I can’t fucking believe I have to say this, but I’ve seen this happen multiple times, from multiple users, on multiple posts of mine, and at this point I’ve had enough…..so here goes:
Don’t joke about Anton Yelchin’s death. Don’t joke about the fact that he died, the circumstances of which he died under, or the impact his death had on others. Just…don’t do it.
Not only is it extremely disrespectful to Anton himself, his family members, and his friends; it’s absolutely horrible psychologically for his fans—MANY OF WHOM use this website quite frequently, and have to see/put up with your shitty ass comments. Just because you think no one who was “really” impacted will see it doesn’t make it okay, because 1) you’re wrong, and 2) you’re still being absolutely despicable and there’s no excuse for you joking about that.
People are in pain over this. People will continue to be in pain over this. People experience varying degrees and levels of pain, different ways of expressing it, and different ways of manifesting us internally. When you make really mocking/distasteful jokes about “Chekov dying”, you’re putting all that pain and grief that people have experienced over a REAL death of a REAL person at the forefront of their emotions, and most likely (I’m gonna guess in about 99.9999% of cases here), that sudden shift was unwanted.
I’m only going to post about this once. I’m tired of seeing those comments, I’m tired of worrying about what it might do to other people who have to see them (because if you’re joking about celebrity deaths, you sure as shit aren’t tagging it), and I’m tired of having to block so many users over something that seems like common sense or basic courtesy.
If you reblog this, please tag it with death content warnings and his name, because many people are understandably still very upset over this entire subject.
Spock out.