#I will never forget an asshole complaining that someone wanted to discuss which bloodborne girl was the hottest with them

[katyspersonal]

Whenever I see some statement about a hypothetical male (usually male character? I guess?) on this site I do a 'vibe check' of the post by replacing the gender on female and see if it still works. So like, if someone posted something sexual but kinda humiliating about a 'him' I try to imagine the same post about 'her' and if it is still a fair statement - it is an okay post! But if it suddenly became creepy after this change, I figure that I should not find it funny for a 'him' either and condemn the original post! Or if someone is gloating about how good it is that artists are ""fixing"" a canonically ugly male character, I try to imagine this statement about a female character... and, naturally, that leads to condemning the approach no matter what.

I honestly find it helpful, it is like keeping mind in shape against double standards! It is just kinda an easy trap in online spaces, where people will write and write about how "creepy" and "disrespectful" users can be towards fictional women, only to turn around and show the same attitude (often even worse) towards men. It is just... wrong. If someone wants to make a point about how certain feelings or statements are inherently vile, it should be applied to every person (well, character xd) equally, without distinction by gender! Like- if you can't "disrespect" a woman, you should not disrespect a man either. If you want to grossly objectify that male character, be okay if someone does the same with a female one! Like, whaaaaat, you think women are not important enough for their ""bad"" feelings, actions and words to 'count' as such? :p (I jest because sure they're only "bad" in very narrow near-puritan vision of how fandomry is done, but you see the point about how hypocritical this is!)

#fandomry rambles #internets #personal #(ish) #I will never forget an asshole complaining that someone wanted to discuss which bloodborne girl was the hottest with them #(correct answer is Gratia btw) #like 'homophobic homosexual' joke is only funny if 'lesbophobic lesbian' is as I said once #this is just.... such a headache #if you go that route figure that words and actions coming from women can deal damage too and not be written off as 'quirky uwu' #us in russia have a saying ты либо крестик сними либо штаны надень #roughly translates as 'either take your holy cross off or pull your pants back up' #never can be said better