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feiwynne:
So Symbrock is really taking off. I fully support the ship and think that is awesome. This does however create a bit of a situation that people who relatively recently joined the Tom Hardy fandom might not be aware of. Frankly some people who have been around a while may need to be reminded too. I do not want a repeat of 2015.
I have a lot of content from last time in my Tom Hardy tag if you want longer form commentary, but the cliff-notes version is that he had a several years long span of his life that involved extreme drug abuse problems to the point of regularly being blacked out, while also being surrounded by violent criminals. At one point he gave an interview in which he implied he had a sexual history involving men during that time period, and later has said he is not attracted to men. A large number of people, including dozens of entertainment media reporters have insisted that the only possible explanation for this ‘discrepancy’ is internalized homophobia. You can see this interview here, where he describes coming out of a drug induced blackout to find himself in the aftermath of being held at gunpoint naked in some unknown creep’s bed, and consider if there might be another explanation for that. Please note that interview happened several years before he started getting harassed to ‘come out,’ ‘for the good of the children.’ If you have lingering doubts that he is secretly queer negative I’ll also point out that he effortlessly uses they / them pronouns for one of his kids. He is definitely not queerphobic, he is a person with a considerable amount of personal trauma, and we need to be considerate of that.
And we are now in a situation where Tom Hardy is now the likeness of the internet’s favorite ship, which is a monsterfucker ship running primarily on tentacle porn. I’m not telling people not to ship Symbrock, I’m Symbrock trash with the rest of you. Just please be mindful and respectful of the context here. If you do very explicit art, particularly anything with dub con / non-con elements, consider using the comic likeness instead. I’ve seen a few written fics where Brock has massive internalized biphobia and a history of inebriated gay hookups, you aren’t being subtle, stop it. Be respectful when submitting fan questions. If you have questions about his personal history, stop, and rethink your life choices. He may have been curious at one point, he isn’t now, leave him the fuck alone about it. If you have sexual / romantic themed questions about the characters, be very clear you are talking about the characters. And just generally, please don’t be dicks.
feiwynne:
So Symbrock is really taking off. I fully support the ship and think that is awesome. This does however create a bit of a situation that people who relatively recently joined the Tom Hardy fandom might not be aware of. Frankly some people who have been around a while may need to be reminded too. I do not want a repeat of 2015.
I have a lot of content from last time in my Tom Hardy tag if you want longer form commentary, but the cliff-notes version is that he had a several years long span of his life that involved extreme drug abuse problems to the point of regularly being blacked out, while also being surrounded by violent criminals. At one point he gave an interview in which he implied he had a sexual history involving men during that time period, and later has said he is not attracted to men. A large number of people, including dozens of entertainment media reporters have insisted that the only possible explanation for this ‘discrepancy’ is internalized homophobia. You can see this interview here, where he describes coming out of a drug induced blackout to find himself in the aftermath of being held at gunpoint naked in some unknown creep’s bed, and consider if there might be another explanation for that. Please note that interview happened several years before he started getting harassed to ‘come out,’ ‘for the good of the children.’ If you have lingering doubts that he is secretly queer negative I’ll also point out that he effortlessly uses they / them pronouns for one of his kids. He is definitely not queerphobic, he is a person with a considerable amount of personal trauma, and we need to be considerate of that.
And we are now in a situation where Tom Hardy is now the likeness of the internet’s favorite ship, which is a monsterfucker ship running primarily on tentacle porn. I’m not telling people not to ship Symbrock, I’m Symbrock trash with the rest of you. Just please be mindful and respectful of the context here. If you do very explicit art, particularly anything with dub con / non-con elements, consider using the comic likeness instead. I’ve seen a few written fics where Brock has massive internalized biphobia and a history of inebriated gay hookups, you aren’t being subtle, stop it. Be respectful when submitting fan questions. If you have questions about his personal history, stop, and rethink your life choices. He may have been curious at one point, he isn’t now, leave him the fuck alone about it. If you have sexual / romantic themed questions about the characters, be very clear you are talking about the characters. And just generally, please don’t be dicks.
