Because I just needed to say this.
I just had to say this cause I saw what Amira had written and I follow her on Twitter. So, if this confusing -where- this is coming from, I apologize, this is my RP blog that I use Tumblr for. Well, it was active and is no longer of use, hence why I’m posting it here. Anyways, some of you may know me from Twitter, some of you don’t, I’m KatGrahamLA.
Seeing Amira’s words urged me to talk and finally say something. I’ve been quietly watching what’s been going on in the Kat/Bonnie tag the last couple days and I’ve stayed quiet about it. I’m one of those Bonnie/Kat fans who just sit in the corner and keep to them self. I don’t believe in getting into fandom/ship wars or calling out people for hating on Bonnie. Not cause I don’t believe these people are full of crap, cause I do, but because it’s simply not worth it. The same way I can go on an endless rant about how useless Elena is, I let it slide when people want to rant on Bonnie. We’re a fandom, we don’t like every character.
BUT what irks me is when it gets taken beyond the character. I can get Bonnie hate, but the Kat hate? You don’t have to like Kat, what does, says, looks like, or any of that but to attack her character is wrong. To stoop as low as calling her a “slut” and all the other garbage I’ve been seeing has gone too far. She goes above and beyond her for her fans. Most people don’t realize how much she’s touched people and Kat thinks she has a clue, but I really don’t think she truly gets how much she’s touched so many….hell, all of us. How many of YOUR favorite celebrities are going on Tumblr to PERSONALLY follow you, send out messages letting them know they hear you, or trying their damnest to get to know you personally. I don’t know ANYONE who goes to the extent Kat does for her fans.
On a personal level, I can vouch for how much Kat has touched me and inspired me. I don’t think she realizes the extent and how thankful I am for that. And I can say that I’ve seen the extent she goes to her for her fans. I was one of the few people that got the chance to meet her recently, less than a month ago. People don’t realize or refuse to acknowledge that this girl is CONSTANTLY doing something. She’s busy all the time. She works TVD, she’s making an album, she’s touring/singing/promoting herself as an artist, she has rehearsals, photo shoots, and a ton of other things ON TOP of having a personal life—being a friend, a girlfriend, a daughter, and hell being Kat Graham the human being. She doesn’t HAVE to reach to any of her fans, but she does. Kat didn’t have to personally reach out to me to say “hey, I’m in LA let’s hang out”, but she did. She could’ve spent that doing what she originally planned, but instead she organized for us to meet. She sat down for a few hours on a day off she probably rarely has and had lunch with my friend, myself, and another fan. She sat there and talked to me as if was a friend, not just some awestruck fan and like she was above me. She looks down upon NO ONE. She doesn’t think she’s better than anyone. Let’s not mention how many others she’s reached out to. Like in London this past summer, or how a HUGE fan of Kat’s (KatGrahamChi) got to meet her and the two are planning on getting together again in less than a month, or how she’s making plans to see every fan she can whenever she goes somewhere. She goes beyond and above for the people who love her. She genuinely loves us.
Kat isn’t like most celebrities out there. We are…hell, this entire fandom is blessed to have someone like her on this show. Why? Cause she LISTENS TO ALL OF US! You know what Kat said to me when we were sitting at lunch? “I ask the writers all the time if they hear you guys and they say they do?”. She’s an ACTOR being PAID to do a job, at the end of the day she’s a 22-year old girl living out her dream. And for people to be so ignorant to that fact is ridiculous. The fact that people want to make a hate blog about her—not just bashing her as a character but as a person—is sickening. It literally sickens me because Kat is literally one of the most genuine people I’ve ever met. There’s no bull with her. It just saddens the hell out of me the extent this fandom has reached to attack a girl who is so pure and genuinely loves her job. Nothing against Ian or Nina or Candice or Steven or anyone else on the show, I don’t doubt their love for the fans or how grateful they are for us. But are they doing what Kat is? No, they aren’t…well no, I won’t say that. But they aren’t doing it to the extent Kat is.
I don’t pay the TVD fandom any mind because ignorant things like this happen. And it’s not just Kat, the same way part of the fandom got on Candice last summer over the TCA’s. Small things like that have me rolling my eyes and make me GLAD that I don’t get so wrapped up in all of this. I think the Bonnie/Kat fans and the “Bennet Brigade” are ALL beautiful,I admire you all for staying strong. But we all need to realize that this battle simply isn’t worth fighting. Why? Because at the end of the day, we know how good of a person this woman is. We’re an army, we’re fierce, and loud. We don’t need to stoop to their level. Hell no, let’s continue to be just as flawless, classy, and beautiful as Kat is. Rise above the haters, THEY AREN’T WORTH IT! They aren’t worth the energy, let’s just continue to spread the love as we have been.
We’re a flawless, LOUD, and fierce group of people and I am so fucking proud to be a Kat fan. Not only because of the amazing human being Kat is but because of people like you all in this fandom.