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I'm nosy and I also love enabling people to rant, so tell us the reasons why you think spideychelle and irondad hate Peter (I kinda know with irondad tho). Anyway, go off, rant away!

I should give a disclaimer since people lack the emotional fortitude to scroll by opinions they disagree with: this is just an opinion, based on years of being in both of these fandoms and what I’ve been witness to.

To me, there are large swaths of both irondad and spideychelle that do not seem to give a shit about Peter Parker (and as a result, Spider-Man).

IronDad is a bit more obvious to anyone who has been around fandom for a bit. It’s in the name; the inordinate focus of 80% of IronDad fics are about Tony: his fears, his worries, what he thinks about Peter, how his life has been changed from being around Peter. If it’s a whump fic, it’s about how Peter being hurt harms Tony. If it’s a “team” fic, it’s about how Peter can defend/support/have so much hero worship for Tony. If it’s a “family” fic, it’s about Peter is Tony’s long lost son and how that affects him or how learning how to be a Father figure matters for Tony— not the literal orphan who watched his uncle die and is raised by his single aunt, Peter Parker. Even in fics that are in Peter’s POV, you can throw a dart and hit a fic that will most likely be revolving around how Peter fits into Tony’s life compared to the other way around. And if you wanna argue about this, ask yourself— how many fics can you think of that genuinely and truly have Peter’s life and friends at Midtown that don’t debase them into memes or complications where Tony shows up as a cameo one-liner, compared to the alternative?

If you can name those, but you can’t give specifics for the alternative— that gives you a picture of how imbalanced things are.

Spideychelle is a bit trickier, not just because it’s a smaller fandom (which is its own issue and in large part because of IronDad utterly consuming MCU Spider-Man fic which is a problem because he is fucking Spider-Man and should have enough fic and a presence to not be ALWAYS subsumed into Tony Stark’s life but I digress), but because this is not just giving a shit about Peter— but more not giving a shit about Spider-Man.

Not that irondad is free of these tropes (which so much of irondad being starker lite is a topic for another day), but spideychelle focuses on the romance: the getting together, the smut, the relationship, etc. Spider-Man is an obstacle and not in the fun story way. It’s an annoyance, something to be overcome, disregarded or completely ignored because what people really want is tomdaya rpf the romantic journey. It’s far more likely to shoot a dart and find a fic that revolves around the feelings and the relationship between the two of them, with the Spider-Man aspect of who he is being something delegated to a one line reference to patrol or exposition of how Peter “used to prioritize” the city over MJ but “chooses better now” which— sure. But in a vacuum, if the focus is just constantly smut, constant romantic yearning, constant hyperfocusing on either Peter and MJ (because fuck Ned, Flash, May, or literally anyone else right?) that also tends to be no powers or Spider-Man as a non-entity, then I have a hard time believing that people actually give a shit about Peter. Peter is Spider-Man, if you remove that from the equation, he’s just another romantic love interest for the MC the writer projects on.

(And that to me is where the blatant hypocrisy comes in because the sins of irondad are long and many but spideychelle fandom being pretentious as hell, claiming to truly love Peter MORE than irondad, only to ignore Ned and Flash and May in the same ways that IronDad does is ridiculous. IronDad is terrible about Peter’s side characters— and terrible in deeply misogynistic and racist ways, full stop end of story. But spideychelle, while not always or explicitly racist and misogynistic, is really no fucking better if Peter’s best friend doesn’t exist except to give Wisdom or May becomes “MJ’s sole maternal figure” like… do we not all see the connections here)

It’s why my ultimate Thought is that both fandoms have a lot of great strengths but also are absurdly hypocritical about the other in ways neither seems to be self aware about.

IronDad focuses so hard on Spider-Man that Peter Parker doesn’t exist; at best, he’s a flingy little hero that the Avengers can fawn over or a wise cracking whump target that Tony can worry over and at worst, he’s an OOC sobbing little sad sack that couldn’t breathe without Tony and needs cuddles with him and him alone to survive the big bad world. When it comes to Peter’s life, world, friends, family, internal motivations, the focus of the story isn’t Peter as an end to itself— it’s Tony.

Spideychelle focuses so hard on Peter Parker that Spider-Man doesn’t exist: at best he’s a sarcastic little flirty shit that MJ has always been deeply obsessed with and has never known love before until he came into her life or an awkward idiot who can’t form a sentence in front of her and at worst, he’s just a white guy with a dick that sees MJ as another hole. When it comes to Peter’s life, world, friends, family, internal motivations, the focus of the story isn’t Peter as an end to itself— it’s the relationship (not even MJ as a person, which is somehow even worse).

It’s disappointing not just as a Peter Parker fan but also to the detriment of both Tony and MJ— both of whom are characters that have so much potential and are both debased into the most basic and bland characterization they can be that are almost co-dependent to Peter Parker.

Now before someone gets themselves into a snit, I’m not saying fics that combine the best of them don’t exist. Clearly, they do. I love reading them. But they’re not the default— in both “sides” of fandom— and it’s why I’ve been constantly frustrated since 2019 that Peter Parker is the one connecting thread to these two aspects of fandom.

It should not be so fucking rare for anyone to give a shit about Peter enough to see him as that focus, that even when TALKING about MCU Spider-Man— the fandom isn’t even fucking about him, it’s about these relationships.

My soul duty is to kill and absorb the soul of every white stewy blogger on here. He’s mine. Back off.

stay away from well actually.

-🛡️

how about you kill yourself

The men I like will be all “oh yeah I play 15 instruments and I released an album. Also I self published a book and work for non-profits and also I save orphans from burning buildings and perform life saving surgeries on kittens. One time I helped an old lady across the straight and that old lady was Mother Theresa.”

And like. I’m just a guy my dude. I’m just a funny lil bloke. I can’t compete with that what the hell.

i don’t love you anymore. we couldn’t be less compatible these days. but there’s someone else for me.

i dont know if you can say the same about yourself, but that isn’t my problem.

all i do is wish you luck.

ICJ Ruling

Okay, let's get into this.

First of all, I get the frustration at the court not ordering a ceasefire. I was disappointed and frustrated at first too, since a ceasefire was the biggest and most important preliminary measure South Africa was requesting - and of course we just all want this horror to finally end for the people in Gaza. So I get the frustration and disappointment, I really do.

However, I do think this ruling is still a major win for South Africa, Palestine, and international law as a whole and here's why:

The court acknowledged that it has jurisdiction over this case and completely dismissed Israel's request to throw out the case as a whole. It will now determine at the merits stage (that will probably take years) whether Israel is actually commiting genocide.

The court acknowledged that Palestinians are a "distinct national or ethnic group and therefore deserving of protection under the genocide convention". Pull this out next time someone tells you "there's no such thing as Palestinians, they're all just Arabs".

The court acknowledged very unambiguously that "at least some" of Israel's actions being genocidal in nature is "plausible". South Africa has a case, officially. Israel is accused of genocide, in a way the ICJ deems "plausible", officially. This is huge. (And seriously, how freaking satisfying was it to hear all of those genocidal statements by Israeli politicians read out loud and used as justification for this rulling?)

The court might not have ordered a "ceasefire" in those words, but they did order Israel to "immediately end all genocidal acts" (which includes killing and injuring Palestinians) and submit proof that they actually did. How are they going to comply with this ruling without at least severly reducing or changing what they're doing in Gaza?

In fact, this wording might actually be more appropriate for a genocide (vs a war), as author and journalist Ali Abunimah notes on Twitter:

He's completely right. Israel lost today, by overwhelming majority (I mean, 15 to 2? I heard people predict the rulings would be very close, like 9 judges vs 8, but instead we got 15 to 2 (and even 16 to 1 on the humanitarian aid). Holy shit.) The court disimissed almost everything Israel's side of lawyers said, while acknowledging that South Africa's accusations are "plausible".

And this is important especially because of Mr Abunimah's second tweet there^. Because the question is, where do we go from here?

This ruling means that Israel is officially /possibly/ commiting genocide and that should have huge international consequences. The rest of the world now HAS to take these accusations seriously and stop arming and supporting Israel - and if they won't do it on their own, we, the people, have to make them. This is THE moment to rise up all around the world, especially in the countries most supportive of Israel (the US, the UK, Germany): Protest, call your representatives and demand a ceasefire and an end of arms deliveries to Israel.

We now have a legal case to back our demands: If Israel is, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" commiting genocide, then all of our governments are, according to the ICJ, "plausibly" guiltly of aiding in genocide. And we need to hold that over their heads and demand better. We need to do that right now and in huge numbers. Most politicians only care about themselves and saving their skin. We have to make them realize that they could be accused of aiding in genocide.

(As a German, I'm thinking of Germany here in particular: After South Africa's hearing, our government dismissed their case as having "no basis" - how are they going to keep saying that now that the ICJ officially thinks otherwise? Over the last months, people here have been arrested at protests for calling what's happening in Gaza a genocide. How are the police supposed to legally keep doing that now that the ICJ has officially deemed this accusation "plausible"? I used to be scared to use the word "genocide" at protests or write it on my protest signs - not anymore, have fun trying to arrest me for that when the ICJ literally has my back on this one 🖕🏻.)

So yeah - don't be defeatist about this, don't let Israel's narrative that they "won" (they didn't) take over. This might not be everything we wanted, but it's still a good result. Don't let what the court didn't say ("ceasefire"), distract you from the very important things that they did say. Let this be your motivation to get loud and active, especially if you live in any country that supports Israel. Put pressure on your governments to not be complicit in genocide, you now officially have the highest international court on your side.

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

extra (?)

silly randomized AU I doodled for fun, basically just shuffled around the characters (still working on zooble and kinger), might try n' draw them forreal instead of just doodling them... maybe

oh yeah, ragathas supposed to be kinger, pomni is jax, gangle is zooble, jax is pomni, kinger is gangle and zooble is ragatha (i have no idea how im gonna pull off zooble and kinger)

♡ my DREAMBOY ♡

Kabru has a secret admirer in the castle!

Palestinians are blamed for not being kind enough to their occupiers again and again. For not using the right words to describe them. And then they turn around and try to preach politics to us, how we're "oversimplifying" things. I promise you — we know how the system works better than you do. That is why it is all of our dreams to change it. To continue to play in this system is acceptance of the occupier's logic and practices. We will not accept such a thing because their goals are antithetical to our lives. Do not fall for their propaganda — their goal is to obfuscate the truth with half truths and incomparable circumstances.

look this site really is awful for ppl with OCD so i just wanna reassure anyone that you are not Tainted Forever for consuming a piece of media with questionable content. the fact that youre able to recognize it speaks to your critical thinking skills, which is good, certain depictions should be critiqued. but you dont need to ruminate on it to the point where you begin to feel guilty for simply witnessing gross or creepy writing choices. you dont have to vindicate yourself to the fictional tumblr discourser inside your head, saying that youre now a bad person bc you watched the wrong anime. your actual response to it still matters of course, but thats that and this is this. just seeing it is neutral, you didnt commit a thought crime. its literally fine.

IF YOU ARE USING THIS POST TO ONLY FURTHER YOUR STUPID PEDANTIC BLACK-AND-WHITE DISCOURSE TO GET A "GOCHA" OVER THE OTHER SIDE YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. DON'T USE OUR DISORDER TO VINDICATE YOUR BEHAVIOR. THOUGHT CRIMES ARENT REAL BUT ACTIONS STILL MATTER. PEOPLE WITH OCD ARE CAPABLE OF THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT OUR ACTIONS AND RESPONSES, EVEN WITH INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS AND RUMINATIONS. TREATING US AS IF WE CANNOT, ONLY TO FORCE US TO USE YOUR STRINGENT UNNUANCED DISCOURSE OPINIONS ABOUT "PURITY CULTURE" (TRIGGERING TO THOSE WITH OCD) AS THE ONLY REASONABLE GUIDE DOES MORE TO EXACERBATE OUR OBSESSIONS THAN HELP US. YOU ARE THE ISSUE AS WELL. YOU ARE ALSO THE TUMBLR DISCOURSER INSIDE OUR HEADS. DO NOT USE US FOR YOUR DISCOURSE. WE ARE PEOPLE, NOT HYPOTHETICALS TO USE TO EXPLAIN IF YOUR FROZEN INCEST FANFICTION IS OKAY OR NOT. TREATING US AS IF WE CANNOT AUTONOMOUSLY HAVE OUR OWN OPINIONS ON WHEN MEDIA IS TANGIBLY HARMFUL IS ABLEIST. FORCING US TO ABIDE BY YOUR IN-GROUP'S SET OF UNEQUIVOCAL MORALS IS ABLEIST. ACTING AS THOUGH THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR US IS MINDLESS MEDIA CONSUMPTION IN WHICH "EVERY DEPICTION OF XYZ, NO MATTER HOW POORLY DONE OR EXPLOITATIVE, IS ALWAYS OKAY AND IF YOU DISAGREE YOURE ACTUALLY AN EVIL 'ANTI'" IS ABLEIST. THOSE ARE THE SAME BLACK-AND-WHITE MORALS THAT SEND US INTO OBSESSIVE SPIKES, BUT FLIPPED. A SET OF MORALS IN WHICH QUESTIONING THE IMPACT OF A PIECE OF WORK MAKES YOU AN "EVIL CONSERVATIVE PURITAN "ANTI"" DOES NOT HELP MORAL OCD.

YOU ARE THE DAMN TUMBLR DISCOUERSERS MAKING THIS SHIT WORSE FOR US! YOURE THE EXACT SAME BUT WITH FLIPPED BUZZWORDS! YOU'RE MISSING THE WHOLE DAMN POINT!

MC doing what we all wished we could do (aka napping on the floor with ominis )😴💕

TVs and monitors are separate species with common features, but which features these are have drastically changed over time. the two used to be similar sizes with very similar behaviour, and were differentiated primarily by which connection ports they had.

over time, their courses of evolution brought them closer together in that regard, with both species' survival becoming contingent on how well they could digest HDMI. as their analogue prey, such as VGA and Component, died out, the two display species were faced with the same choice: adapt, or die.

despite this newfound similarity, though, the two species still fill different ecological niches, and the way they adapted to these new environmental situations resulted in further physical distinction in other areas. for example, it is now almost impossible to find a modern TV that is a comparable size to a monitor; while the modern monitor is still limited in dimensions by the desktops where it prefers to nest, the modern TV has an almost unbounded adult size.

another strange new differentiation is that the TV seems to have developed a dependence on internet connectivity and software updates. while this benefits them in the short term, having more selling points than a monitor at first glance, it is working against them in the long-term, with each one's effective lifespan being cut dramatically.

the "dumb TV" that, quite intelligently, does not have any big software features, is nearing extinction, with very few members still producing offspring. and while we may feel sorrow for these displays, it is only natural that they are dying off - they are simply being outcompeted by the once-humble monitor. at the same size, and without the advantage of a wider variety of ports, the dumb TV cannot keep up with the monitor's much more refined adaptations for the same niche.

however, one mystery remains: why did the dumb TV never grow to the same impressive dimensions as its smart siblings? some observations suggests that the larger smart TVs have become overly territorial as a result of their decreased longevity, to the point that they will kill an infant dumb TV if they feel that it could grow to compete with them. it seems cruel to us, but in the wild, it's all a matter of survival. if you win the evolutionary race - you fight to keep first place.