#a plea to the fandom

[joeythefrog]

Ok one thing I don’t like all that much in the newsies fandom is the characterisation of Crutchie

He is not your sweet ‘smol’ boy, he is not pure and gentle, he isn’t wholesome.

What I think they forget is that he is a street kid, he is a newsie

Newsies, who pride themselves on being vulgar and having the filthiest mouths possible that they keep hidden when they spin a sob story. Newsies, who decided that since society didn’t want them they would hang with all that society didn’t want. Historically speaking they were chilling with pretty much any marginalised group because they weren’t in a place to look down on anyone. Having not lived lives where it was taught that some were better than others and knowing first hand how wrong that was. They genuinely didn’t care what you were or did.

Crutchie was a newsie. Newsies, who would whisper the most disgusting sexual thing they could think of in one another’s ears in public. Newsies, who cackled in the bunk rooms because of some sort of sexual or fetishised deviation from the norm, lengthy conversations about the morality of it, because they are teenage boys and he has his right to be gross. Newsies, who would steal whatever they needed because ‘hey what’s a penny out a corporate man’s pocket’, boys who tussled constantly, who would definitely have very little actual boundaries.

Newsies who defiantly don’t hide deviance when they can, priding themselves on their foul mouth able to spit out venom that makes proper society step back in disgust. Who tussle and bite, who are not wholesome because they aren’t allowed to be if they want to survive

Boys who have grown tough from sleeping in the streets, only unsold papes to cushion them (that’s historically accurate)

Crutchie is one of them

Characterise Crutchie as someone who pokes his tongue out and chucked with a murmur of ‘sucker’ every time he gets pity cash, let him smack people with his crutch, whisper vulgar details of what he heard Race and Spot got up to in Brooklyn, let him act like a damn teenage boy who is every bit as deviant and chaotic as every other newsie has the right to be.

And do not let his crutch and kind smile put on to comfort those who need it infantilise him

[ash-and-starlight]

one day, in a thousand years

[destiel-wings]

this is dean directly speaking to us with the fanfiction writing power and living outside of the narrative he's trapped in, asking us to do what chuck and the cw don't allow him to have

[estrellium]

This tiktok was so incredibly aster core I had to redraw it

[skitskatdacat63]

It’s always “your Fernando brakechecked my driver!” or “your Fernando participated in spygate and crashgate!” and never “did your Fernando have fun during the race? He looks like he was having fun! What a good boy!” We live in dark, ignorant times. Stay safe everyone.

[hiort]

heads or tails but im not telling you what the coin flip is for (im standing over them with a comically large hammer)

[furutetalks]

this freaking dude man

[imactuallysoup]

sneet snort, I'm a dork

Bad Mr. Glutton.

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Bonus; bad bunny, go with the rest towards your doom.

Laughing jack will forever be my comfort character <3

[goldenthyme]

100% can tell someone is Trigun Stampede only by if they ever try to make Wolfwood a contrast by making him a “bad boy” character in AUs and having Vash as a more “normal” character.

Nicholas “helped out all the time at the orphanage, shooting Chapel was his first deviation from what he was told to do in canon” Wolfwood 

vs.

Vash “whoops sorry about destroying your town at least no one is dead but yeah they’re seriously injured really sorry about that oh well wonder why I have this huge bounty other than the July stuff” the Stampede

[johnbly]

[destinationtoast]

Toastystats: Ted Lasso S3 on AO3

I took a look at a look at some of the fandom's reactions to each episode, and to the season overall, based on the number and types of fanworks that people were posting to AO3. You can read a detailed explanation on AO3, as well as corrections and clarifications. (Edit: and image captions!)

I'll share a few highlights below the cut. But first, a few gentle pleas, because I don't want any of my stats to stir new fandom drama, ship wars, etc: Please be curious, not judgmental as you look at the data. (Don't be harsh toward fellow fans if they like different things than you.) And if anything about S3 disappointed you, take heart in the MANY fanworks the fandom is creating! The fandom overall, as well as the characters and ships I investigated, are all increasing in popularity in terms of the number of fanworks devoted to them. So it's a great time to be in the Ted Lasso fandom -- so many fanworks to enjoy!

That said, here are some highlights of the data:

The fandom has been more active throughout S3 than it was even at the height of its activity in S2, and it has so far has been very active post-S3 as well.

36% of fanworks deviated from canon following the S3 finale, using a tag like "Fix-It" or "Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence." 😅

All the characters and relationships that were popular before S3 continued to be very active throughout S3. But Jamie Tartt and Trent Crimm saw the biggest increases in fandom attention (as measured by the percent of fanworks with those character tags) -- to the point where Jamie was tagged in more AO3 fanworks than Ted was some weeks! (Whereas I'm pretty sure Ted has always been the most tagged character before.) Ted and Rebecca each had sizable decreases in the percent of works they were tagged in, with Jamie and Roy surpassing Rebecca in relative popularity during S3, but they remained extremely popular characters. Among the AFC Richmond players, Colin, Dani, Isaac, and Sam also surged in popularity.

Roy/Jamie, Trent/Ted, and Keeley/Roy/Jamie were all on the rise in terms of percent of works that tag them, and they all had weeks when they were the most active ship. Ted/Rebecca decreased in relative popularity during S3, but it is still the biggest ship in fandom, and the biggest ship most weeks. Plus it seems to be surging post-finale.

Fluff continued to be the biggest tag during S3 (consistent with AO3 overall), but Angst, Hurt/Comfort, and Fix-It are among the tags with the biggest increases in use during S3.

Read more data and more detailed explanations on AO3.

[daftpatience]

TVDINT CHARMS!!!! i made them!!! theyre gonna be mini acrylic charms, all the designs have a different back, and the preorder's been extended through December!

you'll be able to choose individual charms, get them in a discounted set, or do a random gacha!

[moldy-cheese-being]

*shakes cow bell or something*

SCOTT PILGRIM FANDOM!! STOP DYING AND BEHOLD MY MEME!!!!

[a-hearts-a-heavy-burden]

Mean people make me sad so here is Joey Batey being himself aka adorable, nerdy, precious, beautiful, talented, brilliant boy.

[ciderjacks]

vote abed in @autismswagsummit pleasei will do anything for you to vote abed im serious anything

[bookshopbentley]

“ you can’t leave this bookshop “ ( you can’t leave it to go to alpha centauri with me so i’m assuming you can’t leave it to go to heaven )