#I don’t think that’s necessarily what the yj writers were going for bc I don’t think they’re that level of clever tbh

[somanypetals]

The more I see people say “how are we supposed to watch young Natalie now, knowing what happens” the more I feel like that kind of…becomes the whole point for the viewers in a really clever way? Bc from the get-go, part of getting invested in Yellowjackets is you accepting that more than half of these characters are gonna die, and once we know who the surviving adults are it’s hypothetically ~easy~ bc you can just compartmentalise and view the other characters through the lens of “they’re gonna be eaten” and detach yourselves from those characters

But killing one of the core 6 adults off completely shifts the dynamic!! Now we’re gonna be watching Nat in a new, heartbreaking light, which ultimately is how we should have been feeling about all of them this whole time, but we all knew too much

And so now the lines start to blur for the viewer between the “doomed” characters and the ones we thought were safe

And like, yeah…it’s horrifying and miserable and hard to watch, but also…that’s kinda what it’s been like the whole time, and it makes sense that we now have to watch new characters knowing they never escaped the wilderness, bc ultimately even the ones who made it out never escaped the wilderness: it lives in them

[dyketectivecomics]

{{ Fandom asks: F? J (if there is one)? M/N? V (I gotta call you out honestly)? W?~ Y (if you even have one)? Aaaand... Z!

hooooo boy, this is a LOT and I LOVE it, but we’re gonna put it under a cut so i don’t stretch everyone’s dashes ok? ok.

F- longest i’ve been in a fandom would have to be 5 in online years, but like. if we can count talking and making art and playing with other kids who fuckin’ LOVED TT like i did, then easily 13+ yrs. I’ve been in deep man. I’m counting it.

J- Bombshells? Bc i hadn’t even heard of it till tumblr and probably only would’ve stumbled upon it by reading up on it somewhere else otherwise. I know there’s not necessarily a ‘fandom’ just for that line, but dammit! it DESERVES ITS OWN FANDOM UGH

M/N- I’ll pair this one up too bc idk if i strictly have a fav fanartist rn, but i am OVER THE MOON over squiddy’s writing. G O D. i need to read her damirae stuff soon, bc i know i’ll love it, i just don’t like fic for them in general yknow? i’ve got Personal conflict with shipping damirae that i won’t get into here

V- ZIRA THATS NOT FAIR YOU KNOW THE ANSWER. yeah I’m completely incapable of watching something and NOT shipping SOMEONE. i mean, it took a good 20+ issues for me to start shipping cass with other characters in this reading of batgirl but DAMMIT ITS NOT LIKE I WAS PRESENTED WITH MANY OPTIONS BUT STILL AHH

W- 5 charas from 5 fandoms-Raven, TT03 (obvsly) - Zatanna, Bombshells - Oracle, Arkhamverse - Robin/Nightwing, YJ aaaaaaand - Wonder Woman, DCEU. idk, its hard to divide up DC into more particular fandoms sometimes AND YETi just realized i probably could’ve pulled from the arrowverse too shit, can i add Alex Danvers bc I love that funky lil lesbian.

Y-No real ships in the YJ fandom. if I’m being totally honest? like, yeah there’s stuff all around that I’m like ‘sure ok thats cute’ abt (like, i’ve reblogged a little Chalant if i remember right) but???? honestly, YJ is so damn plot heavy & the relationships are given such a surface level treatment overall, its just boring trying to ship while watching. the fandom def supplies more shipping than what the source material offers IMHO

Z- RAMBLE TIME:it still makes me so sad when????? people like but don’t reblog ur work, or reblog and don’t give comments in the tags or on the work or just?????? and i get it I GET IT. sometimes ur just too tired or cant put the energy into giving feedback, sure. i’ve been there plenty of times myself but???? its so fucking AWESOME when someone DOES give feedback and just that little push that little bit of ‘hey, here’s what you made me think!’ its such a damn high. the best feedback i’ve ever received was on a piece that i did for theater that i revamped and shared on FF.net. it only got 4 reviews and THOSE WERE HANDSDOWN THE BEST COMMENTS I EVER RECIEVED they were so thoughtful and reactive and just. i quite writing after that piece for the longest time bc it really made me stop and think abt what i was doing as a writer (i’d done so many crackfics until that one and one Highly Ambitious fix-it fic that never panned out bc it was Hella self indulgent) and just, even now I look back on that piece and wonder if i’ll ever get feedback like that again? rn btwn a couple of y'all i get really awesome comments. but i really want to write something that brings back that feeling for someone yknow? that makes them want to start a conversation about these characters and these ideas and just

ok thats getting to be so damn much and i want to GO AND WRITE AGAIN SO WE”LL STOP THERE AAHHHHHH