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A&A - part1

Doing some origins story for my 2 characters. Nothing serious just for fun :D. More to come.

P.S: sorry if there’s english mistakes.

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Ross acts out for Radio Disney!

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latest anon under the cut

(just read through your recent asks) it feels like maybe your only consuming one "side" of this fandom tbh. there's a LOT about how people prioritize booker, a lot already written about bias/racism regards to joe and Nile (who's... ignored a LOT, esp her past as a marine) and also a lot about the blatant xenophobia in regards to nicky (and luca) and the med identity and accents (like those nicky/luca is stupid b/c of accent posts that people just found funny). its all been talked about at length part 2 i guess - there's been so much bullying in this fandom to poc that im actually TERRIFIED of having my screen name here, so anon. just let this stuff die, don't vagueblog (people get BULLIED over that), and talk to people directly instead of making people anxious about the discourse and nasty atmosphere coming back. people are leaving this fandom bc of it. white ppl are constantly talking over ppl of colour in this fandom. bc if we disagree, we're wrong. its just got to stop.(dif anon btw) _____________ Hi anon,

So to clarify, my Booker post (which started this) was based on A03 fanfic, not tumblr. Actually, except for the stuff about n/j t/b, all of this was based on A03 fanfic. I agree, my tumblr experience (and frankly people's fandoms experience in general - that's how fandom works) definitely tend to fall to one (of many) sides, especially because my tumblr experience for this fandom is incredibly small and I've barely made the rounds in my 'fandom circle' much less the rest of it. But yeah, of course even my fanfic experience is somewhat curated, considering there's certain ships and/or tropes I will just automatically skip over, and again it's A03-centric (and English-only) which definitely does not cover all of the fanfic being written, but it's also not a small sample size. [1]     I'm not really disagreeing with your ask (or the previous ones?) I've definitely seen the Nicky/Luca + stupidity/accent, I've minimally seen the Nile + lack of focus/("good") marine stuff mentioned. I haven't seen the Booker/exile meta, which is partly why I wrote up the first post - so I could provide a link in a comment I was leaving on A03 so the author could dis/engage as desired, rather than potentially spiraling their comments into a comment thread they didn't want to engage in. (Again, not to say it doesn't exist, but like I said in that post I haven't seen it yet.) I've removed character tags and the actual fandom tag since placing them five tags back didn't keep it out of the tags, I've been putting stuff under the read more to hopefully help block tumblr's search function even more, I deleted the vague n/j tags because I agree they sound like they were related to n/j t/b discourse and re-opening that can of worms is unnecessary and not something I wanted to touch on even before, uh, this, and didn't mean to touch on with those tags either. Like these posts should now be retained to my blog alone, and out of the general and/or character specific tumblr tags, which I didn't want them in in the first place. (Like if the read more thing actually makes a difference, I'm fine deleting the first anon post and re-posting it under a read more since it mentions the n/j t/b thing if that needs help being invisible, if that post is still showing up.) As for the last point - I don't think people are wrong for disagreeing with my take for my Booker or my Joe post.  Again, most stuff is fandom circle based and like I said in the Joe post, that's my interpretation of a pattern I noticed and ymmv.[2]  But if the interpretation is one you agree with[3], I do find it unconvincing to say racial bias managed to not be a (subconscious) factor in how that interpretation came to be, considering a) the general mindset of how race/racism (and other isms) affect fandoms (and everything else) and b) how similar subtle trends like the ones listed have connected to racism in other fandoms. Like sure, maybe it doesn’t, but it’s a mindset fans of color have been talking about in multiple fandoms, over multiple years, and I agree with that side of the argument.... so I guess yeah by default I do think you’re wrong.  [I feel like we’re meaning two different things by that word? In which I mean people in fandom have different takes and if your take is in disagreement with mine, I’m going to think you’re wrong, whereas you mean it more as I find you as a human/fan/poc wrong. And if I’m correct in how you’re meaning the word, I’m not saying it comes out of left field - for fandoms in general or (esp) for this fandom specifically - and like I said in the Joe post, I'm not going to say you a fan of color have to interact with fandom a certain way with regards to racism in any direction, or have a specific opinion about it, it is 100% not my place. But like yes, for the first definition, we’re going to disagree on interpretations and how those interpretations came to be.]  On my end, in general there's not a monolithic reaction on how/if (white) fans should/shouldn't talk about racism in fandom, so while this fandom circle (aka the anons about these posts) seem to think it's a topic that shouldn't be touched on (in general or possibly by white fans specifically), I came from fandoms were you are supposed to - if not talk about it, not ignore it either.

However, like everyone has been saying and like I've been agreeing with, real people within a fandom are more important than fictional characters.      

____________ [1] There's a kind of implied point in the first part of this ask that a) conversations in fandom are supposed to be one and done (possibly just meant if they're contentious?) and b) that someone is expected to know everything that happens in a (very large) fandom that I don't think are very reasonable.  Not everyone was in the fandom to start with, not everyone is going to be able to touch on all fandom discussions or search in depth before interacting with it, and fandoms in general go through waves of similar discussions.   [2] Not 100% sure what the vagueblog is commenting on? The Nicky/Joe tags? I agreed, I removed them. I don't think the Joe post is vagueblogged because I tried to focus on specific versions of the attitude I was noticing, and I do think there's a difference between vagueblogging and talking about general patterns. The Booker post I don't think of as vagueblogging until arguably the last footnote, which the Joe post expanded on. It's also hard to get too specific because a) I'm definitely not going to list a bunch of fic as examples in a post; b) there's not some specific sentence that triggers it, but just this feeling I was left with and kept being left with; and c) what happens in one fanfic doesn't have the same... issue? weight? problem? (actionable sentences that can be pointed to?) as it does if it happens in multiple fanfics and/or across fandoms.  [3] tbh I can't tell from how it's written if you agree that racism/xenophobia plays a role in the things you list in the first part of this ask, or if you think those issues (again, if you think they are issues in fandom and not just people accusing fandom of things) are separate from that.

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She stronk

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There really is zero chemistry there. None, nada, zilch!

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Ross Lynch interview from the Austin & Ally set :)

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@aaox exposing me for the monster that I am

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I leave for a night and half a day to have a birthday party and wham. Auslly kisses, spoiler fights. This fandom went mad. Well I'm back and ready to ship!

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I WANNA BE OKAY AGAIN FUCKING DAMNIT. AND YES IM FUCKING POSTING THIS MEDIOCRE ASS VENT ON MY MAIN ON *PURPOSE*. I MISS WHEN Q WAS IN MY CLASS I MISS LAUGHING ON THE SWINGSETS WITH HIM AND DOING STUPID SHIT, I MISS WHEN THE DISCORD SERVER WAS COMFORTING AND A SAFE SPACE. I MISS WHEN ME AND YOGURT WOULD STAY UP ALL NIGHT ON WHITEBOARDS AND CALL EVERYDAY, I MISS WHEN SAGE WAS STILL HERE. I MISS MARI. I MISS WHEN ME AND DEVAN CALLED 24/7, I MISS BEING EXCITED TO GAIN FOLLOWERS. I MISS EVERYTHING. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW

I AM NOT OKAY

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A&A - Illustrations. I decided to put the comics on hold (forever probably) since I feel like there’s nothing really special about the story. I’ve been quiet this year, just travelling and visiting USA. But hopefully I’ll come back to drawing very soon !

Edit: don’t get me wrong I enjoy my story, but I’m looking to go back to my roots than something overwatchy.

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r5family 2012 - in review

ok i actually have an AWFUL memory so i'll just state the obvious lol so basically austin and ally evolved into an even bigger thing, like at the start i don't think it was that huge but look at us now haha. the raura/auslly fandom was created, and i think that most of the people in it are absolutely incredible. i made some really good friends in it and i'm really grateful. at first i was really opposed to the idea of ross/austin being with anyone other than me (shh) but the fandom kind of helped me have a more open mind and idk even if i don't ship it 100% i still really appreciate it. anyways when they announced the a&a CD i went to get it at walmart and then i was like "THEY ARE SELLING R5 SONGS AT WALMART" like wow???? that's a huge accomplishment already and now they're dropping their EP in february ahhhhh like they only have 2 studio versions of their new songs now (crazy 4 u and what do i have to do) and i think they're only adding new songs onto their ep but whatever

so austin and ally is kind of in the background, like ross is filming basically 24/7 but also going on tour YAY the west coast tour happened before the summer i think then there were random shows then they came to TORONTO for the big ticket summer concert with bridgit mendler, allstar weekend and other random people. then the 3M tour and now they're just finishing up their east coast tour. i think that all of their shows have been successful, and they got hundreds of new fans from them. i'm so happy for everyone that got to see/meet them! they're going to do a loud tour this spring i'm pretty sure so that's gonna be a blast. i'm so so proud of them and how far they've come. it never even crossed my mind last year that they would come and play in toronto but hey they already came here twice and i met them too??? like it's honestly a dream come true and if they can accomplish that in just a year then who knows where they'll be next year!

my r5 family means SO much to me. we've definitely gone through a lot of drama but in the end we always stick together, no matter what. i've made friends i can trust with my life in this fandom and i'm so grateful for each and every one of you, no matter if we talk every day, once a week, or only a few times a year. thanks for some of the BEST nights of my life on tinychat, so many awesome memories will be remembered. we're better together, and i'll always stay by your sides if you stay by mine :*

have a wonderful 2013 r5 family, you all deserve the best :)

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If anything I caught one of my ugly laughs about this particular image

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elizabethrobertajones replied to your post “elizabethrobertajones replied to your post: Regarding this post, “an...”

I mean to be fair I still really like the show and think that despite screen time issues I personally find the narrative about TFW still makes me really root for them, but that's entiiiirely about personal engagement and investment fatigue levels so I literally do just see the story differently than people who are exhausted, even if I can see where why and how people drop off from it. So I'm not arguing but also not agreeing from my perspective on TFW :P And I don’t think itemised lists of screentime and conversation can convey the entire picture of what’s going on if the mood and tone in the story is positive and you actually CAN still vibe with it. But since it’s about vibing with it and everyone’s exhausted and resorting to counting screentime by the second for their faves I’m trying to steer weeeeeell clear of the wank about it because it’s pointless to debate feelings >.>                            

[sorry for disappearing for like 9 hours :P]  I really have no clue what’s happening in spn fandom currently, but your second paragraph makes sense to me. I do see screen time and narrative space as two different things, but they definitely inform each other so if the former is dramatically suffering I can easily believe the latter is too.