"this work is problematic because of how it handles [subject]": reasonable premise for media criticism

"this work is problematic because it depicts [subject]": do not pass go do not collect $200 this is, as a general rule, a functionally reactionary and conservative argument

I think even more importantly:

"this work is problematic and you should be critical of the viewpoints it presents while engaging with it": reasonable premise for media criticism

"this work is problematic therefore everyone who engages with it is evil": do not pass go do not collect $200 this is, as a general rule, a functionally reactionary and conservative argument

"depiction is not automatically glorification" can and should coexist with "some depiction is glorification and you need to be able to tell the difference"

Please add to that list "apparent glorification in the first 15% of the thing does not constitute real glorification if the remaining 85% is dedicated to suffering the consequences, deconstructing the damage and changing ways" because some people around here don't understand how the three act structure works.

Y'know yeah i will absolutely add this especially since people keep saying fight club is an example of glorification. Genuinely thanks for having one of the few good additions to this post

80 Examples of Fandom Antiblackness

Imagine all of these things being a possibility every single time you log in to your 'escape'!

To my Black readers: You are VALID! You are not sensitive, not 'overreacting', and you had every right to be hurt by the way you've been treated. These are not isolated events! And if people won't stop being racist, they should continue to feel uncomfortable for being so!

To my nonBlack readers: You are not an ally for NOT doing these things, but for STANDING AND SPEAKING UP when they do.

(So APPARENTLY Tumblr won't let you zoom in on Desktop, but I put the lists in the Image Description! Sorry 😬 i did not know Tumblr doesn't allow zoom in on desktop. It's easier to zoom in on mobile.)

i want my fellow asian and asian diaspora fans to notice how many of these examples are not about white people but about non-black asian folks being virulently anti-black, and then trying to excuse it by claiming poc status. we NEED to be calling in our own communities around this vile shit and actually fucking stand up to white supremacy instead of fucking aligning ourselves with it for our own benefit

thank you to op for putting this together and to all the black folks who shared your experiences – i wish it didn't need to be done!!!!

If you're a "neurodivergent safe space" are you normal about people with NPD? Are you normal about systems? People with psychosis?

If you only mean adhd and autism, make yourself clear.

theres absolutely nothing wrong with being an adult who enjoys childrens media i would be the biggest hypocrite in the world if i said that there was. but i think some adult sonic fans need to be humbled. please look at the age ratings on anything sonic related. go to the kids clothing sections at target and see all the sonic stuff. if you have little cousins or nieces and nephews ask them what they think about sonic. please. because the way you think the sonic fandom is for adults only and get mad when you run into minors there is so embarrassing. the way you get mad over certain sonic media being too childish even though kids are the target audience is so embarrassing

Extremely gentle reminder for y'all that Paramount supports Israel

To add, the 29th of November was International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People, a day which it was asked for people to increase their social media posts about Palestine to help call for a permanent ceasefire. For the teaser of the third Sonic Movie to be posted on the 29th seems intentionally planned!!

'people can write whatever the fuck they want' and 'its good to approach writing about sensitive topics with some diligence and forethought' are statements which can and do coexist

just discoverd i can block people i find annoying

when u get out of the mindest blocking is only saved for “Bad People” and you can block perfectly fine ppl you just know theyre a little annoying to you, your experience enhances

so fucking true. hitting that block button on people who annoy me like a medieval king ordering his guards to slay the jester for being unfunny

Oh, so the Sonic Superstars announcement was a distraction from the fact Sega is actively union-busting.

AGES is asking for people to spread awareness by retweeting the above tweet and signing the petition to Sega management, which can be found here.

Please note that they also say "Continue playing the Sega games we all love." THIS MEANS TO NOT BOYCOTT SEGA OR ITS PRODUCTS.

i would do any thing for miles "tails" prower. i would lay down my life for him. i would kill. i would maim

the way people talk about writers (that aren't ken penders) makes my blood fucking boil.

publically chastising people you decided you know and don't like because of art they made about sonic the hedgehog is ridiculous. dedicating multi-paragraph essays and curated posts to how much you hate a specific writer is cruel, unnecessary, and makes the people who work on sonic's lives FUCKING MISERABLE. saying "i'm not a fan of ian flynn" is one thing, constantly talking about how much you fucking hate his guts in detail is absurd

your live is full of rage, sadness, and hatred, and i do not envy you. if you don't like ian flynn's writing but you insist on reading idw to get mad then i don't know what to tell you, man. go on a walk or something. jesus

I kinda wonder how much they paid Roger Craig Smith to come back, cuz you KNOW he knows we hate him cuz some of us write rants longer than the bible, Koran and star wars encyclopedia combined and I've seen people insult him to his face on his twitter so that kind of hatred had to be part of the reason he retired from Sonic. I think part of it is "Well, everyone knows them, ergo they're celebrities, ergo they're rich, ergo they don't deserve to have their feelings considered" Same with Iizuka, like how many people drag his name through the mud? Which is hilarious cuz half the shit ain't even his fault! Hell, the same can be said of all the scapegoats in part of the Sonic the Hedgehog machine! People are making a collaborative effort as subordinates to SEGA and they can't do "what's right" unless they get the okay. Tho I guess you can't harass the CEO of SEGA on twitter, huh, so all that's left is attacking the little people who have to ask every day if this is worth putting up with Cuz you can't just go offline if you want to be in the industry now, that's reserved for weirdos that don't care if they make it or not. Sorry that was kinda derailing and honestly I'd be lying if I didn't laugh at some of the stuff people say about others, but it's like when you stop and think about it, this is really fucked up.

sorry i haven't read your fic yet it's been in my open tabs for 8 months

'fiction doesn't affect reality' mfs when they learn about propaganda

If u think u can ship the brothers and think it’s ok bc they’re an “au version” that’s a bad take and u should unfollow me

Love her :)

i see some push back these days at the idea of “fandom adults” because there are plenty of adult fans of children’s media who aren’t automatically uncomfortable to be around, and especially because people who tend to love children’s media to a “weird” degree are usually autistic people. but to me an adult fan and Fandom Adult are completely different concepts. i have literally no problem with 30 year olds who collect ducktales merchandise, or know everything there is to know about teenage mutant ninja turtles, or even adults who watch and love modern cartoons for children ranging anywhere from the owl house to the amazing world of gumball to fucking bluey. in fact, i think that’s fucking awesome! i think that genuinely loving something so much even if it’s intended for a younger audience most of the time is great! i think people who know everything there is to know about the ice age movies keep this world spinning. there’s nothing i enjoy more than somebody telling me everything they know about something they care about.

HOWEVER. the problem begins when you get legions of adult fans in fandom spaces primarily for kids that expect the show or the fandom space to cater to THEM is the problem. when a bunch of adults start getting very invested in shipping child characters to an uncomfortable degree or expecting the show to be darker than it is and enjoy these things through an extremely skewed lens, sometimes getting into fights online with teenagers because that teenager said that the adult’s favorite non canon pairing makes them uncomfortable, THAT fucking sucks. when you start to try and force kids media to cater to YOU, that is the problem. we see it now in many fan spaces here on tumblr, but if we go back in some years with internet history this can be applied to the brony movement as well. i think a bunch of adult men coming together because of their love for a show about magical ponies and friendship fucking rules, but a good chunk of these men either wanted to mold the show into something it wasn’t, pushing out its intended audience from the online space or even worse making nsfw content of the characters which is where the actual problem began.

so if I’m hating on fandom adults, know that i am never talking about the autistic person who loves my little pony and collects all of the dolls, i am talking about the person who refuses to acknowledge that not all spaces should cater towards you.