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i honestly dont know hoe to say this, but you really had a hand in shaping my brai chemistry while i was growing up, no kidding. i remember when i was 13 or so and whenever you posted a pearl rap career chapter it would unironicaly make my day (specially when you dropped the peridot chapter i had a stomach infection or smth, so that video and the last one out of beach city episode were on replay for me for a few days). its really weird seeing that rebecca managed to make a safe space for lgbt folks (it was really hard for me to accept myself as gay, it seems really simple nowadays but back then it was so discomforting to even thinm about it so su and its fandom, and by some extent, your vids, helped me externalize some feelings or queernes i guess, do you remeber when someone said your video editing was raw and masculine? lol). anyways, its wild to think i was in 5th grade when i first watched laser light canon and now im finishing my journalism course in college and seeing how this show raised me in some way and helped me to be aware of my own mental health i only have good memories, thankfully, and its really sad to see that it ended, but i honestly wouldnt have had it any other way. its kind of a long rant but id like to thank you, mackenzie, your videos made me laugh a lot when i was a teen and they still make me now. this show was truly a gift, it made us connect to something bigger and magical. this was kind of a long rant since ive kinda forgotten that su existed and remined that it existed because of some dreams lol. i remembered back then when i was super anxious about the cluster episode, i remeber checking your tumblr everyday and seeing fanon content. i really dont know how to express myself since english is not my first language and i tend to ramble on a lot on my native one, but id like to say youve made me smile a lot, it was so cool seeing you present the su podcast and being an intern at CN. i honestly wish you the best.

Dude it means so much to hear that my lil shitposts have had an impact on people!!!! I completely understand where youre coming from re: SU's impact on your life (and acceptance of queer identity) and feel the same way!!! im so grateful for this show and everything it represents. in a world without Steven Universe my current life would be completely unrecognizable. like genuinely I dont think any single aspect of my life would be the way it is without SU. which is nuts but it's true!!!

I love engaging with this community and it gave me a lot of support when I was at a place in my life where I felt pretty isolated. I'm kind of rambling now too but this seriously has been sitting in my inbox for a bit now and I just knew i needed to respond and say thank you for sharing. <3

ALSO LMAO I FORGOT ABT THE RAW AND MASCULINE COMMENT THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME HAHA

no you're so right because i discovered fanfics early this year so i had a wide range of eren stuff i could read. ive either lost those saved fics (deactivated my old account) or the writers are no longer active ;((

all im left with now is stoner/fuckboy college eren, cheating eren or the same smut scene copy and pasted like 10 times in 10 line drabbles smh. atp i dont even read for eren anymore, im starting to migrate to other fandoms bc aot fanfics are so boring now... i wish people were more original (sorry) with their fics instead of doing the same stuff every time. like i watched aot bc the canon universe was completely different from real life. im not here to see eren in college when i literally go there every week

also is it just me or are fics with plots or atleast context (which is pretty rare now) wayyy better than just pure smut fanfics? i cant get interested in reading a fic if its entirely just gross moans and nasty ass nicknames being repeated like a broken record while they fuck in doggy style😭 i feel like ts lacks imagination and its so hard for me to enjoy fics like that

Ok I'm not gonna lie, I always absolutely LOVE whatever trope ends up becoming cliche or the main go to trope for a popular character😭

For example when I was into Ellie Williams & Eren, I could NEVER get enough of those college dealer fics where they would hit on reader & shit. And right now those Feyd-Rautha fics where reader is always an Atreides princess promised to the Harkonnens... like every character has that one trope that becomes their main it trope and I LOVE it, it's so good like IDC abt the tropes being different.

BUT with that being said, I totally get what you're saying. Those tropes aren't being put to good use, which is what makes them tired & boring.

Like you said, it's always smut repeated over and over again with the nasty weird nicknames the character would never say💀

Like I am SICK of reading 103829229 different variations of "oh fuck yeah babygirl princess let daddy fuck that tight wet pussy" like YUCKKKKK those fics seem to be universally copy & pasted for every popular character ever and it's so LAME.

Like don't get me wrong I love good hot smut scenes, but when that's all it is it's so lame😭 Like please give me some more shit to imagine!!

Unfortunately tho at this point the Eren fandom is very much dead, so I don't bother looking for fics with him in it anymore.

I wish I had the creativity and talent to write all the stories I've wanted to read for all the characters I've liked, but the fandoms are so dead now and for some reason readers don't engage with fics like they used to, thus killing off motivation for anyone starting to write.

Anyways you're so right, anon. Hopefully we find the fics we like and not just pointless smut🙏🏼

No one asked but I'm doing it anyway cuz I love them

With the fandom I'm in now: "Possibilities" because It's the most I've written and it's been such a pleasure. The response from my readers and their engagement has been wonderful and I just really like the story of it. I also really loved to write "Seven Devils" (BTS) but I think that one's been discontinued at this point.

"Possibilities" (for the reason above). I'm also excited for "The Devil Has Got Into That Beast".

I don't think I regret writing any of my stories but I am sad that some have been discontinued because I just lost interest in continuing them :(

I actually have a draft compilation over on my Wattpad. They're ones that simply didn't make the cut into my story. I have a few there but I don't think I've ever really deleted drafts, maybe just those.

I like the fact that you can add covers and banners cuz I think it's cute but it can be a pain in the ass thinking of covers and making them. I also like how you can add stories to libraries. But other than that it's not a very good site😭 It's super glitchy for me, I don't like the ads (I understand tho), and I dont like how you cant bookmark what chapter you're on.

Grammarly!

Twilight Saga! I am obsessed with Jakeward, it's my OTP but I also love Red Dead Redemption just as much.

Maybe a 6? 7 at best?

Picsart.

Jakeward (Edward Cullen x Jacob Black) although it can be a very repetitive sometimes, but I'm trying to explore more dynamics and scenarios between them. And because I'm just really into writing about them rn. I also think Morston (John Marston x Arthur Morgan) is easy because there are countless ways to explore them and all super fun.

Music is a huge inspo and my biggest, reading Twilight (surprisingly), reading other fanfics and watching movies/shows!

I absolutely have trouble. When i first start out with a new fandom, it's super easy because all these ideas suddenly come to me. But after doing it for a while, it's harder because I've already got most of what I want to write out of my system. Yet I still want to write more! And so the struggle begins. I also think that the "inbetween" stage is tough, where you have scenes you want to get to but don't know how to get there or what to write for fillers or how to continue a story to its end. Motivation to continue a story and actually write it is super hard for me.

Sometimes. I mainly struggle with dialogue in the sense that I know what the character would say and how they would say it, but I think when you look back on it, you couldn't really differentiate the characters unless you specifically say who said the line. Like making it obvious who said what. But other than that, I think I know the characters well enough to know how they'd act in certain situations.

I have! Only twice tho! I actually don't like writing smut that much because I just find it a bit of a drag. It can be a bit repetitive at times so i want the smut i write to be as unique each time as possible. I do tend to avoid it when a smutty scene is approaching because I can't be bothered to write it😭 But I love reading smut and want to add my contribution with certain dynamics so I do plan on writing more. I love writing angst and I do like writing fluff.

I've ways been interested in creating stories. I love creating new worlds and scenarios and I find picturing what I write to be aesthetically pleasing and pretty. And the feedback from the readers is always a highlight. I find it crazy how strangers from all over the world come together to read something I made and take the time to tell me they love it and what they think of it. It's just so nice!

Thank you!💜💜💜

You can find me on Wattpad: Minkkksss and Ao3: Minkkk

Same lore anon who asked about rol vs shattered crystal. Back with a diff question. In ur experience, do you think that most boom fans are kids? Ofc a large proportion of sonic fans in general are kids, but like, asking about boom specifically bc it's more of a niche, and the humor (AT TIMES) suits a slightly older audience; like I find the show wayyy funnier now (in my 20s) than I did when it first came out (in my early teens). Basically what I'm saying is that when I post stuff, I feel like only children interact. Which isn't horrible ig but like, it sucks when I wanna have a deeper convo about lore or characterizations (I love both btw), u dig? Ofc u dig. Idk it just feels like there are zero active adults in here except you. Thoughts? Or am I not experiencing the norm?

oh man im actually pretty closed off to the sonic fandom (all fandoms, really) and if it werent for this blog id be that silent fan that shares other peoples art but no one would know who i was. and technically i guess that still is the case because i dont advertise my main blog so if you were to see me around you definitely wouldve never heard of me? anyway my point is that im really the last person to know about the age of the average sonic fan (boom or not) on tumblr BUT... from what ive seen i understand what youre talking about because ive noticed a lot of minors in the fandom and even the adults ive seen around are around the 18-21 range and not much older than that. i know for a fact that sonic fans that are closer to my age and even older exist out there, but in my experience many of them are more active on twitter and i dont feel like immediately redirecting anyone to that place because its twitter and twitter sucks. and thats not even going into my opinion of how adult sonic fans choose to engage with this franchise for KIDS because i swear ive seen some weird shit on here coming from them and im just kinda like, guys pls alkdjflk would you act this way with your other interests? rhetorical bc i dont want to know the answer to that

and thats me talking about just the sonic fanbase in general but a lot of this can apply to boom as well since... boom is still sonic lol a good handful of people just dont like it and the ones that do consume other sonic media and thus dont focus solely on it. between this, its lack of priority with sega atm, the less than universal acclaim that it has, and the fact that its just not old enough to really cash in on that nostalgia bait, its no surprise to me that theres a metaphorical tumbleweed blowing through the boom part of the fanbase right now. hell its not like i was aiming to be one of the few active boom fans when i made this blog, i just wanted a place where i could organize my ideas for the continuation i plan on (eventually) writing while i kept the rest of my sonic consumption on my main blog

anyway just because someones a minor doesnt inherently mean they arent capable of engaging in conversations about lore or characters, but nonetheless, i see what you mean - life experiences can have an effect on how we interact with media and if youre anything like me you probably prefer to talk to people closer to your age lol. idk i feel like my answer is all over the place but i hope you got something from it nonetheless!

talking about vld sorry .

ive been thinking about vld for the past few days and it is INSANE to think about how much of a grip that show had on my balls for like two years straight. i havent blogged about it since like... 2018 and i think its probably still like 90% of my blogs content because i would just come on here every day and be depraved. i would stay up the night a season dropped and would watch every episode in one sitting so i could absorb it asap and not get spoiled by tumblr.

despite this i could not tell you a single thing that happened in voltron other than that klance didnt happen and allura died. thats it i swear to god. i saw a thing mentioning romelle and I though “who tf is that,” googled her, and i dont remember ANYTHING about this woman. was she good or evil? why was she there? i know she wasnt in the first season but fuck if i know how she got there or where she went. i dont know who kosmo is. i think if i rewatched it it would pretty much be a blind rewatch but i remember hating almost everything post season 2 sooo i dont really care.

and lance... I cant lie i miss that boy. i projected so hard onto him, like there was no tomorrow. that klanced blorbo post was completely correct in every single way. i dont kin, not even for fun, but that was probably the closest ive ever come. ive seen a couple jumpscare photos of him on my dash and it fills me with such a wistful and sad feeling. i used to love you but the show did you unbelievably dirty (to be fair EVERY character was mishandled. allura i am so so sorry).

the fandom is a complete mess and most of the people i follow havent posted in 4 years and Im imagining the same is true for most of my followers. I have a sort of high follower count but very little post engagement (i hope this doesnt make it sound like i care because i promise i dont) and i think its because we all dipped the moment season 8 aired. i think i stopped using this blog when i bounced over to shera and it kind of just became my multipurpose think tank.

anyways thats it. feeling oddly nostalgic for days that were not better

i miss you lance

(personal post, not really ew-related :O )

i LOVE that tumblr shows you reblog tags now - i remember going through individual posts with like, maybe 40 notes absolute tops and getting frustrated years ago, very much appreciate the change. makes it a lot more fun to engage with fandom :D (im generally too shy to say anything directly to people so thats why its usually just tags haha)

also i wonder if i should ball all my daily posts into one dump a day or something? i cant imagine its super exciting for half the posts in shipsworld to be from the same artist every time, especially because my style is pretty inconsistent in terms of completion; (sketch/lines/colours/etc)

ive been operating on the “holy shit! two cakes!” analogy in terms of producing eddsworld content - started too embarrassed to post stuff because i never made “finished” stuff but then figured someone out there would like it  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ esp because i dont technically consider myself an artist, per se, and i never had any success with it.

anyway i think i said it somewhere before but im really enjoying ew as a comfort media - i last watched it when i was like, idk, 18 or 20 or something? so its really interesting that theres still an active fandom of varying ages i think! (also heres ur regular reminder im a 27 year old adult 👌)

also sorry if i try to do something new when im drawing and it looks a little silly - im trying to convince myself to expand my pose repertoire by trying new things even if im not sure theyll look good haha

I know that everyone is pretty sure that the FF movie will mean that Johnny will now never be officialy let out of the closet but personally I feel like since the FF are so unpopular and ppl have been bugging Marvel and Disney for an actual canon & 'important' gay character that they may just? Use him? I'm absolutely losing it and its not going to happen (and if it does, good god, its going to be handled so badly) but imagine. Tho as long as they dont bring lyja in im ill count the movie as Ok

So I am going to go Full Conspiracy Theorist out here for a minute because when I and a couple others I personally know have been kind of saying “Johnny’s never coming out now” it refers to a very specific recent incident that we were kind of side eyeing for Possible Movie Interference even before this announcement. Saying up front that I don’t know that this is true, and even if Someone Did Change The Script it’s just as likely to be comic editorial pulling the plug than Kevin Feige coming down from on high to stuff Johnny back in the closet like he’s the Plant Man and it’s the ‘60s:

And then they never let him out of there again. (Strange Tales #121)

So here’s the deal: we know that there are several creators involved with Marvel who hold the belief that Johnny Storm is not the bastion of heterosexuality he’s very often been pushed as. Marjorie Liu (and most likely Daniel Way but we only have Marjorie Liu’s word on this last time I checked) intentionally wrote the relationship between him and Daken in Dark Wolverine as sexual. When I reviewed Marvels Snapshot: Fantastic Four for Women Write About Comics I received some very nice commentary from the creators and a retweet from Kurt Busiek, who is in charge of the Snapshot collection -- and I spend the majority of that review pretty openly talking about the subtext of Johnny’s sexuality and the history that has. So like, this is out there, it goes beyond fandom circles. People know, and you can tell, because a lot of the time multiple creators don’t spend decades making jokes about a character being gay if they don’t kind of think that character is gay. (I am looking at you, John Byrne.) But anyway, fast forward. It’s 2018 and the Fantastic Four are back on the shelves after their Film Rights Mandated Banishment (that Jonathan Hickman leaked as being a Real Thing and not another conspiracy theory). And while I have some significant problems with the 2018 run so far, I have to say, that first issue starts off strong, not in the least because it also featured the return of Wyatt Wingfoot, Johnny’s best friend and former roommate. Turned current roommate again, since apparently they were living together. They were also touching a lot.

Like a lot lot. Love a boyfriend leash. (Fantastic Four v6 #1) And like, look, longtime Johnny readers can tell you all about his long relationship with Wyatt Wingfoot and the subtext you can read into it, but a lot of casual readers noticed this too. People were talking about it. It was noticed. It was pretty obviously paralleled against Ben and Alicia, who were getting engaged at the same time.

Fast forward a couple of issues, all of which Wyatt sticks around for -- he was pretty obviously living with the Fantastic Four after their return for a couple of issues there -- to Ben’s bachelor party, where he and Johnny have this particular conversation:

“When you know -- and you’ll know -- take that leap. Don’t wait fer stronger shielding. Be brave, Johnny Storm.” (FF v6 #5) There’s a lot to unpack here in general, but the “be brave, Johnny Storm” sentiment continually sticks out to me, along with how ungendered this speech is -- not when you meet the right woman, blah blah blah. It’s not a big jump to imagine this as leading out to a coming out narrative, and that’s before we factor in this solicit for Fantastic Four #7:

“Plus a strange new development in the life of the Human Torch.” If you’ve read the issue, however, you know literally nothing of note happens to Johnny in it, let alone anything you could consider a new development, strange or not. It seems pretty clear, if you pull the clues, that there was originally some kind of plot involving Johnny -- and likely his romantic future -- in the original plans but then at some point that plot got pulled and likely replaced by the current Sky soulmate plot that has literally left Johnny shackled by heterosexuality. So it’s clear that at some point in early 2019 something shifted and this Johnny plot got pulled, for whatever reason. And I have no proof beyond all this circumstantial evidence that they were lining up anything that was actually going to concretely within the actual Fantastic Four book address his sexuality, but I think given the circumstantial evidence it is a valid theory. I don’t know if I specifically believe that the reasoning behind whatever this plot getting pulled was MCU interference, but it’s likely that the Fantastic Four project was seriously in development by that point to be able to announce it now, and if, by whatever chance, my “Johnny was going to come out” theory was true, we also know that the MCU has a serious problem with actually handling queer representation within their universe -- see Tessa Thompson’s bisexual Valkyrie scene getting cut, the entire Gay Joe Russo incident. They’re, what, 20+ movies in now and there are no actual queer main characters, right? I know Eternals is apparently changing that, but Eternals is not out yet, and also has significantly less name recognition than Fantastic Four. It’s not a great record, and while I would like to think that maybe that could change either with the Fantastic Four or by the time a Fantastic Four movie rolls out, I just don’t have that kind of faith. But if I’m wrong I’ll totally donate double the cost of the ticket and large popcorn to a charity that actually deserves it.

So there’s my conspiracy theory! Some people do this with celebrities, I do it with Johnny Storm. It’s probably equally unrewarding either way.

you sound like you say a bunch of shit like "oh you sweet summer child" as comments on internert posts

:) so I'm pretty sure this is the first rude anon I've received ever and I'm going to answer it bc why not?

I'm confused since I don't know which post of mine this is referring to especially since I barely interact, rarely make original posts, and most of the blogs that follow me haven't been active since 2019.

So I'm a complete dumbass when it comes to slang and I'm also not very good at gauging when I'm being insulted. So I did what socially inept people do: I searched the meaning of sweet summer child on various sites. And of course that daisy-chained into learning that the phrase is popular with ASOIAF/Game of Thrones fans.

So now I figure I have two choices. You either a) believe I say "oh you sweet summer child" in comments on posts in the same way some people say "bless your heart"-like a condescending asshat or b) you think I sound like an ASOIAF/Game of Thrones fan.

In answer to option a: I dont use that phrase but gosh I hope I don't condescend on posts. Trusted mutuals please tell me if I come off that way because I'm pretty awkward at communicating. Instead I usually scroll through notes and find people to preemptively block so I never have to interact with opinions I don't like. I am not here for discourse. I am not here to be cool. There are much cooler and funnier people on this site that will engage. Go find them. You'll have a blast.

In answer to option b: I've read the published books, watched through season 5, and indulged in a fair amount of fic. In fact, in trying to determine if I'd ever had a rude anon before, I looked through my archive and my first surviving post was a reblog of asoiaf fan art :D

And I wrote asoiaf fic once upon a time. So aside from not unfollowing old fandom blogs, I'm not active in that fandom anymore. (I say this but I was definitely checking out the hyle hunt tag yesterday, lol)

Anyway this was kinda fun bc I learned about a slang phrase, read a bunch of articles, looked through my archive (gosh 2013 me was so excited to find tumblr), reread some of my old cringey fic, and procrastinated going to sleep. I have to wake up in 4.5 hrs and I have a 10 hour shift!!! Revenge Bedtime Procrastination at its finest!!!

You haven't watched every spn episode? That's crazy!

i hope for all my fanfics sake this means you CANNOT tell because my characterization is so on point <3

insane rant below the cut about..... my relationship w media and spn specifically??

but YEah...... i was a huge obsessive fan back in 2011/2012 and gobbled the whole thing up repeatedly over and over. i can not TELL you the number of times i've watched the first five seasons. absolutely unholy. i have a top 28 episode list of my life changers that i will rewatch regularly and did back after i ragequit the series as well because it was crossing over from??? hm. not answering questions for mystery and tension reasons and doin it just for FRUSTRATION and because of the massive number of writers just..... forgetting what the other was doing lol

im truly.....a pretentious bitch with my media........ i love when its been CRAFTED (the terror, les mis). i also adore just feel good idiocy (austenland, mama mia, the proposal). because they hurt me on purpose to say something and make me think OR its just a stupid joyful feel good time!

spn got to and ...... frankly stayed in a space that just. frustrated me and hurt me for.... no gain and no reason.

like...................... janurary of 2012 i made a bet with a friend that if destiel didnt get together by the end of the season they could smack me across the face. i lost and they DIDN'T but. i had totally given up hope and just felt JERKED around. ((also i never got smacked lol))

i had fallen behind and then heard about kevins fate and !! all the pain just added up and up and up and it wasn't worth it anymore, as much as i loved and DEFINED myself by spn i was getting so torn up every week that i just. dropped it.

and smash cut to ten years later when cas confessed and my brainworms awoke from their slumber. i remembered all the LOVE i have for cas and dean and !! its been and AWFUL year and so hard so i let myself slip back in but!!! my RULE for myself is only engage in ways that i know will fulfill me and make me HAPPY. i have no faith the actual text will do that. i have EVERY faith the smart talented marginalized people will present the BEST most creative most evocative version of that narritive

my fic-- if it's set post mid-season eight-- is pretty genuinely fanfic for the reams of meta i read and bits i like and harvest into my own internal narrative of spn.

THAT being said ive rewatched the confession scene TOO many times and did go ahead and watch tombstone and it autoplayed a few episodes after that and this freak named ketch started lying about being his own twin-- which!! hilarious. but not really what i'm after media wise. i also do watch throughs of all my fav minor characters episodes!! so i've done clairenatural but for wayward sisters bc its gunna break my heart bc itll slap so hard. someday i wanna do rowenanatural and garthnatural..... probably also gabriel! but ill likely stay cozy in my first five seasons home for a while lmfao

this is not a statement on my fave shower runners bc i literally dont know them all i swear to you im not a kripke supremacist/purist-- i just already KNOW the ways the early seasons will disappoint me.... im aware inside OUT of how it will break my heart and frustrate me. so ... easy rewatch content

SO ANYWAY here's way too much info about me and also an explanation of why i get nervous around fandom creators i respect-- in my head THEY are the spn writers

Okay, time for my weekly rant so buckle up. The vocal stages were okay-I cant really remember them well because I watched them only once so take what I say with a grain of salt. Well I watched the Spark one once and I only got through half of the other one because I can’t stand ballads especially when there’s no interesting movement on stage to keep me engaged. Like it’s no fault of the members themselves or the song (I actually think their singing was incredibly beautiful and Eunkwang always sings like his wife just left him with the kids which is how you know he’s good) but I physically could not pay attention. That’s why I liked the spark stage a bit better-there was enough movement that I was able to focus on it. I really liked the use of the fire and the way they were walking in and out of the frame trading off parts so there weren’t too many awkward moments where the other members where on stage but not doing anything. The opening was gorgeous with each members being lit by the spotlight as they harmonize. So stagewise, I prefer Spark but vocally I think the other group was stronger. I love Spark and Taeyon is such an incredible vocalist (I mean the song is great because of her) so I don’t get why their delivery was, I don’t want to say weak, but subdued might be a better word. The only one that really stood out was Junhoe (but also that man couldn’t not stand out even if he tried, not with that incredibly rasp) and even he seemed to be holding himself back a bit. Though it was a bit slow it built up well to the two last choruses but still the first half could have been stronger. I know they were trying to draw it out to a strong pay off but I don’t really know if it was enough. And yes the suits were *chef’s kiss*. I think at this point in their career the FNC stylist has put SF9 in so many suits they’ve got it down to a science. Also I’m a sucker for those shirts with the triangle cut out and we got not one but two of them here.

Okay moving on, I’m not sure which group was next but I’ll talk about the Ikon stage. It seems like they finally realized that they’re on a performance based competition show so they decided to pull out the big guns. Love the little skit at the beginning (making sure people don’t forget that they’re YG), it was cute and refreshing. I really appreciated how they leaned into the campy acting in this stage (Stray kids did it too-just adding to the similarities between their stages). The song was meh but I also don’t really like BP especially not their recent stuff so it’s not a big deal. I would have preferred if they had gone with another song maybe Whistle or As If It’s Your Last or if they’d done a 2NE1 song like Chanwoo mentioned some point in the episode. I also think the stage would have been way smoother if they’d let Ikon and Lisa interact. Like if the boys appeared in her set after her section and then they all moved back to the first jungle set and then the whole thing turns gold and they did a dramatic outfit change (but with better jackets because theirs look like they came out of Party City). I also get what you mean about the dancers outfits not being that great. I actually really liked the outfits of Lisa’s dancers in isolation but they didn’t match with her or the set so they threw me off a bit. At least with the ikon members they were going for a modern look so the dancers outfits didn’t look that strange in comparison. Do you think it would have been better if they were white? How would you have improved then? The best way I can describe this performance was that it was a stage, stuff happened, I enjoyed myself but I don’t plan to revisit it anytime soon. Oh and we also have to give points for them cursing on national television not once but twice (at this point Jinwan deserves to say fuck).

Now to Stray Kids. So I feel like I need to preface this with the fact that I am actually a stray kids fan (I won’t call myself a stay because I don’t associate with the fandom) and though I’ve been really critical of them and their stages tend to be my least favorite I still have a soft spot for them (I got into this show because of them after all). I loved, loved, loved the intro with Felix (and yes his biggest flaw is that he’s Australian but I forgive him for it) and the way it immediately transitions into the chorus of DDD-the abrupt transition does fit really well with the Deadpool theme and I guess it is the closest they’re going to get to the feeling of yeeting themselves into traffic like in the movie. Interesting choice to start with the chorus. Now that I’m rewatching it I do really wish they stuck with the comic theme. I think that’s my gripe with SKZ-they have a lot of good ideas but they move on too quickly from them. Just pick a handful of things and sprinkle them throughout instead of cycling through them at breakneck speed. Like okay they’re doing Deadpool and he’s a comic character so keep the comic styling (it would have been a good thing to put in the projection behind Seungmin’s scene), maybe in the subway they could have had some fight choreo so the guns coming in at Lee Knows part aren’t out of nowhere (also someone please tell me they were trying to recreate the meme with the cat and the knives, please I need to know). I absolutely agree that them having a goal or an antagonist would have really helped the story along. I mean they literally have a spoken intro so why couldn’t Felix just tell us who they were fighting (and I’m pretty sure in the movie Wade tells us he’s trying to kill Francis in that scene sooo). As always they put more focus on the rappers (please can we get less Changbin and more Seungmin, Jeongin, or Lee Know or at least give Felix more parts). Seungmin was the real mvp of this stage and he had the best outfit (I think it qualifies for Hanya’s best gay little outfit list). Personally I with they hadn’t gone with Gods Menu again. I’ve been hoping that they would perform My Pace (and maybe remix it with their B-side TA off their Go Live album) because that would be such a fun stage. Again, I enjoyed myself but I won’t revisit it anytime soon. At this point the only groups I actually look forward to are BTOB and SF9 (they’re doing fucking Move and I don’t know whether to be excited or terrified-there’s a clip of Taeyang covering Move from a variety show or interview and I think he does it really well so I know at least one of them can pull it off). Again thanks for creating space where I can info dump and I hope I said something of interest to you!

i think you wrote more than me!! i love this, im gonna put my response under a cut im not being super obnoxious on the dash.

i get that the mayfly stage would be not as visually stimulating for people and usually i would count myself in with that crowd because i love a good spectacle but i think because i watched the spark stage first and my colour perception is sometimes weird so when there's a lot of movement with very little colour variation my tiny pea brain loses track of whats happening really quickly. especially with red. so it was kind of difficult for me to pay attention to the spark stage in the second half. also i absolutely HATE watching people flub on stage because it brings up such visceral secondhand feelings that i couldn't even watch the stage when i started the full episode today.

i love a good suit but you know what i would also love: sf9 in more costume variations. tbh im just getting nitpicky about it because im a costume designer down to the core and i got trained by a designer who specialized in doing avant garde costuming so i tend to skew more towards wild than reserved. it looks like the move stage wont be be suits so ill take it, but oh man to do i want to see some really crazy stuff. which i know they'll never do because idols have to be pretty at all times or the fans get mad but oh i want it so badly.

do you mean how i would improve ikon's backup dancers outfits or lisa's? here why dont i do both. for lisa's dancers i would have just done away with that harness shape all together, its almost exclusively a military style. the jackets by themselves would have been fine but really what they should have done was put them in something that matched the gold but contrasted enough to give them shape. by having at least her dancers in all black on a gold stage there was a lot of "haha look at me do a duck walk because lets throw in some voguing for spice." they could have gone with a mesh bodysuit idea similar to what she was wearing or even just different colour coats. as for ikon's backup dancers, firstly pants. not black. or even a longer skirt. genuinely a part of the reason why i dont watch girl group content is because i HATE the hem length of the shorts they make everyone wear. words cannot describe how much i hate that cut. kpop is so obsessed with showing off women's bodies and especially their legs but they do it in the LEAST flattering way possible because it "can't be too risqué," just shoot me now. i hate it. i hate it so fucking much. yea yea everybody was on cocaine in the 80s whatever but at least they were all wearing french cut bodysuits so their legs looked fantastic. stop interrupting the lines!! anyways. pants so the only section of skin showing is thigh to mid calf, especially because they weren't even doing any fun legwork! if they really wanted to keep the full sleeve bodysuits they shout have done them in a fabric with a texture or external embellishments, like a patent/vinyl or sequins/rhinestones. something to catch the stage lights so we can actually see the shape of the limb. but the easiest way to fix it is literally just cut the arms off the bodysuits. stages are lit to show off skin, sometimes the best way to have something be seen is just to have it bare.

i agreed skz cycles through ideas way too fast, they need to just pick a couple and stick them out through the stage instead of just adding more and more different ones throughout. also ok good someone else noticed that there is just...so much changbin. we don't need that much changbin. i know there's other boys in the group let them do something! also im pretty sure theyre not recreating the cat knife meme but actually the promo image from john wick chapter two, which i also could have sworn i saw a deadpool version of as an instagram ad back when movies were happening, but now that im looking for it it doesn't exist so i might be crazy.

im excited for the move stage but im also trepidatious because...its move. i have NO clue what the concept is from the previews so i just hope its weird enough to take it enough out of the taemin context for me to enjoy it.

Please No reblogs on this one :> it's a bit more personal and rambly but id be fine with good-faith replies etc just don't necessarily want it to gain traction if possible thanks

i don't really want to be a person coming on to another persons post so I won't but,

i just read one of those posts that's been going around about "yall talk a lot about found family but don't show up for the people in your lives" and I don't think that applies to me an extreme amount because i do try to show up for my friends, i was literally on the facebook call when my friend broke up with her boyfriend troubleshooting her responses to him and shit yknow like I CAN be there and i try to be. of course i could work on my social anxiety but it brings me to the fact that,

the post just reminds me that i tell people so often, early on in relationships, that I am not good at initiating conversations, i have Literal Social AnxietyTM but i will talk to people if they talk to me first,

and quite a few people have been like "oh wow you don't seem shy haha" and then... never initiate conversations. this was mainly a thing i noticed in community based Masters program, where I told pretty much everyone there that i can be a really good friend but i need others to engage me first because i, psychologically speaking, have a really hard time doing it

and like. i guess i didnt need those specific people to be my friends. but it did just suck being one of the people that only got invited to full-group things while the rest of them had their own pockets of 2-3 friends. i mean, i wasnt the only one who did kind of get left out of stuff so there is that, at least, but..................................... shit is wild.

and i mean i do wish i had have maybe reached out more often, especially to the other people who were kinda left out.... but that is something that is legitimately hard for me, and i try to make it clear. and hope that people will just be the ones to message me or invite me places. but it's always a precious few that actually do (and usually i end up loving them for it- i do have legitmate and amazing longstanding friendships so)

PLEASE note that nobody who follows me is any of these people lmao. there is one person who does follow me from my program and i love her and she was busy with a fulltime job and stuff and she's one of the people i actually did get a bit close to and i miss her, but she's never on tumblr so i doubt she'll read it

finally- i think there are different levels of friendship, yknow? like there are friends i only talk to about certain things (like fandom stuff) and that i dont talk to very often but i still consider them to be friends. and friends that ive known years and years that live very different lives, so we dont talk that often, but if they needed me and i was able to help i'd be there. and when we do see each other, its like no time has passed.

yeah anyway. friendship is important but it absolutely takes work, and it takes being in the right time in the right place, and so much shit goes into it it's really kind of amazing.

Wow your posts on buddie has really made me re think how the fandom talks about them/buck. Like I know there is a weird obsession with them (its actually a pretty big turn off from the ship imo and if anything makes canon buddie LESS likely to happen, not surprised that there are cast/staff members opposed to it). And this stuff with Ana is ridiculous, I actually think her and Eddie are really cute and that shes a good “moving on” LI, whether they last or not. tbh the fandom also doesn’t really have any proof on whether they are a good match or not because all we really know about her is that shes a nice teacher, and Im interested to see how her and Eddie grow! But I always thought the bi Buck thing was about 1. “Flirting” with guys this season (TK in the crossover, bar guy in buck begins, maybe even the probie in jinx if you squint... all of which can be taken either way) and 2. Oliver talking in interviews about how he would be open to a buddie storyline (not sure what Ryan has said about it). I only really joined fandom about a month ago, so idk about anything before that. I never really thought about people not talking about bi eddie, but yeah after I read your posts its blatant how its such white gay fetishizing lol and Im embarassed I didnt even notice. Like theres a lot of similar hints for lgbt Eddie (ex “theyre not my type” in s2) as there are for lgbt Buck but yeah, no one ever really talks about Eddie, just “omg get buck a bf this season 🤪”. Buck is not the only option for bi rep lol, and I actually think there are multiple characters on the show that would be more interesing to explore bisexuality with (eddie, may, even albert lol). And if we’re being honest when it comes to buddie, the only scenes that we have that are 👀 are 1. The christmas scene in s2 with the elf and 2. The go for the title scene in s3. And both those scream fanservice lol. And that combined with things like the live stream comments “omg they should date” in s2, it should be kind of obvious that the writers dont really plan to go canon with buddie so I wish the fandom would stop over analyzing every look sometimes haha. Anyways this got kinda long but I just wanted to say thanks for sharing your opinion and yours (and others) posts were really thoughtful (and almost refreshing)!! ☺️

Aww, thank you for your kind words. <3

I was actually a little bit worried about making my original post in the first plce because... well you know how fandoms can be.

Also, as to the “flirting”...

Why on earth do people always assume that somebody being nice/friendly/smiling = flirting? It’s NOT! 

Saying that Buck was flirting with the bar guy is exactly what it sounds like when a creepy guy tries to ask out the pretty girl at the cash register because “she was totally into me”. Ditto with the probie.

Buck is a friendly dude and is very good at engaging with people. That’s a sign of him being NICE, not a sign of him being FLIRTY! People need to stop equating every interaction he has with people with what creepy dudes at the cash register are like. PLEASE! I’m BEGGING!

she apologized for how she handled the situation and apologized for brushing off someone's honest criticisms as hate. what more is she meant to do? throw herself onto a pyre? is she not allowed to feel lousy that this whole thing blew up in her face? because she's an adult and she made a mistake, she's not allowed to be sad or stressed? she's still an imperfect human. apologizing immediately usually means people are still sensitive to their own hurt of being called out because it's fresh and on their mind so it tends to slip into their apology, but if she had waited any longer to compose herself, you guys would probably have an issue with how long she took. also, in aaaaaallll of this, I've have yet to once see what exactly about her work is so problematic? I've read her fic and I personally can't see anything wrong, although I will admit that yes, I'm a white ciswoman but I'd like to think I'm aware of negative tropes. but the only thing touted is "it made an mlm uncomfortable" but HOW??? honestly, I want to know! if anything so I can avoid doing the same thing! how is anyone meant to learn when you're not bringing up these points as often as you're explicitly laying out the problems in her apology and whatnot. I've seen 6 posts about how shit the apology was and for why and I've not once seen the original comment detailing why the fic was problematic, and I've been looking on twit, tumblr, insta, and ao3. if it's been deleted, why isn't anyone stating again and again what's wrong? also, if someone is making fic/art you don't like, don't. interact. with. it. there's tons of stuff on ao3 and twit that I don't like, some of it that I think is disgusting (do you know how many fics there are with keith/kosmos?) and I just scroll past it cause it can't hurt me if I don't read it. there's one artist that's pretty popular on Twitter and I personally really hate they way they draw klance but it's all over my tl. I respect that person's art style and creativeness and keep on moving. other people enjoy it, good for them. and if I start reading something and get surprised with something I dont like, I leave! find people who write things you like and stop engaging with creators who's things you don't like, as far as I know no one is holding a gun to your head making you read problematic fic. also for as much as you rag on her for the words she used to apologize, you don't seem to be considering your own words when offering criticism. if Taylor mistook the person's words as hate, couldn't it have been because the way he worded the complaint was done hatefully? lastly, no one, absolutely no one, is required to talk about world issues when they're running a fandom account,no matter how "big" they are. we all know what's going on in the world, we're surrounded by sad and stressful stories practically 24/7 and if someone isn't, they're probably curating their social feeds to be that way (like you should do when it come to kl content creators you don't like). people sending hate in Taylor's defense are in the wrong I agree, and this isn't hate its critism its a discussion, but Taylor isn't responsible for, how many people did you say? 16k on twit? even if she said hey guys stop, you think they would? she's can't control all those people and expecting her to is nonsense. I see so many younger fans expecting perfection in their fandoms and that just isn't going to happen. yes we should be striving to be better but no one is ever going to be perfect. not you, not me, not the mlm person, not Taylor, not anyone on any side of this argument. the only way to avoid this kind of circular dog piling and hate sending is to better curate your fandom experience by ignore those you have issues with.- 🦛

she apologized for how she handled the situation and apologized for brushing off someone's honest criticisms as hate. what more is she meant to do?

im pretty sure i said its good that she realizes she handled it poorly. but she makes the whole apology about this, doesnt directly talk about the issues and i know someone went to her to talk about it. also, it took her a day to say something about it so it wasnt exactly immediate (in the sense people had already stopped talking about it but that doesnt mean they werent still bothered). the apology was directed at mlm, and i havent seen one saying it felt genuine. of couse she can be hurt but when you apologize to a marginalized group the focus shouldnt be your feelings, but the feelings of the ones you have hurt.

I've have yet to once see what exactly about her work is so problematic?

she admits to be projecting on lance. so she makes him very femine and keith very masculine. and ok, gay couples like that do exist, but she is a woman projecting in this situation so this bothers people. putting mlm in this position is a harmful steriotype, bc it feels very heterosexual. this is a trope, it unfortunately happens a lot and its harmful. women need to be aware of what they are representing when drawing/writing mlm because well, real mlm are going to see it, and no one likes to feel like a fetish to others. and its not our place to question if the criticism is right or wrong when we are not mlm, so if you read this and think “but thats not a problem thats not a fetish etc” well, its not your place to judge that. theres more to it and you probably could get a better answer from a mlm sorry.

if someone is making fic/art you don't like, don't. interact. with. it. there's tons of stuff on ao3 and twit that I don't like, some of it that I think is disgusting (do you know how many fics there are with keith/kosmos?) and I just scroll past it cause it can't hurt me if I don't read it.

please, lets not compare a minority pointing out harmful tropes with. something fucking illegal.

as you said, you are a cis woman, of course its not going to hurt you in this case. but if people are making harmful content its not a simple matter of “dont interact with it” because they will still be promoting it, other people are going to read it, and media influences how we see minorities so of course people will not like when they see bad portrayal of them. also, tumblr sucks so even if you want to just “dont interact with it” its hard because even after blocking you can still cross the content of someone. not sure how it works on twitter but anyway this discussion started on tumblr and tumblr doesnt stop people who were bothered by her to avoid her by blocking.

if Taylor mistook the person's words as hate, couldn't it have been because the way he worded the complaint was done hatefully?

i think she deleted the ask by now, but i dont remember the ask being hateful. i remember someone asking if she was a fujoshi, and another person mentioned that mlm didnt like the way she portrayals klance. i dont remember it being hateful. but again, she apologized for handling it badly. its just that she stops there.

no one, absolutely no one, is required to talk about world issues when they're running a fandom account,no matter how "big" they are. we all know what's going on in the world, we're surrounded by sad and stressful stories practically 24/7 and if someone isn't, they're probably curating their social feeds to be that way

ignoring world issues is a privilege. if someone is able to turn off from all the problems in the world, its a privilige. yes no one should talk aobut it all the time thats not even healthy, but to never talk about it is a privilege. thats what black people are saying, they cant just turn off from racism, so yes they are going to expect white people to do something. online honestly i cant do shit, i dont think anything i reblog here does a difference and i do what i can in my own country, but she has a plataform that could help bring awareness. again, its a privilege to be able to curate your social media to be a perfect happy place.

even if she said hey guys stop, you think they would? she's can't control all those people and expecting her to is nonsense.

maybe they wouldnt, but if people were doing this type of thing in my name, in my defense, i would at least say something about it idk. she cant control them but she makes nothing to show that she disagrees or look for the people being harassed to say something about it.

the only way to avoid this kind of circular dog piling and hate sending is to better curate your fandom experience by ignore those you have issues with.

when it comes to simple things like “i prefer taller lance and i dont like taller keith” yeah, its fine to ignore people who draw taller keith and move on with your life or something like that. but we are talking about mlm, a real group of people, being upset for being portrayed in a harmful and steriotype way. its everywhere in fandom, and in real life. they cant escape from real life, and then they come to fandom where everyone wants some escapism and have to deal with more issues. its tiring

Since Hetalia is trending due to the new season+manga being announced? Um word of warning/advice to any new/returning fans:

1. You will see people saying that it's Nazi worship. It's not, it mostly just makes fun of different cultures across the world and is like "And at this point in history, in this country, this happened" but funny. A lot of the humor is very tongue in cheek... It's like a mix of the Office and Culture Clash tbh, but from what I've seen (and as a middle schooler I saw most episodes and most of the manga) There isn't much about the politics of the N@zis, just the war strategy styles/how they rationed food. It's also a light hearted show about history, culture, and sometimes war, so it doesn't really talk about the dark sides of war.

2. On the subject of war, It pretty much showcases wars that are Wwii or before, so nothing "recent." Also for the most part, guns aren't shown in the series, and when they are, they aren't shown being used (usually strapped to someone's back). The wars show usually play out as "narration about why two countries are fighting" and then Hannah Montana Style Catfighting.

3. If you do like the show, good! Don't let anyone get you down about it, however be warned that the fandom itself has pretty dark fic, and some people who were in the fandom were not very nice. Not to others within the fandom, or outside of it. The fic can also be classified as "crack fic"

4. The main characters are all stereotypes of countries based on the author's experiences in America and Japan. I.e. America is basically the guys from Buzzfeed Unsolved+ Sanders' Sides' Roman, England is a posh prick, France is Flirty+"cultured?" , Japan is reserved, Sweden is stoic, China and South Korea are both loud, etc. Its all stereotypes, that's the joke. It also talks about where these stereotypes stem from wothin the culture.

5. There isn't a coherent story being told. Most of the episode consist of 5-15 minute snapshots into history. Some of them are cute, some are sad, some are informative, and some are .. a bit weird.

6. There is a movie. It makes no sense, and I'm pretty sure its a ripoff of the Movie Alien.

7. Just... don't look at the old fanfic... don't look at the old fan games. Like, Heta Oni is ok? Dreamtalia is really pretty but really messed up? But other than that it's not worth it. A lot of it is racist/fetishizing, and the other half is so deep in Fan Wars (i.e. "wars" people had over ships, characters, and portrayals. To the point where the author had to clarify whether or not one of the main characters was a girl or not)

A lot of the old fans were misogynistic, homophobic/internalised homophobic, yaoi fangirls, and a little sexist. There were some fans who thirsted so hard over characters that if an adult female character was so much as in their fave's space they were jealous over her and led cancel campaigns towards said character. Those who didn't cancel female characters... sexualised them.

There's a 12 yearold (micronation,Wy) for some reason (said 12 yearold would canonically be about 17 now, but I'm sure she's still portrayed as 12.) who several fans had sexualised just because she wears a bikini top and shorts. They also shipped her, often in a dirty manner, with another nation who is presented as like 12.

Just dont look at the fanworks. The fanart is... ok i guess? But dont go there, its gross. The fandom was prominent during 2012, the same time that Attack on Titan and Yuri on Ice were prominent- and that should tell you all you need to know about the fandom, that it was very gross and immature.

8. All of the characters, as stated by the author, represent the attitudes and stereotypes of the people of a nation, not necessarily their government. That being said, I'm not sure why some of the characters seem to get along and some don't, as their relationships seem to represent political relationships more than how different peoples view each other.

9. IF YOU SHIP, please do not ship characters where the nations hate eachother irl, where the nations have historically opressed one another in whatever way (i.e. England x India, Austria x Hungary), or where the nations, in the show, have some form of Familial ties (England x America, France x Canada, Netherlands x Belgium, n.c etc.)... tbh it's best not to ship, most of the characters hate eachother anyways. But if you do ship, try to avoid ships with those problematic dynamics.

10. Try to enjoy it with a grain of salt. Its a very fun, childish show, that is meant to teach Japanese Children about history and culture across the world. It wasn't really meant for an older audience until about season 4, when it took off in Western Nations as Funimation was adapting and dubbing it.

11. Do check out cosplay culture within the fandom! It's generally the nicest side of the fandom and the most beautiful part of any anime fandom.

12. I have long left the fandom due to personal growth as well as the fandom dying out. It died because of lack of content and internal conflict, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the good parts of it... just seriously don't engage with most fanworks.

Good luck to the new season, and to the small revival of the fanbase.

I am the person who asked about cultural appropriation and I felt so much better after seeing your post. I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion and it shouldn’t be used to invalidate other people’s opinions. I have been a kpop fan for a long time and I remember when ddududdudu came out I was a huge blackpink fan back then and I saw the bindi and I felt kind of weird. I didn’t know how to react but I didn’t really like it. I was young and a bit naïve so I think that was my first real exposure to cultural appropriation. I didn’t really acknowledge it before because it wasn’t people I look up to doing it. And I had my reasons for being offended. 1.) I have experienced a lot of racism as an Indian living abroad and have been called all sorts of slurs for being too Indian so I don’t feel comfortable wearing a bindi but others could and when I went online they were praised for their amazing outfits and looks 2.) I had never seen blackpink address their Indian fans or anything to do with Indian culture. Then I went on Twitter hoping to see other people maybe speak up about it but oh my god it was a messsss. People were losing their shit over how it wasn’t even Indian culture cuz it was just a gem and then also that it doesn’t matter cuz Indians don’t even mind if others wear bindis. And there were non-Indian people defending their faves so fiercely to the point they started insulting Indian culture and i was so scared. I was in a kpop group chat back then and I mentioned there that I didn’t like it and they were okay with that. But after seeing what happened on Twitter, I felt a bit scared that people might think I overreacted so I literally told them that ‘I was feeling bitchy’ and ‘forget what I said’. I really invalidated myself and my opinions even though I personally felt offended. Over the years I have realised how big of a problem this is, not just in kpop, but in the media we’re exposed to in general. But it’s more frustrating to see the idols that tell me they love their fans equally and love everyone also take freely from my culture and not give back. I’m at the point where I don’t feel like a fan because kpop is not catered towards someone like me. And whenever I have tried to educate others, people take it upon themselves to shut me out. Like I’m not even trying to cancel your faves, just educate them but for some reason as soon as certain fans hear cultural appropriation they go into full attack mode thinking that their faves are being cancelled. And this made me realise that there is so much hypocrisy and internalised racism present to this day, not just against Indians but so many other minorities. A lot of kpop fans also have double standards when it comes to racism. Even if they support artists of colour, they can still be racist. It’s sad because kpop has grown so much and have a large audience of young people who look up to them. And when these idols get away with feigning ignorance, their fans think that’s it’s okay to do the same too. It’s a dangerous concept for a generation that should be advancing with their thinking, not going back in time. Also I’m really sorry the ask became so long. I might as well have submitted an essay. I had to talk to someone about this after I saw someone tell me that I should be happy that kpop idols wear bindis because they look good in it....meanwhile if I wear it, I get called things I can’t even say on here. Some people just don’t seem to understand that. Also, I know that I mentioned blackpink a lot here but that’s because I used to be a blink so that was my personal experience with them. I know there are groups out there who have done worse and it just makes me sadder. I am put off of kpop but I really do enjoy the music and the whole fun of being a kpop fan. But the ignorance that runs through the kpop industry and some of the fans too really can’t be ignored.

yeah its definitely jarring for elements of your culture to be thrown in your face while people outside of your culture are praised for taking the same things that others would bully you for. a lot of fans seem to be quick to call out racism and xenophobia against kpop idols (which is a very real thing obviously) but turn a blind eye when there are clear instances of 1. fandom racism 2. cultural appropriation and racism being perpetuated by idols/companies

the original intent of cancel culture makes sense, but i feel like now the conversation stems around the fear of being cancelled rather than accepting accountability and doing better moving forward. people are allowed to grow and change...but dismissing that the wrongdoing even happened is not the way. ive mainly heard about this kind of devotion/behavior on twitter though (no wonder kpop stans have a bad name when the first thing that comes to mind is kpop twitter). i feel like people on here are pretty good about not brushing this to the side

you definitely didnt overreact by just calling out that it wasnt okay and it was also wrong for people to say it was just a "gem" lmaoooo wtf. and you obviously cant just make a generalized statement to say that indians dont mind...who is anyone to say that. even a south asian who doesnt mind that much doesnt have the right to say that all indians dont mind if others wear the bindi...because people can have differing opinions (in my opinion). but its pretty obvious when things do and dont belong

you probably didnt send me an ask for unsolicited advice but ill give it to you anyway- anyone (in real life or on the internet) who makes you feel like your lived experiences dont matter are not worth your time. you know your intentions are good by calling bad things out when you see it. if paying attention to kpop on twitter is affecting you that badly, then maybe take a step back and see how you feel. anything that is affecting your internal peace should be re-assessed, protect your peace!! i agree with you, the ignorance cant and shouldnt be ignored by idols/companies and fans!

as far as engaging with kpop despite all of this...it's up to you to determine what level of engagement you want to have. it's definitely very off putting but these days, is no ethical consumption i feel lmao. maybe it would help if you found a niche of fandom that you're comfortable with engaging in. i feel like people on here are very cool and not quick to dismiss things

and no worries about writing a long ask LMAO bc i wrote one right back and had to include a read more...