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we're rewatching a television show. doing irreparable damage to my spotify wrapped rn
#i'm a quinn gatekeeper#you say you're a quinn head ⁉#real quinn heads were watching sad amvs 24/7 like the 'and i've lost who i am and i can't understand' ones + the 'what if quinn died' ones#(?? why were there so many of those what were those)#real quinn heads would only listen to the i don't wanna know version with isolated quinn vocals#REAL quinn heads would only listen to the version of don't stop believing that spliced in that one time she did the smell of wine line#you tiktokers know NOTHING about being a true quinn head#.....ok you know i am 99.9% gay but my sexuality is unlabeled and dianna agron is like. at least 90% of the reason why to this day#like whatever was going on with me from ages 10 to 13 with her- jdkfjsdfs#ts4#ts4 edit#ts4 cas#the sims 4
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♢ Harley Quinn breaking the fourth wall in Batman: The Animated Series "Harley's Holiday" ♢
Aired on October 15th, 1994
Fun Fact'a Tha' Day: "Harley's Holiday" aired 4 years, 6 months, 3 weeks and 5 days (or 1,669 Days in Total) before Wade Wilson officially broke the fourth wall in Deadpool (1997) #28, which was published on May 10th, 1999.
Making Harley Quinn, in fact, the OG out of the two to break the fourth wall and talk directly to the audience.
Not the other way around, as critics so hatefully love to claim and bitch about based on pure misinformation that a simple Google search would solve.
#harley quinn#harleen quinzel#dcau#batman the animated series#dc comics#deadpool#wade wilson#tho ive said this once and ill say it again#this isn't an anti wade post. im just sick of people piting them against each other like cmon stop#theyre literally besties#they told me#so leave them alone#they can both break the fourth wall who the fuck cares 💀#but people love pretending like dc is making her copy him RECENTLY#as if she's not been doing this since literally her og series.#fake ass fans i stg#keep her name out of y'all's mouth idk I'm gatekeeping ✌️💞#locals can have her back when they learn to treat her better#KSJDKSKSKSKS#this is a joke /// 😗 purhaps#//// also like saw one thing that said possibly theres a different issue that he may have broken the fourth wall in first but like it was#still After her.#and i cannot find that comic or anything really talking about that actually being the canon shift in his character#from being Scary Mean Merc to Merc with a Mouth#so#my point still stands.#regardless.#cause that issue was published in like 1998 so still years after Harley's Holiday
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watching myself get hate on by grown ass men bc I said stranger things introduced me to Metallica and D&D
#stranger things#eddie munson#joseph quinn#chocolate button eyes#joe quinn#d&d#metallica#who fucking does that#Sorry I'm a literal 14 year old who wouldn't have found that stuff otherwise??#i'm so fucking confused#gaslight gatekeep girlboss
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When a character I love becomes popular (or more popular), I'm like "gold rush" by Taylor Swift.
#(And sometimes just if they're popular in general.)#THAT'S IT – I'M GATEKEEPING! 😒#barbie roberts#ken carson#harley quinn#wanda maximoff#edward nygma#the riddler#ethan landry#lexy cross#amber freeman#nitara#mk nitara#txt
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I have a question; Why do comic book male nerds hate lgbt+ and poc representation in comics?
Like, I've been a superhero comic nerd for years (reading whatever I can) and for example I've know that Harley was bisexual for years and she and Ivy had some sort of underlying relationship brewing? And this is like just news to them?
Like why are they so critical about anything that doesn't represent straight white maleness? And why do they think that manga is the replacement for their straght white male fulfilment they once got from comics? As if alt kids, weird kids, lgbtq+ kids and poc kids weren't like the main people reading manga. If I remember, comic book nerds had a controversy where they thought manga was all about hentai in like 2016 and they kept bashing animanga fans, why are y'all pretending that you're fans all of a sudden because american comics with mediocre stories (e.g the Joker lost all his jazz and personally, he's really boring?? And yet yall would swear up and down that he's the best villain when Dr. FREEZE, PENGUINE, RIDDLER AND BANE LITERALLY EXIST. Petition to never make another Joker movie again. Please) are pandering to other people??
And let me tell you something, manga is more queer, much more progressive than a lot of these comics y'all are running from. It does not majorly pander to YOU. It never will, so don't get too comfortable here and start complaining when you realize they don't care about you nor do they pander to you. Even something as hypermasculine as Jojo is one of the most queer and expressive shit in shounen I've ever read and they don't shy away from it.
Manga is not your escape to be bigoted. Either y'all stomach and adapt representation like queer people had to deal with homophobia for years or shut up. Stop acting like comic books became boring when queer folks and poc came into play, they were getting boring long before, your writers just tried to use our community as a last ditch attempt to save themselves.
#manga#anime#i'm not gatekeeping but get off your conservative high horse bitch#comics#joker#harley quinn#also harley is much more interesting as a person#anyone is more interesting than the joker#lgbtq+#i hope we never get another joker movie i hate that guy
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everybody stfu. eddie munson is for the nerds and freaks ONLY.
#i'm gatekeeping him and what about it#cause not to be that person#but wtf with those people bullying fans for being cringe#not on my watch#eddie munson#joseph quinn#stranger things
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ohhhhhh did I tell you guys I figured out book two's climax??? like, properly?? :3c
#rental car book two aka#Fuck The Ethels All My Homies Hate The Ethels And Their Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss House#what do we have. we have uhhhhh#zeke/quinn cooperation! zeke/quinn teamup!#flamethrower yvonne!#blah blah other stuff yada yada mostly I'm just keen to throw zeke and quinn in mortal peril and have to#team up and fight/clever their way out AND I'm keen to see yvonne get fuckin wild#AND I wanna see some good body horror ethel nonsense#hehehehehehe#a rental car takes a left down rake street and disappears#i feel like I'm CLOSE to pinning down book three's name but book two remains a mystery to me......
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social media shy
f!potterer!reader x quinn hughes
warnings: swearing
(sidenote: qhuggyhes is quinn's private account - only mentioned once)
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ynofficial: holy mac'n' cheeseballs i'm gonna be in vogue
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fan1: *takes deep breath* I'M SO PROUD OF YOU
fan2: no more gatekeeping, only girlbossing
fan3: we must gatekeep her from the stinky men though
fan4: you're so beautiful
fan5: i actually can't wait
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ynofficial: can someone get me a cat? i'm in desperate need of a housemate that purrs when cuddled. a cat would also keep me company in this big apartment
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fan6: my grandma's cat just had kittens and she's in vancouver if you're interested?
ynofficial: ooh yes please!
fan7: what's wrong with your current housemate?
ynofficial: he smiles and falls asleep on me and leaves vancouver for work often :/
fan8: what's wrong with a smile?
ynofficial: it makes me like him even more that's what's wrong
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qhuggyhes: please don't play the guilt card i WILL fold
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fan9: repping lana as we should
ynofficial: the one and only
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ynofficial: meet harley!! she's so adorable i just want to cry...also she's an incredibly annoying bedmate at times (but she's cute so i'll let her off)
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fan10: you're a crazy cat lady now, welcome to the club
ynofficial: i'm honoured
fan11: i'm assuming harley is the cat?
ynofficial: your assumption would be correct yes
trevorzegras: and harley is YOUR cat?
ynofficial: stfu yes
jackhughes: i see what you did there. clever.
ynofficial: idk what you're talking about
fan12: why the sudden influx of nhl players?
fan13: i don't even know who any of them are
ynofficial: neither do i
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ynofficial: i want you to know i take being a cat mother very seriously and that i'm going to start referring to home as HQ for personal reasons
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lhughes_06: HQ being harley and...
ynofficial: you used to my favourite
lhughes_06: what am i now?
ynofficial: on thin ice
fan14: pretty sure luke hughes has a brother called quinn
fan15: yeah he does
fan16: quinn is in the second photo and i think the last?
fan17: wait does hq = harley/quinn????
_quinnhughes has added to their story
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ynofficial: new 'dainty florals' set on the market!
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fan18: are you on the market too?
fan19: LMAO no
fan20: i'm analysing her hands now
fan21: POV you're here bc of that twitter thread
fan22: me
fan23: the moon mug is giving fairy garden and i love it
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_quinnhughes: been busy lately
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fan24: babe we all know *wink wink*
fan25: that's definitely y/n
fan26: quinn rn: sorry i haven't been posting i've been having a lot of sex
fan28: everyone knows
jackhughes: and i'm still patiently waiting
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ynofficial: congrats on your-
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fan29: -record breaking of 263 games to assist 200 times?
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jackhughes: 🐔
ynofficial: bet
fan30: even the fucking cake is canucks themed
lhughes_06: if you don't i will
ynofficial: it's cute you think i'll let myself be blackmailed
fan31: it's impossible for it not to be quinn at this point
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_quinnhughes: i was told to say 'alexa play cornelia street' as a caption
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bradytkachuk: you're so whipped
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fan32: this is literally the same place y/n posted in her last post
jackhughes: TAG HER
fan33: jack losing his patience is all of us rn
_quinnhughes went live 3 minutes ago!
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jackhughes: because these two IDIOTS are refusing to actually do anything about it, i'm taking the matter into my own hands for my and your mental health. this is ynofficial and _quinnhughes and they are 100% dating and 1000% in love to the point where it actually melts me. thank you and good night
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lhughes_06: i didn't think you'd ACTUALLY do it
jackhughes: do not underestimate me
_quinnhughes: and then you wonder why luke is y/n's favourite
fan34: WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!!
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ynofficial: i hate you
jackhughes: you wish you did 😘😘
fan35: i love how y/n and quinn are so private that the only way their relationship would ever get exposed is if someone did it for them
fan36: fr they fit each other so well
fan37: THEY! ARE! PARENTS!
fan38: omg y/n has a harley and a quinn in her life
fan39: HQ makes sense now
#quinn hughes x reader#quinn hughes imagine#nhl social media au#nhl fic#nhl imagine#hockey fic#hockey imagine
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the unwelcoming atmosphere of the Joe Quinn fandom is the reason why i'm barely active now. Some of you are the sweetest but most of you are so judgmental and act like gatekeeping is cool LMAO. Also, you all are so weird about him sometimes its sort of creepy honestly 😵💫
I still love the people I made friends with but somehow, I never feel safe in the fandom nor have I ever feel welcomed at all. Everyone always be competing about meeting him. Like who tf cares if you met him 10x vs. none? Some of us aren't that lucky. Some of you stalk him in the streets and some of you doxxed people just bc they have a diff opinion on a ship.
Atp, i dont have anything to hold back anymore since i get hate anyway but i said what i said. That's the truth and if you can't accept that, you're part of the problem.
#i can't even manage to write fics without someone sending hate over it#maybe its why i can't seem to start my supposedly next series for him#there's my truth#i said what i said#joseph quinn#joe quinn
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Hi! I hope you're doing well!
I've recently watched scream 6, and while it definitely wasn't my favorite (the original cannot be beaten) I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
I've seen you mention him a little, but I really liked Ethan. His betrayal felt kinda predictable, but he was cute and I'm a sucker for "soft/sweet/nerdy character is actually a killer".
Ig I'm just wondering if you have any more thoughts about him? I really like how you portray characters so I wanna know your take on him ig
hi!! i totally get what you're saying about scream 6 i can't imagine anything beating/slaying as hard as the originals but i did thoroughly enjoy it as it's own thing lol
especially ethan!! like him being a ghostface was so obvious, but his character was so awkward bf and i really like the soft/nerdy character as a killer trope too!!
i also feel like there's so much in the movie that gives us a way to characterize him so i have a lot of thoughts, some stick closer to canon and others are just vibe-based, ig? if that makes sense
idk if these count as headcanons, i feel like they do bc i have a lot of thoughts on him
have to immediately mention the "a special bond between a father and his first son" line, i love any excuse to give a character daddy issues 😭so maybe i'm projecting, but i can definitely see that relationship being strained and maybe a competitive relationship with his siblings, especially Richie
i'm not saying that this means he didn't want to kill!! between the cut stuff about their mom and the way Anika died, the urge had BEEN there lmao, and i think it actually would have added to any competition with Richie
like maybe growing up Ethan felt jealous of Richie in a way bc he had this outlet for exploring gory things bc of his interest in horror movies, but that's just not how Ethan's family saw him and not something he was particularly drawn to
or maybe he liked the movies and tried to bond with Richie over them when he was younger just to have that thrown in his face (siblings are such gatekeepers sometimes😭 Richie gives me mean vibes so i feel like he'd be the worst about it)
i feel like growing up he didn't have many close friends, like the jokes about being a virgin were obviously more about his romantic life but i think it kind of hints at him not being super socialized, and he dropped everything pretty quickly to just join a random college in NYC
ik Quinn did the same thing, but she seemed to click/adapt a lot quicker socially, like she was closer to the girls than Ethan and she was dating
besides the way Ethan switched up and became a Chad hater,, i could see that stemming from hating that kind of person, like maybe in high school he struggled bc of guys like Chad and that's where that aggression came from
this one is a bit more of a stretch, but going with the assumption that he had some kind of rivalry with Richie, i could see Ethan seeing Chad as competition bc of how easy college and pulling girls was for him
anyway!! that's a general psychological break down! let's get into more presumptuous/friendship/romantic relationship thoughts!!
i can see him being relatively used to having crushes on people/generally thinking someone's attractive so he wouldn't go totally feral over just liking someone
i think this is his most noticeable romantic difference from other ghostfaces i've written (cough, billy and stu, cough) bc i read him as having more psychopathic tendencies than sociopathic ones
BUT the second that that's reciprocated in anyway some switch flips in his head
like he's probably used to being an outsider in friend groups and feeling relatively disposable, so if you were to make a point of calling him a best friend or picking him over anyone else even in a small way,, poor guy wouldn't know what to do with himself
like that would take his crush to the next level and suddenly Ethan's like 'well ig i have to do whatever to ensure their happiness for the rest of time now'
it's not his fault :( it's just bc he's not used to having anyone pick him first
would probably be less inclined to follow through/have murder-y thoughts while being caught up in some kind of crush/relationship,, at least at first bc i can see him being content/distracted
but i see one exception with that:
i could see Ethan being super prone to jealousy and not even being aware of it until he really started to have a crush on someone/dating them
like before when people he liked would either blow him off or date other people he'd be like that's life, but with the only person that's ever made him feel irreplaceable?
he's not having it!! suddenly, he's imagining what it'd be like to brutally murder anyone that flirts with you/hints at liking you
not saying he'd act on it every time he felt jealous, but he'd think about it!!
would definitely be pouty though, trying to act cold bc he's mad at the other person and is trying not hold it against you but then he starts to wonder if he imagined your connection and if you've been stringing him along
but the second you make it clear that it's still him, Ethan's snapping out of it and is immediately all heart eyes
actually a vicious cycle because every time you "pick" him he just starts to feel even fonder for you and then that makes him more upset when someone else tries to come between you two and then you "pick" him again, so it keeps adding to itself lol
kind of random but i feel like he's closest to Quinn in his family, like yes they still might have competed a little but it wasn't that son vs son thing, so it wasn't as tense
if he had a crush i feel like he'd eventually tell Quinn about it, at first casually like 'omg y/n just showed me this song, that new perfume you got is similar to hers, ik we're here to avenge our brother but y/n needs help with her econ homework so let's reschedule the plotting session'
and then one day he's like 'i think i like y/n' and Quinn's like 'no way!! really🙄?!😒' and then she's instantly giving him all the dating advice even if the timing is terrible bc she's a real one and her brother never likes anyone!! let him hook up with someone for once!
i feel like after the ghostface thing starts his ego would switch up, like the adrenaline and confidence of knowing what he's doing and getting away with this would make him act different
nothing that you could quite put your finger on, but he'd be a little touchier, maybe care less about hiding clingy tendencies
his dad's sudden influx of approval would probably also make him feel more like a man, y'know, so he'd be able to accept/get you liking him more bc of that
despite the aggressive undertones that i've focused on here i actually feel like he'd be such a cutie while pining/dating someone
like he'd go out of his way to remember things about you, would want to ghostface anyone that upset you, definitely would give 'my girl is mad at me, i hope i die' before you're even officially dating
he's a whole puppy once you have him, but will still be happy to stab ppl
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this was a lot longer than i thought it'd be and it was really fun to write!! if anyone wants anything else ethan related pls send asks!! actually might just write a fic just bc lol
also a reminder that i'm generally open to writing about any scream character :)))
#scream#scream x reader#scream x you#scream 2023#scream 6#ethan landry#ethan landry x reader#ghostface#ghostface x reader
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hi to the new people in the les mis fandom joining bc of joseph quinn, it is lovely to have u all with us and u are more than welcome, however u should know that bbc enjolras (and the whole bbc adaptation) is nowhere close to the original character and everything he represent.
while joseph quinn did a really good job at acting enjolras, the way the writers wrote his character was bad and out of character. obviously, and it's normal, an adaptation will always have its own interpretation of a character, and that's what's make fiction so great. but i think u need to be aware of the fact that it's not a good representation of what enjolras' character is and what his character has been representing for over 150 years (i could go into details and maybe will but it's late and i'm working early tomorrow).
i also wanted to say, as a reminder that, while it's completely fine to simp for enjolras (no one is immune to him, whether he's played by aaron tveit, joseph quinn or anyone else) and find him hot (because he IS hot or because he's played by joseph quinn, again, i get it; i don't find moustachjolras hot but damn that man is find irl), u need to be aware that enjolras is a queer character. it's stated multiple times that he has no interest in women, never has and never will. his character has been an important representation for the queer community, him being compared to a lot of gay historical figures (and i'm not going to start with the enjoltaire); but also for the aromantic and asexual community and trans community. his character is very likely to be aroace; and victor hugo describe him as being very androgynous looking, looking like a young woman. and while i don't want to talk on behalf of the trans community, i've seen a lot of post and fanfictions headcanoning him as trans, and i think it's very important to have that kind of representation in such an important piece of classical literature.
so please, be aware that the y/n fanfic and nswf y/n fanfic with female character x enjolras can be really disturbing, especially for people who have been in the fandom for a long time and are really looking up to his character and kinning him. don't just reduce him to hot-man-u-wanna-do-the-dirty-with when his character carries so much importance and has for decades. and i promise, caring about a character's whole essence and personality doesn't make them any less interesting or hot (quite the contrary actually).
also, let's not forget how we collectively hated on the casting choice when it first came out and i find it a bit odd to suddenly change our mind just bc it's the same actor who plays eddie munson. i personally think we were right to complain, bc it WAS a bad casting choice considering all the physical description of enjolras we had (and yes, in les mis, his physical appearance matters of lot).
we are not trying to gatekeep our fandom. on the contrary, i think it's really pretty fucking cool to have new people finding an interest in a 160yo book ! and for me, u guys are more than welcome to join our sad silly little fandom. but we just want u to be aware of all of this (and maybe some other issues that do not cross my mind rn) and be educated so we can all be drama free.
ok i'm done now, sorry for the long post, welcome again to the fandom, and if u decide to stay be ready for the tears and the pain caused by mr victor hugo ! bye bye, with love, a little french fan
#les mis#les miserables#enjolras#bbc les mis#bbc!enjolras#the brick#joseph quinn#stranger things#sorry if there are weird phrasing english isnt my native language#(yes im french)#(im standing up for my culture or smtg like that)
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Group G, Round 2, Poll 2:
Propaganda under the cut
Love Quinn
literally have you seen this woman in s3??? literally having to be a mother AND dealing with joe goldberg's bullshit- honestly she was right in killing all the people she did. honestly believe she would kill anyone without any fucks given under the right circumstances. killed an anti vaxxer, killed her husband's mistress/weird obsession. also the iconic lines she has during this season... "i'm not the problem, my husband is the problem," "this time i'm letting it [poison] absorb through the skin," "well if your marriage is so perfect, stay together. die together."
Homura Akemi
What's more girlboss than becoming the Devil itself for gay reasons
everything homura does is for her friend (who she is canonically in love with) madoka. makes a wish to save madoka and gets a time control ability that lets her go back a month and a half to try to prevent madoka from dying and she repeats this for 12 years. when she’s captured by aliens (it’s complicated) so they can investigate plot stuff, she pretends to be ready for madoka (who becomes a god) to take her soul or smth and then becomes the devil so she can separate the human and god aspects of madoka so she can be her friend again. lies and withholds information from madoka and her friends. kills her friends in some timelines for varying reasons. gaslights herself for the entirety of Rebellion (sequel movie) and then tries to kill said entire alien species for trying to capture and control god madoka. she is crazy but she is gay.
tldr; homura gaslights madoka and her friends, gatekeeps madoka, and girlbossed because she’s in love with madoka.
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Some people inside Joseph Quinn's fandom really don't deserve him.
I'm sorry for the people who can't see Joseph in Manchester, I really do. But some people are straight insulting him for this. For doing his job.
And it's not gatekeeping. Those who insulted him don't deserve him, for real.
Joe Keery rarely does comic cons, he had to cancel the Wales (Telford) comic con on November 18, people didn't call him ugly, or bald, or say "he does that for money". Elizabeth Olsen canceled too like Joseph, nobody said a word.
I'm also interested in what they mean by "He does it for money". If he did cons for money he would have not canceled!!
Also, for f sake, acting it's his job, the reason why he can do cons in the first place. He still has a contract job obligation to be on set because Gladiator is not finished yet.
And do they forget that he could have canceled Philadelphia because the English passport office got stuck as the pandemic ended everyone mass asked for new passports and renewed the old ones, but he didn't? As the problem was solved he went to the con, he stayed long past the closing time till everyone got their autograph and picture. As I heard, he barely took a few minutes for lunch. And this was FOR THE FANS. At that time he was not ugly, or bald, or say "he does that for money", right? But if he does that because he has a job contract he is??
What's wrong with these people??
The guests' invitation or presence at a con are confirmed long before they got announced, and nobody knew when the strike would be over. I guess they have to make a rehearse, or something like that, so he must be there and can't do the con.
Stop being ungrateful.
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introducktion (haha see what i did there 🦆)
hey i'm quinn!!!!
my pronouns are he/they please use them lmao
i like:
art, 80s/90s rock and grunge, trans peple, frogs, greek mythology, computers, books, weird earrings, biology (specifically herpetology), studio ghibli, legend of zelda, marvel, omori, and a ton of other stuff
i dont like:
homophobia, transphobia, racism, gatekeeping in alternative subcultures, general bigotry, yk all the normal dnis
i have dark green hair atm but that will probably change
highschool student
really stupid
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the "new fans" of stranger things aren't cringe, but they're still ruining the fandom - a rant
I'll preface this rant by saying that I have been a fan of Stranger Things since 2019, which means that I'm not an OG fan. Additionally, this is an opinion piece, but I do not mean to spread hate or dunk on anyone. This is just my opinion on the topic. Also, this isn't professionally written, so don't expect any literary masterpiece.
TW for mentions of sexual activity.
Since Season 4 of Stranger Things has come out, there has been a massive surge of new fans in the community. This, of course, is expected when a smash hit show gets another season. Gatekeeping is seriously a problem (and honestly a pointless fight, because Stranger Things is one of the world's biggest shows, so how do people think they'll be able to gatekeep it?), but that's an argument for another blog post.
Obviously, there are some younger fans joining the fandom as well with the release of Season 4. Many of these younger fans find comfort in the characters of the show, especially the new character Eddie Munson. If you haven't watched Stranger Things, Eddie Munson is the lovable metalhead and drug dealer who's suspected of being a serial killer. More notably about his character, however, is his status as the "town freak", which he earned presumably because he is unlike the other kids. He runs a D&D club, dresses differently, listens to metal music, has an extremely theatrical personality, and is even suspected by fans to be part of the LGBTQ+ community, which in the 1980s was a big no-no.
Because of these things, a lot of people (including me!) have come to love Eddie. We can relate to him because many of us have also felt like outcasts, freaks, or rejects.
However, with this surge of new fans, there have been some who have... let's just say that they've taken their crushes on Eddie wayyyyyy too far. You might've heard about the Soundgasm audio, seen the many edited photos of Eddie shirtless, or witnessed the online discourse surrounding his actor Joseph Quinn. Except for the Soundgasm audio, which was posted before Season 4 came out, most of these things have been created by the newer fans.
This is a problem because they are oversexualizing the actor Joseph Quinn and his character. It's also a problem because it's turning the once-peaceful fandom into a warzone.
I'm a fan of Joseph Quinn, and yeah, I think he's pretty good-looking. So do a lot of other people! There's nothing wrong with having celebrity crushes because they're part of growing up. But, I have seen tons of people violating his privacy. Simply search up "Joseph Quinn" on TikTok, and there's a whole community scrutinizing and sexualizing every little action he does. And not every Joseph Quinn fan is bad, duh, but it's alarming to see just how many bad fans there are.
For one, like I mentioned before, the over-sexualization of Joseph Quinn/Eddie Munson. Obviously, like in any fandom, there's gonna be some crazy fans, but it seems everywhere I look there's someone saying "Joe Quinn please have sex with me!" or "Eddie Munson could ruin me and I would thank him". While Eddie Munson is presumably 19-20 years old in the show, it's still wild to see how grossly oversexualized he is. And you might think, "Well, he's not real!" but you have to understand that fiction becomes reality, especially in the minds of teenagers. Younger fans will begin to believe this kind of treatment is okay, and it will carry over into the real world.
Another example is a video circulating on social media of Joseph Quinn going out to eat with a pretty "mystery girl", who's believed to be model Alicia Davis. Since this video came out, the girl has been rumored to have received literal DEATH THREATS from angry fans, along with lots of body shaming and needless criticism. Because, of course, how dare she go out with everyone's celebrity crush?
And here's the kicker - NOBODY KNOWS IF THEY'RE DATING! It could've been a date, sure, or it could've been a casual meetup between two friends! It's so utterly fucked up that she's receiving death threats for literally having lunch with Joe Quinn. And most of the people who are sending these threats are teenagers who don't even have the inkling of a chance with this GROWN MAN. How do I know this? Because the people who are hating on the girl are the same people who are making edits of Joseph Quinn licking his lips during an interview and posting them on TikTok with the caption "I want him to use his tongue on me like that".
A real fan should be happy that their celebrity crush is dating! Sure, you might be disappointed that it's not you because let's face it, most of us have wanted that. That's totally normal! It's fine! So many people have gone through that! But deep down, you know it's not going to happen. The problem lies with the fans who don't know where the protective bubble of fantasy ends and reality begins.
Anyways, this rant may be absolutely incoherent, but I'm weirdly proud of it. I've attached a double-spaced, 12-point document to read in case this text is too hard to read.
Hopefully, this fandom gets back on its feet before it gets worse. The Stranger Things fandom has even started to be compared to the My Hero Academia fandom, which is infamous for being toxic and problematic. As an ex-fan of MHA, I can say that no fandom is like that fandom, but I can't deny its similarities with the Stranger Things fandom.
Again, crushes are part of growing up, and I'm not condemning the throngs of newer fans that hopped on the bandwagon and fell in love with Eddie. I'm honestly grateful for the sudden growth of the fandom because it gives me more people to talk to about the show I love. I am condemning the new fans that take it too far with the character and the actor because it's just wrong.
(here's the doc)
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How is the polycule looking these days? I’m poly and dating lots of people some of which I live with too and I always love to see other people living the life. I hope you’re all doing well!!!
Hey anon! Always happy to hear from other polyam people 💕
So I'm not sure when I would have last talked about my polycule so I'll just introduce them from the top.
Atm I live with two partners (one of whom is plural so in practice way more!) and I have two "external partners". The partners I live with are married, but otherwise none of my partners are currently dating anyone else, so in that sense I'm the ~glue~ of the polycule atm. Or maybe I'm just a hoe 😘😏 Aside from these guys, we got some honorary members who are "only" friends (whatever the hell that means), who are also important members of my found family.
I've used the original animal designations from our old @welcome-to-the-petting-zoo podcast.
Quinn (Cat) is all of me (Glitch).
Dae (Hound) refers to the collective formerly referred to as Fox and Trashpanda. Hound and I are engaged. These days I am more or less dating all of Hound. They are doing well. He's been taking T for about a year and he's doing pretty good, he got approved for disability pension which has given some much needed space to heal by doing his own shit. He spends a lot of time zooming up and down the countryside on his scooter 'Lucky', tattooing himself and others, and doing insanely creative awesome crafts and art projects. Hound still struggles with amnesia, and he's still a fundamentally plural person, but the strong dissociative+amnesiac barriers between system members have loosened up, making for a more integrated, yet more plural self-experience. These days a lot of his day to day difficulties come down to physical pain and exhaustion. We are currently also working towards getting him citizenship!
Moose who is legally married to Hound, and who lives with me and Hound, recently finished his education as an embedded software engineer (with a focus on robots!). He's looking for a job atm and even though that process is stressful, he's still doing a lot better from being done with uni, which was frankly a very stressful environment. So he's having a total glow-up 💕
Bear finished their education in psychology a while before me and struggled to find employment, esp. because they weren't necessarily able to work full-time - they recently got approved for "flex-job" which means they can have a 10-20 h job and get paid as if working full-time on that job. They juuuust found employment from next week, so three cheers for Bear!! 🥳🥳🥳
Bat (@the-life-of-bat )has become sooo strong since we managed to get her gender affirming surgery about ... three years ago?! Time sure flies. Like yeah, girl is still traumatized and disabled/mentally ill and whatnot. But her resilience grows by the day, and she is often found hyperfocusing on a most recent project and pulling off insane feats! Also, she's a weeb now. AND I'm old enough not to cringe at someone's genuine joy. Be proud of me! 💪🌈
Lynx and Kat are both close friends/part of the family. I don't know how Lynx feels about me discussing her situation so I won't go into detail, and much more info on Kat can be found over at her blog @compassionatereminders (or check out @2000sgirly where she is currently having a joyful fixation on early 2000s girly pop culture! Even if it's not your thing, her enthusiasm is contagious. )
Overall, we are good. There's hardships to be dealt with, and there probably always will be. Hound's mum is in the process of dying from a fairly aggressive degenerative illness, the immigration laws and psychiatric gatekeeping are tripping people up, I'm struggling to find my place on the "job market", disability and chronic illness will always be a part of all of our lives. But there's also a lot of joy and love and good tidings. And many things that slowly improve and expand and heal and grow.
I'm happy to have so much love in my life, and I'm proud of my little family of delightful freaks and misfits.
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