hello, i havent been here in ages or on tumblr in general tbh. just havent felt comfortable being here after well that whole mess, currently not sure if i will be back on here anytime soon at all. hope everyone is doing okay ♥️
warning, this post is about to get real sappy 👀 it’s late here and I’m feeling a little sentimental and I just wanted to post a little something to show my appreciation of the community on this website.
My first time on tumblr, 5 years ago in a different fandom, I had a pretty shitty experience that completely ruined that fandom for me. While it’s not always rainbows and butterflies in 5sos land, my experience this time around is soooo much more positive and I am so grateful for each of you. We might not talk or interact all the time but know that I’m deeply appreciative of all your individual personalities and the collective feeling of support and openness on here.
Shout out to a couple people that have made this place so great for me, I see you and I appreciate you (and your work too!!) so damn much!!!!!!
Hi julia, i'm literally right here. We have had many conversations, in those you have not once showed me that you take what i say seriously. What do you want from me exactly? I've kept everything in private because i felt like nobody else needed to know and also it was the right thing to do. You have been indirecting me and the people you've made uncomfortable ever since we asked you to leave my discord server. I am now replying to this because frankly i'm a little fed up. You say you are sick and tired of how ive treated you, i really would like for you to explain how that may be? I have not once been mean, rude or disrespectful to you. You say i shouldnt hold you to such high expectations, all i ask is for you is to NOT be/say anything racist or homophobic. I call that the bare minimum, the bar is literally on the floor. And you say i expect you to be perfect, which is also strange to me because i have been trying to give you advice and resources but all you have been asking me is to give names and how to apologize. Not once have you shown me any empathy or that youre taking any responsibility whatsoever. The anon here is very right about me and the other people not having to accept your apologies. Besides all this, i owe you nothing. If you made me uncomfortable and i unfollow you i have that right. I dont need to explain myself to you, this is my blog, my space and i want to keep it safe and comfortable for myself and my followers. It is the same for when someone blocks you, they have that right, they dont owe you an explaination either mostly after you knowing that you might have hurt them. I really did not want to do it like this but here we are. I'm really sorry that i have hurt you, i hope we can move past this and each find our own place on this website. Take care!
If they were educating you on how to describe calums skin tone and such and they are white individuals they don’t have a right to accept your apology because your words do no affect them. That could be why they did no accept your apologies, same goes for the fetishizing MLM comment. Unless they are gay men they are not entitled to accept your apology or anything else. I understand being upset at them not but unless they are a member of either of those two groups then they shouldn’t accept it
As for them not giving you the names of those you made uncomfortable, did you ever think that it was because those who you made uncomfortable did not want to speak with you because you upset them? Them giving you those peoples names wild not be fair to those who came forward to them feeing uncomfortable, especially since they didn’t directly come to you.
At this point, I’m done talking about this. They should be more mature about this and not just go instantly blocking me and ignoring me when I try to apologize to them for offending them (I made a poorly timed coronavirus joke the next day unaware that some people would feel offended by that joke as well). I’m just sick and tired of how they’ve been treating me and frankly, they should realize that they shouldn’t hold other people to such high expectations and expect them to be perfect people.