Creature Feature

so a book YouTuber made a video about Sir Cameron, titled "Apparently, Sir Cameron is Problematic on Tumblr", where they read through the book live for two hours and then discussed the drama. and their conclusion was (paraphrasing here) "didn't like the writing, felt very debut quality, barely scraping 3/5 stars in that regard, but all the claims about offensive content were overblown. it was basically just some clumsiness here and there which Tumblr escalated because it's Tumblr."

which, fair enough (didn't disagree with any of the criticisms), BUT THEN the people who've been harassing me for months caught wind of this and shifted their attention. because I've been doing my best to not react, deleting inbox hate etc, so I haven't been a fun squeaky toy. this YouTuber, however, was new to being at the centre of a storm like this and had a semi-public breakdown. which, honestly? you would too. everyone likes to think they'd have a graceful, intelligent reaction until it actually happens, and then suddenly your brain is in rat-in-a-burlap-sack panic mode.

and I just have to say..... even if it is your firm opinion that the book is offensive, is this the best use of your energy? you can't channel this wrath toward the people making policies that actually affect you? the most important use of your limited time on Earth is brigading a small YouTuber who is your ally in every significant way, but who has a different opinion than you on a queer indie book?

Next up someone is going to claim that the Narnia series isn't kids books.