GREY DELISLE VS. TUMBLR - ROUND ONE, FIGHT
(FIRST OFF, I'M PRETTY NEW HERE, SO I'M SORRY IF ANYTHING IS WRONG FORMAT-WISE OR ANYTHING. I ALSO APOLOGIZE IF THIS BRINGS THE WRATH OF TUMBLR DOWN UPON US ALL.)
SO NOT TOO LONG AGO THERE WAS SOME EXCITEMENT THAT EVERYONE'S FAVORITE FIRE NATION PRINCESS (OR RATHER, HER VOICE ACTOR) WAS ON TUMBLR NOW.
WELL, YOU KNEW IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME.
http://www.journalfen.net/community/wank_report/1488.html?thread=8754128#t8754128
EVIDENTLY THE BEAST WITH A THOUSAND MAWS THE TUMBLR SJ MOVEMENT HAS DECLARED A FATWAH ON GREY'S (ALLEGEDLY) TRANSPHOBIC ASS -- BECAUSE OF A DUMB OFFHAND 'LOL JUSTIN BEIBER HAS A VAGINA' JOKE.
THINGS TAKE OFF FROM THERE.
BUT DON'T THINK THIS IS A GLOOMY, SERIOUS POST. THERE IS MUCH TO MOCK HERE.
FOR STARTERS, KNOWN WANK GOLDMINE SF_DRAMA HAS A PRIMO STASH OF "WELL I NEVER": http://sf-drama.livejournal.com/3392600.html
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
FANS DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR AN AVATAR CAST MEMBER WHO ISN'T PURE EVIL ('PURE EVIL' IN THIS CASE MEANING 'HAVING EVER MADE A SLIGHTLY-OFFENSIVE JOKE OR SHOWED SUPPORT FOR SOMETHING POSSIBLY PROBLEMATIC') AND NOT FINDING ONE,
AND
THIS OTHER, AWFUL, MISOGYNISTIC COMMENT FROM GREY'S TUMBLR (CONCERNING A PUN ON THE THUNDERCATS CATCHPHRASE "THUNDERCATS HO" AND A CERTAIN SLANG TERM FOR A PROSTITUTE) WHICH PROVES BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THAT SHE IS A WICKED, EVIL POOPYHEAD.
BUT BY FAR THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS WHOLE DEBACLE IS THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE APPARENTLY NOW BEGUN SPREADING THE MALICIOUS(?) RUMOR THAT GREY DELISLE IS SOME KIND OF FREAK BORN WITHOUT NIPPLES.
LET THAT SINK IN FOR A SECOND.
TBH IT'S PROBABLY A TROLL, BUT I'M STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE THAT SOMEONE LEGITIMATELY THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD DESTROY HER CAREER.
(IN THE INTEREST OF NOT STARTING ANY WANK HERE, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT REAL TRANSPHOBIA IS DEFINITELY SERIOUS, AND I CAN EVEN SEE WHY PEOPLE WOULD BE LEGITIMATELY OFFENDED BY AN INNOCENT JOKE. PLUS, IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE, IT SEEMS LIKE GREY IS NOT BEING COMPLETELY MATURE IN HER RESPONSES, WHICH DISAPPOINTS ME. BUT IT WOULD TAKE A LOT TO REALLY GET ME AGAINST HER, ESPECIALLY WHERE TUMBLR IS INVOLVED. I'D PROBABLY TAKE JACK THE RIPPER'S SIDE IF THEY WERE THE ALTERNATIVE.
ALSO, I'M SORRY IF ANYONE WITHOUT NIPPLES WAS OFFENDED BY READING THIS. YOU'RE NOT A FREAK.;))