Tebecca Protector

Not in a 'eat the rich' way (though I admit I'm pro eating the rich) but in a 'if you don't know how to survive on limited funds then you clearly don't know enough about budgeting in the current economy to be doing this job' way.

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But no. Not true. Zombie statistic. Pop statistic. Citation can’t be found.

Now, imagine that one or more of your posts blew up, to the tune of hundreds if not thousands of notes. Imagine people started adding images to your posts.

Imagine your post circulating almost entirely in the form with four or five images attached, and with everyone in the notes laughing about those images — except you, who started the post in the first place, who can't even see those images because you're trapped in Tumblr's loading gradient hellscape.

You're excluded from any further conversations on your own post, because someone added a mystery image with the caption "don't leave this in the tags," but you have no idea which set of tags it is, and can't tell if it's one of the good takes from the tags or one of the horrible takes from the tags. You're excluded from the Tumblr users playing with JPEGs like dolls. You can try to guess the contents of the images based on people's reactions, but it's hard. And no one adding images even seems to notice the irony.

This is, of course, a real problem plaguing Tumblr users with regularly slow internet. And it's also a huge, insidious problem plaguing blind and low vision people who rely on either screen readers, or image descriptions in combination with enlarged text on their device.

People with disabilities around comprehending images, people who have images (or gifs) disabled due to photosensitivity, and many others are also affected.

If you add an image to a post without either alt text, an in-post image description, or even both for maximal inclusivity, you don't know if OP — or the person whose tags you're peer reviewing, or whose reply you're screenshotting — will actually be able to see it. From their perspective, you might just be shoving a mystery rectangle in their face, expecting them to be able to guess — or responding to them without them being able to know.

Imagine being on the receiving end of that expectation constantly. Imagine how isolating that must feel.

We need, collectively, to stop making assumptions that everyone we interact with online will be able to access, physically see, and mentally process images. The assumption that disabled people are vanishingly rare and statistically shouldn't really need to be considered is an assumption of structural and/or implicit ableism.

Write image descriptions. Write image descriptions for every image you post, if you're able — but if you have limited energy, or you're still learning, you should at least start trying your absolute best to describe images you add to other people's posts. If you're starting a conversation, even an online conversation, you should make your best effort to be accessible.

So: Write IDs, especially if they're as simple as just text, like screenshotted tags (link to guide). Write IDs even if you think the best ID you can write is too short, or too incomplete (link to post explaining why even "bad" IDs help).

I probably shouldn’t answer this but I’m bored. First things first, I don’t think there is such a thing as force shipping. It’s all made up, none of them are together in canon. Jemily is no more real than Temily or Tabecily or Garvez or Hotchniss or Jeid or any of it.

I do not personally see any kind of romantic energy between Emily and JJ. That’s the short of it all. Whereas, from the first moment Emily and Tara interacted, I felt a spark. Now that’s just me. Everyone watches the show from a different point of view. As for shipping Tabecily, one, I’m all for the more the merrier. I think OT3s and other poly ships offer a lot more dynamic to explore than just monogamous couple ships do. I think Emily has outstanding chemistry with both Rebecca and Tara and I think the three of them would be hot together. It’s really that simple.

And even though I don’t ship Jemily per sé, I do still interact with the ship. I’ll read Jemily fics and have even tried writing them, though I haven’t completed any of them because I lost the motivation. I like posts about them. When I was on TikTok I would watch and save and share and repost Jemily edits. I think fandom is about liking what you like and being kind and allowing space for others to like what they like. So if Jemily is your cup of tea, then I’m all for that. And I hope you can drink your cup of tea while I drink my cup of tea and we enjoy watching a show we both love together.

Before I begin this reply, I want to be VERY clear, this is not being directed at Anon, who seemed genuine, albeit a bit misguided, in their ask

Unfortunately, I've seen way too many similar opinions in the CM fandom recently and I think it's worth addressing.

Like OP said, shipping is literally all made up!!!!! You can ship whoever you want to. There's no such thing as "forced" shipping. That implies you believe the FICTIONAL CHARACTERS need to... What??? Consent??? To being shipped??? I stg fandoms have become so poisoned by puritian culture, people have completely lost sight of what fandom is in the first place.

Also, really dislike this uptick of people thinking Jemily is the only Acceptable™ ship in this fandom and if you ship Emily and/or JJ with anyone else, it's "Forcing" them into that other relationship.

JEMILY IS NOT CANON. And it never will be, but for the sake of argument, even if it was canon people can still ship whoever they damn well please!!!!!

This whole rhetoric that shipping Emily with anyone other than JJ is "wrong" is such a toxic way to participate in fandom. Not to mention, the blatant racism at play, when people say it's "forceshipping" whenever it's Emily and Tara.

Everything in fandom is MADE UP. That's the entire point!!!! The CM fandom is where fans find other people who love the same fictional show, made up entirely of fictional characters. And we create fictional stories, or head canon fictional situations, about these fictional characters as a means of celebrating all the things we love about CM.

I probably shouldn’t answer this but I’m bored. First things first, I don’t think there is such a thing as force shipping. It’s all made up, none of them are together in canon. Jemily is no more real than Temily or Tabecily or Garvez or Hotchniss or Jeid or any of it.

I do not personally see any kind of romantic energy between Emily and JJ. That’s the short of it all. Whereas, from the first moment Emily and Tara interacted, I felt a spark. Now that’s just me. Everyone watches the show from a different point of view. As for shipping Tabecily, one, I’m all for the more the merrier. I think OT3s and other poly ships offer a lot more dynamic to explore than just monogamous couple ships do. I think Emily has outstanding chemistry with both Rebecca and Tara and I think the three of them would be hot together. It’s really that simple.

And even though I don’t ship Jemily per sé, I do still interact with the ship. I’ll read Jemily fics and have even tried writing them, though I haven’t completed any of them because I lost the motivation. I like posts about them. When I was on TikTok I would watch and save and share and repost Jemily edits. I think fandom is about liking what you like and being kind and allowing space for others to like what they like. So if Jemily is your cup of tea, then I’m all for that. And I hope you can drink your cup of tea while I drink my cup of tea and we enjoy watching a show we both love together.

Before I begin this reply, I want to be VERY clear, this is not being directed at Anon, who seemed genuine, albeit a bit misguided, in their ask

Unfortunately, I've seen way too many similar opinions in the CM fandom recently and I think it's worth addressing.

Like OP said, shipping is literally all made up!!!!! You can ship whoever you want to. There's no such thing as "forced" shipping. That implies you believe the FICTIONAL CHARACTERS need to... What??? Consent??? To being shipped??? I stg fandoms have become so poisoned by puritian culture, people have completely lost sight of what fandom is in the first place.

Also, really dislike this uptick of people thinking Jemily is the only Acceptable™ ship in this fandom and if you ship Emily and/or JJ with anyone else, it's "Forcing" them into that other relationship.

JEMILY IS NOT CANON. And it never will be, but for the sake of argument, even if it was canon people can still ship whoever they damn well please!!!!!

This whole rhetoric that shipping Emily with anyone other than JJ is "wrong" is such a toxic way to participate in fandom. Not to mention, the blatant racism at play, when people say it's "forceshipping" whenever it's Emily and Tara.

Everything in fandom is MADE UP. That's the entire point!!!! The CM fandom is where fans find other people who love the same fictional show, made up entirely of fictional characters. And we create fictional stories, or head canon fictional situations, about these fictional characters as a means of celebrating all the things we love about CM.

I'm talkin white people selling rattles and dream catchers, white people banging First Nations style drums, white people teaching talking stick workshops, that kinda shit

So what do you do when you see this crap? How do you show your disapproval in a way that makes them give a shit?

I'll tell you what I do. The point is to show them that appropriating Indigenous cultures will lose them customers.

When I see fakey Native art I say something like "Oh wow, you make dreamcatchers! What nation are you from?" (Use tribe in the states)

I used to ask point blank if they were Native, but I'd nearly always get some Cherokee great grandmother bullshit, or even "I'm not sure, I could have some Native in me!"

Most of the time they don't know what I'm talking about, because they're not Native and don't know that this is a very normal thing to ask when meeting another Native.

When they ask me what I mean I say "I mean your tribe, which First Nation are you from?"

This is the point where they sheepishly mumble that they are not First Nations.

I let my face fall and say something like "Oh. That's disappointing" or "Wow. Unfortunate."

I let it get awkward. And then I leave, shaking my head in disapproval.

You may feel like you need to educate them on cultural appropriation but here's the thing: it's 2025. They know. Brenda the middle class reiki shaman is FULLY aware that her smudge fans are stolen culture. She doesn't care. The only way to make them care is to hit them where it hurts: the wallet.

Make them think that you would have purchased what they are selling if it was AUTHENTIC.

If you wanna go the extra mile send an email to the organizers, in your best white people voice, and tell them that you are disappointed that they are facilitating culture theft.

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