Beyond Selidor

Also it just still fucking burns me up that people read the TITLE, and refused to read any further, but felt compelled to say something anyway.

The thing that really gets me about this is that reclaimed slurs are a completely normal thing in marginalised communities, including among LBGT people! This is why I think these people's egregious behaviour stemmed from their lack of context for the author, and therefore their complete inability to interpret the story. If exactly the same story (with exactly the same title) had come out with a well-known and acclaimed trans SFF author's name attached to it (especially someone in the social circles of the people who instigated the pile on) I am certain that they would have been lauding it as a clever, dark, and sharp take on complex ideas.