#serious posts

i understand that winning a slam comes with an amount of pedigree within tennis, and it’s an achievement that comes with a lot of publicity and lauding. on this level i understand the frustration with him winning one.

what i dont agree with is the idea that this fundamentally changes anything. zverev is good at tennis, this is not a moral judgement. he has been a serious contender for many years. as much as it feels vindicating to call him a choker, to make fun of him for not winning one- that is ultimately a selfish feeling because it doesn’t serve any purpose. and in some ways directly obfuscates and trivialises the real issue.

obviously, i don’t think making a joke here and there is necessarily wrong, but i do sometimes worry the overwhelming amount of posts treating players beating him like a game is diluting the seriousness. the posts that only ever call him the rat or another nickname, the posts congratulating people for “exterminating him”- i worry these miss the point. he isn’t some funny little issue, he’s a serial domestic abuser. whether or not a player beats him isn’t them doing a favour for women or for viewers who don’t like him, there is no morality in it.

if it’s more important for you to be able to make fun of him for not reaching some arbitrary point of success than it is for him to be recognised and face consequences for being a serial abuser than your priorities are wrong. i don’t actually think anyone is doing this on purpose, but i think it’s easy to get caught up in our own anger, our own desire to feel better short term.

the first allegations came out i believe in 2020, if zverev had won a slam before that it would not have changed the fact that he’s an abuser. if he’d won every slam since it would not change that fact. on the other hand, if he lost every slam first round it would also not change anything. the truth of it though is that he does make deep runs frequently. that’s why he’s been top 5 for so long, and him being top 5 for so long has already made him a face of men’s tennis regardless of his slam success.

no longer being able to say he’s a choker or he’s a slamless loser or whatever insult in that vein you want is not even remotely relevant when the real reason people should be upset is that he is, once again, a serial domestic abuser.

dont follow me if you say anything racist about any of the members. to say shit about sophia coming from “the slums of the Philippines” is disgusting to me.

i dont know anyone exactly who has said any of this, but if you’ve laughed at any of it? unfollow me. immediately. i find it disgusting that any of you could say shit like that while following someone whos literally filo

This is REALLY immature, like be upset about the season all you want, but petitioning to get the season cancelled and sending DEATH THREATS to the creators is NOT AND I MEAN NOT HOW YOU HANDLE IT.

This is legit the most immature and pessimistic fandom I think I’ve ever been in. If you enjoyed the season, thats awesome!!! Again, I haven’t seen it yet as I didn’t know it was even a thing until I came on Tumblr yesterday, but SOME people will just whine and complain about everything, they’ll never be satisfied.

I hate making negative posts like this, but it just irks me how people POSSIBLY thought this behavior was okay in ANY FUCKING WAY! Some OSC members really need to grow up, that’s all I’m saying.

THIS POST IS COMPLETELY OOC

DONT FALL FOR THIS!!!!

Whats funny is this is the same tatic they use on discord

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some days i need to ignore a post, because if i look at and interact with every single post that asks for my help, i start to get overwhelmed. and whilst i know that sounds like an excuse it's not one, and i know other people struggle with this.

you do not need to feel guilty for skipping past something you are not able to deal with. it's awful that other people have to go through this, but to be able to help anyone you need to firstly make sure you yourself are safe.