#Enjoyment is a Choice

[kyliafanfiction]

I know this may seem rich coming from me, since at least 50% of this blog is complaints and bitching by volume, but enjoying something is a choice. You can choose to enjoy a thing, warts and all, or you can let the warts consume your enjoyment.

Nothing will be perfect. No perfect book, no perfect game, no perfect show. I'm not saying 'settle' or 'never criticize' - again, this blog is at least 50% complaints by volume - but ultimately, you have to decide:

Are you going to enjoy the thing, while also admitting flaws, or just let your hate for those flaws consume your entire perception of the thing.

Or of course, you can set it aside, but this is about the things we can't set aside. The books or shows or games or w/e that just won't leave our brains no matter what.

And if you can't just set it aside and move on, like a rational, sane person would (or so I hear, haven't meant many of those in my time here in fandom and on tumblr), or you can choose to... just hate. Just bitch. Just refuse to like it, and stew. Just... stew.

And the thing is, I don't actually do that. I don't stew. With the exception of my endless rage at Captain America, who continues to squat rent free in a corner of my brain, I actually don't spend much time in my real life focusing on what I don't like about the things I love, or enjoy, or otherwise consume my life and brain. I have things I don't like about my favorite book serieses (What is the plural of series?), or my favorite shows, or my favorite games. Things that bug me, things that annoy me, things that make me wanna pull my hair out.

And when I bitch about them here on tumblr, it's 'I had the thought, I bitch, I move on'. When I have a whole string of them, it's because I'm consuming the thing actively, and I'm venting about whatever annoys me. But if I genuinely hate or can't stand the thing... 99.99% of the time, I just stop. I stop reading, I stop watching, I stop playing. If there's nothing or not enough drawing me in... I quit. Boom. Done.

Because, at the end of the day, I choose to enjoy. That game that I love to pieces and that so many people make snarky videos about how much it sucks compared to the earlier 'good' part of the series? Or about how the game's developers suck because... other game developer did 'basically the same game' better? (When, 75% it's entirely different and not comparable, or actually didn't do the thing better, just different in a way that appealed to the other person's idiosyncratic tastes) Or that book that's trash that sooooo many people insist X or Y or Z did a better version of? That show that 'became garbage' because of a choice you're still butthurt over five seasons later?

I can give you chapter and verse about what's wrong with them. The little things, the big things, the minor annoyances, the quality of life changes, the big picture sweeping reworks I wish we'd had. The stuff that has left me up mad at night when I really can't control myself. The things that I understand why the creator(s) did the way they did, even if I don't agree, and the things that, to this day, I still don't grasp the motivation behind.

And yeah, sometimes those things bubble up to the front of my mind, and sit there for a while, despite my best efforts.

But frankly? I refuse to let that shit stick with me forever (again, Cappy-Fucker excepted, and for the record, I don't like that my hate for him is so deep-seated). I have shit to do. Books to read (again). Games to play (again). Shows to watch (again).

I'm not going to let my hate or annoyance run the show.

I'm going to choose to enjoy it, god fucking damnit.

#Musings #Just Little Tumblr Things #Just Little Fandom things #Fandom Life #Fandom #Kylia Konfesses #Enjoyment is a Choice

[timothylawrence]

"Wyll is boring" he is the personification of daddy issues. he hides away at a beach TWICE and leaving the tav to go find him because he's not used to having people around who care abt him. he's been running around the sword coast for seven years just killing things and saving people because he got EXILED and chose to prove himself to his father and just help others. he spends his time training kids how to defend themselves. you find out his dad is the ARCHDUKE of Baldur's Gate. he almost drowned once trying to find mermaids. he has a literal devil haunting him that watches his every move. He managed to stop an entire cult of Tiamat AT AGE 17!!!!!!! he loves clowns.

Wyll isn't boring, ppl just haven't taken the time to explore his story and it SHOWS

#ewbie.txt #bg3 #wyll ravengard #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #I’m not gonna state the obvious as to why individuals may not be giving him attention but. it is disheartening. #he has such a wonderful arc that really comes to life as you advance on the story #especially in act three. hes literally brooding the entirety of act 3 mourning his life and his father and everything around him #this is all CANON non determent stuff btw!!! this isnt choice based!!! #wyll enjoyers RISE!!! #(the answer is r@cism btw. like. hes not boring. ppl r just racist)

[delicourse]

mop finale....

#mob psycho 100 #kageyama shigeo #kageyama ritsu #reigen arataka #hanazawa teruki #suzuki shou #serizawa katsuya #mp100 #deliart #WHATSSS UP WITTHHH TERUS HAIIRRR LMAOOOO #anime team made a choice there for sure #also now that i know shou canonically keeps TWO hamsters i will also have to assume they are dwarf hamsters of some kind. SAD #golden hamster enjoyers are opressed tbh tbh so i can no more draw my own former hamsters as his anymore #i drew my dads hampsters instead. because yes. we all are hampster enjoyers #u wouldnt get it

[penny-anna]

Willow: since we're trapped in the Human Realm and have time to kill, we've been thinking that it'd be great if you could show us some of some of the human 'movies' you're always raving about!

Luz: oh man I'd love to show you guys some of my favs! but uh, a lot of my top ten picks are horror movies so maybe we should start with something less scary

Gus: pfft, Luz, come on. after all the stuff we've been through together, what could these 'horror movies' possibly have in them that could scare us?

Luz: yeah, I guess you're right

*cut to the Hexsquad frozen in horror in front of John Carpenter's The Thing while Vee & Luz eat popcorn*

Luz: oh man you guys, this is the best part coming up!!

#the owl house #this hc brought to you by 1) luz is definitely a horror movie enjoyer like c'mon #they don't scare her at all she watched them with her dad from a concerningly young age #2) The Thing was probably a bad choice due to the Body Horror themes #3) Vee loves The Thing bcos her life is legit scarier than any horror movie and she is also a shapeshifter. she is rooting for The Thing

[dmbakura]

This is from the interview larian did with ign today talking about various characters and their endings but I just wanna say ascended astarion being such a paranoid weirdo is very important to me and I'm glad it was touched on here 🤪👌

Edit: since apparently I need to break this down for people who can't read, this is not a statement on his evil ending being "more canon" or "the real astarion." It's saying that when you ascend him, he's not a different character. He's still Astarion just at his worst self. The two endings are not different characters despite them behaviorally being quite different, the contrast is meant to show validating his worst fears vs telling him he can be more than what Cazador made him to me. In other words, none of this is new information ie it's what we already knew about his character.

#astarion #tragedy enjoyers when a characters fears are validated and they see no choice but to become a monster

[a2zillustration]

gently places the Gale and Croissant dolls in a little box and VIOLENTLY SHAKES IT

Also here's what Karlach was right about if you forgot.

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#heeheehoohoo rubbing my little goblin hands together #what do you get when you put a guy with horrible self worth together with someone who has big imposter syndrome #we see how Gale deals with positive attention in the game #I wanted to give Croissant's pov bc my gosh how intimidating would it be to have this guy with huge main character energy- #-utterly devoted to you #once again I unintentionally made great choices for my own enjoyment by 1) being a wizard and #2) giving Croissant a bg that wasn't particularly of note #ANYWAY SORRY FOR RAMBLING AGAIN THERE WILL BE MORE OF THESE PROBABLY #HAPPY HOLIDAYS LMAO #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #croissant adventures #tav #gale #gale x tav #comics #breadweave #gale dekarios

[lcecrown]

This one goes out to all my fellow chartedders I hope this edit I've cooked up doesn't inflict too much psychic damage upon you all

#[🪶]: #tx #starkid #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #ted spankoffski #charlotte sweetly #charted #tedlotte #edit #the guy who didn't like musicals #tgwdlm #SPECIAL THANKS TO RJ FOR THE SONG CHOICE. THIS SHIT HURTS MAN #<- Enjoyer of bearing the curse of the agonies

[rox-of-iu]

my old blorbos are back in my brain

heart pirates my absolute beloved. shame theyre chillin somewhere in the ocean lol (do not mention the pre-time skip hats of penguin and shachi I'm still attached even tho its already been a million years since then)

anyway every time i remember that Law and Kid are assigned german and Scottish by Oda i gain one hundred years

#one piece #trafalgar law #heart pirates #penguin #shachi #kidlaw #weary sigh- i am never getting out of this place #OP has been in my brain since -checks watch- like 2016 I think? and there is no escape #like every few months this stupidass anime/manga just grabs my brain again for a month or so hdjkhkd #its terminal #anyway as a long time enjoyer of heart pirates-crys-hjdsfhkdhfk #i come back after a long time and this is the status update i get??? anyway fly high polar tang o7 #btw if theres any mistakes in the german bits I'm sorry i did study german for a few years as my third language of choice but #im not super confident in it so hdsjfhk sorry #but the first bit with vergo is partly a reference to a meme that i saw some time ago and that completely took me out #and should translate i think into 'yea yea whatever. you wanker' and 'sorry. you(formal) wanker' #hajsdhkd #and the one with kid hopefully says 'oh yeah mirrors can be scary' #oh well and thats about it cheers #id say read one piece but actually dont its at 1088 chapters now #and just the catching up that i did in the past few days absolutely took me out lmao #but hey this is prolly my oldest going-on fandom that i still feel the need to come back from time to time lol o7

[dimension-20-every-introduction]

Everyone Introduced in Dimension 20′s Mentopolis episode 1

#dimension 20 spoilers #dimension 20 #d20 introductions #mentopolis #mentopolis spoilers #d20 mentopolis #WOW what a bang to start off the season- i can't believe it took me this long to get through the first episode #god the noir theme and atmosphere of this setting is SO choice. and these characters fucking RULE #i love love love all the pun names they're so fun #and as a men enjoyer myself i am looking at the fix like.... Sir 😳 #god everyone is so stylish and it FUCKS #also very fun to see danielle radford and mike trapp back in the dome #and NICE that they got freddie wong and hank green on the season too?? #i'm not familiar with alex myself but i hope they enjoy being on d20!! they're very very fun as conrad! #and our queen of course siobhan <3 #i say this for so many seasons but god this season cast is so stacked

[balladofthe101st]

often think about how toye didn't have to pull luz closer to him to ask for a drink but he did anyways

#making this everyone's problem well not problem but making people think about it #become a regular luztoye thinker and enjoyer like me #that luztoye scene #it was the acting choice the directing choice the writing choice #they knew what they were doing #george luz #joe toye #band of brothers #bofb #bob #hbo war

[kyliafanfiction]

I honestly don't see the point of writing a fic where the sole purpose is characters from another fandom (or worse, the author's OCs) get to 'kill everyone' or otherwise destroy the setting that you hate so much.

Like... just don't consume the media? Enjoy shit instead?

#Enjoyment is a Choice #Hatefic is a waste of your emotional energy #Just Little Fandom Things #Fanfiction Reader Problems

[hallucxnating]

You know what? I like you. *yuris your yaoi*

Also a bit of titi under the cut here's hoping i won't get flagged

Thank you for your services itty bitty titty warrior Kanra-san i release you from my clutches. For now.

#durarara #drrr #shizaya #orihara izaya #shizuo heiwajima #genderbend #or transfem. or pre-op. your choice really #my art #i got flagged LMAOOO #removed one of them sorry titi enjoyers

[heroesriseandfall]

Tim and Damian seeing the Jason Todd memorial case for the first time:

(Comic sources: Tim in Batman #442 for his introductory arc A Lonely Place of Dying, and Damian in Batman #657 for his introductory arc Batman and Son.)

#damian swapping out the fashion choices he thought were bad. 10/10 this is very enjoyable to me idc #tim drake #damian wayne #jason todd #batfam #funny business #heroesriseandfall #batbros

[lale-txt]

"kill them with kindness" wrong. fuck their dad and their grandpa. actually fuck their whole family tree

#blowing a kiss for all my dilf and gilf enjoyers #what if i'm telling you that i have a multichapter fic in my drafts with this......... #for once i wanted to write a messy reader with questionable life choices and oh boy... am i having fun #lale.txt

[cloudmancy]

I had the thought earlier that helped me realize why this episode felt so icky in that the bad kids have now canonically been more empathetic and forgiving of known sexual predator biz fucking glitterdew than the rat grinders who were killed by a god of rage and given the choice between a horrible death with no afterlife or a life serving the rage god

thinking about this forever. murph pointing out at the table that [irt jace stardiamond] it takes an incredible amount of courage to cease to exist and he stopped just short of that. why are one of the two adults who manipulated and killed the group of teenagers who trusted them being given more grace by the cast than the rat grinders... it's very sad because they came to the conclusion that it takes more courage than the average person has. but when confronted with the rat grinders themselves the bad kids are like ohhh you teenagers are all going to hell forever and ever for being coerced into facing this extremely difficult choice that not even an adult made

#I also see a lot of the fandom go 'uhm well lucy decided not to come back therefore the rest of them could've made that choice too' #I know one thing for sure and ALL of you would've chosen resurrection. lol! #asks #mazey-phaedra-enjoyer #fhjy spoilers

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

Michael Sheen playing Aziraphale as cockhungry as possible VS the Good Omens fandom and Neil Gaiman and the Lord himself screaming for Aziraphale to be asexual

#aziraphale is asexual? oh. fucking watch me #u know aziraphale wouldn’t be this gay had it not been for him #‘cause he ships it for. 30 years #and is also physically incapable of not constantly shooting fuck me eyes at david tennant #my man put a kiss scene in his contract sksksksksk #good omens #good omens 2 #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #michael sheen #david tennant #i’m sorry ace enjoyers but he made his choice. interpretation and all that but. he chose gay and will fight to the death for it #the same man who has a haha just kidding unless blood oath with david tennant to work with each other #also he/him/his for the Lord because i think it sounds funnier #i think Himself should be capitalized but idc #also obvs it’s not the whole fandom who wants him asexual (i don’t lmao) #he really said ‘i fell in love with dr. who for the bit’