#this post brought to you by me

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#this post brought to you by me #get to the polls #.txt

[theroseempress]

The duality of writing; inflicting The Horrors on a character while mumbling 'man, that's terrible' to yourself.

#writing #writeblr #writer things #writer humor #this post brought to you by me #putting a character in prison for 16 years #doing the math and realizing that it was in fact 16 yeras #going 'wow that sure is messed up' to myself #and then proceeding with it nonetheless #(sorry shai)

[zoreldanvers]

8/100 supergirl looks → season two episode eleven

#supergirl #supergirledit #karadanveredit #kara danvers #mine* #sg100 #if i've giffed it once i've giffed it a thousand times #this post brought to you by me #procrastinating on studying for finals

[celsidebottom]

Oh for the next couple days if I reblog something multiple times or add gibberish to it or something it's not me it's the fact that I just had surgery and have fallen asleep while scrolling multiple times and who knows what will happen if the app is left unsupervised

#combat skirt out #typing on the phone keyboard has been a Challenge #brain go mush and fingers go bleh #this post brought to you by me #after I fell asleep with my finger on a picture #that I had saved 3 times

[starcloud-nova]

list of words i think should count as slurs (non-exhaustive):

bossy

sassy

#this post brought to you by Me #nova talks #ok to rb lol

[i-gwarth]

desperately, harrowingly, agonizingly begging people to consider for a moment that something - a movie, a book, a game - can be *bad* and you can still enjoy it.

This isn't even an "all art is subjective" take. It is, but that's a different matter. I mean to scream say that some things are so incompetently done that "this is bad" is as close as you can get to an objective assesment.

And you can still like it. It can be bad but that doesn't invalidate your enjoyment of it

Idk I feel like the terms of this discussion could stand to be reframed a bit

#this post brought to you by me #a good things enjoyer #never liked a piece of shit movie named Fantastic Four 2 Rise of the Silver Surfer in my life #haven't even heard of that weird Ender's Game movie that I watched a quadrillion times #Season WHO of game of thrones that I maintain had some good moments even if it landed like a turd and was forgotted just as quickly

[little-mephistopheles]

Goths with light furred animals are stronger than any us marine

#this post brought to you by me #who has a primarily white calico that is a HUGE cuddlebug #and seems to know when i have work in two hours #and no lint rollers on hand

[calamitys-child]

What's everyone's favourite flowers that aren't like. The normal ones. Like everyone's a fan of roses and sunflowers what's a more niche one. One you don't get in gift sets. Mine's sweet peas

#other good ones are crocuses and lilacs #one time I was ill and depressed and my mum brought me a lil milk bottle full of fresh cut sweet peas from her garden 💖 #i like that theyre colourful and i like climbing plants and they smell amazing #posts brought to you by me going to the park on my lunch break just to see all the crocuses

[seenthisepisode]

no offence but the reason tumblr is “dying” is, well, yes, of course the cursed like/reblog ratio and the change in user behaviour (because of people being used to how instagram and tiktok work) BUT also the lack of weekly shows. i say it with my whole chest, they don't produce captivating and engaging stupid weekly tv shows anymore because streaming killed that so you have spikes of activity here when Something happens in general fandom or up to three days after a new season of whatever drops and then it's a wasteland. this is obviously an old woman yelling at a cloud missing supernatural and the vampire diaries and pretty little liars and all these other shows type of post but honestly give me back weekly tv shows where i have something to watch for 40 minutes almost every day of the week after work so then i can read and reblog it on tumblr give it back for the sake of my sanity

#we used to be a proper country #or something #this post is brought to you by me coming back from work and being like okay what now 🧍🏻‍♂️ #i mean obviously i have stuff to do but these are just chores and what i need what i have been programmed to need is a 40 minute long #episode of stupid cw show with a gay ship that's never gonna go canon... :((( #tumblr #fandom

[talaricula]

Things I've seen tumblr memeing about James Somerton doing à la "How did no one see how bigoted he was!" as if those things haven't been a significant part of tumblr culture for over a decade :

Presenting untrue and bordering on conspiratorial versions of (queer or otherwise marginalised) history without any sources

Completely disregarding and disrespecting any expertise on socio-cultural topics/humanities and distrusting academics and historians (incl. acting as if no academics or historians could be queer or marginalised)

Downplaying the role misogyny played in the historical oppression of queer women and concluding that queer men must have been more oppressed than queer women

Bi women are, at best, not as queer as "real" queer ppl, and at worst, simply equivalent to straight women

Despite nominal trans inclusivity, transmasculine ppl are functionally women when convenient (combined with the above, bi transmascs are functionally straight women)

Despite nominal trans inclusivity (bis), shamelessly attacking, threatening and actively endangering any trans woman who questions them or smth they find important (often by unfairly presenting her as violent or as a threat)

Having absolutely fucking wild and reductive takes about ace ppl, the oppression they face and their place in the queer community

Stating that marriage equality is an assimilationist fight while completely ignoring its direct roots in the horrifying consequences of the AIDS crisis for partners of ppl who died of AIDS

Praising western media creators from the past for queer coding even under censure and in the same breath condemning current non western media creators for being homophobic bc their representation isn't explicit enough

Blaming China for all existing homophobic censoring in western media

Assuming all queer media would be better told by western creators and by western standards

Only out queer ppl get to tell queer stories

Heavily criticising almost all queer media created by women or ppl they see as such (see above points about trans ppl) or involving/starring a significant amount of women for any perceived or real amount of "problematicness", but fawning over and praising and negating criticism of queer media created by and starring mostly or even functionally exclusively men (even when it could be argued that, you know, not involving/seriously sidelining women is a pretty clear example of misogyny which should probably be considered "problematic")

And I'm probably forgetting stuff or there's stuff I have internalised myself and don't recognise as an issue

Like idk but I feel like the takeaway from Hbomberguy and Toddintheshadow's videos should maybe be "be aware of such patterns in your communities bc they definitely exist" and not "this guy is uniquely awful" and I feel like a lot of the discussion I've seen surrounding this has been severely failing at that. Most ppl who've spent any significant amount of time on tumblr prob either have internalised at least one of those thought patterns, have had to de-internalise them, or have had to be extremely vigilant to not internalise them (which is done by, you know, seeking out other sources, which also seemed like an important takeaway from the videos)

#Also I'm saying this as someone who actually watched quite a few of Somerton's videos #And noticed those patterns and stopped watching bc I recognised them from here #and had already learned to unlearn them after being so exposed to them here #And tbh I think anyone who hasn't had the luck or made the conscious choice to seek out ppl who pushed against those narratives #Would absolutely have fallen for this man's bullshit. Like let's not kid ourselves we see takes like this every day on this hellsite #2014 me would have. For sure. #This is next to the plagiarism issue which as Harris points out is an Internet wide issue and this includes tumblr #James Somerton #hbomberguy #todd in the shadows #This brought to you by a conversation with my wife yesterday #So many ppl on here don't deserve to meme or be this self absolvingly critical of this man #The call is coming from inside the house #The man has a tumblr it would legit not surprise me if some of the things he supposedly made up himself he did actually get from somewhere #And that somewhere was a tumblr post

[metanarrates]

its funny to me when a cartoon or something has a vague Evil Organization because a lot of fans will instantly decide that there's a whole workplace comedy happening there. those guys can't just be vaguely standing around acting evil all day they've gotta have like an evil break room or something

#narrates #post brought to you by my friend talking to me about kingdom hearts org13 having a movie night in their stupid chair room

[gumy-shark]

she’s cringe. she’s cooler than you. she’s so so smart. she’s the biggest dumbass you’ll ever meet. she’s got mental illnesses the dsm hasn’t even got a name for yet. she’s fine she’s fine she’s great actually she’s the normalest girl in the world. she’s hurt so many people. she regrets it so much. she wants to hurt people again. she’s the most neurotic loser you’ve ever seen. she’s the most confident composed competent member of the team. she lies until she doesn’t know what’s real. she’s even bisexual. i didn’t say her name but she popped into your head didn’t she

#this post was brought to you by me realizing #that to the enlightened eye jay ferin and marcille donato and shallan davar and LL!lizzie ldshadowlady are all the same character actually #update: by popular consensus this is an honorary marinette dupain cheng post

[butcharium]

I AM A BIG BUTCH! I AM BIG AND FEROCIOUS AS I STOMP AROUND IN MY BIG BOOTS! I AM SOOOO SCARY!! SUCH AN INTIMIDATING BUTCH!!

#this is me if any of you guys care #post brought to you by my girlfriend #butch #musings

[dimension20stuff]

Called it.

#worlds beyond number #isabella roland #worlds beyond number fireside #wbn fireside chat #izzy roland #wbn #brennan lee mulligan #this post brought to you by: me #if theyve been posting about this on twitter or instagram im still right because it was secret TO ME.

[thesaintofnevergettingitright]

Watching the Percy Jackson series has made me empathize with Aphrodite more than I ever thought possible.

Cuz these kids are TWELVE and are out here just trying to SURVIVE, but every time Percy and Annabeth interact I’m giggling and kicking my feet like “Hehehe you don’t know it yet, but that is the love of your life. Yes, yes, there’s a big scary monster but what about the slow-burn romance?”

And I always found it so annoying in the books when Aphrodite would show up and only be interested in the romantic dynamics between the characters and otherwise be kinda useless. But now??? I’m totally on the same page with her. Cuz I know they’re going to fight a million monsters and win, and at the end of the day one fight looks just like the next. But they only fall in love ONCE and it’s AMAZING.

Like damn. Apologies the goddess Aphrodite. I suddenly get it.

#mine #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #pjo tv show #annabeth chase #percabeth #Aphrodite #I’d like to think that if at least be a little more helpful in Aphrodites position #but honestly I can’t guarantee it #knowing what’s going to happen messes with your priorities apparently #It almost makes me sympathize with the gods a little #not a lot but. a little. #this post is brought to you by the terms ‘seaweed brain’ and ‘wise girl’

[astraltrickster]

When you say "even in canon this character is acting OOC" do you mean it as in "this character's canon dropped the ball on internal consistency with them" or do you mean "this character I normally relate to made a decision that I wouldn't have made" or do you mean "this character isn't acting like the fanon we developed by rotating them in our heads for 67295 combined hours away from the source material"?

#fandom #this post brought to you by me getting really mad because canon DID drop the ball on a character's internal consistency #BY trying to make them more like the fanon a subset of fans made by rotating the character in their heads for too long #and i know thats what happened because they keep referencing fandom memes #but thats really hard to talk about because...[gestures vaguely]