I am not an individual that condones cyberattacks or cyberbullying. I am not an individual that condones cyberabuse of any forms. These are terms that have left the online vernacular, and it is time that they are readded.
If you know of bad actors in your local community, reach out with posts that need to be signal boosted, or with clear evidence to indicate guilt of crimes, and I will do what I can to assist.
What is a Bad Actor?
Defined by the Urban Dictionary: A person that attempts to lie, cheat, or deceive, in a poor manner; an individual or entity with the prior history of being intellectually dishonest, or who has already revealed themselves as lacking objectivity but is operating under false pretenses.
Community bad actors are those individuals that do not take “no” “stop” or “I’m sorry” for an answer. Community bad actors are those that do not believe in change of character or growth from past mistakes. Community bad actors are those that believe they are perfect, self-righteous, and bringers of justice, and use their friends and fanbases to manipulate and deceive others into believing the person on the other side of the screen is the villain, whether they believe they are right in doing so or otherwise.
What about you?
I am not a perfect individual. I am prone to mistakes and I am prone to guilt. I do not condone the harassment of any individual that has been reported to my account. I make my posts to save others, so that they can protect themselves with the almighty block button, so that they may not have to go through what others already have.
Why call them out if you know people will attack them?
In a perfect world I would preserve the anonymity of the individuals reported to protect their identity from those that would seek to harass and attack them back for their misdeeds. Unfortunately though we are not in a perfect world. Why I reveal their faces to their communities is because I believe that those reported are individuals that no longer deserve the sanctity of anonymity, for reasons that may include a prolonged history of cyberviolence and harassment, doxxing, and refusal to preserve anonymity of others when ranting on main.
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The fact of the matter is that when it comes to the Yana Toboso situation it is not so much whether or not nazi, colonialist, and imperialist allusions deserve to be called out in fictional media, but more of what the allusions and references actually mean if and when they are used.
There is a very distinct difference between showing that a military exists in a universe and pushing militaristic propaganda toward the audience. There is a very distinct difference between something in media existing and is presented as a negative or a positive force to be recognized. There is a very distinct difference between the very blatant and obvious antisemetic nazi propaganda in Attack on Titan and making a single dorm in a school have a military-themed uniform and then no further push any militaristic, pro-imperialist, pro-colonialist propaganda toward the audience.
Calling out pro-military, pro-imperialist, and pro-genocidal propaganda is something that needs to be called out in both classic and modern media. I believe that in this instance nobody disagrees with this statement, and those that do disagree with this statement should be regarded with great suspicion. This is not the case of what has recently occurred.
If you look over the flow chart over what events occurred since day one there is a clear discrepancy that indicates that this situation came about less so about bringing about awareness in a community of sensitive information and more so about pushing a very blatant smear campaign.
A very specific group of very vocal community members immediately already dislike Toboso for content she produced in her past.
The mistranslated interview was posted on Reddit by an individual that states that not only is English is not their native language to translate for but also stated that they had a pre-existing bias because of how they perceived the uniforms personally beforehand.
The interview was picked up by this group of individuals and hyper-promoted under the guise of calling out Toboso for “supporting Nazis and using them as direct references” for the uniforms.
Many of these users additionally claimed that the translation came from an official translator for Toboso to further push their message.
The translator corrected their mistranslation and apologized for the misunderstanding and spread of misinformation.
When the individuals pushing the original claims were informed of the mistranslation, they refused to apologize for the spread of misinformation.
Rather than apologize, the blame shifted from Toboso “directly referencing Nazis” and instead moved towards her “promotion of Japanese imperialism”.
Let this be made very clear: as of now Toboso has not made any allusions towards support of Japanese imperialism, colonialism, nazism, or otherwise pro-military propaganda in any regard. All that was done in this situation was making of a dorm’s uniform military-themed in order to present an intimidating and powerful image. In-canon this image is said to be so very incredibly intimidating that people choose not to interact with this dorm most distinctly because of it. With this and knowing that all members of the Twisted Wonderland cast are meant to be villainous and to some degree evil, it can be inferred if anything that as of now this promotes an almost anti-militaristic message on her part.
The equivalent of this campaign would be saying that because the series Fullmetal Alchemist focuses so heavily on military occupation, dictatorship, and systematic genocide that it actively promotes these messages, when in reality the media instead makes statements on how military occupation, war, and genocide is wrong and how supporting of these ideals slowly comes to destroy not only minority communities but eventually all of society as we know it.
With all this being said, if someone feels uncomfortable with the Diasomnia uniform given most recent events and chooses to attempt a redesign of it for personal comfort, there is nothing wrong with this action. If someone feels uncomfortable with interacting with Diasomnia content for this or any other reason, there is also nothing wrong with this action. What is wrong is purposefully promoting blatant misinformation in an attempt to smear the personal image of an individual for something that they did not do. If you dislike Yana Toboso, there is nothing wrong with this, but dislike her for things that she actually did do in reality, and not for something that she did not do.
Stop the spread of misinformation at the source: check for sources, check for basis of information, be aware of bad actors and those with pre-existing bias.
As always, do not attack, spam, harass, or doxx any individuals that have been involved with this situation. If you feel at risk or in danger due to another’s presence, or even uncomfortable by their presence for any reason, block and mute the account and move on.
Recently on both Twitter and Tumblr there has been an eruption of controversy surrounding the main artist and developer of Black Butler and the Disney game Twisted Wonderland. Specifically in her latter involvement there has been alleged leaks surfacing from a translated interview stating that she took inspiration from Nazi SS Uniforms as part of her development into the uniforms from one of the main seven dorms: Diasomnia.
There is a lot of fighting on both sides of this controversy, and in order to quell this anger and despair we would like to address this, specifically in stating what is true and confirmed facts and what is still speculated rumor.
OP made a good post on the current drama going on in Twitter, Tumblr, and Reddit!! Just a small correction that Sleeping Beauty is more of French than German, so keep that in mind.
I also highly suggest that people read this translation of the Magical Archives Q&A. It has been out since 2020, so there is no need to use a machine translator and such.
In general, please verify machine translations with people you know are fluent in Japanese. Magical Archives has been around since 2020, and only now are people causing a fuss over a translation that is not credible. This is not to say that I condone the actions of the Nazis, but I am telling you to be more critical when it comes to news such as this.
Our apologies for the misinformation regarding the origin culture of Sleeping Beauty, and thank you very much for the correction.
If it was not clear previously let it be said on our own behalf as well: we do not, have not, and never will encourage nor condone the actions and ideologies of the Nazi party nor their allies. The purpose of our post is, much like the reply stated, solely to encourage those affected by this event to think critically of the sources that you are given and to do your own research carefully when coming across situations like this on the internet. Look for credibility, look for sources, look for basis of information, and be always wary of potential bad actors in your local communities.
Recently on both Twitter and Tumblr there has been an eruption of controversy surrounding the main artist and developer of Black Butler and the Disney game Twisted Wonderland. Specifically in her latter involvement there has been alleged leaks surfacing from a translated interview stating that she took inspiration from Nazi SS Uniforms as part of her development into the uniforms from one of the main seven dorms: Diasomnia.
There is a lot of fighting on both sides of this controversy, and in order to quell this anger and despair we would like to address this, specifically in stating what is true and confirmed facts and what is still speculated rumor.
What Happened to Start this Conflict?
Two weeks ago there was a translation posted on Reddit that features an interview with Yana Toboso that was conducted originally as part of exclusive content featured in the Twisted Wonderland Magical Archives art book. This translation features a passage that states that the Diasomnia uniform was “inspired by SS uniforms and dragons”.
What we know: The translated interview in question that has gone viral was originally posted as a three part series on Reddit. There were statements made that this translation was “official”, and we can confirm at least at this time that this statement is false. What can be confirmed as of now this translation made for the interview was not made by a representative of TWST or of Yana Toboso herself, and was (according to the original poster) translated solely by the OP of the thread.
It should be noted that with this interview fan-translations were conducted 2 years ago after the book was first released, and that while the OP of the Reddit thread claims to have “directly translated” the text of the interview, the other translations made have interpreted the text by other definitions.
Links to the Reddit Thread: 1 / 2 / 3
Link to the Twitter Translation Thread, posted 2 years prior: 1
What Caused the Conflict Specifically?
As shown in the above screenshot, the core of this controversy surrounds the use of the word “親衛隊” in the translation of the interview, when used to describe the inspiring elements of the Diasomnia uniform.
The word “親衛隊” literally translates to “guard”, “bodyguard”, “imperial guard”, or “elite guard”. These definitions of the word are the primary translations, however the secondary translation is in fact “Schutzstaffel”. “Schutzstaffel” is a german word that translates roughly to mean “protection squad” and is known colloquially by the abbreviation SS. The Schutzstaffel (SS) unit historically is known as an organization that, “was originally established as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard unit. It would later become both the elite guard of the Nazi Reich and Hitler's executive force prepared to carry out all security-related duties, without regard for legal restraint.”
With this in mind it can be considered unclear which definition was the contextually correct definition meant to be used in this situation, as regardless of literal definition it can be derived one solid truth: Diasomnia’s uniform was meant to represent the imposing status and power of an elite squadron of military-themed bodyguards. Whether this be through a direct comparison to the SS unit or in a more broad sense any militant bodyguards meant to protect a ruler, or in this case a dorm head.
What we know: regardless of what the definition of the word may or may not have been intended to mean we do know that explicitly Yana did not admit to making the uniforms inspired by the Nazi party. While the term “親衛隊” has a secondary definition that translates to “Schutzstaffel” the term “ナチ親衛隊” literally translates to “Nazi guards” and was not the term that was used in the interview.
What Similarities Do the Two Have?
Most heavily discussed in Twitter circles since the interview translation went viral were comparisons made between the Diasomnia uniform and the SS uniform. These elements include a large belt that ties on the outside of the uniform around the waistband, large pants tucked into boots that come up to the knee, and a button-up undershirt with a black tie.
What we know: It was said that Yana “most definitely” studied Hugo Boss uniforms (the company that is rumored to have manufactured the SS uniforms during WWII) in order to gather references for story arcs (possibly the Emerald Witch arc) in Black Butler. While this is not explicitly confirmed it is very much plausible, due in part to the villain arc’s direct references to german Nazi medical experimentation, WWII era chemical weaponry, and references to Wolfsschlucht, which was the codename for two of Adolf Hitler's military headquarters during WWII.
There are in fact some elements to the Diasomnia uniform that bear striking resemblance to the WWII german military uniform, however many of these elements can also be found in WWII era Japanese and Italian military uniforms.
So Was the Diasomnia Uniform Inspired by the SS Uniform?
As of now the answer is unclear. Unless there is a statement explicitly made on behalf of Toboso and/or her PR department there is about a 50/50 chance that this translation could be true or could be false.
What do we think? At this point in time we are unsure, but it is plausible. As previously shown and mentioned there are some striking similarities to the SS uniform during this time period, however many of these similarities are also shared between other country military uniforms during this period of time.
Considering that Sleeping Beauty is a german folktale and that the game Twisted Wonderland is meant to draw attention to villainous, evil, and selfish characters that make up the main cast, it is entirely possible that taking inspiration from real-world evil was something Yana did, especially since the SS were known to have a very intimidating, imposing, and borderling awe-inspiring appearance that made them a very well feared force to be reckoned with.
Does this Mean Yana Supports the Nazi Party Ideals?
As of now it can safely be inferred that no, she does not. This conclusion can be made in part by the villainization of the actions of those coded as alliance with the Nazi party as shown through the Emerald Witch arc of Black Butler, as well as the on-screen detestment of the damages that will most certainly occur in war due in part from their development of weapons of war. In addition it can be said that while she took inspiration from period fashion, it does not mean that she intends on supporting the ideals of those that originally wore the uniform, much like how one might draw inspiration from other villains of real-world history for period attire and refuse to support their ideals in a likeminded fashion.
For the time being it is safe to say that unless a real nazi message or dogwhistle is used in TWST that does not go denounced by other characters, the use of this fashion inspiration was likely not a decision made in malice, if it was in fact the truth of this inspiration.
As always, do not harass, attack, spam, or doxx Yana Toboso or TWST Staff regarding this situation. This post was entirely made to spread awareness and clarify confusion, misconception, and misunderstandings that may be made in such a controversial situation.
For those that are wondering what happened to Laizy/Laizy_boy04, the truth of the matter is yesterday (4/30/22) that they were systemically group harassed and threatened by a group of individuals on twitter until they were backed into a corner and felt unsafe to the point that they deleted their accounts on DeviantART, Twitter, and Tumblr and privated their Insta account. The epicenter of this harassment is an individual that goes by the name of @/biackwashing (on twitter) or @/kiyoishereig (on tumblr)
Now, I need to say this very loudly and very clearly right now: this person is not a good person, and if you see this person on any platform you need to block it. Do not trust or interact with this person. It openly manipulates both the people it interacts with and its followers, twisting words and posts into vilifying the person on the other side of the screen in order to generate outrage clout, and has been seeing doing this to random people on both twitter and tumblr time and time again.
This individual claims to be a pinnacle of black LGBT protection, anti pedophilia, antiproshipping, etc, but at the same time this person is incredibly dangerous, toxic, and hostile who in the same breath is somehow very racist, transphobic, misandrist, and openly spews TERF propaganda whether it believes it or not.
More information below the readmore. CW for racism, sexism/misandry, transmascphobia, TERF propaganda
Another individual who also commits to partnering with biackwashing in engaging in systematic harassment of individuals and artists within the community is zvezdacito@tumblr or sixigfrog@twitter. It should be noted that when interacting with this individual you should follow the same rules as previously recommended. Do not interact with her, do not attempt to engage with her. She is fully dedicated to gaslighting, twisting words, and otherwise vilifying individuals she sets her eyes on.
There has been an update on the current situation, including a status update on the victim of this attack. Please see our update post for more details here
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As of today (5/4/22) we have confirmation regarding a small but important set of developments on the individuals that systematically harassed the artist known as Laizy/Laizy_Boy04, as well as an update on the victim theirself.
As always, do not by any means harass, spam, attack, or doxx the individuals that appear within this post. This post is solely to be used to provide information to those that have faced previous harassment, may be affected by future harassment, or feared for their own personal safety due to this harassment.
@/biackwashing
This individual’s account has been deleted after a prolonged period of inactivity. Whether this was due to twitter moderators removing the account or by user termination is currently unknown. Whether the user has moved accounts and is currently under a new alias since this action is also unknown.
@/seasaltsailors_
This individual released a full apology for their targeted harassment and other involvement in the situation. They admit that what Laizy did in their past was bad, but that they were no better by taking part in such actions and promise to do better going forward.
The individual known as @/zvezdacito/sixigfrog has continued to defend her side of the altercation despite previous actions and apologies made on the part of the target. As always we advise to take her opinions with upmost scrutiny due to her past of known harassment of other individuals and active spreading of radfem/TERF rhetoric and misinformation. Since our original post several anonymous individuals have come forward to confirm that they feel unsafe around this individual. To preserve their personal safety we will not be revealing any reported information at this time. Do not harass, attack, or otherwise interact or engage with this individual. If you feel unsafe around this individual we recommend blocking, muting, and moving on.
Other individuals that took part in the harassment have yet to make statements and have moved on to other activities.
As for the target theirself: LaizyBoy has currently reactivated their twitter page, which has since been entirely cleared of all posts. They DeviantART page and Tumblr page have not since (to our knowledge) been reactivated. They made a statement earlier today stating that they will be taking a hiatus from making further content for the time being.
To those that have been following this incident we thank you for your attention and your support during this time. If you or anyone else that you know has been a victim of a bad actor, cyberstalker, or cyberattack, please share your story with us and we will do what we can to make the attack known.
If you would like to report a bad actor in your community:
Please provide full, unedited proof in the form of screenshots, asks, submissions, and/or conversations with the potential bad actor. Links to already circulating posts are welcomed as well.
We accept submissions from any communities and promise to assure anonymity to all third parties involved in the reported conflicts. When provided with evidence we will take great care to remove all information that may allude to accounts or account names of potential targets or innocents.
As always, let it be known that our posts are not to entice further conflict, cyberbullying, doxxing, or discourse. Our posts are solely and only to be used to inform potential victims of bad actors with backgrounds of repeated abuse and harassment. Do not interact with any of the individuals reported in our posts. Block, mute, and move on.
There have been a few blogs going around harassing creators and fans of twisted wonderland. I hate drama but I feel like this is very important
Tw: G0re mention/R4p3 mention, Racism.
These blogs, aladdinfuckersblog and charam-kun, have been sending very disgusting images of g0re p0rn to many different creators including minors. The images usually contain rape or images of decapitated heads.
They also have been sending asks under anon threatening rape or extremely racist viewpoints
This also includes sending images of the KKK to minority creators as well. The also have been fetishizing Arab people as 'jokes' as well. These are the same person. Please block, report, and most importantly ignore these blogs.
Usually they will try to ask innocently I your asks at first before harassing you, of any of then come into your askbox, do not respond and block them.
Do not give them the satisfaction of upsetting you.
For those that are wondering what happened to Laizy/Laizy_boy04, the truth of the matter is yesterday (4/30/22) that they were systemically group harassed and threatened by a group of individuals on twitter until they were backed into a corner and felt unsafe to the point that they deleted their accounts on DeviantART, Twitter, and Tumblr and privated their Insta account. The epicenter of this harassment is an individual that goes by the name of @/biackwashing (on twitter) or @/kiyoishereig (on tumblr)
Now, I need to say this very loudly and very clearly right now: this person is not a good person, and if you see this person on any platform you need to block it. Do not trust or interact with this person. It openly manipulates both the people it interacts with and its followers, twisting words and posts into vilifying the person on the other side of the screen in order to generate outrage clout, and has been seeing doing this to random people on both twitter and tumblr time and time again.
This individual claims to be a pinnacle of black LGBT protection, anti pedophilia, antiproshipping, etc, but at the same time this person is incredibly dangerous, toxic, and hostile who in the same breath is somehow very racist, transphobic, misandrist, and openly spews TERF propaganda whether it believes it or not.
More information below the readmore. CW for racism, sexism/misandry, transmascphobia, TERF propaganda
Another individual who also commits to partnering with biackwashing in engaging in systematic harassment of individuals and artists within the community is zvezdacito@tumblr or sixigfrog@twitter. It should be noted that when interacting with this individual you should follow the same rules as previously recommended. Do not interact with her, do not attempt to engage with her. She is fully dedicated to gaslighting, twisting words, and otherwise vilifying individuals she sets her eyes on.
For those that are wondering what happened to Laizy/Laizy_boy04, the truth of the matter is yesterday (4/30/22) that they were systemically group harassed and threatened by a group of individuals on twitter until they were backed into a corner and felt unsafe to the point that they deleted their accounts on DeviantART, Twitter, and Tumblr and privated their Insta account. The epicenter of this harassment is an individual that goes by the name of @/biackwashing (on twitter) or @/kiyoishereig (on tumblr)
Now, I need to say this very loudly and very clearly right now: this person is not a good person, and if you see this person on any platform you need to block it. Do not trust or interact with this person. It openly manipulates both the people it interacts with and its followers, twisting words and posts into vilifying the person on the other side of the screen in order to generate outrage clout, and has been seeing doing this to random people on both twitter and tumblr time and time again.
This individual claims to be a pinnacle of black LGBT protection, anti pedophilia, antiproshipping, etc, but at the same time this person is incredibly dangerous, toxic, and hostile who in the same breath is somehow very racist, transphobic, misandrist, and openly spews TERF propaganda whether it believes it or not.
More information below the readmore. CW for racism, sexism/misandry, transmascphobia, TERF propaganda
First of all: the racism. This person’s entire platform is based on the concept of “blackwashing” which is taking characters from series’ and racebending them to fit personal headcanons. This in itself is not a harmful practice, but what is harmful is the fact that this person openly does this to POC of other equally underrepresented ethnicities already. Especially Kalim and Jamil, which if you ask me screams of blatant islamophobia considering this person is actively removing them from their middle eastern heritage and considering any criticism or feedback calling it out on this behavior “antiblackness”.
In addition, this person has a history of calling black people it doesn’t personally like straight-up slurs. Blatantly calling black people that defend their non-POC friends “coons”
Now about the transphobia and misandry - this person claims to support trans individuals and is constantly making trans headcanons for characters. Which again, much like the previously mentioned blackwashing, is not actually by any means immediately harmful.
What is harmful, however, is that this person openly qrts and directly attacks individuals that don’t adhere to its headcanons. Which by qrting means it is also using its platform to provide direct access for its followers to spam, attack, and harass individuals that were otherwise doing nothing wrong, including an instance where a person innocently posted a piece of fanart featuring a Fem!Vil which caused this person to attack them because “Vil is already trans” (which while is a popular interpretation of his character is not actually canon nor confirmed in any way, and is simply a headcanon).
This individual also has a history of going after individuals that support men and/or trans men in general. In some instances this person claimed that people that supported men and transmen must also be misogynistic and hate trans women, even when no evidence existed to prove these claims one way or another.
And somehow, of course, the TERF rhetoric and TERF dogwhistles, which go hand in hand with the misandry. (Note: The thread includes other individuals who are mutuals with this person, but still proves the point)
Now, about the situation with Laizy...
When it comes to the situation it should be noted that this person has had the biggest grudge against them in particular and has threatened them over and over again already for doing so much as unprivating their account.
Yesterday this person made a long thread calling out the TWST fandom for “antiblack” behavior, and then at the very end plugged Laizy specifically for content that was completely irrelevant to the original thread, seemingly just to use its growing fanbase as a weapon to cancel Laizy for good. (Keep in mind: Laizy already said that they no longer ship Thorki and look back on this era of theirs with cringe, which was one of the biggest points brought up as a “gotcha” even though it had nothing to do with TWST-related racism)
When Laizy took to Instagram to issue a formal apology for misconduct and inappropriate behavior in their past a huge sum of its followers took screencaps and instead considered their apology and explanations an “attack” and “going after people”. Harassment continued for the remainder of the day.
In the end Laizy panicked and was begging for the attackers to leave them alone and to stop twisting their words around, but the harassment continued for the remainder of the day. The day ended with Laizy deleting their accounts and privating what was left to escape from the harassment.
As of now Laizy’s family has reactivated their account and issued a statement on behalf of their child on twitter...
Regardless of your opinion on LaizyBoy and the content they make and/or used to make, what needs to be made clear is that this person does not discriminate against who its next target is and weaponizes its platform against those it doesn’t approve of until it’s either blocked on all accounts or you are forced to deactivate, which it considers a “win”.
TLDR: Block biackwashing@twitter on all accounts. Block kiyoishereig@tumblr on all accounts. Do not interact with this person. Do not let this person entice you into a conversation. This person is incredibly toxic, abusive, and has a history of racism, transmascphobia, misandry, and openly spreads TERF rhetoric to its UNDERAGED followers and will sicc its platform onto you until you deactivate. Laizy was its most recent target. It could be you next.
Other individuals that engaged in this cyberattack (all on twitter):
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