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And that’s nothing to say of how queer women are treated by fandom. If it’s a queer hc, she is the yaoi cheerleader lesbian who just so happens to be the LI of one of the male characters. Bi women have their identities erased. And fuck me if that same character just so happens to be a woman of color. (ESPECIALLY a Black woman. Yall hate Black women.)

If she’s canonically queer, she doesn’t gain nearly as much traction or attention as canon queer men. My dash is COVERED in posts of the hockey show just as it was when the pirate show was airing. Yet, I never saw the same amount of energy surrounding CaitVi who were eventually overshadowed by you guessed it: a slash ship. WHICH. Funny how Mel Medarda was canonically involved. A Black woman.

I'm not policing shit though?

I'm saying "leave SOME room for a queer orientation that's already invisibilized in real life". I feel like that can coexist. I feel like there's a difference.

But yeah, acting like offline is any more welcoming to us than online is naive reasoning. Or turning one's gaze away from our erasure across the board 'cus it's convenient that way.

The large, large majority of people's dismissal of us is ruinous for our self-perception ONline AND OFFline, so there's literally nowhere for us to be. And idk. Having a little bit more diversity on top of the existing diversity shouldn't be that hard.

Yes... But that feeling of safety and enjoyment isn’t something every fan gets to take for granted.. especially for those who are Black and/or POC fans, who often have to deal with constant racism and harassment for either cosplaying as their favourite character or witnessing that someone they use to look up to had said slurs in the past (and Haven't apologized for it at all.. *cough cough* gooseworx)

Even if you don’t have the energy to engage deeply with every situation, the least you can do is not talk over those who are actually affected by it.

You don’t have to stop enjoying shows like TADC or Hazbin Hotel, but please learn to speak up when you see racist behaviour. Whether it’s from other fans or the creators themselves. Don’t just brush it aside.

Exactly. It’s like they need the show to explicitly say the guy was being racist because fuck context clues I guess.

It’s like a huge part of this fandom is allergic to seeing Alastor as a victim because he doesn’t act like a ‘good’ victim.

Because he wears a mask through his smile and hates being seen as weak.

Like they can pick up on Vox’s internalized homophobia being a product of his time.

Or how Lucifer’s memory and avoidance issues are a symptom of his depression.

Or that Angel makes sexual jokes as a coping mechanism to deal with his situation.

But you have to drag them kicking and screaming to admit that Alastor coming from a time period where he could be beaten for merely looking at someone white wrong could have an impact on his character.

It drives me insane.

Especially since masking is a huge part of a lot of POC’s experience (take it from a black woman who desperately tries to avoid ‘the angry black woman’ stereotype)

“Oh but it’s my style! / oh that’s just the lighting!” And it drives me mad

And then it smash cuts to nonblack fans and trolls in the present day intentionally running around cons/panels/expos saying slurs and making other fans feel uncomfortable. The fact that it got so bad that a bunch of black fans had to contact Glitch / The LVLUPEXPO directly to get the racist trolls removed.

Glitch /The expo thankfully responded and banned the trolls permanently for the racist misbehavior but it shouldn’t have even had to get to that point.