stilestastic

THE VOTES ARE IN! and to the surprise of literally nobody, sweet melody won, so i will be posting chapter 27 next! followed by SOLS chapter 16 and metanoia chapter 6. thank you to everyone who voted!! 

Marvelfanatic19

Everybody LOVES Sweet Melody (I get it, I love it too)
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stilestastic

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random rant, but it pisses me off that an investigation was launched into the sexual assault allegations regarding jack barakat from all time low, and the investigation determined that they were part of an organized smear campaign. for those of you who don’t know, these allegations came out a few years ago when ATL was seeing more mainstream popularity than they had in years. and it pisses me off not just because i love the band, but moreso because shit like this makes it SO MUCH HARDER for real victims of sexual assault to come forward, much less receive justice. 
          
          a smear campaign like that trivializes the horrors that victims and survivors go through. it uses them as a prop to attempt to take someone else down. it makes it even more difficult for victims to speak out. 
          
          i cannot imagine disliking a celebrity (or even a person you know in real life) so much that you and a bunch of other people go to such lengths to make up stories posing as a fan, even using VPNs to remain anonymous and using servers based in brazil because they are more lenient regarding VPN privacy laws. i cannot imagine trivializing something so serious. 
          
          anyways, this just makes me mad. and if you remember hearing about the allegations and didn’t hear this outcome, there ya go. it’s lesser known that all charges were dropped:
          
          “‘There is no such person and no such incidents occurred. Rather, an investigation revealed that Doe 2 was an orchestrated smear campaign by multiple individuals posing as a fake fan. The investigations identified individuals behind the anonymous post who went to great lengths to hide their identities,’” lawyer Michael B. Garfinkel of Venable LLP said.”
          
          always believe victims. but stuff like this sets EVERYONE back and makes things more difficult for EVERYONE. 

stilestastic

@_Stxdia_ omg i had no idea!! that’s crazy
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_Stxdia_

@stilestastic apparently those images (I too, can not unsee them) were sent when Percy was 17, so also a minor. Still wasn't right to send them, but he was under 18, so no legality was broken. But the whole thing was so confusing and convoluted so it's not surprising things got lost. I just know all charges/complaints were dropped and all are attempting to move forward with their lives.
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stilestastic

@_Stxdia_ i remember the josh ones so vividly omg. and as for percy, i swear i saw some of the things that were sent (i wish i could unsee them, my god) and didn’t hear about them being cleared up ??? 
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stilestastic

brain go brr… brain go “clark kent fic” … brain know i have no time for clark kent fic… brain sad

OliviaLikesWater

DO ITTT AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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justanillusion

DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT
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