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Purrsday Poetry: The Bliss of Old Tile Roofs, or Words to the Wise

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)

Loaves

GOLDEN GLOBES 2019

THE BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL/COMEDY

HERE’S THE WINNER

MANY MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTIAN BALE

A Dog’s Way Home - new film trailer: https://teaser-trailer.com/movie/a-dogs-way-home/

Release date: January 11, 2019 (in theaters)

Real Person Shipping is not a new thing, and I say this as someone probably slightly older than most of you, who was a part of internet fandom long before Tumblr was here, back when RPSers weren’t constantly hounded and shamed, because they got to do their thing with likeminded folk off in corners of the internet people didn’t know about unless they were searching for that fandom. 

Yes, people are overstepping, but so are you with the never-ending scolding, and you’re doing nothing to stop the oversteppers from crossing boundaries - you’re just jumping up and down on an already sinking ship, and bringing the focus from all their genuine, cute moments to all the crap. And for those of us to whom Negovanman has meant something, for whatever reason, you are coming into a situation that might already be disappointing or upsetting and coloring it with the incessant judgment and pointed fingers so we can’t even reflect on everything in peace and either find reasons to hold onto or say a fond goodbye to this thing that was significant in our lives.

I saw a post on tumblr yesterday that made me cringe about how wrong and disrespectful and invasive and a bunch of other things it was to write fanfiction with actual people as the characters, comparing it to “drawing hardcore porn” with them in it.

I think the writer was awfully wrong. 

It should be obvious, but if we didn’t have the utmost love and respect for these people and the talent they display, we would never take the time and effort to write the stories we do. Said stories put them in various, fictional, more or less explicit situations that show some extent of personality and thus differ completely (at least in intention) from anything pornographic. I write and read fanfiction with real people in it for the real people that are in it, not because I need something to get off to; there is far more graphic material for that in the vastness of the internet. And I wouldn’t like to speak for anyone but myself, but if I had to guess, I’d say the same applies to a lot of other people. 

I also know who is married to/lives with/has children with whom in real life, and I never pretend what I write or read has any bearing on actuality, just as the author of stories  about a movie knows their work won’t be adapted into a sequel.

If you’ve been following a long time, you might recall my experience with extreme anti-fujoshis. I realized they could randomly attack and harass anyone, such as a gay man, accuse them of “fetishizing” gay men, repeatedly misgender them to do so, and see nothing wrong in retrospect. I have NEVER seen a yaoi fan who was this homophobic. I’m also not the only one this has happened to.

they openly admit this has nothing to do with your conduct or the content of any m/m. because of who they are, straight women can’t like or ship m/m: no matter what, it’s “fetishizing” in some vague, abstract way. what are they against?

a fujoshi is a yaoi fangirl, but that actually means any straight woman who likes any male/male ship, including if they’re not a straight woman.

this manifests in an insane level of intolerance towards even non-sexual depictions of m/m, like two chibi guys holding hands. they go back 10 months to find one single non-sexual picture. I’m not the only one.

there is NOWHERE near this level of derangement for yuri, and imo the disproportionate hatred towards yaoi fans is obviously because of misogyny.

when straight men do it, they don’t even dogwhistle: series with lots of male characters to be attracted to are “cancerous,” every part of the fandom who ships m/m is the problem, etc. They are also the only group who benefits. 5 years ago on tumblr this was the obvious view: it’s the hatred, mockery, and stigmatization of everything liked by women and girls and female sexuality. even good natured jokes about yaoi fans could be controversial. If a girl said she didn’t like m/m, people might demand to know why. trends change.

* I have contacted support; hopefully, they reinstate me. I am assuming it will be a while, however, given the sheer extent of incorrect purges.

* If it reaches the New Year and I haven’t heard anything, I will be starting over. Gone for now, but not forever. Perhaps a poll will surface for new URLs. Unfortunately, if tumblr terminates you, there is no regaining the URL. It’s forever filed away on the naughty list.

* I’m not sure what to do about Zutara Month or Zutara Smut Week. Both were deleted with my main blog, and I know the month event is due to start in ten days. Hopefully I’m back before then, but if not, consider the event postponed until further notice. 

* Finally, if you want to reach me, please DM this blog. I have a discord and there is a zutara discord server. I’m happy to share both, just hesitant to post external links, as I believe that led to the take down of adamant. 

* I have contacted support; hopefully, they reinstate me. I am assuming it will be a while, however, given the sheer extent of incorrect purges.

* If it reaches the New Year and I haven’t heard anything, I will be starting over. Gone for now, but not forever. Perhaps a poll will surface for new URLs. Unfortunately, if tumblr terminates you, there is no regaining the URL. It’s forever filed away on the naughty list.

* I’m not sure what to do about Zutara Month or Zutara Smut Week. Both were deleted with my main blog, and I know the month event is due to start in ten days. Hopefully I’m back before then, but if not, consider the event postponed until further notice. 

* Finally, if you want to reach me, please DM this blog. I have a discord and there is a zutara discord server. I’m happy to share both, just hesitant to post external links, as I believe that led to the take down of adamant. 

She passed away tragically at the age of 15 on September 9th, 2018. She will be always be loved and missed greatly. She was such a pretty cat with such a pure soul. 

https://twitter.com/TellTaleTV_/status/1035204247397122048

Congratulations! We won! Malec won Ship of the Year with over 7,000 votes!

Our fandom went through hell and went the extra mile to rally people together to vote for this award via twitter, tumblr, facebook, vk, and etc. This is a great accomplishment.

Please send this post about #Malec winning Ship of the Year to @Netflix, @FreeformTV, @ShadowhuntersTV,  @mmoszkowicz, @HarryShumJr, and @MatthewDaddario. Send it to the producers, writers, and other cast members.

We want them to acknowledge this award. It is good PR for our show.