#pretty much the fandom experience

[ccarrot]

okay this is a very personal hot take but i genuinely don't believe dazai is as self destructive as he may seem.

#this is going to be a rant/vent here in the tags but #there's something abt some dz character studies. they really make a point of like... thinness. lack of eating. it bothers me a lot #i actually don't think he's like. actively starving or whatever. maybe his appetite come in waves. sometimes when u don't feel hungry at al #you end up not eating until it's wayy too late then you might eat too much bc u feel that hungry. then instantly regret it. #and then skip the next couple of meals #idkkk i've struggled with disordered eating. i don't like how callously its treated. it often seems kind of.. glamourized #i hate that. #in general dz seems like a glamorized character within the fandom. partly bc he's very pretty and simultaneously broken and self destructiv #** in my personal view based on personal experience** #don't reference my tags btw

[ghostiesandghoulss]

The autistic urge to become a hobbit

#the shire is definitely the most autism friendly place to live #you can’t tell me I’m wrong cuz I’m very very right #all I’m saying is I’m pretty sure the hobbits have the tism #it’s a hill I will die on #or in since it’s the shire #sam especially has the tism if no one else does #love of my life sam gamgee likes elves a little too much for a neurotypical person #and that is all #the hobbit #lotr fandom #lotr memes #lotr shitpost #lotr #the shire #actuallyneurodivergent #autistic experiences #autistic things #autistic community #actually autistic #shitpost #booklr #samwise gamgee #hobbits

[wastelandroses]

Even though I’m a multishipper most of the time, I wouldn’t be fine if MiIeven was canon after the events of ST4, vol. 2 more specifically, and how the love triangle was handled overall. The sentence “I don’t care which one will be canon as long as all of them are happy” has been very common around circles that love both couples, MiIeven and Byler, but I can’t bring myself to agree.

I wouldn’t be fine if MiIeven was endgame after Will’s feelings were used as a prop to mend it. El should have herself told Mike how greatly she feels about him, or Will shouldn’t have to urge Mike to say “I love you” if the relationship was to be fixed. (However, I think they are doing this for a reason, but this is beside the point.)

Will is a gay boy in the 80’s, lives in a small conservative town that already hates his family. On top of that, he is terrified of coming out. Amongst everything else he has gone through, he does not need a storyline where his romantic love for his childhood best friend is neglected, turned into a plot device in favor of restoring a hetero relationship.

If they wanted to make Byler as an example of a tragic unrequited love, there are other ways to do it that doesn’t reek homophobia (and queerbait). The love triangle is not just a mindless fandom battle between who is better for Mike (or who he “actually loves”) like any other heterosexual love triangle in media. There is a difference between the two outcomes. One of them being filled with homophobic and disgusting writing choices that led to cause more unnecessary pain and trauma for a queer character and the other is a hopeful, refreshing ending along with another step forward in queer representation that the mainstream media lacks.

insp.

#the fandom is still pretty much hibernating but just wanted to throw my two cents #hopefully this was comprehensible because i cant write #this is mostly based on my experience on twt #you don't see much multishipping here which is kind of a shame or not really #st fucked up and now were all praying for the best #rip miIeven it was fun while it lasted #aus headcanons are fine and normal but were talking about canon here #i'm saying this with the utmost love #el is my favorite character so idk what to tell you except #if your boy is only encouraged to say ily after your gay brother says so MULTIPLE TIMES i would dump him #byler #anti mileven #stranger things #st (mine) #ship discourse #<- block the tag if you're annoyed #at times i'm too #rose posts

[messiahzzz]

scrolling through the g*le tag every morning

#it speaks #on today’s schedule we have biphobia and yet more pregnancy related posts #@all the people who put so much effort into making pretty gifsets and gorgeous art: #the tumblr experience is more bearable thanks to you #dis for u: 💕💕 #fandom critical

[milf-murdock]

New to your page!

I saw you were writing a pt 2 to the Simon and reader being caught kissing? thats been my favorite of yours so far and I’m curious if there will be more! Lol I can’t stop reading !

Welcome!!! I’m so glad you’re here ☺️🫶

I also dearly loved that piece, and did at one point have some ideas for a part 2. But nothing really jumped out at me inspiration wise. I had a couple ideas rolling around but nothing that was like “omg I have to write this.”

I have been very curious lately what it is about that specific piece people seemed to love so much. It’s at almost 11k notes, which is wild to me, so clearly it struck a chord. And honestly I’ve been a little intimidated to continue the story and potentially ruin whatever people thought should happen next.

So, I’m not saying it won’t happen. I’ll give it some more thought and see if I can overcome those feelings and settle my mind on a plot for a part two.

Thank you for the message and the support 🖤 it means more than you know!!

#truth be told I’ve also been a little discouraged lately because interaction in this fandom is pretty low compared to other fandoms #from my experience anyways #like it’s a lot of likes which are always super nice!! #but comments or even a tag saying something kind seems to be few and far between #and one of the reasons I love writing is to talk to other people about these characters and stories I love so much #but that being said I also write because I get the brain worms that won’t leave my head until I write it out lol #and you may have just reintroduced the brain worm I needed for a part 2 lol

[silkysong]

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#i love this fandom but some shits becoming so alienating 💀 the thinly veiled hatred for new fans (including me) really making me- #-wanna turn heel into places i know there isnt so much judgement #which sucks cuz this game has been very dear and comforting to me but it sucks im probably gonna have to block a ton of people #hate when fandoms pretty much force you to do that to have a good experience. block 90% of the fandom #oh well

[theseweroff19th]

Have an assortment of random headcanons! These are pretty much all disability and aid item related, specifically leaning towards neurodivergence. (Look me in my eyes and tell me these turtles are neurotypical. I dare you.) Based on my experiences with my own neurodivergence!

All of the turtles use compression clothes, mainly for their knee and wrist joints, though Leo does so more frequently.

Donnie and Mikey have echolalia.

Donatello uses multiple mnemonic devices as a way to retain information, mainly little songs he's learned or makes up himself.

Raph has sensitive teeth and grinds them in his sleep or when he's stressed, leading to a lot of mouth pain. Donnie created a custom mouth guard for him that could withstand his bite pressure.

Mikey has an oral fixation. He used to fuel this by keeping a bunch of lollipops on him, but slowed that down when Raph yelled at him for the amount of cavaties he got from it. As such, he uses chewelry/similar objects to help. (Don't tell Raph he still has the lollipops.) April recommended it for him, Donnie makes it.

Mikey has hundreds of sketches and paintings, all featuring his family. He also has plenty of scrapbooks with photos. Pictures of just them, group photos, tickets, menus, stickers--if it has a connection to or reminds him of someone he loves, it's in the book. He made them because he's afraid to lose people and be without physical pieces of their memory.

While he does enjoy energy drinks and coffee, Donnie doesn't drink it for the "wake up" effect it gives many other people. Because of his neurodivergence, it actually makes him calmer, more focused/centered, and can even make him sleepy. This opposite effect helps him work!

Raph doesn't drink overly sweet drinks because it makes his teeth hurt.

Leo has bouts of insomnia and falls asleep in the most random places because of how tired it makes him. Donnie also has difficulty sleeping due to intense periods of hyperfocus on certain projects. Usually they meet each other somewhere in the middle of it and binge Jupiter Jim or Lou Jitsu movies until they finally do fall asleep.

Many of Raph's stuffies are sentimental and collectors items, and have a dedicated shelf in his room. However, he has a few that are weighted, and that can be heated or chilled, as comfort items. He even has one that is weighted and lavender-scented as a sleep aid.

Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are all fluent in sign. They use it to communicate when one or multiple of them is overwhelmed and can't handle physically speaking. (Donnie especially.) Splinter and Casey are also fluent, and April is still learning.

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #disability headcanon #neurodivergent headcanon #donatello #michaelangelo #leonardo #raphael #rottmnt april #april o'neil #rise casey #rottmnt splinter #Donnie and Mikey having echolalia is especially based on my experience #also the caffeine thing #also also is been so long since I've used compression stuff but thinking about it now I really think it might help me #I'm on my feet pretty much all day at work--at least in summer #and I'm doing a lot of kneeling and bending and getting down on the floor #so thank you fandom brain for accidentally reminding the health brain of what I need #what backs all of these up? vibes #source: trust me bro #headcanon #tmnt headcanons

[octopus-fem]

The dumbest example of fandom for my previous post is Ajin fandom. The manga is very heavy, has interesting point about immortality, there are things to discuss. But when I looked at tumblr tag for it all I see is some yaoi between main character and his friend or worse the antagonist. For context main guy is like 16, most of his friends are younger than 19, I think, and the antagonist is 60-70. Its like fans don't even appreciate the source material's themes.

And I understand that most participants in typical fandom are women, so this romance-obsession is probably connected to the overall culture of female-oriented media to have romance. If we look at platforms with male-dominated user base that have fandom forums (like reddit) there is less focus on romantic aspects, but sexualization is still present, its amount depends on moderation.

#romance/sex are kinda sensitive topics for me #bc of my life experiences i guess; so i may be biased #but its pretty obvious that a lot of tumblr fandoms #are focused too much on romance

[musical-chick-13]

"Truly GOOD works don't have thriving fandoms because people aren't interested in fixing them, so what do they have to write fics/make art about."

Idk about you, but I don't write fic for properties I don't genuinely enjoy and think are, on some level, actually good.

#like I'm here to EXPAND on shit I like is that not a common experience? #if I think a work is bad why would I care enough to create something in response to it? #you think I did all those episode reviews and wrote all that shit about cxgf because I thought it was BAD????? #I have ten (10) wips and ONE of them is a 'rewriting canon to be in line with what I wish happened' fic? #idk if I'd even call it a FIX fic. it's more of a 'slightly less personally depressing resolution' fic #I'm sorry. truly I don't understand this viewpoint #'if a story is well-constructed enough there won't BE any extra dimensions to explore' WRONG. I'LL /ALWAYS/ FIND THINGS. U UNDERESTIMATE ME #I WILL /CREATE/ BLANKS TO FILL IN /BECAUSE/ I LOVE THIS THING SO MUCH #like yes everyone is probably going to have at least one piece of media that they don't think is High Art™ that they get unhinged over #(ctrlz squad sound off) #but I just...I'm sorry I cannot imagine spending all of my time going 'I will create things in honor of something that I believe is Bad™' #or 'this thing made me angry I'll exclusively spend my time fixing it' instead of just. watching/reading something else that I DO enjoy #also like...things that ARE widely-agreed to be genuinely good still have big fandoms sometimes? #tgp is pretty popular on here. csm is MASSIVE. both on and off tumblr. #and some things WOULD be otherwise easily fandomize-able: cxgf is one. dpat is another. but these don't HAVE huge fandoms because the shows #are not popular. like just. we live in a world where people are somehow both elitist and anti-intellectual at the same time #ANYWAY this is in response to that one post I saw about--*I am dragged offstage for my own safety* #In the Vents

[silverselfshippingchaos]

k.abru d.ungeon m.eshi the man that you are...

#ash rambles 💚 #eyes the color of the sky 💙 #he's handsome... tis just a crush but he's quite charming! I've been into him for many many months now! #i know it's a silly thing but. ever since the anime came out and the series has been getting more popular i feel oddly protective over him #i think it's because he's brown tbh #i just. as a brown person too i feel a very strong connection to him and i feel the need to protect him from shitty fandom takes LMAO #and it's a tiny thing too but as an indian person i can see him as indian as well #if you look at some of the food he describes having eaten.. that sounds like shit i have you know? #us folks dont get much representation #especially people like me who are punjabi. when have i ever seen someone of my race in media? hell even in this community? #it's such an alienating experience. #anyways back to k.abru #your honor i adore him he is so neat! #also i just love his hair ajdhajsj we have similar hair textures! granted i straighten my hair usually but shhh #dunno how this ended up a ramble about race.. sorry y'all LMAAOO just smth i have a lot of thoughts abt #ily k.abru our desi king #but fuck all that #i just really wanna kiss him #i know i always tease him for his blue eyes #say they're piercing into my soul and all that #and um. dont tell him i said this but #(whispers) his eyes are so pretty

[fairyreblogs]

man i dont know why (i have theories but hold on) but the fandoms Ive been in on the internet have been a little meaner these last few years. like i dont get nice comments on my fics anymore. i get ones with no reading comprehension or i get angry ones or i get ones that are enthusiastic and delighted but instead of any decorum they are like. aggressive in their delight. usually just a demand for more content. something has definitely changed in how people in fandoms interact with one another. my theories are just like. younger generations more comfortable with the internet not being as polite as older people on the internet are combined with quarantine kinda ruining a lot of peoples ability to interact socially (mine was ruined too to be fair). but like lately ive been in search of a fandom thats not the markiplier fandom that is nice to me and not aggressively-enthusiastic-weird (but i might take this too) and its kinda hard to find one. i dont know if i just dont have interests that align with happy communities, or what.

#markiplier fandom nice to me forever and ever. #sometimes they get me on edge when they demand i update and dont even say like 'nice fic i liked this' they just say 'update' #but thats literally like the meanest fan ive met so 👍 #fnaf fandom is interesting. you definitely gotta treat them the way you want to be treated or theyre not gonna be nice #unfortunately this means you cant joke too much with them. #uh. moment of truth. percy jackson fandom kinda mean. ok they are mean. no kinda. also no reading comprehension #definitely a fandom that bonds by choosing something to nitpick and hate together. which sucks if you liked that thing they chosen that wee #my little corner of the xmen fandom has actually gotten nicer as time goes on. but also more obsessed with details and accuracy #but my corner of the xmen fandom was still nice enough that i adore them even if i havent been in it in ages #marvel is very so-so depending on where you are in the fandom but its such a large fanbase it is what it is. normal #witcher fandom from my experience has been pretty chill but i havent done much as a content creator for them to really know #d:be human is. decent. unfortunately a lot of outside hate there that it kinda outweighs how polite the fans are #star wars.... well. if you find your niche good for you! nice people. but if you get too generalized with your niche. rip #sw fandom when you study mando'a or dai bendu: hai X3 !! #sw fandom when you get too generalized and talk 'prequel vs sequel': die #vent #this is funny because i was really nice about this sw comment. but its generalized. which means someone will tell me to die. #why do i know this? because ive made this comment about the sw fandom before. =_=

[twopoppies]

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#the way xkit makes my fandom experience so much better #blocking posts i hate seeing #blacklisting things that annoy me #leaving my dash just full of joy and happiness and pretty pictures LOL!

[skrunksthatwunk]

ok im back I actually DID go watch the rgg prologue short film. i am changed

#if you want the literal only yuko nishikiyama content out there uh. this is your chance #it was very cute i liked it a lot #think i might redraw some scenes from it :3 but i gotta do the bowling thing first #anyway i literally love childhood whimsy so much #and it does a good job contrasting that with. y'know. being orphaned due to organized crime violence. and so on #the exec director was the same as the rgg movie that came out the following year (takashi miike) but it's a way more grounded film #i wish i knew exactly what was added for kiwami in terms of cutscenes bc i feel like this would have an interesting relationship w that #rgg #like a dragon prologue #it's so cool being part of a fandom with so much lore like how is no one talking about this #anyway if you have 40ish minutes it's a pretty good time 👍 #you will probably not be changed by it significantly but all experiences change you a little. so #anyway it's wild seeing how few views this has compared to the 2007 movie #it's also wild seeing ppl say it's better. listen LISTEN. rgg2007 is CAMP PERFECTION. IT'S A GOOD TIME. im right #anyway

[koumeowkami]

y'all can hate a character how much you want to but what I hate about YOU is when you can't admit that said character had a development over time. you can't talk about them and use as "reasons to hate them" only their behavior at the BEGINNING of the story. it's like y'all don't wanna accept that they changed 😭😭 please grow up and be a little bit more objective at least

#this comes from personal experience btw #i used to hate eichi and even tho i still don't like him at least i'm pretty neutral about him now #tbh i'm so tired of seeing these kinda posts #in even more than one fandom i'm in !!!!!! #stop putting so much hate in the main tags pls #especially if you're just being ignorant #🌸 ; lyn rambles about stuff

[orcelito]

Honestly I have realized that 99% of my shipping of vashwood comes from trimax. Yea I vibed with it while watching tristamp but trimax is what took my utter heart and soul

It's to the point where I just don't rly enjoy tristamp vashwood that much anymore hfkshfjd like. OK? Those sure are some dudes. Not My dudes tho, sorry.

#speculation nation #i'll still reblog the fanart if it's good. but yea it just ain't what im about anymore. #i feel like the worst vashwood perceptions r found within tristamp only fans anyways #(this post tangentially related to the post i just reblogged) #tristamp only fans see these two and are like 'this is the Angry Buff Dude and the Tiny Pixy Man' #which pretty much erases like everything they stand for? while also supporting racist caricatures. #not all tristamp only fans do this btw but i have definitely seen it much more around there. #meanwhile trimax vashwood is just like. this is an old married couple. theyre so hopelessly Goofy. #the angst is off the CHARTS. the love even more so. #they very genuinely love each other in trimax In Canon and that's what really gets me. #plus theyre pretty similar in height and build. Adult Men!!!! i like this ship for Adult Men!!!!! #idk this also relates to that post i made yesterday about fandom perception of vash being an innocent uwu virgin #despite being 150 or so years old. & they'll also make wolfwood some sex god or whatever #when comparatively hes been an adult for a MUCH shorter time than vash. my dude's still a pretty young adult ok #and you wanna tell me he's got more sex experience than the 150 year old dude????? ok... #lol im just complaining at this point. i have very specific views of my ideal version of this pairing #and a lot of fandom portrayals are starting to bother me bc of it. #so im just writing my own vashwood my own way. rn focusing on vash being a rounded person #yes having some childish aspects. but also some mature aspects. he's a goofy adult. it can exist simultaneously. #looking forward to when wolfwood finally comes in. i hope to do him justice.

[cynric]

people who found my tma art and are following me about it thank you hello i draw something like once every 4 months and it will literally never be tma related again im sorry

#talking to myself #i had Weird Experiences with the fandom and now i pretty much dont give a shit about it anymore #but hello welcome im sure ill draw something soon eventually #actually i got an ask about my slobo and anita art that ive been meaning to draw something about so thats probably next up but again #probably not for a while