TW║ SA (no SA occurred, false allegations were made)
I understand this is such a heavy hitting subject, it is 100% appropriate to hold those who commit these atrocious acts responsible, but please we also need to know the fuller picture before we go on a witch hunt over a PHOTO that was proven to be a simple and explainable mishap.
for those who aren’t aware, a fan took a photo with Joe and moved her hand. the photographer captured it mid-movement and it appeared to be hovering over an inappropriate spot. due to the amount of fans in line, they would not allow her to retake it and so she posted it on Twitter, as it was all she had with just him and her, save for her group photo.
a fan saw the photo on online, did not allow her to explain, and immediately spread it, stating she was a predator and this information—as it unfortunately does amongst this fandom—spread like wildfire and she was harassed so bad online that Joe’s team provided her with a free photo op to re-take it. I can’t imagine it’ll be as enjoyable of an experience with all of this hate attached to it now.
that is absolutely terrible. please, I know our first response is to protect, but we have to make sure an innocent person isn’t being attacked. she stated an experience she has been waiting SIX MONTHS for was ruined all because of the actions of an individual who took it upon themselves to spread this information and the fandom for blindly following.
i do not feel at all proud of this. these allegations are harmful to innocent people. I saw people on here demanding to know who she is, to have her removed and where she works. she could have lost her job. and if her name had been attached (it was but right around the time it got cleared up) her reputation would have been ruined. a background check would have had these false allegations attached to her.
this is not a joke, and we need to be diligent about these things.
*ੈ✩‧₊˚ Synopsis | FollowingFriday’s events, Eddie Munson was on a mission to apologize to you, though everything fell short when your life began to crumble in a matter of hours.
*ੈ✩‧₊˚ Content Warnings | Swearing, yelling, crying, self-deprecating thoughts, violence, experienced anxiety and panic attack, mentions of childhood abuse and neglect, and brief mentions of blood, body shaming, and non consensual touching.
*ੈ✩‧₊˚ Author’s Note | For the sake of my sanity, I’m going to need all of you to ignore the blatantly unrealistic process of making a book in this story, lol. If there are any necessary warnings that were accidently left out, please feel free to let me know!
Whatever mantra of the Munson Doctrine Eddie had been feeding himself to believe about the highest of the social hierarchy embedded within Hawkins High was really starting to fall short, specifically when your pretty face started monopolizing every one of his thoughts imaginable.
As much as he’d like to admit otherwise, Eddie Munson liked staring at your face, and it was really starting to piss him off just how much he really liked doing it. And the situation only became worse when he steadily watched your wonted bewitching smile fade into a disheartened look of dejection, because that following weekend after your impromptu photo shoot with Hellfire, became the worst week of your life.
And Eddie Munson watched it entirely unravel right in front of him.
