I'm Glad You Came Back I'm Sorry About What Happened But At Least You Managed To Turn Around And Keep Going! - Blog Posts
Hello, and welcome back to my blog ✊🏼
I understand that there has been some confusion in the last few days over the events that have transpired, and now that I am in a better mental state, I feel confident in addressing everything.
Some time between the night of the 19th and the morning of the 20th, I discovered that my account had been unfairly terminated.
I produced all of my content exclusively using a mobile device from the very beginning as I don't have access to a reliable computer, so multiplemike & multiple-mike had been my only means of sharing and archiving my content (save for reddit, though I obviously did not cross-post every single piece of media there). The only other copies of my work existed on a now inaccessible device, or had been removed from my current one to free up space. As a result, I have lost a lot of the original content that I put more love and hard work in than I can describe. I'd only had my blog for just under a year, but in that time, I had accumulated over 200 followers (a few that I had the joy of sharing more art, writing, personal discussion, and even friendship with through DMs, asks, and reblogs, all which have been seemingly lost as well). This has taken an unfortunate toll on me, as the Total Drama series is incredibly special to me for personal reasons I had never been shy to talk about. I have been working toward getting my account reinstated in the days I've been absent from Tumblr, but with no end in sight, I have decided to cut my losses and start everything all over again.
Prior to this termination, I had been receiving many hate-driven asks and direct messages from a variety of people for a number of months. I never publicly posted or @'d these messages/people because I did not want to feed into the negativity, no matter how hurtful the anons/blogs attempted to be. I would simply block and move on, though there had been a time or two that I made posts generally stating that I believed harassing people over non-harmful opinions is wrong. Those posts were directly inspired from the disgusting words and accusations I was regularly subjected to, but I still didn't "call anyone out," because witch-hunting and drama really isn't my scene. For reference, this was one of the handful of photos/posts I made in response to the hate I received:
(For the record, I definitely still feel this way, and I'd say I even feel this even more now that what has happened did happen.)
The majority of this hate was centered around the fact that I put the "pro ship/multi ship" in my bio.
People wondered if this means I support pedophilia, incest, or other forms of assault and abuse. The answer was, is, and will continue to be a resounding no. What it means is that I ship fictional characters--sometimes with multiple dynamics--and I support everyone's right to do the same thing. Pro, meaning support of. Ship, meaning one or more fictional characters within a dynamic. That is literally it.
I'd often see people ask other users to not interact with them if they ship certain characters (like Scott and Courtney, for example), and I wanted to make it explicitly clear that I liked and produced content for all kinds of ships, that way people could just block me if they didn't want to see what I had to post. A lot of the time, I would get requests to make things for characters/ships that I wasn't even personally fond of (like Duncney or rarepairs), but I did the requests anyway, solely because I still had a lot of fun by giving other people something that brought them joy. I think that providing others with a space to be themselves is a great thing, and it made me happy to feel like I was achieving in such a niche fandom.
That being said, I never posted not-SFW or ❝problematic❞ content (unless you wanna count ships like Scoey or Mal/Zoey). There were a handful of times that I discussed or reblogged posts containing sensitive topics, such as headcanons for what Mike's system had gone through, but I always made sure to tag every single post with any applicable trigger warnings. Because, in conjunction with this pro shipping belief, I think that people should be able to portray or discuss dark and potentially uncomfortable themes through fiction, so long as it is strictly confined to appropriate spaces and prefaced with all needed warning labels. I think it's wrong to spread 18+, triggering, or otherwise inappropriate content to places and people that do not harbor the desire for it, and I will never condone those who engage in that type of behavior. This is exactly why I tried drawing attention to the not-SFW scene a company slipped into the TD coloring book marketed for children. It's not just irresponsible, it's fucking reprehensible to purposefully expose susceptible individuals to sensitive content. That is what can lead to grooming and traumatization, not the mere existence of 18+ content. That is the kind of injustice I advocate against, not geeks in fandom having fun with harmless ships.
People who utilize fictional/fandom content to harm others are not pro shippers. They are abusers, often pedophiles. An abuser can weaponize anything to achieve their twisted desire, so placing the blame on the content itself is a deflection from the real issue, as the focus should instead be the person who made the conscious decision to be abusive. (I'd like to note here that obscene content created with the sole purpose of being offensive or threatening, such as hate speech against minorities or appraisal of abuse, obviously doesn't fall under the category of "non-harmful," and should be criticized even if it's in an 18+ space.)
Even though I don't produce not-SFW content, I have and will support artists, writers, and others who want to safely explore mature themes through fiction. I do not, and will never, support abusers or their behaviors, especially as someone who is an abuse survivor.
Despite the fact that I truly do believe there is nothing wrong with fictional ships and appropriately tagged mature content, I have decided to remove the proship label from this new blog, solely for the reason that I fear losing everything I'm going to put love into all over again.
I do not care if you block me. In fact, I have always preferred it. I have never given a single fuck about being a ❝TD Popular❞ or being an integral part of a social circle. In reality, we are all strangers to each other on the internet, and I am only here to post things that make ME happy. I welcome anyone to my blog that finds comfort in what I share and believe in. But constantly harassing someone to the point of their account being unwillingly terminated is not healthy for any party involved. And I do not want to associate with people who thought any part of this was okay.
If you've made it to the end of this post, I appreciate you having read it all. I apologize for how long the text is, but I think being clear is more important than being concise, though I did try my best to make it as easy on the eyes as possible.
I'd also like to say thank you to everyone who has shown me kindness through this. Without the support I received, I wouldn't have been able to make this comeback so seamlessly. Remember to love yourselves, make good choices, and treat others the way you want to be treated ❤💛💚💙💜