i’m new to the fandom and am incredibly surprised that more people aren’t sad about tamsyn muir not having an official website for tlt or all her works. Not even at least a tlt official insta account. Like what.
I think most people in the fandom understand that she values her privacy and mental health and respect that. In general, I think that not being accessible to the fandom is a good thing for creators, especially queer creators writing queer works that are quote unquote problematic, especially works that attract a large fandom, who can start to feel entitled to the creator's time or opinions or attention, or demand updates or that they should weigh in on the issue du jour.
Also: as a new fan, you might not know that TazMuir got fandom cancelled in 2020 for fanfic crimes, and that's why she stopped being online. She still might be if she hadn't been harassed, or maybe she'd have peaced out for different reasons, but as things stand it's not as simple as her not being online — she was run out of fandom spaces by an angry mob. (x) (x)
(Broader rant you didn't ask for: I understand everyone does fandom differently but personally I'm not enthusiastic about doing fandom on Instagram or other algorithm fuelled platforms. I understand it's necessary for some authors to be online to promote their books.... #booktwt #booktok #bookstagram etc all seem soulless cesspits to me and I'm glad that TM is successful enough that she can market her writing without having to farm for clicks on social media if she doesn't want to. This isn't to dismiss the authors who DO, and I'm sure some of them might actually enjoy it, just like I know for a fact many people have a grand time on fandom insta or tiktok. But here in my lil tumblr cave, everything I hear about book social media is controversies and someone's 15 mins video essay where they dissected a book they knew they weren't going to like just to cash in on the outrage hype, and I'm glad I can be a part of the TLT fandom without having to stay up to date with that)
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I miss your beautiful tan skin. 🥺I know you're half white but I really hope you haven't been bleaching it again. 😔
Protip: after going through 3 to 4 years of skin bleaching like I did, melanin usually stops producing. I will never be as tan as I was before I did this to myself. And to get it back I have to start going to the tanning salon to introduce pigment and regrow melanin. Which I did do for some years right before covid. But it's still dangerous and a tough process, and expensive. Tanning salons aren't cheap nor are they close to me anymore.
Second protip: This is so fucking incredibly rude.
Not only is my skin journey my own, but it's also fucking triggering. As a mixed POC, I have been told by so many white, and even other POC people how much they love my WHITER skin to the point that I felt justified bleaching myself.
The opposite is NOT better. Getting told how sad or envious my tan skin is or WAS makes me feel worse about myself, my choice to act on my internalized racism, and the struggle of morality I go through even WANTING to tan again after shunning it with bleach. Do I even deserve to tan to whatever I looked like before after doing what I did? Or when I now so abhorrently hate tanning itself as a practice and people who feel the need by society to change their skin to lighter or darker?
I do not mean to unleash on you but think before you speak.
I don't think it's at all okay to comment on anyone's goddamn skin as if it's something to police, question, or pressure about. Let alone what you make them go through if it's tied to their culture, race, or ethnicity..
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F1 gossip pages should be deleted and not even let alone by Instagram. They're so aggressive when it comes to finding out everything about certain girls. Poor women, their lives are exploited by 15 year olds who are obsessed with finding out everything and just stirring up drama
I'm still relatively new to the fandom, but from what you're sharing it seems like those gossip pages work just like it does with different artists (stripping their privacy). So yup, I dunno if I agree with it being deleted and all (I haven't given it much thought), but I think they should have limits. There are some lines you shouldn't cross, and you have to remember you're talking about a real person, with real life, real friends, family, and *feelings*! They kinda end up feeding the obsessive behavior of some people.
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OH MY GOD SHUT UP U GUYS I AM THINKING ABOUT DVDS!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD. I LOVE DVDS. DISCS. HOLY SHIT U GUYS. HHHHHHHHHH.
GONNA BUY A PORTABLE DVD PLAYER AND THEN I’M GONNA WATCH BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN!!!!!!!!! I ALREADY HAVE BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN ON DVD BUT I HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET DUE TO NO DVD PLAYER.
AND THEN I’M GONNA FIND MY ROBOTS DVD AND I!!!! AM GOING!!!!!! TO WATCH!!!! ROBOTS!!!!!!!!!!! IT’S THE BEST MOVIE POSSIBLY EVER AND I REFUSE TO WATCH IT ONLINE. IT LIVES ON A DVD!!!
I CAN’T FIND MY ROBOTS DVD RN BUT OH BOY WHEN I DO!!!!! I WON’T BE ABLE TO WATCH IT BC I DON’T HAVE A DVD PLAYER YET. BUT ROBOTS!!!!! EXCITED FOR ROBOTS.
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I'm petty but also right and if I don't put this into words I'll ruminate and spiral about it all day but also I don't want this to be taken as mean I just FEEL too much and have the Think To Much About Life and Being Good disease
Okay okay maybe wild geese is quoted and misused to hell and back but that's not what the poem is ABOUT it's not about having no moral standards or indulging in selfishness, I am a person alive only for notions of duty and burden and responsibility and it's STILL a good poem and I /do not/ have to walk on my knees repenting
And like. People without OCD and scruples vs ppl with OCD and scruples reading that poem. You do not understand! We are not the same!!!! Leave my poem alone!!!
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Some stranger found a tweet I made like two years ago about not being able to find clipart and dropped this link in my lap like some sort of angel
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