#i think that was a quarantine thing

[welcometoouranarchyhole]

idky but i love staring at this panel like as i think about it i would fit so perfectly  if i was in between them bc fei is shorter than me but im shorter than phinks so it works.

dawg i want a phinks x reader x feitan fic so bad but there are hardly any (fluff preferred)

[paper-mario-wiki]

There's such an interesting cyber-anthropological phenomenon in feeling a communal pressure to act a certain way, or use the platform a certain way, when joining a new online space. Not in terms of the types of opinions or political views that are deamed acceptable, but in terms of specifics of etiquette and posting formats.

Making a Tumblr post that sounds "like a Twitter user" is met with scorn or derision a lot of the time. And when asking someone why they react like that, typically the answer is some form of "that kind of comedy doesn't work here" or "it doesn't sound right to post like that on this website", which is essentially just "it doesn't fit with the traditions I learned in this specific place".

I will always find the ways social media platforms evolve naturally like societies interesting.

[can-of-slorgs]

I'm personally blaming @starbiology and everyone who has reblogged or commented the other piece for this.

Bonus comic featuring my grundo:

[artthoufruity]

“Not everyone in (insert any show/move/game with a fandom) is gay it’s unrealistic!!!” SHUT UP OH MY GODDDDDD JUST SAY YOUVE NEVER BEEN IN A FANDOM BEFORE AND MOVE ON.

[steelthroat]

*me putting my Transformers figures on a shelf after tidying up* "Optimus and Megatron go together obviously"

My dad jokingly: "Heh, are they friends?"

Me: "In the Ancient-Greek sense of the word yes"

[rosykims]

cant stop thinking abt my theory that the qunari fled their homeland because of a blight. that theres actually been 6 blights instead of 5 . and if ghilan'nain really does have an arch demon and its not just another corypheus fake-out situation and its Real??? then this is the last archdemon. and the chances of us finding out what happens when all the archdemons die is strongly Not at zero.

[eggs-can-draw]

if you are ever wondering what I'm doing I am listening to the crane wives. do their songs connect to this blorbo? yes actually. maybe not to you but they do to me. I'm just thinking on a different server than you and that server says that the crane wives can be connected to every blorbo and I am NOT stretching.

[itstimeforstarwars]

I am so so so excited for the afternext galidraan fic. It’s gonna be like 3 years before we get there but every time I think about it I get so excited.

[raycatz]

I'm supposed to be doing homework but also,

isn't it interesting that there's Jojo's LinkedUniverse and then also the LinkedUniverse fandom's LinkedUniverse? That LU became a conduit through which to examine and compare and contrast Zelda games with this cast of characters as a base? That was their original intention and the fans went "heck yeah!" and ran with it? The LinkedUniverse fandom's LinkedUniverse is a monster of the week story where everyone contributes, it has hundreds of authors and storytellers all working together and trading tales. It's a scenario in which Jojo's LinkedUniverse is both the source material and also just one instance in the larger weave. And the LinkedUniverse fandom's LinkedUniverse lore deviates from (and is much deeper than imo) that of the original comic mainly because of that 1 person building a thing vs hundreds of people building a thing. And isn't that so cool?

But then also with the decline of the fandom I dunno I feel like the LinkedUniverse fandom's LinkedUniverse has been dying. Updates would spawn a burst of creativity and multitudes of branching ideas and what-if scenarios explored through art and fic and discussion, building on it, adding it in to pre-existing stories. I feel that activity around updates has been ticking more towards exploring the comic within the context of the comic itself, and less within the fandom's takes on it (not taking that step forward of "yes, and," and "yes-anding" fanworks as well.) Or not updates in particular, but the state of the fandom is deviating from taking this base and running and sharing to something more controlled and wary? Isolated?

The LinkedUniverse fandom is a phenomenon to me. And it's not something I think should be replicated in regards to other LinkVerse comics but it's also something beautiful and creative? Like, Jojo to a certain extent has or had lost control of the fandom's versions of these characters. She made them and we respect her wishes for them but they no longer belong to her?

The LU fandom's LU is a collectively written LinkVerse and exploration of the loz games, using these characters and relationships as a base (which is why I think people mistag by accident so much.) Sure, you could use the characters directly from the games or make your own LinkVerse to explore the relationships between the loz games. However, within the context of the LU fandom, you get the advantage of the template already being there for the character's personalities, meeting, secrets, and an open ended goal, and these things are understood by a large number of invested people, leading to this huge collaborative project.

This is what's so special about the LinkedUniverse fandom to me. Watching this thing be built and getting to be a contributing piece of it. Maybe it shouldn't have happened. Like, if something like that were to happen to anything I've made I think that'd be really scary. But it's also something incredible?

It's why I have a hard time accepting it when people say they hate the LU fandom. How could you hate the creativity? The shared stories? What's been made? Isn't it incredible? It's another LinkVerse, in a way, one that belongs to many. I hate the instances where people have tried to police the way the characters are written, both within the fandom and towards Jojo's comic, and the issues in communication, and callout posts asjhfksdf Problems in reconciling the LU fandom's LU, Jojo's LU, other LinkVerses, and gen loz. But the phenomenon of the fandom itself, the shared collaborative LU fandom's LinkedUniverse? I think it's such a cool thing. I think it's such a cool way to explore and examine the loz games and craft stories with so many other people.

I really enjoy all the LinkVerses that are around now. I don't think the fandom for LU is something that can be replicated. (or should?) (it's both something odd and a loss of control for Jojo but also a conduit for an incredible amount of creativity and community.)

It's really interesting to me. It's really interesting to witness. Or to have witnessed?

[louisegluckpdf]

there needs to be some kind of concert etiquette primer booklet because i feel like we’re forgetting that a lot of these kids were locked inside during the years where you start going to concerts and learning how to behave at them. shit’s dire

i am always saying this!!!! everyone should have to pass a concert etiquette pop quiz in order to buy tickets.

[clonerightsagenda]

The goddess Hera is jealous. (Or at least described as such. I think it’s pretty reasonable to be annoyed that your husband keeps chasing after everything under the sun, even if she punishes the wrong people for it.) Hera the AI doesn’t have a lot of opportunities to be jealous, but she’s insecure, dislikes being left out, and is resentful of the others’ ability to leave her behind, so I think she’d be a natural. My brother is the family cat’s favorite, and the first time he came home from college with his partner our cat was furious and sulked in front of the door every time they were in a room together. I can see Hera reacting similarly. Dominik is trying to catch up with his wife while a powerful superintelligence broods overhead about it. She tells him not to worry about it but he’s kind of intimidated.

[king-of-freaks-and-fools]

hey fellow transmascs or anyone who wants/has gotten top surgery -- did any of y'all daydream about getting breast cancer and having 2 get a mastectomy as a kid or was that just me?

[drumlincountry]

EVERY fantasy book EVERY scifi novel every starwars movie every post apocalyptic show. I ask, WTF??? The same same question EVERY time. Say it with me - WHERE’S THE FARMING?

[raiiny-bay]

good morning. we officially have world lore for the mbzAU

[remythologise]

i just wanna say that you were the person who inspired me to make a tumblr account (i loved your posts about In the Flesh, specifically) and every time i see your posts on my dash i am happy because you are such a fun fandom person who just excitedly talks about great shows

thanks for bringing joy to fandom spaces!

this means so much to me I don't even know how to reply properly like I truly am so touched there aren't words!!! I am so honoured you enjoy my blogging and I'm so happy you made the tumblr account and now you're here having fun too!! If I loved this ask less I could talk about it more 😭 thank you for sending it to me and saying such kind things!

though I will say it's funny you think I bring joy to fandom spaces when all my fandom friends know me as World's Number One Critic and Hater 😭 but I hope I am able to also bring that hate... joyfully to you!!! for a long time to come!!

also In the Flesh.... god I hope some day we find out what was meant to happen on that show even if we never get anything else. To this day I will see Emmett Scanlan in anything and have to pause whatever murder mystery is going on for a 2 hour 'You have to watch in the Flesh' explainer talking at whoever is unfortunate enough to be with me

[bakatenshii]

ok not to get more deeplore and i know i just said i wasnt gonna take this seriously oopsies (I’M NOT I PROMISE) but