SIGNAL BOOST

[musical_emjay]

WOW. So. My fannish attention is all over the fucking map lately, and I haven't read a single SPN/J2 Big Bang from this year's crop yet, but something has been called to my attention that I really, really can't stay quiet about.

Please take a moment to go here and read up about the latest absolutely galling pile of racist fail to come out of SPN

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[impertinence]

I don't get the whole "I'm so sorry I upset people, it's my job as a writer to think about my audience and I didn't" thing.

NO, YOU RACIST SACK OF SHIT, IT'S YOUR JOB TO BE LIKE "OH WAIT, I'M BEING A RACIST SACK OF SHIT". not because other people might get mad at you, but because it's the right thing to do.

like. dude. POLICE YOURSELF. protip, that is how to be a BETTER PERSON so you don't need other people to be like "hey, you're being a racist sack of shit".

augh.

[musical_emjay]

Ugh, yes. SO MUCH YES. Just....a little bit of self-awareness, plzkthnx, to prevent yourself from slamming down 80K of ballsy racist FAIL.

And then don't compound this stunning lack of self-policing by pulling the "I DON'T THINK IN TERMS OF ~~COLOUR. I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF RAAAAAACE! WAH WAH I'M NOT A RACIST!" card. That would be your privilege, girl, that thing you should have checked at the fucking door but clearly DID NOT.

[foxxcub]

Personally I'm still stuck at the part where J2 name their black cat after their ~*Magical Negro*~ friend because the cat looks so much like him oh my fucking jesus god.

My face just literally went :OOOOOOOOOOOO

[musical_emjay]

YEAH. When I first saw someone mention it I was like, ".....SURELY I'M READING THAT WRONG. SURELY." But nope, not only is it what really happened, it's the BUTTON ON THE STORY. It's the last event before we fade to black, meant to bring everything to a satisfying close. AUUUUUUUUGH WHAAAAAAT /o\

[ms_nerd]

*facepalm*

[mistyzeo]

i'm shocked a) that she fucking wrote the story and thought it was a good idea, but also B) THAT NO ONE LOOKED AT IT AHEAD OF TIME AND WENT, WAIT A GODDAMN MINUTE, THIS IS FUCKED.

[pau494]

My face was an essay on the progression of WTF yesterday as I read through the links. I read through the quotes post and kept going WHAT. WHAAAT. WHAT THE FUCK!!! just over and over.

If this girl was... I don't even have an appropriate word. Blinded? Stupid? Insensitive? enough to start thinking about writing this story HOW IN THE WORLD DID NOBODY TELL HER THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE GREATEST IDEA EVER? Most importantly, how did it never occured to her for one second to step back and assess the situation.

I don't even know what to say. This is so fucked up. Thank you so much for linking.