#always loved that fanon

[cringefail-clown]

more of the cam cafe au, this time with strilonde family dynamic

so dave and rose are siblings and they both had their kids very young (other parents dipped out as soon as possible). they helped each other out with raising the kids while working on their careers, so the trio grew up very close to each other, roxy often acting as a mediator between dirk and hal as they were on each others cases basically since birth lmfao

gonna do the j squad next but holy shit is their family tree... complex

#cam cafe au #homestuck #dave strider #rose lalonde #dirk strider #hal strider #lil hal #roxy lalonde #homestuck au #strilondes #daves a movie director and rose is an author like in the alpha timeline canon #that household would be pure chaos holy shit #dirk and hal teaming up with auntie rose to torment dave with psychoanalysis bullshit lives rent free in my head #daves still gets called bro in this au like thats obvi #also the albino gene runs strong in the strider part of the fam #always loved that fanon #like striders wearing the shades because they legit need them bc of the light sensitivity and that theyre probably corrective- #-because they have horrible eyesight is hysterical #doctors note to be cool like be fr

[hero-in-waiting]

#tv: sga #rodney mckay #stargate atlantis #my gifs #just rodney always being the most brave when it comes to his friends #tho honestly #i think in some ways fandom has ruined me bc theres a lot less coward/weak moments than i was expecting #so i think its one of those moments where i may need to go back to the canon source and remind myself fanon is not always right #i also think its interesting to think about rodney being brave for himself #and brave for others #because hes always a lot more inclined to be yell-y and stuff when hes being brave to save himself #but when hes being brave for his friends? #hes focused #he's intent and hes gonna fucking help them #my brave little toaster i love him so much

[unhealthyfanobsession]

Spoiler below for leaked HOFAS bonus chapters:

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So in one bonus chapter Azriel of all people is subtlety hinting that Nesta and Cassian should have a baby and in the other … Cassian is … once again taking Rhys’ side against Nesta, mad at Nesta and letting her be threatened by Rhys, and showing 0 affection whatsoever.

Oh yeah, that’s for sure a couple that should be having a baby.

Also the irony of Cassian being mad at Nesta for a compassionate action when he used to be mad at her for not caring enough … WHICH IS IT MAN?!

#I always let fanon convince me I love Cassian and then canon steps in #nesta archeron #nessian #acosf #hofas spoilers

[svsss-fanon-exposed]

Exposing SVSSS Fanon: 18/∞

SHEN QINGQIU WEARS A CINNABAR MARK ON HIS FOREHEAD

Rating: FANON-NEUTRAL

Many artworks, both fanworks and official art, will depict Shen Qingqiu with a red dot or vertical line in the center of his forehead. While this is not something that is mentioned in the novel, it is not something that would necessarily be unlikely.

Oftentimes in visual coding in guzhuang (ancient costume) dramas, a cinnabar mark on the forehead, over the location of the third eye (this is different than the huadian I discussed a bit in this post), will represent a person with strong spiritual powers or connection to the spiritual realm, especially when used for male characters. It also denotes a particular wealth and status-- basically, meaning that this person is someone powerful and important in cultivation society. Whether there is actual historical precedence to this, or if it is a purely modern aesthetic phenomenon, I am not entirely certain. If anyone has more details or sources on historical precedence for this depiction, please share those!

Cinnabar/vermillion also has a long history of auspicious significance in Chinese culture, both in regards to wealth and status as well as being used for religious or spiritual purposes in ancient Daoist tradition. To this day, vermillion red is still one of the most auspicious colors in Chinese culture, especially used in weddings and at new year's festivities.

Therefore, while it may or may not be historically accurate, because PIDW and SVSSS are novels written during modern times and with modern visual perceptions, it would not be out of the question for Shen Qingqiu to wear such a mark.

As for the common depiction in fanworks, my hypothesis as to the origin of the use of this visual signifier for Shen Qingqiu specifically is the official Thai cover art, which is one of the main influences of fandom portrayal, and depicts Shen Qingqiu with such a mark on his forehead, though I wouldn't be surprised if it were common before that release as well.

Sometimes in fanworks, the presence of a vermillion mark will be used to show a difference between Shen Jiu and Shen Yuan-- with Shen Jiu wearing the mark, while Shen Yuan does not. Personally, I think that this may be more of a visual distinguisher than anything else, but it also would make sense with symbolic design-- with Shen Jiu's character traits of placing high value on his cultivation and also portraying himself as someone of high status, it would make sense for him to wear such a mark while Shen Yuan, who takes those things for granted, does not. It would also make sense for both of them to wear it, as Shen Yuan does still like to portray himself that way, even if his concern about his image comes from a different source than Shen Jiu's. It would also make sense for neither of them to wear a cinnabar mark, if an artist chooses to simply not use this visual signifier.

The only characters actually mentioned in the novel as having any sort of forehead mark are the heavenly demons. Therefore, while Shen Qingqiu's cinnabar mark may be a solid visual depiction, there is no support for or against it in canon.

#svsss #fanon exposed #neutral #shen qingqiu #shen yuan #this is one i would really like to know more info on if anyone has it #ancient style clothing and makeup is one of my major special interests and i always love learning more

[theblacktiecacti]

jay went to clown school. let’s talk about that

#art by me #jrwi riptide #jay ferin #i was drawing wherever the wind took me #and it took me to clown school jay #the best destination i could’ve hoped for #i feel like so much could be explored or expanded there in fanon #but i barely see anything #welp if there is none make some #sound off in the comments if you ever think about how jay rarely retracts into herself when faced with conflict #but instead goes to clown school or hitches a ride with the loserest boy she can find #and it’s the rare (and most impactful) moments when she responds differently #shutting down after the phone call with her grandmother #or blowing up after learning about lizzie and ava #or crying as she’s told to shoot her friend in the chest #but the every day conflict almost always gets humor as a response #which leads to very out of pocket moments but we love jay for it #oooooough jay ferin the way you express emotions is so important to meeeee #ALSO the fact that often it’s insult based humor or overly confident in self humor #let’s dissect that jay how do you relate to your friends in the hierarchical structure of the navy academy #did you feel like your humor had to subtly place you at the top? or you would not be enough? jay? #your relationship with kira hinges on fixing this structure by being better than it hm? let’s talk about that #let’s talk about how your life centered a lot around being the best even if not directly or intentionally #should i do a full analysis on this? #i kinda wanna do a full analysis on this

[rozaceous]

ive read mdzs years ago and stalled on tgcf (mainly bc i got really busy and then forgot everything lmao), but never really tried scum villain. if you don't mind, can you share why you like it? personally, the summary didn't really draw me in and the animation looked unfortunately really .... low budget.

hi anon! you've activated my trap card, which is Talking About Things I Enjoy At Length! congratulations! congratulations! congratulations! important things must be said three times!

(i also stalled w tgcf btw, bc it's so long that i could never summon up sufficient interest. and i will say that the svsss donghua is less than inspiring. i thought it was fun but that's speaking as someone who watched it after already being in love w the source content, so ymmv. i wasn't a particular fan of the animation style either, but considering that scum villain is the black sheep of mxtx's works in terms of the official content that gets produced, i was glad for what i could get.)

reasons to love scum villain!

hilarious use of unreliable narrator. shen qingqiu is one of my top favorite characters ever. he's not stupid or even, despite common fan depiction, all that oblivious--he's just incredibly genre-savvy and hasn't realized that the genre has changed. also he's hysterical.

but then sometimes, too, you look more objectively at things he glosses over and have a 'wait a sec' moment bc it's actually deeply disturbing.

it has a really fun way of of playing with transmigration stories and tropes. this was, in a sense, my intro to chinese web novel conventions as a western reader, and you can learn a lot bc mxtx is busy poking fun at all of them.

phenomenally meta.

luo binghe is a fantastic character. ppl who don't like him--i'll meet you out back. ostensibly the protagonist of the novel sqq has found himself in, supposedly blessed with every talent and the world prepared to fall at his feet, but MAN is it hard being luo binghe.

ppl will make a big deal abt lbh being obsessed w sqq but fail to acknowledge that sqq is just as weird and obsessed abt lbh. epitome of that AITA response of:

liu qingge

mxtx does so much with her villains, always.

as much as some of the miscommunication between sqq and lbh is contrived, it's also literally the only way that things could play out and makes absolute sense.

this classic scene, given utterly without context:

After a pause, Shen Qingqiu changed his angle. "What's your name?" The first one replied. "Six Balls." "What does that mean?" "When I was born, my pa held me and said I was six balls heavy." Shen Qingqiu was speechless. Shot put balls or ping-pong balls?! This kind of name is absolutely meaningless.

i think, honestly, my favorite thing abt scum villain is that you can read it quickly and have a good time, but if you're taking your time and paying attention, there is so much more happening underneath the surface! it's such a clever book, i'm honestly stunned (and humbled) that mxtx produced this as her first novel and at such a young age.

#this is just a small taste of what makes it so brilliant imo #fanon as always exaggerates and flattens certain things but it can be a v fun fandom too #i would also make sure that you read the extras if you decide to give it a go bc they're really something #but yeah! i love svsss! #internet user demands answers #svsss

[laniemae]

Just gonna say it again- I really hate when people flanderise John to just some “always angry guy” who’s always bitchy but actually an uwu tsundere. Like seriously John in canon is a lot more stoic and composed yet EVERY fan content I see of him has him be constantly angry and hot headed like he’s Fuuta! And it makes me upset because I really love John and he’s probably the most flanderised character I’ve seen so far ever and just. Ugh I want people to properly understand him instead having him be a ship tool.

#milgram #mikoto kayano #John kayano #john milgram #like please let him be an actual person instead of just a tsundere! #I elaborated on this in a tag rant not too long ago but I really feel like it’s mido’s fault #Like before double people always thought that John was the angry one and mido existed and he was the stoic one #But now we’ve got more characterisation for John people still haven’t dropped the thing of him being hotheaded and just #Basically having him be a flat archetype and mido be the stoic one and like #I still really don’t like mido and how his involvement always flanderises John (and mikoto to an extent) #And his fans are so pushy about him being canon it’s just aughh #it’s sad as lots of mikoto (and especially john) fans I see don’t actually like them who who they actually are in canon #But for this distorted perception of them by fanon #I just needed to let this off my chest this thing has been annoying me forever #I guess I’ve always felt iffy as having mikoto and John as some of my favorites and I guess since I focus more on their actual canon selves #This is why I’ve always felt weird about my love for them as I just feel like what people’s ideas of them are just completely different #I just want people to understand this

[scintillyyy]

and the thing is that dick *did* need tim's emotional support and help during the beginning of the batman reborn era because dick's life was also falling apart and they did need to help each other badly and tim leaving him to fix everything and handle the city and damian by himself *was* mean and a bit selfish, but also if tim had stayed to do this, there would have been no real chance for good independent growth for himself (in-universe and narratively speaking) and staying to help dick manage the city would have also meant deprioritizing his own wants and continuing to push down his own grief to do what's best for the greater good and ignoring both his suspicions and what he felt he needed to do at the time (search for bruce, prove himself right, have a breakdown around the world as he figured out his place in it) to focus instead on prioritizing what was currently best for current batman/dick's sake. which is just. kind of a continuation of what he's done/tried to do since he showed up in alpod. (would therapy probably have been a healthier option to move past this? well, yes, but unhealthy coping mechanisms or gtfo frankly) (anyways despite the fact he left to ostensibly find bruce, which is still batman related, leaving is still what allowed tim to get into situations that made him solidify himself as the person he wanted to be moving forth into adulthood + get to the point where he is still helping batman but also is starting to prioritize himself over prioritizing batman's needs so leaving was the objectively correct decision for himself)

anyways, they were both doing the equivalent of putting on their own oxygen masks first here instead of prioritizing what the other felt they needed at the time. and that's okay. they're both allowed to be a bit selfish at this point.

#tangentially related this is also a bit why i can't necessarily vibe #with bruce is dead and tim is okay with being wrong and just comes back to help dick with gotham and everyone is better for it #where is the drama and conflict #why would tim's pride allow for this #tim was never mad at dick and will always love and support him #but that scenario doesn't really do anything of note for tim's character tbh it's uninteresting #really if he does survive brucequest but bruce is dead he should really go on his nightwing arc. #not become nightwing ofc but do what dick did and gtfo of gotham and come back to help only if batman/dick needs him for something #really try to carve his own place in the world separate from batman-dick to grow and come into his own #anyways thinking of potentially lingering tension in this arc (not ridiculous fanon tension) #where dick is a little annoyed that tim left him when he needed tim to go on a quest that led to nothing (also feels bad it didn't work out #and tim is too prideful and upset that he was wrong (and a bit ashamed for leaving when he was needed to go chase ultimately nothing) #and they're brothers they love each other so much but they can't talk about this because that would mean emotional conversations #and there's just a slight schism there. tim will always come for dick when dick calls. #but tim is also content to manage his bonds away from gotham - a place where he's just reminded of his failures #anyways there's a nice little alpod arc there with dick's potential second robin #bringing tim fully back into the fold #something something something

[jesncin]

Hey! Big fan of your stuff - just wanted to mention about your art: I really like how you draw figures without defaulting to thin-waisted silhouettes, especially with Superman!

It reminds me a lot of Curt Swan's depiction of the character, which is fun since he played such a momentous role in defining how the character would look for decades to come, but like a modernization of it? While still being its own unique and good thing, of course. :)

Always looking forward to more!

Oh what a kind thing to say!! Thank you! :')

My design of Superman is more or less lifted from Gurihiru's design (from Smashes the Klan) which is based on a classic look. I just added arm hair, haha.

I like Curt Swan's version too! I'm a fan of Superman designs that still have the broad shoulders but keep the strongman stomach!

Thanks again, I really do appreciate comments like these :>

#askjesncin #i love superman fanon designs that just straight up make him fat too that's always a delight #gurihiru's art and design fits really well with my hand and style it's so fun to draw

[sciderman]

a nice, gentle lad like spidey... like spider-man doesn’t wake up in the morning and decide “i’m going to ruin johnny storm’s day” for literally no reason at all

#sci talks comics #spideytorch #johnny storm #peter parker #why is he like this. #my mom says if you're that mean to someone that must mean you really like them. #i've been revisiting old comics and the amount of petty hairpulling between peter and johnny is so wonderful i love them. #it's so ridiculous how the general interpretation of peter in fanon is that he's a boyscout when he's always been a shit stirrer for nO rea #NO REASON.

[raaorqtpbpdy]

Okay my copy of agit came in the mail today and I just read the whole thing, so now I can finally share my thoughts.

First of all, love it, literally the only thing I was iffy about the whole time was the fact that they used smartphones and contemporary slang instead of keeping everything from the shows original time period. I personally would have preferred it maintain the 2005-ness of the original show, but I can understand why the author chose to modernize it.

Secondly, the whole two doors thing at the end where his choices were “no powers” or “no phantom planet” very obviously only existed so phantom planet could be retconned out of existence—not that I’m complaining, I’m just saying it was not subtle. (But also phantom planet no longer canon can I get a fuck yeah)

And lastly thank you AGIT for canonizing that Dan calls himself Phantom as his only name because goddamn it is so hard to write anything serious or emotional when the main character’s name is fucking Dan. I’m sorry ppl named Dan but I cannot take your inner turmoil seriously (not when I’m writing in third person, anyway. It really takes me out of the moment. The vibes are awful.)

#I am definitely modeling my characterization for my invisobang fic off this book #even with as much love as it’s getting from the fandom I was still a little hesitant #I had heard that it canonized ghost obsessions and was not thrilled about that #not because I don’t like that fanon lore but because I think it should stay as fanon lore (i feel the same about ghost cores) #but it doesn’t actually #it introduces a kind of sort of related concept and I think it does so really well #and I DO like that it canonized the previously fanon lore of ghosts being beings of emotion #that one always felt to me like it should be canon unlike cores and obsessions which I feel are more limiting elements #these are of course just my own opinions and if you disagree I don’t care and I’m not going to argue with you about it #danny phantom #dp #agit #a glitch in time #agit spoilers

[lazycranberrydoodles]

MAILMAN - SOUNDGARDEN

BABYGIRL WHAT IF THE SINGLE PLANK PATH TURNED MY YOUTHFUL INNOCENCE INTO A TOXIC COCKTAIL OF HUBRIS AND MORBID RESIGNATION

yeah. follow for more of the character of all time XO

#verse 2: for all of your kisses turned to spit in my face / for all that reminds me which is my place #for all of the times when you made me disappear / this time i’m sure you will know that i am here #verse 3: my place was beneath you / but now i am above #and now i send you a message of love / a simple reminder of what you won’t see / a future so holy without me #its the bitterness. the references to an inferior origin. the mocking tone. the finality. #the ‘i’m bringing you down with me and the eventuality of my demise gives me power over you.’ #the spiteful continuance. OURGHHHHH #urgh yeah. ‘a simple reminder of what you won’t see/ a future so holy without me’ is probably my favorite line in reference to the yllz #my favorite song from Superunknown (album) is Limo Wreck! #but this has been on my wwx playlist for a while. and its right next to LVCRFT’s Dead Don’t Die djbdhgf #which is a banger about how awesome and spooky it is to be undead #(its like. hip hop x pop x how villain songs in musicals are always the best) #e.g. #‘welcome to my lair / put your bones in the air’ #sorry lemme just #DEAD DONT DIEEEEE (the dead dont die we just multiply) DEAD DONT DIEEEE (does this look in my eye make you terrified?) #yeah its more goofy silly post resurrection wwx. hes a multifaceted character <3 #is the curtain of talismans in the demon suppressing cave fanon or canon btw? i cannot rember where i got it from #used my yllz nenderoid as a reference 😌 #art #mdzs #cringetober 2023 #mo dao zu shi #my art #yiling laozu #yiling patriarch #wei wuxian #the grandmaster of diabolism #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #self harm tw

[ganonfan1995]

Did i miss something why is everyone en mass getting mad abt fanon in fan fiction????

#listen u dont have to like it #lort knows i dont love fanon botw zelda #but you need to take the good with the bad!!! #also u are so free to make ur own art the way u want #and write the characters the way you see them #ive always just accepted fanon as a healthy part of fandom ecosystem #it means ppl are engaging and having fun in the space

[redxknuckles]

The words Tsundere or baka gives me insane PTSD of afterdeath fics from back in like 2017. I cannot see these words in a positive way I'm sorry

Geno(real one) belongs to loverofpiggies/crayonqueen

#undertale #geno sans #undertale au #utmv #aftertale #afterdeath #canon vs fanon #fanon #fanon design #fanon can be good but it's not the case with him #hes a grown ass man #they always put his glitches on the wrong eye for some reason it's actually really funny #i love afterdeath with all my heart but that ship ruined them for a very long while😭(still kinda does just not as much as before)

[taciturnpoet]

if i make a post about loving knox, please know i am talking about fanon knox and blinded by josh charles’ beautiful face, and in no way do i mean canon knox that’s just how it is

#i would eviserate canon knox if he came anywhere near me irl #i greatly enjoy how our fandom collectively decided that he's not like that lol #and he's just some guy that's a kinda gay and very confused #in all my fics i give knox redemption so it's better #he's always just a lil in love with charlie #like we all are #dead poets society #dead poets fandom #dps #dps fandom #fanon knox not canon knox #knox overstreet #josh charles #don’t judge me for this lol

[sbd-laytall]

The way that it's so funny when people in the Batfam fandom claim that Dick immediately threw Tim away for Damian, and he always took Damian's side when canonically Damian annoyed and frustrated the shit out of Dick (excuse my French) and their relationship is meaningful BECAUSE they had a rocky start and BECAUSE they grew to care for each other.

#like tell me you've only read fanon without telling me you've only read fanon #I remember being so surprised when I started reading Batman And Robin (2009) and they did not get along at all #just with the way that fanon claims that Dick immediately loved Damian like honey no #relationship growth from loathing to loving is always amazing to see #damian al ghul #damian wayne #damian al ghul wayne #dick grayson #dc comics #my post