Exactly! And That Is What Gets Me... When Setting Out To Prove Something, Of Course You're Going To Find

Exactly! And that is what gets me... When setting out to prove something, of course you're going to find evidence focusing on the phenomenon you're dealing with! Anita Sarkeesian's series isn't about tropes and gender in general, it's about women, so it is self explainatory that she would narrow down the discussion to fit her topic. This is not cherrypicking, it's basic argumentation and I find it astounding that these men are furious that a person is staying on topic. The real problem, it seems, is that they don't like the topic. It's like they've turned their "not all men" into "not all games" and, once again, it's not helping the discourse.

http://catfishcafe.tumblr.com/post/91813824114/femfreq-i-get-so-many-emails-like-this-i-could

I get so many emails like this I could publish a coffee table book full of them.

It’s especially amusing that this misogyny laced email is unironically signed “See you soon m’lady. *tips fedora*”

Quitting is the artist's choice. One that they should be able to make without guilt whatever the reason. That should not even be an issue. I only wish Emirain would have communicated their doubts about wanting to / being able to continue to the readers sooner instead of merely taking a hiatus. Disappointment is the direct result of failed expectations. I saw this coming because, as a worry-wart, I read into things like delays and breaks but I know many fans took the authors at their word and wanted to believe that it was just a matter of time before Teahouse came back. So I hope you work on those communication skills if you self-publish in the future. Other than that, I wish you all the best in your careers and future artistic pursuits.

I just want to thank everyone for the surprising amount of support we’ve received in the last few days and while I don’t want to directly address any of the negative messages, I want to leave everyone with this nugget:

Artists become artists because they’re passionate about art. We don’t do it...

Not everyone has to deal with abuse and harassment, but enough do that Twitter must take action. In a disproportionate amount of cases of harassment, those individuals are women, LGBT individuals and people of color. These individuals find value in the service, but the problem is their attackers mean as much to Twitter as they do. The weapons to fight abuse must be kept locked up, for the good of the product. This tacit statement that profit comes before people has to stop.

- Ben Kuchera, "Twitter can fix its harassment problem, but why mess with success?" (via femfreq)

I, personally, feel the same way as the original poster and I wouldn't necessarily call it victim shaming. In my case at least, it's not "Abel, why are you such a dumb, naive bitch?" it's "Oh Abel, why did your writer do this to you?" and there's a difference. Even if he ended up giving Cain the benefit of doubt, I would have loved to see a more mindful, aware Abel, but none of it is his fault, it's the author's.

I like Abel, but the way that he seems to have forgotten Cain’s attitude annoys me to no end. Others think that it is good that he has this doubtful loyalty, but to me he comes off as anywhere between naive, blind or outright stupid.

I'm not trying to dispute the special white boy problem but I will say that Metz has a reason for being all shocked by the customs. He has some sort of amnesia and doesn't remember anything from before he was found and almost sacrificed to the god of death.

Considering his mysterious background, I sort of get the feeling that Metz is a character that represents our time and through which the modern reader can explore the story's universe. It is pretty sad though that the artist thought he had to be white for that.

Even so, the racial representation in BTOM is better than most webcomics where people of color are often solitary, token characters. Here we have almost an entire cast of interesting, complex Aztecs and one white guy. It's a bit annoying that he's so speshul but I do appreciate the thought that went in to not only the fantastic setting but the other main characters who frankly are a lot more intriguing than Metz.

Special White Boy Syndrome

I have a webcomic rant, but if you’re a postive thinking person who can’t stand to see any artist criticized, then kindly ignore this. I don’t want to be a hater, but I am also an opinionated person with lots of feelings.

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Hmmm. I'd rather ask that, if the natural color of a character's eyes, lashes, eyebrows and hair can all be something wacky like purple or green, then why is the skin color always perfectly normal? If you're gonna be out there, then be all the way out there and give your character blue or violet skin or something. And if doing that would make the story unrealistic then, yes, why are the unrealistic hair and eyecolors totally acceptable? Is the color of a fictional character's skin really something that readers must be able categorize into a certain existing race? Food for thought..

This isn’t even from a yaoi it’s from My Candy Love, but if my avatar had had blond hair and blue eyes she’d’ve actually been Ukeiya

holy shit. they do have the same melty eyes and asymmetrical hair. please tell me my candy love is better than okane ga nai in at least one way or else I question why you’re playing it