The internet giveth and the internet taketh

Warning for needles, links to disturbing images

[Tweet: A fanartist was offered hand made cookies at a con. Only to find out they have needles inside and pierced her tongue]

The fanartist in question is Avimedes, a Taiwanese fanartist who draws primarily for Undertale. On May 10th she posted on her Plurk (warning for images with blood, needles) that she was given cookies as a gift; she ate one and a needle pierced her tongue. 

Here is a translation of her post:

Warning, these photos contain a lot of blood.

I’m very sorry that I haven’t had a chance to say my thanks (for the convention?) and I am venting. But I received a needle in my dessert gift from the convention. Thank you, I have one more piercing now.

I am not trying to ask for comfort, I am only trying to tell everyone how serious is this matter, so do not comfort me.

This matter is unable to be investigated and hopeless to be investigated. This matter has made me lost of trust towards something, but from today onwards, I will not be accepting any more handmade food by others.

Any more follow up and notice will be posted(if there’s any), thank you for your attention.

From discussion (Twitter, Reddit) it seems likely that she was given these cookies because she draws Sans/Frisk art, and a “fan” decided that drawing a ship they didn’t like was worthy of attempted murder. Had Avimedes swallowed the needle it could have done considerable and possibly irreparable internal damage. 

So I will say this again: DO NOT HARM REAL PEOPLE OVER FICTIONAL ENTITIES. I don’t care what the content is. These purity crusades need to STOP. The amount of vitriol and anger that the anti-shipping circles not only accept but encourage is dangerous, unhealthy, and unless stopped will lead to more people being hurt. There’s already been at least one incident of an artist being harassed into a suicide attempt. 

Your moral indignation/righteous anger/upset feelings DO NOT justify the injury or death of other people. You have every right to protect yourself from viewing objectionable content, but that right stops far, far short of hurting other people. Going on these crusades DOES NOT HELP against the sort of issues that are purportedly being championed; it only causes more harm. We need to break away from this mindset, from purity culture, before someone is permanently injured or dies.   

Anti behavior has escalated at an insane rate over the past few years. And THIS SORT OF SHIT is what we need to worry about normalizing. Not people creating content for a ship you don’t like. And yeah, that includes content you have deemed “immoral” such as incestuous, abusive, and underage ships.

FICTION IS NOT REAL. It does not harm anybody, despite all your kicking and screaming that it does. If you are on tumblr or ao3 or any internet fandom space, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO BEHAVE LIKE AN ADULT. YOU control what media you consume. If there are ships or tropes that genuinely trigger you, it is YOUR responsibility to avoid them. We have ample tools to that purpose–filters, blacklists, blocks. It is NOT your responsibilty to do your damnedest to eradicate the content you don’t like.

It was abhorrent enough when it was just emotional abuse. Harassment, “calling out,” dogpiling, doxxing, and generally making fandom such a hostile and toxic environment that fear of being targeted has hampered the productivity of creators or forced them out of fandom altogether. But PHYSICALLY harming somebody is beyond the fucking pale.

ARIES: lightening (a sudden destructive release; often well aimed and with few survivors)

TAURUS: volcanic eruption (with a build-up so slow the outburst is rarely expected, though they give lots of warnings; the destruction is vast and they can remain upset or hold a grudge for a long time after)

GEMINI: tornado (very messy and loud, they will verbally throw everything at you in the hopes that something hits where it hurts the most; could be harmless except when it’s not)

CANCER: tsunami (it’s usually very personal, they want you to feel exactly what you made them feel; they want you to drown in that feeling)

LEO: wildfire (one of the worst tempers, they take a lot and it’s usually one seemingly small thing that sparks it, from then on its loud and obliterates everyone in its path and doesn’t end until they’re good and satisfied or plain exhausted; no apologies)

VIRGO: earthquake (they’ve most likely been holding this in for ages just under the surface, hot and densely suppressed; it seems to happen without warning, the façade of control cracks, they release some of their most shattering critiques and observations; no one is exactly the same after)

LIBRA: hail storm (anger is usually communicated clearly, if not coldly and with a bit of passive-aggressive derision; they probably discussed it with themselves whether this anger is deserving or not, if it’s been deemed justified your verdict is final and penance is delivered without respite)

SCORPIO: maelstorm (this is definitely a palpable experience for everyone involved; they will hold back at first, more from fear of themselves than of you; the break can happen as suddenly as an aries, it is consuming and frightening for both of you, the depth of their contempt, even if exposed just a little, causing either of you back off least you fall in and never return; they usually regret not being the bigger person after)

SAGITTARIUS: solar flare (like scorpio, they are aware of the power of their temper which is why they seem to distance themselves or ‘run away’ when upset; if they can’t laugh it off, the flare is sudden and strong for them, throwing everything, like gemini but with grotesquely precise aim; then it’s over like nothing even happened)

CAPRICORN: avalanche/mudslide (their anger is like a higher power, even while they are feeling it they are still trying to distance themselves from it so that it becomes its own force with its own will, course and end; and the end is usually them never acknowledging your existence again. ever.)

AQUARIUS: thunder storm (slow to anger, when it happens all their positive traits are flipped, friendliness becomes cold, imagination becomes cunning, cool cleverness turns to a harsh downpour of criticism and ugly truths; they will make you doubt whether their brighter side ever really existed)

doggy-yasha:

ayujochuu:

Have you ever seen a dwarf hamster in kigurumi? Now you do.

m-my heart!!! @frauleinpflaume @kveikjum

#FatandVisible Eating in public for fat folks often means being watched, being berated with unsolicited opinions, or being violated. I’ve had strangers take nonconsensual pictures of me when I eat in public spaces. I’ve eaten salads and had strangers tell me they’re proud of me. I’ve eaten burgers and been told that I should take care of my body more. I’ve had someone take my plate away from me as a means of teaching me a lesson about eating because apparently I could “afford to miss some meals.” Literally, my time eating in public is often met with thin strangers’ fatphobic voyeurism and violence in which they feel entitled to my body and my choices.

Public Service Announcement: Fat bodies are not sites for your opinions, violent ideologies, or insecurities. We do not give a fuck about what you think about us eating or about what we’re eating. Human beings need to eat to survive. But that’s the problem - fat people are not humanized. We’re seen as inconveniences. We’re seen as sloths that don’t deserve basic human needs.

Fat people can eat whatever the fuck we want, whenever the fuck we want, however the fuck we want. Being fat does not inherently mean that we do not take care of our bodies nor does it mean we’re unhealthy. But even if we are unhealthy, what does it matter? Why is health seen as the pinnacle of life’s achievement? Why is health conflated with thinness and beauty standards? What is health and wellness in a white supremacist context? What is health when we don’t have access to humanity and safety in our own bodies? Do you stop thin people and ask them what their cholesterol is? Do you ask thin people why they eat burgers instead of quinoa?

Stop thinking fat people deserve to be violated because you think being fat is the worst thing in the world. Stop violating fat people because you think it will encourage us to lose weight. Stop telling fat people what we should do with our bodies. Stop policing the food we decide/ have access to eat.

you dont remember what the average teen girl in a fandom was like before this. you don’t remember how we used to make hate-sites about female characters who “got in the way”, games where you could beat them up, how much we hate our gender and bragged about not being like other girls, used to completely reject everything girly. a lot of us just wanted to be one of the guys. there was a lot of internalised misogyny there

now you get these 15 year old girls loving other girls and loving themselves fiercely, even at the total cost of male approval and just. god. if like 14-year-old me could see this shit now. 

Wagashi