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[citrusjava]

So, some
(white, cis, normative)
gay
rights site snagged a piece of Wincest fanart, unaware, for one of their banners.

IDK whether to inform the artist (PotatoCrisp), or bitch about people finding it funny, or laugh.

Comments

[balder12.livejournal.com]

They're dicks for taking art without checking whether they needed to pay the artist, if nothing else. I assume someone will tell the site runners what it is fairly quickly, and they'll take it down. I kind of feel like if I were the artist it would fall into the "ignorance is bliss" category, especially if their name isn't being used on the site. If the art stays up for months, though, I think that's different.

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

I feel so angry and helpless about people using fanart with no respect for the cultural context, especially since it's so often used to promote different agendas.

A few people already wrote to tell them.

This is kinda offensive several times over - stealing art and fan culture, changing the agenda, and it being so obvious they wouldn't promote a consensual incestuous relationship - it's like if a wedding site accidentally used a picture of a butch/femme lesbian wedding - how offensive would the horror at that be.