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by vicliqq

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I can’t believe Hollywood keeps making all these unnecessary sequels coming out years after the first one like Freakier Friday and The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Toy Story 5 and Shrek 5 when the only movie that actually deserves a (delayed) sequel is Rise of the Guardians

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Meet Alfred and Edgar, a pair of gentlemen who work at the Beast's castle (in their animal and human forms)

Idea inspired by cheerful9

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This is how I imagined Rip Summers, the husband of Queen Calissa and the father of Merliah Summers, before he died

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Princess Twilight and Spike!

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MLP Redesigns!

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I'm loving this!

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Do a poll on what type of outcast is Gomez

Rude, much? 🤨

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to me they're one and the same

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its so awesome that you can straight up write fanfiction in your head to help yourself fall asleep and it doesnt even have to be good or something anyone would ever want to read. even yourself

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To anyone who's ever been worried that your OC is too Extra... don't be.

The thing is, in any RPG, the protagonist is often meant to be a bit of a blank slate, with room to implement one's own OC, personality, and headcanons. The fact that game dialogue can sometimes feel noncommittal, or the fact that the responses can vary so widely, speaks to this: you can be anyone, so you are not forced to be any one thing specifically.

But when you carry that OC with you, out of that game? The role of the protagonist in the narrative shifts: it is yours. It belongs not to everyone (which is how they build the game) but to you, to your iteration and interpretation of the game's events. The protagonist goes from being the vessel through which we experience the story to being the main character of a narrative.

When we write, then (though this is also true for non-writers with OCs!) the protagonist - be they Tav, Rook, the Inquisitor, the Rogue Trader, anything - benefits from having more detail, and especially more extravagant detail. They are (most often) the POV character of the narrative. They are the lens through which we, as readers in fandom, experience your story.

So yes: make them special.

Yes: make them unhinged.

Yes: make them go on whatever emotional journey you like.

That's what they're there for, and these details enrich the story every single time.

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i’m losing my mind

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this is 100% just a silly vent and not that deep but I’m not actually a fan of the terms “I’m so late” in fandom space, because “being late” implies that there is a window, a period of time where fandom is “alive” and while I’m aware there’s a period of time where a fandom (mostly new media) is considered mainstream and popular before people move on to their next interest/hyperfixation. the thing about fandoms—for me—is that they aren’t about popularity or going viral on tiktok. so what if you discovered your blorbo after the hype died down and joined the fandom after most casual viewers have already left? fans who are still active in the fandom aren’t gonna call you “late”, they’re gonna be so happy and excited to have a new member in their community.

fandoms are kept alive by fans, by you and me. not how mainstream or popular the media currently is.

fandoms are timeless. as long as fans still talk about blorbos, as long as fans still create fan art and write fanfics and as long as you engage with posts about blorbos (you don’t have to make fan art or write fanfics, just support artists and writers by letting them know you appreciate their works), your fandoms will always stay alive.