Every time I see a ‘modern au’ ft a character that has some sort of limb replacement like a metal arm or w/e and the ‘cool au version’ of it is a sleeve tattoo I literally want to reach through the screen and slap some sense into whoever posted it
They got a prosthetic in canon they gonna get a prosthetic in the au!!!! Because, I know this is a little far-fetched, but people who need prosthetics actually exist!!! In real life?! What a coincidence?!
Also you want cool prosthetics??? They totally exist
Want your character to have a cool prosthetic in the modern day?
steampunk? check
#aesthetic? Floral?
avant garde?
cyberpunk?
there are no excuses for erasing canonical disabilities
You can literally replace somebody’s meat limb with anything you want WHILE NOT BREAKING CANON IN THE SLIGHTEST. What sort of twisted mind you’d have to have to reject such a wondrous chance.
I do think some people are truly dangerous and need to be warned about, but there are also many tumblr users getting called out for shit they’ve grown past/don’t do anymore/can’t be PROVEN, and there are people being called out for /opinions/ that, yes, may be less than tasteful, but aren’t actually attacking/being rude to anyone.
I’m sorry, but that is not grounds to encourage harassment. And that’s what you do when you make callout posts. You are warning the public, but you are also inviting harassment. It IS a side-effect you cannot control. You can permanently fuck up someone’s entire life and reputation, and sometimes on false charges! (Hey kids, remember xkit guy?) So you damn well better have a good reason for calling someone out before you put your accusations out in public and you damn well better do your fact-checking before you reblog such posts.
You know what you ought to try for a change, tumblr? When someone says something that puts you off, you ought to PM them and try and have a civilized talk about it. I have learned things this way, I have said and done things in the past that were ignorant and didn’t understand until people politely informed me and I saw what an idiot I was being. Believe it or not, this is a much more effective way to get people to become self-aware, and is a much better alternative to ruining someone’s entire life.
Where possible? Educate, don’t go full lynch mob. Believe it or not, many people mean well and will be receptive to learning. Callout posts should be used sparingly on people who are truly malicious and dangerous.
Don’t forget the infamous list of “problematic artists” that caused all kinds of trouble but then turned out to be a blend of misinformation, unfounded rumors, statements/actions out of context, deceptive presentation, and downright slander when someone actually examined it with a critical eye.
That sort of thing runs RAMPANT because Tumblr is so full of people that take call-outs as God’s divine word on the spot without doing their own research or examining the alleged sources for themselves.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
