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Hey, TSP fandom, this shit is not okay

There was some really toxic shit going down with this Stanley poll where the artist of the cat Stanley was being treated really fucking badly by commenters because of the design it was going up against.

https://www.tumblr.com/peripalz/712786493347921922/the-moment-youve-all-been-waiting-for-the?source=share

Which has lead to the artist feeling the need to post stuff like this,

This is exactly the kind of toxic fandom behavior that’s going to drive people away and its not acceptable to act this way just because its a design you don’t like or because you’re trying to tie it into this idea that the fandom has too many skinny designs. Last I checked, Cat Stanley is a pretty unique design all of its own even if it doesn’t fall into any certain human body standard. Should it maybe have not been pitted against that design in the poll, sure? 

And I know this post will be looked at as trying to silence that critique (plot twist, I ain’t thin, I hate that skinny is the default and that there is a lack of positive representation for fat people in media, and I do want more diverse designs in the fandom, so try to avoid attributing things to my character that aren’t there), but this is about not bulling other fan artists because they made a design you don’t like or think its proof of something against women, POC, fat designs. 

Probably gonna get shit for calling this out, but I refuse to sit here and say nothing about the bullying going on. I love how chill this fandom tends to be and how accepting they are of everyone’s different interpretations and I hate seeing shit like this happen because it is only going to perpetuate negativity, stifle creativity, and drive people away because they’d rather not deal with a toxic fandom. Once again there SHOULD be more diverse designs in the fandom and bringing awareness to artists of this to get them to branch out from common design tropes and body types is perfectly justified, but that should not devolve into toxic behavior against artists.