u/Gloomy-Product-1011

so i wanted to rant a little about this because it really bothers me and i wanted to see if anyone else feels this way…. i feel like this fandom is way too comfortable with ”poking fun at shannon”

i know every character unfortunately (especially the woman) fall victim to the bot fandom and the weird ways people talk about them and maybe it’s just my fyp but i feel like the jokes are especially about shannon and i will even throw liz in there too… maybe it’s because this fandom can’t be normal about female victims or something. ANYWAY. i am going to list some things that i have seen this fandom say about her that gets on my nerves and i am probably going to forget some and need to add more later but these jokes aren’t funny like who even finds them funny in the first place? and the jokes below are almost “normalized” in the fandom like they are overdone and people are too comfortable with making them…

1. the lego jokes… this one started because someone made a post talking about “how when johnny asked her who hurt her and she said she tripped over legos” now this one doesn’t really get joked about anymore but OMG it used to be everywhere. and i always found the videos ppl made so weird because it’s about her bruises or being abused.

2. the ”the abusical jokes“ 😭😭😭 i actually envy anyone who isn’t on bot tiktok

3. her body. more so her weight. jokes about “her fried eggs breasts”

4. “pov little shannon accidentally falls over from a sneeze and now the core ten comes and attacks me” “when shannon is so small she blows over in a gust of wind” this one actually pisses me tf off. (this one will only make sense if you are on bot tiktok)

5. the aloe vera jokes and the mocking only being about shannon ? (i made a whole ass post on this a while ago because the double standards between how gibsie and joey are treated when they did the same thing to their love interest drives me crazy and no one talks about it) i have legit seen people make videos about her body parts which is so weird

6. the yn/ceo jokes…. i don’t think i would have a problem with it if shannon wasn’t small for a reason? and needed protection for a reason. it has to do with her abuse that’s why it bothers me

7. “the 13s are so sad…..oh just wait for the 6s!” “shannon’s pov of him or us was sad but joeys pov of him or us BROKE me” hey so they both almost die ???? and i don’t consider this one poking fun at shannon, it’s just a thing people say that bothers me. like let’s stop. its like people think it’s a requirement to flood every video of someone reading binding 13 (OR TAMING 7) and mention how the next books are “sadder”.

8. the jokes and mocking about embarrassing moments the shan went through…listen i get finding things cringe but they are suppose to be relatable. it’s not written in so you guys can mock them. tbh i think it’s just this fandom that finds everything embarrassing because i saw someone call SEAN LYNCH corny for calling johnny onny 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐 and it had over a hundred likes.

9. this one isn’t a joke people make but i want to add it…. “i can forgive shannon’s mother but not joeys”…. i am not further elaborating 💀

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*btw this isn’t me discrediting any other jokes people make about other characters because i am well aware it happens. i’ve seen people make fun of joeys drug addiction or katie’s eating disorder a disturbing amount of times. i just wanted to make a post about the things i see people say about shannon because i feel it’s so ”normalized“ or people are “way to comfortable“ to say or joke about these things. like the whole “just wait for the 6s” thing actually does my head in.

maybe i’ll make a part 2 with lizzie…. and this isn’t even a rant tbh it’s more of i want to bring kinda “awareness“ in a way and kinda show how insensitive some of these jokes… hoping that maybe people will like stop doing this if it’s brought up enough. but like if we are being honest people are still gonna make these jokes regardless lmao

and you don’t have to agree with me or you can think i am being over dramatic that’s okay 😭 i just wanna see if anyone feels the same way. like yeah i know shannon is fictional but these situations are not. real people reading these books deal with anxiety like myself or have experienced abuse or malnourishment and read the books relating to the characters and enter the fandom only see the way people talk about these very serious topics. maybe we should all learn something from shannon and just be little nicer in general guys 🫩 and to HER she’s too real for this fandom i fear

Genuinely asking. “Shannon was ugly because of the malnourishment” “Shannon was probably ugly because she was bullied” acting like she wasn’t described as pretty many times. Interesting how these comments are only made about her and not her brothers. I never see anybody say “Joey was probably ugly because of the malnourishment“. And he was a drug addict which could affect his appearance. Why is it only the women who are constantly teared down…. or people calling Shannon’s appearance unrealistic. “Her long hair, perfect blue eyes, clear skin are unrealistic!“ “She’s an unrealistic amount of beautiful!” You can have long healthy hair while being malnourished, not every person who is malnourished experiences the same thing. Also this is FICTION. Why are we so hung up on these characters appearances 😭

Edit: I totally understand people wanting it to be more realistic, it’s just the calling her ugly part I don’t get.