#fandom in a nutshell

[didalexiabreakupwitholgaisback]

chelsea fans making fun of aitana and barça like they didn’t get their ass kicked 8-2 in the uwcl semis lmaooo

they are the living embodiment of this meme

[still-trans-gwender]

"Isn't it weird that these 2 completely different characters canonically exist in the same universe?"

No not really.

You, me, Kendrick Lamar, Jaiden Animations, Weird Al, Lynda Carter, Scott The Woz and Sigourney Weaver all exist in the same universe and it's no big deal.

[fuji09]

We need to bring kindness back to fandom.

We need to stop judging people based on who they ship or who they stan.

We need to stop treating others like they're stupid and exasperating for bringing up "old news" when they are new to the fandom and for them it's all new.

We need to go back to ship and let ship. It never should have come to proship and anti. People didn't used to harass and judge others for who they shipped.

We need to go back to quietly filtering the tags we don't want to see, not scroll through the content we hate and then attack people who love that content.

We need to stop accusing people of being a pedophile because of who they ship. The only thing tha makes you a pedo, is being an adult who is attracted to prepubescent children. Adults attracted to teenagers (post pubescent) are hebephiles. Stop calling hebephilia, pedophilia. It does more harm than good and waters down the severity of the words.

We need to stop being ageist. The amount of ageism in fandom now is disgraceful. Teens and young adults constantly judging older adults and trying to push them out of fandom is so wrong. Who do you think gives y'all the most content? Adults. Stop acting like 30 years old is ancient. One day you'll be 30, it's not that old, seriously.

We need to stop acting like minors and adults can't be friends because "they have nothing in common and it's creepy." Their shared interest is fandom! Fandom elders used to be treated as the coolest people in the fandom, and now they are treated like they are intruding on the spaces they made.

We need to stop with minors openly engaging with NSFW content. Stop following people who have "no minors" on their page. Stop openly engaging with adult content because you may not get in trouble, but the adult could.

We need to stop ignoring fandom etiquette. It's there for a reason. Going into tags of what you hate isn't healthy for you and it's annoying to the people who like those tags. Making a post about hating a certain ship? Don't tag that ship, use "anti [insert ship name here]".

We need to stop demonizing DDDNE (dead dove do not eat). Whether it's there to warn about triggering content or there to emphasize that you're getting exactly what was said you'll get, it's there to not only protect the author, but the reader as well.

We need to stop accusing people of things they are clearly not. Accusations of racism, especially towards poc, is not only hurtful, but it's constantly used for when someone doesn't like a character that is a poc because other reasons to not like a character is just apparently not thought of anymore.

We need to stop judging other people's headcanons. Headcanons are there for us to enjoy.

We need to stop insulting each other and each other's art and writing in fandom. Don't like don't read. Move along and check out something you do like.

We need to stop with making everything about a ship or character you hate and spreading said hate throughout the fandom. It really isn't cool to have pages dedicated to hating characters and ships. It's not edgy, it's sad.

We need to stop trying to control how people perceived what they read and watch. We are all different, we all won't see things exactly the same due to our life experiences and how our minds work.

Fandom is supposed to be an escape from the world, to have fun, and to meet others who are interested in the same things.

All this hate and discourse makes everything unpleasant. End the cycle that started less than a decade ago. Fandom can go back to being just being fun and not a morality contest.

[ryhmus]

The angsy kerfuffle

Hero; "Kel I need you to go buy clothes and soup."

Kel; "Okay bro, I'll call you back later."

(Later...)

Kel; "Hey Hero, there's a bit of a problem."

Hero; "What's up?"

Kel; "I can't find them."

Hero; "Can't find them? The soup and clothes?"

Kel; "Yeah, there's only angst."

Hero; "...What?"

Kel; "There's only angst."

Hero; "What do you mean there's only angst?"

Kel; (Drops at a strange puppet that looks suspiciously like Omori) "It means there's only angst!"

Hero; "Get out of the angst aisle!

Kel; "Okay, you don't have to shout at me!"

Kel; "There's more angst."

Hero; "What do you mean there's more angst?!"

Kel; (Looks at a broken wheelchair stuck in a random space) "There's just more angst!"

Hero; "Go into the next aisle!"

Kel; "There's more angst!"

Hero; "Where are you right now?!"

Kel; (finds two contacts lens, both singular and in red and purple) "I'm at angst!"

Hero; "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE AT ANGST?!"

Kel; "I MEAN I'M AT ANGST!"

Hero; "WHAT STORE ARE YOU IN?"

Kel; (Wearing a hoodie now for some reason) "I'M AT THE FANFICTION COMMUNITY!"

Hero; (Now suddenly wearing a brown jacket, is blond, and is holding Sunny at gunpoint) "WHY ARE YOU BUYING CLOTHES AND SOUP AT THE FANFICTION?!"

Kel; (About to stab Hero over the phone) "FUCK YOU!"

[val-of-the-north]

His greed sickens me.

[caramelmiacchiato]

polites: look! a half-full glass!

eurylochus: its not a half-full glass. its just a glass with water inside.

odysseus: penelope used to drink water...

[ping-ski]

EBY (my plex au) shenanigans <333

credit to my bestie @lilakwii making this hehe <333

[didalexiabreakupwitholgaisback]

I mean I don’t think there is any team that engen will have guaranteed starter minutes so that goes out of the list. Now if she wants to play more also I think Barca is the most well rotated squad and Although I think pere needs to learn to rotate more there is already progress. If it wasn’t for the super cup incident which must was frustrating I would be sure she will renew. Now for me it makes the most sense considering the above and her personal life too but I am also afraid because if she hasn’t renew yet and see that more players comes how will she know she will play?

huh? ingrid could go back to wolfsburg and be a guaranteed starter, or she could go to real madrid or atletí and be a guaranteed starter, not to mention tons of other teams, so not sure where that idea comes from 🤔

highly doubt barça is the most rotated squad. plenty of other squads give reps to their #2 keeper for starters 🙄

that doesn’t mean ingrid won’t renew. i just don’t agree with your argument 🤷‍♀️

that's my problem with sources like pinterest too. people put all sorts of photos on there without sources, and there are plenty showing mateo's face.

and then people will post these photos, which includes private photos, and claim ignorance when someone calls them out on it because "i just found it on pinterest" as if that absolves them of checking sources. 🙄🙄

i didn't want to say it but you're not wrong, anon 😬😬

(let's hope frido's man stays normal and unbothered!)

yep, i think this is a pretty fair assessment of the situation, anon!

and what's worse is that the andrew tates of the world saw a captive audience in young men and sunk their evil claws into them and warped their minds.

it's not just old people with old fashioned thinking. it's the rise of the right among the youth that is the most scary.

[still-trans-gwender]

Canon vs fanon posts be like

Canon: My correct interpretation of the character.

Fanon: Your incorrect interpretation of the character.

[tsukiko31]

Me every time I engage with the Marauders fandom in any shape way or form. Like, no matter anyone's preference, we ALL agree that angst is the fuel and basis for this fandom.

I woke up and chose pain

[aroaceleovaldez]

mildly entertaining pjo fandom curse (mostly in that you can make games out of it):

everybody draws Piper showing skin. half the time Shel as well. literally almost EVERYBODY. go look at Piper fanart. is she wearing a crop top? i bet she is. or if she's wearing a dress hers is gonna be one of the most revealing. bonus points if they gave her a belly button piercing. and it's almost always only Piper and/or Shel. i thought we had a whole discussion about sexualizing young indigenous girls back in like 2021 but i guess nobody processed that part cause pjo fandom acts like if they dont have Piper show her stomach or have her shirt ride up they'll die.

the curse is that you will never unsee this. have fun with that.

[butchersprophet]

[aprilblossomgirl]

I can’t choose which side to take. That guy is my friend, and so is the other. True. I’m rooting for Thame for sure. Someone like me will never take sides with Jun. No way. Are you saying this because you don’t want Jun to date P'Po? Eh? Of course. Someone like Jun isn’t supposed to date anyone.

ThamePo Heart That Skips a Beat | Ep.08

[toddsmind-neilssoul]

anderperry my lovebirds <3 ft. golden retriever bf neil & black cat bf todd ♡

[clarissaweasley-10]

Kaz *mumbles: I really want to kiss you... Inej: what?? Kaz *panicking: if you die, I won't miss you

[actual-changeling]

A small 'this is how you use tumblr' for the people that haven't been here very long. These are in no particular order, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask them!

Since I probably did not mention a lot of things, you are welcome to add to this post with your own advice.

a) Reblog posts. if you like it, reblog it. even if you have zero followers and ESPECIALLY if it's art or writing of any kind. We will see the reblog in our notifications and that alone brings joy. One reblog can start a chain and push the post onto many people's dashes.

b) Tumblr is not a very functional website, if you want to survive without losing your mind, there are two things you need: xkit rewritten and dashboard unfucker. Play around with the settings until it is to your liking. Additionally, change to firefox if you haven't already and install ublock origin to get rid of ads, tracking etc.

c) If you go to your settings (account! not blog) you can find this under dashboard at the bottom. Turn off at the very least 'best stuff first' since that will fuck up your dash and not give you posts in chronological order.

The rest are a perfonal preference but it will keep your dash tidy and easy to control if you turn them off, too.

d) Apropos settings—get a profile picture, a header, write something human in your bio, anything. Otherwise people will assume you are a bot and block you on sight.

e) Blocking! Do it generously and whenever you want, this is how you keep whatever remains of your sanity. It's not a lethal offense, it is (usually) not even seen as rude or anything along those lines. You block people and they block you and everyone is happy.

f) Under account settings you will find this:

Just like with blocking, use both options to your heart's content.

g) Tumblr is not like other social media platforms, spam liking & reblogging and going three years deep into someone's account is NORMAL and encouraged. You can search a blog by post type, tags, or even go to the archive and scroll through the posts there.

h) Lastly—interaction. We already went over reblogging (I mean it, REBLOG), but there are also replies and asks. If you add something to someone else's post please behave like a kind human being and don't be an asshole; based on my experience, that's easier said than done. On top of that, the tags are ALSO used for communication, go unhinged, ramble, leave your thoughts, or simply use them for organisational purposes. Everyone loves a good insane tag wall.

An open inbox (either anonymously or with your blog attached) is to be used! Please send people asks if they have them active, use it like DMs or a comment section, use it to recommend something, ask questions, participate in an ask or prompt game—we love asks here.

(We do not like harassment in our inboxes, same rules as above.)