#blake talks shit

[no-where-new-hero]

omg I need your thoughts on the terminally o line author culture bc ngl it makes my eye TWITCH, there are authors I deliberately avoid even tho I've heard their stuff is good bc they're like that 🙈

HHHHH oh good lord, okay, from how I see it, there are two angles on this, both aggravating and sad: the official decree one and the spontaneous ecosystem one.

The officious one is that the nature of publishing nowadays demands an author have an online presence. You need Twitter/X. You need to let every potential reader know your book is coming out. You need engagement through reviews and pre-orders incentives (if you buy now you’ll get a special keychain!!) and word of mouth assurances from your peers that yes your book is as cool as you say it is. You need a newsletter with links (more buying! more voting on lists that are simply popularity contests!) and promises you’re still working on the next thing, don’t forget about me in the morass of everyone else doing the same thing. You need an Instagram and TikTok now to post pretty pictures and videos because one or two authors made it big off this kind of promotion and now everyone thinks it’s the ticket to the bestseller list (sadly, it seems to be working). You need an OnlyFans (a joke but I do recall a twt spat that was a joke/not joke about how rupi kaur will always be more beautiful than her critics and people who took issue with the conflation of beauty with talent). At the end of all this, you’re basically an influencer, a content creator creating content for the content you should be focusing on creating, the finished novel. And the novel itself seems to be disappearing behind the masks used to promote it (fanfic-style tropes, moodboards, playlists, memes) until I now no longer trust the book that I’ll pick up to have any resemblance to the enticements that brought me here. I’ve seen an author or two complain about the stress all this self-promotion generates, but it’s become such an entrenched part of the industry, I think people just accept it. And thus spend too much time online hoping that if they tweet just a little more, produce just one more reel, maybe that’ll be the difference between a sale and no sale.

The other side of this, distinct but obviously connected, is the ecosystem created by this panic of being perpetually visible coupled with the fact that so many of the new authors came of age during the rise of internet fandom culture. That opinionated community mindset that blurs the line between anonymity and friendship is the lens they bring to their own work. I mean, it makes sense I suppose—if you love yelling about characters and words, why wouldn’t you do that once you start to produce your own? This really came home to me hearing about that reviewbombgate “scandal” and how people involved were in reylo circles and that was used to provide receipts. You’re interacting with your readers and peers about your intimate work but they are also all strangers. They will not always give you the benefit of the doubt, and now—as opposed to the past when maybe the worst that could happen was a handful of bad reviews in newspapers—you will either be tagged in hate reviews, sub-tweeted, explicitly called out, demanded to atone for your sins. It’s no longer the morality of consumption but the morality of production. Of course, the easy answer is just log-off, touch some grass. But that can work only when you and everyone else are separated by anonymous accounts or when you have no platform to maintain. As an author trying to make your livelihood from this, suddenly it’s do or die. We’re in a strange moment of authorship bringing the Internet’s echo-chamber and claustrophobic into the real world (this is a lie: publishing now is no longer the real world. But it looks like it) and thus you can kind of no longer escape things.

Will the average reader who isn’t aware of all these machinations care about reviewbombgate? Would a reader browsing at Target think about the controversies around Lightlark? Very likely not. But the impression I’m getting more and more is that the average reader isn’t the one buying all the books. Or shall we say—a bestseller’s status relies on bookstore stock. Bookstore stock is only huge when they know a book will be a good investment. They’ll only know a book is a good investment if it and its author has street cred based on booktokkers, bookstagram, bloggers and reviewers (have you noticed how many books out these last maybe 1-3 years have these kinds of accounts thanked in the acknowledgments? Yeah), and THESE are also chronically online people who will Know. And decide the cast of fate.

Honestly, @batrachised, I see why you avoid these kinds of writers, though I wonder how long it’ll be before the disease becomes epidemic.

#i’m very doom and gloom about this if you couldn’t tell from my tone lmao #and of course it’s not a perfect formula; i read a decent debut this year by a writer trying to be very active on socials and idk how much #of a splash her book made because literary sff is a dying genre even with an ecological bent compared to the glut of romantasy #also this feels very timely because the goodreads choice awards were just announced and i am seething at seeing d*vine r*vals #get another accolade to its name #blake’s last braincell #blake talks shit #writing life

[mushy-mary]

Do you think post volume 9 bees ever forget they're actually an item now and can say it out loud? Crazy, I know…

#rwby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #bumbleby #like. girlies woke up in a fairy tail. talked to a stoned caterpillar man. there were little paper people walking around. #then suddenly everything is back to normal. I'd 100% think I made that shit up if I took a nap after walking through that portal tbh #anyway #I should post more. I draw them so much it's actually insane #my art #greenlight volume 10 #rwby fanart #comic

[rickybaby]

Daniel Ricciardo reveals his ‘problem solving’ role within RB

#question: is mat coch the new nate saunders??? #all his recent articles look like they've been written by Blake himself and i'm not complaining #anything to prop up our daniel is leading this team agenda 🫶🏼 #but also yeah ... daniel does sound insufferable talking about his experience 😭 #but TALK YOUR SHIT WITH YOUR CHEST BB 💕💕💕 #daniel ricciardo #*text

[nympippi]

Vance loves listening to Finn’s space rants 💕🪐 🚀

#pippi art #necromancer finney au #tbp finney fanart #finney blake #tbp vance fanart #vance hopper #the black phone fanart #the black phone fandom #Finn is really tall I’m sorry #he’s the tall bf in every ship idc #headcannon that vance isn’t really much of a talker and neither is Finn but once space is brought up. he never shuts up and vance just #loves to listen to him speak about rockets even if he has no idea what Finns talking about #no angst in my household. only fluff 😈 #until I get to those requests in my inbox then y’all get angst😈😈 #also Finney and Vance promise rings!!!! #they are so special to me #vinney #vance x finney #i love soft vance. he’s a little shit but he’s also very sensitive #finn has a knack for fighter assholes huh #I was giggling like a schoolgirl while drawing this 🫶🏻 #THEY DESERVE TO BE HAPPY RAHHHHHHHHHHHH

[tequiilasunriise]

Broke: Wingman Weiss and/or Wingman Sun

Woke: Wingman THE ENTIRE EVER AFTER????

Did your OTP have an entire Alice in Wonderland alternate dimension shipping them so hard it manifested in literal magic platforms and the sky changing into their signature colors and gardens full of white lilies- which represent rebirth- blooming as they kissed? No? Thought so.

#IM JIST SAYING LIKE THE EVER AFTER UNDERSTOOD THE ASSIGNMENT #‘damn these bitches got FEELINGS they needa talk about ight lemme pull up a magic bridge real quick’ #everyone say thank u to the entirety of the ever after giving us the most gorgeous backgrounds and shit fo the bees kissing like #THE FLOWERS THE CLOUDS THE LIGHTING GODSAAMMNNNNNNNN #rwby #bumbleby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #bumbleby bumblebabes #rwby v9 #rwby spoilers #buzz buzz motherfuckers

[joskiski]

People who claim that RWBY has "bad writing" just because they don't ship Blake and Yang irritate my entire being

Let me rant for a bit lol

1) they claim that it was "out of nowhere" or "poorly developed"

Have we been watching the same show? While I don't think it was perfectly executed (no story is), Yang and Blake are very clearly an example of the friends to lovers trope. They've cared about each other deeply from the first arc. They go through so much together, helping each other overcome trauma. This couple has a very solid foundation. Then, the nature of their relationship clearly shifts to become romantic in later volumes. They've been planting the seeds for it for years already.

2) they're mad Blake isn't with Sun even though they had a crush on each other in early volumes.

Have yall never had a high school crush before? It's cute, but that sort of thing dies out with time. Blake and Sun went their separate ways and haven't seen each other in a while. So much has happened in the story since the last time they saw each other. While I understand the criticism that Sun kind of disappeared without much explanation, so has most of the other characters from the Beacon arc. CRWBY has a lot of ground to cover in terms of story telling, and the episodes are short and each volume only has several episodes. My hope is that we'll get to see what everyone else is up to when the time is right, and Black Sun shippers will get some sort of closure. I've always shipped the Bees, but I respect Black Sun as a ship!

3) they claim that "this wasn't what Monty would have wanted" and that the writers "gave in to the threats of the toxic side of the fandom"

How do you know? Were you in Monty's brain? We'll never know (rest in peace, king). I'm sure Monty probably had an idea of where he wanted the story to go, and I'm sure CRWBY is trying their best to honor that. Also, stories evolve. I think CRWBY has created a vast and expansive world with interesting characters and a phenomenal plot. Sure, it's not perfect. But it's fun, and RWBY as a franchise has grown up alongside many of us, so it has a special place in my heart regardless.

I hope it's not true that people were sending threats to the writers to see their ships come to life. At the end of the day, these are fictional characters. Plot devices. No ones wellbeing should be threatened over that. That being said, the ugly parts of fandoms are often just a vocal minority. I think most people who ship the bees are just gays who love RWBY and love seeing wholesome wlw representation.

Also, Blake and Yang's romance isn't a huge part of the show (it's more so in this volume since they finally have a break from the Salem mess so they finally have a chance to work through their ~feelings~). So, it's easy to skip if you like the show but don't like the ship.

If you don't like RWBY, don't watch it. Point blank period. If it's such "bad writing," move on and find a different franchise to pour energy into.

(Honestly, it's screaming homophobia. Saw someone say it was an issue of "morality"... like what century are you in, bro)

#rwby #rant #blake #yang #yang x blake #blake x yang #bumblebee #rwby bumbleby #bumbleby #bumblby #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #THIS IS A LONG ASS RANT LMAO #honestly haters are not a huge deal but it has been on my mind and I just wanted to share #this rant is lowkey cringe ngl but tumblr is cringetopia so whatever #im too busy to care about it that much but when im scrolling through RWBY related stuff and see ppl talk their shit i get irritated #like let me enjoy the content PLEASE #bmblb #rwby bmblb

[janerogan]

not to think of pride and prejudices directors commentary of the 'im very fond of walking.' 'i know' scene, where joe wright says "he could have said 'you' there, it could have been 'i know you'" whilst watching far from the madding crowd, but! the way she pauses after saying 'i wish i could go, too' and they have a moment of just looking at each other in their own world. and im not the director but god. she could have said 'with you' there, there was an unsaid 'with you' and its absence was felt in the weight of the moment after. 'i wish i could go, too. with you.'

#yh im crying what about it #sorry i cant make gifs so #far from the madding crowd #bathsheba everdene #gabriel oak #and im also thinking about james blakes power on thats like 'have you ever/ coexisted so peacefully/lets go home and #talk shit about everyone/ lets go home/ finally'

[just-call-mefr1es]

using my big brain skills, i will now use my band-o-meter to guess what instrument the basement boys™️ +others would play💥 i am totally a professional, expert at vibes n shit😎 each word i say is canon /j

Griffin

ngl, i can see him in the clarinets section. definitely a woodwind, no arguments on that. hes a lil squeaky (WHEN PLAYING YALL) but pretty good overall. probs sits at the end of the row. memorized all of the fingerings and can switch between them pretty well. THE BEST at fast paced pieces, will spontaneously combust during slow ones (honestly same)

Billy

i feel like he would play tuba or euphonium, leaning more on euphonium. at first, i thought he seemed more like an art kid, but now that i have the mental image of him playing euphonium, i change my mind. hes pretty good, part of an endangered species though. 💯💯 has complained about his instrument being too heavy, but enjoys just resting against ghe case whenever he brings it around.

Vance

Percussion. I don’t need to elaborate.

Bruce

first of all, definitely in the woodwinds (again lmao). i was thinking either a bass clarinet, oboe or a saxophone? if saxophone, definitely an alto. although, i am thinking more oboe/bass clarinet….. yk, knowing bruce, he probably plays all of em, or maybe im just lazy. we’ll go with alto sax. vance has totally made a ‘saxy’ joke about it (projecting cause my wife does that with himself)

Robin

I think he’d be a trumpet. yeah, he would. he loves that thing. he probably has blasted it on accident though so r.i.p woodwinds in the row infront💔 he probably thinks that he can hit high notes easily, so he tries to on the first try and fucking dies. hit or miss with fast pieces, he likes them but also hates them. has asked finney how to subdivide because he zoned out

Finney

same issue with bruce, but with clarinet and saxophlne (no hobo). then i thought about it and went, ‘yeah, he’d be an oboe’. at first, i was thinking of making bruce play the oboe and finney the sax, butttt i like this better ngl. part of an endangered species, only two other hobo players with finn🙏 god at sightreading

Gwen

looking back im realizing how indecisive i am lmaoo. so our two options were clarinet n trumpet. took me a lot of back and forthing until i thought, ‘hell yeah she’d be a clarinet’ so here we are. carries the clarinets, and is probably louder than most trumpets. she’s 50/50 on sight reading. she could be awesome at it or terrible, depending the piece. complains about eighth notes.

Amy

let me project for a second and just- ‼️‼️flute‼️‼️ damn i love me flutie patooties. anygays, she has more luck hitting high notes than robin (rip) but flutes are built like that, but she can hit them without trying. she shifts 294749103 times in her seat because flute can get uncomfortable (projecting some more). sits next to gwen and they compare what each of their pieces are constructed 💗 (i do that with my friends too lmao)

#the black phone #tbp #griffin stagg #billy showalter #vance hopper #bruce yamada #robin arellano #finney blake #gwen blake #amy yamada #band shit #im doing this becasue i can #its fun #totaly didnt talk to myself for 20 minutes #im going insaneee #musical instruments #*turns them into band kids* #it is a way of life

[yumeyumeappleo]

Your Pfp is gonna give me nightmares

my first instinct was to say "okay gayboy" im sorry it also scares me

#leo talks shit #monika nendroid ....ITS LIKE 70 B UCKS IM TOO POOR FOR THAT #anyways im forcing my relatives to buy me like...3 nendroids for my birthday #blake yang and kobeni are my victims #it wouldve been KAngel but shes not available.. #anyways hi

[constantvariations]

I am once again begging for the people who work on rwby to learn how to frame shit

Blake chews out Batman for acting like he's alone and then storms towards Arkham Asylum. She walks alone into darkness while he's bathed in warm light next to everybody else

It's so contradictory. If they wanted to properly frame this shit, it should be Blake with her friends and in the light because she's enlightened and Batman swathed alone in shadows. As is, this frames Batman in the right (which he is) and Blake as going crazy

Either the artists rebelled against this shit by weaponizing the framing, like the animators of rwby did multiple times, or everyone who works on rwby stuff gets overdosed on stupid juice

#rwde #seriously blake what in the absolute shit is wrong w you #batman has a legit concern of relying too much on an ability hes bound to lose and you somehow think thats a fear of being weak in general? #youve also known the dude for like. 3 hours under extremely unusual circumstances. you dont know shit abt who batman truly is #you are projecting so hard its making you look stupid #preachy prick #but seriously this is ridiculous. it has to be on purpose #there shouldnt be a way to fuck up this bad as a professional #THREE different dudes worked on the art. i refuse to believe it slipped everyones notice. there's just no way #also this is the exact same problem ive talked abt before w the framing of ruby yelling at qrow in v6 #rent composition 2 electric boogaloo

[no-where-new-hero]

every now and then i read a published author’s book that has more than one italicized word on a single page and i immediately become possessed by the spirit of mr carpenter

#l. m. montgomery #lm montgomery #emily of new moon #mr carpenter #blake talks shit

[shortkingvi]

bees? bumbled.

bumbleby nation, it happened. here's an incoherent playlist of happy, lovey, soft songs because our gals have finally found their way to each other in the way they were always meant to. enjoy.

spotify link // apple music link

nothing serious - ages and ages // i think i like you - the band CAMINO // like real people do - hozier // strangers - jonas brothers // pink skies - LANY // i know a place - MUNA // kids - orville peck // where i wanna be - A R I Z O N A // mess is mine - vance joy // thunder love - little dragon // talk - khalid // sleepy eyes - the aces // nervous - joan // i got so much to tell you - nightly // c'est la vie - peach tree rascals // daylight - taylor swift // oh shit...are we in love? - valley // sunflower, vol. 6 - harry styles // ready for you - HAIM // the bones - maren morris ft. hozier // 1950 - king princess // chasing cars - snow patrol // you're gonna make me lonesome when you go - bob dylan (miley cyrus cover) // let's sort the whole thing out - carly rae jepsen

#this is a MESS lmao #it's good but it's ALL over the place #feel free to shuffle it truly will not affect the experience #i love all these songs dearly #this one was a struggle btw i did zero angsty pathos sadness shit here just fluffy happy feelings #enjoy! #playlists i made! #<- my playlist tag if you're interested #i have a master's in cultural musicology lol i am always ready 4 music talk #rwby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #bumbleby

[capitalisticveins]

so yall love blakes manipulative wild ass but yall hate alexis forrrrrr....?

For unconsensually turning Sam when she was repeatedly told “no” and cutting contact with him when she couldn’t invoke him! Hope this helps! ^^

#Blake does terrible shit I’m not gonna deny that ever #Bros insane #But Alexis genuinely has 0 redeeming qualities as it is #no one talks good about her #she literally calls Vincent a mistake #atleast Blake is trying to save someone (even though it most likely caused the death of 1500 people #redacted audio #redacted asmr #redacted sam #redacted vincent #redacted alexis #redacted Blake #redacted bestie

[soup-scope]

can we talk about how in the beginning of the balance in how blake is introduced as this almost weasely obviously evil minor villain that is just a lackey for close knit? like even his imperium counterpart just cowers and listens to whatever Kody wants him to do

but the second he’s able to see a CHANCE at being able to achieve his plan, he drops his little facade and beats the shit out of elliot and kidnaps sunshine

it’s just how he so quickly swaps from being this pathetic cliche into an actual genuine threat to the other characters and story is just so. unpleasant. (as in i’m creeped out)

tbh this could totally just be erik trying to add a bit more flair to his character by scrapping his og personality and re-crafting him into more of an unexpected threat

but i like the idea of blake just. hiding in plain sight.

#also i’ve seen some people talk about how he told close knit that ‘we need their strength’ in talking about bestie #but bros a liar #i think he was lying out of his ass to close knit as a way to cover his ass on to why he was so obsessed with this person #he didn’t want close knit to know that his obsession was because he’s madly in love with them #so he just lied and said that they’d be an asset to close knit lol #blake don’t give a shit about CK at all 😭😭 #he may play fortnite but he can fortnite this pu- #anyways #redacted asmr #redacted audio #asmr boyfriend #boyfriend asmr #redactedverse #redacted blake #redacted the balance

[nicolibbyquotes]

Nicolibby romantic soulmates!!!

#we’ve always known #suffered through almost 3 years of hate for this #thinking about how it still could have been them in this world if he didn’t die #😭😭😭 #it’s always them and will always be them and that’s canon #sorry back to my regularly scheduled just quoted and reblogs now but the amount of hate thrown my way online about liking them made me petty #and it’s karma for spoiling the second book months online to anyone and everyone who dared to say they enjoyed nicolibby #like I don’t even talk shit on other ships on any platforms I just talk about my love for them #anyway #nicolibby #libbynico #nicolibby love #libbynico love #nico x libby #libby x nico #libby rhodes #nico de varona #olivie blake #the atlas series #the atlas complex #tac #the atlas complex spoilers #tac spoilers

[dont-open-dead-inside-25]

wait you like csm yipppeee hello (I left off on chapter 137 or so btw)

what's csm 😭 (voice of boy who is not familiar with acronyms)

#finn says shit #finn answers asks #finn talks to the beloveds #Blake #(I assume that's your name based on your pinned post) #csm #(Maybe)