MV - Sudomemo (READ THE DESCRIPTION)

So this flipnote has gained serious controversy on Sudomemo (the site I originally post these animations on) and I imagine some people may also be "offended" by this. Let me explain you everything before you decide to call me such things as a "heterophobe", "shoving gays and lgbt+ culture down our throats", and "cringy for dabbing so much".

"What is this flipnote???"
This was a response to a homophobic animation made on the Sudomemo site I was talking about. Some guy created a flipnote that called couples of the same gender "abnormal", said he was tired of them and that he wanted his "normal ships back" (straight couples), claiming that Sudomemo was turning all of his good normal ships gay. I'm sure you can understand how this was problematic and even homophobic, and reduced the existence of gay relationships into a joke and a bad fad.
At first I didn't do anything, except tell him out in the comments that what he's saying is stupid/bad. All he did was laugh in my face. Over time it managed to somehow get in the Popular Flipnotes, a page where the most liked animations at the time get posted and left there for a few months. It wasn't on the front page but on the second page (still a big deal) and in the comments, some (not all) people agreed with him. Which made me angry, yes. As someone very passionate about lgbt+ rights and who has the possibility of being interested in the same gender, I was really pissed. So i made this flipnote. I admit, I'm impulsive and I'm not sure what this guys age was (in the case that he's like 10 then maybe I should've ignored him because we all do stupid things when we're young) but no one else called him out for it, and only a few people in the comments agreed that he was being homophobic so at the time, I thought it was needed.
In any case, it's satire guys. I'm making fun of him and other people who treat gay relationships like a fandom/fad that they can get tired of and demand to go away.

"So you hate straight people???"
No, you guys. I have nothing wrong with straight relationships, or straight people who are decent. If two people love each other and they're together, then that's fine by me. Again, remember, this is satire.

"This is heterophobic!!!"
Listen, I don't want to be that person, but even if "heterophobia" is a real thing, it goes nowhere near the seriousness of homophobia and other lgbt+ community phobias. Straight people/ relationships are not denied jobs, killed, sent to get anywhere to get "fixed", face overall discrimination and other things just for existing. I'm sure you can handle me drawing a straight couple in bad anime style and knocking them over as it's revealed they're just cardboard. I t ' s s a t i r e.

"So you're shoving lgbt+ culture down our throats!!! You think you're better than us???"
Funny, because imagine for how many centuries straight culture was shoved down our throats and told to be the right way to be. And even today, the amount of heterosexual/romantic "things" everywhere make the occasional gay kiss and hushed gay relationship in a movie seem like nothing. Even in the media, straight still dominate a lot of it. If you really feel overwhelmed by all the gayness, please, go pick up a book, choose a movie, look outside. There's a 97% chance that you'll see mostly straight couples and you may breathe with ease again.

"Don't fight fire with fire!!"
The reason we say that we're proud and try to fight back is because otherwise, we get silenced. We try to stand taller than all the hate we get to not get discouraged and to not get pushed down again. It's not as simple as treating every relationship as "normal", because in order for that to work every human being on this planet would have to be treating it like that. We're getting attacked and beaten physically and emotionally and people are still expecting us to do nothing in return. Trying to be proud of our identities to normalize it is different than "thinking we're better than straight relationships".

"All that dabbing is cringy!!!"
You got me there man.

Also, it's pride month, the only month we get truly dedicated to us, so be at least be respectful.

[vetda]

The distortion of the song adds to it so much, I love it

[Mimidiggz]

Most people in Sudomemo don't know that animation is meant to create, promote, and share stories to others in creativity. This is a good example of how animation should be treated because it reveals a moral, not some edgy cool meme. I'm really glad that you had enough strength to share your story by animation and to change other people's views with it. Even if it's satire, it still has an important message and people should know about it.

[weeniehunt]

this made me realize how gay all my ocs are, like seriously, they're all gay

[alannahscott]

As a certified gay I give this the rainbow of approval 🌈
*edit: guys it literally costs you nothing to not be homophobic and transphobic as speaking as someone who is gay and trans its pretty tiring to see. Enjoy this animation and if you have questions about the community dont be afraid to ask one of us*

[highturtl]

WOO THIS IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. Cool flipnote!

Ps:sorry for "borrowing" your iconic hat

[luibb]

The song for this is Hey Ya by OutKast for everyone who's asking.

[flutterg]

fudge there is so much detail and gayess in 10 seconds I have to keep replaying to soak it all up







you must be a mastermind

[kureijikora]

That description...

















PREACH!

[TatorBesideTot]

i legit cant stop watching this

im single and pan lmao, i support everything man
im proud of you for standing up for what you believe in, i mean words are words and arguments are legal as long as they dont physically harm people (freedom of speech us constitution whoopdie doo) and placing your argument in a...
explaining---
*explaining it in the description like that is very responsible* -even though some people dont read it- *and you werent harsh about it??*

honestly i find this flipnote humorous cause you put it in a fun way
defend both man, git in there
gitter good 😩

[beca]

The cover is from Gracen Morales the song is "hey ya"

[DaGrandDragonn]

Wow it's only been here for like, 5 minutes.😦 so good!

[sadcena]

I understand where coming from in the description and i agree with but man, Tom x Tord is getting outta hand. Still you flip gave me a good laugh and you shouldn't worry too much about this because this guy is probably 10.

[my_______autumn]

*GAY POINT ∞*
//btw this is amazing!! ((and hilarious x'D)) I love ♡♡

[dancingpen]

Idk, I like this. It's smooth.
It's rude that the guy did that, but some people are stuck in a cardboard box and won't let the tape be cut.

[kingolly]

The only gay ships I don't approve of are the ones that are fetishized or whatever tbh. It's really tiring to see straight people who only like gay couples because they think it's hot. but besides that, yeah, let the gay fricking rain down on the homophobes' heads; homophobes are really just immature and need to learn how to get a life outside of criticizing others for their sexuality.

[justmikithings]

Holy hell I woke up and saw this notification

I was not disappointed

[mackenziecopeland]

*// WHEEZE //* This is art in its purest form.

[jestedd]

Your one if the best Flipnote animators in the community that ive seen for awhile, aa your stuff looks so fab
Do you use 3DS version or DSi version

[aidanzter]

I remember provoking this 😂😂😂good times back then when Sudo was still interesting and fun

[sloop]

I FOR ONE thought the dabbing was funny because you obviously did it ironically. But the overall flipnote was just hilarious. 😂👌