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dailyupdates3 · 1 year

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sayaratyriea · 25 days

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my youtube recs have historically been... shockingly decent, for youtube, but the last couple weeks i have been COMPLETELY OVERRUN by AI covers of hazbin hotel songs

and all i have to ask is

W H Y????

#taz talks #i listened to like. one (1) non-AI hazbin song on yt because it's catchy as hell. sue me the deviantart lady hired some good songwriters #and now it's a cancerous growth on my yt suggestions and it just keeps COMING BACK #i don't want to hear an AI cover of ANYTHING #but i especially don't want to hear AI ariana grande singing the swear word song #the world doesn't need this

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liminal-zone · 6 months

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DEAR YULETIDE WRITER LETTER 2023

IT’S A YULETIDE LETTER. IT’S YULETIDE 2023, BAYBEEE. LET’S FUCKING GO.

2008. 2009. 2010. 2011. 2012. 2013. 2014. 2015. 2016. 2017. 2018. 2019.

HIIII. I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU. It’s yuletide; it’s the best time of the year. I’ve been gone for a minute but I’m back, baybeee, back with the matrix fandom amongst others. So let’s fucking go! Thank you thank you and thank you.

Likes (generally): I love kisses and angst and smut and darkfic and tension and hurt/comfort and a good adventure and heroism and sacrifice. I love every flavor of sexuality. I love women in dominant roles (including but not limited to domme). I prefer fics in canon or canon divergence. I enjoy the following kinks: enemies to lovers, sex pollen/fuck or die, Stockholm syndrome, voyeurism, fingering, conditioning. Dubcon and non-con and dead dove is always welcome (pls tag it).

Dislikes (generally): Watersports, scat; omegaverse; mpreg/pregnancy/breeding; submissive female characters; domestic fluff; kid fic and curtains; mundane AUs; super sugar ending; hurt no/comfort or utter hopelessness or despair as the final beat of the story (beloved in the opening or middle of a story!)

It’s Yuletide, baybeee, so if you want to write any of these prompts fully gen: I’m so happy to read it!!

THE PROMPTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Matrix (Movies)

Trinity

If you could please write me a character study of Trinity; dig deep into the character and show me something vulnerable and new and wonderful about her.

My favorite things about Trinity: she is powerful, vulnerable, steadfast, competent, anxious, loyal, brave, and a twinge of cunt. She’s my favorite character ever; a touchstone, a rock, an icon. Tell me a story about Trinity.

If the muse strikes, feel free to ship her with Neo, Ghost, Switch, Bane, or Groff!Smith.

Very emotional that The Matrix is a YT fandom for perhaps one reprise since ffn.net fics were thrown out re: eligibility. I’m a historied Matrix fandom old; this is bittersweet to be eligible again perhaps one last time. Hi, I love you, Matrix fandom <3

The Wheel of Time (TV)

Lanfear

If you could please write me a character study of Lanfear; dig deep into the character and show me something vulnerable and new and wonderful about her.

My favorite things about Lanfear: she is powerful, vulnerable, terrifying, terrible, cruel, full of desire, and that she’s a complete cunt. She makes my heart flutter. Tell me a story about Lanfear.

If the muse strikes, feel free to ship her with Lews, Rand, Moiraine, Moggy, or Ishamael. I don’t mind book spoilers!

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)

Galadriel | Artanis

If you could please write me a character study of Galadriel; dig deep into the character and show me something vulnerable and new and wonderful about her.

My favorite things about Galadriel: she is powerful, vulnerable, terrifying, terrible, kind, and sometimes a bit cunt. She’s the dom femme of my life currently. Tell me a story about Galadriel.

If the muse strikes, feel free to ship her with Sauron, Gandalf, or Celeborn.

IDK how TROP was eligible this year, but LFG.

Chronicles of Narnia (Movies)

Edmund Pevensie

Lucy Pevensie

Bless my problematic heart but I really want an Edmund/Lucy fic, like. In that way. Any canon era (I am partial to HHB).

If that’s too rich for your blood, forgive me, and write me a non ship duet about them. I WILL LOVE ANY FIC WITH THEM CODEPENDENT.

My favorite things about them together is that they are complementary; he is tainted and a spymaster and Jadis marked him, she is blessed and valiant and Aslan marked her. Tell me a story about Edmund and Lucy Pevensie.

If the muse strikes, and you need alt ships: throw in Caspian for either, and I have a soft spot for Lucy/Tumnus or Lucy/any woman. Edmund/Jadis is my true love.

A bit emotional that Narnia films are a YT fandom for perhaps one reprise since ffn.net fics were thrown out re: eligibility. LFG.

Willow (TV 2022)

Elora Danan

Jade Claymore

Kit Tanthalos

I am desperate to see Jade evolving into Elora’s General Kael; a glorious mirror of her father as a warrior, a leader, and an absolute terror.

Background (or foreground) Jade/Kit is wonderful, and mixing Elora in there is great if you enjoy that too! My favorite thing about Jade Claymore is that she’s surprise the new General Kael and I’m so obsessed with that concept.

Dune (2021)

Duncan Idaho

Paul Atreides

Bless my problematic heart but I really want an Duncan/Paul fic, like. In that way.

My preference is for the film character dynamic transposed into a book spoiler (so if you know it - that’s my dream; I’d love to see that), and I would also love something messy in current film canon.

If that’s too rich for your blood, forgive me, and write me a non ship duet about them. I WILL LOVE ANY FIC WITH THEM CODEPENDENT. My favorite things about them together is that Duncan is so loyal (and for what?) and Paul is so needy for that loyalty (and soon, for what?).

If the muse strikes, and you need alt ships: I also adore me some Duncan/Leto and Paul/Chani.

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Xoxoxo love you forever!

#yuletide 2023 #the finals you sign up for #emotional about the matrix being eligible again #(also narnia)#my favorite thing about my yt history is how i started anti mlm and anti noncon #growth dot gif

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astarlightmonbebe · 2 years

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[fmv] sunoh & yohan || loveletting [1x16]

earbuds recommended! please like/share/sub on yt if you enjoyed :)

#star vids #my fmvs #jtbc insider #insider #jang sunoh #kim yohan #been working on this video for like a week! so yay :)#also first video on my laptop so i had to redo my text stuff but eh #i change it all the time anyways #also this song is on my playlist for them and like. it just fits ok #i want to edit more for this show in the future but idk what songs to use yet #subscribe to me on yt! i love growth :)

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pingmeter · 2 years

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#Yt Tags Generator #Yt seo tools #youtube seo tools #youtube growth #youtube thumbnail #yt likes #youtube username checker #youtube thumbnail downloader

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only1lorrie · 7 months

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#MarieBeecham #beautiful quote #yt privilege #healingjourney #personal growth #anti racism #quote

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briannaisadorable · 10 months

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If I ask you a question on your informational YouTube video and you don't respond ...!

I thumbs down the video

#YouTube #info #thumbs down #fyp #yt #ask #show and tell #growth #sorry not sorry #help #my truth #🤦🏿‍♂️#🤷🏿‍♂️#am i wrong #tell me I'm lying

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mirohtron · 1 year

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she said she was gonna release s o m e t h i n g in 2023... so yeah... MY DUMB ASS LEGIT THOUGHT SHE WOULD RELEASE SOMETHING TODAY I DONT KNOW WHY I READ THAT ON SOME SITE THAT GOT MY COMPUTER VIRUSES... and i was dissapointed... like god... okkk... unpopular opinions??? cause this is the first time im having a decent conversation

hope that sour money runs out soon fr ❤️ I don't have any opinions tho bc im not rlly a kpop stan anymore but i AM a kpop twt hater ❤️ they're like rats that carry the plague

#theyre so unbearable they genuinely make listening to music unenjoyable #last year or so there was this whole stan 1 kpop group only mindset ?? ARE YOU SHITTING ON MY NUTS #oh god and armys can be so fucking annoying there i am so sry to any army thst follows me ur fandom sucks the MOST #jts growth to accept that ❤️ every big fandom sucks ass #but i judt domt care abt kpop as a hardcore fan anymore i just engage w it on yt spotify and my friend group n meme pages #its therapee #kyle.txt #asks #kpop #music #i shouod have censored @rmys #whoops

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venizfashion · 2 years

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Lehenga Choli Indian traditional wedding wear

#youtube growth #indian clothes #indian clothing #indian fashion #clothing #clothes #fashion #yt shorts #yt likes #yttdposting #youtube #yt people #yt channel #youtube watchtime smm panel #youtube marketing #youtube video #youtube channel #youtumblr

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eggcats · 8 days

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"people are mad that that artists wanted to be paid" no, people are mad that they HAD places of revenue they could have invested in and instead decided to fuck everyone over and piss off their fans who have been there since the buzzfeed days

(+ the only reason they're now saying they're not pulling content is BECAUSE of the backlash, and this isn't even going into how any growth is now impossible if it's their own platform, they are NOT big enough or produce enough content for this)

like, apparently they have a patreon? have never heard of it. absolutely no advertisement on it, when PLENTY of people would subscribe if they plugged it at ALL (like, fans love bts content, early episodes, extra/uncut stuff, having their names be credited at the end, a discord, etc) but I've never heard of it, and according to people who have subscribed, they didn't find it worth their money (not an ideal baseline for their own service)

they have merch? make more and better quality/nicer designs (or just fun quotes! so much of my stuff from their buzzfeed days is just shane quotes, but the only stuff I've bought from them now is their jackets and the professor doll, nothing else. I've looked at their catalog, it's ugly. put a funny quote on a shirt and I'll buy it guys, it's not that hard)

a youtube membership for similar stuff to the patreon, yt livestreams, USE THE PLATFORM YOURE ON MAYBE???

explicitly asking fans to turn off adblock for them on their videos

but, like, I am absolutely not paying $60 just for like 1-2 shows that only get like 4 episodes a year. they do NOT have the content for this on their own (and why tf do they have 25+ employees???? bro what) - not to mention, the inaccessibility the new platform and ability for non US based fans to even subscribe

people watch bc of the dynamic between Shane and Ryan, some of my favorite episodes are ones where we get the random text on screen- nothing fancy

tbh I get what they want but it's been my opinion that too much of their stuff that I watch has become a) formuliac and b) overproduced without much to show (imo mystery files comes to mind, it's Fine but I only enjoyed the banter vs all the unnecessary visuals, the same with ghost files)

I've seen people mention how expensive just the ghost hunting stuff is, and like yeah, maybe stop buying that big fancy brandname equipment without and instead ask for sponsors to advertise your stuff, all that stuff is nonsense anyway so it's not like you're lying about like betterhelp or something

and idk, maybe having a show where you apparently eat gold and caviar isn't the best if you're struggling with money (esp bc who watches it? not me)

what they need is someone who actually knows anything as their ceo, having less than half the staff they do, and investing in the avenues they already have with SOME pay walled content (not all), and maybe learn how to actually produce their shows without bleeding themselves dry bc the fans watch for THEM not the "production value"

#watcher #watcher entertainment #listen guys this is the dumbest thing you could have done #long post #ive just seen a lot of 'you guys just dont want to pay artists' bro i was ALREADY giving them money and supporting them #this is NOT how to do that this is how to shoot your fanbase dead #also like many people cant afford this now? especially when its an exorbitant amount for almost nothing

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sensualnoiree · 2 months

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astro notes: the 12th house 🫧

The 12th house in astrology delves into the realm of spirituality, subconscious, and hidden aspects of our psyche. It encompasses spiritual beings, religion, spiritual forces, artists, creative people, writers, hospital patients, prisoners, monks, religious people, volunteers, dreamers, and charities. This house represents our inner secluded world, where we retreat, tap into realms beyond the physical, and derive what is within us to bring into reality. It's associated with empathy, mental and spiritual states, seclusion, and the bed.

Dreams, endings, the subconscious, secrets, addictions, intuition, instincts, the unseen realm, shadow self, imagination, afterlife, hidden aspects, healing, secret enemies, fears, fantasies, sleep, hidden activities, illegal work, self-undoing, spirituality, misfortune, isolation, sorrow, retreat, and surrender are all domains of the 12th house.

The 12th house is often seen as a place of challenge and resistance, where we confront our deepest fears, illusions, and limitations. It's associated with loss, escapism, and closure, as well as the need for withdrawal and privacy. This house also symbolizes the afterlife and the subconscious mind, representing the hidden desires and memories that influence our behavior and choices.

In traditional astrology, the 12th house was referred to as the "bad spirit" house because Saturn, the diurnal malefic, rejoices here. It was associated with enslaved people, foreign places, asylums, prisons, witches, and attics. The 12th house is where we confront our ghosts—symbolizing not only the dead but also the unmemorialized, the forgotten, and the repressed aspects of our lineage and past.

Working with the 12th house involves acknowledging and navigating the hidden aspects of our psyche, confronting our fears and limitations, and embracing spiritual growth and healing. It's about following ghosts, allowing contact with them to change our social context, and using imagination to contend with uncertainty.

The planets placed in the 12th house signify areas of life where we may experience excess, release, or hidden influences. Venus is considered exalted in the 12th house, representing abundance of love and transcendental experiences, while Ketu's qualities of isolation and detachment align with the themes of the 12th house. The 12th house is also related to karma and karmic debts, reflecting the consequences of our past actions and the need for spiritual growth and liberation.

Overall, the 12th house invites us to explore the depths of our psyche, confront our hidden fears and desires, and embrace spiritual transformation and healing. It challenges us to release the past, confront our inner demons, and find peace and closure within ourselves. follow for more astro insights like this and support me over on yt @quenysefields or instagram sensualnoiree

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absolutebl · 3 months

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This Week in BL - The unexpected rise of cooking crush & seme bjs

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

Jan 2024 Wk 3

Ongoing Series - Thai

The Sign (Sat YT) ep 9 of 12 - I love this show so damn much. This may be my KinnPorsche. It’s just so endlessly entertaining in a perfectly unhinged way. I love that they looped Tharn’s dad back into the murder investigations.

You know kinksters have invented necklaces that can’t come off… right? Just saying.

Meanwhile, would it still be BL if our seme didn’t wake up from drowning and instantly go chase snake?

No. No it would not.

Remember the one hard and fast rule of BL? When a seme gives a BJ it’s penance. Phaya is apologizing to Tharn for leaving him behind.

Heh. Hard and fast. I kill me.

Pit Babe (Fri iQIYI) ep 10 of 14 - How is this absurd creature managing to rise in the ranks? Pavel turned in some stellar grief and ALANJEFF have my whole heart. I make Ikea puns in the... Trash watch happening here.

Cooking Crush (Sun YT) ep 7 of 12 - The make-out montage was absolutely charming and very much American rom com style - interesting (and rare) to see in a BL (not to mention from OffGun. How far we have come since Puppy Honey?)

Meanwhile, another wonderful grandma in a BL!

Next week we do an actual harken back to Puppy Honey, so obviously I’m now enjoying this whole show way more than before. I think it helped that I watched it earlier in the week, when it wasn’t competing with any other BLs.

Last Twilight (Fri YT) ep 11 of 12 - Not gonna lie, I knew from you all that this was gonna be a rough ep. But I very clearly remember the penultimate Bad Buddy ep so I now have slightly more trust than others in GMMTV on this matter.

That said, this was a crap episode.

You can’t set Mork’s truth and character motivation reveal up like that and then have his lover choose to dismiss him in a way that diminishes not just both character's growth AND all of Mork's actions towards Day, but also our faith in every other character. It was a shitty narrative thing to do to us, and it was a shitty thing to do to Mork. And that doesn’t even take into account the forgiveness allotted by the story to Day’s unrepentant excuse for a mother. The doom should have been handled differently. The mom shoudl have leaned in even more evil and actively lied to split them apart.

I don't know if they can redeem this misstep in the final episode. But I'm interested to see them try. That said, this plot seem to be true to the book.

For Him (Thurs iQIYI) ep 8 of 12 - A major trigger has landed. But also it’s clear who’s fault that incident was... and it’s not Him’s. So Blue's so-called-friend really is unhinged. This episode was a little bit more engaging than last week, but it’s only because stuff actually happened. I’m still not sure I enjoyed it.

Twins the series (Fri GaGa) ep 12fin - Despite the fact that I’ve been annoyed by the show the last couple of episodes, I’m still sad for it to end. It was a good reveal and First had the right response. Also a very sports way to end it. Sprite is a v clingy bf.

In brief?

A messy very Thai pulp sports romance that actually managed to involve sports in an identical twins trading-places plot. Basically Not Me meets HIStory 2 Crossing the Line (although vastly inferior to either) with an endearing main character and a good lead pair (poor things), both soapy and earnest without too much camp. It tried so hard but the plot, side couples, and extraneous characters let us down. Passable if not great. 7/10

Time the series (Thai Gaga) ep 2 of 10 - Eh. Whatever.

My Universe (Sun iQIYI) ep 22 of 24 - skipped this installment

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Although I Love You and You AKA Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka (Japan Gaga) ep 2 of 10 - Funny how quickly he retracted that confession and everyone called him out for doing it too soon (including me from a narrative beats perspective). It was a cute screw up - I see what your meta-arse is doing there, Japan. Also our Tokyo-boy’s serious reserved earnestness is extra adorable in the surrounded by Osaka enthusiasm context. His accidental flirting is that much more heart wrenching for our poor baby seme. And they ended this ep with honorific negotiations!! Be still my heart. I’m really adoring this show.

Your hyung romance super fan is back in the game!

Meanwhile the Osaka accent is beyond adorable.

Sahara-sensei to Toki-kun (Japan Fri Gaga) ep 6 of 8 - Japan what are you doing? I do love the not-sorta-ex from the past.

VIP Only (Taiwan Fri Gaga) ep 10fin - I loved all the young people in the hawker center supporting the campaign against the terrible mother. They make a good domestically sappy couple. But that is Taiwan's specialty.

In brief?

A sweet if aimless story about a writer and a chef finding love via noodles, fake dating, and family challenges. If it had a tighter script and a shorter run, more like a KBL this might’ve been quite special. But it didn’t and it lost me too many times. 6/10

I don’t like to be disappointed by Taiwan.

It's done: I Need to Catch up

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 2 AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2 (Japan Gaga) 10 eps - will binge when I have any spare time. 2024 is crazy busy for me so far.

The Servant and the Young Master - from Vietnam so I assume it's on YouTube. I never even noticed. Anyone?

Began Beginning (Myanmar YouTube) - Is TRUST Entertainment bringing us the first ever Burmeses BL? I don't know if it's really the first, but @heretherebedork vouched for it, so I will give it a watch through.

It's Airing But...

[INTERNATIONAL] Cherry Magic (Sat YouTube) ep 3 of 12 - yeah Japan put the smack down on our boys. Sadness. You can use a VPN if you like. Read all about it here.

Beside You (Thai YouTube) - a 3 sp short that's supposed to have started but I can't find it.

Ossans Love Season 2 (Japan Gaga) - 5 years later, will anything have changed? This is Japan so… probubly not. I won't be watching this. I disliked Season one and actively hated the follow ups. No thank you.

Playboyy (Thurs Gaga) 14 eps - Dear Playboyy, it's not you, it’s me… I hate you. You’re about as deep (and as palatable) as a shot glass of cum. While I'm sure you’re someone’s kink, you're my weakest link. Goodbye. I DNFed this at ep 5. Frankly I'm impressed with myself for getting that far.

The Whisperer (Sun ????) 10 eps - Ends next week. Thai horror BL that ALSO involves cheating (what joy is mine). I don't think even the perfect single dimple can motivate me to watch. Word is... it's terrible.

7 Days Before Valentine (Weds WeTV) 10 eps - Giving me Luminous Solution vibes. I'm waiting to binge if safe.

Dead Friend Forever (Thai Sat iQIYI) - horror, meh, tell me if it's worth my time?

In Case You Missed it

All my year-end round ups:

TOP 10 BL Trends of 2023

Top 10 BL Secondary Pairs of 2023

2023 BLs Best Trope Execution Awards! TOP 10

All the BLs Announced for 2023 that didn't happen

BL 2023's Best:

Back Hugs Thailand & Elsewhere

Cute Bits of Domesticity

Boys Feeding Boys

BOOP!

Best Cuddles

Heads in Laps

Touching Head Touches

Thailand Put His Head on Your Shoulder

Put Your Head on My Shoulder (not Thailand)

BEST KISSES (not Thailand)

BEST KISSES FROM THAILAND

Next Week Looks Like This

1/23 Happy Ending is a new high school set Strongberry 20 min short staring the actor who played Milk on Choco Milk Shake, so... YES PLEASE. I'm not sure where it will air but we all have our fingers crossed for Gaga or YT. Or both.

1/24 Love For Love's Sake (Korea Gaga & iQIYI)- based on the Manhwa ‘Love Supremacy Zone’ by Hwacha. A young man is dropped into a game based off a novel he loves. His mission is to make another player, YeoWoon happy. But then the game starts unfolding completely different from the novel.

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Viva la BL grandma superiority! (Cooking Crush)

Cooking Crush casually givign us some lovely lesbians (as indeed did The Sign). GL makes for a lovely acessory BL, carry on.

Now GMMTV, give us the REVERSE.

I love this dork SO MUCH. (Pit Babe)

I love that Cherry Magic is doing this scene over. One of my favs from the original.

Yai is BEST BOY. MVP and most likely the winner for 2024's Namgoong award.

(Last week)

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darkopsiian · 2 months

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I don't think I'll be able to keep participating in the rw art month. For no extreme reason, mostly because I'm burnt out on drawing every single day. I made it to 10 days which is more than I usually do in these things. I chose the wrong year to go all out on this sadly.

Plus, no spoilers, but the next Dr.MOTH video is going to be fat. In addition, I'm doing something very critical to my growth for 15k yt subs.

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greatrunner · 1 month

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@tododeku-or-bust's post asking for examples of racism (experienced/witnessed) in fandom has got me thinking about how abstract the experience of antiblackness is once you (as in me, because I can only tell you my perspective) 'remove' yourself from the situation or the situation is considered 'settled.'

A lot of that is, obviously, a defense mechanism. If I didn't learn how to dissociate or numb myself from said experiences, I think I would be in a much worse place than I am right now.

But it also highlights how much I spent on Tumblr reading or experiencing antiblackness in different fandoms. Within the moment, the experience is raw and extremely triggering.

Left 4 Dead 2, Pacific Rim, Princess and the Frog, and Star Wars were probably the most active I'd been within a fanspace on Tumblr, and the antiblackness that ran rampant in those spaces was pretty vile.

At every turn, instead of owning up to the acts of passive and active racism, yt and non-Black users would break their backs to defend their position as 'not racist.'

The absolute refusal to investigate why they were so comfortable calling characters like Rochelle and Tiana boring or annoying compared to Lottie or Zoey allowed antiblackness to run rampant because, "I should be allowed to dislike a character!"

Do you know how aggravating it was to watch old-ass shows like Buffy and Angel at 14-then-22 and watch not only the writers but the audience (or LiveJournal or Television Without Pity) demonize characters like Charles Gunn and Robin Wood for doing things they cheered white characters on for doing... on the same shows? All while engaging in some truly racist stereotypes? It feels like you're going crazy when you see it. It made me wanna cry for help.

The fact that I had to remind Star Wars fans that 'DLF didn't mean it that way' wasn't an excuse for how LucasFilm treated Finn or John Boyega. That "actual racism" was benign, passive, uncritical, and often intentional.

The fact that much of my Pacific Rim experience was watching yt fandom call Stacker Pentecost an "asshole" or "control freak" because he was holding Raleigh and Chuck to account, or they wouldn't engage with his and Mako's relationship with the same respect they did with Herc and Chuck's.

I decided not to engage with the media outside of isolation or friend circles. As I moved further and further away from it, and it became vague and less sharp, I'd start to question, "Was it really that serious?" When so many people failed to read the room and centered themselves as victims of 'harassment,' was it really that serious?

And I have to remind myself, "Yeah, it was." Even as it becomes hard to verbalize or put into words to recall, it was and is that fucking serious.

And the worst part of all of this? Most of those racist shitheads knew that too. But they could get away with it, so...

The point ultimately is to drive people who'll challenge positions out of those spaces. That's why so many fanspaces don't promote growth or shifting dynamics. They prioritize anti-intellectualism and infantilization of the self or the work itself.

#greatrunners meta #tododeku or bust #antiblackness

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ladyofroses · 1 year

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i still haven’t seen a single critique of babel’s characters (rf kuang) that isn’t from a white reviewer which is just…sus?

i agree with some general critiques of Babel such as it being very heavy handed with its messaging (tho some of you needed it to be dumbed down). but like to say the characters are underdeveloped and don’t have personalities?? to say they’re “caricatures”? just say you don’t know how to relate to people of colour and see them as fully formed human beings lol. bc we must not have read the same book. i related to robin on such a deeply personal level and come on, it was slow, it was the character growth and all of their relationships that made the first half of the book fly. robin at the start and robin at the end is not the same character at all.

i just - i’m so deeply suspicious of white reviewers who say they couldn’t connect to the characters at all. i secretly think they are just scared bc they saw themselves in letty and need to deny it all. also - books can be good without you being able to self-insert into characters (looking at you yt booktok). sometimes it’s good to explore new perspectives guys.

idk. babel had great characters. if you want to chat with me about why you disagree further, PLEASE. but if it’s bc you’re white and just think they’re underdeveloped without some hella good reasoning or you couldn’t connect to them - get out

#babel #babel rf kuang #babel or the necessity of violence #rf kuang #rant #booktok #Babel review #dark academia #literature

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whitedemon-ladydeath · 6 months

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it's wild to condemn the toxicity of BatB retellings but then be chill about "haides and Persephone" retellings. the original story [in the HYMN TO DEMETER] was about a mother grieving the loss of her child to the point of refusing to allow the growth of food and crops in order to get her daughter back. like. Haides raped Persephone to legitimize their marriage and be able to keep her (at least partly) in the Underworld as his queen [note: the concept of rape was vastly different in ancient greece and allows for nuance in regards to this subject on a historical and archeological level]

it's fake woke yt feminism removing the history and cultural context of the Hymn to Demeter making her into some controlling and overbearing mother smothering her daughter and this man came and hashtag liberated her

now personally, I can enjoy the problematic nature of a "haides and Persephone retelling" but I'm not going to sit here and pretend it isn't inherently toxic (just like BatB) and ahistorical

#a court of thorns and roses #acotar #sjm critical

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