actual ayato

saw weed 3 times

has 7 gf 

has 9 abs

listens to john lemon

saw a google image of marijuana sock once

has 3 phds on english

you: 

0 or maybe 1 or 2 gf

0 abs 

listens to marijuana and the diamonds

never met picasso irl

never heard of john lemon 

cryign blooger with 0 phds 

I usually make a point to avoid getting into this kind of drama. 

That stops now.

If you’ve been following the kind of people I follow, or if you’re part of new fandoms that experience a sudden explosion in popularity and number of fans - Undertale. Steven Universe. RWBY. Fire Emblem. Overwatch. Disney. Gravity Falls. Star Wars. Marvel. Etc -, you will have seen something like this.

Every time, without exception, there’s a small group of people who think they are entitled to say what is right and what is wrong. Who erect themselves as judge and jury of what is GOOD and what is PUNISHABLE. And now, they may well have erected themselves into executioners.

There was a tumblr user by the name of tyrant-rex. Emphasis on WAS. If you go to his blog you’ll notice it’s deactivated. That’s because he did it, right after leaving a suicide note.

Rex shipped Pewey. That is Pearl/Mayor Dewey, both characters from Steven Universe. Pearl is a canonical lesbian character. Mayor Dewey is a guy. And that, it seems, was all the reason this toxic part of the fandom needed to want him dead. They showered him in hate and this is the result. Rex may well be DEAD because some people decided a fictional ship was worth more than a human life.

And the most sickening part? They’re not sorry. They revel in the pain they’ve caused. They try to justify it.

“But Pearl is a canonicaly lesbian!” Doesn’t justify killing a person over it.

“But it was lesbian erasure!” No it’s not, just as shipping two heterosexual characters in a gay relationship isn’t heterosexual erasure. And even if it were, it would still not justify killing a person over it.

“But seeing that ship hurts me!” If a non-canon drawing of a fictional ship is enough to cause you pain you should go to therapy because you are obviously not well off on the head. Oh, and it STILL DOES NOT JUSTIFY KILLING SOMEBODY OVER IT.

I mean, really, did these people even think about what they were doing? What they are celebrating? If he’s dead, that’s a whole person gone from the earth. Did he have friends? Family? Loved ones? Hopes and dreams? And now those people will never see him again. His goals will never come to be. And why? Because of a ship? Because people on the internet couldn’t stand others loving things they didn’t like? Can you think of any subject more STUPID to hate somebody? To drive somebody to death?

This is not the first time the SU fandom drove someone to the edge of suicide. And I tell you right now, it’s not going to be the last. This is gonna keep happening. And you might be reading this and thinking I’m overreacting. I wish I was. I wish I had no reason to make this post. But Rex, and those who came before, are the horrible proof that no, I am not exaggerating.

And just like they came for him, they will come for you. Because you drew Connie’s nose too small, or her skin too light. Because you drew Pearl with boobs, or Mei and Rose skinny. Because you made Frisk’s eyes too asian, or Hanzo’s eyes not asian enough. Because your humanization of Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps is not the color THEY want it to be. Because you dared to ship the “wrong” ship. Because your opinion is something they don’t like.

An important thing to note is that 

1. I don’t know for sure if it’s accurate to say the SU fandom is directly responsible for his attempt since he had depression and personal issues long before this happened, but they DEFINITELY celebrated his attempt and all that other awful shit you said.

It’s revolting and sick.

Also, if you’re the type to whine about–and make gigantic lists of–“problematic” ships that you deem to be “gross”, you’re not much better.  You don’t know who you’re insulting when you say these things.  You then turn your other face at people and tell them “It’s okay to ship it if you’re a survivor!”, but honestly, nobody has to tell you that, and you’re disgusting and manipulative for trying to FORCE people to air out the trauma they’ve faced in life just so you can judge whether or not they are “permitted” to like two fictional characters in a fictional, non-canon relationship.

Trying to police others’ minds and actions is some sick, abusive bullshit done by sick, abusive people.  I don’t care what demographic you fall under: You’re still capable of being a horrible excuse for a human being.

“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” - Margaret Atwood