#im...exhausted

Lauren and Joaquim have both openly stated they’re against antis before, but I mean like…“they should take some responsibility over how its handled and interpreted.” I…really don’t get what you mean by that. It’s not their fault that antis exit. And if you want them to take responsibility for how the story is interpreted–you…you don’t understand how antis are, do you? Take k/l for instance. Every time Joaquim and Lauren try to express that they don’t condone queerbaiting by explicitly stating k/l is never happening, antis will still twist their words in every other direction to “prove k/l is canon king” and that they’re just lying and manipulative. It’s quite clear that no matter what the showrunners say antis have their own vision and don’t know how to take “no” for an answer.

I can promise you Lauren and Joaquim are most definitely hurt by all of this. I can promise you they know how fucked up this fandom can be–Lauren literally expected to get harassed by antis after one of her interviews, that’s an actual thing she said. Joaquim and Josh have both made public apologies recently because of antis’ extremely hateful and abhorrently malicious behavior. Multiple people on the staff have told antis to stop harassing others before. It’s literally not their fault that these people won’t listen. Josh also edited his post to clarify he is in no way siding with antis there, and he completely condemns their behavior. 

I’m going to be completely honest, I’m not sure how managing PR stuff like this really works. I’m not sure what the protocol is. I can see Lauren and Joaquim wanting to say something about it though, and it’s very possible they’ll make another statement on the matter soon. At the very least, I like to think other members of the staff have reached out to Josh and helped give him some kind of support system through such a stressful time. But this is in no way Lauren and Joaquim’s fault. 

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