#but what the fuck

[insomniac-dormouse]

He’s fucking beautiful

#look it his eyes!!!!!! #what the fuck #he’s so pretty #I’m a sucker for too many eyes #I’m so happy he’s still here #but what the fuck #why #how #what #im squealing #but huh #I knew it was going to be him that died #I was praying for a subversion #and I guess I got it????? #sir pentious #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel spoilers #hazbin spoilers

[ladyluscinia]

I know my last experience with a season ending on a note everyone hated and unanimously tore to fucking shreds for destroying the story on every level was... atypical. Lockdown. 6 month mass hysteria at minimum. Conspiracy theories that were, like, real things we had on camera. There was a Twitter wedding. Creative fervor that broke 100k fics on AO3.

Like. I know this is not a rational point of comparison and I'm not going to expect anything in my lifetime to match it 🤣

But.

If that was the highest high of post-season fandom engagement built on a cocktail of tasting everything you ever wanted AND the absolutely lethal levels of spite and swearing to eat showrunners' hearts in the marketplace, then whatever the fuck is going on after OFMD S2 is the opposite of that.

OFMD S1 was a huge fandom explosion. One silly little streaming show that had a gay kiss and then it skyrocketed. Fic numbers were soaring, high activity fic and meta engagement lasted for at least four months, it was constantly trending and flooding the dash... Like, fucking hell, over a year and a half after the immediate finale fervor it beat Stucky in the top ships bracket?!? To the point I was willing to give it what felt like due credit toward its potential as a future juggernaut ship. Not guaranteed, of course, but the potential was there.

In that context, new content should be a blow out party. Which it kinda was pulling off as it was airing, but looking back now? Not even quite a month later?

The effect of S2 on the fandom is like... a blip. Possibly over already.

New fic numbers started dropping off the moment the finale aired and have returned to deep hiatus levels. It's dropped off trending and streaming leaderboards... I'm very curious to see the first tumblr Week in Review since the finale, though we're still waiting due to the holiday.

Like, I've even popped on to scroll a few Izzy hater blogs that I know loved the finale out of morbid curiosity what they were up to, and I'm telling you... if I hadn't just watched the new season I'd think they were still over a year into hiatus. Saw some standard bitching about the izcourse / Edward takes (aka the one thing that kept them going all hiatus), they're currently passing around posts mocking one specific long OFMD version of TJLC I'm just hearing of, the same BTS gifsets everyone else is thrilled by... But barely any new meta or discussions. There's like 2 people posting actual analysis of S2 that's getting reblogged and they aren't even names I recognize from the hiatus. Nor is it particularly interesting to read. 🤷‍♀️

In July of 2022 I could pop onto a random OFMD blog and scroll through a dozen enthusiastic Stede or BlackBonnet metas about jacket colors or that moth from 1x07 or lighthouse symbolism or whatever. Now the new stuff has the same energy as posts from June 2023. It's borderline dead. And this is what it's like when there's an active campaign to engage fandom and Renew as a Crew?

(I will say fanartists are bringing some energy and there's some lovely pieces being passed around, which I do think the Renew as a Crew campaign is helping to boost?)

Even the hundreds of people saying it was a beautiful season and they loved it so much don't seem to be finding it a very engaging or inspiring season.

It's such a turn, like, what the fuck.

#our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd critical #fandom culture #i was counting on this season to still having me engaged in analysis come *january* and THAT'S not going to pan out obviously #but what the fuck #i'm turning over stones like 'surely the excited fandom is hiding here' and then it's 3 bugs with an anti-izzy pamphlet #like if people weren't trying to process their dislike of the finale then half this fandom's new content wouldn't exist #and that's not promising for the long run 👀👀👀 #ladyluscinia

[shitswiftiessay]

Swifties are PAINFULLY fucking stupid.

I shouldn’t be getting THIS heated over a Disney comparison but the Kristoff slander is absolutely fucking wild. Kristoff (at least in the first movie) is both poor and an introvert. Those are two things that swifties HATE Joe for. He also had to work since he was a child, which is something swifties make fun of Joe for- calling him yogurt boy. And he DEFINITELY would think that award shows are stupid.

Hans is much more like Travis in the fact that he pursued a woman for his own gain. Whereas Kristoff was just trying to live his life and didn’t even WANT to get involved in Anna’s shit, Hans wanted to become king, so he pursued Anna (a naive and desperate young woman- which is what swifties are trying to paint Taylor as) and made himself look like her dream guy- “true love.”

Last summer, Travis publicly and relentlessly pursued Taylor with his story about how he tried to give her a friendship bracelet with his number. And he’s been reaping the benefits of dating Taylor Swift, he’s got new TV gigs, his podcast shot up on the charts, and he might even be getting his own reality show.

He tried to pass himself off as a fan, Even though he’s blatantly obvious that he DOESN’T listen to her music. But his little pretend act of being a fan charmed the shit out of swifties and made them believe he was her Prince Charming. All he has to do is that stupid 🫶 thing and he’s got the swifties swooned, much like Hans had Anna swooned from the minute he met her. But his intentions were completely self-serving.

And another thing I find interesting is the fact that Hans proposed to Anna a few hours after meeting her. IF ANYTHING, that couple is literally a lesson on NOT marrying a guy you just met. And yet, Swifties have been talking about Taylor marrying Travis since that first football game-even BEFORE then.

But Joe, the guy who didn’t want to marry taylor, is just like Hans? The one who was in a long term relationship that ultimately didn’t work out is JUST LIKE HANS??

It beggars belief how swifties could be so stupid, because they either didn’t watch the movie, didn’t fully understand it (because they are less cognitively capable than 5 year olds), or they’re so addicted to painting Joe as this cartoonist Disney villain in their heads that they think it’s perfectly reasonable to compare Joe to a character that was trying to KILL his fiancée and her sister.

I the stupidity of comparing Taylor Swift to Anna- a girl who’s been isolated in a castle for most of her life and has ZERO relationship experience - I think she’s supposed to be like 18 or something? Very young and inexperienced and naive. Taylor was 26 years old when she started dating Joe and she had plenty of relationship experience before then.

Taylor literally wrote MASTERMIND, but swifties still see her as this naive and innocent disney princess who is easily manipulated and taken advantage of by men. So I guess they think it’s a reasonable comparison because they understand disney movies as well as they understand Taylor’s lyrics- which is NOT AT ALL.

#this was an unnecessarily long rant #but what the fuck #as someone who’s actually WATCHED the movie #that comparison genuinely pissed me off #anti taylor swift #shit swifties say #parasocial relationships #anti travis kelce #free Joe alwyn

[20thcenturyfoxx]

?

#okay! #i mean true #but what the fuck #ever been so gay pinterest exposed you for it? #I'm going to chew his face off #notice vinny there too #sadly not joel #these 3 have been driving me INSANE the past 2 months #i need a lobotomy #vinesauce #vinesauce vinny #vinesauce joel #vargskelethor #vargskelethor joel #jerma #jerma meme #jermaposting #jermacore #jerma985 #jerma fandom #jerma posting #jerma986

[celluloidbroomcloset]

I am INCENSED. I'm so angry. WTF?

#taika waititi #gif #this is actually an excellent and introspective interview #but what the fuck

[robotbodies]

thhinking.

#basically! #nona’s dream is anastasia putting alecto to sleep in the tomb. anastasia had the tomb filled with saltwater to comfort alecto #and keep her calm and resting. the tombkeeper line tradition of saltwater confessional comes from anastasia because of this #whether anastasia started this tradition intentionally or it’s a telephone situation i don’t know. #but what the fuck #tlt #the locked tomb #alecto the ninth

[whovianderson]

GILLIAN FUCKING ANDERSON MIGHT BE IN DOCTOR WHO?!?!?!?

Source

Oh it’s a great day to be me

#fyi this interview was conducted before the strikes don’t worry! #buT WHAT THE FUCK #WHEN I TELL YOU I SCREAMED #I WAS IN HYSTERICS FOR A GOOD THREE HOURS IM NOT EXAGGERATING #WAS THIS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR ME??? #BECAUSE I REALLY WON #HELP I NEED HELP #doctor who #gillian anderson

[vixstarria]

It's been roughly six months.

Six months of waking up and falling asleep with thoughts of sassy traumatised vampire man, every single day.

Sincerely, what the fuck?

#vix musings #I mean I'm not complaining #but what the fuck

[feelbokkie]

Daily Seungminnie tax cause it's been a while since I've graced you with pictures of him ♡♡♡

so you guys have all been gatekeeping this picture from me huh?

what is this?

i'm having totally normal thoughts and can definitely breathe

i need to have a lie down

#feelbokkie answers #💐 mooties #bc i'm not writing smaus rn i only go on pinterest to get pics for amy's daily hannies so i don't see seungmo often #but what the fuck #bokkie's seungmo tax

[sir-arthur-conan]

I am wholly confused how parts of the fandom decided Billy was chosen as the Champion because he is innocent. And even that one prompt/story where he doesn't age to stay innocent because the Wizard is dead and no new Champion can be chosen. (I'm going to asume we mean innocence like in children. Which, considering Billy is/was homeless and has therefore seen a lot of shit, would already be very tainted.)

... But then why would one of the gods be Zeus ? I mean most of them are a questionable choice if we want to keep the Champions innocence intact (as proven by mythology), but Zeus?! Mr bestiality Zeus? Mr I-married-my-sister-and-have-kids-with-her-and-regularly-commit-adultery ZEUS?!! No childs innocence (by our standarts) is going to survive him.

#billy batson #shazam #dc universe #captain marvel #zeus #dc comics #I am aware their mythological background was shape as a result of the time period #but what the fuck #especially the one time as a swan Zeus #how did you come to associate the child with these 'people' stick in their head with innocence #divine twitch chat

[pandoriasmostwanted]

I’m sorry when has sso ever been realistic??

#sso #star stable online #star stable #starstable #starstableonline #ssoblr #no offense #but what the fuck

[russilton]

How the fuck did Perez get DOTD for finishing 3rd in the champion leading car when he qualified poorly, WHEN GEORGE DROVE FROM 18TH TO 6TH WITHOUT THE AID OF A SAFETY CAR???

#I know why #but what the fuck

[mysticalsoot]

how do I feel about this photo you ask?

he looks like he isn't human. the neck, the arm, the hand? yeah no that's no human man. looks like an xfile to me.

#connorshitposts #bee<3 #no but seriously #i love him #but what the fuck #wilbur soot #lovejoy halloween

[impossiblebeararcade]

reading lotr for the first time and today i got to the part where frodo sold bag end to the sackville-bagginses??????? i could never have predicted this. i was in class and i audibly gasped and closed the book. i was absorbed in the book and it shocked me back to reality. i can’t believe this.

#and listen i've heard tolkien likes to ramble but dear god why are we spending so much time traveling from bag end to frodos new house #i am enjoying reading it #i like the character interactions and it's cute and all #but what the fuck #they haven't left the shire yet #i'm not complaining or bored or anything but as a first time lotr reader #this is a lot #i cant wait to meet faramir #i love him in the movies and i heard he's even better in the books #but i just went from rereading pjo to starting lotr and it's a big difference in writing styles and readability #lotr #lord of the rings #those goddamn sackville baggins

[skye707]

CAPTAIN BOOMERANG AND FAIRY BREAD !!!!

He's the kind of person that would go to a party just for the free food

#look I'm sorry but what the fuck is up with fairy bread #I was like “oh I think I've heard of that” #it's white bread with butter and sprinkles??? #why the fuck are you doing that??? #I apologise to the lovely people of australia and new zealand #you have outstanding land masses and animals and societies #but what the fuck #george harkness #digger harkness #captain boomerang

[thief-of-eggs]

Was anyone going to tell me how the Narnia books end, or was I just going to have to see a vague instagram post and learn it through the comments myself?

#no bc my mom didn’t let me read the final books as a kid bc the ‘fighting was too intense’ #and then i just forgot to ever finish the series #but WHAT THE FUCK #don’t talk to me i am not ok #i will not be ok for the next foreseeable future #narnia #c s lewis #the chronicles of narnia #edmund pevensie #peter pevensie #susan pevensie #lucy pevensie #the lion the witch and the wardrobe