#just some thoughts since the twt refugees arrived lmao

[rainia]

When I was 14-15ish and first got tumblr, discourse and drama were not a thing. I had a mainly lotr blog and all I did was reblog pretty gif-sets and art. Not a thought, not an ounce of stress.

Then the great Tumblr Fuckering happened. Suddenly my entire feed was full of “this person is cancelled” “here’s a something terrible going on that you have to know about” “if you don’t sign this petition you’re an awful human.” Everyone was angry and I couldn’t escape the constant stream of stress. Sound familiar anyone?

The solution? There wasn’t one. I abandoned my blog and left tumblr, and all fandom spaces for a while. Eventually, years later I’ve ventured back to tumblr (now in a completely different fandom lmao).

The point is, it’s not the platform that makes the fandom survivable. It’s the people. It’s the work the community puts into being kind to each other. To being understanding of different perspectives. To being open, to being patient. To agreeing to disagree. We on tumblr go on and on about how much better it is than Twitter. And we’re right. But it’s important to be aware of exactly what makes it better. And how we collectively need to work to maintain this environment.

#rain rambles #mcyt #mcyttwt #dream smp #dsmp #just some thoughts since the twt refugees arrived lmao