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There is an epidemic of transphobia spreading through this fandom amidst announcements from the reboot, and this needs to be acknowledged. And to make this clear, I’m not talking about characters in skirts. I said I wasn’t going to talk about the show anymore but I no longer feel like I can tiptoe around it because of events in the last few weeks. The longer I contain my thoughts in an attempt to not come across as messy or starting drama, the more guilty I feel for participating in this fandom as if I am not aware of the implications it has. There is only so long I can pander to an algorithm that leads people to source material that I condemn. With every announcement I’m seeing more people talking about it, hyping it up, telling people to go back to the originals, and anyone trying to dissuade people from engaging with the reboot is shut down.
I try my best to use the small platform I have to be authentic and hold people accountable. This fandom is supposed to go against everything it’s maker puts out into the world, but sometimes the call is coming from inside the house and I’ve been pretending it isn’t for too long. There’s only so much sincerity people will find in calling out supporting jkr when the comments are coming from a marauders account. I have tried to use my voice to address people who have financially supported jkr, commenting on videos to explain what their money will be going to, but I am often met with nothing. With deleted comments or rebuttals or excuses. I have had people say that jkr is so rich she won’t notice. THAT IS NOT THE POINT. She sees this support for her creations as support for her transphobic message, if everyone thinks that just one scarf won’t matter, just one visit to the studios won’t make a difference, that jkr won’t notice if you buy the boxset of books from amazon just once, she might not notice but we do. If £50 doesn’t make a difference to you when you give it to her then donate it to a charity that needs it. Because she is donating thousands to charities who want to eradicate trans people from existence. As a NB person, my gender is already not legal recognised in the UK, for the foreseeable future my gender marker is stuck as it is, but at least I still have protection from hate crimes and discrimination, but I am terrified this will get taken away.
I’m becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the interactions both within this community, people are far too comfortable sending abuse based on small disagreements or personal matters and then don’t understand the effects. I’ve only been in this fandom for a year and a half, and far too often what has started as innocent conversation about headcanons or even my own Autism and how it affects me has become a personal attack on myself and my beliefs or how I talk and present myself. I shouldn’t have to just put up with this.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that this fandom takes more than it gives these days and I’m so exhausted of being told that’s just how it is and to deal with it or leave. I’ll still be lingering and my asks and DMs will stay open but I won’t be the same Nox you might be used to.
