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crossover sketch

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excUSE you, that’s my emotional support unromanceable npc x oc ship

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look we need to talk.........idiot to idiot

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FFVII + tumblr text posts (part 4)

Making these is a pretty good stress relief strategy in case you’re wondering how I’ve made two sets of posts in like three days

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I feel like with the new ~fandom drama~ or whatever going around, I should re-introduce my favorite theory of fandom, which I call the 1% Theory.

Basically, the 1% Theory dictates that in every fandom, on average, 1% of the fans will be a pure, unsalvageable tire fire. We’re talking the people who do physical harm over their fandom, who start riots, cannot be talked down. The sort of things public news stories are made of. We’re not talking necessarily bad fans here- we’re talking people who take this thing so seriously they are willing to start a goddamn fist fight over nothing. The worst of the worst.

The reason I bring this up is because the 1% Theory ties into an important visual of fandom knowledge- that bigger fandoms are always perceived as “worse”, and at a certain point, a fandom always gets big enough to “go bad”. Let me explain.

Say you have a small fandom, like 500 people- the 1% Theory says that out of those 500, only 5 of them will be absolute nutjobs. This is incredibly manageable- it’s five people. The fandom and world at large can easily shut them out, block them, ignore their ramblings. The fandom is a “nice place”.

Now say you have a medium sized fandom- say 100,000 people. Suddenly, the 1% Theory ups your level of calamity to a whopping 1000 people. That’s a lot. That’s a lot for anyone to manage. It is, by nature of fandom, impossible to “manage” because no one owns fan spaces. People start to get nervous. There’s still so much good, but oof, 1000 people.

Now say you have a truly massive fandom- I use Homestuck here because I know the figures. At it’s peak, Homestuck had approximately FIVE MILLION active fans around the globe.

By the 1% Theory, that’s 50,000 people. Fifty THOUSAND starting riots, blackmailing creators, contributing to the worst of the worst of things.

There’s a couple of important points to take away here, in my opinion.

1) The 1% will always be the loudest, because people are always looking for new drama to follow.

2) Ultimately, it is 1%. It is only 1%. I can’t promise the other 99% are perfect, loving angels, but the “terrible fandom” is still only 1% complete utter garbage.

3) No fandom should ever be judged by their 1%. Big fandoms always look worse, small fandoms always look better. It’s not a good metric.

So remember, if you’re ever feeling disheartened by your fandom’s activity- it’s just 1%, people. Do your part not to be a part of it.

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I was a ghost, I was alone 어두워진, 압길속에

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two guns on the run (in yaoi together)

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Naito Design Pochamaru - Sacabambaspis Stuffed Animal Size S

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Trigun Stampede text post memes 7 of ??

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It's important for devices to have internet connectivity so the manufacturer can patch remote exploits.

Dehumidifier [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[A salesman is showing Cueball a dehumidifier, with a "SALE" label on it.] Salesman: The dehumidifier model features built-in WiFi for remote updates. Cueball: Great! That will be really useful if they discover a new kind of water.

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Takes a guy who's obsessed with saving people even if it risks his life and a guy who is literally allergic to asking for help in any situation and puts them in My stew puts them in my fucking stew and stirs it

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WHICH ONE OF YOU IS RECORDING ON A DS😭😭😭

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officially the best line in The Odyssey

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“is this character good or bad” “is this ship unproblematic or not” “is this arc deserving of redemption or not” girl…

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throwing this wip away ,.everyone say byee