#ik it's not always realistic but media doesn't have to be realistic to be good

[weedle-testaburger]

it's just dawned on me that i fucking love endings where there is an alternative to just Killing The Bad People because if there's one mentality that's more toxic to humanity than any other, it's the idea that some people are Just Bad and deserve bad things to happen to them, and how people use that belief to justify doing bad things to people in turn. seeing that cycle get broken in media and forcing people to stop doing awful shit rather than just get killed thinking they were right along is way more cathartic and compelling to me

#personal crap #ik it's not always realistic but media doesn't have to be realistic to be good #like sorry but Killing The Bad Guy will never be as creative or compelling to me #as something like what su did about fixing homeworld and steven's trauma #or what spop did with catra and adora's relationship in the end #or what the tv finale of evangelion does with shinji remaking the world after accepting he and the other people in his life matter #or (to go a bit self-indulgent) what the prisoner does with having the finale be about number six joining forces with number two #and other villagers and prisoners of the village to finally break out of it #or... i could name several doctor who stories like that lol #just off the top of my head dalek with rose making the doctor face up to his trauma and trying to make the dalek see it's not worth killing

[golbrocklovely]

I completely agree with one of the last posts. I’m only really ‘in the fandom’ if you will on here. Instagram, Twitter, tik tok honestly all are yucky to me. The way so many of his fans speak to him like they’re best friends and know him IRL is…bizarre to say the least. I watch a lot of other YouTubers but S&C’s fans (especially with Colby) have extremely strong parasocial relationships. I think you mentioned it in another post about how fans literally think they have a chance with him….like sorry but bffr. Listen, have I also convinced myself that Colby would fall in love with me if he met me? Obviously, but also I’m fully aware it’s not going to happen. Even though I’m the same age as him ik my chances are 1/1,000,000. It’s just a fantasy I like to daydream about when I’m bored. I just like to imagine I am y/n but I know deep in my heart that I will NEVER meet this man and be in a relationship or anything with him. But the way some of the fans are CONVINCED they can get him is so freaky. Like you said there’s nothing wrong with thinking you can date a celeb(I literally do it constantly with that Paul Mescal and that scrawny bitch Timothee bc I’m a white mans whore) but I also know that in the real world that’s not going to happen. I just think with YouTubers people are more ‘aggressive’ I guess with it because YouTubers seem more real and attainable because they’re ‘just like us’

out of all the fandoms, i would weirdly say that insta is the least bad, only bc there isn't really a fandom on there like there once was. tiktok is next (at least to me) and then twitter is the worse overall lol

and like i mentioned back in the ask you're referring to, daydreaming is harmless. like if you like to think you have a chance with colby, or daydream about a dating him, there's nothing wrong with that. god knows i do that too. but it's the ppl that think that their daydreams are reality that are the problem. it's not only bc they go out of their way to "ship" themselves with him, it's bc it usually leads them to hate on any woman in his life and act as if they aren't good enough for them, when in reality they only reason they feel that way is bc that girl isn't themselves.

the parasocial relationship with snc is really crazy comparatively to a lot of other social media ppl. i think the reason for that (somewhat) is way back in the day, snc used to interact with fans frequently. like circa 2015/16 they were talking to fans on twitter all the time. and they would dm them too. there was an open communication with snc and fans and i think that started and laid the groundwork for what happens today.

snc have always deeply cared for their fans. they actively do everything in their power to make their fans feel good. that was always the main reason as to why they started making content. they wanted to make platforms like the life project and metalife bc they saw how sad a lot of ppl were. but in a weird way, i think bc they cared so much, they almost made a monster (in a sense) by connecting too much to fans.

it's one thing to relate to snc and wish that they were your friends. that's fine. but it's another thing to actively think you are friends with snc. even if they've interacted with you a couple times, no: you aren't their friend. they do not know you like that, and vice versa.

and when it comes to colby, i think bc colby keeps the side of his life, his love life, super private, i think it causes a lot of women in the fandom to go crazy over what he would be like as a bf. and while again, there's nothing wrong with daydreaming, there's comes a point where you gotta be realistic and under you aren't going to actually date him.

a lot of fans feel like they know colby, and bc of that, also think they have a chance with him. but it's not true. daydream and read fanfics all you want, but that doesn't make it reality.

(also, i love that you called timothee a scrawny bitch lmaooo)

#ask #personal #colby brock #sam and colby