What’s It Like Being A Massive Bitch

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I want to talk about Bob.

I want to talk about Bob and how fandom treats characters with mental illnesses, because I’m already seeing this shit.

Spoilers below the cut.

His arc is so good, and yet some people are really just focusing on making him into “UwU babygirl” material. I know, this is tumblr, home of the babygirlified characters.

But there’s heavier context here. We’re talking about someone who survived an abusive childhood and overcame the addiction he used to self-medicate for a wildly unrepresented/stigmatized illness.

His memory loss is not cute. It’s traumatic. He’s traumatized.

Yes, it’s important that he absolutely can be seen as a love interest, as a favorite blorbo, as a comfort character. In fact, I think he will be for many people with mental illnesses. His story resonates.

But there’s a systemic, historic pattern of treating mentally ill folks as children, or incapable.

The situation with Valentina is a metaphor for conservatorship. She handles him, makes decisions for him, all while talking down to him.

Don’t let fandom do that to him, too.

IM GIGGLING SO HARD WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS JOKE LENNE.

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what the snif? I'm snorfin here

I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THESE FICS AND NOW I NEED IT

I need someone to write a “coming downstairs in your messy bun to find your alcoholic mom sold you to the thunderbolts” fic PRONTO I need to relive my glory days (middle school) (they weren’t glory days) (I was miserable)

The Avengers 2012 era was the best time ever in the fandom

Thor loves pop tarts, Clint lived in the vents, Bruce and Tony did science together, Steve was the mom friend of the team and did art in his free time, Natasha was cool aunt of the team, Loki was there too and a bunch of other characters like Peter, Sam, Bucky, Vision and Wanda all lived in the Avengers tower together

It was a much simpler time where everyone in the fandom was chill and having fun together

YOU'RE SUCH A JEEEEEEEEEEEEERK <3

im the child you bully. you don't bully children you bully CHILD and that child is ME, Jerk <3

that’s just my god given right as your big sib, sorry bitch

do more whimsical things. put no limits on whimsy.