Musing: fandom - LOL RAPE
Apr. 16th, 2010 11:39 pmThere's this SPN artist I kinda like. And so when she posted on
deancastiel, and the warning was "BAMF!cas", I clicked on the pic she posted. Because I like BAMF!Cas.
I got this. For those who can't see or don't want to click, it's a picture of Castiel with the text: "Maybe I can't trust you, Dean, but I can rape you."
And the text, in case she changes it? "If you don't agreeyou're probably crazy somewhere up there there's probably a button with a strike on it...it will help you to go back."
FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU.
I left a comment. Here. Text:
"I don't agree. This is not because I'm "probably crazy", this is because I've been raped. And I don't find it funny. And I don't find the culture of finding rape funny amusing either.
"BAMF!Cas" does not cover "lol you're about to get triggered and I think it's funny"."
Not asking anyone to dogpile the artist about it, but nor do I think blithely letting it be okay is a good answer.
Happy Sexual Assault Awareness Month...
Edit: There's now a warning, which is good. The humour is still unfunny and irritating.
Edit #2: Plenty of people weighing in over there, and the artist is quite contrite and has removed the non-funny text. Yay for daring to speak up.
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I got this. For those who can't see or don't want to click, it's a picture of Castiel with the text: "Maybe I can't trust you, Dean, but I can rape you."
And the text, in case she changes it? "If you don't agree
FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU.
I left a comment. Here. Text:
"I don't agree. This is not because I'm "probably crazy", this is because I've been raped. And I don't find it funny. And I don't find the culture of finding rape funny amusing either.
"BAMF!Cas" does not cover "lol you're about to get triggered and I think it's funny"."
Not asking anyone to dogpile the artist about it, but nor do I think blithely letting it be okay is a good answer.
Happy Sexual Assault Awareness Month...
Edit: There's now a warning, which is good. The humour is still unfunny and irritating.
Edit #2: Plenty of people weighing in over there, and the artist is quite contrite and has removed the non-funny text. Yay for daring to speak up.