And to be honest, I'M honestly distressed that a wonderful artist has now closed down her site because of the American tendency, in any situation, to insist on seeing things OUR WAY, and that any artist from anywhere in the world must conform to OUR STANDARDS. Because, of course, OUR FEELINGS and OUR VALUES must trump anyone else's. Did it occur to anyone over there that this was an artist from another culture, and maybe she has a right to express herself appropriately for that culture, regardless of what WE in our almighty moral superiority might think? Why should it? After all, we always know what is best, and failing that, we know what WE WANT, and that should always win.

No, sorry, hon. I'm not cutting anyone any slack here. I consider those reactions to mucun's lovely artwork to be selfish and ill-considered. Whatever was offensive in that picture was being placed there by the minds of those looking at it, and that may be all well and good for those who want to view the world as sick and dangerous, but I do not hold with the idea that a person has the right to walk into someone else's space and start decrying the decor. It's rude and childish, for one thing.

And it's punishing Rei for whatever past the complainers are reacting to. It's not her fault some people in America have problems, and I'm shocked that anyone would treat her as if she were some kind of criminal, when all she's done has been provide us with incredibly lovely illustrations for years now, free of charge or demand of credit. I've seen this happen before, Lindalea. Some paranoid with a stick up her ass comes along waving a cane at the pervert, a big fuss happens and the artist decides I don't need this shit, thanks, and jumps ship. And the rest of us get to lose out on beautiful work because somebody just HAD to whip it out for a toss. I'm sick of good artists being hounded out of this fandom, thanks. It's happened before, and excuse me, but I didn't shut up then either.