so what do you think about the whole thing where Clexa fans have trended almost every day for a week while JRot has been quiet AND after ellen has supported his silence? what a shit show.
Ah, thatâs a very interesting thing to observe now, isnâtit? To see how JRatâs gonna try and get his ass out of this mess (not onlyafter gross under-estimation of the fanbase he deliberately manipulated, butalso after subsequently choosing entirely wrong tacticsâsilence with head in the sand whileit blows over, but alasâkids are fucking FURIOUS, and rightfully so) whileâŚwell, AfterEllen is being a ginormous sellout and ass-kissing support to CWbecause theyâre basically part of the same network?
Yes. We assume that you are referring to Trish Bendixâsridiculous effort to cover one issue by raising concern about another one (that sheâd neverbothered to cover before, oddly) and deliberately divert topic toBlackLivesMatter, because one type of oppression cancels ALL others, right? Forthe same website that first interviewed Lana Parrilla (after bazillion votesand clicks we gave them in that damn poll, after which we didnât even deservethem trying to get JMoâs explanation for refusing to âspeakâ to us?) whereshe used opportunity to promote her ongoing hetero lovestory with theForestBush (thoâ in her defense, at the time she had no idea how much of asnivelling wife-cheating rat he was going to turn out to be) and said weird stuff(the âmasculine energyâ stereotyping of lesbians that made some of us goâwtf?â) that showed how fundamentally she misunderstands why we all digthe dynamics between her character and the one formerly known as Emma Swan. Andthen the following year, the very same Trish Bendix (and after similarpoll-type clicky-frenzy their site benefited over) didnât even bother to contactthese actresses againâbut instead reached out and gave a mic to those twosexist, heteroenforcing middle-aged misogynists, giving themopportunity to continue to promote their shit (aka scraps of some randomone-episode-never-to-see-it-again-afterwards âqueerâ romance, instead ofthe one that organically wrote itself?) by trying to sell it to us as legit effort ofâOnce Upon a Time to reflect the real world and the diversity within itâ, which⌠isutterly laughableâfor their white, straight, heteros-only bcs no-homofairytale.
Instead of you know, being an actual journalist thatcouldâve shown some activist initiative to ask the hard questions, and call out the assholes aboutqueerbaiting in their writing, blatant homophobia they nurture in their(hetero, Tween) fandom, and last but not leastâthe scandalously shameful treatment of their LBGT+ (straight allies shipping SQ, included)fanbase?
The comments section under that latest article is abeautiful thing to behold, now. Trish asked queer women of colour to speak uptheir mind, and⌠she shouldâve been careful what she was asking for. Becauseapparently âkidsâ (QPoCs, or not) who got outraged at their treatment by The100showrunnerâare much more elaborate and organized than we everwere (because, not that many superimposing egos there?) and are taking things a lot further than we ever did in this fandomâdespite overall appalling treatment of not onlyshowrunners but also the entire cast and PR.
 So we should really observe and learn here, shouldnâtwe?
