2025-07-28 13:20:43 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

myusernameisstolen:

> something about jonalias being a “slut.” something about how so much of the fandom goes “teehee he has a regency harem” and ships him w all his many friends and past victims. “hahaha he’s such a whore.” when there’s no indication in the podcast that he’s even sexually active at all - even with peter, who arguably is the most likely candidate for it with their whole author-supported ‘bitter exes’ dynamic

> and something abt how often jon is portrayed as this shivering wet chihuahua of a man. a perfect victim who everyone sympathizes with, when in canon they don’t and the situation is too nuanced for his victimhood to be obvious and he gets blamed. and in so much fanfiction he’s the poor asexual uwu bean who gets groomed and preyed on and treated like he’s so passive while jonah magnus is a predator.

> and like. jonah absolutely is a predator, even if not sexually. jon is a victim. and there is room in the text for all of these reads to be valid. but like… <takes a long, abiding, frustrated drag from a cigarette> idk man. i just get sick of fanon sometimes.

2025-07-30 10:44:51 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

valtsv:

> valtsv:

> > people love to criticise the actions of someone under an extreme amount of stress as irrationally, irredeemably monstrous, and then you’ll actually look at what they’re talking about and see that not only is their behaviour entirely understandable given the circumstances, but they’re actually demonstrating incredible restraint and will to endure beyond what you thought anyone was capable of

> my controversial opinion that it’s unfair to expect anyone to be their best self when they’re suffering has led me to engage in debates i wouldn’t approach with a gun. to my head.