#i don't care what you've read

[thenonbinarydetective]

it's funny how days after I post a tiktok about issues with fanon and particularly batfamily fanon (as an example) there are suddenly posts on here with "No matter what people on TikTok say, you're still a valid fan if you only like fanon"

Gods, I hope that is some attempted snark at my video just so I can say that if people think I hate fanon just because I criticized a part of it and the behavior of some people who purely enjoy fanon, then they didn't pay attention at all.

I'm also not the only one who's pointed it out that there are someone "woe is me" fanon fans out there who act like there's no possible way to get more into comics.

Or maybe need to ask themselves, "If I hate the medium/source material and have to change everything about it in order to actually like it if I actually like it?" or "Am I willing to give into moral ambiguity and realize I'm not going to get the perfect image in my head?" because these questions are completely normal and people ask them all the time with all media. It's basically just critical thinking.

And I'm sorry, but the attitude of people who try and correct people who have actually interacted with canon content on storylines, characterizations, plots, relationships, etc. when they don't even know how they work, either in the grand scheme of things or just that particular comic. For an example see, Dick threatened to send Tim to Arkham (Fun AU, never actually happened in canon but people will swear on every grave in existence that it did because they don't have any context for Dick, Tim, Dick and Tim's relationship, and what actually happened)

I don't even have to use comics for an example because it works with anything. I have a book about King Arthur; if you've never read that King Arthur book, you can't tell me how it interprets the legends because you've never read that book.

It's really just pathetic to see people try and turn "fandom elitism" from what it actually is into "being expected to actually interact with the canon content on any level is too much because I'm not interested in it, and I don't like people judging me for it."

idk some people just try and turn canon into this big scary awful monster when it's honestly not. Like people telling me that DC's all "dark and edgy" tells me they haven't picked up a single issue or they hear of a bad moment and just assume every single page ever written/drawn is like that when it's not.

It's fine if you only enjoy fanon just like it's fine to only enjoy canon or to enjoy both. But as long as you aren't harassing people or constantly shitting on either side, it's all good.

One last time: If you've read this and think this is fanon hate or I hate fanon/fanfiction, you didn't actually read it. Try again.

This also isn't an argument, try and argue with me, and I will block you.

[petricorah]

lee from the tea shop boutta get it (wip) [id in alt]

edit: completed illustration here

[leptonyx-constellate]

psst systems and plurals of all kinds, if you have fictives from books please say hi. we have, quite literally, only met a single system other than ourselves who had more than one fictive sourced from a book. well over 90% of our fictives (which make up 85% of our known collective of 550+ people) are sourced from books. please

[bitchthefuck1]

you know what, I actually will talk about this because it's bothering me. The issue with focussing so heavily on syd and carmy's potential for a romantic relationship isn't that there's something inherently unintellectual about romance or whatever, it's that a lot of people seem incapable of doing that without immediately flattening the story and ignoring or intentionally misreading any and all nuance for the sake of that romance. Every scene suddenly becomes about how it impacts their relationship, every analysis is done through a romantic lens, every frame or line of dialogue becomes about finding some easter egg or hint that "proves" these people should start dating. Their dynamic is absolutely a fundamental part of this show, but if you can only see it as a will-they-won't-they, you miss so much of what the story is actually trying to say with these two.

There are good versions of this story where their relationship is romantic and there are good versions of this story where it isn't, but as soon as you decide them being together is "the point," you lose the ability to actually judge the story for what it is, not what you want it to be.

[burningcomputerpersona]

i just watched I Saw The Tv Glow and now i am in shambles

[relicsongmel]

Today marks the three-year anniversary of the day I lost my mom to breast cancer.

She wasn't perfect—no one is, as a person, or as a mother—but I loved her all the same, and I deeply mourn the fact that our relationship was cut short before it truly had a chance to blossom. I've felt a sense of directionlessness that's only grown in intensity since her passing, but I know in my heart she'd be proud of me and all the growing up I've done since then regardless.

This is the last year I'll be living in the house we shared, but her heart will always be with me wherever I go. Wherever she is now, may she find rest and solace.

[medicinemane]

Honestly a lot of the time, it's not even about people having to agree with me, it's about needing to know that they actually heard and listened to what I had to say even if it didn't persuade them

Just... some basic indication that there's enough respect to give a shit about what I said, and also to make sure that they disagree because they actually disagree and not cause they just didn't bother listening

It's all I really ask

[dogearedheart]

8i've been thinking about the last asks i got today. and i think it's better for me to take a step back from this account. i know the anon didn't mean anything by it, but i still feel like i am being a negative presence on here and weirding people out with who i am is nothing i want. so, i am not deleting or anything. i am just gonna be less present with sharing personal things or leaving tags. I'll probably be more active on my second account where i don't have that many followers :)

[naydralikessoup]

indie game....... save me indie game.........

[pyrriax]

ANYWHO goodnight tumblr i'll be back on the art grind tomorrow i think 🙏

[atdutiesend]

Guys, I gotta be honest. The 'callout' is the most obvious case of attempted framing I've seen in years. For those of you, like me, that think callout culture can go eat a dick, I apologize for this - unfortunately the XIV community likes their witch hunts.

So, in order:

First, those aren't my blogs. I dislike the twee tumblr naming convention that uses cutesy substutions/repetitions for letters. If you like it, more power to you, but I like camelCase style blog names - (at)dutiesEnd, ohtoriEcho. I've never used them, I tweak a url until I can use actual words. Frankly, I've never even heard of these blogs.

Second, that post isn't about me, if someone was trying to make a callout about me they'd be saying "Tluthal, who also goes by…" While Grim is a pen name I've used [I'm currently phasing it out for muse-mun separation], every blog I've ever made includes "…my main blog, Tluthal…"

[As of posting, both versions in the version history are from June 2023 and do not include any actual name but 'Grim'. Versions that do were obviously edited in light of this post.]

Third, I don't talk like that. Those of you who actually follow me and look at it, it's very obvious someone [poorly] pasted one of my old discord nicknames over someone else's posts without changing the associated icon, to the point that it's the first thing people see after looking over that doc.

Fourth, I have no idea who this 'Rosario' person is. I've never heard of them. I also haven't been in a relationship since 2017, I literally live with that person now. While she started going by Rose in late July, she's never been known as 'Rosario'. Also, I'm fucking ace.

Fifth… I'm not gonna lie, it's suspicious as all hell to me that this was "found" almost exactly a week after the following discussion:

[asktotallyhuman]

Oh my goodness! I wonder what questions we have to ask to see what happened?

//Well if there's something you wanna know about, you gotta ask about it! Whether or not the character answers, or answers in the RIGHT way...well, maybe there's a way to get one character to "loosen their lips", and maybe there's another character who's already willing to answer. Or, perhaps, the other can tell you how to get the first to talk. Who knows?

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Beginning to really wonder how much of my financial concern is manufactured and handed to me as opposed to something I'm genuinely concerned by

[jankwritten]

search for those things you ache to coat your hands in. bring the supple patchouli black pepper tobacco smoke to your face and breathe in a scent you never knew would bring you home.

that lime green bottle atrocity to nature scent that feels like walking through the front door for the first time. apples and spice and cinnamon plugged into the wall so pungent your temples throb.

that three ounce jar of sugar scrub gone bad in the basket on the lowest shelf of your dresser that aches of tile pressed beneath your shoulder blades and hair dye burning it's way through your scalp.

that blue-capped deodorant designed for men, hidden in your locker, it tastes of fresh cut grass and hard won muscles and finding your name on the lips of a friend you will lose and gain and lose again.

that slice of sickly-sweet cherry coke zinging like putting your head down and sweating on your laptop while a man reads to you about bashing in people's heads with a tube light bulb, to applause.

that crush of frosted animal crackers like a circle of close friends painting polish on borrowed horns. the stench of teenage body odor like an embrace. the bog of oily food like the best nights of your life.

search for those things in which you ache to coat your hands. let them soak.

[novadreii]

that time i sold my ex my car so i could get the fuck away from him faster (needed the money, far from home, etc) and he actually tried to short me $100 on it.

[randum-famdoms]

me: this chapter is going to be super fun and lighthearted! no sad thoughts today, no sir!

some demon inside me: this character is going to become so guilt ridden that they dissociate due to being reminded of their past

me: but... why.... you don't have to do this....

some demon inside me: vibes