#this fandom is such a bummer sometimes lol
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I love over-analyzing media and I have pulled magnificent theories and headcanons out of my ass on the tiniest crumbs in other fandoms before BUT
y'all might be taking this improvised comedy show that is greatly determined by dice rolls a little too seriously
#dimension 20#fhjy#the number of times I've seen a bit turned into a long sad analysis of the character's trauma ugh#if you browse the tag of this show w/o knowing what it's actually about#you're gonna think it's a lot more serious and dramatic and painful than it actually is#and that little comedy bits are actually hugely significant when they're just jokes#I've seen it with almost every character#and multiple plot points#across nearly every season#and I'm not here to be the fandom police but aren't you guys tired?#does this show not make you laugh way more than it makes you cry?#this fandom is such a bummer sometimes lol#and so often things are hugely influenced by dice rolls#and the story doesn't go the way the PCs or even the GM thinks it will#but people pick apart 'plot holes' or inconsistent characterization#the cast is making this shit up as they go y'all!#cut them some slack and also don't assume every single little thing is significant#honestly surprised I didn't see deep and tragic analyses about the vulture dimension#rambling about my life
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shoutout to @heartstringsduet who recommended In the Dream House and both @dotsunflowers & @tailoredshirt who recommended the Murderbot series/Martha Wells. (All Systems Red was a re-read but I'm now gearing up to read the rest in the series & I'm very excited).
#book talk#books#reading#monthly reading wrap up#2024 reads#book recs#book recommendations#booklr#ok so i haven't been making gifs or engaging in fandom the way I wanted to this month#but I HAVE been reading a shit ton of books LOL#some really good ones too!#we got a bummer of a one star in here as well but shit happens#TALK BOOKS WITH ME!#guardian reads (sometimes)
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Not you liking antilucy posts, how far have the mighty fallen
Lol! This fandom is so ridiculously polarized about so many things and it’s exhausting.
I’m not anti-Lucy! I’m not anti-Tim! I love both characters for different reasons; both characters (and the writers) also annoy the f*ck out of me sometimes. I’m watching a show and sharing my opinions on fictional characters. I don’t think either is perfect. I’m not going to defend either to the death if I disagree with something they do.
Tbh, I don’t actually know what post you’re talking about, but if it’s the one I reblogged explaining (respectfully) why I disagreed and empathized a bit more with Lucy in 6x05, then sorry I’m willing to engage with and talk to people I don’t agree with 100% of the time?
Believe it or not, I don’t just like stuff I agree with. I like stuff that includes respectful, thoughtful discourse seeking to help others understand their view even if it’s not *my* view.
What a bummer that there seems to be so little room for anyone that isn’t interested in picking a side in this fandom — Team Positive or Team Negative, Team Lucy or Team Tim, but I’m just gonna do me like I’ve always done.
Thanks for sharing your feelings Anon.
#chenford#The rookie#see lana ramble#fandom stuff#My asks#Also thanks for thinking me and my generally unpopular opinions were mighty at some point I guess? 😂
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once again, its been one hell of a wednesday
time to unwind with a weekly tag game!
thanks for tagging me @lingy910y @juliakayyy @energievie and @jrooc
name: gigi
age: 24
star sign: full time virgo
first language: english
second language: lol i wish, my girlfriend has been trying to teach me korean the whole time we've been together and cant comprehend that my brain is just simply not wired to learn language
favorite lip product: aquaphor 🥰 and the nars laguna lipstick it was literally made for pale autumns
the best food dish you can make without a recipe? honestly most things, even when its new i like to skim and freestyle, most often i make eggs in hell and various soups, stews and stocks
if you drink tea, what kind? the only tea i drink is bottled cold green tea, and ginger in hot water when im sick
if you drink coffee, what roast do you usually get? light roast <3
favorite thing to watch on youtube right now: music videos! also watching a lot of book binding tutorials and general quiet crafting videos
favorite thing to watch on youtube in 2012: the dame herself ms. jenna marbles and honestly up until she left it would be the same answer
favorite item of clothing right now: i have a few very very cozy sweaters that have been in rotation over the last few weeks, but i am very excited to get back to soft loose blouses and pants
favorite item of clothing in 2012: a very cool 70's jean jacket that i still own and wear!
fandom
three movies you recommend: Chungking Express, jennifers body, in bruges
your favorite concert: tyler childers at radio city music hall, the queen of dancehall herself sister nancy and tune yards
have you ever unfollowed someone over a fandom opinion? not a single opinion, we can agree to disagree on things but i have unfollowed people for consistantly being really negative about everyone other than their favorite characters and just overall being a bummer
have you ever left a fandom because of the fans? Nope! every fandom I've been apart of has had really lovely people, but by far shameless is the nicest which feels a little ironic
the best tv show you watched last year: Beef by far, I don't think Ive ever resonated with a piece of media with such raw emotion (also the bear and succession but yall already knew that)
do you have a fancasting you just can’t let go of? Im not really apart of the harry potter fandom at all but sometimes marauder fancasts come on my fyp and theyre all really fun
a ship you’ve abandoned: destiel a little, i still love them that brain rot (damage) cant be undone but i rewatched supernatural last year and like, Dean is so genuinely unkind to him most of the time (/nuanced)
on a scale of 1-10 how willing are you to share your ao3 history? i mean, with who?
do you have a fandom tattoo? no tattoos
what fandom do you wish was bigger? none come to mind
has a finale ever ruined a show for you? no honestly im pretty okay with all of them, but i never watched any of the big ones that people hate
have you…
swam in an ocean? yes! I was a jr lifeguard, swimmer and water polo player in highschool, i am the safest person to visit the beach with
been vegan/vegetarian? I was vegan for three years but when i moved back home during covid i couldnt really keep it up while eating dinner with my family every night and now im very plant based but not vegan or veg
gone skinny dipping? many times lol
gone skiing? yes but i prefer snowboarding
been to a convention? only work related design conventions
tagging from my notes: @mickeysgaymom @rainbowbri @anonymous-galager @gallawitchxx @iansw0rld @mybrainismelted
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This fandom is becoming insufferable because some fans of certain ccs can not handle anyone having a slightly negative opinions of their character or story.
Sorry if this upsets anyone but it's so obvious with BBH and Roier fans rn (which is so funny because those two fan bases are ripping into each other atm on twitter hmmm...) Fans of these ccs and characters need to understand thAT MULTIPLE things can be true at once. q!roier can be going through an extremely emotionally distressing time and not trust the new eggs/want to open himself up to being hurt again leaving him unsure of how to navigate this situation AND be neglecting/abusive towards Pepito. Just like q!BBH can be suffering with some awful side effects from the nuclear blast AND be held accountable for things by other islanders that they are upset or hurt by. Nuanced conversations about stories and characters are fun and interesting, it's so boring to see people just blindly defend characters all the time.
Also people are allowed to just straight up not like a character lmao like nobody is obliged to love a character just because you personally do. There's characters in the QSMP that I adore that i've seen people mischaracterise or talk about disliking and I'm like "awh that's a bummer I guess but oh well" and just get on with posting about them. It's such a waste of your time and energy to feel the need to excuse every action of a character you like anytime someone expressed a dislike towards something they've said or done JUST LET PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OPINIONS.
Yeah, I agree with you. It's very annoying, which is why my approach now is just don't bother with these characters. No matter which gray direction they go, no one will treat as such, the fans I mean, and if some character do, they're crucified.
That's why I feel so bad for Bagi, because every time she dares to give an opinion about Roier or Cellbit, no matter how sensible and true that opinion is, she gets a wave of hate immediately. They twist everything she says. ccBagi should do the RP she wants, but I can't help but think it was an awful decision to get involved with these two, who are easily the most popular characters. Because she can't win ever, even if she's doing everything for them. It's also the reason I'm refraining to go any further in that Roier and Pepito topic, if it was about another character maybe I'd be interested to discuss, but I know better lol
Did you know some Roier's fans hate Pomme to this day because she asked Cellbit why he was putting mines everywhere since she was worried about her siblings' lives?
Sadly some characters are simply "untouchable" if comparable to others. X character can do the same very action that Z character did, but it will be perceived wildly differently by the fandom.
Tumblr can be annoying too sometimes, but it's quite chill compared to everywhere else. Which is why I bother to discuss or give my opinion here, but I still don't want to get a headache discussing the morality of the actions from popular characters.
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twenty questions for fic writers
Tagged by my best gal @feralkwe
1. How many works do you have on AO3? 46. I have a lot of fic that just lives on Tumblr or that was on older fic sites, so that's not really indicative of my total fic amount lol.
2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 338,924. Again, A LOT of one shots and stuff elsewhere.
3. What fandoms do you write for? On AO3, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, FFXIV, Skyrim, Good Omens, One Piece, and Star Wars
4. What are your top five fics by kudos?
Blitzed (GO 1941 smut and my first smut ever lol), The Altus Inquisitor (DAI AU, pretty much as it says on the tin), Get Closer To Me (GO S1 night at Crowley's place fic), Heartbeats (a series of one shots for a One Piece Corazon lives AU), and The Ecstasy of Anthony J Crowley (GO divinity kink smut fic)
5. Do you respond to comments? I try to! I didn't always but I'm trying to get better about that because I really appreciate each and every comment.
6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Uuuuuh, might be For Want of Words? It's GO post S2 and not fix it so it is not happy lol. Possibly Wicked White, which ends as Shadowbringers ends and thus isn't the happiest place for a WoL/Emet fic lol. Otherwise, they're series and neither finished but my Law as the new Corazon AU series was just bummers all the way down and, ironically, Too Much of a Good Thing gets progressively less... optimistic. Lots of sad smut and series I guess.
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? If I resist making a smut joke, Just For Two is one of the fluffiest things I've ever written. Pure GO S1 fluff fic written for the fun of it.
8. Do you get hate on fics? Not really? I got an... indirectly cruel comment one time on something but people are generally very nice on the fics themselves.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Yes. The Good Omens kind lmao. I mean, I've branched out but it was the first fandom I wrote smut for and continues to be the one that gets the most. It hovers between that M and E rating for good reason. Very feelsy and in the case of GO, I love some religious symbolism lol. I like to weave it into longer works but I also happily write one shots (or try, sometimes it takes a few chapters to get to my one shot plans).
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? I don't think I've ever written a crossover. I've done crossover art but I tend to stay within a fandom for fic.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not that I'm aware of.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Again... I don't think so?
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Yes! I used to write with my best friend a lot in high school and I adored it. It's one of the things I miss most about that friendship and, in general, something I miss doing.
14. What’s your all-time favorite ship? Do I even have to say? Aziraphale/Crowley own my soul. That said, I do have the softest of soft spots for my Trev/Dorian and Shakarian. Also, Justice/Anders/Hawke because it burns with the added power of spite.
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will? Ahahaha... *sweats nervously.* So many. I am determined to finish the Altus Inquisitor but it's hard to get my heart back into DA with good reason. I'd love to continue my various OP series but I doubt I ever will for a few reasons.
16. What are your writing strengths? Characterization. I work really hard on it. I obsess over it. There is nothing I think of more in any fandom than characterization lol. I'd also like to think I'm good with emotion and description.
17. What are your writing weaknesses? Finishing anything ever. I'm a whimsical creature and if I'm not into something at the moment, it's really hard to get myself to focus on things. I also feel like a monkey with a typewriter any time I'm trying to write smut, but I think that's just the nature of the beast.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? I am really bad with languages so I try to just avoid it.
19. First fandom you wrote for? Jurassic Park! As a wee bab I wrote about a raptor ripping someone open and eating them lmao.
20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written? Oh man, oh man, this is actually really hard for me. There are a lot of things I've written that I'm fond of for different reasons. I adore my AUs because I put so much of my soul into them to make them feel authentic. Various fics for various fandoms hit hard for different reasons.
If I absolutely HAD TO choose, I'd say either The Altus Inquisitor, because Lucien is my baby and I genuinely enjoy rereading it, or Dig Down from my GO AU, which I feel like is just a strong short fic and best sums up that whole series. Both are hard to recommend though because one is chronically unfinished (I am trying!) and the other is smack dab in the middle of a series.
I tag anyone who wants to do this because I am too tired to think rn. Go forth with my blessing
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Maedhros anon I got your ask as well (lol almost a month ago) but it seems more like a private rant so I will just vaguely respond :)
I do very much understand the frustration of being a fan of a particular character who is very popular but about whom it seems a good 3/4 of the fandom (generously) has a different interpretation of.
But I must say I do not believe that NO ONE understands Maedhros. There are 6,675 works with Maedhros in them on Ao3 alone, and there are even more works on SWG and ff.net. Surely there is at least one author in the twenty years of the Silm fandom writing tons of Maedhros whose portrayal you would enjoy, though I will grant that if you don't care for Russingon you have slim pickings.
I will be even *more* annoying and encourage you to use your annoyance to create. Let the hate flow through you, etc. Some of my favorite works, both my own and others, have been created in a fit of fandom rage.
Last bit of preachiness that is now directed at fandom at large: do you have any idea how frustrating and demoralizing it is to see someone complaining about how 'Nobody ever writes X' when you can name like 10 examples (maybe even some of them your own!) off the top of your head. I know people are sometimes being hyperbolic, but it is a major bummer to feel like your work is invisible.
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I got tagged by @ereborne and I'm doing this because it's fun and also there are a lot of new people here recently.
Name: Kelly
Nicknames: Kel, for the most part, but that's just for close friends and family. I'd mention the other that really is just for family but it's also part of my middle name and I don't trust the internet lol.
Gender: Female
Star Sign: Aquarius
Current Time: 6:09 pm CST
Favorite Artists: If we're talking in terms of art, I really don't have any. I just like pretty things.
Song Stuck In My Head: The Psych theme song.
Last Movie I Saw: Good Grief. I'm thinking of watching a new movie (to me) tomorrow so maybe I can stop using this for an answer lol.
Last Thing I Googled: "is cyclothymia also bipolar" because (1) I was reading a book with an MC who has bipolar 1 and (2) I actually have cyclothymia and didn't for sure know that it's essentially bipolar lite.
Other Blogs: just this one! I used to run a number of fandom specific fic rec blogs but those are just so overwhelming to maintain. I tinkered with the idea of doing it for RWRB but I think there are enough rec blogs that I don't really need to.
Do I Get Asks: Not really, which can be a bummer sometimes.
Reason For URL: It's a shortened version of my OG username, oncetherewasapirate. I was on a big Spring Awakening kick at the time. I don't remember how I got from point A to point B though.
Following: 125
Average Sleep: My sleep hygiene is terrible. It's a work in progress. I average like 6 hours, which is not enough for me to function.
Lucky Number: 4
Currently Wearing: Black tank top and black leggings.
Dream Job: a marine biologist focusing on ichthyology so I could study sharks, which are my most favorite things on the planet.
Dream Trip: one I can afford.
Favorite Food: macaroni and cheese, all day every day. really pasta in general.
Instruments: I played clarinet for 7 years, taught myself the flute, was very average at the guitar, and terrible at piano. I do not play any of these anymore.
Favorite Song: idk that I have one most favorite song, but my all-time no skip is "Misery Business" by Paramore. it's basically illegal to skip it. I will get mad if you do.
Tag other people: I'm gonna wind up overwhelming people with tags so here's an open tag! if you do it, please tag me!
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i was tagged by @leatafandom — thank you!! it was fun both to see your answers and to think about/look up mine <3
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
99. some day #100 will be posted but who knows when or what that will be lolol
2. What’s your total A03 word count?
395,538
3. What fandoms do you write for?
currently none; i'm doing original stuff only lately. however i have things on ao3 written for marvel (specifically the asgardian faction), downton abbey, what we do in the shadows, and of course most recently (and also least recently...i've come full circle) supernatural
4. What are your top five fics by kudos?
seize the crown (wwdits, e)
friendly favors (wwdits, e)
judges of character (downton abbey, gen)
"mr barrow has the flu" (downton abbey, t)
thomas barrow and the power of friendship (downton abbey, t)
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
yessss i love responding to comments!!! i appreciate them so much, and i love an opportunity to talk about my writing <3 i can understand why people might prefer not to, especially on a place like ao3 which is technically an archive, but i like the community feel of interacting with readers on there (and i love it when other authors reply to my comments so kind of a golden rule situation)
6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
hm...technically the song remains the same (spn, t) has the least desirable endingbut imo passive (mcu, gen), which is entirely about grief and denial, is angstier despite "brother died" being a less dramatic problem than "stuck in eternal crushing hell isolation"
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
to me it's phantom fangs (wwdits, t), my little vampirism-as-trans-allegory project! it's a bit of a bummer at times but to me the ending is so happy <3
8. Do you get hate on your fic?
i haven't!
9. Do you write smut?
yee. although i'm never sure if i want to write smut lmao but it sure does happen a fair amount sometimes
10. Do you write crossovers?
it's not generally my thing, although i do enjoy heavy allusions. i do have at least one though!
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
not that i'm aware of (i have had art stolen though RIP)
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
yes! although i'm not sure the translation is up anymore; it was a number of years ago
13. Have you ever co-written a fic?
no...i'm curious about this but i'm not sure how it would go? but anyway no, at least not yet
14. What‘s your all-time favourite ship?
formally it's samifer because i got my fandom phd in this lol but who even knows in actuality tbh
15. What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
i'm soooo haunted by the last chapter of crimsonpeaknatural aka hollow's gate (spn, e). it is my longest fic on ao3 by far and is literally one chapter from done, i just can't bring myself to write the last ~7k. it is fully outlined. i know what happens in it. i just can't write it! why
i also started a michean fic over the summer that i really like but i doubt it'll ever be finished. at least i never posted any of that though :p
16. What’s your writing strengths?
imo characterization/perspective, atmosphere, and prose versatility. maybe pacing? i've gotten comments on that a few times but it's less of a self-observed strength
17. What’s your writing weaknesses?
i don't know what plots are <3 also sometimes my prose wraps around to being a little too circular for its own good so that's both a strength and a weakness of mine lol.
tbh i'm also bad at killing my darlings, especially when it comes to scenes i'm obsessed with, unless i give myself a LONG time to edit. like, on the order of months
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
i'm not really a fan of this as a reader and i prefer not to do it as a writer, but also i'm not going to knock it on principle because i do understand the appeal, especially to people who are writing primarily for themselves and are comfortable in both/all the languages they're including. it can be fun sometimes to see the differences between the language the dialogue and the translation gives (if they provide one) if the language is one i'm also familiar with.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
harry potter. y'know...what can you do lol it is what it is. i wrote the kind of dramione angst you'd expect of a person like me who was 13yo at the time
20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?
ohhhh i don't know. i had SO much fun writing poker face (spn, e) and i think it succeeds at doing everything i wanted it to do. this isn't an objective answer but i am genuinely very happy with that one so it is my answer atm!
no-pressure tagging @artoodeeblue, @fandom-space-princess, @quietwingsinthesky, and anybody else who would like to do this!
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what happened to ur platform?
cw for stalking and doxxing!
well i had about 5k followers for my comics on twitter, but my shit got mass reported bc of a callout i had in the stranger things fandom for not liking a straight ship lol. they doxxed me (found where i live, shared my sex work accounts with my work and family) then turns out one of the people who participated in that was someone who i thought was a friend. they had been stalking me for months without me even knowing. so there i was left with no more twitter platform bc my account got mass reported and a hugely traumatic experience to go with it. this was this past feb-april for me. it was really scary and i’m still nervous to leave the house sometimes.
it’s also a bummer bc i had built up a dedicated following that never came back. i’m hoping i get some recognition for the books i have coming out next year but i’ve been trying to focus on being okay without a big following. tumblr helps, bc i’ve always had a big audience here but also because this is a site that doesn’t really value followers as much. my boyfriends and friends help a lot too.
the worst part of it was that it’s all because someone willfully misread one of my tweets. they could have very easily just dmed me to be like what did you mean by that. but instead they sent my place of work my nsfw account lol
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I love my headcanons so much! I love to talk about them an and make content an awful lot too, because it’s just so much fun! And I love other’s headcanons so much like some of the fan theorying that goes on in this tag is hella rad.
(mood)
I love to analyze the text and come up with headcanons that are supported by canon or even not supported by all, and show them off to the fandom like I just found a very shiny rock because if I like it, someone else might too.
This might improve someone else’s day the way it improved mine!!
If someone tells me they disagree with me, that’s just an excuse to ramble on at length even more about why this shiny rock is so cool and say “I love this shiny rock!”
And sometimes I’m actually wrong, in which case lol thanks quq i appreciate the correction
Sometimes it’s really hard not to call someone an idiot because sometimes the way they’re talking to me, specifically, is rude and dismissive of this rock I actually put time and thought into unearthing. Or sometimes they’ll just. Yell rude and dismissive things for everyone to see.
Sometimes I do vaguepost but when I’m mad it’s harder to enjoy what I’m trying to enjoy so. By and large, not worth it.
I am perfectly able to build a community of like minded individuals where we can pass our favourite rocks back and forth like show and tell. Doesn’t need to be tagged. Not everybody has to see it. Or hell, maybe I just don’t post it at all. I like this lil doodad - “Before you post, THINK”. It helps me be kind to myself by being kind to others.
If I don’t think the rock is going to be good to the fandom at large, it can stay untagged in the personal bowers of my blog where we like minded folk, or even just me, may enjoy it.
Why give the naysayers the time of day? That just means less time to enjoy how sparkly this rock is.
so sparkly...coffee jelly ads...........wow.........................................
My enjoyment of my headcanon is strong enough to withstand someone having fun with their own rock in their own way that’s different from mine in a shared space - it’s not like they’re hucking it at people, they’re just participating, sharing, in a thing we both really enjoy, the same way I am - to build enjoyment in a community.
It’s kinda neat, even, to be reminded that different people, by means of being different people with their own backgrounds, biases, personalities, thoughts, and feelings, can look at the same piece of media and come up with something completely different than me! I don’t have to agree. Heck if I don’t like this content even if it’s not disrespecting me, I can just keep scrolling!
It gives me more time to enjoy everyone’s shiny rocks they put on display, and my own shiny rock! That person minding their own business does not invalidate or disrespect or erase mine. Someone having a different interpretation than me doesn’t erase me. If I feel threatened by someone else showing off their rock in a way that doesn’t directly antagonize me, that’s my problem. Sometimes I’m accidentally disrespectful. That’s a learning opportunity, and a path to doing better next time, both for myself and others.
What is disrespectful, potentially bigoted, and gatekeeping, is asking thousands of people to conform to one idea, shut up if they don’t, or get out.
And now that tumblr is apparently back to using tags as tags instead of keywords in the body of the post as tags, it’s much easier than it was to perform a key piece of tumblr etiquette which is
Don’t tag the hate.
If you feel that strongly about things that you can’t stand to see it a more effective solution that would improve your experience would probably be to block people.
I know I’ll be.
And I know my experience isn’t universal but I know I have much more fun when I say “I love this! I love that! This makes me feel valid, isn’t that cool!!” instead of being stuck the negativity bias. Bit of a bummer in there, yknow.
Someone having a different opinion doesn’t invalidate yours or make you wrong. Thats for facts, not your identity or your feelings.
(That still pisses me off tbh like why are they called killer whales then huh)
Make your dash what you want to see. Have fun with your shiny rocks but lets. Yknow. Respect, manners, etc, at least don’t tag the hate.
Block Toritsuka. BLOCK HIM. He’s a HATER, did you see how fast he walked away from Kuboyasu when Kuboyasu said he went to an all boys school!? A HATER. You don’t need him in your life (unless you need him in your life i mean im not gonna tell you not to if you enjoy him, some people have different tastes and that’s okay.)
But really none of us is the ultimate authority on any of these characters unless one of us is secretly Shuichi Asou where are you. I. I just. I wanna. Can. Can you. More content please. Please. Oh please give us more Saiki K content plEASE-
#also don't be a fucking homophobe what the shit????????? cannot believe i've actually been seeing people being homophobic in this tag as a#response to people having different headcanons.#saiki k
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✨2022 Writing Year In Review✨
I was tagged by @lassiesspanishaccent! Thanks, Swattie! 💖
1. Number of stories posted to AO3: 11
2. Word count posted for the year: 76,818
3. Fandoms I wrote for: Psych and Gods of Egypt
4. Pairings: Shawn Spencer/Carlton Lassiter, Horus/Bek
5. Story with the most:
- Kudos: Complementary Souls (382)
- Bookmarks: Complementary Souls (107)
- Comments: DoMaystic Shassie (79)
6. Work I’m most proud of (and why):
“DoMaystic Shassie” because it was the first time I’d ever tackled one of those month-long challenges and actually followed through on it.
7. Work I’m least proud of (and why):
“Never Be the Same.” It just didn’t come out the way I hoped it would.
8. Share or describe a favorite review you received:
Oh, dear, I have so many favorites - so many people say so many lovely things 😭💖 But I guess, for recent ones, I’ll have to go with this one -
“This was super sweet, I loved when the dwarves realized WHY Bilbo complains so much, and their reactions when he started complaining again were adorable. I loved this, loved how they all came together to make sure their Hobbit was all right! Thanks for sharing!”
It was left on a story I’ll always have a soft spot for, and it always makes my day on the occasions when a comment is left on it. It reminds me that people are still reading those older works and enjoying them, which is a reminder I really need quite often.
9. A time when writing was really, really hard:
Mmm, September through December? 😂 This past semester really kicked my ass, mostly because one of my classes wasn’t offered online, so I ended up driving a ton and it sapped my time and energy.
10. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you:
It’s not a scene, but a whole story 😂 “5 Times Shawn Called Carlton ‘Babygirl’ + 1 Time Carlton Didn’t Freak Out About It” surprised me because I don’t usually liked 5+1 stories, with very, very rare exceptions, so I really never expected to have an idea to write one of my own.
11. A favorite excerpt of your writing:
<<The teens bolted, slipping and sliding in the snow. Carlton watched them go with satisfaction, partly just for the joy of it and partly to see that they really did stick to the trail, heading back towards the lodge, and didn’t turn off into the trees.
It was a mistake, though, because he’d forgotten that there were more than just two hooligans out here.
He yelled, flailing, and stamped around, wriggling to try to get the cold out of the back of his shirt! Specifically, his neck, and oh, God, it was going down his back now, and —
Carlton went still, whirling to glare at Spencer, who was laughing. He’d just stuffed snow down the back of Carlton’s shirt and he was laughing.
“Oh, you son of a —”
Ordinarily, he’d try to strangle Spencer, but today, he had a snowball in his hand.>>
From “Coffee on the Snow,” which I suppose was technically 2021, but I’m counting it in 2022 because AO3 does and I’m lazy, lol
12. How did you grow as a writer this year:
I don’t feel like I did, really. Sounds like a bummer downer answer, but what can you do 🤷♀️
13. How do you hope to grow next year:
I hope to learn to let go of what other people think and just write what I want. I’ve always known that intellectually, but I have a really hard time taking it to heart, so I’d like that if I could develop that skill more permanently next year, rather than just having waves of not caring followed by long periods of insecurity.
14. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc):
Oh, without a doubt Swattie and my bestie - those two are beacons of light. I know Swattie is always there for everyone and always has an encouraging word, and it’s amazing. My bestie, of course, is my bff and even has kind words for me when I write about shows or characters she doesn’t like. 💖
15. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year:
Not that I recall. If it did, it was a tiny throwaway bit, like something I was eating at that moment, lol
16. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers:
You don’t have to take every bit of criticism into consideration. If someone offers you “advice” and you didn’t ask for it, it’s okay to ignore it. If someone offers you advice and you did ask for it, it’s still okay to ignore it. Sometimes it’s personal preferences clashing and sometimes the other person doesn’t understand what you’re trying to do - that’s okay, and you don’t have to pay it any mind if you don’t want to.
17. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year:
I have a short Elementary fic I’m working on that I’d love to finish very soon, I’m collaborating with my bff on a Bagginshield fic that will remain between the two of us and I’m excited for that, and I went back to a really old Buffy fic that I’m really excited to rework into a second draft, even though absolutely no one else will ever want to read it but me. Other than that, who knows? I’m giving myself a break from deadlines and expectations this year, since college has plenty of those, and am just writing whatever I feel excited about in the moment, without guilt.
18. Tag some writers whose answers you’d like to read.
Oh, let’s see.... @stevviefox @asublimehimbo @lenievi and...I feel bad, but I can’t remember who’s already been tagged for one of these and who hasn’t among the writers in my mutuals, so...if you haven’t already been tagged and you see this and want to do it, then I’m tagging you. Although no pressure even to the three people I did tag 😅
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I have to disagree with that anon about defending the critics. I get their overall point that of course applies to most journalists, but quite a few with TCR were downright nasty. Calling it an 'overlong sob story' absolutely implies a total lack of empathy in the writer. As someone who deals with mental illness, a disorder that is not DID but that is similarly trauma based, the reviews slamming it (which, again, were not the majority - I think out of the ones I read there were about 5 that were unfortunately snarky instead of thoughtful) were borderline ableist to me in the way they approached their critiques. I could tell that those critics not only did not have experience with mental illness, but that they lacked empathy as well. It is just a huge, huge bummer to see modern film and tv criticism turn into a battle over who can create the most scathing headline, it disrespects the hard work done by people who come together to make art.
I'm so glad Akiva did that interview. For my part, it made me feel a lot less alone. The whole show did. It was well made and well acted, the production design was on point, I think the writing was compelling too. Even with the flaws, I don't think it remotely deserved those handful of critics trying so hard to tear it apart. I'm so glad that it seems to have found success in audiences - and I honestly worry about RT scores not just for this project, but for all. I don't think RT is a great method to determine if something is watchable or not. I loved Martin Scorcese's take on RottenTomatoes and other aggregate sites. He went in pretty hard and called them a disgusting spectacle, and lol while I wouldn't be that hyperbolic, I think he has a point! Scores and numbers should not dictate the value of a show or film. I kind of wish we could get rid of the scoring system and just rely on actually reading critic articles instead - I think that would encourage people to think more critically and also to think more for themselves.
Also just want to say I love your blog Destiny! You always have such a great and balanced view of things and it's just appreciated in this fandom
First of all Anon, I'm so sorry that you went through whatever trauma that you've endured, and I hope you are getting any help that you need for any mental/emotional struggles that you go through. 🥰❤️
As you know, that's something that touches me deeply, so I do hope that my followers are doing well, and taking good care of themselves, physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, etc. 😊
Anyway, I can see how someone who has the background that you have could view the reviews for TCR as a bit harsh and unsympathetic...maybe downright apathetic even.
I agree that sometimes SOME critics may forget that real people deal with these issues that are being depicted in these films that they watch.
Honestly? I think when you watch as many films/TV shows that they have to watch and critique, I think it can sometimes make you a bit calloused and it just becomes a bit of a "job". Unless something really grabs you and your attention from jump, it might become a bit redundant watching film after film, project after project.
Don't forget too that some of the critics were more so taking out their anger and frustration at Akiva and the "rules" that were set forth w/regards to not mentioning DID at all in their reviews. To their defense, it IS a bit hard to write a review for TCR WITHOUT mentioning the fact that Danny is suffering from DID. Nearly MOST of the series is Danny talking to his therapist, and trying to pretend that the series isn't about helping a person with DID come to the realization of his past and his condition is kind of challenging, ngl.
It still doesn't make the reviews any less hurtful though, so I get it.
At this point, I just think that as long as you (the viewer) enjoyed the series, that's all that really matters at the end of the day. 🤷🏾♀️
Also just want to say I love your blog Destiny! You always have such a great and balanced view of things and it's just appreciated in this fandom
Aww...thanks sis. ❤️
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“honestly if DA hadn’t sent me an anon about one of them I was ready to pull it and call it a loss”
DON’T YOU DARE 🤧 but also imma cry that fic is so special and sexy and bittersweet and I can’t recommend it enough! You go in expecting smutty goodness (which you WILL find) and end up openly sobbing five paragraphs in. Seriously if you’re a bookverse Armand/Daniel fan and haven’t read this one, what have you even been doing with your life!? Mandatory Devil’s Minion reading imho 📖
This current trend of passively consuming media is slowly killing fandoms and fandom content creators. I’ll never not do my part but it’s so disheartening to see so many incredible fics with such depth and understanding of individual characters and dynamics with like… less than 10 comments on ao3. That shit kills the spirit fr xoxo DA ❤️
PS Daniel sitting out the entirety of BC2 because he was too busy playing The Last of Us is laying me tf out and I’ll be thinking about it often 💭
DA!! Thank you so much!! You are honestly a treasure and a gift to this fandom and I know we all appreciate your messages so much! 💖💖
None of us thinks we're owed ANYTHING but like... I came up in fandom in the 90s and 2000s, where people were sharing stuff in newsgroups and on forums and then livejournal. It was a community and everyone interacted with each other and shared their thoughts and commented on fics! Fics launched whole discussions and more fics about similar topics. Now it feels like fandom is so isolated, and people put creators in some separate box where they will consume what they create but not dare interact. And it's weird! We're all just part of fandom, flailing around and trying to have to fun.
Now there's this social media like button culture where people (not just in fandom) will leave a like and move on and that's fine except it doesn't feel as personal and creates this lonely atomosphere. It's so passive, as you said, and as someone who's spending a lot of their free time and brain power crafting fics because I'm excited about the characters or an idea and I want to share, putting it out there and getting nothing back is so demoralizing.
And then of course there's the insecurity. Most writers have it in spades so when we post something and the response is... lackluster... the first thought is often "Well, apparently this one sucks." It creates all kinds of doubt! And then if you're me, sometimes you feel stupid for posting at all and wonder if you should take it down. (I talk myself out of this and then more comments come in and I feel better - although lately comments are hard to come by after the first couple of days a fic is live!)
But I digress. It's just this whole thing and it's weird because no one owes anyone comments or compliments, but creating into a void is depressing and unsatisfying and it's going to lead to people not bothering to share what they make. And that's a bummer, because fandom is all about sharing and conversing and having fun as a group. Otherwise I can just tell my headcanons to my cats, who are always happy to listen.
But you always do your part!! I love your messages and they always make me feel like I've succeeded. So thank you so much again for your kind words! I really am proud of that fic and I hope people will start to realize that a quick comment is worth so much to fic writers. It doesn't need to be elaborate!
And LOL yes, I love the idea of Daniel being so busy battling digital zombies that he's just.. not involved in the last book. Armand calls from time to time and Daniel talks him off a ledge and then fights his way through another zombie-infested building. 😂😂😂 This is my current theory and I'm sticking to it.
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[ I'm actually very very sleepy and intend on going to sleep but needed to get this off my chest first.
Thing about all this stuff about the pacing issues? I totally get it and think people's opinions about it is valid. There are things that I agree haven't had time to breathe and that there's a lot of things that have been introduced where we don't have any sort of time to explore, as well as things passing by rather fast in some aspects.
Like, I totally get it, and I can understand people being upset about that.
Yet, I find myself sad about it instead of mad, like I see everyone else. Again, fine if they get mad, I feel like I get sad over it instead because I simply wished we all could have had fun with it instead haha. It sounds really childish, at least to me, when I say it like that which is why I avoid stating how I feel about it all now.
Guess because I really do love the show, I love the plot points and lore, I love the characters, and I adore Suletta to pieces, she's the reason I gave the series a try. So to see how things have evolved between the first part and the second part kind of just makes me sigh a bit, especially in terms of fandom opinion/atmosphere.
Now I can still find enjoyment despite the obvious pacing issues, yet I don't want people to think that because I still do that its me just ignoring any glaring issues. Yet I don't want it all to be about what I didn't find enjoyable and be negative about it.
Because yes, I also realize that even if we do get more of the series after the finale next week, the second part is still paced awkwardly and nothing will change that.
Trying to explain how I feel really is hard since I'm probably making things a bit more complicated for myself than need be. Guess the main thing is I wish part 2 was just as fun to enjoy with people as the first part. Of course I have specific friends that I talk to to help with that, but sometimes I let even strangers and their opinions get to me and if they aren't having fun, then it's a bit of a bummer. Its even worse when close friends aren't having fun, and again, I totally get why and I'd never want to force them to enjoy something that they clearly aren't.
One thing about media that gets me nowadays is that there never can be a neutral side. Sometimes it feels like people either make you love something entirely (judge you if you don't and possibly even ignore the flaws), or you have to hate it with your whole entire being, seeing nothing BUT the flaws. It feels like there's no in between sometimes, and most of the time, I'm in the middle where I acknowledge the issues yet still have fun with it. And I mean this with anything, not just G Witch.
It kind of makes me feel isolated in a way since I'm not one to state deep opinions like most, at least in terms of things I don't like since I don't focus my energy on that side of things a lot (again, that's just me, doesn't mean people who voice their opinions, negative or not, are bad).
I know the second part could have been better if they were able to pace things out better. There are things that I'd love to see more information on, or having plot points having the time to simmer and breathe. Yet at the same time, there are parts I find enjoyment in. I can even say that with how things are in the anime industry is the reason why the show is (so far) much shorter than apparently other Gundam shows(?) but then I know some people would be saying that's just an "excuse", or "coping" as the cool kids say. Lol.
I'm also not a fan of "comparisons", where people compare something (most of the time it being something they don't enjoy) to something else (which they DO enjoy) and just say "this show did it SOOOO much better" because it's like...just admit that the story they're telling, and the way they're telling it, isn't for you. It's totally fine if that's the case, your feelings on that way of thinking is valid. Comparing shows, even if they're under the same umbrella (aka the Gundam series), doesn't benefit anyone since every single entry tells a different story in a different way. I say this for seasons as well. If it's not for you, then it's not for you, and that's totally fine.
I've been exposed to a lot of the Gundam fandom by getting into this show, and while I don't regret getting into the show and loving it, a part of me is glad that it isn't huge on here (in terms of RP) and a lot of the people I've met are really nice and understanding people, regardless of opinions or even what we write. I've seen that its just too big on twitter, and I'm never truly on "a side", when people make it feel like you should.
But at this point, I'll just be repeating everything in circles. I'm sure there's some other point I forgot to make but it slipped my mind.
I should head to sleep, and I thank anyone that read this and dealing with my whole random "rant" haha. I'll try not to keep bringing this up. And also for interacting with me and following me.
I'm off work tomorrow so I'm going to try and be around more for interactions. Thanks once again for all the patience. ^^ ♥
Hope you all have a fantastic night/day, depending on time zones. Lol. ]
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hey. its been... many years since i used this website lol to think i logged in every day as a teen. i’m 25 now. shit. not gonna lie, its a bummer to see what tumblr turned into (so much nsfw content, even on “safe” tags like cute anime).. well looking back onto it, it was a pretty toxic environment for a teen lol so much self harm, suicide, hate, etc... but i also have to remember all the laughs it gave me and fun about things i love like mcr which was my main focus. i’m still a huge fan, i’ll love them forever but i’m not nearly an active fan as much as i was before, i’m not in the fandom at all actually, i just follow the boys’ social media and check them sometimes.
i dont even know if someone is still here but i’m still writing this, mostly for myself tbh because i like to keep memories of time somehow and part of me hopes i’ll be able to read this in like 10 years lol who knows. if i dont die by then or the website shuts down.
anyways... if someone is reading this, i hope you’re well
keep the faith
xo
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