#personal postings

Which is why callouts are so dangerous these days, especially fake or overblown ones. If you’re knowingly calling out someone as a bad person even though they haven’t abused or harmed anyone IRL but are treating them like they did, you’re part of the problem.

Everything is 1500% more reactionary than it’s ever been. People see a callout and go ham harassing the target, instead of taking a step back and making sure they’ve actually: A) got all the info from a non-biased perspective, and B) the person in question actually did what they’re accused of. Not framed in a ‘oh they like fictional [x] so they’re clearly [y]’ way, Did. They. Do. What. They’re. Accused. Of.

Callouts should be a last resort, not a first step. They should be about someone’s actual real life behaviours with other people, not just because they happen to like fictional problematic shit.

And if you do want to add their fictional crap to a callout, don’t make it the first or only fucking thing you talk about. If you’re talking about someone who grooms minors, focus on that first, not what they ship. If someone’s a huge racist? Don’t even mention they stan [x] if it’s irrelevant to their racism. 

1. Spirit Circle A beautiful and well-paced story that’s already complete! Turns the 25 lives AU on its head to explore the curse that binds the fate of Kouko and Fuuta. Though in their current life, they’re just normal middle school students, they are haunted by their past lives as sworn mortal enemies, and Kouko is bent on killing Fuuta. Despite the heavy themes, at its core, this is an emotional story about fate, friendship, life, death and forgiveness. One of the best manga I’ve read this year! Here’s a short thread on twitter of me gushing about it.

2. Ao no Flag Ongoing shoujo manga of my dreams!! Incredibly lovable characters and explores the doubts, dreams and budding feelings between high schoolers in their last year of high school. The relationships between the characters are what sell this to me SO MUCH and I won’t spoil it for you. Please go in to it without reading up on it, and you’ll be rewarded by a compelling love triangle that will make your heart ache in all the right places.

3. Witch Hat Atelier Relatively new manga (only 5 or so chaps available?) BUT WHAT A GOOD STORY ABOUT WITCHES!! Fantastic art and world building. If you like magic and witches, pls read this.