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Zamii070 Harassment Controversy

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Published October 8, 2026

In October 2015, Tumblr fan artist Zamii070 attempted suicide after a sustained pile-on from Steven Universe and My Little Pony fans who accused her artwork of racism, transphobia and body shaming3. News of her hospitalization spread first through Reddit threads speculating about her death1, and later drew public condemnation from the Steven Universe production crew.

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Overview

The Zamii070 Harassment Controversy centered on how the artist drew Rose Quartz from Steven Universe and Fluttershy from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic3. Callout posts collected her illustrations and accused her of drawing a 'canonly fat' Rose Quartz as too thin, lightening the skin of characters of color, and making other choices critics labeled transphobic or fatphobic6.

Attention jumped past Steven Universe fandom once her October 19 Tumblr post about 'going to sleep forever' circulated, with Reddit communities picking up the story within days1. The response fractured Tumblr: user pessimisticnarcissistic kept defending the public shaming even after her hospitalization5, while supporters publicly turned on the harassers4.

Origin & Background

Platform
Tumblr / Reddit (viral spread)
Date
2015

Zamii070 was a Tumblr artist who posted fan art of Steven Universe, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and other animated shows, with pieces including a Rose Quartz illustration hosted on her DeviantArt gallery8. Through 2015, Tumblr users compiled her artwork and cosplay as examples of 'problematic' fandom behavior, calling out body types they said strayed from canon designs and skin tones they read as whitewashed6. On October 19, 2015, she published a Tumblr post stating she was 'going to sleep forever,' which readers took as a suicide note1.

How It Spread

On October 22, Reddit user dongerman posted to r/homestuck under the title 'Zamii070 has supposedly passed away,' moving the story out of Tumblr and into cross-fandom discussion1. The next day, Zamii uploaded a YouTube video titled 'I'm Sorry' filmed from the hospital, explaining she was in treatment, and later posted a follow-up vlog directing viewers with suicidal thoughts to crisis hotlines3.

On October 25, Redditor heyyouyeahyou55 opened an r/OutOfTheLoop thread asking what had happened to her2, and an Imgur gallery collecting background on the harassment campaign went up around the same time7. On October 27, Tumblr webcomic account Plebcomics drew a thin Rose Quartz piece in solidarity with Zamii4. The Tumblr reaction stayed split: user pessimisticnarcissistic published a long defense of the public shaming5, while user gamblingdementor told followers to unfollow anyone who drew 'canonly fat characters as skinny' or 'whitewashed PoC representation'6.

Timeline

2015-10-19

Zamii070 posts 'going to sleep forever' on her Tumblr, read as a suicide note.

2015-10-22

Redditor dongerman starts an r/homestuck thread claiming Zamii has 'supposedly passed away.'

2015-10-23

Zamii uploads 'I'm Sorry' from the hospital, confirming she survived and is receiving treatment.

2015-10-25

Steven Universe production crew publicly condemns the harassers on Twitter; an r/OutOfTheLoop explainer thread goes up.

2015-10-27

Plebcomics posts a thin Rose Quartz drawing in solidarity; pessimisticnarcissistic and gamblingdementor publish Tumblr posts defending the callouts.

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