looking back at all of those 2009 dec tweets and formspring posts and such is honestly like. the content is like reading two mutuals having a crush and falling in love on the feed and slowly watching their relationship develop and like. it’s annoying and sooo obvious at some points that u wanna tell them that no one cares and to just be in love and stop annoying us all about it but i’m SO glad dnp annoyed us all about it
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I'm just wondering where the Taylor posts are with women explicitly saying that they see themselves in her and being told that if they are like her they're horrible people? Or being dismissed? Or being told that fandom isn't about them? Even when their gender/sexuality is the driving force behind 90% of fandom?
Y'know, since all things are equal.
ok, i'm going to answer this even though it's clearly not in good faith but it's a good example of completely missing my point.
Under a cut for my mutuals who do not want to be subjected to Discourse (i feel you...i really do...)
I don't have a problem with people hating Taylor Kelly. My point is that fandom hated on her, and honestly almost ALL of Buck/Eddie's love interests in the past. and that people made harmless jokes about them and no one had an issue with it. we were all on the same page that they were jokes, and that it was ok to hate this character because she was kind of mean, or did some bad stuff in the past, or treated your faves badly, or the actress was homophobic, or she was in the way of the main ship, or whatever.
now people are doing the same thing to the new Buck's love interest, Tommy. and they are being told they are bad and wrong and terrible homophobes for making the EXACT same jokes and head canons and interpretations of every micro-expression. and the reason they are bad and wrong and terrible homophobes is because now there are people in the fandom who like that character and like that ship.
and look, it's a great thing that men in this fandom see themselves in Tommy and enjoy the relationship. But not everyone does or will and they aren't doing anything wrong by hating him/the ship. or joking about hating him. or interpreting every scene with him in the worst possible light. and if you genuinely feel attacked and threatened by this then I'm very sorry, but not everything that makes you uncomfortable is something that is objectively morally wrong and must be stopped. And I will also say, I don't see everything or even a large chunk of everything that goes on in fandom so i'm sure some of it really IS that bad. and certainly some of the Taylor hate was too! This is why god (tumblr) invented the block button.
And sincerely, I'm sorry if you're having your first experience with a fandom hating on a character who you identify with, but no one (or at least the VAST majority of fandom) is hating on Tommy because he's a gay man. And perhaps you might reflect on the millions of women, and especially women of color, who have had their faves relentlessly and virulently hated on explicitly because of their gender and race in every fandom ever since the beginning of time.
And I'm not trying to say there aren't any truly toxic contingents of this fandom. I'm certain there are. However, they're pretty easy to filter/block out. You know how I know this? Because I do not see them.
I do NOT agree with anyone telling people they are horrible for liking Tommy or shipping BuckTommy and I never will. Just like i do not agree with anyone telling people they are horrible for NOT liking Tommy. Or Taylor. Or Abby. or Ana. Or literally whoever. (Although if you hate Chimney i will not fuck with you. but we all have a right to our own terrible & arbitrary opinions!)
And finally, fandom is not about any one person or group. it is about the show and the fanfic and the edits and the fanart and the headcanons and all of us spending our free time sitting here talking about it for some fucking reason!!!
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hi hi! sending over the chibi Sun and Moon to boop you! and using them as an excuse to say hi! hope you're having a great start to your week!
AUUGHHH BELOVED MUTUAL CRABS!!! THEYRE SO CUTE I LOVE THEM OMGGG IM SAVING THIS SAVING THIS
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Your new roommate seems motivated to survive.
HOT
Tell me about it. He's gonna need to be motivated to survive me and my inevitable antics.
Your roommate seems to be dissatisfied with the neighbors already.
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Can I say one thing?
Why do people have to comment on other people’s way of conducting themselves in a fandom? If there’s an aspect of a fandom that’s you’d rather not see/interact with, then appropriately blacklist, block or do whatever so you don’t see that content.
But DO NOT go to other people’s blogs, comment on their works or their art, or do anything that might ruin their day, undermine their confidence and hard work, or overall make them feel bad.
Yes. This is about oc x canon. Fuck, it’s even about self inserts.
If that’s how someone wishes to spend their time in a fandom because it brings them joy, LET THEM DO IT.
It does not hurt you.
It does not attack you.
You can do something really responsible and NOT INTERACT.
Aka. DON’T LIKE? DON’T READ/LOOK.
It really is that simple of a concept and I have never been more baffled that this is what fandoms have become like.
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This booping thing is great cuz it’s making me realize I’m not following people that I thought I was following this entire damn time and now I can follow them for real
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some people on here are so damn RUDE for no actual reason if you don't want to actually be a social part of the social media don't follow people don't interact with people stay in your little cave you beast. god damn. like what is the point of wanting mutuals interacting with anyone forming any connection if you're going to treat everyone like an endless cycle of content specifically to tailor for you instead of like (shock) (horror) an actual person with interests that aren't going to tailor to you. like why are you even here then
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