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the unearned guilt fans put themselves through in the “separating art from artist” conversation makes me so sad
the problem isn’t that Buffy meant something to you; it’s how your love was used, by both Whedon & the system enabling him, to ensure he kept getting free passes.
the problem isn’t that Buffy meant something to you; it’s how your love was used, by both Whedon & the system enabling him, to ensure he kept getting free passes.
I’ve seen this so much with Rowling too
the emotional experience that existed between you and a piece of art or media can continue to be important to you even if the person who created it turns out to be trash, and that’s still not YOUR moral failing
the emotional experience that existed between you and a piece of art or media can continue to be important to you even if the person who created it turns out to be trash, and that’s still not YOUR moral failing
When nostalgia is weaponized to protect terrible people, it’s the people turning your emotional experience into a weapon who you should be mad at first, not yourself
at least that’s my opinion
we can interrogate things after getting new information without shaming our past self
at least that’s my opinion
we can interrogate things after getting new information without shaming our past self
it’s objectively true that, like JKR, Whedon has been largely shielded from consequences because there is so much power in being seen as the creator of a genuinely culture-changing work of art
but that’s a systemic problem, it’s not the fault of every teenage lesbian in the 90s
but that’s a systemic problem, it’s not the fault of every teenage lesbian in the 90s
my super wise girlfriend once said to me, in relation to a total clusterfuck on a DIFFERENT TV show, “all the wrong people are hurting in this situation,” and I think all the time about how frequently that’s true
