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[cacodaemonia]

I've seen non-antis doing this for a while now, so here's your reminder that 'proship' is NOT an adjective for describing fictional relationships.

The 'pro' does NOT mean 'problematic,' as in "this is a problematic ship" (which, if you have critical thinking skills, you'll know is a ridiculous statement). That 'pro = problematic' idea is just something antis made up—or they didn't understand that in English, 'pro' is the opposite prefix of 'anti.' You know, how they're anti-ship, which means they are against fictional ships that they don't personally like.

The 'pro' in proship simply means 'in favor of.' And 'proship' as a whole describes the 'ship and let ship' mindset, which has been a core of fandom basically forever. The reason the term 'proship' exists at all is in response to antis crusading against particular ships and harming real people because of their preferences.

So, antiship, proship; antishipper, proshipper.

Just as you can say you're pro-choice, you can say you're proship—as in, you're in favor of letting people ship whatever they want and it's not your business. That's basically the same thing as calling yourself a proshipper, though I tend to see that more from people who are really into the ship war discourse.

Anyway, calling a fictional relationship a 'proship' makes as much sense as calling that ship an 'antiship.' And when you conflate 'pro' with 'problematic,' not only are you playing into antis' moral purity nonsense, but you're entirely changing the subject of the conversation. Please stop doing it.

[michaelormewood]

another hot take but i really don't think tommy's "my attention?" was him thinking buck has feelings for eddie. tommy thinks buck was jealous that he was getting excluded from the friend group, because he comes to clear the air about causing bad blood and even says "[eddie] can have more than one friend." tommy doesn't fully realize what's really going on until buck says "... 'cause trying to get your attention has been exhausting," and it dawns on him that buck's jealousy wasn't about getting excluded from eddie and tommy's friendship but about eddie jeopardizing tommy's time (additionally, buck's "i guess" isn't meant to be noncommittal; he's realizing in the moment that it's true, that it really was about tommy. the way he says it feels like it's a revelation to even him). remember, buck reached out to tommy at some point prior to the events of 7x04 for the tour, but was never actually interested in leaving the 118. it was absolutely a ploy to get closer to tommy. but eddie interrupts them and pulls tommy away from buck, and buck spirals. the main issue is that buck has no idea what his feelings are doing, so he latches on to the most likely explanation to him (with further context clues that indicate that's not what it's really about) until that moment between buck and tommy in the loft. basically buck's got a crush he doesn't know how to deal with so he makes it everybody's problem.

[loucifersbitch]

it is interesting to me that even after we've had not only cast but the showrunner himself say that the story isn't being written that way, a certain sect of fans are ADAMANT that the ship is going canon this week. no, next week. no, season finale. no, next season. no, mid-season finale! it's been said over and over that they're closing the door, fans are free to have their headcanons and fan fics, but that's just not where the story is going. being told 'he's straight' directly, multiple times, yet choosing to ignore it and try to spin it as a misdirect? you're only hurting yourself and the people who choose to listen to you

after the writers shut down the ship for good in 8x11 - because yes, that is what happened in that episode - the showrunner even had this to say

'we should be kind to them, and we should be patient and not say bad things.' if that wasn't enough to get you to start working toward acceptance that it's never happening, i guess i can't help you

[aurifulgore]

Ok, y’all. I just want it to be understood how important the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is.

Tampering with NOAA would have more impacts than just the main one I've heard - privatization of weather tracking. Of course it would be catastrophic. That means their weather forecasts, guidance, and warnings would not be available for free. Weather is going to go subscription based if this happens, I bet. This undoubtedly would cause the most immediate impact on our daily lives.

Before long, however, more will come.

NOAA also administers the Coastal Zone Management Act. Under this act are the National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs), National Coastal Management Program (CZM), and the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP). 

There are 30 reserves established totalling 1.3 million acres. More are on the way.

No, this isn’t just our oceans! This impacts our freshwater coasts of the Great Lakes.

Grants and funding for institutions, including the University of Michigan. They manage the Science Collaborative, which funds research and exchanges to address coastal management needs of all 30 reserves or projects in collaboration with them.

Blending new technologies with indigenous knowledge with regards to management of wetlands and estuaries, strengthen food and economic stability, water quality, coral reefs, and resilience against climate change (ie. Ola i ka Loʻi Wai, Hawai’i) 

Restore ownership of indigenous ancestral lands (ie. Conservation of Cape Foulweather Headland, Oregon)

Identify for underwater archaeological sites for research and surveys, create a draft tribal climate action plan (ie. Penobscot Nation’s involvement in the Northeast Regional Ocean Council, Maine)

Work with each participating state (regarding the CZM, as it’s voluntary to participate) to address challenges along their coastlines. Maybe reach out to your representatives to see why they’re not involved - looking at you, Alaska!

Population enhancement of coral reefs, manage the Coral Reef Information System, minimize negative impacts of fishing on reefs, mitigate impacts of land-based pollution on coral reefs (Coral Reef Conservation Program)

And much, much more.  I’ll note that the aspects of the projects I highlighted above aren’t all they do. These are just a few I want to highlight here. Links can lead you further and I encourage you to take a few minutes to explore.

Another important note: both our oceans and freshwater lakes impact our biggest trade partners!! If dismantled, it would be yet another way that our foolish president will negatively impact our economy and relationships with our most crucial neighbors of Canada and Mexico. NOAA’s efforts also help support one third of the US's commerce. One third. 

Here is a map which breaks down the 1.3 BILLION in awards from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. This includes goals towards economic development, flood, etc…

Oh and they also help with oil spills. No one likes those.

And space weather, geomagnetic storms/solar flares ie. impacts to GPS, power grids.

I really stress people to look at what the agency does overall, as well as what they do in your state. It’s more than just weather. You can find that information here. 

Just please understand what we will lose if NOAA is gutted, or even just incapacitated for a long time. We already have little time to lose to slow the impacts of climate change and these are just some of the ways they're leading the charge with that.

It’s vital for us to understand what we will fundamentally lose, and it doesn't end at weather/hurricane predictions.

On a personal note, my dad has put what I can only estimate as hundreds of hours of work into one that was begun before the pandemic. If you can, I’d appreciate it if you’re in that area that you participate when you can, or if anything, donate to the UW Green Bay’s NERR General Fund. He’s also involved with portions of the Lake Superior NERR, so your time, if possible, or a donation if you can, would mean a lot to us.

[mintedwitcher]

multishippers, PLEASE, for the love of all things good: TAG YOUR FUCKING FICS PROPERLY

I am here to read bucktommy. I am NOT here to get three paragraphs deep into a bucktommy smut fic only to get slapped with an implication that the other ship is a possibility.

TAG YOUR SHIT. I'm so serious. I don't care if you want to view bucktommy as a "stepping stone" or whatever, that's fine, that's your business, just FUCKING TAG IT. the "pre-relationship" tag exists. USE. IT.

[beth-squared]

Okay last time posting and reposting nothing but discourse, but people who think ships dictate your morality are so weird, but it's even weirder finding them in the Rick and Morty fandom.

"Enjoying a show where they have flat out said an ableist slur, had multiple adult x child relationships, canonical selfcest/incest yuri, have two characters make a giant incest baby, and make multiple jokes about a peepaw getting with his grandson is fine, but if you make content with *ANYTHING LISTED ABOVE* you're a disgusting freak who needs to get out down like a DOG"

Get real.

[ramshacklefey]

Murderbot Show trailer dropped. This is all I have to say:

[wincestwhispers]

“You are and will never be welcome here” so i hate to tell you this but we’ve actually been here since the beginning. Welcome here? Brother this fandom was built on wincesties’ backs.

and telling people to kill themselves over a fictional ship is embarrassing. get a grip

[shadow-redferne]

I was gonna wait for the poll to close to share this, but I think I've gotten enough results on that one to move on. I've chosen to make this into a full-on survey because I don't wanna spam this blog with polls lmfao. I also included the poll question in case anyone who answered wrong the first time can change that. Once again, you don't have to be associated with either side (or even identify as 'neutralship') to take this. This is an open discussion.

Additionally, I encourage yall to reblog so others can answer too!/nf

Once again, please be civil in the reblogs. Also, rude/inflammatory answers on the final question will not be counted.

[strawberry-daiquiris]

good lord

[karenandhenwilson]

Okay, so you want to talk about the basketball scene? Let’s do that.

A couple of guys regularly meet for pickup basketball games. Buck has always declined invitations in the past and finally joined. It’s a pickup game, though. NBA rules are the last thing those guys are following. They’ve probably put down some ground rules. But more likely, they’ll assume everyone knows how to keep the game mostly friendly.

Because that’s the thing about pickup games of any sport. It’s not the kind of competition you find in a professional league or even in a semi-professional league like school leagues. It’s mostly about having fun, but it’s also about egging each other on, about riling each other up to such a degree that most people who meet for these kinds of games go around saying things like “just a friendly game, the ‘friendly’ being optional”. 

They play hard and fast with the rules, and we saw them egg each other on repeatedly during the scene. It was pretty clear where the whole scene was leading from the very beginning. Because the thing about these kinds of pickup games, no matter what game, is that the amateurs playing will always get injuries that professionals wouldn’t get so easily. Because of the general disregard for rules, but also because the amateurs don’t have the training for the game and might just take a wrong move, or don’t know how to fall, or aren’t able to contemplate the consequences of body checking the other player, especially in the heat of the game.

Everyone who joins in that kind of game knows exactly that they’re risking injuries. Not even just because the guys they’re playing with might get callous in their fouls, but just because they might make a wrong step, or they might be really unlucky in catching the ball.

Eddie had to go to the hospital. That’s true so far. 

Remember, we are watching a show about firefighters? The kind of job where having even so much a sprained ankle means you aren’t fit for duty. Because working with a limp while responding to a fire will slow you down in a situation where you can’t afford that. It might mean you aren’t even able to handle carrying all the required equipment in the first place. Working with a limp at the scene of a car accident or something similar, where you have to work with heavy equipment and sometimes have to rely on your strength alone.

Of course Eddie would go to see a doctor for such a fall to make sure he was fit for duty. He can’t just show up with a limp to his next shift and walk it off.

The next day we see Eddie on shift. (How do we know it’s the next day? Pickup basketball games are every other Thursday. Buck and Tommy’s first date was Saturday. The shift with the guy who had no control over his hand was between those two events.) And he isn’t even limping. Based on that, I dare say his ankle wasn’t even sprained and the whole hospital thing was nothing but being overcautious. Because that’s what canon tells us with that.

And with that, I have to say: Everyone claiming Buck broke Eddie’s ankle invalidates their whole argument right away. If you have to make the injury worse to make your argument work, you clearly know you’re full of bullshit.

Let’s take a look at the aftermath.

After Eddie falls because of Buck’s body check, Buck immediately looks and acts in a way that shows he is feeling guilty. Chimney calls him out on his behavior at the same moment. We then get a whole scene of Buck talking through that moment and how he feels about it with Maddie.

We don’t see an on screen apology, that’s true. But we get shown at great length that Buck’s behavior was not okay, that he feels guilty about it, and that the people around him call him out for the behavior. The episode then ends with the strong suggestion that Buck will call Eddie to apologize. 

You know when we haven’t seen people feeling even slightly remorseful or are so much as talking about an apology?

All three times someone got physical with Buck in an argument. 

Bobby never apologized or felt remorseful as far as we see. We never saw any follow-up for that scene. We don’t even see any kind of reaction in Hen, who watches the whole thing calmly as if nothing strange is going on.

Chimney went on a whole rant about killing Buck and bringing him back to life weeks later. So his off-hand comment much, much later to Hen that he talked it out with Buck and apologized feels suspicious at best, and unbelievable at worst.

Eddie claimed “someone” was mean to Buck, skillfully avoiding admitting any fault of his own. And then shoved two people at Buck he knew Buck would be so happy to see he’d forget what a jerk Eddie was both during the argument and then with the very misleading note in the morning and telling Buck it was his fault for misunderstanding that note.

Somehow, it’s always only Buck who is haunted by it, even seasons later, when he makes a mistake or people even just perceive Buck as the one who made a mistake (e.g. Dr. Wells being brought up as a joke). And people wonder why so many people feel with Buck and argue about his bad decisions less than other characters.

[marginofthought]

I don’t know what’s happening lately, but I keeping seeing posts that saying “oh, the spn fandom is dominated with bottom!sam/top!dean” or “there’s so little bottom!dean around” or “why is the fandom so obsessed with bottom!sam?” Is this opposite week or what? What’s going on? It’s so funny seeing these posts and knowing that none of that are true.😂 Unfortunately.😔 I wish there was more bottom!sam.

I'll just add my draft here' cos it fits:

I think people are complaining about bottom!sam because we actually tag it and make it obvious at first sight.

Since it's not the most popular (in numbers) option I think it's much more likely that we tag it since they don't need to and will still find what they are looking for.

But yeah I don't know why they're complaining really since we tag it and they could just block the tag or us if they don't want to see it, which is much more difficult for us since they usually don't

[arcandoria]

About people being sad that fandoms are all dying out from public spaces and being confined to Discord servers:

You can't be nasty and judgmental about people's headcanons, and how their write their fanfiction, and how they do art of the characters they love, and expect them to still want to engage in conversations and debates.

A lot of people are extremely comfortable bashing the specific way people write characters, ships, tropes, go to extremely nasty levels about it on the post itself or in the replies of the post, and then say there's no community for them to engage with. Or, surprise, find out they're blocked by a good chunk of the people who are in the same fandom as they are.

You're in the right to talk about whatever you want in your blog, but you can't expect that to not have consequences. If I'm more certain that a character discussion topic will be more civilized and respectful on Discord, you bet your damn ass that I will not talk about it on Tumblr. At the very least, I won't talk about it with the reblogs option on.

So if you want fandom community to thrive again on public spaces, maybe start wondering if you are not the one contributing to make it feel unsafe to partake in (and I say that as someone who's doing some introspection and wondering about my role in it myself).

[cursedhaglette]

listen to me very carefully. come close, huddle up. take my hand.

unless it's set to private, the fic you have posted on ao3, the fic that is indexed and searchable through google, has been scraped and has already been used to train AI.

i'm going to say that again.

your fic, whether you want to admit it or not, has already been fed to the AI monster at large. this is the reality of the internet we use and the age we live in. AI knows what's in every fic existing on the internet right now, and Gemini likely knows what is in most, if not all, of your WIPs.

that's reality. it sucks.

if you are so concerned about this reality that it is giving you horrible, mind breaking, earth shattering anxiety, causing you to lash out to the people on the internet around you - it's time to put your future works on private. it's time to stop clicking on chatgpt and saying "hi i'd like one fanfic about blorbo penis please" and pressing enter, then posting, because that is what is actually making use of that scraped content.

but if you're someone doing that, it's not actually about the anxiety or the AI or the wah wah wah of it all. it's not about concern for how AI is going to kill the rainforests and melt the icecaps, nor is it concern for the death of creativity at the hands of the techy elite. it's about lying and attention and fandom clout. it's about making a scene. it's about playing the wounded dog over and over and over again until people can't help but come and listening to your bleating and whining and say "aw puppy what happened" and ignore the sense put in front of them.

but just know, there is absolutely logic to this, whether some people want to see it or not. AI is going to be here for who knows how long, and it is not making content that will make your heart sing, regardless of how the beaten dogs cry. it will give you four snowball fights in ten chapters because it doesn't know better. it will give you the same metaphor repeated three times in three paragraphs because why shouldn't it? it's a computer. you're the person.

you're supposed to know better.

[ayrennaranaaldmeri]

My Sibling in Christ, Sunfyre would set YOU on fire if you told him he deserves a better rider.

[dottie-wan-kenobi]

Not to zutara post on main but . I am tired of Zuko being everyone's favorite good boy who is nothing like his father, and we all understand that he would not continue his family's reign of abuse and terror. Until people ship him with Katara and then we all have to think about the fact that he's a colonizer and abusive and she deserves better than someone who would mistreat her ???

And when we ship him with other characters, is he a good boy or is he a colonizer? He can't be both so what is it?