#nerdom

[shadow13dickpistons]

Yu-Gi-Oh Event Draws Debate After Its Smell Causes Players to Flee

Kaiba is not going to like this.

#Yu-Gi-Oh #ygo #hygiene #nerdom #real life

[iantoyawrites]

Now that I've finally come to the sexy tiemz portion of my WIP I think it's time to take a step back and breathe in everything else for a little while.

Besides time with the fam, I am thinking:

Binge Boruto, I need more Otsutsuki content (and Chojuro and Gaara - I haven't completely forgotten about them!)

Catch up on Obi-Wan (and maybe read some dark dark angsty fics since I'm too much of a wreck to write that myself)

Watch @lesyarei7 's video on how she renders drawings and learn something new!

Read Gaara Shinden

I need to eventually get back into the routine of waking at 5 for exercise/Oculus but *sob* I'm not ready

What are you guys currently doing/wanting to catch up on?

Tagging some folks but no pressure: @nightingaleflow @lemony-snickers @whiskers-the-lyxra @kiyoshy @justafrange @hetaonikidd @coyest @chojuuro @fatherandersonstan @ghoulgaara @justmyownreality @kabutoliker @otonokuni

#iantoya #personal #hello friends #nerdom #always feel free to send asks too

[paulsebert]

With that said I do believe there have been instances in which I and my friends have engaged in some rather ugly fandom. My online persona first arose in the late 90s/early 00's during the heyday of Television Without Pity, an now mostly extinct fanfiction sub-genre called MSTings, and the writings of the late Chris Hyatte For those who don't remember him I consider Hyatt one of the internet’s great cautionary tales. During the waning days of the wrestling boom fans call “The Monday Night War” Hyatte was a genuine rock star of what we called The Internet Wrestling Community. (Now we just call them wrestling fans.) His fly by the seat of his pants style was truly hilarious and paved the way for a generation of wrestling writers. Alas Hyatt proved to be his own worst enemy as the guy had no off switch. His tendency at lashing out at wrestling personalities (most notably former WCW and current AEW commentator Tony Shiavone)  and other fans like fellow Scott Keith resulted in him flaming out quickly. He was granted chance after chance burning bridges every time. At the time of his death in 2020 he had about 440 followers on Twitter which is two less than I have now. I was one of the last people to follow him in any capacity.

In that environment started writing comic reviews for Comics Nexus and Spider-Fan. I attained a great bit of a following for my reviews of Daniel Way's Venom, a book that I still consider one of the all-time hilariously bad comics of the era. Years later I met Daniel Way at a comic convention after he had largely redeemed his reputation with a successful run on Deadpool. As a young writer Way was in a position by Marvel management where almost ANY writer was doomed to fail. Basically Marvel signed him to write a new Venom comic only to be informed he couldn't use Eddie Brock. Way set out to write a horror comic inspired by The Thing only to be informed that it was going to be part of a PG-rated comics line aimed at Manga readers. When the series became the highest selling book in the fledgling Tsunami line by sheer virtue of being the first solo Venom comic released in several years Marvel asked him to shoehorn Wolverine (and subsequent guest stars) into the story at which point Way was like “sure why not.”  

Flash forward a decade later. Once again “angry reviewers” are in vogue as The Nostalgia Critic is at peak popularity as is Red Letter Media's Mr. Plinkett character. Even CinemaSins hadn't devolved into the complete clickbait that it is today. Marvel comics debuts a book called Avengers Arena which teenage heroes from several previous books: Avengers Academy, Sentinel, and Runaways were first to duel to the death by Arcade who very abruptly went from Marvel's most fun villains to least fun villains. It was a shameless Hunger Games cash-in that was one of the most thoroughly unpleasant comics I've ever read.  I started blogging on Tumblr as a way of venting and it brought me a bit of catharsis.

However with a decade of hindsight I realize that I was probably too hard on writer Dennis Hopeless. Remember Hopeless’ original pitch for the book was a new version of Excalibur consisting of teenagers mentored by Captain Britain. It simply wasn't the book he had wanted to write but the book Marvel editorial wanted. He was in a lose/lose situation. It was only a run on Spider-Woman that was generally well regarded and a WWE tie-in Comic that was much better than the actual WWE television product that I really appreciated how talented he was. Like Way before him he was just a guy doing a job in a lose-lose situation.

I stopped doing my “Worst Comics of the 2010s'' series around the time that Marvel's Secret Empire event came out. The story was largely the victim of terrible and I mean TERRIBLE timing. The people involved didn’t predict the rise of Donald Trump and just how quickly everything would go to shit. In 2015 “dude what if Captain America was like the absolute worst” villain must have seemed like a can't miss idea. In 2016 it was a heart-breaking reminder of the country's wounded psyche and in its promotion of the event Marvel basically left writer Nick Spencer to be hung out to dry. While I find Spencer's body of work to be staggeringly uneven, he was ultimately just another work for hire talent in over his head.  With the benefit of hindsight I would have handled things a lot differently. 

With years of hindsight I probably would have voiced my views differently. It's tempting to blame the current abysmal state of comics discussion on the endless cycle of corporate reboots and gimmicks or reprehensible movements like “Comics Gate” but the roots are much deeper. In fact in some ways it might have been worse. Over on his blog Mark Evanier talked about how Mark Robbins became one of the most controversial Batman artists of his day simply because he didn't draw like Neal Adams. As hard as it might be to believe there was a generation of comics fans who called Jack Kirby “Jack the Hack” because they didn't like his later works like Machine Man and The Eternals. Then you have the whole sad backlash to Ron Marz and the H.E.A.T fan movement. 

It is too tempting to write creators off without looking at their whole body of work. Steve Englehart is simultaneously one of the most important comic creators of his era AND the writer of the hilariously clueless New Guardians. I dislike many of the comics Brian Michael Bendis has written but I respect the importance of Ultimate Spider-Man and still look back fondly on his Daredevil run. Howard Mackie who became fandom's shorthand for “Hack” because of his Spider-Man runs recently made a comeback of sorts for Marvel on a Danny Ketch: Ghost Rider-Mini series and having read the first two issues it's a lot of fun! I'm rooting for him.

I want people to know that I am monitoring the situation closely. I understand the concern but I also do not want to cut anyone off unless I absolutely have to. I am content to focus on my own conduct before pointing at others.  For now I simply ask fans to treat comic creators like human beings and wish to lead by example. I'm not against a little well placed anger or even a tiny  bit mean-spirited humor but I'm just going to be more careful in how I wield it. I haven't written much about comics as of late due to my work/life schedule BUT when I get around to it I'm going to try to be a lot more respectful in my own writing. I simply ask others to do the same.

#comics fandom #fandom #nerdom #state of the blog #my own stuff

[theslaysisters]

Bucky from Bully when he gets higher than a C in any class - Lice and Jet

#bucky pasteur #bully memes #bully cce #bully se #bully game #canis canem edit #bully scholarship edition #bully anniversary edition #nerdom

[road2nf]

crazy, passionate people like myself

Hank and John, through their vlogs, have made me laugh, think deeply about things, and even sometimes cry.

The Nerdfighter community has helped to accept my nerdom - embrace it and be proud of it! I’m so thankful to have found crazy, passionate people like myself :)

-BrunetteBookworm (brunettebookworm.tumblr)

#nfstories #nerdfighteria #nerdfighters #vlogbrothers #community #awesome #dftba #people #passion #nerdom #people like us

[diahsthings]

4000 posts!

Reblogging Queen. Remember to be kind to others and yourself.

#4000 posts #tumblr milestone #obey me shall we date #obey me #Nerdom #reblog queen #reblogging like it's my job #free Palestine #pro palestine #no genocide #don't be racist #be kind

[shawnthewonder]

It seems like nerdom has been watered down a lot now. There used to be a more even split between fandoms and subcultures. Now it seems like everything is centered around anime now and even events that aren't specified as anime events are being called that in the nerd community now. For instance I see a lot of people calling any convention an anime convention when cons like NYCC and Dragon Con aren't.

Also gaming now seems to be reduced to just live streaming on Twitch. It seems rare to find people that want to talk in-depth about video games. People rarely share news, history, interviews, or secrets. YouTube still seems like the only place I can find it.

I really want to connect with other gamers too, but everyone I meet online is just advertising their Twitch and when I try to ask them gaming related questions they don't know anything or sound interested in learning.

I'm going to Magfest next week which is one of the few places where I'm guaranteed to meet other like minded gamers.

#nerdom #nerd #blerd #gaming #videogames #video games #cosplay #anime #geek #nintendo #pc gaming #xbox #sony #playstation

[eurpoastitan]

#fantasy hike #walk to mordor #walk to mount doom #nerdom #lotr #the prancing pony #the shire #Bree

[whoissabal]

@horrorheroeshoes is so cathartic and nostalgic, sometimes funny or cute and sometimes gross and gory. if you’re into horror, nerdom, fandom, or just entertainment in general then you may enjoy a scroll through our other account. take a peak, we won’t bite 🧛🏽‍♂️🖤 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : #horror #horrormovies #thriller #fantasy #scifi #fantasymovies #scifimovies #comics #comicbooks #film #movies #nerdom #popculture #entertainment #fandom #superheroes #heroes #cinema #nerd #nerdy #geek #tvshows #tv #books #literature #musicvideo #halloween #videogames #art #sciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CfC1m9SMZ9k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#horror #horrormovies #thriller #fantasy #scifi #fantasymovies #scifimovies #comics #comicbooks #film #movies #nerdom #popculture #entertainment #fandom #superheroes #heroes #cinema #nerd #nerdy #geek #tvshows #tv #books #literature #musicvideo #halloween #videogames #art #sciencefiction

[me1och]

They have captivated me

#me? being captivated by disastrous queers in a disastrous relationship? somehow even more likely than you even think! #ah yes my two favourite guys. the guy who likes musicals and nerdy prude (the nerdom is religion) #holy bastard #ted spankoffski #mark chasity #joey richter #curt mega #hatchetverse #starkid #my art #mel does art #why do i do this to myself? (mouse drawing) #also. feel free to dm me asking about what i imagine the story behind this interaction of theirs is. i need to ramble about them so bad

[triflesandparsnips]

Trying to pin this down--

The Original Series: Kirk is a nerd, Spock is a snarky punk

Alternate Original Series: Kirk is a punk, Spock is a nerdy bitch

Strange New Worlds: Kirk is a snarky punk, Spock is a bitchy nerd

#thereby implying that Spock learned how to be a snarky punk from Kirk #who himself mellowed into sheer nerdom by the time he made captain #star trek #star trek tos #star trek aos #star trek snw

[sca-nerd]

The mental gymnastics of being a theatre nerd AND a SCAdian:

Marquee.

#mysca #society for creative anachronism #sca #theatre #thespian #context clues don't always help #when nerdoms collide

[road2nf]

I found myself stepping out of the shell that I had put myself in.

I first started watching the Vlogbrothers while I was reading John’s book Looking for Alaska, and I was instantly drawn in to their nerdy, dorky relationship. From then on, I was hooked.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been one of the “smart” kids at school. I get good grades, turn in all my work on time, and work my butt off to be the best that I can be. I was always the one to answer questions in class or volunteer for something. This was always the norm for me, until my classmates started poking fun at me for being smart. 

People in middle school would always say, “Wow, you’re so smart. You make me feel dumb,” or, “You’re too smart.” I absolutely hated this.

Confused, slightly immature, little sixth grader me hated the fact that she made people feel dumb. Stupid. As a people-pleaser by nature, I didn’t like the thought that what I knew made others feel bad about themselves, even though looking back that’s probably not what they meant.

So, in order to make everyone happy, I started to get progressively more quiet. I didn’t answer as many questions in class, didn’t talk so much in group projects, etc. I still worked hard and was at the top of my class, but I never outwardly showed it, for fear of being told that I was “too smart.” This continued into my Freshman year.

I had a great group of smart, funny, and incredibly supportive friends, still did everything to the best of my ability, but was now known as the really smart girl who was quiet in class. Towards the end of my Freshman year was when I found the Vlogbrothers. I honestly couldn’t believe that I had found adult versions of my nerdy self. The best part? They completely embraced their intelligence and nerdiness. And people loved them for it. As I started to become a bigger Nerdfighter, I found myself stepping out of the shell that I had put myself in.

I would answer more questions in class. I participated more in group discussions. I wasn’t afraid to show my true self outside of my group of friends. I started to embrace my intelligence. John and Hank showed me that I could be smart, nerdy, and still love myself at the same time. I ended up finding a few other Nerdfighters at my school. One of my best friends finally started watching John and Hank, and now she’s addicted.

I’m currently in Junior high school, and can honestly say that finding John and Hank has been one of the best things that’s happened to me. Seeing what Nerdfighteria has been able to do is amazing. I feel incredibly blessed to be a part of this outstanding, weird, nerdy community. John and Hank, thank you so much for all that you’ve done. I’m a different person for the better because of you guys and all of Nerdfighteria, and I am forever grateful. :)

- Olivia (dreamdancedisney.tumblr)

#nfstories #nerdfighteria #nerdfighters #dftba #vlogbrothers #awesome #learning #education #books #reading #being cool #intelligence #gratitude #grateful #nerdom #nerds

[simplytolkien]

Wow, I’m getting a lot of aggressive messages about my opinion of Rings of Power. I knew there would be some push-back from our lovely modern internet society, but this is stupid. I never said the show was perfect, but I enjoy it, and I hate this snobby nit-picking. Why our society has come to believe that this sort of tiny-minded critical attitude shows how intelligent and sophisticated you are, I don’t know, but it’s frankly stupid. It just shows you up for being ignorant and lacking in grace. Especially since right at the beginning of the show it says ‘based on The Lord of the Rings and Appendices by J.R.R. Tolkien’ right on the screen in the intro. Based on means not 100% faithful. In any project. And the complaints I’m getting about changes to the story show that people haven’t actually paid attention to the original lore anyway, and all but two of the complaints are about things that actually are accurate. They just seem to be riding the seemingly ‘cool’ wave of hate for the show that started long before there ever even was a preview released. Some people made up their minds when it was announced that it was going to be bad, and they seem to be controlling the narrative about it, which is a shame, and people who have such a need to be ‘cool’ follow along without their own opinions as usual. But I think the show so far is strong enough to overcome such narrow bigots and stand firm in its own merits and be loved by people for time to come, and if some people want to watch it and be angry and miserable, that’s their loss. I do know some people are actually not going to like it, and hey, that’s okay too. Just give it a fair shake before you actually decide you don’t like it.

Yes, there are a few issues with Galadriel so far. They are changing her story and timeline, but that isn’t a deal breaker for me. I don't mind her taking a more active role in the wars, just like I've said before that Arwen riding Frodo to the Fords, while not at all accurate, is still one of my favourite scenes in the movies, and they had more scenes filmed with her along those lines that didn’t make it to the films. As a woman who loves Tolkien, I understand that he definitely wasn’t the misogynist he’s often accused of being. He wrote many beautifully strong women and wrote several who expressed dissatisfaction with the ‘traditional’ notion of womanhood, Éowyn being the most famous. And of course, Lúthien, based so lovingly on his wife, was anything but traditional. Another favourite of mine is this quote and conversation between Erendis and her daughter in Númenor. I like that these projects are portraying strong women, even if it isn’t in the exact same places where Tolkien did. Galadriel fighting isn’t far-fetched to how her character was written. Tolkien even had her mother-name (one of three names elves are given) mean man-maiden because she was such a tomboyish elf, always riding and hunting and doing it all better than most of the men (and also because she was taller than most women and had a deeper voice). So far she is somewhat tactless, grumpy, and hasty, but I think it’s simply a case of early-episode overcompensation. I’ve seen it over and over in shows where they come out of the gate really hard with a character’s attitude for the first few episodes to firmly establish a character in viewers’ minds, and then they begin to mellow or soften their approach. It isn’t my favourite approach, but it is commonly used in the industry. I am hoping they give her more grace soon. And it isn’t Morfydd Clark’s fault. I think she’s doing an amazing job with what they’re writing for her and how they’re directing her. The only things about her that aren’t exact for the role is that she isn’t tall or deep-voiced, but she can’t change those... Otherwise, perfect.

But you have to understand that Galadriel was a rebel. She was a rebel and a leader in the rebellion of the Ñoldor when they left Valinor because she strongly desired to rule her own kingdom. She was full of pride and ambition, and that was her driving force for many many years, which was why she was still tempted by the Ring in the Third Age and had to resist to be allowed to sail back into the West. No, she never would have sailed for Valinor (which I think was included to portray her rebellion against the Valar), and yes, she should have met Celeborn by this time, but again, this show has five seasons planned. It’s only been three episodes. Give it time. Yeesh. And I myself am not sorry that we potentially get to watch her love story happen. But she wasn’t a ruling elf from the beginning. Eventually for a time she and Celeborn ruled a small group of elves sort of like a fiefdom under Gil-Galad before moving into what becomes Lothlórien, so her being a commander under Gil-Galad isn’t ridiculously far-fetched.

When it comes to Elrond, the theme in the messages I’m getting is that he isn’t being treated right because he’s a lord and not a politician, like he’s being treated like a nobody. Again, people need to read more of Tolkien than Lord of the Rings to talk about these very aged characters. Lord of the Rings was the very end of Elrond’s life in Middle-Earth. Rings of Power has his earlier role spot on so far. He wasn't Ñoldorin, who were the ruling elves at this point, or even a High Elf since he was never in Valinor. And he wasn’t full elf. He had some human and Maia. (I’ll post a cool breakdown of Elrond’s genealogy that 5ummit created after this.) He wouldn't have naturally had a high position with the Ñoldorin at this point, but it goes a long way to showing how he was valued that he was Gil-Galad's herald and a captain, which is lore accurate. He wasn't the heir of all major houses as such. He wasn't even a prince while Galadriel was a princess in both the Ñoldor and the Teleri. Elrond’s line was respected and loved since he was Lúthien’s great-grandson, but it wasn’t a ruling line (ringofsecrets is right; he was royal through Lúthien, but they no longer had a kingdom). It was just that after the first war with Sauron, he was one of only two elf commanders who survived, Cirdan being the other, and so Elrond became a ruling elf because he was loved and wise. He was offered the title High-King, having been connected with Gil-Galad, but he turned it down since he wasn't of the bloodline of the High-Kings through a male ancestor (even though he was through a female ancestor) and because so few of the Ñoldorin were left that it didn’t matter. And actually, Galadriel had a far closer claim to that title herself, being niece or great-niece or something close like that of the first High-King. (I get all the F names in her family confused when I haven’t read The Silmarillion in a while.) But I don't think anyone wanted the title. The four Ñoldorin kings all came to bloody ends... I do like that they made Elrond and Galadriel friends since eventually Elrond marries Galadriel’s daughter.

And then there was the comment on the post about the hobbits and their age, but it was worded oddly, so I’m not sure exactly what you’re saying? I think you mean the culture is portrayed as too old, like hobbits didn’t exist for another 2300 years? But again, there’s nothing objectionable here. In Tolkien’s lore the hobbits came from more primitive ancestors, the same ones Gollum came from, and if you remember, Gollum had found the ring over 500 years before ‘The Hobbit’ happened, and he was in an established group in the east where Isildur would have dropped the ring when he died. It was in the same region that Beorn lived, east of the Misty Mountains near what became Mirkwood. There were three breeds: Harfoots, Stoors, and Fallohides. The Harfoots and Fallohides were the first who over time travelled north and west to finally settle in the Shire because of various unrest and dangers, especially those caused by Sauron moving into and settling in what became Mirkwood. The Stoors, the breed Gollum was, moved around in the east a lot longer and interacted with the Dunlendings some before finally moving west into the Shire. These hobbits aren’t early. They’re simply living primitively in the east, just like Tolkien said the three different breeds who were the hobbits’ ancestors did before they came to the Shire and intermingled until they were one people. And unlike every other race in Middle-Earth, Tolkien didn’t once write an origin story for hobbits. He never described their creation. The first record of interaction with the ‘Big Folk’ was with the Éothéod, the ancestors of the Rohirrim, in far-away times and in the east, so no one knows when and where they originated.

I never said I thought Rings of Power is 100% accurate to the books. That never happens in any project, especially one that says ‘based on’. But I love that it seems so far like they're staying true to more than people think. Really, so far they’ve just changed some of the timelines or minor events. The actors have interviews explaining some of the thinking behind decisions made, and the creators themselves said that some of it would be different to the commonly held versions of Tolkien's works because Tolkien was ALWAYS changing things. I mean, he worked on this world for decades, so he was always fiddling with timelines and lineages and so on. Even some of the main characters and events in the Silmarillion changed quite a few times after the Silmarillion was written, including Galadriel and her whole family of Finarfin and Fëanor and such, who were changed enough times that it's still not clear who Gildor Inglorien is. That's why the creators of Rings of Power consulted Tolkien's grandson Simon. They wanted his knowledge of some of the more obscure information since Tolkien was changing things until he died. I think that's cool. It feels like they're honoring Tolkien's whole approach to his world instead of just saying 'this is what it was period end of.'

No matter what they do, there will always be people who want to gripe and complain, and then there will be people who legitimately don’t like it, and that’s totally okay. I mean, I hate Game of Thrones, but I don’t go around the internet taking it out on people who like it. Let them enjoy what they enjoy. I’ve learned to just let people be themselves and enjoy the cool things that can come out of that, even if it’s not necessarily what I would do. That doesn’t mean it’s wrong, and if this is how the creators want to honor Tolkien, they’re the ones who had the courage to approach studios and say, ‘Hey, we know we’ve never made a tv show before, but we love Tolkien and have this great idea.’ And then they put in the hours and hours and hours of work. Don’t tear down the people that do things if you’re too scared, lazy, unmotivated, or unable to try yourself. I know I wouldn’t be interested in doing it. I think they’re doing a beautiful job with cosmetics and graphics and just creating a beautiful world for these characters to live in, and I’m going to enjoy my journey through it, along with the other people who choose to live with gratitude and enjoyment and sent lovely messages and comments. :)

#rings of power #tolkien #simply tolkien #my tolkien nerdom came out strong in this post #stronger than normally anyway #but i just thought maybe there are some people that will judge less harshly if they know some of the history #like i hated the way cate blanchett did galadriel's voice in the lotr movies #until i read tolkien say that she had a deeper than normal voice #now i'm like that is so right! #and any studio financially benefits an awful human being #most are just wise enough to stay out of the public eye #are you going to boycott every movie or tv show ever made? #any more hateful message senders will be blocked #sorry not sorry #it's just a tv show #grow up #i still love the show #let's just see how it goes

[spirksworld]

I have to make a spirk fanzine vintage style I need to honor my predecessors

#i need to do something crazy #my nerdom can level up I’m ready #star trek #spirk #tos #talking

[allovesthings]

I rewatched the scene between Otto,Rhaenyra and Daemon at Dragonstone (it's definitely my favorite scene of episode 2 and maybe even episode 1) and when she say:" so you stole my brother's egg" in valyrian, you can actually hear the word valonqar in the conversation and I love how consistent it is with the book.

#house of the dragon #daemon targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #she says it more like valoncron which mught just be the form of the word in this sentence #should i question how far my nerdom is going that stop to listen to a fake language in a tv show to see if i can recognise #the one word from the book i know ? #nah...it's fine #hotd