Not people saying āFandom has always been like thisā in that vent post I made. No. It hasnāt always been like this. Fandom has NEVER been like this until recently and if you were in fandom pre-tumblr purge, pre-twitter, pre-netflix boom, pre-tiktokā¦.then you would fucking know it was nothing like this.
We still had the drive to create. We still sold prints and charms and made zinesā¦but it was never like this.
The introduction of streaming, binge shows that drop all at once, tiktok and vine RIP i still love u vine but you were the beginning of a particularly ugly era) creating this bite sized, quick paced ācontentā era of creation and it bled out into fucking everything else.
Fandoms didnāt die down when the show ended or the season was over. You didnāt mass unfollow artist, writers or moots just because they changed fandoms. There wasnāt this need to please the algorithm in order for your posts to get seen by people and enjoyed.
Fandoms used to last YEARS. Star Trek is literally the oldest running fandom out there and you got people in there that could care less about the new stuff and still have been happily prancing through their fucking fifty year old fandom today. Hell, even SPN after all itās fuckups and shitshows has a dedicated fanbase STILL creating tons of art and fic.
There is no patience anymore. No calm feeling of taking in fandom and friends at a pace that which doesnāt make you stressed and is still fun.
Do I blame fandom for this? Of course not, but people are complacent with it and start changing their vocab to accommodate and end up making the situation so deep it cant be fixed.
We call Art & Fic Content now, completely stripping the value of what it is to a level of consumerism instead of personal entertainment & community bonding.
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She incorrect on my buzzer till I sound
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everyone would just fucking hate them
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Episode 10 Opener prediction
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i cant believe she said that for real in the show thats so crazy
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Some sources about the British gay slang of Polari:
āHow gay men used to speak - A short film in Polariā
āA brief history of Polari: the curious after-life of the dead language for gay menā
āPolari: The code language gay men used to surviveā
āPolari, a vibrant language born out of prejudiceā
The Polari Bible
Glossary of Polari terms with additional readings (books, magazines, films)
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I love the Blasphemous games, because one moment you're just fighting guys with swords then the next moment you're witnessing a twelve foot tall child birthing an old man through his chest because he helped you upgrade your health potions
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Breaking the family curse (being the first to get a diagnosis)
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The sequel just released last night, so here's a long overdue look at the actual most terrifying video game setting I've ever witnessed.
Most enemies in Blasphemous are actually just barely-altered or unaltered humans....and those very enemies are still the weirdest monsters in the game.
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I found this pic of my cat where she just looked like a floating head and had A Vision
Original pic ā¬ļø
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God shattering star.
[Click for better quality.]
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