Post to inform the community that tumblr user lunaeterea has repeatedly engaged in problematic behavior including, but not limited to: ableist slurs, slut shaming, personally attacking other role-players upon not getting her way, making light of triggers, classist remarks, icon stealing, plagiarism, and racism. Known alternate blogs in the Bleach fandom include: saexva, wakahiru, & kurieita.
Unfortunately there are many documented cases of this particular users problematic behavior that cannot be contained to one post. We have been alerted to cases including rape jokes, the usage of ableist slurs (and subsequent dismissal due to it being a "song lyric"; another call out post can be found here), romanticizing incest (namely Byakuya and his Father under their tag otp: never a memory), harassing blogs over the ships they choose to write, stalking Aizen blogs from their Byakuya to pressure ship (and vice versa-- stalking Byakuya blogs from their Aizen), confirmed cases of "anonymous hate" caught on stat counter, romanticizing eating disorders, bullying, and icon thievery.
Because the evidence and accusations surrounding this roleplayer are so vast and severe we chose the least triggering screen shots to present as evidence. There was also no viable way it could all be contained in one post, unfortunately. If this behavior continues into the future it is possible we will make a follow up post documenting what it was necessary to omit due to length. Once again we encourage you to remain safe and promote an environment that allows others the same security. Please also let it be known that we do not tolerate sending this person anonymous or un-cloaked hate messages of any kind. This is merely to spread awareness, and hopefully make a change for the better. We absolve ourselves from any and all hatred/negativity and are here merely to state the facts in an objective manner.
Samples of confirmed behavior (and explanations where necessary) can be found below the cut. Again, please note these are not the only examples, but merely a few samples, as the amount of screenshots submitted by the community was overwhelming.
General role-player aggression :
Please note these were capped after a roleplayer wanted to exclusively ship with another thus her aggression with both parties. Roleplayers should be able to write what they enjoy without the added burden of harassment or unnecessary passive aggression.
Classist behavior (and explanation of why that is harmful):
Calling Hisana a “gold-digger” is not only uncalled for but also classist, because it makes the assumption that simply because a woman marries a man who has better social and economic standing than she does, she is in it solely for the money.
By rejecting the possibility that people can marry someone who is wealthier than they are for love and implying that that only happens in works of fiction and not in real life, they are implying that every person who has married someone wealthier than they are did it for financial gain. Lunaeterea is making harmful assumptions about an entire group of people in a negative light simply because they married someone outside of their own social and economic class.
In this post, they changed their tune about Hisana by saying they don’t think she is bad and that they just think their marriage wasn’t built solely on love for each other, but that doesn’t excuse their use of the term “gold-digger” nor does it excuse the assumptions and implications they made about an entire group of people simply because of their economic and social class.
Trigger Mockery, Ableism, & Insensitivity:
They've previously and continuously made light of triggers in general, supporting the ableist claims against them. For those of you who may not know, or aren't familiar with the term: ableism is a form of discrimination or social prejudice against people with disabilities. Ableist claims perpetuate the harmful view that disability is an error, a mistake, or a source of inferiority rather than a simple consequence of human diversity, akin to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender. In the case of triggers, which are serious and not to be made light of, it is ableist to chide one's mental state regarding a reaction they may not be able to control in the form of anxiety or other more severe symptoms associated with said trigger. The post above is an example of someone who sees triggers as a source of humor rather than what they are. Making jokes like this is incredibly insensitive because triggers aren’t something you should joke about. Triggers are often a result of past trauma and are very personal and can cause emotional and psychological distress when someone is exposed to them. Simply because somebody is triggered by something you think is mundane or ridiculous and you aren’t triggered by it doesn’t mean it doesn’t deserve to be respected. By making fun of someone’s triggers, you are belittling their trauma and ridiculing people for something they can’t help being affected by.
Slut Shaming:
Racism; and supporting the notion of Reverse Racism (explanation given):
The post above shows a lack of concern regarding stereotypes that black women face. Again, something negative and harmful is being used as a source of humor. For more information on why the "strong independent black woman" trope is harmful please read here.
It is not reverse discrimination because reverse discrimination does not exist. There is no systematic discrimination against white people, and although you can be prejudiced against white people, the prejudice they may face is nowhere near the amount of prejudice POC face.
There are plenty of places and groups for white muses to participate in, but very few for POC, so it is hardly discriminatory to create a safe space for POC muses and their muns (who are often POC themselves) when they are so often excluded from so many others.
Other Unsavory Behavior:
Examples of plagiarism can be found in comparison these two blogs: saexva || sine---finem. The former being the subject in question's Aizen blog , the latter an inactive Aizen blog from which numerous literary themes are suspiciously similar but also many starters seem to also match in word progression.
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Post to warn those that tumblr user okirro has admitted to being in a group that picks apart other role-players, has utilized ableist behavior to refer to those she disagrees with, has attacked other role-players for their ships/content of their blogs, and is potentially responsible for a slew of anonymous hate messages going around the community disguised as "criticism" (becoming more and more aggressive with each message). She also runs the blog amarace.
Samples of confirmed behavior can be found below the cut.
SKYPE CONVERSATION DETAILING THEIR GROUP
5:50 PM
Pretty much all we do is look at different fandoms everyone is situated in, take apart characters and see whom is decent to follow and whom isnt. This week is the Bleach fandom.
frenzy1485
5:51 PM
XD I see, ergo the recent topic of AizenxSoi
ari
5:53 PM
Yes, at the moment we are talking about unethical and ooc ships xD
frenzy1485
5:57 PM
You mean a lot of them? XD
ari
5:59 PM
Pretty much. Plus the people who draw in the facts are looking through the blogs for the history of the ships and seeing who made the development, who rushed it, who forced it and so on. Then if any of us know them oocly we factor in whether or not they are close irl, going out and so on.
6:01 PM
But yah, so far everyone that has been brought up hasn't done too well.
frenzy1485
6:01 PM
XD The firing squad
frenzy1485
6:05 PM
The former, sadly, gets viewed differently by idiots.
ari
6:06 PM
Exactly why we see how they behave with the ooc comments they have.
frenzy1485
6:08 PM
XD Deary dear
ari
6:09 PM
Otherwise we just leave them. Eg, nothing will be sent to the soi because of her bevahiour oocly since one of her friends is in the chat apparently and knows she won't take kindly to it.
ABLEIST BEHAVIOR
On 2014-12-09, at 10:22 PM, ari wrote:
> Grow up, I'm not going to apologize for critisim because a little girl with problems took it as an insult.
SHIP HATE/GENERAL RUDE BEHAVIOR
ari
8:14 AM
Both you and Soi need to be doing more then posting things about your ship.
Roleplay blogs don’t revolve around ships and 99% of your posts, & both blogs are becoming just about a ship that is effect oocly too. >.< I like the way you write Aizen, I’d prefer to see more of Aizen, then posts about AiSoi all the time >.<
me
8:42 PM
We like to post what we want, since it is our blogs ^^
And please do not insult the ship by saying that it is out of character. Everything on Tumblr is out of character because nothing done has happened in canon unless you are actually just role playing something that already happened; it is simply interpretation of what the character would do if that specific thing you are role playing happened or is happening. I am barely on, and as Mei is my top priority because she and I are together in real life, and because she is my shipping partner on Tumblr, I get to her things first. The other people are considered important too however I do not always have the muse for them, because I do not have a connection with them out of character, as person to person. It would help if people talked more; you would see more of them if you did.
But as I have said, it is our blog and we do what we like, not what others like or prefer. ^^
Sorry if that seems a bit rude, but I take small offense to being told what I should do on my blog.
ari
10:23 PM
It’s not rude but you two have just done things about shipping. Aizen and Soi is already OOC and the development was forced and rushed through since we went back over your old roleplays. Its excessively OOC and it’s worse that you ship with your RL partner because it means that your own emotions get out into it. If either of you saw the truth you’d see how bad Aizen and soi actually is and can you guarantee that if you ended the ship that Mei would stay with you? You can’t.
If all you two care about is shipping then why bother even roleplaying with anyone else to begin with.
Vicky is my top priority but that’s no excuse for me to neglect everyone else for her.
Hell, her partner role played , ex. And they didn’t even do that.
It may be your blogs but all you two have done if forced a ship onto two muses that would never be together, ever and Mei keeps acting like Soi is a Queen and she ain’t.
If you two cared about characters and development, you wouldn’t have done what you did to them. But as I said, it’s your interpretation of the muses. No matter how much you stuff them up in the name of a romantic relatonship.
10:26 PM
OOC =/= IC.
me
10:26 PM
Who are you to tell me what I should do?
10:27 PM
Why do you care so much to make it your business?
ari
10:27 PM
Because I’m in a group that generally helps people fix their mistakes in roleplaying.