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#was claiming that memes about monkeys are anti-black
warcrimesimulator · 3 years
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I’ve been on Tumblr since 2012, I can identify a fake “SJW” blog from a mile away. You’re not going to bait me, Tumblr <3
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kurakuradon-moved · 4 years
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Ok, I dislike talking about discourse but as an East Asian myself I felt too strongly about this to let it rest.
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I am not directing this post to the poster of the text in this screenshot, I’m just pointing out how everybody grossly over generalizes this point. I am by no means defending the usage of ‘rats’, but I am not going to stand for having this problem get out of hand with this kind of white knighting.
NON-East Asian people dictating how “Rat” should be used/shouldn’t be used is pretty harmful and frankly very patronizing. Our experiences and opinions are not for you to decide.
I feel that the statement/comparison in the image above would be an over generalization/lumping of (BI)POC people’s experiences. It is not always the same, or equivalent.
Calling Black People “Monkeys”
Nobody would use this unless they deliberately meant it. The roots of this is deliberately racist, back to when Black people were considered “nonhuman”. Anybody who uses this is obviously using this to harm people.
The “Rat Slur”
The root of the general insult of “rat” isn’t exclusive to being used on East Asians. In order for “rats” to be racist, it will need additional anti-asian/anti-POC context. It’s been used before WW2 and beyond, but not always necessarily against a group of people.
Calling a fictional character (Hyde, most often depicted as a) white man “rat” isn’t racist, it’s just the same as calling somebody a snake for being a liar. It’s an insult, but it’s not a slur in this context. Calling it out in this context wouldn’t really be helpful or activism, in fact it just might make people become de-sensitized/not take it seriously anymore and use the slur as a meme DELIBERATELY against POC/East Asian folk in the fandom.
It does become a slur/problem if: the character being called a rat in question is headcannoned/portrayed to be POC/East Asian. That’s just blatant dehumanization and lack of awareness. This should be be called out. (( With this said, I expect you all to know I’m NOT giving you a slur pass on asians.))
⭐️ Just to be safe, when it comes to a POC/East Asian character, you should probably use other words than rat, (stinky, cryptid etc.) and people should definitely be more mindful about the word’s usage and context, and again, I am glad this was addressed.
Please reblog this.
I don’t want people going around claiming that ‘rat’ is the ‘asian n-word’, all while talking over my people’s experiences and opinions of the matter and getting needlessly mad for “our sake”. Not only that, but people are needlessly getting harassed online for this.
I feel that the call out post linked two unrelated things that just happen to have the same word, and potentially caused more harm to a group of people that weren’t even a part of this to begin with.
I’m really sorry to any of my followers that didn’t sign up for this kind of discourse, but as I said, I felt too strongly to ignore it. Answering asks and drawings will be back on schedule!
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People saying Reginald loved Luther the most really need to shut the fuck up. Like? Have you been watching the same show?? I deadass saw someone say that Luther “Went through literally nothing!” and I am fucked off. So here is a quick list of all the shitty things Reginald did to Luther that I wrote while high as fuck on caffeine and sleep deprived as hell. 
1.) Tattoo
Now. I get that they all (save Vanya) had to get the tattoos. I even get that it wasn’t supposed to be a punishment. However. It serves as an example of Luther’s shitty childhood, because no matter how you look at it, he was forced to get a painful tattoo at age 13 by his father. That’s abuse. I get that they all had to get the tattoo, but already your arguments against Luther are invalid because he was evidently abused. His childhood wasn’t perfect, he wasn’t an invulnerable golden boy, he was abused just like the other siblings.
2.) His body transformation.
This is the thing that bothers me the most about this fandom.The blatant body shaming. It’s such a large part of the culture of this fandom and it’s barely acknowledged. All the pictures of overstuffed teddy bears, and calling Luther “monkey boy” and every single fucking meme about him just like “go back to the moon ape man uwu” that make me fucking sick to my stomach. I literally have never encountered a fandom where body shaming is so fucking common that no one bats an eye when a character straight up calls someone a monster because of their body. I understand not liking Luther as a character, that’s totally fine. Having opinions and preferences is not what I have issues with. The problem is when you use those opinions as an excuse to invalidate traumatic experiences. When it comes to the moon memes, I get pissed off, obviously, because it’s pretty shitty. But in the grand scheme of things, there probably aren’t many people who relate to that or see themselves in it. The body shaming however? I know so many people who identify with that, including myself. That scene, where Luther is shirtless and staring at himself in the mirror? I felt that shit. I related so fucking hard. So when people make fun of his body insecurity (yes I have seen it happen) I get sort of personally offended. I saw someone on twitter who said that he went through nothing except “oh i’m a monkey now” and I was like??? Even if that were true, that’s a pretty big fucking thing to go through. Luther is honestly so strong, because I don’t know if I would have been able to handle that. This got away from me a bit, considering this was supposed to be about Reginald, but I feel like it needed to be said.
However, a bit of a counterpoint to my main thesis, I don’t think we can actually call this abusive. Let me be clear, Reginald is a bad father. He is abusive. There is no denying this, but as much as the fandom wants to make him into a two dimensional cardboard cutout, he is more complex than that. It’s easy to classify someone as all bad, but its rarely the truth. And although what Reginald did to Luther was shitty, (in this particular instance) I don’t think it was necessarily abusive. Because he did it to save Luther’s life. I want to say that it was just a shitty thing to do, that he shouldn’t have done that experimental procedure on Luther without his consent, but it’s not that black and white. If it had been me, and I was about to die, my mother definitely would have done whatever it took to keep me alive. Because she loves me. And she is the furthest thing from abusive. Therefore, because we aren’t explicitly shown why Reginald did what he did, unfortunately it can’t count towards the overall argument. Make no mistake, I’m not defending what he did. I think, based off his character, its actually pretty likely that it was an abusive action. Because intent changes things. And a reasonable hypothesis would be that Reginald only saved Luther because he needed him, and not because he loves him, but because we aren’t privy to what his intentions were, the evidence is inconclusive. I’d say we can mark this down as a possibly, but I’m being pretty generous in an attempt to be fair.
3.) The moon
Now, what I’ve been waiting for the whole time. This, unlike the previous point, is without a doubt a demonstration of Reginald’s abuse towards Luther. He had just performed an experiment on Luther that changed his body forever without his consent, leaving Luther struggling and insecure. So does he help his son through this? Nope, he yeets him to the moon. Isolation is one of the things that seriously fucks with someone’s head, and I know its often overlooked because of Five’s 45 years in the apocalypse, but it’s impossible not to have some hangups about 4 years of isolation. Trauma isn’t a competition, and if any of the antis actually bothered to analyze the show, they would notice that the first time Luther actually talks about his trauma, he says “I only spent 4 years on the moon”, literally minimizing his own trauma like so many toxic members of the fandom, and yet everyone seems to think that he can’t stop ranting about his bad experiences and never shuts up about his trauma. 
Second, the picture of Luther’s notes to his father. I know a lot of people are just talking about how Luther is apparently a poet, which I love, but I think the thing really worth analyzing is the note that clearly states “PLEASE! SEND! MORE! FOOD!” because has anyone realized the implications of this? Let m break it down, there are two possible conclusions that can be drawn based on the evidence. Number one: (lol, get it?) the more likely scenario, Reginald frequently forgets to send Luther food, therefore he feels he has to remind him. This is utterly heartbreaking, because it also shows how Reginald was willing to essentially punt Luther up to the moon with promises of doing some good, and then almost forget about him entirely. And yet, some people still don’t think Luther was abused?
Number two: At some point Reginald did something that lead Luther to believe he wouldn’t send food without prompting. This is unlikely, but is possible. It is possible that throughout childhood, Reginald was neglectful to the point where Luther assumed that he wouldn’t send food without a reminder. Like I said, this is unlikely, not because Reginald wasn’t neglectful, but because at that point Luther still worshiped his father as a result of the brainwashing, and therefore probably wouldn’t assume the worst of him. 
In conclusion:
I’m sure there are more easter eggs throughout the show that indicate Reginald’s abuse towards Luther, but its 3AM and honestly I can’t be bothered to find them. Feel free to comment if I missed anything. I just got really fucking sick of the fandom making light of Luther’s trauma, and even saying that he wasn’t abused when he clearly was. I’m not saying he had it the worst, but I am saying that he had it bad, just like everyone else. Claiming that he didn’t go through anything just because you don’t like him personally is ignorant and stupid. This has been a PSA.
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