So did I find the mother of all posts
So the other night when I definitely should have been asleep since I had an important appointment the next day (it was at 1:00 so it was all good), I jumped into a time machine of tumblr posts all from the Kennett controversy during season 3–when everyone’s suspicions about the racism in TVD were confirmed. I won’t bore you with the details of how I went down the rabbit hole instead I’ll just share the rabbit hole with the posts from then because it was quite fascinating to see what the fandom used to be like that early. Though I watched the show I didn’t a) have a tumblr, and b) engage with the fandom, and I gotta say it was much worse then although I guess slightly better because it was less rude anon’s on your inbox and more blatant posts in the wrong tag which is only better because you could trace who these people were.
Anyway if you don’t know what the controversy from then was about here’s the original encounter:
That then led to this passive aggressive apology and pretty much blew up on her face.
I think one of the things worth noting, which we kind of all knew is that the controversy was never really about Kennett, a ship at the time that wasn’t that popular, it was a crack ship until Plec made this statement and it became more than a crack ship, it became the embodiment of everything wrong with the show because of Plec’s distaste for Bonnie fans shipping her with anyone besides who she wrote to be with Bonnie and even more so her rude response that brought up a ship that wasn’t even mentioned. There’s a reason why this was such an eye opener–while people had their suspicions this is what essentially outed her as a racist.
So to start I found the post from the person who actually sent the tweet that Plec responded to:
Other responses to Plec’s tweet: although it hould be noted that Plec deleted the tweet after she realized the shit storm she brought on herself and it still didn’t save her.
- This is unacceptable
- My tweets and FB message to Julie Plec
- Ugh just tweeted this
- I made an account just to cuss her out
- She hardly ever responds to us
Cancelling Matt Davis:
The Boycott:
The Fandom’s reaction to the boycott:
- TVD FANDOM , STOP BEING JEALOUS AGAINST THE BENNETT BRIGADE
- Anyone NOT a part of the Bonnie Bennett fanbase needs to stop
- Klonnie or Bamon
- To the people saying
- I’m really tired
- Tick tock you’re on the clock
- Why does the TVD fandom think they own up?
- Delena fans hypocrisy
- People who think the TVD actors will lose their jobs
- Why do people still think that it’s just because of Bonnie we’re doing this?
- So I write rant over boycotting the show
- Blocking the fandom
Lost Viewers:
False hope:
Discorse:
- Regarding Bonnie Bennett
- Bonnie’s the true hero
- Julie Plec’s been writing flashback too long
- Klonnie turning to Klaroline
- And there you go
- Did anyone notice
- I don’t even watch TVD
- Am I the only one who thins Bonnie stans need to calm down
- Extra Extra! Read all about it! Racism Cure! (Sidenote: I love how this one notices that Tyler mistreatment as well this early on)
- This whole twitter thing is ridiculous
- It’s not just Bonnie who get treated that way
- Plec’s double standards when it comes to fans
- That awkward moment when Julie Plec actually starts a war with the Bennett Brigade
- Look I love Bonnie and really want more for her
- Why does Julie hate Bonnie?
Anyway I may edit this later and add more links if I go back into the rabbit hole, but damn was this a fun blast from the past–it was really cool seeing exactly when everything completely collapsed for Plec with Bonnie fans and honestly never recovered. The only thing that stopped the boycott was Kat having to personally ask her fans to not which I hope she was well compensated for that (even though we know she wasn’t).
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