hot take but I do think there can be room for ppl in fandom that Don't enjoy critique of their favorite thing and those that partake in critique as a part of their enjoyment. the best thing to do when u come across the other and it starts to piss u off is just to either unfollow or block or, insane concept, just keep scrolling. we don't need to pretend like one or the other shouldn't exist.
in fact they can often coexist in one person. there's some shows/movies/etc that I just want to watch/read and enjoy and post silly fanart of and have a grand time doing that and nitpicking it would make it unfun to me. and then there's other stuff that I could complain about for 25 years and talk about how I want to break into the showrunner's home and scare them scooby doo style and this is, indeed, fun to me.
we all enjoy stuff differently. learn to deal w ppl criticizing smth you like without acting like they're fascist killjoys telling you you can't like your show. and also learn to deal w ppl who don't want to engage in that criticism without acting like they're childish for enjoying smth fullheartedly
I hope every writer who sees this writes LOADS the next few months. Like freetime opens up, no writers block, the ability to focus, etc etc you're able to write loads & make lots of progress <3
No media representation, of any group, will ever be perfect. No group is a monolith. No group has homogeneous experiences. There will always be someone in your demographic who disagrees with you about what "good representation" really is, there will always be someone who fits the stereotypical representation, there will always be growth and change in what is considered appropriate vs. offensive.
The quest for truly perfect representation is doomed to failure, and your energy is better put into uplifting the media you connect with and love, instead of trying to police the media you hate.
everybody tweets like a social theorist these days, blaming their sad little lives on the commodification of art, decline of third spaces, hyperindividualism, and other such nonsense. I, on the other hand, know what's causing my misery--the demiurge's curse
Hilarious implication of the zaddy scene is how it implies everyone is going to get exactly the wrong idea about their relationship dynamic.
Like I do think there is no way Stede fucks normal. He's had a long time of being repressed and gay and he's going to be excited to try anything and everything with his boyfriend, and Ed is used to very casual, low-emotion relationships where he didn't feel valued, so he's going to be happy to be along for the ride.
Stede has spent long enough not doing what he wants. He's absolutely going to be in the middle of a normal conversation with Ed and swerve hard into "do you want to try wearing that collar again today? I have a theory that it'll jingle louder when I fuck your mouth than it does when I fuck your hole." They both contribute to the weird roleplay scenarios they no doubt get up to but I do think Stede's usually the one to suggest the sex parts.
But, unfortunately, Ed is the one who will know what words like "zaddy" mean, and Stede absolutely will not. And Ed will be so blinded by love and how awesome their sex life is that he will say these things in public, and every time Stede will be like "I don't know what that means 馃榾"
And tragically the ultimate impression on everyone around them will be that Ed is the really kinky one, when actually his biggest kink is being adored and Stede is the one who's barging in to whatever room he's in snapping on a pair of ye olde latex gloves like "you ever tried fisting before? Me neither. We're gonna find out together"
halfway through the fourth episode of our flag means death watching blackbeard pick up the model ship like oh so this is. this is really. got it got it got it got it absolutely. carry on.