#this fandom tires me out sometimes

[youareinlove]

this fandom LOVES to take great things happening to taylor and suck the joy out of it

#she won person of the year and all some of you can talk about is how upset you are about a writing choice in the article or something #like it was one of my favorite articles about her ever #it is recapping her entire career! and it was done beautifully! #this fandom tires me out sometimes #.txtpost

[shorthaltsjester]

free my complex female character, she did the same thing as complex male characters but the fandom takes Any analysis of her actions/choices/motivations that doesn’t strip her of all of her agency in bad faith and claims that only misogynists would dare to critique the things that they’ve noticed in her character because she’s a woman, completely ignoring the over-presence of discourse about similarly traited male characters in their fandom.

#exhausted by people categorizing CRITIQUE. not even genuine hate just literally basic analysis of imogen’s character #as a) hate at all but b) misogynistic simply because… they assume the person like caleb and percy uncritically like #i love imogen and i love her because she’s riddled with complexity that gives reason for her to be unlikeable #the shit ashton says makes me want to tear out my hair and i could write analysis on why but they’re still one of my favourite characters #i enjoy caleb but watching him infuriated me because of his self interest which is a coherent trait of his but is a tiring one #similarly with percy of love his pretentious Smartest In The Room shit but sometimes it meant he treated others more poorly than necessary #but i’m not unpacking all of that just so i have some fandom mandated right to say that i think there’s an aspect of a female character #that is imperfect in the human sense #because like. i will continue to call imogen’s self interested until the world burns and the moon shatters. because she is. #the only reason her choice to do good is compelling at all is because the choice to do otherwise is so tangible #it isn’t a Mistake or Fault that she’s self interested. it’s by design #like. she reaches towards the storm in curiosity in her sleep. but then she fights back when she’s awake #that’s it #that’s the dynamic. that’s what’s compelling #but no ur right fandom. let’s instead all agree that imogen is actually just intrinsically good #and take away all agency and complexity and humanity from her #and instead slap a sticker of Morally Good and enjoy the caricature of her where she’s made to fit into the imagine of #the latest aesthetic ad for diarrhoea medication #imogen temult #critical role #inspired as always by dumbass twitter posts that i’m subjected to because of school n work #the worst part is i do like the laudna n imogen dynamic in the stagnancy where it is but so much of that fandom is so clear in their erosion #of both characters actuality to suit the picture of Ship Tropes #like fuckin. so much of imogen’s fanart in imodna making her fat which as a fat person great love to see it #not so much when it’s clearly to make her short n stout against laundas tall n lanky. #anyway

[leqclerc]

@f1blrcreatorsfest Week 3: Music Artist-Inspired ↳ Sebastian and Charles + songs released in 2019 Shameless / Piece Of Your Heart / You're No Good

#formula 1 #f1edit #charles leclerc #sebastian vettel #sebchal #*shows up 2 days late with starbucks* #i like the concept and i would've liked to include more songs but im tired of fighting photoshop honestly it took long enough already 😭 #i tried to go for a more moodier mid to late 2019 vibe where the rivalry was kind of intensifying & everyone was talking about the tension #which tbf a lot of that as we now know was blown out of proportion but it was the prevalent vibe in the fandom & fic sphere #and in a lot of the ~defining fics that i consumed when i was first getting into them as a pairing and researching what i had missed out on #and i guess i have a nostalgic soft spot for that darker moodier more sultry rivalry vibe and mentally it's something i like to go back to #a lot of it is a direct product of the narratives and thought processes at the time and sometimes you just need to step right back into 201 #so these are songs that to me are reminiscent of that era ig and what i associate with it and the fics that capture that zeitgeist for me #f1blrcreatorsfest23 #* #*mine: gif

[ghostoffuturespast]

I'm half-tempted to just nuke my discord.

#i feel so inordinately petty because of this #and maybe i'm a shit person for it #but i'm just really fucking frustrated #i joined discord to try and make friends in a fandom space #and same with tumblr #and i get it #i can't make people like me #i can't make people like the stuff i make #sometimes people's personalities and interests don't align #and i know i'm not the most outgoing person #but i just feel so fucking left out and sidelined in these spaces the vast majority of the time #all the interactions and relationships feel so fucking lopsided #i hesitate to engage with other folks and share my own stuff now because of it and it's supposed to be a space where that's encouraged #i hate feeling like no one gives a shit about the things i make #especially the things i'm spending the most fucking time on and am the most passionate about #it feels like everyone is getting hyped up except me #seemingly no one reads or cares about anything i write #like i'm not even worth the time of the people i've “known” the longest even the ones that are supposedly interested in the same things #i feel like an asshole for admitting all this and for feeling this way #but i'm also just tired of trying to encourage and cheerlead for other people and not getting anything in return #i just feel so fucking lost in the crowd

[senseiwu]

Does it piss anyone else off that barely anyone holds garmadon accountable for his actions and then they give people crap for being upset with him after he's hurt them

#thinking of lloyd in crystalised and wu in toe. #like. #how dare they be upset. #im sorry but 'youre no sensei and you never have been' is NOTHING compared to what garmadon did are you SERIOUS #youre like the teacher snapping at me.for telling a girl in high school not to spa #speak to me like im five lmao #jesus christ #'it wasnt his fault 🥺🥺🥺' doesn't matter #stuff still happened. people still got hurt. #and theyre ALLOWED to feel hurt goddammit #real 'you cant blame them they were drunk' vibes here ngl #its funny cause even garmadon acknowledges he did those things.and takes responsibility for them #which is. why he sacrificed.himself to sabe everyone #because he knew he couldnt make up for all the bad he had done but at least he could do this #jelp save everuone and right a wrong of the past in the process #but noooo nothing is his fault and wu is awful.for being upset that he stole his letter broke his trust and lied to misako #im really. #tired of this fandom sometimes #shout out to garmadon fans who actuqllu hold him accountable for what he did youre the only ones that dont drive me up a wall 👍

[13eyond13]

Can't stress enough how much I appreciate that many fans of this series are fine with pointing out and acknowledging the flaws in their faves and seeing those flaws as part of the essential flavoring rather than something to erase or constantly get offended about people noticing

#sometimes when i poke my nose into other fandoms i just get the vibe that #roasting your faves will never be met with a good sense of humour or seen as a regular way to act #i dont think i could have lasted this long in this fandom if i couldnt spend just as much time roasting them as defending them and #nothing tires me out faster than people taking these characters way too seriously or sexily at all times you know what i mean #like yes i too have crushes on some of them and project onto some of them but #hopefully not to the point i actually act like somebody is insulting me personally by pointing out that they also often absolutely suck #p

[crimeronan]

having so many girl blorbos at once is like. i'm going to get a good grade in being really obsessed with shit that only 3 other people on earth care about enough to have established headcanons, something that's both normal to want and possible to achieve,

#thank goodness i write about 80% of them interacting with the mainstream male faves or i'd be a goner #i say that in a tongue-in-cheek way but actually #when i want people to actually read my f/f stuff or my platonic stuff.... i DO put men in it #sometimes in the background sometimes in the foreground #the exact same way i get people to read my poly fic by baiting them with the mainstream monogamous ships #and my fic is largely mainstream fandom these days for a reason. if i didnt want immediate gratification i'd be writing about my OCs #who are also.... all crazy dykes. i don't have it in me to make a token man for a fandom to get attached to. #devin WAS a man until it became so clear that she is not. we need more desperately sick tired angry transfem all pronouns failwomen #it's a tough job out here for someone who's crazy about women but someone's gotta do it

[drewsaturday]

as a lesbian sometimes i wish i followed more lesbians so my dash wasn't SO full of old men disproportionally but i kinda prefer this to the time in 2017 where all i saw for days was a gif of katie mcgrath beckoning at the camera with 2 fingers because people wouldn't stop imagining what that would feel like inside of them

#txt #maybe i just dont pay attention to what ppl r saying about male actors on my dash because... i don't care... #but that kind of thing abt actresses + the way ppl on twitter talk about the y*llowjackets cast.... #i'd kinda rather not see half of that in all honesty #anyone can be weird about actors #and at least on tumblr they're probs not gonna see it #but it does feel like at least in some of my fandoms the sapphics get VERY weird in particular #(which i say As A Lesbian pwease don't say i'm perpetuating predatory tropes or w/e) #so i'm chill with my dash being the way it is rn #even if it's less about the sapphics being weird and more about me just not caring enough to notice other ppl doing the same w men #fj;aklsdjf ALSO IN ALL HONESTY #I do not care about most of the actresses lesbians my age seem to give a shit about so it's a shot in the dark anyway #and unfortunately some of the lesbians out there being REALLY WEIRD about real people in their 20's #also can't stomach the fact that sometimes older women r hot and it is tiring to have to deal with that discourse time n time again #next time i get called gross i'll just fuck their mom i guess

[mishapen-dear]

I read that same fic earlier and I just straight up muted the person so their works don't show up for me anymore lmao

there was also another one like that posted yesterday because the person was mad at something qBad did a couple of days ago while not at all in his right mind and amnesiac, it was odd (not shitting on the person just confused and slightly concerned)

yeah there’s. a lot of misconceptions around qbad rn lmao. It’s one of the reasons Im so obnoxious about him, tbh, so that it’s not JUST the negativity that gets spread. He’s a really good target for the hate rn, because he has a smaller fanbase and his pvp playstyle + lore lead him to all that antagonizing during purgatory, and that gets vented out into fics.

It’s genuinely really interesting, the dichotomy that seems to exist between tumblr and twitter regarding him. Ive heard nothing but slander about bbh from twitter (again, he is not faking his illness, that is a lie), but he’s got a solid enough foothold on tumblr that ive seen more hate towards the fans that the cc, here. which makes sense, given how we take over the tag almost ever day when he logs on. genuine o7 to people who find that obnoxious but thats one of the reasons i overtag so much, for blocking purposes.

anyway i think all the bbh mischaracterization means that we just need to write about him more >:D please this is a call for more bbh centric fics from people who do not hate him/know a little bit about his lore. blease he’s such a fun pov to write i promise

#mishapen answers #discourse #<- discussion of it anyway #idk maybe people are spreading lies over here too but i block anyone who doesnt filter their neg/go out of their way to make bad faith #arguments. #i think ita REALLY interesting how seeing all the hate towards bad had me finding myself saltier towards other fans/creators too #so i can understand why these vent fics are being put out yknow sometimes its just really fun to hate a guy #but that’s what neg tags and bashing [character] tags on ao3 are for #on tw/itter where a lot of this gets spread you dont really. Have that #dont mind me ive just been ruminating on this a bunch the past two weeks #ive never been so active in a fandom where discourse had the opportunity to actually reach me #its been p interesting to observe how thats effected the way i say and clarify things #<- rhats the main point of my other post ig because if my gifter is someone who has been seeing nothing but bbh neg after bbh neg comes her #*here and sees me swooning about bbh’s ‘only egg protector’ and ‘no one helps him’ complexes Getting Worse during the end of purgatory #then they dont have the context that im doing so strictly for fun and not putting it on other characters/blaming them for not also swooning #we have media literacy in this house i promise #i would like more characters to have flaws and feel alone and commit incredible sins #anyway. excusez-moi im verbose when im tired and procrastinating #anonymous

[cq-studios]

20, 15 and 3 please :3

3. a character that fandom has helped you appreciate

The fandom has helped me appreciate so many characters way more than I did initially but I’ll have to say the most drastic is Kairi. 100% Kairi.

Like when I got into KH I kinda just branded her as bland anime girl love interest with nothing going for her (which is a mindset I’ve been working hard to get out of and I’m confident I’ve made progress in) but the fandom actually helped me see there was more to her than that. And I know in a lot of situations it ends up being the opposite but learning about the evidence for and shipping Soriku (specifically Violet Howler and Tennelle’s videos) actually helped me understand and like her more. Taking her out and away from this ‘fated’ romance with Sora for a bit actually helped me see the traits that I otherwise would have dismissed. Because her not wanting Sora to leave her behind (because she’s in love with him) became her not wanting Sora to leave her behind (because she’s afraid of change, because she’s scared he’s going to drift away like Riku did, because she doesn’t want to become an afterthought) and other stuff that I could probably write more about if I wasn’t half asleep rn lol

I think part of the issue is that I have a sort of negative knee jerk to straight romantics relationships because they’re so often poorly written or I just don’t connect to them because I’m Ace/Aro and I already have a hard time connecting to any romance in general (queer stuff is easier for me to connect to because it’s representation and it feels like a victory when it happens) and that leads me to just sort of write off both characters who are involved as boring to me (for a long time I wasn’t really a huge fan of Sora either, which feels insane to say now lol).

Sora was saved a bit faster just because of his sheer amount of screen time and focus. I hope Kairi will get a chance to shine in a future game, and that opinion is mostly because the fandom helped shine a light on the things I missed that make her a character.

15. the character that always makes you smile

See it’d be cheating to say all of the NULs (like, man, I love those guys so much, but y’all know, you’re here) so I’ll switch it up today and say Xion. I love her so much. And I mean, I think literally in my last post I was gushing about her, but you know sometimes I just have to talk about Xion. I feel like I don’t talk about Xion enough. Like, she always makes me so happy (except when everything goes wrong at the end of Days then she makes me sad, so very sad but in a good way lol).

She and Roxas were my favourites before KHUX came in with the steel chair, and while I still like Roxas, Xion was the one who’s still up there with the NULs despite it all as a comfort character. Love her, wish I had smart things to say about her lol

20. your very first fandom!

Littlest Pet Shop and/or Pokémon. I honestly do not remember… I was like 3 or 4, I think.

I used to watch so many LPS YouTube skits and series and just scroll on Google for hours looking at Pokémon fanart. I avidly collected (and still collect) both things. I probably shouldn’t have been able to just have free rein watching/looking at all that at that age, but my parents didn’t really know how to parent yet (I’m their oldest kid lol).

Probably watched some Elsa-gate level stuff at some point because I remember my mom telling me not to watch any LPS skits that were made by men???

Also y’all remember Pikachu X Ketchup? I think about Pikachu X Ketchup every day…

#man I’m so tired I should go to bed lol #I hope this all made sense I probably ended up rambling… I do that lol #I don’t even think I’m gonna tag this one with any real fandom tags because I talk about Kairi and while I feel I’m being pretty positive #I don’t wanna get hate mail again and I feel like even mentioning any ships will get me immediately taken out lol #anywhoozles thanks for the ask ^^ #sometimes I think about the rest of KH

[lesbienneanarchiste]

I was talking to my mom abt this yesterday and I really do think people (mostly but not exclusively younger people) have lost the understanding of the phrases "tactless", "tacky", and "tasteless". Like. Sometimes things that upset you are offensive in a way that is not morally deplorable, it's just in poor taste. Sometimes people act in ways that it's better for you to just scroll past and move on with the knowledge that that person is just kind of tacky and you don't agree but why spend the effort arguing with someone over tacky behavior. You could call someone out for being tactless if it was egregious enough bc lord knows good manners are also in jeopardy but it's not something you have to get all up in arms about most of the time. Many such cases.

#i do also feel like people have lost the ability to unfollow and block if someone doesnt vibe w you anymore and thats not a personal affront #there are many people i used to follow that i am still fond of as people but for whatever reason i didnt want them on my dash anymore #sometimes people post a lot about stuff that stresses me out too much #sometimes they get into fandoms i dont like or care abt and i just get tired of half my dash being blacklisted tags #that doesnt mean i hate them or even think badly of them at all its just that i am doing the healthy thing and curating my online experienc #bonus tedtalk in the tags i guess! ok! #disgruntled octopus #*unfollow OR block. i dont block people i dont have beef with but you know what i meant #you dont have to make blocking someone a criminal offense you can just block them for the fact that you dont want them around

[m0e-ru]

annual realization where this gas station’s operations and my life owe it all to visualive i’m serious

#kommento #// thinking if i should put all my thoughts in the body of the post instead of tags like these but oh well it’s a quirk of mine #// friendship is so important to me cca is so important to me that one skit with that mention of cca is SO IMPORTANT TO ME friendship is so #// without vl i would have never think of adachi as affectionately as i do right now like no dojima hangout times are going to save me in #// any alternate timeline there’s no going back #// i would still love mimi yes but just in a different flavor #// i really don’t how how to describe that fork in the road but yeah i just /waves hands around/ #// unlike most adachinators i develop adachis super weak and sad sympathy and basic morality with a gas station attendant instead #// of detective yaoi and family fun times #// you thinking adachi would win the idgaf war but those two skits in vl blow that all out of the water #// i mean there’s the rest of the game but like i commit favoritism crimes okay #// LITERALLY JUST TOSS HIS SOCIAL LINK AWAY for a second think about what adachi is think about him in the ps2 context #// LITERALLY JUST READ THE MANGA PLEASE i’ve had my theories tested and confirmed on how much you can care about tohruadachi #// at the bare minimum information you have on him and experiencing him as organically as possible IN THE ORIGINAL NON GOLDEN CONTEXT #// you could even go through the drama cds and see how genuine of an adachi he is like seriously forget the golden era and fanservice #// get bancho out of the equation and think about who is right now at that moment #// okay i’m tired now i’ll stop here but i wish people could just enjoy adachi more without the sentiment hes a fuckable antagonist #// dont romanticize his emptiness and hate for the world Like That but rather as human as he already is before you learn he’s a pawn for god #// adachis a special character to me genuinely i wish i could talk about him more often if i didn’t have chronic Not Like Other Girls diseas #// such a fun brain excercise sometimes just wish that i wasn’t poisoned by fandom and that fact they gave him a rep like this that makes me #// so embarrassed or even ashamed to say his name out loud and admit i like him #// LIKE close your eyes and forget hes the villain and he’s the murderer just look at him and think how and why he’s a fucked up guy underne #// underneath the goofball facade he pulls. now think and wonder how much of a genuine goofball he is #// it’s like thinking about ichinose except everyone else is a mysoginist that’s why they take don’t take her seriously #// okay adachi tag most used tag blogger is signing out goodnight guys mwa

[simplysummers]

We love having to turn off anon because somebody in this fandom is being a literal dickhead

#that’s so cute that you think using somebody’s physical health as an insult is remotely intellectual #if you don’t like me or the content I bring to the fandom. fucking block me??? #douchebag #god maybe I’m just tired but I actually hate this space sometimes #it brings out the best in some and the worst in others #why would anybody want to come into a fandom space just to make someone else feel bad #like okay sorry I intimidate you to the point where you choose to pick on me from behind an anon #maybe. and it’s just a thought #don’t interact with me #maybe if you’re somebody that I interact with- come out and tell me to leave you alone #Jesus h Christ

[bylertruther-moved]

it’s always been extremely weird and insulting to me when people make lucas so homophobic in their headcanons or fics... like, what in the world ever gave you the idea that he would be a bigot? please, tell me what the show has ever said or done that has given you that idea. lucas, like dustin, is another character that gets bullied specifically for something that is entirely out of his control: his race. he’s one of the few black characters on the show. he’s been repeatedly bullied, harassed, and attacked for being black. why the hell do you think he would look at will, his best friend, and bully him for something that’s also entirely out of his control, aka his sexuality? what makes you think that lucas would hate will when he’s known will for almost just as long as mike has? lucas is will’s second friend ever and considering how standoffish mike can be to newcomers and the anecdotes joyce told in season two, it wouldn’t even be a reach to say that will likely recruited lucas to their party. lucas and will love each other, support each other, and have remained the best of friends throughout the entire series, their friendship never once faltering. lucas has been shown to be kind, perceptive, and caring time and time again. why do you think that he of all people would become an aggressor? a bully? why do you think that he of all people is most likely to attack someone for the simple crime of being who they are? i know why, but just... why?

#lucas sinclair #i think of lucas who just wanted to find will lucas who didn't want to leave max out lucas who ALSO biked across town in the rain to #apologize to will and then ALSO apologized AGAIN explicitly because he wanted will to know that he regretted what he did and that will's #efforts weren't bad or uncool i think of lucas who is BEGGING his friends to PLEASE support him as he's always supported them #lucas who begs his friends to PLEASE come to his game lucas who sees that max is struggling and wants to help her in any way he can #but that never once pushes her or forces her or makes her feel bad lucas lucas lucas who has so much love and heart #and care to give to all of his loved ones because he just wants them to be safe and happy and loved #because he's black you think that he'd be a terrible person? because he's black you're willing to erase all of that and paint him as a bully #???????? what the fuck is wrong with some people in this fandom bro every time i read that it takes me right the fuck out #like are you even watching the show . i know the answer is no clearly not but like . what the FUCK #u bitches DISGUST me sometimes i swear bro #being a poc certainly does not exclude u from being homophobic but like. dustin and lucas are more likely to sympathize with #will than mike. canonically speaking. let's be fucking real. lucas got bullied for his race dustin got bullied for his disability #and will got bullied for being gay. all of these are things that you cannot help. things that you're born with. things that you can't change #what did mike get bullied for? oh. right. being a fucking nerd. big whoop. #y'all know how i feel about mike but with what has been shown to us explicitly it just makes no fucking sense and i'm tired of it #keep lucas's name out of your mouth if you're gonna disrespect him like that!!!!!!!!! #my posts #my thoughts #lucas

[uchimakis]

been seeing so much unnecessary bi mike slander on my dash recently. sometimes selfcare is blocking 15 people and going into the bi mike tag for an hour <3

#while we're at it im also sick of those condescending 'bi mike is valid too even if its incorrect <3' posts #istg sometimes people in this fandom forget that literally nothing is confirmed and everything is up to personal interpretation #why do some gay mike truthers get so pressed about the possibility mike could be bi huh #ive never seen the same level of aggression from any bi mike truthers about gay mike hcs . ive only seen it from gay mike truthers #obv a lot of gay mikers are great and chill and know how to be normal but there are some people out there who seem to be basing their #entire byler experience on being as biphobic as possible lmao #in the most smug condescending way!! its so annoying!! ive seen people genuinely claim gay mike is Confirmed Canon #and bi mike is just a silly little incorrect hc for people who arent as invested and arent watching the show correctly #ive NEVER had this much trouble w biphobia in fandom before. in all my 12 years of being in fandom #and sorry but im sick of pretending its not happening. anyone who is rolling their eyes at this or thinks im being melodramatic: #its not even about mikes sexuality its about how the discourse is really revealing some peoples true colours wrt general biphobia #idc if mike is gay but i DO care if you have a problem with other people hcing an unconfirmed chara as bi #anyone who doesnt think theres any biphobia in byler fandom needs to unfollow me actually. #ive seen too many horrendously awful takes and blatant misunderstandings of the concept of bisexuality #for people to say its not happening. bc it is . #anyway didnt mean for this to turn into a vent post but ive been feeling this for a while #might delete this later and write a proper vent post thats more coherent at some point but for now im too tired for that #so have incoherent venting ig #me.txt