Let me officially state: No, we are not claiming martyrdom. We DO however get a lot of shit for believing as we do, AND our means of stating our opinions are criticized by people who are far less kind about stating theirs. I have been called things in the last few weeks that I’ve never, and would never call anyone else - just for being part of Loki’s Resistance. I won’t pretend that we aren’t being attacked and that some of it isn’t really, really nasty and personal. If you want to call that martyrdom, so fucking be it. Y'all who think we’re a bunch of teenage drama queens don’t listen to what we say anyway.

Resistance members: If any of you need a kind word, a virtual hug, or just somebody to vent to, this is me offering. My inbox is open. I hate to think that some people are already being driven from the fandom or off of Tumblr entirely by this, and I know for a fact they are.

This is toxic fandom behavior at its finest. It’s nasty, it’s hostile, it’s exclusionist and goddamn hateful. I’ve seen it before, but seriously never like this. THIS bullshit is what makes fandom such hell for so many people, what results in deleted accounts and closed inboxes and changed URLs and emotional scars that never quite heal in spite of all these measures. This is why some fans are silent, scared and ashamed. This is why some fans grow to hate something they once loved, or begin to dread logging into Tumblr. This is, no exaggeration, literally the kind of thing that makes some people want to kill themselves.

Good job, fandom. Well done. High fucking five.