#I also understand the background thing

[redysetdare]

All this aroace character shipcourse has proven to me that a majority of people that interact in fandom cannot actually interact with characters and media outside of shipping and genuinely I believe you need to learn how to interact with media outside of shipping.

#text #fandom #aro #ace #aroace #aromantic #asexual #this became extremely obvious with Encanto - where the main message of the movie was ignored #and people were so desperate for shipping they started shipping background characters or even the family members....eugh #like at some point you must understand your inability to interact with media outside of a narrow romantic scope is an actual problem #at some point you need to accept you don't ACTUALLY like the media you're interacting with #like genuinely can you say anything else that you like about a piece of media besides the fact you want two characters to kiss? #genuinely i do believe the way some of you interact with things needs to change because it's made fandom spaces literally unbearable #also it has severely limited some of your guy's critical thinking skills #if you want content based around shipping then look at the romance genre it's literally right there for this very reason #shipping just needs to stop dominating fandom discussions and interactions. shipping should not be the main focus of every genre ever ffs #that or y'all need to literally start tagging your shit so that people can actually block it out and find the posts that they want to see

[sheerakk]

#was looking for some fics with these two #I imagine this is one of their first interactions and Hunter is already fed up with Darius #but Darius is just trying to get to know the successor of his mentor and check if he's at least a little bit capable of doing his job #he's also a little weirded out by the similarity between these two #basically I imagine Darius gave him a couple of vibe checks that Hunter had failed #and Hunter takes it as questoning his place in the coven #god darius design is so pink and awful #it's so jover uni starts tommorow #it's like the most boring drawing ever but I'm just still in my I have to get better at backgrounds era #and also if I'll draw 100 awful things I get a decent one eventually #it's like inktober but lasts your whole life and devours your soul in the process #no caption just pure tags now I understand those few people who keep reblogging all my tags cuz I give all the fucking context there #there's probably like 10 things I would spot tommorow that would fix the drawing a whole bunch but I just ...don't want to ig #the owl house #sheerak #the golden guard #darius deamonne #hunter toh #toh hunter #hunter deamonne #toh fanart #the owl house fanart #dadrius #not yet but #you guys most fellow toh fanartists moved on and fanart fiona and cake but I keep brainrotting the same stuff over and over #good old toh trashpile

[spitblaze]

You know I probably would have figured out something was up with me genderwise sooner if people assigned female at birth were not conditioned from a young age to absolutely loathe their bodies in order to sell beauty products and diets and unattainable standards

#spitblaze says things #very hard to recognize that the background radiation in ur life is dysphoria under the unrelenting pressure of societal misogyny!!! #like i understand where some people are coming from when they say that transmascs are only transitioning to escape misogyny #which like. fuckin hell i WISH that worked. this shit is inescapable #but also we arent transitioning because of misogyny. were transitioning in spite of it #the entire point of misogyny is to keep Those Who Are Not Men in line #im not 'escaping misogyny' any more than the lesbians who refuse to style themselves to heteronormative tastes #'yeah but passing trans men get male privilege' yea maybe socially. and its not like im fuckin asking for it. i dont want this shit #you think i asked for that shit?? you think stealth and passing transmascs dont push back against misogyny and patriarchy??? #weve been on the other side. we know what its like #obvs theres gonna be shitty individuals but if ur letting like three or four dudes shape ur perception of a whole group thats another issue #got off track there but i suppose thats what the notes are for #anyway te/-rfs. die. womanhood is not defined by suffering and you’re all defeatest reactionary shitheads

[the-holy-ghosted]

how do you think things started. Did Bridgens or Peglar make the first move? Was it before or after John began tutoring him?

Brought up in the book, actually! He taught Peglar how to read while they were on their Beagle voyage and when they came home, he sought Bridgens out again for more lessons. At some point after finding him again, Peglar made the first move on him.

From chapter 28, the first of a handful of Peglar POV chapters. Despite the book being... the way it is, I do like how it does these two. If you were to read any part of it, read chapters 28 and 50. My suggestion to you heehee

#the terror #the heron heareth #i dont bother to headcanon outside what the book n the show does with them or at least their history together #david k had some thoughts about the mentor/student dynamic between them and i do appreciate his input he makes a good point #about how it could be seen as predatory as. yknow. john is a sodomite in the book. david k is also gay with a teaching background and he #emphasized the sort of stereotype that people put on gay teachers being creeps to young boys #nd that i can understand and appreciate. i hadnt considered it until i read that in an interview #so in my mind palace where i play with these diseased men like dolls i like to weave these things together in my own way #for fun. cause its fun #oh thats right tags um #john bridgens #henry peglar #briglar #bridglar #i always do both. Always

[saltpepperbeard]

:(

#EXCUSE THE LITTLE SPIRAL HERE QKDJWJS but I just want to talk it through as a crew #Feeling very very gracious towards David’s lovely message #But also feeling sad #Because I was happy to see him being so quiet and being so secretive #Because to ME that seemed like a good sign that negotiations or some kind of discussions might be taking place #And that there subsequently might be some sort of intense NDA #But now with THIS… #Idk it just feels like we just took so many steps back #Like to me it reads as though there are NO current negotiations #And that we’re actually still just suspended and have BEEN suspended #Which…jakdwjdnwjdwkdk #And no I don’t understand how all of this works so who KNOWS what’s really going on the background #But idk man. Idk. #Not to be such a negative nancy either when I’m usually so energized #But I was just sort of taken aback and wanted to see what yall were thinking too #Things just feel a little more…DIFFICULT again #praying for some hope and ALSO praying that jac makes a thread for additional clarity AKDJWJ

[etchy-a-sketchy]

Couldn’t figure out a background but have a continuation of my last drawing of these two XD

#dsmp #rabbit run #rabbit run au #god I love this fic so much y’all don’t understand #etchy’s sketchys #my art #technoblade #dreamwastaken #rivals duo #lol my one weakness #backgrounds #also perspective but shhhhh #I just keep thinking about that one clip of techno kicking- maybe sneeg? but the little man just goes FLYING #I’m thinking same thing happens here

[highfunctioningfleshrule63]

hey, your video compilation of 4chan post about shield is a great ressource for fandom psychology. Interesting to see another user who lurk the wrestling board and use tumblr. Did you ever work on compilation of the tumblr fandom during the peak of the shield era ? I did not research it yet. xoxo

glad someone liked that video, only in times when im super fixated on something will i end up searching through the 4chan archives for more content...unfortunately 4chan vernacular tends to get a laugh out of me (if it isnt absolute lowtier content, had to scrape through a lot of that). the shield stuff i tried to get from when it was at its peak and you'll see posts on there from 2013+, but i also got modern stuff now bc the boardspeak actually changed with it.

ironically it is way easier to deepdive and compile stuff from 4chan bc it has a much better archival system than tumblr; ive also looked for lots of old stuff on deviantart due to the crossover but i found that it has a pretty shitty way of archiving/sorting older posts (just like on here. ive been on tumblr since 13 so i know what sorts of areas to look for, but its still very hard to find it directly on here. i havent spent as much time as i did getting those posts for that video so i can try harder.)

fandom psychology is interesting to me too so im happy you saw my video with that angle. ive collected lots of old shield fangirl content off of sites like weheartit and pinterest (ironically those are often better at keeping images up for longer periods of time) too but i didnt know if i should make a comp, maybe i will. i also looked through random forums and places like lolcow dot farms (which only really granted one of the screenshots...not too much discussion over there for good or bad. i was hoping to find discussion abt shieldfangirls or wrestling rpf but surprisingly they didnt think to make a "point and laugh" thread abt those topics). i find it interesting how much shieldrelated psychosis was on both sides of the spectrum (tumblr vs 4chan)....i could talk more on it but im a little brainless and sleep deprived rn

heres some extras i had that didnt make the cut (plus just some of my favorites):

and these were from a thread talking abt the modern stereotypical tumblr wrestling fan (specifically talking abt aedubs young bucks fans/the elite fans)

(*fangirl in this is a term im using loosely of course)

#surprisingly there is actually LESS shield blingees than dx or cm punk blingees. that at least i could find. theres a large number of #desktop background edits from deviantart and content like the fanfic edits/“outfits i would wear to meet the shield”/ogflowercrown phone bg #collages. and the like. i could compile all this shit i just didnt think it mattered to anyone LOL #sorry for the long post everyone #the most interesting thing abt the shields hayday and eventual fall on 4chan was 1) how many guys unironically loved seth up until he #“turned shoot faggot”/or the first knee injury. he was a fan favorite on there even with the contrarian posters saying otherwise (most of #4chan is just being. the contrarian so that tracks). and 2) the huge divide between guys who hated ambrose (usually bc he was over with #female fans...theres still that divide with how straight men dont understand favs among women. also goes along w my noted difference in fav #among queer men/women etc etc - but they would mask this by saying they hated that he was a jobber (true) or his inring technique was slopp #) and guys who adored ambrose bc he was a promo guy...they loved his early promos/“he just like me fr”.. (and a large grouping of dudes who #would call him cute). i dunno just stuff i noticed #also. obviously a lotta mox hate due to dickriding cornette #the shields peak is interesting to me so i might continue to compile more shit like this when i get the time. i have the shield dvds too #and wanted to do a LONG journey of p1rat1n6 all their scenes off of pcock while i still have my sub. but it would take a while #also. love ur acc bc i too enjoy thinkin abt the fem versions of dude wrestlers #fleshclipstag #tactical-asks

[luvsavos]

for how mentally ill i am about monster hunter and shara ishvalda specifically i sure am always noticing new things about them

#monster hunter #mar.txt #shara ishvalda #this is of course a good thing #when i just fought shara a bit ago i noticed that a) they seem to，at least with their front paws，stand on their toes rather than the full #paw (alatreon does this too，but on all paws instead of just the front ones) #which explains why only their back paws have defined paw pads #b) after their eyes open every time they do one of the ground liquefaction attacks you can see mountains/giant rocky spires in the #background collapse; i THINK all of the remaining ones collapse with their first spirit bomb? but i'm gonna check #also i didn't JUST notice it i noticed it the other night but i tested it last i fought them but they seem to Only have their jaw hanging #open when their eyes are open? they keep it closed when their eyes are closed #i'm honestly not sure why，my running theories are either it's some kind of reaction to their light sensitivity or its deliberately done to #be more scary/intimidating looking #but tbqh there is soooooo much about shara that i Do Not Understand. like how the rocks on their face twitch when they have their mantle on #but i am 100% fine with that i do not think shara is Meant to be Understood #god is beyond my comprehension and i am fine with that

[nozomijoestar]

Asuka is a tragic figure, a figure of mystery, a wild card, all because the only thing she wants in life is peace and quiet for herself and to feel in control- yet her secret heritage that may be hidden from her for her own protection and the reality that life is unpredictable and will go on with or without you keep ruining that delusion, that vision of how the world is meant to work to her, and she suffers regardless of what she wants, what she does, and how little she understands anything

She was born into a family preaching peace and balance and order while being a creature of violence, and puts a dozen mental locks and excuses over this truth to justify giving into her impulse for fighting by pretending she's justice when she does it

She keeps trying to build a place of safety but she's using sand and life is a wave that destroys, yet she stubbornly persists rather than give up, not drowned to the point of self centered suicidal loathing like Jin- there's contrast, where Jin is cloaked in death Asuka stubbornly clings to life and humanity as a normal person in a terrifying world

She's not a fucking narrative clone for Jun's own purpose, Asuka's purpose must be determined by Asuka herself

#tekken #Jin is born of two worlds Jun walks between two worlds Asuka is at the crossroads of two worlds #Jin is broken by it Jun traded part of her humanity to reconcile it and now Asuka has to accept it yet persist- she is always persisting #that's her strength that no matter what she's always still herself #'For being so very Y o u' as Lili told her bc she sees it #she's an interesting character BECAUSE she's not Jun and she's not Jin and she's not aligned with them entirely #stop waiting for her to be something she's not #also i think it's GOOD she doesn't know everything or everyone in her family bc that builds mystery and suspense #it gives everything a tension in the background for when the normalcy charade will be broken by the bigger family drama catching up w her #what's happening to the Mishimas should be something no one is dragged into yet the one family member who's the least connected #is going to run out of time at some point and get hit by that trauma anyway and she doesn't even Know it's coming for her eventually #isn't it fucked up. how everything catches up with you in the end #and you won't even understand it until it's too late ie. her involvement in T8 global war now #also a character that wants peace and order but actively pursues violence ensuring she will never truly have those things bc of her nature #AND she's already been traumatized by T5 Feng and T6 Jin that just makes her retreat to seeking comfort in detachment- in the familiar #which only prolongs her avoiding the world outside what she can control- and then Lili won't let her live in ignorance not to punish her #but bc she wants to help her bc the Mishimas have already put their claws in Lili- they won't catch Asuka off guard #what is it with people sanitizing the messiness and humanity characters represent in favor of 'If they just acted logically the way I want #then they'd solve the entire story 1 2 3 and we'll have everything wrapped up easy' THAT'S NOT A STORY THAT'S A MATH EQUATION #FEEL SOMETHING INSTEAD OF ALWAYS NEEDING TO SOUND SMART AND HAVE PERFECT ANSWERS YOU STUPID FUCKS #IN TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING HAVE A PERFECT SOLUTION YOU'VE LOST SIGHT OF WHAT'S IN THE TEXT #AND ALSO ASUKA BEING VIOLENT BUT STILL CARING ABOUT PEOPLE AND DOING GOOD DESPITE IT #and AsuLili is about two similar people who've been traumatized finding safety in each other once they put down the trauma responses #this is all in line with T8's tagline of Face Your Fate btw this is literally what was always coming finding you & you face it

[gilgil-machine]

I wish some people never had access to internet at all...

TW assault, TW r*pe

#this is one of the main reasons why I don't get into the fandom that much and just stay in my own personal bubble #I already have a bad relationship with gilturia and I just can't see those two together without having a bad taste in my mouth #despite the fact there's a lot good art with those two #and I know that not all gilturia shippers are like that #and I understand that most of them ship those two because they just look aesthetically pleasing and look good together but still... #I can't just look calmly at those two especially knowing their background and how Gilgamesh actually treats her #and honestly because of such moments sometimes I feel disgust towards Gil (obviously) but I also feel disgust towards myself #for liking such terrible character #and honestly I fear that someday because of such moments I would stop liking him or even start to hate him #but I don't want that because despite his negative traits he still is well written and very deep character that has a lot of layers to him #plus he helped me to get thought a lot of hardships especially after these past two years throughout which I got attached to him even more #and his quote that he said to Hakuno ''No matter what adversity you face there's no other way for you but forward'' #cheered me up a lot of times #sorry for the rant #I just had this things building up in my chest and these tweets just made me kinda snap #my ramblings #personal

[cj-kenobi]

☀️🌻you are my sunshine🌻☀️

#the background on this drove me insane #but im so so happy with it #this is also the most fun ive had with colours in a while #but i also really like the colours on this #im very excited to share it #it was kinda meant to be a valentines day post even though its not romantic but i obviously missed that #turns out i am the absolute worst at predicting how long it takes me to draw things #colour them especially #anyways here u go enjoy my many many many hand drawn sunflowers because i dont understand the concept of the copy paste function apparently #nor do i understand the fill button idk how it works on my progam at all and i wont learn #star wars #commander cody #marshal commander cody #cc 2224 #the clone wars #star wars the clone wars #star wars art #star wars fanart #fanart #artists on tumblr #the clone wars art #clones #clone art #star the clone wars wars #character art

[coquelicoq]

facing the fact that i am an adult and that if someone's behavior is bothering me and i would like them to change it, i am going to have to say that to them with my words, as opposed to just hiding in another room until they cease the behavior that they don't even know is bothering me.

#me @ me in the mirror: it's okay you can go ask your mom's boyfriend to play the guitar slightly less loudly in the communal #living space i know you can i believe in you #i just was hoping i wouldn't have to say anything because it wouldn't come up that often but literally every moment he's not #eating or playing a game he's playing the guitar. SO loudly. #so people keep asking if i want to play a game and i can't answer unless i know if he is going to play the game also #because if he is playing the game he can't play the guitar. which means i can also play the game #but if he's not playing then i won't want to be in the room because it'll be too loud #this is getting ridiculous. i am a grown person. #i just don't understand how no one else is bothered by this. we have to shout to have a conversation! #sometimes my sister plays the guitar in the room while people are doing other things but she plays it softly so it's just nice background #not like. a concert. we are minding our business can you chill out sir #ughhhhhhh #my posts #hashtag lived-by-myself-without-roommates-for-the-past-13-years problems #it's insane how quickly my social battery drains just from the background radiation of having people in my vicinity though

[toffee-biscuits]

why does a robot have blood. where did he steal it from. what are your crimes young man.

artfight piece for @estbghost !

[july/2023]

#artfight #art fight #artfight2023 #art fight 2023 #oc #original character #main style #pattern background #HI I WANNA YELL #the revenge i got for this is the best thing ever. you dont understand #my favourite piece from this year hands down #its been my discord icon since july #love it sososososo much <3333333 #i also love how this turned out n everything #but aaa <33333

[hawkyon-days]

Henry's face when El tells him 'no' is so funny to me

He looks so surprised and offended, like he didn't just give the most delusional speech ever, that basically boils down to "I didn't fit in, but then I discovered I have powers and humanity sucks anyway, so I'm better than everyone"

Man is not aware of how insane he sounds. He really thought he did something there, but he's just some guy with a god complex who got bested by an 8 year old child

#my st rewatch #stranger things #el hopper #vecna #henry creel #can you tell that i think vecna is a shitty and stupid villain. bc i do #and i dont mean his writing #just as a person #he thinks of himself as better than anyone. but his background and motivations are just really shallow #if it came from brennner and his years in the lab it would be more understandable #but no he was like this already when he was a child #also people say he was abused. bu he wasnt?? #his parents didn't handle him being different very well. but they were by no means that awful?? #he's also not 'fighting the system' #hes killed so many children

[dksartz]

Little Blue Dreams

Acrylic on panel 6x6"

Reference from thekangaroosanctuary on insta from their video on Pippa the Joey's first steps. Sketched the kangaroo while watching the video, then sketched out the baby dragon based on that.

Young Blue pernese dragon in an abstract purple-red space.

#dragonriders of pern #pernese dragon #dragons #blue dragon #baby dragon #painting #fanart #paintings #dksartz #kangaroo!inspired dragon #finished piece #i sketched this ages ago and just sat down this evening and transfered the sketch to the panel and the painting happened #i actually love that i didnt make a background i kept it abstract deliberately and focused on the dreamlike thing with visible brushstrokes #very happy with this little piece #pernese dragons in dragonsdawn iirc are described as having a hop-skip gait and what better analog than kangaroos?? #also ive been trying this more mammal-like muzzle/nose situation vs the common reptilian nostrils setup and this is the sketch tbat actuall #started that idea flr me as well as helped me visualize/draw/understand their heads/forms in 3D instead of steuggling #harder with paint for sure but i think it worked ok #might try again but do like an initial color down where the form of the dragon will be and then transger the lines on top of that to paint #in details and shading #hmmm maybe

[headphonemouse]

Usually I don't buy into self sacrifice in fiction because how much can one human life really be worth, when so many have been lost already? But the way that orv sets up Kim Dokja's self sacrifices, sure it has its own in universe reasons, but the reason it sold me on why those sacrifices were necessary and worked was that subjective feeling of equivalent exchange. He wanted to save his world (companions), so he sacrificed himself. This is fair payment because he exists as 'the world' to everyone else. Just. Jung Heewon confronting Anna Croft with "you want to save the world? I do too. He is the world I wish to save" (paraphrased) and Kim Dokja obtaining the story 'One Who is Loved by All' and Lee Sookyung shaving off years of her life for him before and during the scenarios and him becoming a protective and nurturing presence to his kids and showing Lee Hyunsung how to use his strength to protect justice and giving Yoo Joonghyuk hope and giving meaning to Han Sooyoung's writing and decades of waiting to meet him just by continuing to exist. There are so many other people that he means so much to and I'll never get over how beloved he is, before during and after the scenarios. The whole time! The whole time he has been loved. He isn't always able to see it but it's always been there. Meeting him is like being unable to imagine someone more worthy of love while at the same time thinking that he's not particularly remarkable. It's the way that he is cherished and returns that kindness that makes him incredible (The Little Prince and his conclusions about the uniqueness of his rose come to mind. It wasn't mentioned in ORV, but the Little Prince played a significant role in TWATF so I think some of those themes carry over to ORV because SingShong seem to really like that story)

#talking tag #orv spoilers #uoghhh #i need to get up in 3 hours. .. #read TWATF #i didnt like it but its important to understanding SingShong a bit more #the storyline is a lot more straightforward than orv so its like the singshong themes and cliches accelerated course #im rereading orv but i need to reread the little prince and twatf right fucking now #and also maybe brush up on murim tropes and learn some mythology and history and and and #there should be a required reading list for all the things that orv references goddamn #i was pitching this to my buddy the other day and i said something like 'orv should be understandable to anyone about high school level but #your reading experience will be enriched if you have a bunch of background knowledge of all these topics' #which i think is a really cool thing the authors did! they set out to write an accessible and gripping story and they landed it really well