(this is from marxismlupinism btw just sending an anon cause still shadowbanned + dont want my r/s blog tied to my main blog anyway)
lmao if only my followers were your followers literally idk why my anons r so mad im just stating the established party line of the blog they chose to follow...
literally every online community ive been in youve been able to say you think the community has XYZ problem and people could discuss the problem and suggest solutions honestly baffling that peoples response to someone saying the hp fandom is transphobic is to go "no it's not" instead of, idk, either trying to make it less transphobic if you think it's salvageable or leaving it if you think it's unsalvageable. the only communities ik that would respond to an accusation of transphobia w denial rather than taking trans people's concerns seriously are, well, actually overtly explicitly transphobic communities lol... and the people claiming they "engage critically" are very clearly not if their response to criticism of the hp fandom is to be defensive—if you engage critically with something that means taking seriously good faith criticism of the thing you engage critically with. like i "engaged critically" w hp/rs for the past 2.5 years and i have never ever gotten defensive at someone criticising hp or its fandom (esp since like... almost all the people criticising hp or its fandom are trans and im not gonna go harass another trans person for being understandably upset at ppl engaging w transphobic media lol).
hp fans (including tme trans hp fans—and, btw, we're well aware there are some transmasculine hp fans, the rest of the trans community just think they suck and are losers lol and i can't imagine that the transmasc hp fans aren't aware of this fact unless they just dont interact w other trans people outside the hp fandom at all) will criticise hp and jkr while believing that the hp fandom itself is above criticism. this does the dual work of distancing themselves from harry potter/jkr, which even they cannot defend/pretend is not bad, while also absolving themselves of all responsibility for any transphobia & transmisogyny they perpetuate or engage in. it's honestly a deeply immature way of engaging with media as well as one that logically falls apart under any scrutiny—firstly, if you accept that hp and its author are deeply bigoted, isn't it just logical that its fanbase would share the politics of the source media? secondly, this is just empirically false lol. there didnt always used to be basically no trans women in the hp fandom—i myself used to be friends with several back in the old days—but most transfems left the fandom in 2020–2021 bc of jkr's increasing transmisogyny. and speak to any of the transfems who did leave at that time and they can tell you their firsthand experiences. like, i really dunno how you can claim the hp fandom isnt transmisogynistic without just outright saying that you think most trans women are crazy and making shit up when they say they dont want anything to do with hp or its fans.
anyway ill stop writing essays in ur inbox now rae xoxo love ya have a nice day!
hi laura <3 yeah truly i think it is so weird that someone would choose 2 follow a blog on tumblr.com which clearly states "i don't like hp/hp fandom" and then get mad when that blog makes a post saying. "i don't like hp/hp fandom." babe why r u at the criticizing hp fandom store if u don't want hp fandom criticism....
and yeah i've talked before on my blog abt how like. i do not think we can "separate" fandom from jkr + the inherent shittiness of hp + my personal stance is that i think if u are engaging with hp fandom in 2023 u should at least be prepared to acknowledge + address the fact that u are engaging w a fundamentally conservative piece of media that is rooted in horrible politics, bc if u don't fully understand how jkr's politics are steeped throughout the franchise then it is much more likely that u will just be. absorbing + perpetuating them.
i think something that gets left out of a lot of conversations abt jkr even when discussing how shitty she is within hp fandom is the fact that like. yeah she's broadly transphobic, but she is specifically transmisogynistic, and the politics + policies she endorses are most targeted + harmful towards trans women. in my personal experience thus far in hp fandom i've encountered a lot of tme trans people, and i think there can be this tendency to go "well i'm trans and i know so many trans people who have carved out a space in this fandom that is super affirming + positive for ourselves, so obviously there is no transphobia here" and like. bc of the strong emotional connection to what people view as a safe queer space it can feel like an attack or whatever when someone goes "ok but. have u considered transmisogyny." or just whenever someone is like. rude/mean/cunty in their criticism of hp--but like. tbh as tme trans people i just think it's more important to recognize that many other trans people (and especially tma trans people) have a reason for being rude/mean/cunty in their criticism of hp and even if it hurts ur feelings it's more important to actually think about where that critique is coming from then to get upset bc u feel like it wasn't phrased nicely. at the end of the day just bc a space feels safe 2 u does not mean it is going 2 feel safe 2 everyone!!
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Who would I be without you, without them? - Chapter 4: Misty
Fandom: Yellowjackets (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Everyone & Everyone, Lottie Matthews & Everyone, Shauna Shipman/Jackie Taylor, Vanessa "Van" Palmer/Taissa Turner, Laura Lee/Lottie Matthews, Lottie Matthews/Natalie Scatorccio
Characters: Lottie Matthews, Natalie Scatorccio, Laura Lee (Yellowjackets), Taissa Turner, Shauna Shipman, Vanessa "Van" Palmer, Jackie Taylor (Yellowjackets), Misty Quigley, Mari (Yellowjackets), Akilah (Yellowjackets), Ben Scott (Yellowjackets)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Laura Lee Lives (Yellowjackets), Jackie Taylor Lives (Yellowjackets), Teen Timeline (Yellowjackets), Lesbian Lottie Matthews, Lottie Matthews Needs a Hug, Lottie Matthews-centric, Team as Family, Team Dynamics, Hurt/Comfort, Healing, Roommates
Chapter 4:
“I can’t go look for Van because she won’t join us if Tai isn’t here. But Tai won’t come if Shauna hasn’t agreed. And Shauna won’t join without Jackie, and-”
“And Jackie won’t come without Shauna,” Laura Lee and Natalie said in unison.
“Exactly,” Lottie answered with a sigh, though there was a hint of amusement in her tone.
There was a moment of silence as they tried to come up with their next move.
Natalie was the first one to come up with a suggestion. “We can split up,” she said.
“I don’t trust that,” Laura Lee said softly as she flinched away from Natalie trying to bite a strand of her hair.
“And we’re an uneven number,” Lottie added. “No offense, Coach.”
“None taken,” Ben answered. He was perfectly content not being taken into consideration and, in fact, he was hoping to get away from them as soon as possible now that he could see none of them were alone or in immediate danger.
There was another brief silence, but Natalie wasn’t done. In fact, she looked surprisingly present and confident at that moment.
“Then we got someone else first,” she said with a smirk, “Someone that likes helping…”
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first thing i did was come here btw
noooo you saw my brief loss of willpower that consisted of being weird on main
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