clem

whatever happens- please don’t let this situation discourage you from calling out racist patterns when you see them. being wrong about that sort of thing isn’t the end of the world, not for the accused, and not for the accuser. don’t be cowed into letting shit slide just because some boneheads start using a hashtag like #gaz erasure my ass. it’s so much better to say something and suffer the temporary embarrassment of being wrong than to let that shit go uncommented on and make the culture in this space we share so much worse.

i’ve seen poc in this fandom speak in the past about how difficult it is to talk about their experiences or post any criticisms that they have, and i know that watching what happened to madi has got to have those folks feeling absolutely drained. i’ve been thinkin’ of those folks as i watched the witch hunting going on, and how fucking horrifying it must be to see that sort of thing play out. and it’s all because of white fragility, because people wanted to act like it was fucking libel instead of a critique of the culture the cod fandom has cultivated.

honestly, this frankly has less to do with call of duty than it does humanity as a whole. lord knows every other fandom has similar buckwild stories. i’ve been on the internet a long time, this was not my first time watching a white fragility dogpile, and unless i never engage in fandom again, it might not be my last. the story is always the same; someone notices something racist and makes a post about it, someone (not necessarily the person the post was about) takes it like a slap across the face, and wages and online war. batshit fuckery ensues, and people of color are left feeling even less safe in fan spaces than they did before.

thinking about these tweets again, RIP me

hi everyone

i don’t even know where to begin because these past few days have literally felt like a nightmare.

and i hate more than anything asking for help but i really really need it.

i got ellie on 06/10/24 and since then i have had to take her twice to the vet. today i had to hospitalize her because she is very very sick. something that had not been disclosed to the person who got her for me.

in the span of 2 days, i now owe $12,500+ from her medical bills. and im trying so hard to not get overwhelmed by this but it has been such a difficult time. if you cant donate, i would so kindly appreciate you all reblogging.

thank you, and i’m sorry i’ve been gone and just came back on here and dump this really sad news.

when you water down katara - remove her compassion, her ability to connect with others, her nurturing role, her ANGER and RAGE and DRIVE - you water down the very fundamentals of the story. you drastically and severely alter the core dynamics of the gaang, because katara was so important to the development of every single one of them. she was the rock and glue that held team avatar together.

katara was unlike any other character to ever appear on television; she was a young brown girl who took no shit from anyone, yet at the same time remained kind and compassionate and nurturing. katara was a force of nature; proud of her heritage and culture, burdened by the responsibility of being the last southern water bender of the water tribe, angered over the death of her mother and everything that the fire nation took from her, determined to help every single person in need, determined to change the world, angry and resentful because old men and rules and laws kept telling her what she could or could not do, thus, she was determined to restructure thousands of years of patriarchy that stood against her from accomplishing her goals and dreams.