#but fanon- my GOD. I can't think of a fandom in which any character meets themselves and someone doesn't go 'that's hot'

[relentless-endurance]

Hello, I love to encourage violence, please any of the following Choose Violence ask game questions you feel up to answering: 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, and 25!

'Isn't that basically all of them?' Yes! yes, it is. If there are any I didn't list that you wanted to answer, feel free to answer those too. I love drama, give me the chisme, peel it and feed it to me like squapes.

LIKE SQUAPES. fun fact: i have a squapes keychain on my lanyard. (alongside shoebill, Crow destiny 2 and (redacted) from Pandaemonium)

I will do xiv because. because.

answers them all because i have the day off, why not

the character everyone gets wrong

thats tough bc every character has those ppl that get them utterly wrong; I have particular beef though with the "emet was right and hydaelyn was evil" crowd because it just. it glosses over everything Emet did and acts like what Hydaelyn had to do was the worstest ever amen how dare she, when its like. Both of these characters did what they thought was necessary, but there is a gulf of difference between "I would let billions die to bring my world back" and "I sundered the star to avert a far worse disaster"

because i think people fail to realize. they were just going to keep sacrificing to Zodiark lol. (ALSO THERES ENDWALKER SPOILER STUFF as to why I will die on the hill defending my crystal mom)

3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

see last ask! that was a dm a person sent me lmao. at least??? they warned me???

6. which ship fans are the most annoying?

this is going to be hilarious coming from me but i'm not much a fan of most zenoswol or emetwol shippers (in spite of enjoying the former) because the discourse surrounding it all is fucking. INSANE. and there are just ways they mischaracterize both characters that drive me fucking BONKERS. So I stay in my brainworm corner with select people and I keep emet selch as a bitter ex because its honestly a lot funnier

7. what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

Amon/Fandaniel. Specifically the clown wearing Asahi's skinsuit and the guy from crystal tower. there is just. a vibe. about it. that i do not fucking like how the fans engage with it. i can't explain it concretely it just fucking bothers me.

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

sorrows of werlyt is not gaius' redemption it is him suffering consequences of his actions. if its anything close to redemption atonement is probably a better word for it and also the wol still fuckin hates his guts you can see the faces in the cutscenes. he calls u a fried when at best ur coworkers for that.

also i'm a stormblood enjoyer till i fuckin die. this is not a discussion i had fun thats it that the message

9. worst part of canon

the fact that ARR didn't lean more into the fact that you were the WoL from 1.0, ARR's writing in general.

also in general there is more bits in the msq where i wish we could uh. bite back a little harder instead of just being a silent protagonist.

10. worst part of fanon

oh god. theres a lot. probably the uwu soft imperialism that people get up to with certain ships (esp bc certain characters canonically and categorically do NOT give a fuck about politics at all)

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

Aside from the obvious female characters I will defend until i fucking die (Lyse, Minfilia, ETC.).... Maxima! I just think he's neat. like was actually being genuine as a Populares, and saw that shit was fucked and noped out. also here, have this screen shot where my crimes gave him thot boots:

13. worst blorboficiation

answered in last ask! theres 1 ur about to meet and 1 thats pandemonium relevant but yeah. bluuuuuhhhhh your milage may very

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

Huh. I'm actually not super sure here besides things I've already bitched about. WAIT.

I fucking HATE when ppl have their wol who did not let go of heavensward trauma. like in that their wol didn't develop past it. especially if they're dark knights because. WHAT WAS THE POINT?

everyone handles grief differently ofc and its not a linear thing ever, but its so ?????????? to me that its like "my wol hasn't changed or let go or processed this at all".

what is the point if your character is never going to change or be affected? especially getting to shadowbringers??? thats all about grief and having a primo example of what NOT PROCESSING YOUR GRIEF does to you and can push you to?

like i'm not saying they shouldn't be affected at all, considering how much Haurchefant haunts you in the MSQ but like come on now. you've gotta move in some kind of direction.

(also smaller and pettier pet peeve: super 2edgy4me Azems. it feels so against what Azem was man, idk.)

19. you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

my taste is flawless and impeccable and perfect. zenoswol may be the closest thing to an answer but like nah, its fucking funny.

20. part of canon you found tedious or boring

most of early ARR before waking sands

there is a bit after the first endwalker trial that i've sort of speedran on my subsequent runs, its not BAD, but it is a little jarring tonally the first time. i mildly appreciate it in hindsight because AFTER that endwalker cuts the brakes and is a semi rolling the down the hill at top speed emotionally, but it still like. please let me move on.

21. part of canon you think is overhyped

alexander raids. mid as fuck honestly.

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

oagh unfortunately i am a girlie who enjoys all the popular things in canon. The best answer is probably the Four Lords trial series. Its one of my favorites but people don't seem to talk about it much

23. ship you've unwillingly come around to

I actually don't have a ship that fits this. I only like like 2 of the canon/canon ships and i've always been a fan of most of the wolships that float around

24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

Emet Selch. I love grandpa war crimes, he's one of my favorite characters and favorite villains ever, i have literal merch of him, but holy shit he is the reason for so much twitter discourse. which is kind of funny and on brand but also jesus christ can people please just relax and learn to mute/block people and tags aaaa

25. common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

i don't know if this common or i just saw it a lot given my twitter algorithm but people have so. much. beef. with people who Persephone Azems. for some reason.

the reason is apparently they're most insufferable kind of straight girl shipper/emet selch fan but like aside from an occasional encounter on a wolqotd post, the two people i know/know of who actually have an Azem named Persephone are.

an mlm whose noriety comes from... being one of the biggest G'rahawol content creators/shippers

one of my lesbian friends who chose it for not shipping related reasons

and most of the time their highest crime is. an Azem named Persephone. that ships Azemet. like any genuine complaints there might be are like. not unique to this VERY NICHE SUBSET OF FANS but apparently they're sooooo common and soooo annoying.

like maybe just block and move on bc some of the complaining i see borders on being genuinely misogynistic like. its fandom pixels. RELAX.

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[morewyckedthanyou]

I can't think of the ship name, but eddie x richie (reddie? Redeye?)

You're on the right track, friend, it's reddie! And thanks for asking! 😘 Sorry it took me forever to answer though.

Obviously I ship it. So sit tight, this is gonna be long! 😉

1. What made me ship it?

I first got into this ship by watching the 1990 miniseries and their whole dynamic is just so perfect in it. Not only do I feel like they're portrayed as kind of opposites of each other but they also seem to compliment each other a lot in different ways. Like they are both very different but also similar in all the ways that matter? They seem to bring out each other's best (and worst) qualities. I'll give you some highlights that really made me fall in love with this ship:

That scene in the movie theater when they're kids and little Eddie accidentally spills his popcorn over their bullies and Richie immediately jumps into action, throwing his soda on the bullies as well and insulting them to make them angry at him instead. Oh my god, yes.

Richie touching Eddie's hair all the time when they reunite as adults and Eddie just giggling adorably. Incredibly gay behaviour on both their parts and I love it!

When Richie freaks out (for the hundreth time or so, lol, this man is a nervous wreck), not wanting to go to the sewers with the rest of them and then Eddie just gently touches him and looks into his eyes and Richie immediately goes like 'ok fine I'll do it'.

That damn scene in the sewers with Eddie confessing things~ and Richie's stupid af initial reaction to it - but then he goes and touches Eddie's neck so gently anyway and looks at him with heart eyes. What the fuck. I can't take it!

The book is obviously filled with lots of little things I love as well, such as Richie calling Eddie cute and 'my love', Richie being one of the first things Eddie remembers after Mike's call, etc... I haven't read the entire book (I know, shame on me), but what I've read... only made me ship it even more.

2. My favourite things about the ship?

I'm answering this one based on the miniseries only, because I love the miniseries and it's my favourite.

I like that they are so at ease with each other and you can see how much they both mean to each other just by looking at their interactions. They barely remember each other - yet they are immediately all over each other from the very moment they meet again. Touching, touching, touching. They are so affectionate. I love to see them being soft and silly together. They deserve to be happy together. 😭

3. My unpopular opinion, which I'm not sure if it even is unpopular or not because I honestly don't interact with more than like... a handful of people in this fandom, is about one of the fanon portrayals of the characters.

While I prefer the miniseries, I also read lots of fics about the new IT films... And I hate it when some people write Eddie as this whiny slutty submissive bottom boy for Richie's 'big alpha male' in those fics, because I honestly don't see either of them, be it any version of them (book, miniseries or the new films), like that at all. And like, I'm not saying my own interpretation of them or their dynamic is perfect or that I'm some kind of of authority on this, obviously, but that's just... a huge no from me and I can't read those kind of fics about them, sorry, not sorry.

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#shipping ask game #icanhasnaow #answer #if this post shows up in the fandom tags no one better come and send me any rude anons because of my 'unpopular opinion' #i respect everyone's right to headcanon these fictional men however they want and write whatever kind of fiction they want about them #but i have my own preferences #and i stand by them