Well, even in Bring It On we see how the first battle is just some ice cream freezer guy. You can see where the concerns are but it is pretty silly.

I'm just not a fan of this type of behaviour at all because, even if it doesn't end up to the extreme of Fuuta's sin, people still get scared and people still get hurt. The biggest Milgram fanartist (Oru, in case anyone wants to look more into that) was run off of the platform because they were a Fuuta multishipper (including the fandom unacceptable ones) + people kept throwing accusations at them shipping 0308 over misunderstandings. Even recently, I still see people justify that treatment of the artist with "well, they were a weirdo".

I believe that the quick attack on the original person and the following eww yucky 0703 tweets, while childish, sets up a dangerous environment. There is an extremely hated Other that becomes encouraged to purge and publicly shame. This leads to a lot of knee-jerk reactions and wild accusations to stoke the flames. If we wanted to tie this back to Fuuta's story, I'm sure there's some connections between Fuuta's desire for community, the defining of the Other, and catharsis under the guise of social justice.

Uhhh I kinda went a bit more into things than expected but thank you so much for responding 🙇 I hope this follow-up answer kinda shows why I still see this as something serious and worthy of comparing to Fuuta's case, even if it ultimately is kids being stupid online. Thanks :)

I'm assuming this is about this tweet? https://x.com/badeggtart/status/1835557316487184692

It's not about not liking 0703, but about making callouts and bullying and ostractising someone for what is ultimately inconsequential. It's done under the guise of justice (0703 is morally wrong, therefore those that like it or are even just neutral to it are also morally wrong), but it's more of a justifiable excuse to be able to feel superior and tear others down.

In Fuuta's 2nd Trial voice drama they even discuss how this group judging of others isn't really justice, but entertainment. I could go into more depth about Fuuta's journey with this but I doubt any of the people partaking in this would care to read about Pierre Bourdieu's theory of habitus.

I just had a thought: What if Fuuta had such a close bond with Rumerie because they were in the same football team?

I very much believe Fuuta had a particularly close connection with Rumerie, compared to other members of the Dark Triad. He's constantly looking towards Rumerie in Bring It On, and their usernames are seen combined in graffiti in Backdraft.

Now, I never quite understood why there is such an emphasis on Fuuta's passion for football. He talked about football quite a bit in T1, he wears shoes based on football trophies in his birthday art, and Backdraft has multiple allusions to football (the training outfit, the cheering, chanting, stadium corridor). Why so many of these calls to FOOTBALL when it seemingly has no actual relation to the Dark Triad / Twitter cyberbullying?

However, it could make sense if Rumerie was also connected to Fuuta's passion for football! Perhaps they were on the same team, before something or some incident crushed Fuuta's dreams for the sport. Then, they become part of the Dark Triad. For both football and the Dark Triad, they worked together as a team.

AAAAA hi!!!! I have a sorta follow-up 0703 tweet (https://twitter.com/badeggtart/status/1769355054539309319) but I can pop a few extra thoughts here.

Idk I just really like the idea of a broken Fuuta trying to cope in a destructive way. The mind-numbing pleasure distracts him from the physical and psychological pain, and eventually pain turns to pleasure. It's just so much easier if he doesn't have to think about it... if he can't think about it.

It's also addicting to be embraced and wanted by someone. Fuuta has fucked up everything else he's tried to do in life, but now he's finally found his purpose...!

Being a perfect little hole to use.

Can you tell I love mind break LMAOOOOO