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Yo someone shoot me an ask if they wanna discuss the heartbreaking info that Rob Kazinsky gave me when I talked with him about Chuck
DO NOT LEAVE US HANGING, MY DUDE
Tweet pictures of dogs to Rob
Go on, do it. Just do it.
@strikersindanger cannot tag, wtf tumbles It most definitely is. This is a clear attempt to discredit her - “You can’t be mad about Hardwick if you’re with someone like Rob! Look what he’s done! You’re a hypocrite!” - and to derail the conversation from what happened to Chloe into what Rob did - “You waited years to speak out but the model your boyfriend sexually harassed spoke up immediately. You’re a liar!”
Rob, a decade, and #MeToo
It’s no secret that I love Rob. I mean, have you seen him? Especially with dogs? Come on.
When I first became a fan, circa 2013 when Pacific Rim was released, I did as anyone does and looked him up online for all the ~trufax~ and ~deets~ and shit. I was so disappointed to learn of his behavior in 2007, so so disappointed. But I read that he had apologized, which seemed like the end of things. And so I too forgave him, commended him, and moved on.
With what has recently come to light with Chloe and Hardwick, people have found it fit to drag out Rob’s past behavior - either they love Hardwick beyond all reason or they want trouble everywhere, who knows. But who can blame them? With all this, particularly with two articles published by ScreenGeek about him, came some information I had not been aware of previously.
One of these things is that Rob never apologized to the model he sexually harassed. As far as I’ve found, he put out an apology via the show, but as the model has pointed out that only covered viewers of EastEnders and the show itself - not her.
This is just... bad. Just bad. And at first I thought I was going to have to just condemn him and move along.
But @gutterballgt reminded me of some things, all of which you can read in her smashing response - check my previous reblog.
Fame can fuck up a person, and that is what happened to Rob. He’s spoken about it and it’s completely understandable. Does it excuse his behavior and actions? Does it make any of it okay? Of course not, and he has never claimed that to be the case. Although I am curious why he seemed to deny what happened in 2007 on Twitter - in response to someone stating that Rob had his own #metoo moment years ago Rob’s response started with “no I did not” - potentially his intention was to mean that he did not enact constant and systemic abuse - I believe this.
In the decade since all this has happened, Rob has had opportunities to mature and grow and learn from his mistakes. He has taken those opportunities to heart. His maturation is evident. His understanding of current issues is clear. And I believe that he has learned from his mistakes. The above example notwithstanding, he has never tried to hide what he did or what happened.
Sure, his apology to the model came a decade late. But it happened, he doesn’t try to bullshit in it, he doesn’t make excuses or try to redirect blame. He takes the blame, accepts his wrongdoing, and encourages women to step forward with their stories no matter how long it’s been.
And I think we can all agree it’s a hell of a whole lot more than Hardwick has done at this point and probably ever will.
I have stuff to say about Rob but damn if words aren’t suddenly hard to work with because of this
I’ve struggled with this myself and have kept my thoughts to myself until today because of it.
I mean… the #MeToo movement is about holding powerful people accountable for how they’ve treated others, for how they’ve sexually harassed and abused people who had little recourse and were bullied into silence for so many years. I knew Kazinsky had the whole dick pic incident in his past because he’s spoken of it before. I believed what he said about it, but… did I believe him just because I like him? How do I justify believing him when I fully believe victims that have come forward with their stories?
It’s entirely possible that I’m soft-soaping him because he’s a favorite, and I didn’t want to do that. So I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to sound like a hypocrite.
Now that he’s issued his own public apology, though, I’m making myself look very closely at my motives here, and here’s what I think.
He was outed and humiliated for his actions AT THE TIME. He was suspended from and eventually left the #1 show in the UK because of it. It ruined his personal life and damn near destroyed his career. He’s said several times that it was stupid to send her a dick pic and he didn’t even know why he did it (never once acted like he HADN’T done it or tried to cover it up), but he heavily regretted it. He was ashamed of himself, ashamed that he’d embarrassed his parents who were so proud of him, etc.
Isn’t that what the #MeToo movement is about? Making sure these abusers face consequences for what they’ve done to people?
Rob Kazinsky has spent a decade trying to rebuild his reputation and his career and hasn’t done anything like that since. He has done the work. And he definitely supports the outing of users and abusers and has for years. He’s been harassed by men in power positions himself, and he’s standing with his girlfriend, Chloe Dykstra, while she tells her story about her abusive relationship.
I don’t want to soft-soap or erase what he’s done, but he has paid greatly for it and has learned from it. He’s trying to support other people who have suffered from abuse.
And now, 11 years later, he’s apologizing to the woman he wronged. He’s not making excuses. He’s not even pointing out that he already lived his consequences. He’s just plain apologizing.
I have to think that’s what the #MeToo movement is about. I have to think that’s the result we should be aiming for (although, for worse crimes like rape and physical abuse, there should absolutely be criminal consequences, like for Weinstein, Depp, et al.), right?
Or am I just rationalizing the situation because he seems like a sincere, genuine kind of guy and he’s a nerd like us? I honestly don’t know.
But I THINK… he’s trying to do the right thing and has been for over a decade.
Or maybe I just want to think that. I honestly don’t know.
@apulseinthepages it’s all in regards to Chloe, Hardwick, and Rob’s past actions. I’m drafting my thoughts now and will post it when I’m done. Not sure if Rob will see it but we’ll see.
I have stuff to say about Rob but damn if words aren’t suddenly hard to work with because of this
The fact that back when Pacific Rim had just premiered and a few months later Rob Kazinsky went to Pacific Rim fan-related events like that con in Atlanta (x, x) and the Pacific Rim: Training Day video (x) makes me so happy because he’s said that the movie meant so much for him because it was his first important role in a long time and he just wanted to make the most of it while it lasted. He loved the movie as much as we did.
Rob is so pure and good
Got a new URL and in order to celebrate I’m gonna put this here (I did it for twitter but). Thoughts?
PS: I wanted to do this for the first one only but female Characters were missing so I had to add Amara ‘cause she’s such a disaster Lesbian. Also wanted to add Yancy but the lack of space limited me)
tag urself i’m disaster bi
Pacific Rim Uprising International Poster (Japan)
AWWWWWW YEEEEEEAHHHH!!!!!!!
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not a perfect soldier, but a good man — abraham erskine
Guys… He’s gonna fit into this fandom just fine. 8’)
[Caption: a tweet by John Boyega/@JohnBoyega that reads, “Woke up this morning with a thought. “Boyjaeger” that will be all. Enjoy your day X"]
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You know what I think of you, hero?
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Reblog in 2017.
It’s weird but not really surprising that one of our better option timelines includes all of us being murdered by alien monsters.
I would accept being murdered by an enormois alien monster tbh
Frank Castle decided he knew better than the law and was tried for killing 37 people.
