#IT APPLIES TO BOTH FANDOMS

[awhphooey]

is this considered niche

[darkmuffinstudios]

Working on something because there are worms in my brain (the rot the rot the rot the rot)

[extremely-judgemental]

The reluctant hero trope is truly exhausting. Not in fiction but in the fandoms. Granted this trope has been used as a badge of honour and virtue in characters all the time, readers are forgetting that not every character needs to end with a position of power to take charge of their life. Especially when nothing, I mean NOTHING, in the character suggests they want it at any level or deserve it.

Yes, the point of the trope is for the hero to not want power, but do they even need to get to the top of the food chain? Does getting a title mean anything at least in the narrative? Katniss Everdeen is an icon in this trope. She was the face of a rebellion in her world. She didn’t want it but she needed to be and in the end, it did have an impact in her world. Bilbo Baggins definitely did not want to leave his comfortable life to start on an adventure but his journey changed his world. And ykw, they both end with no titles and are still a hero.

I am sick of seeing the High Lady of Dusk propaganda in this fandom. Nesta has no interest in politics though she is trained from a young age. She has shown no interest in the fae world either. So what, since she doesn’t want to be a queen, she deserves to be one?

Why does she need to be a queen anyway? Give me one good reason how it will affect her growth or the narrative if she gets a title? She will get to flaunt to Feyre and Rhysand? You realise SJM is writing the books and Nesta will never leave the sister she ‘owes’ her life to? A title isn’t going to fix the trainwreck that her life is, instead it will be used to manipulate her more. Now she not only owes Feyre but also everyone else because it is her responsibility, which is exactly what they did during the war.

Also, if Nesta shouldn't be with someone like Eris because it's what her dead mother would have wanted, then she wanted this for Nesta too? Wouldn't this be traumatic and triggering for her?

Besides, Nesta already falls under this trope as is. She doesn’t need a fucking title to become any more of a hero than she already is. Don’t wish to turn a character into something they are not and that will stunt their growth (unless that's what you're going for) just because you can’t think of any other possibilities. This whole propaganda proves that writers like SJM have completely brainwashed the readers into believing that empowerment only comes from a fancy title whether it means a thing or not.

[lakesidepurple]

voicing opinions in a fandom is so hard. I'll be like "hey i dont think its right to boil [character] down into a weak pathetic boring fandom archetype bottom" and someone else will reply with "i totally agree!!! [other character] is obviously the weak pathetic bottom in this ship dynamic!!!!" and im like. no. that is not actually what i said.

[shutupineedtothink]

Man seeing everyone's mostly disappointed, tired, and/or outright negative reactions to Billie and even making David's semi regular return to the show an honest to god in canon joke just really makes me think yep, Peter and Jenna did it right. They said take me out and I ain't coming back and they were correct. You either leave on a high or you come back and become at best a running joke at worst actively disliked where you used to be loved. Leave em wanting more.

[lgbtlunaverse]

While I think the moment in cql where Meng Yao– still bleeding from a stab wound in his chest btw– realizes Lan Xichen is in danger and decides to save the man who was so kind to him in cloud recesses is cute and all, nothing will ever beat the book for me. Little bookkeeper civilian Meng Yao, who has not had a serious chance to make his dreams of being a cultivator come true in fucking years, out of nowhere gets the fucking sect leader of Gusu Lan dropped right in his lap?

It's such a great example of Meng Yao's multilayered motivations to me. Because is civilian Meng Yao thinking of all the ways he can use this? Of the fact that having a great sect leader in his debt is the best thing that could happen to him? Duh. Obviously.

Is he very purposeful about appearing to Lan Xichen as a kind young man full of untapped potential, brave and willing to put his life on the line even though he really doesn't know so much about about cultivators, no sir, except a little he picked up here and there, because you see his father– 👉👈 Of course he is!

But the way through which he does that is... by actually saving Lan Xichen's life, at no doubt significant personal risk. The way he makes Lan Xichen believe he's kind and selfless is by... being kind and selfless. Just because he's doing it on purpose doesn't mean he's not doing it.

Is it lying if you want people to think you're nice and so you're nice to them? Isn't that just called being nice? Yes, he is very purposeful about how he appears to people, and very carefully crafts an image based on what he wants them to think of him, but most of the time he does that simply by... actually being the kind of person he wants to appear as. He still did the kind things he did, regardless of his motivations for doing them.

[dazeddoodles]

I love Huntlow but the fact that the only "straight" (I know they're bi/pan but people assumed they were straight) ship in this gay show with the least amount of screentime and development (this isn't an insult, they were literally introduced last after the show had already been canceled) instantly became the most popular ship is kinda sad to me.

I know it's partly just because it's the ship that involves Hunter and he's the most popular character. But the most popular character in a cast full of girls and women being the only (white) male character doesn't exactly make me feel better.

[swanmaids]

i think a lot of media literacy issues can be boiled down to many people's deeply held belief that women are inherently uncreative and therefore their art is inherently autobiographical

[ping-ski]

never be ashamed to create just for yourself. i hope that through the music you sing, the words you write, every brush stroke you carefully map out brings you closer to the comfort and safety you deserve. and even if it exists only in your mind, let it be and heal. <3

enjoy the small moments of peace you create for yourself. be confident in your small joys and victories - no matter how self-indulgent, it's not selfish to invest in what makes you happy and loving yourself.

fandom is supposed to be cringe and embarrassing!! cause isn't that point? the novelty of making your favorites a little ooc just to enjoy it for yourself? anyways, block and move on, quit wasting your energy on the things that don't need it.

[venti-death-watch]

i think a lot of people have a hard time reconciling aventurine’s ruthlessness with his kindness. and like to be honest, i fall into those traps a lot too.

he’s someone who has fought for everything he’s ‘had’, whose all-or-nothing mentality comes from how anything less than the best is not an option if he wants to survive, who i think is a lot more ruthless and cunning than people are willing to see him as.

but he’s also the guy who instantly was incredibly kind to his child self without even knowing it was him.

and tbh, i don’t see why he can’t be both at once.

[sapphic-bf]

the urge to talk abt how vi is written like an abuse victim & continues to fall into the cycle of abuse again and again.

[bloodborne-on-pc]

So like, we all know the default/official names of the characters from Darkest Dungeon, but...where did they actually come from? Their names are all listed on the wiki pages for each character, but no source is cited for ANY of them. When, where, and how did we learn the characters' names??!

[fractalspaces]

Look, I know that heavily asd and/or adhd-coded character who is also enby-coded is actually ace/aroace in canon, but maybe I'd like to heavily project my audhd enby greyace ass on them. Put them with another character in Situations where one or both will kick and scream all the way about having caught Urges (ew!), and even worse, Feelings.

What if they were like [YouAreMyOnlyException.mp3]. What then.

[mintyeve322]

the age old question of do i want to fuck that fictional old man or do i want to be the daughter the narrative never gave him?

[taddymason]

hey, maybe a hot take, but I think the best relationships are the ones where one character isn't just the other's romantic interest, they have more arcs than that, yk

[thatswhatsushesaid]

Who are your top fave characters from each mxtx novel? 👀

i'm going to exclude svsss from this list because i haven't finished it yet and therefore all of my opinions are just based on hearsay. but for the other two:

mdzs

1. jin guangyao (obviously); the antagonist of circumstance who but for a trick of fate and authorial intent could have easily been the novel's protagonist

2. lan xichen; the very best of men 🥹 truly the person with the kindest heart and (in my opinion) the most tragic ending in the novel*. also i'm xiyao trash, who's surprised

3. su she; he and i are the same person honestly

4. jiang cheng; i think if i was going to go insane about any of the core cast, i'd probably go insane over jiang cheng. and i probably would have, if jin guangyao didn't exist! sorry, jiang cheng.

5. wen qing; who doesn't love a mad scientist??

tgcf

1. xie lian; no seriously, i love the protagonist of this novel the best because he is everything i love about jin guangyao and lan xichen burrito'd up into one character

2. shi wudu; the heavens' cuntiest proto-capitalist, and also arguably the elder brother that the mdzs fandom wishes nie mingjue was for nie huaisang 👀 (this opinion has gotten me into at least 4 fights on the mdzs subreddit specifically)

3. pei ming; my ethical slut general. also the other half of peishui, my main non-hualian ship for this novel

4. mu qing; he did NOTHING wrong except have a bad attitude, since when is that a crime!!! (this is not serious analysis, please don't @ me with your mu qing criticism, i'm too tired for it right now)

5. jun wu; daddy 🥺