#add on to a previous post

[lurafita]

I saw your post about liking the less liked character in a popular ship, and I was just wondering about the characters you tagged in it? Because I feel that a lot of posts and fics heavily focus on Magnus, and that Alec comes way short, even though he is arguably the better and more intersting character in the ship.

We have had very different experiences in fandom, it appears. Right now, if I go to AO3 and search for stories with the tag "Alec-centric", I get 444 results. Repeating that search with Magnus-centric, that number shrinks to 133.

So from this alone, it is clear that Alec has far more stories dedicated to him than Magnus does.

Then there are the fics that will still focus on one character more than the other, but not have that specific tag. A lot of writers for slash fics, in my experience as a long time reader of fanfiction, like to focus their story on the "bottom" character. So if I do a search for "Bottom Alec" (587 results), "Sub Alec" (334 results), or "Omega Alec" (293 results); and then compare this to "Bottom Magnus" (531 results), "Sub Magnus" (129 results), or "Omega Magnus" (187 results); once again, Alec's character has more fics dedicated to that than Magnus.

Then there are further indicators as to who the VIP of a story is, which might not be obvious. Popular tags we all like to read about. Like "character is good with children", or "character is a cinnamon roll", or "character whump" (because sometimes we like to see our blorbos suffer for the pay out of others being worried for them and taking care of them and showering them in love and affection afterwards). Other indicators are if one character is tagged with more platonic relationships than the other, meaning any "character & character" tags you might come across. Or which character is shipped with people other than the main partner. (i.e. aside from with Magnus, you will probably see Alec shipped more with more different characters - for example Jace; than you will see Magnus being shipped with someone other than Alec) Now I'm not gonna search and crossreference all the possibilities for those tags as well, but I have definitely seen more in that regard for Alec, than I have for Magnus.

So I cannot agree with your statement that Magnus has more fics that focus on him in comparison to Alec. Where who is the more interesting/better character is concerned, that is something for each individual to decide, and cannot be just generally stated as if it were a law or obligation.

I like Magnus Bane. I like him a lot. I find him interesting and deep and engaging. I think he is incredibly handsome, and kind, and smart. He is definitely my favorite character when it comes to the Shadowhunter series.

Obviously not everyone in the fandom feels that same way. (I mean, yeah, it's very obvious that not everyone in the fandom feels that same way)

And as I said in the post, I'm happy for the people who like the fandom darling (in this case Alec) best. And I wish them all a happy and enjoyable time in the fandom that so celebrates their favorite character. But simultaneously, I will pour my energy into elevating my own favorite character. Knowing that posts and fics (I may or may not write) focusing on him may not garner the same attention and interest that the ones focusing on Alec do. Knowing that there will be scant few people that will appreciate the posts or fics that might not even mention Alec at all. (that's mostly me thinking about all those crossover pairings I would like to do with Magnus, that would have him crossing over into another universe/fandom; which I know will have a very small pool of interested people.)

So, long story short, people like who they like. And sometimes that can be a point of frustration. And sometimes it helps to just shout into a void (or in this case, make a tumblr post) about it.

This got way longer than I intended. XD

I hope you have a very nice day, and remember to drink enough water. Hydration is important.

[s0fter-sin]

thinking about the way ghost doesn't hesitate to start killing shadows when graves betrays them but soap only takes one hostage

you can almost hear the voice in his head telling him it doesn't have to be this way; they can still talk it out

"i'm calling shepherd"

his first instinct when confronted with betrayal is to play it by the books: to go up the chain. that goes against everything we've seen him do. he bucks authority at every chance except for the one time he's confronted with the barrels of his allies' guns

he wants a peaceful resolution; for the first time we've ever seen, he doesn't want violence to be the answer. there has to be another fix, a solution that doesn't end with him killing the same men he's been working with; his friends

nothing's happened yet

it doesn't have to go this way

but ghost has been betrayed before. he knows the way this ends; either with him six feet under or his enemy

he doesn't hesitate

it's only when they knock alejandro out that soap shoots; when they spill the first blood and cross a line they can never come back from

only when ghost orders him to run and he has to cover his retreat

and somewhere along the line, between civilians’ screams and taunting voices, between his shaking breath and ghost steady in his ear, that naivety is stripped away; his trust turned to teeth that he uses to sink into throats of men he'd have given his life for

"be careful who you trust, sergeant; people you know can hurt you the most"

he's learned the price of trust

just like ghost did

but unlike ghost, he has someone to guide him through the aftermath

"good advice, It"

[sewaryka]

wife..

[supertaliart]

They are both three years old.

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[cubbihue]

So.... why'd Peri get assigned Dev as his first godchild?

Jorgen’s usually not the one in charge of assigning godchildren. There’s an entire department that weighs and classifies potentail Godkids to the right Fairy. Although it’s on strike at the moment.

So Jorgen has to do it by hand, until the union negotiations are resolved. Turns out trying to use paperclips is very hard. Itty bitty paperclips. Big muscular biceps. Not a good combo.

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[vinestaff]

day 2 fake dating

[mossypidder]

FINISHED MY LIST OF PROMPTS, GUYS

If anyone uses these, please feel free to @ me, I’d love to see how people interpret them. I guess you could also just use a tag. #piddermermay I guess? Idk. I’ve never done anything like this before.

[lazlolemurs]

Ended up coloring the sketch to distress ^^

[motherfucker-unlimited]

I must ask you to excuse us, as The Princess has requested "A fucking break from it all."

[somegrumpynerd]

A bunch of doodles inspired by @wickjump saying Cross has an eternal kicked puppy look (and steadily devolving into dadmare because y'know. My Brand)

[tealgoat]

YAY ITOT <3

Your honor I love her

I LOVE HER TOO!! Have the speedpaint for funsies because for once I remembered that clip studio paint can record those

[insertdisc5]

We know little things about S and A sooo

Can we get some info about B? Just a little?

B has a single gay earring. for gay people

[r0semultiverse]

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[fennethianell]

I think this trend was created specifically for him (heatstroke trend)

I feel so rusty with drawing

[quesocheeso]

Will we see more erlang later in the comic? Since wukong and erlang are close friends in the book? Plus wukong takes up erlangs nephew as a disciple after jttw

Yes we will see more of Erlang in the future, to what capacity I'm still not sure, but he'll be there😁

So about Chenxiang, I had to first look him up since I was like whoa a disciple of Wukong I gotta see this! And based on his origin story, I don't think he'll be in my story as Wukong's disciple (maybe? Hell make cameos probs)

Why? Well based on how he became a disciple of Wukong was (very simple summary moment):

1) His mom, Erlang's sister, fell in love with a mortal man and had Chenxiang with him.

2) Mom gave mortal man the Lotus Lantern which is like a big important artifact and the Jade Emperor was like Hey! You can't do that! Go Erlang beat them up or somethin

3) Erlang killed guy and sealed Mom under mountain, and kidnapped Chenxiang

4) Chenxiang escaped and stole back the Lotus Lantern and began his journey to his mom

5) Sun Wukong finds him and is like Yo this kid kinda cool lemme help him, and trains him for a few years before taking him to the mountain his mom is at and giving him(?) a weapon able to split the mountain open

6) Erlang pops up and him and Chenxiang fight each other

7) Chenxiang wins

8) He frees his mom and they're happily ever after me thinks🎉

So now that we have this summary,,

If we take out the Jade Emperor because Wukong nerfed that guy...a big part of Chenxiang just doesn't happen because Erlang doesn't have a reason to go after his parents (based on the interpretation) and so he doesn't have to go through a journey.

He can still meet Wukong though so there's a possibility he might still become a disciple of him but idk right now, he'd have to decide to go to the celestial realm first🤔🤔

[soyooluz]

Noannnn