illyriafaust: I’d just like to say something. It’s been somewhat of an internal struggle for a couple years now, looking up to and being so in love with a pop star. A common, mainstream music artist that all the “intelligent” people hate for reasons never defined beyond “idk she looks weird and she copies madonna.” This most recent move of hers has liberated me, fully, at this time. Jamey killed himself, despite loving Gaga, loving her for all the same reasons I do, hundreds of people do, and for even more reasons that are at this time never going to be determined due to the first few words of this sentence. As much as we love our pop stars, our movie stars, our authors and artists, all our heroes and the people we look up to, it is still up to us to protect ourselves. Gaga loves Jamey, but she did not know him individually. She throws herself in front of thousands of fans, she paints her face and words all over the radio waves, the television channels and the awards shows, she reaches out to as many people as possible for one purpose. To spread the message of loving yourself, one another, loving in face of adversity and combating adversity with intellect and passion. She cannot say it enough. She knows she cannot say it enough, and so she will continue to do her very best to reach every single person that listens. Jamey listened. There is no doubt he listened, or that she inspired him to live the last couple of years that he did. It cannot be argued that she wasn’t enough, or that he wasn’t enough affected, or that the either of them did not make enough effort. But after his suicide, it has become apparent to me, to his parents, to Jamey himself, and now to Gaga, that she can’t truly protect us. Sometimes, the extra mile isn’t enough. I do not attempt to argue that I know Gaga personally, but I can make a measure of her character and her heart. If she could have known beforehand, she would have been at his doorstep. In a second. She would have left her concert stage, her interview, wherever she was, to be in Jamey’s bedroom. I know my girl would have done that. And since she couldn’t, and found out too late from the wrong people, and read his tweet to her after the fact…a part of me was torn in two, because I had an idea that she would be devastated. She wouldn’t just acknowledge his death. She would agonize for him, and for the limits of her abilities. I was wrong. She is not arguing for her limitations. You or I could tell her she can’t protect every last one of her fans, this case being a perfect example, but she would glare back in stubbornness and spit out her defiance. Yes I can. I can do anything. Aren’t I a case, an example for that? I don’t know what’s going to happen next, but I know that I underestimated her yet again, that everyone will always underestimate her, and that is perhaps why she continues to infuriate so many of you. I don’t care what you think about her music. I don’t care if you think it is a reflection of her intelligence. It’s ignorant to label a person by such a singular facet of her identity. It’s ignorant to think a pop star can’t move mountains. She has used her power for good, for absolute love and beauty, more than anyone else I have witnessed. You don’t have to like her music. You don’t have to even like her. But you cannot deny that she is a force of nature, a good spirit in a society that needs one, and she has done more to change the world than you have. It is wrong to judge people, no matter who they are. It took Jamey’s life. Thanks for reading.

illyriafaust:

I’d just like to say something.

It’s been somewhat of an internal struggle for a couple years now, looking up to and being so in love with a pop star. A common, mainstream music artist that all the “intelligent” people hate for reasons never defined beyond “idk she looks weird and she copies madonna.”

This most recent move of hers has liberated me, fully, at this time.

Jamey killed himself, despite loving Gaga, loving her for all the same reasons I do, hundreds of people do, and for even more reasons that are at this time never going to be determined due to the first few words of this sentence.

As much as we love our pop stars, our movie stars, our authors and artists, all our heroes and the people we look up to, it is still up to us to protect ourselves. Gaga loves Jamey, but she did not know him individually. She throws herself in front of thousands of fans, she paints her face and words all over the radio waves, the television channels and the awards shows, she reaches out to as many people as possible for one purpose. To spread the message of loving yourself, one another, loving in face of adversity and combating adversity with intellect and passion. She cannot say it enough. She knows she cannot say it enough, and so she will continue to do her very best to reach every single person that listens. Jamey listened. There is no doubt he listened, or that she inspired him to live the last couple of years that he did. It cannot be argued that she wasn’t enough, or that he wasn’t enough affected, or that the either of them did not make enough effort.

But after his suicide, it has become apparent to me, to his parents, to Jamey himself, and now to Gaga, that she can’t truly protect us. Sometimes, the extra mile isn’t enough. I do not attempt to argue that I know Gaga personally, but I can make a measure of her character and her heart. If she could have known beforehand, she would have been at his doorstep. In a second. She would have left her concert stage, her interview, wherever she was, to be in Jamey’s bedroom. I know my girl would have done that. And since she couldn’t, and found out too late from the wrong people, and read his tweet to her after the fact…a part of me was torn in two, because I had an idea that she would be devastated. She wouldn’t just acknowledge his death. She would agonize for him, and for the limits of her abilities.

I was wrong.

She is not arguing for her limitations. You or I could tell her she can’t protect every last one of her fans, this case being a perfect example, but she would glare back in stubbornness and spit out her defiance. Yes I can. I can do anything. Aren’t I a case, an example for that?

I don’t know what’s going to happen next, but I know that I underestimated her yet again, that everyone will always underestimate her, and that is perhaps why she continues to infuriate so many of you. I don’t care what you think about her music. I don’t care if you think it is a reflection of her intelligence. It’s ignorant to label a person by such a singular facet of her identity. It’s ignorant to think a pop star can’t move mountains. She has used her power for good, for absolute love and beauty, more than anyone else I have witnessed. You don’t have to like her music. You don’t have to even like her. But you cannot deny that she is a force of nature, a good spirit in a society that needs one, and she has done more to change the world than you have.

It is wrong to judge people, no matter who they are. It took Jamey’s life.

Thanks for reading.

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