#I’m not really in the fandom anymore

[puppydoggraham]

I have seen a lot of people discuss Hannibal x Will in s1. I’ve seen claims that Hannibal did what he did to Will just to see what would happen. I’m finally speaking my truth and I disagree. Hannibal is an incredibly deliberate and intentional person. We see this with the words he chooses, how he goes about murdering/cooking/setting up his tableaux, etc. Will is the most important thing to Hannibal. From the second he laid eyes on him, he saw something in him and that was before he even got to know him. There’s a reason we call it love at first sight.

You think he really induced so much pointless suffering in him for… nothing? Just to see what would happen? No. He knows what kind of man Will is early on. He realizes he has this righteous anger. So how can he get Will to embrace his darker nature that he suppresses? By tapping into that righteous anger. So what does Hannibal do? He frames Will for murder. It’s the easiest way to achieve this. Hannibal is a good manipulator. He could’ve disguised this better if that’s what he really wanted. But he wants Will to know. That way his righteous anger can be activated. We also joke about how Hannibal likes Will’s murder fantasies and yes part of it is because Hannibal is Just Like That. But also it means Will is coming into his himself. With each murder fantasy about Hannibal, he gets closer to embracing himself which is what Hannibal ultimately wants.

It’s important to remember that the show is through Will’s perspective which is why I think a lot of people have this takeaway. When Hannibal and Will are having the confrontation in the finale of s1 where Will has a gun pointed at Hannibal, Hannibal says “You said it felt good to kill Garrett Jacob Hobbs. Would it feel good to kill me now?” This is insight to the fact that what he’s done is not pointless. That he’s trying to call on the same righteous anger that Will felt over killing Garrett Jacob Hobbs now.

Will says further into the encounter “You were just curious what I would do. Someone like me. Someone who thinks how I think. Wind him up and watch him go.” From his perspective, that is what is going on. He doesn’t realize what Hannibal is actually trying to do. Of course he has a surface level read on the situation. It seems like fans have internalized this since like I said, the show is from Will’s pov.

[strawberrybyers]

ok somehow i discovered a comic called “penguin dreams and stranger things” that was created on march 1, 1985.

if you know anything about penguins then you know that homosexuality amongst penguins has been proven! also, the comic was inspired by the painting “daybreak” which was considered to be romantic featuring TWO women

the comic is about characters michael binkley and the penguin, opus. in one of the comics, michael brings opus to school to meet his friend milo. this comic also mentions greenpeace’s rainbow warrior and how opus boarded it; i made a post about that here. there is also mention of “soviets” and “the big one”… vecna is also known as “one”/there’s a connection between the upside down, the lab, and russia. michael also dresses up as boy george. boy george is a gay male singer. does anyone know if boy george is featured on the official spotify playlist for mike???

opus the penguin has a similar story to el’s?? both separated from their mother and doesn’t know who his father is. also, opus is associated with the rainbow warrior and el is associated with the rainbow room.

this is how the character michael binkley is described… um, why are there similarities to mike lmfao??? michael binkley has a closet that is filled with anxieties?? anyone recall the scene of the one way sign pointing to mike’s closet in s4?? and in a recent behind the scenes photo, we can see a star wars poster on mike’s wall. mention of computer technology.. we know there’s a computer club from one of the behind the scenes photos. anyways, michael is expected to be a certain kind of person even though he has other desires… finn wolfhard: “mike is just trying to be as normal as possible”

milo bloom was the main character and is friends with michael binkley. once opus the penguin is introduced, milo gets overshadowed by michael and opus. now, why does that sound like what happened with mike, el, and will?!?! also, there’s mention of spear fishing with a whale harpoon?? a sticker to stop fishing is on the door from the recent behind the scenes photo and there’s multiple mentions of whales on that door! i wrote a post about whales here.

i know this is insane and maybe i’m reading too much into it, but this would be absolutely one hell of a fucking coincidence. like I AM CONNECTING THE DOTS I SWEAR

[burninlovebutler]

Do you have plans to write any more chapters of Forever Winter or The Intern? I’m obsessed with with your writing🫶🥹🤍🥵

hi anon thank you for your ask🩷

Just an Intern & Forever Winter fic updates

hello everyone i know this is long overdue 🥲 - firstly i’d like to say thank you for anyone who has commented/messaged/asked about the status/future of my fics - i realize that i have been absent for quite some time & i apologize for my lack of response to messages / lack of updates 🥲

i honestly did not expect anyone to notice my lack of updates for my silly little stories or notice my absence at all - i’m honestly shocked at how many of you are interested/invested in them, especially an entire year later - thank you so much for taking the time to read them, support them or even reach out to ask about updates 🥺🩷

that being said, i want to try and finish both fics - i am by no means making any promises or timelines but IT IS a goal of mine to continue them & at least at this point, they are NOT discontinued but simply on hold since i have started to tentatively work on them again (slowly)

Just an Intern will probably be the first one to be updated 🦋⛓️

in the meantime - my asks are open to any questions about the plot, lore, spoilers, etc if you are interested 💓💓

thank you SO MUCH for being patient with me 🥲🫶🏻 i hope you all are doing well 🩷

comment to be added to future taglists ?

[laniemae]

I am going to take a break from milgramblr

[important please read]

ok now how do I start. Im going to take a break from tumblr for about a week. Things have been absolutely awful for me here since the very beginning of 2024, even if it may not look that way at times.

to retell the situation it happened with the new years gartic phone game, where someone made a prompt about a ship that made me heavily uncomfortable. To put it loosely it reminded me of an extremely bad experience with a fandom a few years ago when I called out a ship for being creepy and having a huge age gap but I was constantly dogpiled and harassed. It was probably the worst experience I’ve had on the internet and to this day I get really scared of people hating on me and I apologise for everything likely stemming back from the situation.

I tried to persist with the game but I got really upset and left. I expressed on my blog how uncomfortable I felt about the whole situation. Then this one person, who’s a prominent figure in the Milgramblr community, I won’t name them but I think you’ll know who, replied on my post saying that “it’s ok because…” in such an awful tone. It’s hard to explain but basically it felt really bad as they completely dismissed my feelings about the situation just to justify their creepy ship. And even worse, they way they responded was EXACTLY the same way that everyone else responded back in to at old fandom. At the point to I’d much prefer hate and harassment over that false positive attitude.

I freaked out and immediately blocked them and basically went into a panic attack. I was freaking out on my blog and just to make things worse I saw a post praising them and things got so bad. It was the start of the new year and I was on holiday and was supposed to do a bunch of things but because of that situation I was bedridden and couldn’t stop crying. I had so many nightmares about everyone here turning on me and the original incident and I still have them.

the way the person reacted to my situation was absolutely awful. After my breakdown they immediately went to their blog and started posting about how the ships good and you should praise it completely disregarding everything that happened. I’ve always been uncomfortable with them but this pushed me over the edge. And later on I got in contact with someone who was (presumably) trying to help me and we decided to see if that person could make an apology. But they took way to long to even think they gave any attention to the situation and the apology itself didn’t feel that genuine.

This person was still posting about it and didn’t change their pfp and title despite how bad it was to me and they did not do anything at all. Again I’m not naming anyone but I highly recommend you do not support them anymore. I said I’m going to be leaving for a while but if you want clarification on who it is you can just ask, I’ll check my stuff tomorrow morning before I completely shut off for the week.

I don’t know who it was but there was even a throwaway account hating on me and saying awful things. I didn’t care that much as things had already gotten so bad for me that I didn’t care about the opinion of an anon. But like I said, the sickly positive response that person gave was way worse than actual hate.

and that’s only one part of the story. Another thing happened much more recently with the person I mentioned who was trying to help me. They were the first person I followed on Milgramblr and the person who inspired me to join and make all these theories, so with this and them helping me I really looked up to them. It was a few days ago I think but they posted something on their account about that person and wanting attention to them. I expressed my uncomfortable feelings about the situation and they didn’t do anything about it. Instead they decided to KEEP POSTING about it, like constantly and me getting more upset at the situation and how they responded made it clear that they didn’t care at all. I blocked them and we were mutuals for a while.

It’s been a month and I’m still suffering very badly. I’m not constantly crying as I was when it first happened but it still pains me. I’ve been feeling incredibly distressed on this sight knowing that the original person hasn’t done anything about it and they’re still very close. No matter how much I block them or blog tags I still see them in reblogs or bought up. I had to exclude anything relating to the earbuds collab from my milgram archives as it gives me back really bad memories to the pfps involved. I just can’t feel safe in this place anymore and especially that no matter how I feel, nothing has changed since when it happened and no one’s even actually trying to help me or change things.

I’ve just been feeling so bad that I’ve been going days without eating. Just because I can’t be bothered to get out of bed. The only solace for me is sleep but even that’s not good enough as I might have nightmares and I often feel much more tired afterwards. Things are changing for me as I actually have to get up and do something now and it’s surprisingly going kinda well, but that has nothing to do with this situation.

just to note I will be continuing my milgram archives series, I’ve scheduled quite a few posts for this week so they’ll keep going. For me I’ll completely cut off all activity for this week, and may return on Wednesday.

it’s just. I hate how nothings changed. I want something to happen but no one’s helping

[angelwowings]

Introduction

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[perfect-snaccccccc]

okay but are the productive, helpful, non-confrontational ‘critiques’ of these fan fictions in the room with us?

[teeth-cable]

Have you seen The Amazing Digital Circus yet?

If so, what's your opinion on it?

I LOVE TADC! It’s my favorite indie show at the moment! There’s just so much I like about it but my main ones are

1. The setting and execution being unique. A horror-like project taking place in an late 90s/early 2000s digital game is not a new idea and same goes with characters being stuck in a purgatory however it’s how the artists reinvent those idea that makes it new. The digital Circus made its own aesthetic that makes it stand out from other projects with similar concepts and designs. When I first watched the pilot, one of many things that stuck out to me was how new the story ideas felt. I couldn’t think of any other pieces of media similar to TADC beside for surface-level comparisons. The TADC created its own aesthetic and knows what it wants to be and I like it!

2. Soundtrack. Speaks for itself, the soundtrack for the pilot is so good especially Your New Home. That song is very catchy and emotional too. It has such a unique melody, everytime you hear the first few notes you instantly recognize it. It does a great job highlighting the dread and existentialism crisis of Pomni’s situation. I recommend to give it a listen if you haven’t.

3. The characters dynamics. I just love how the characters interact with each other. The majority of the jokes comes from characters’ interactions and dynamics and how well everyone plays off of each other. The best example is Jax with everyone, Jax is a funny jerk who likes bullying his peers. It’s funny to see what creative ways Jax will bully the other people whether it’s being sarcastic and making quips at them, or though goofy pranks and how the characters react because of their contrast in personality. Every character beside Jax is openly stressed or worried in someway while Jax, at first seem like a chill layback dude.

4. The characters differences. I adored the differences between each character from how they talk to their poses. After watching HH and HB, I learned to have an appreciation for character differences. It’s just refreshing to see characters allowed to be different instead of the same tired reused tropes and repeating the same type of dialogue again for every character.

5. Mystery and lore. There is so much to explore in the pilot, it’s make you wanting more. When going in to watch the pilot, I made the mistake of thinking the series will be predictable. I didn’t see how they could make this premise work because by the end of it, Pomni will go insane but then I watched the pilot and was speechless. The pilot does a good job setting up questions for the audience to ask. If Caine lied about the exit, what are other things did he lied about? How long has the cast been stuck in the circus? Who are these people? Are they previous game developers? Who were they in their previous lives? What is the company’s motivation to create the headset? What are the abstractions in game? Are they viruses to the game program? Who were the former cast? What horrors has Kinger seen to be as paranoid and easily frighten as he is now? Do the abstractions still have a consciousness? You just want to find out more about the lore to solve the many mysteries in the show. I find it impressive Gooseworx was able to stir up the theorists because they have admitted in an ask, there are already theories floating around that are almost right about the show.

One problem I did have for the pilot were the scenes containing the Gloink Queen. The pacing of the pilot was fine until we got to her then it was slow. I feel it dragged longer than it needed too but beside that, my issues for the pilot ends.

I can’t speak for the fandom on other platforms but the tumblr one is great! Most of the time everyone is being respectful towards each other and I love seeing what creative theories, AU, fanfics, and art the fans created. The only people causing drama are the anti-shippers, and it’s just dumb. All of the cast are adults, if age gaps ships makes people uncomfortable, that’s valid but they shouldn’t make it into other people’s problems. Gooseworx themselves admitted they don’t care for romance and they don’t want fans in the fandom getting harassed over shipping.

Overall despite what issues I had for the pilot and fandom, they’re overshadowed by the positives and I can’t wait to see the full show and the fandom’s growth.

[readbythestarlight]

It’s apparently missing Din and Cobb hours

[nicolibbyquotes]

“Other lives, other existences, it didn't matter. They were polarities, and wherever they went, his half would always find hers.”

- “The Atlas Complex” by Olivie Blake

[deanwinchesterpregnant]

you know what i miss are them like proto-omegaverse works that were like biological bdsm assigned dom or sub at birth and once ur an adult like if u don’t enter domspace or subspace enough u get sick and DIE. fandom hornybrain comes up w the wildest shit sometimes i love it so much

[saltyfilmmajor]

not really a fan of the way people in the mi fandom trash talk the earlier movies.. i don't even really understand why they're doing it

Not sure I understand the full context of this ask, but I’ll say it’s because the later movies are far more fondly remembered.

Kinda like a Top Gun Maverick Situation where there are a lot of newer people who care mostly for the recent content rather than the older stuff.

Not me though I clown on Mission 3 because the sound mixing is bad

I tend to prefer the last three movies more than the first four, personally. I do think the hate on mi2 is overdone both critically and on a fandom level.

Anyway I don’t have much to say other than fandom is gonna fandom and there’s always going to be stuff that we don’t like but will have to make our peace with.

[liv-uwo]

Mao Mao Heroes of Pure Heart (fandom) discussion post

How come this fandom isn’t very active? Sure, the show has been canceled/on hiatus for a little over 3 years, but when has that stopped any other fandom? Invader Zim was canceled over a decade ago and only a few comic pages and a movie in 2019 were made, yet the fandom is still thriving. Same goes with Inside Job, Dead End Paranormal Park, Gravity Falls, and Over the Garden Wall. Was Mao Mao Heroes of Pure Heart not iconic enough? Or maybe the one season we got just wasn’t enough for the fandom to be sustainable? Please feel free to chime in with all your thoughts!

[powdermelonkeg]

Adult Lesson 189:

Sometimes you’ll encounter something in the wild—be it a fandom, a way of speaking, a kind of art, whatever—that annoys you to no end.

And you know it annoys you for some petty reason. You’ve seen it too often, you aren’t interested but keep encountering it, you don’t understand the appeal of it but everyone else around you seems to, etc.

Sometimes, you have to look at that thing, decide out loud “I am going to be normal about this” and move on. And repeat that to yourself whenever you encounter it again. Because you don’t want to be petty over something that really shouldn’t matter.

And eventually it stops annoying you.

Anyways I think more people could benefit from trying this.

[electric-friend]

re: my most recent original post. i am mostly only actually upset about the situation because it sometimes strikes me as one of those ‘this mental illness is ok until there are antisocial (inconvenient or occasionally harmful to others) symptoms’ things. i’m not saying i’m in support of people hurting other people here but people act as if if your mental illness has ever caused outward discomfort or harm you’re irredeemable and bad sometimes. these people are sometimes ofmd2 fans, too? and they like ed? but they get by by saying he never did any wrong because of [excuse, excuse, excuse, lie, blatantly ignoring canon to the point of contradicting it, etc] instead of accepting him as a character they like who has FLAWS and has made MISTAKES. like he’s not acceptable or worthy of love until we remove the parts of him that don’t always mesh well with other people. it’s just such a bleak pattern and outlook to witness as a mentally ill person living with trauma and disabilities.

[tasty-vanilla]

Indeed :

[layton-logs]

okay I’m going to gather my thoughts a little

I excitedly said to my girlfriend on the phone “hey that’s level 5 in the corner!!” at that previous game- we all knew they recently came back to developing in the west. I didn’t get my hopes up about a new layton or even a second katrielle game.

I saw the art style and thought hah imagine.. it looks like Layton right after L

HAT

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT*screams*