so the latest (well, ongoing, and having escalated) shitshow concerns one iamlunasol - i've mentioned her before with fandies stalking her at cons and being overall little abusive creeps for a nonstop eight months
which all started because she got annoyed at the over the top nonsensical kaeluc hate (i'm not even sure if she was even in the fandom at the time), so she made a joke spite pin of them with "~brotherfuckers~" written on it
with luna having gone quiet for a few months, that having done nothing, so now she's just gone full middle finger by drawing all sorts of whatever shit she likes, and liberal use of blocking programs
turns out that's something which may be in short supply, because you have way too many fuckjacks going "IT'S JUST PIIIIIIIIIZZZAAAAA, GOD, YOU'RE ACTING LIKE THEY'RE ATTACKING YOU!!!"
ever since this entire shitshow started, she's been in regular contact with the police, and updated them with the constant material these scumbags provide her
ANYWAY part of what i made this plurk - besides venting about the obviously fucked up shit happening - is because shoutout to this two faced mealy mouthed little shitwaffle
because Luna has been very vocal about all the harassment she's been getting, and how this kind of thing just opens up a can of worms that will inevitably backfire on fandies
Luna: Vigilante justice is tragedy waiting to happen. You can only play fast and loose for so long before innocent people get hurt. Regardless of how you feel about me, this kind of continued behavior does and will cause harm to innocent people.
Mealy Mouthed Cockbrain, Take 1: i hate when people say this. vigilante justice is the only sort of justice we have, and as a WHITE WOMAN, you have absolutely no place to comment on what justice is. considering youre american this is WILDLY disturbing.
Mealy Mouthed Cockbrain, Take 2: all they FUCKING DID WAS SEND A PIZZA TO YOUR HOUSE. that shit happens all the time, and as someone who works minimum wage, its shit BUT NOBODY CARES UNLESS ITS A SMALL BUSINESS. get a fucking grip, you are literally white.
sometimes I almost feel sorry for these jackasses, because there is a whole Thing where people who lack power will find and lash out at whoever or whatever they can to make themselves feel less powerless
it's not even that they're defending the rights of ficitional characters, it's that they are saying that the fiction a person likes is a testament to their character and sense of morality
There was a FOFF thread that posited that one part of this rising up as it did, in combination with how helpless kids feel these days and how they claw for what power they can to feel like they can do something, is because this generation grew up with web 2.0, social media, and everything on the same site, designed to spread.
Not just because everything spreads further than it ever did before, but because they were seeing everything all at once. Fanart, horrible news story, silly meme, crowdfunding plea, fanfic link.
It's no wonder they read an article about the effects of media representation and then take it to the extreme to say that fanwork should reflect a perfect, pure world -- they've never separated these things, and they think because we have, we're delusional or making excuses.
we give a lot of talks about reality and fantasy and internet safety and how cyberbullying still counts as bullying it doesn't make me any less frustrated to see these things online all the time over fiction but we do have to give these talks a lot
I feel like that ignores the fact that there are people of all ages out there who are perfectly well aware that real people and fictional people are Not The Same
also as a note: we know for a fact that it's not just pizza. there are death threats (and apparently rape threats as well but I haven't seen caps of those yet)
I personally feel like it's really just a product of bullying, at its core. Like, people who aren't looking for acceptable targets to lash out at aren't going to do this, regardless of the environment they grew up in.
like i'm sure there tons of reasons Why they think this is acceptable behavior when it's absolutely horrific, but.... when are they going to realize how terrible this is
well parents don't like the word law suit or being told they're gonna be sued over something online we've had to do it a few times this year and those parents were not happy
that’s a wayback machine link and I highly recommend using the site to archive things before reporting them, especially anything that might require legal intervention.
What actually happened: some dipshit kept their age hidden, went to an account that blatantly said "18+", ignored the "minors do not interact", went onto a picture of explicit sex, and started making stupid shit ass comments about the orgasm expressions in that picture
but there was no way she could have known she was talking to some little asshole, and, despite what everyone says, telling some douchebag to "grow up" doesn't mean you actually think they are a minor or whatever
it's for enamel pins with the subject of, like. the horny side of fandom lmao (especially omegaverse) , so not for everyone, but there is an italicized "oh" pin that nails the vibe exquisitely
as terrible as it feels to say, this is probably due in part to the harassment campaign, because Twitter boosts tweets based on engagement, and hate comments and hate retweets count as engagement, and these shits have been comment bombing literally anything she posts
so, boosted engagement on perfectly normal tweets means more normal ass people see the tweets, see the normal ass art, and decide to support the artist
Vigilante justice is tragedy waiting to happen. You can only play fast and loose for so long before innocent people get hurt. Regardless of how you feel about me, this kind of continued behavior does and will cause harm to innocent people.i hate when people say this. vigilante justice is the only sort of justice we have, and as a WHITE WOMAN, you have absolutely no place to comment on what justice is. considering youre american this is WILDLY disturbing.all they FUCKING DID WAS SEND A PIZZA TO YOUR HOUSE. that shit happens all the time, and as someone who works minimum wage, its shit BUT NOBODY CARES UNLESS ITS A SMALL BUSINESS. get a fucking grip, you are literally white.