#and I’ve been in fandom for a WHILE

[lightning-macrine]

One of these days we should all just become the woobifying poor meow meow apologist Izzy Hands stans the antis think we are and deny deny deny all wrongdoing he does and be absolutely insufferable about it and clog up all the main tags with our babygirl posting and then the antis will wish they’d left us tf alone in our little corner over here

#izzy hands #ofmd izzy #never mind me #just fantasising #like how hard is it to just stay in your own lane?? #we mind our business go mind yours #I’ve never been in a fandom as volatile as this one #and I’ve been in fandom for a WHILE #it’s whack

[romijuli]

It’s not that I don’t LIKE the Fandom Popular Pairings, it’s that I find the assumption that everyone ships them and the general all-consuming nature of said pairings to be kinda exhausting,

#the funny thing about me getting into pro////////seka is that i can FINALLY articulate this #because it somehow feels worse than in any other fandom I’ve been into #that said I’ve been thinking about this for a while #also hi. if you’re here to throw some ‘have some originality’ comment please don’t that’s not the fucking point. #it’s not ‘they suck because they’re unoriginal’ it’s ‘it’s very frustrating to feel mildly positive to neutral #about a ship everyone keeps shoving down your throat’ #people can be like this with any and all ships. it’s just that the popular ones tend to have this attitude be totally inescapable

[ink-through-her-veins]

Arthur returns and Merlin isn’t there. His armor is as cold and heavy as the stares of the people gawking at him while he struggles to heave his body ashore. No one helps him with the buckles of his armor as he shucks it off, leaving it behind at the water’s edge to start anew.

He’s lost, alone, frightened and shivering in the cold as the sun begins to set. It dips beneath the roofs of buildings. One roof shines with a golden light drawing Arthur in. Emrys’ Natural Remedies.

After centuries the name is vaguely familiar, but the smell is like coming home. The shop smells of herbs and Earth like Gaius’ chambers. Bundles of flowers and leaves hang drying in the window. Arthur pushes open the door. Above him a bell rings.

“Aithusa,” a familiar voice calls out, “if you’re messing with that bell again.”

A ball of white fluff weaves its way through Arthur’s legs, purring for a moment before darting off at the sound of footsteps. A man appears from behind a shelf, expecting a cat and finding a man instead. Arthur would know his eyes anywhere.

“Arthur,” Merlin breathes out shakily.

Somewhere in the maze of shelves, Aithusa uses a paw to knock a jar to the ground.

#merlin #bbc merlin #merthur #arthur pendragon #merlin bbc #merlin emrys #merlin fanfic #that tweet… #Back in Camelot #it’s like coming home #I’ve been away for a while #but this fandom feels like coming home #aaahhhhh #ITHVmerthurficlet

[pencilscratchins]

sometimes i think about the very odd internet presence over the last 7 years on this blog, and i almost want to apologize for any whiplash this username has given you. but honestly. it’s a little funny

#like i’m not a big blog by any means #i’ve just been around for a while so i’ve had a few post blow up. #and they’re always weird posts #and i have been a part of several renaissances and ship creations #like zukka and dinluke i kinda was big in those fandoms #and that is a little funny to me because i’m just some guy LMAO #someone just commented on a zukka post of mine like YOU DID ZUKKA ART #and it made me think of this LMAO #LIKE YEAH BUD #I SURE DID #not art #delete later

[sincerelywhistler]

would you still love us if we were wereworms

has anybody done this yet-

Bonus white wereworm Davey for those who subscribe to the white wolf agenda

#i love being an artist #I’ve been asked to draw the wolf boys while shifted #and I will eventually but this was more important #wereworm #redacted audio #redacted asmr #redactedverse #redacted fanart #redacted fandom #redacted art #redacted asher #redacted david #redacted milo #redacted shaw pack #redacted wolf pack #redacted memes #sincerelywhistler

[ohno-the-sun]

My fav genre of text post is a new dca artist getting overwhelmed by the praise that the fandom gave their posts

It’s like dawww healthy fandom yipee new people

#I’ve always been a little sad about the fact that people inevitably leave fandom spaces #move on to other fixations of do other things #try to enjoy the good moments while they are still here #but it is always very heartwarming to see new people hop in #and be welcomed graciously #thoughts #sundrop #moondrop

[h00tzz]

I love drawing bad and putting little effort into everything I do

#eddsworld #eddsworld fanart #edd eddsworld #tom eddsworld #matt eddsworld #tord eddsworld #tomedd #tommatt #? #guys will I still get eaten alive if I post anything that isn’t tomtord #it’s been a while since I’ve posted Eddsworld stuff idk what the fandom is like rn #anyways #multishipping 🔛🔝 #vampire matt #zombie tord #the duo ever #cw bl00d

[turtleblogatlast]

No but like every time I think about Splinter and what he had to go through just to keep the boys alive, my heart hurts for him so badly. Is he perfect? No not at all, but none of them are and by god does he love his sons.

The fact that all of them are alive, and grew to thrive despite the circumstances surrounding them is a testament of how much Splinter loves his boys. He raised four babies following the most traumatic time of his life, all alone with nothing but the sewers to house them (to hide them.) I feel like he’s not given the credit he deserves for all he’s done.

And I get that it’s easy to hold up his flaws and faults when it comes to parenting, I myself like looking into them because flawed characters are super interesting and said flaws make them more realistic and engaging, but he tries, and again, so many others would have given up on the boys or failed along the way but Splinter didn’t.

He’s their father, for all his faults he did his damndest to make sure they survived.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt splinter #rise splinter #he’s not perfect as I’ve said #and he’s got a whole slew of flaws and faults #but he’s a person - we are all flawed #he loves his sons dearly dearly dearly even if he struggles along the way to show that #parenting is not easy! especially as a traumatized mutant who is forced to do it alone #side note but I think this is one of the reasons why it kiiiiiinda ruffles my feathers to see so many people assign parentification to Raph #and in turn make Splinter out to be way worse and way more distant than he is in canon? #like idk I just don’t see what so many others see ig but maybe that’s just me #i guess my thoughts are like- let parents have flaws without villainizing them? #they’re still parents even if they mess up? #we can discuss the repercussions of a parents actions on a child while not casting that parent as an awful person #parents are peopleeee #I could go on but yeahhh #idk it bothers me seeing splinter’s efforts undermined when he’s been through so much #idk if ppl realized this by now but I love me some flawed characters #tho I do think in this fandom the ones whose faults are discussed the most are like #Splinter mostly then Draxum then Leo #of the main cast #and in Splinters case in particular his faults are made to cover his good qualities which makes me sad #because he is SO INTERESTING #they’re all flawed characters and tbh so interesting because their flaws are ALSO their strengths in many aspects

[novafire-is-thinking]

reblog to give the person you reblogged this from a ⭐️Rodimus Star⭐️

#maccadam #reblog bait: TF fandom style #lost light #idw transformers #tf idw #idw1 #this is to get back at you all for making me reblog that other post so many times /j #I’ve actually been planning this for a while #and no I will not be reblogging from all of my followers who reblog it #that would be too many stars #just know that I think you all should have one #so take your stars and go

[swingingthehatchetnow]

Did you know that before I was a Hatchetfield fan, I had a much truer and deeper passion? My first love was, and always will be…MLP

I was gonna wait to post this until I had all the drawings done but I love this one so much I can’t wait

The ponyification of characters on the internet is inevitable. I present to you: Pokey

The book with the goo is his cutie mark.

#starkid #team starkid #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #tgwdlm #starkid black friday #the guy who didn't like musicals #hatchetfield #nightmare time #the lords in black #lords in black #pokey #pokotho #mlp art #listen #I’ve been drawing ponies for like 10 years at this point #I’ve not interacted with mlp in so long but I continue to draw ponies #and it sneaks into every fandom #don’t judge me #I drew this while listening to Hey Melissa #so now whenever I look at specific parts of the drawing #I get reminded of scenes from it

[kaijukebox]

Oscar is infiltrating the sketch page, they are both scruffy in my heart and mind 🫡

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No refs today!

But have some context under the cut!

#i hope this finds the malevolent people because I’ve been MIA in the fandom 😅 #but also I hope it doesn’t cause all these hugs rn are a MESS while I try to catch up! #Oscar is my new emotional support animal except he’s causing me massive amounts of emotional distress over his well-being #let’s call this the ‘Oscar survives whatever traumas Harlan is about to put him through and Arthur and John get to keep him around’ AU #amen 🙏 #malevolent #malevolent podcast #oscar malevolent #john doe malevolent #arthur lester #ft a matcha latte #100hugs2023 #hug 82/100 #hug 83/100

[sunglassesmish]

yeah

#i haven’t even been in the spn fandom for long and i feel like i’ve been saying this for a while

[daydream-draws]

some of my faves,,,,,

(click for better quality)

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #sophie foster #keefe sencen #maruca chebota #sorry for not posting art for a while I’m rusty on digital #and traditional tbh :’( #I have been so busy jeez but the semester is almost over #and idk I’m just not that into keeper as I was when I started this account but I’m scared to post other fandom work #bc the things I’m into now are too like. big idk their fandoms scare me #so maybe day oc work to come??? #I’ll stop blabbering in the tags I’ve missed this place but idk I’ll catch up w ppl once I like 😭 #have time #feel free to send asks or dms tho :] #I’m trying to stop being so lurky here lol #also still have not read stellarlune so hashtag fake fan ig #my art

[middle-earth-mythopoeia]

Yes, there are gay characters in Tolkien’s books

There seems to be an entrenched view among Tolkien fans that Tolkien did not write any gay characters, and that by interpreting any of his characters as gay you are going against what he would have wanted. Homophobes obviously believe this very strongly, and have always been hostile towards queer fans and queer interpretations of Tolkien’s works. Many members of the LGBTQ community also believe that they’re contradicting canon when they interpret Tolkien’s characters as gay—the only difference is they don’t mind doing so.

But is it so against canon to interpret any of Tolkien’s characters as gay? The assumption that Tolkien did not write gay characters hinges on his Catholicism, but I’m going to explain why this is flimsy reasoning.

First, it should be noted that Tolkien didn’t leave any writings expressing his views on homosexuality, so there is no evidence one way or another. But it seems relevant that Tolkien was good friends with W.H. Auden and corresponded with him over multiple decades. They first met when Auden listened to one of Tolkien’s lectures at Oxford and was inspired to learn Anglo-Saxon. Auden loved Tolkien’s poetry and prose and defended LOTR from critics at a time when it was seen as an unserious work in an unserious genre. Did Tolkien know Auden was gay? We don’t know for sure. But there’s at least a chance that he did: the secret of Auden’s homosexuality is one he “loosely kept”, according to an article in the Guardian.

So, Tolkien was friends with a gay man whom he may or may not have known was gay. But are there gay characters in Tolkien’s books? Unfortunately for the homophobes, even if you believe that Tolkien opposed homosexuality on principle, that still doesn’t mean no one in Middle-earth is gay. Actually, no one in Middle-earth is Catholic. I mean that literally, in the sense that Catholicism does not exist in the time period Tolkien wrote about, but I also mean it in the sense that Tolkien’s characters need not adhere to the tenets of his religion, even if it’s not named. Why would they?

It shouldn’t be controversial or surprising to point out that writers can, and often do, write characters that live very different lives from their own. Needless to say, Tolkien didn’t condone the actions of the antagonists of his work, but what about the protagonists? Are we to believe that all of them act in an unfailingly Catholic way at all times? In Laws and Customs of the Eldar, it is strongly implied that (especially in their younger years) Elves do have sex for pleasure and not just to beget children, something that is discouraged by Catholicism. That’s just one example.

(Please note that I’m not arguing that Tolkien’s Catholicism had no influence on his writings, because he explicitly said that it did. I’m saying that Tolkien’s characters themselves are not Catholic and do not necessarily behave like Catholics. So even if you think that all Catholics believe homosexuality is wrong, it has no bearing on Tolkien’s stories.)

Another line of reasoning goes that homosexuality is too taboo for Tolkien—but I have to wonder if people who believe this have read his books at all. The Silmarillion is full of taboo subjects. Túrin and Niënor marry, not knowing they are brother and sister; they find out the truth, and that she is pregnant, and they both commit suicide. Eöl’s relationship with Aredhel is one that, even if it didn’t start out as controlling and abusive—although I suspect it did—it clearly ended up that way, and depending on your interpretation of the text, he may have raped her. Celegorm attempts to force Lúthien to marry him, which would also involve rape, and there is a passage that implies that Morgoth also intends to rape Lúthien. Neither incest, rape or abuse are too taboo for Tolkien—neither are suicide, torture or mass murder, as the rest of the Silmarillion shows.

I don’t want anyone to take this in bad faith: I’m not saying that being gay is comparable to incest, rape or abuse, and I’m part of the LGBTQ community myself. What I am saying is that Tolkien clearly did not shy away from certain subjects, including sexual taboos, simply because they’re taboo. If you’re going to argue that none of Tolkien’s characters are queer because it wasn’t accepted at the time, that’s very unconvincing given the other subject matter in his books.

There is another reason why I think there are gay characters in Middle-earth, and it has to do with Tolkien’s inspirations. It’s well understood by Tolkien fans that you can see echoes of other mythologies in Tolkien’s works. But which ones? When Lúthien brings Beren back from the Halls of Mandos, there are obvious parallels with the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice—though the genders are reversed, and Lúthien succeeds where Orpheus did not. There are parallels between Túrin and Kullervo. There are numerous examples of this kind of thing throughout the Silmarillion and LOTR. Even the name Middle-earth clearly has its roots in the Norse name Midgard. There are some influences that Tolkien explicitly acknowledged, like the Kalevala and the Völuspá, and some that Tolkien scholars have only theorized about. While there are some scholarly articles on Tolkien and the Aeneid, one thing I have never seen anyone discuss is the parallel between Beleg’s death and the story of Nisus and Euryalus.

In the Aeneid, Nisus and Euryalus are a pair of friends and lovers who are fighting for Aeneas in Latium. Nisus, the older of the two men, is said to be a skilled javelin-thrower and archer. Nisus proposes a night raid on an enemy camp, and Euryalus insists on going with him. During the raid they kill many men in their sleep, collecting some of their armor as loot, as was customary. But when they leave the camp, the glint of light on a helmet taken by Euryalus is seen by a group of enemy horsemen, who capture and kill him before Nisus can stop them. Nisus is distraught and kills many of them in retaliation, ultimately dying beside his lover’s body. (In some versions, it’s a stolen belt, not a helm—but the constant motif is the glint of light that reveals Euryalus to the enemy.)

There are so many similarities with Beleg and Túrin that it cannot be a coincidence. Beleg and Túrin also fight side by side, first on the marches of Doriath and later when Túrin is an outlaw. They are very loyal to each other, and clearly love each other. Like Nisus, Beleg is known to be a great archer. Meanwhile, although it does not feature in Beleg’s death scene, Túrin is associated with a particularly significant helm. There are differences too: Túrin’s captivity is the reason for Beleg’s raid on the Orc-camp, whereas Euryalus is captured after the raid; both Nisus and Euryalus are slain one after the other, whereas only Beleg dies in the raid on the Orc-camp. But there is still the overarching parallel of the night raid, in which the enemy guards are killed silently in their sleep; the raid’s connection with an attempted rescue; the chance moment that leads to the tragic death; the imagery of the flash of light; and the distraught reaction of Nisus and Túrin when they see that Euryalus and Beleg are dead. Tolkien read the Aeneid as a student and so would have been familiar with its contents.

There is also the fact that in some versions of the story Túrin kisses Beleg on the mouth in this scene. Although kissing someone on the mouth has not always been a romantic gesture in all cultures and time periods, the clear parallels to the scene in the Aeneid lead me to think that it is in this case. Whether you see the relationship between Túrin and Beleg as romantic is up to you—all that I’m trying to do is show that it’s a legitimate interpretation.

Ultimately, like I wrote here, I don’t think you need permission from anyone in order to interpret Tolkien’s stories the way you want to. If you want to interpret one of his characters as gay, you don’t need to cite obscure plotlines from the Aeneid to justify it. But I do take issue with the idea—which is so pervasive in the fandom—that Tolkien’s stories must not have gay, or bisexual, or trans people in them, and that any interpretations to that effect are against canon. At the end of the day, Middle-earth is supposed to be our world, and guess what? Queer people exist.

#lotr #tolkien #lord of the rings #silmarillion #my writing #Most of the people I encounter in the Tolkien fandom are either members of the LGBTQ community themselves or supportive of it #but once in a while the homophobes rear their ugly heads #I’ve been wanting to write a post about the Beleg/Turin/Nisus/Euryalus parallel for a while now #Plus I’m a Latin nerd myself and also studied the Aeneid in school! #For the record I call that plot line obscure because it’s obscure nowadays but I don’t think it would have been obscure to Tolkien #like I said in the post #and the parallel really adds to the romantic subtext between Beleg and Turin #I do believe it was intentional

[ash-and-starlight]

Would you have any thoughts about the Gaang in a modern au (either with or without bending), especially jobs? I legit love how there’s never been a consensus of how they’d live, especially job wise, in the fandom — except for Katara, she is absolutely a doctor, surgeon, ER badass. Personally, I love the thought of Zuko as a child protective agent, and Sokka as a high school teacher, not just for the dramatic Zukka potential lol haha either way, I’d love to hear your thoughts!

aaa ok i love and adore to see how their roles get translated in modern au’s in such clever ways, i loveee your ideas for zukka workplace drama that’s so 🥺 ok i’ll list some of my faves but feel free to add

-doctor katara SO TRUE and activist katara also so true either way she’s helping people and giving all she’s got

-aang also activist monk-turned *insert job that has to do with flying?? or meteorology??* AND i love the silly little headcanon he and zuko are lion dance partners dkfjdj

-toph wwe champion. without question

- jet could also work with kids tbh as either a child protective agent too or teaching martial arts classes for kids as some sort of social program he zuko and toph have an underground fight club every tuesday he and iroh have a wholesome breaking bad situationship going on with banger edibles

- zuko the guy with 294737 job options tbh either as jasmine dragon clerk, firefighter, historian / khon expert and standing authority on the ramakien, parkour guy, sword guy, guy who goes to business school just to learn how to efficiently dismantle dad’s financial empire, and i am extremely partial on muai thay champion-instructor zuko who has like a post-injury gym program just for the zukka of it all of him helping sokka with his leg during rehab 😌

- sokka also guy that can do anything tbh wether working as inventor or in tech/mechanic fixing things, working at a science museum (hi robin), marine biologist (hi kath) working as an astronomer or at the planetarium bc he’s always been fascinated by the night sky and the moon, artist, poet, mythbuster, sword guy as well, all of these at once. most importantly he has an insanely popular food blog on the side

- suki kendo captain of an all-girl club

- florist mai. (specifically ikebana artist) which is comic canon and in context made little sense but i love it it’s beautiful bc it brings me to

- tattoo artist ty-lee 💕

- and azula uhhh nepobaby electrician

#i am kIDDING about azula but also not #*there is not job consensus in the fandom* babe i don’t have job consensus within MYSELF #anyway love to put those guys into situations #love to read about how ppl interpret the canon into the modern concept of Jobs #oh a thing i don’t think i’ve ever seen tho is zuko still being a royal while in a modern au?? #like he’s just some guy but at one point iroh drops the bomb of ‘yeah u know centuries ago our family was part of the royal line 🤪 #i think i would have been the firelord haha ✌️’ #and the whole gaang now just has to live with this information #i think it would be funny ekhfhd #ANYWAY #awesome question sorry for going off and still making no sense with my answer ily #ash replies

[saccharineomens]

You know, watching the anime made me realize something, so I went looking.

We (manga readers, anime-onlies beware spoilers later on) already know Senshi’s tragic backstory and that the reason why he stays in the dungeon is to take care of it.

Early on in the manga, Senshi behaved with a complete disregard to Chilchuck’s orders to keep them safe. It’s possible Senshi behaved this way because he didn’t respect Chilchuck’s skills, or he thought that none of the traps would be able to harm him (due to being a dwarf). When he offered up his life to the orcs (before his vegetables, even), maybe he was simply trusting that Zon wasn’t actually going to kill them (despite them brutally murdering an entire pub in front of their eyes). But what if he simply…doesn’t care whether he lives or dies?

Senshi shows no interest in returning to society, preferring to keep to himself. He lives only for tending to the dungeon and cooking his next meal. He behaves recklessly with his own safety, and he hasn’t moved on from the trauma he experienced almost eighty years prior. He also believes that resurrection is unnatural, and accepts his own death with relative ease.

I think his survivor’s guilt left him passively suicidal, just waiting for his inevitable death to come to him, and holds fiercely onto Gillin’s final wishes that Senshi lives on as a reason to not seek it out.

#Dungeon meshi #senshi of izganda #I’ve been in this fandom on tumblr for a year but even with all the Griffin Soup posts I’ve seen #I’ve never seen anyone say Senshi might be depressed #Anyway while watching the anime I was kind of shocked with how much disregard Senshi showed for his own life. #And with him basically offering up Laios’ party’s lives as well to the orcs. #I mean I ASSUME it’s because he trusted that Zon wouldn’t kill them or thought making bread would #endear them enough to get them out of that situation but?? #Op #There’s just a lot about senshi that ties to his trauma. A lot. Anne’s name. His desire to properly feed future generations. #He wears Gillin’s helmet constantly including putting a sunhat OVER the helmet while gardening. #dm meta #dm senshi