#please stop saying a chronically ill creator is dead

[hotwaterandmilk]

Um, please listen to Kohske and kindly don’t say she’s dead?

1) Kohske has a very active online presence on Twitter and Fanbox. She has been doing commission pieces on Skeb, streaming some of her drawing sessions, and still holding regular chats on Twitter. She is 100% alive and kicking, though complications from SLE limit her capacity for traditional monthly work.

2) GANGSTA. has not been discontinued or cancelled, it is being serialised via Monthly Comic Bunch on an irregular schedule (you can see it listed here towards the bottom right of the index page of the latest Monthly Comic Bunch because it isn’t in this month’s issue. GANGSTA. is shown here every month a chapter does not appear in the magazine. When it does appear it is listed like every other title in the issue).

If you would like to support Kohske even while GANGSTA. is keeping to an irregular schedule, I suggest buying custom products from her BOOTH or subscribing to her Fanbox (you can also buy copies of the GANGSTA. print/digital volumes too if you don’t have them already). She’s an extremely fun creator to follow on social media and support, so please don’t write her off yet.

#gangsta. #kohske #signal boost #please stop saying a chronically ill creator is dead #just because they have had to adapt to their body's changed capacities #and they no longer keep the same schedule as they had before #it's super shitty #and has absolutely no basis in reality #when kohske posts most days on twitter #like the alive person that she is

[chaoticbyebyebye]

I think I’m going to stay off the Voltron tag for the next couple of days. I have acknowledged that parts of this fandom is fairly toxic, if not very toxic, and I don’t agree with many people’s opinions on Season 7. 

Everyone has a right to their own opinion and I respect that, but since this season aired, there’s so much negativity going on. Come on, people! It’s barely even been 24 hours yet!

I have a few thoughts I would like to share first as my reasoning for staying away from the tag.

1. Adam’s death. 

- Let me just say, I’m not surprised. Voltron itself is mainly about teamwork, survival, and war. It may be a “kid’s show”, but these are three major things I have noticed that it’s about. Not everyone is going to survive, no matter how major or minor a character is. Hell, Shiro canonically died before his being was returned and put into his clone’s body, so that he could live again. I know a lot of people are going on about the bury your gays trope and how VLD killed off its LGBTQ+ representation, but... SHIRO IS THE REPRESENTATION. When SDCC happened, the news was about Shiro being gay. People seem to forget that Adam wasn’t the only representation we had. Shiro is a main character, who is gay. He is the representation we wanted and now have. Yes, it was sad when Adam died, but it happens. He was part of the war between Earth and the Galra. He was trying to survive and he didn’t. Not everyone will survive to live happily ever after when they go to war. It happens in many shows, books, movies, and games. It also happens in real life. Stop denying that things like this can happen. You don’t have to like it, but you should accept it. Adam’s dead and that’s how it was probably planned from the beginning. We can’t do anything to change it.

2. Adam and Shiro’s relationship

- Okay, so in my book, when a significant other gives their partner an ultimatum (i.e. It’s either me or your dreams), that relationship is done with because that shows they don’t support you when you want to follow your dreams. Adam said, “Don’t expect me to be here when you get back” to Shiro, which is him effectively ending their relationship because he can’t cope with Shiro following his heart and his dreams. I don’t particularly like Adam much because of this, but I don’t hate him either.

Shiro obviously loves Adam, I won’t deny that. Especially when he says that he’s sorry to Adam’s marker on the wall which shows everyone from the Garrison who fell in the battle between the Galra and Earth. And I’m sure Adam loved Shiro. I can understand Adam’s point of view. He didn’t want his partner, a man he loved and who had a chronic illness, to go into space and dying. He wanted to spend as much time as he could with Shiro before his illness got worse and Shiro leaving wouldn’t allow him to do that. 

But I don’t like how Adam gave Shiro that ultimatum, even while knowing Shiro would choose space over him. Shiro would rather spend his last moments underneath the stars he loved so much than to stay bedridden and waiting for his clock to stop ticking.

Adam and Shiro’s relationship was over when Adam walked away from Shiro after giving him that ultimatum and when he wasn’t there at the launch for the Kerberos mission to say goodbye to the man he loved. Shiro probably regrets how things ended between them, but we all know that if Shiro went back in time to that very moment, he wouldn’t change his decision. 

And to add on, I might be a multi-shipper and everything, but Shiro doesn’t have to be in a relationship to be our representation. You weren’t queerbaited because Adam died. Not every LGBTQ+ person in the world is going to stay alive forever, we all eventually die. Adam met his end too soon because of how young he was when he died, but it still happened. Like I said above, we can’t change that, so please don’t try to change it.

3. Ship Wars

- Since I’m a multi-shipper, I personally don’t care what pairing ends up canon tbh. My main OTP is Heith, but that doesn’t stop me from appreciating how cute Hunk and Shay’s relationship is. I was literally crying when they reunited and because of how Hunk was looking at her. Their relationship is precious.

What I don’t like is that the fans who ship Klance, the fans who ship Sheith, and the fans who don’t like the Shaladin ships are all at war with each other. It’s made this fandom completely toxic. I ship Sheith, yes, but I also ship many other ships that are just as amazing to me. Is that so wrong? So what if Sheith or Klance don’t become canon? So what is Lance and Allura end up together? So what is Axca and Keith end up together? Does it really matter in the end? I don’t give a fuck about what becomes canon. This is supposed to be a place where people who ship what they want can feel safe with the other people who share the same interests as they do. 

Why should people attack others for ships they ship? Why should people attack the writers and creators of this show to make the ship they like canon? Why can’t everyone just get along?

Before anyone responds, let me say this. Yes, I’m a Shaladin. Yes, I didn’t particularly like Klance, but this season has kind of changed my mind again. Yes, I ship Allurance, Hidge, Pidgance, Heith, Hance, and any ship with Romelle. Yes, I dislike Lotor and any ships he is a part of. Yes, I don’t ship Shallura anymore because I don’t want to erase Shiro’s sexuality. Yes, I can tolerate Shadam/Adashi because I know they loved each other, but their relationship ended. I don’t give a fuck what any of you say. Just don’t attack other people or the creators of this wonderful show. This show has helped me through so many depressing moments in my life and I love writing these ships because I feel happy and I feel free enough to express my genuine love for this show. I write about these ships to give back to the show as a thank you gift for helping me.

Please, for the love of all things Voltron, do not harass and harm people because their opinions don’t match yours.

That’s all of my reasons and I feel great after getting all of that off my chest. Feel free to respond if you agree or disagree with me. I am happy to have a discussion with all of you. Ship whatever you want, be whoever you want to be. All I ask is that you all please treat others with respect and kindness.

Thanks!

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