Oh dear

[serai]

It looks like mucun has closed her slash site:

http://havens.sakura.ne.jp/ban/

Wonder what happened? Anybody here read Japanese? It looks like she left a note.



ETA: OK, I've been over to Rei's journal and read the latest on the brouhaha.

And I can say that I am now officially disgusted with this fandom. I suppose it's a branch of my disgust with this prudish, finger-pointing, dirty-minded culture in general, that can see some kind of twisted sex in a rather sweet image of affection between friends. God, people can be filthy sometimes.

Feh.

Comments

[thegrapeofdeath.livejournal.com]

Ooo, before I forget, I was looking through your icons and came across this one:
http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/16256169/1057496

It's not by Rei, but by a friend of her's, Masato. Her site is here:
http://aozora.x0.com/oal/

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Oh, doh! That's from Jon Stewart, who tackled what some nitwit senator said about gay sex being a half-step away from bestiality. If I remember correctly he said, "To sum up: a man and a woman are better than one woman alone, which is better than two men together, which is equivalent to a guy fucking a box turtle!"

I'm glad you like the ficlet. To be honest, I can't imagine seeing anything else in that picture right off the bat. Sure, I know some people might get yucky ideas (at least, I know that now), but I sure didn't.

[wyna-hiros.livejournal.com]

I just caught wind of what happened to mucun: it's awful. I really doubt she intended for it to be considered that.

The hell is up with some people?

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Some people just gotta be the ones to tell everybody else what's right and wrong, I guess. Maybe the concept of free artistic expression just goes past them. *growl*

[celandine-g.livejournal.com]

Name me one person who'd put up with that in real life - some asshole walking into your house and bullying you into changing something about your life just because he didn't like it.

Such a great point! I don't know why people put up with abuse that--as you say--they would never tolerate in their own home. And here, one's journal is one's home. So, yes, I would never let someone post nasty things on mine and I do try to avoid doing it on others' journals (at least to them). But sometimes when people are abusive (as in the recent incident), I have to speak out, as you did, and defend the person being attacked. Of course, these things often blow up into (sometimes pretty interesting) arguments. But fandom is, in its lowest common denominator, still people--and we get all kinds, just like any organization. The nice thing here is that you can get rid of people (or comments) that you just don't want to be bothered with.

I do try to avoid the empty flamers coming into my world (and have defriended for too much meanspirited flaming--I don't need it). And I generally avoid them, largely because I think they love it and I prefer them stewing over why I never responded, hehe. I never responded because, of course, they don't exist. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Mucun has re-opened her slash site with a warning for people who are incomfortable with these kind of themes.
I'm glad to see her back.

Nimue

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you thank you thank you for letting me know! I am so glad she decided to re-open it. *dances happy dance*

[serai1.livejournal.com]

Cara, I just started a project for Rei, to show our appreciation for her artwork. Go here if you'd like to consider joining in. :)

[cara-chapel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I joined as Bill.