀

Buuut yeahh, that's what happenedd, can't have anything nice in this housee, uyyy

For context, Kev's talking about this post, Kiyomi is the owner of the characters of Sassy's Palace now:

And this post and comments here (As you can see, they're full of lies about Kev as always):

English translation of these posts/comments:

Mob: BRU, a jerk started harassing the profile of a friend of mine telling her that I couldn't use a character anymore because, according to what I had already sold, and the character I sold was another one and I sold it to someone else xDDD I don't know why I'm saying it if the person who was going to say it is the same person who is rubbing with the same nonsense loOoool And that because who had bought the other character asked who he was and we saw that it was her profile what a cringe

Mob: It's that since I'm selling characters, a girl came out of the garbage telling a friend who bought a whole batch of characters, that she couldn't use one of them anymore because I had already sold it to someone else, and in the end it turns out that someone else already knew that it was a different character, the girl came out of the garbage claiming a character that was not and even the buyer was like WTF?

Fan: Who is it? McDonald's must have a new flavor of hamburger meat

Mob: a girl who has been playing pdo with me for a whole year, just because I no longer wanted to be her friend and now it turns out that because of drawings I did a long time ago I am a bad person HAHAHAHA

(Also thanks Kev for the full screenshot):

.... There's a fine line between satire and being full on offensive, Kiyomi just crossed that line...

The critique around Mob and school shooters shouldn't be compared to one another, in fact they shouldn't even be in the same sentence, that's a pretty big red flag there if I've seen one

I don't see why there was even a post made by Mob when the misunderstanding was solved, but the post confirms that Kiyomi supports Mobox, so that's a pretty clear indicator, aside from that awful comment, that you guys should stay away from her regardless

I don't know if you guys want to see all of the screenshots of Kev and Kiyomi's conversation here, but if it does get shown it'll be in our blog's archive later on down the line

TL;DR: Kev explains the situation with Kiyomi (the person who bought the characters from Sassy's Palace), and Kiyomi compared the critique with Mob about her behavior to school shooters

[purplemys]

Rei todoroki

Rei...

Rei and her kids deserve the world tbh. Been wondering about drawing more of her and Fuyumi actually.

They Got Done Dirty By The Creator

Idk why Hori insists he wants her to urge her kids into supporting E in the first place. The bullshit with her favorite flowers, that made an alarming part of the audience think that he loves her or it's some kind of act of kindness or sentimentality because he "remembered her favorite flowers though she only mentioned them once" I think that's only thing he knows about her tbh. 💀

Hori should have put more focus on her and her inner thoughts. He could have at least explained why she does and say the things she does. But if we're gonna go a more satisfying route, she should have been more firm, defensive. Told her kids that he ain't shit and they're locking him out of their lives once it's all over. Because what the fuck, after everything he's done to her, she's offering him kindness that he clearly does not deserve.

What I appreciate about Rei is that she's really kind and she loves her kids. But after meeting a woman like this irl and seeing how it affacted her kids, it left this dissatifying but stable sense of family. And I suppose that's enough for some people. Okay.

But here, in this context, after the disgusting shit he put her through, I just can't see it being satisfying when they're being considerate of his feelings and such.

I think Rei as an abuse survivor deserves more than getting tossed to the sidelines as one of the people backing up her abuser's redemption. I don't think she, Natsuo and Fuyumi were even in the anniversary promo-

They Got Done Dirty By The Fans

Whoever said Rei is equally guilty of hurting the kids are on a watchlist. I hate seeing fanart and other works where she's still shipped with E. And when she's not, her abuser's shipped with another abuse victim. 😬

I would have mentioned it earlier but here it gets worse (amazing feat, truly). 💀

They've Never Done Anything Wrong

At least not wholly wrong. See, Rei accidentally neglecting Touya's emotional needs come from a place of focusing on Shouto and not understanding Touya and that's not inherently her fault, considering her stressful situation and deteriorating mental state.

It's a case of the parent paying more attention on the younger child because as we know, Touya was pretty stubborn and independent at that age. It happens a lot. Especially in our culture where you're expected to act independently starting at a young age while remaining a dependent child.

I Like Them But I Don't Think About Them Much

Because Hori didn't give me much to think about. I have a lot of ideas but I don't give them the same attention as Touya and Shouto.

Not Enough Screentime

Again, she's not treated as a major part of the story unless it's to support Shouto (fine) and E (not fine).

[munsonology]

Not to be a hater but quite literally if given the chance I would absolutely lay into my ex friend. Like he called me a slew of names spaced out over time each one worse then the previous, shared my trauma with people and tried to use it against me, and even told the kids I babysat for years MY FUCKING KIDS (not mine but basically they were) (and their parents) that I was a bad influence and a bad person. Like I took the name calling, but then I distanced because of the wife situation, but then I find out the rest of this shit????

Like ONE CHANCE I'd take it. Let me fucking at him. ESPECIALLY if I was in a group! Like you trying to come for me???

You??? No degree barely graduated high school can't swing a hammer or change your own oil man??? Coming for a smart strong bachelor degree woman???

You lived with your parents for years, not because of a cultural thing, but because you were "scared" to live alone! Bending to your mother's every beck and call. I should call you Norman Bates with how far up your mother's ass you are.

I could get a man or woman or ANYBODY if I wanted. I have options. remember when you had a crush on me dumbass and asked me out remember when you simped for me and took me to the movies for free what about that concert that was over 300 dollars FOR FREE cause you wanted me so bad? I could have had you and DIDNT and no one wants your 30 year old ass thats why you chose an 18 year old you fucking creep THAT is why we aren't friends and then all your dirty little secrets and skeletons about what you told others about me came out. You think your shit don't smell because you are full of it

You think you are so good and kind and everything you do is golden well its fool's gold you clown. Karma gonna get you just you wait (and thats the only reason I haven't fought u yet like...im trying to be the better person but they say one more thing in my presence...)

(And yes it is fucked they went for the 18 year old and it is even more fucked that they are now married like it was so quick like who thought that was okay not me that poor girl I hope she gets out cause he is not good he is not the love of her life hes just a man!!! Let me run him over cause YOU ARE A CHILD AND) (no I was gonna be petty af and post a throwback photo and tag everyone cause I have a picture of me, him, and his wife when she was 4 and he was 16 like 💀💀)(also again no shame to her if she needs help i am getting her out but she is devoted to him and disillusioned rn he got her brainwashed and yes we all grew up together and yes its a fucked situation and I want to go all Carrie Underwood on his ass and dig a key into the side of his car and knock out his headlights but karma is coming for him and karma could do better then me) (sorry for spilling in your inbox I am a ball of hate found out today and I mean AN HOUR AGO he actually was the one to spread a rumor about me that haunts me to this day as well as telling people about secrets I had told him that were not ok to tell and he has the fucking nerve to have come into MY HOUSE under false pretenses just to record me out of context and share it as proof im terrible oh fuck him)(please note as soon as I found out he was with the 18 year old I cut him out of my life but we work together just in different departments so I see him pretty regularly still sadly and I cant quit because I signed a contract but thankfully I dont have to see his crusty ass every day cause if I did....call me Elsa with the stone cold attitude he is receiving)

oh my god bestie 😭😭 first thank you for sharing 💖 he’s a weirdo for real. the fact he married an 18 year old is just sick, and what’s worse is you know he didn’t just meet her at 18 because they never do 😒

and that’s commendable of you to wanna look after her. it might take a while for her to see who he truly is. i think it’s important to remember she might not accept help :/ it might be healthier for you to take a step back. sometimes we need to put ourselves first for our own wellbeing. hopefully her family is aware.

it always hurts when people you think are your friend are the ones who purposely and carelessly hurt you the most. and i know you wanna fuck him up and key his car but he’s not worth going to jail over. the universe has a way of always working out, what we put out into the world we receive and trust he’ll get his for all the clownery he’s doing. it might take a while but it will. and when it does you can sip your tea with a big slurp 💀