#i think you should ship whatever the fuck you wanna ship just be respectful about it

[kaustic]

well okay :( i can't blame you for tilting into being toxic and discoursing bc ive been there but if you truly want followers gone and hate people shipping dnf (because it does come across as that and not just being anti-truthing) then i'll see myself out. its a shame since i did like some of your takes and enjoy drunz dynamics too. god speed.

no i don't hate people shipping i actually do like dnf despite what my enraged thoughts may seem. like you can unfollow I'm not gonna stop you, but if you're normal about dnf then idgaf. if you felt called out by my posts tho, i can't help that

[reyreadersblog]

ALRIGHT Y'ALL MADE ME DO IT!!!

My unpopular tig/tgg opinions!!

FIRST!

These are MY opinions and i'm allowed to have my own thoughts on certian things, just as you are, okay..? Just wanna..get this out of way, i know everyone is respectful in this fandombut still.

1. this is something that should NOT be an upopular opinion. AVERY IS THE MAIN CHARACTER FOR A REASON. okay? She is a girlboss, and she needs more appretiation, cus literally search up tig on tt rn. Everybody and their cat named Stewie is talking about Grayson and Jameson? WHAT ABOUT MY MG AVERY? And if you see any post about her, it's probably a hate vid about how Avery should've kept the money...SHUT UP. Read what she said carefully..."no one deserves that kind of power.." and then think about it deeply.

2. I DO NOT WANT TIG TO TURN INTO A TV SERIES (or even a movie). i can't name all the reasons 'cus then the the list would be endless. First of all, i know, I JUST KNOW, they'll choose the worst cast ever. And even if they find the most accurate cast for the Hawthorne brother i will still be dissapointed, because the images of them i have in my head...THEY'LL NEVER TOP EM. second of all, they will leave out important moments, just as simple as it sounds, and trust me they will, just like they do with most of the live adaptations of books. Third of all, SHIP WARS!!! I phisically can't with ship war, like I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF EM IN THE PAST WHEN THE BOOKS WERE STILL COMING OUT. And just the thought of Averygrayson shipper saying "yeah Avery and jameson were endgame in the books but they might change it in the movie..." GIVES ME NIGHTMARES. and overall, not everything needs a live adaptation yk? sometimes things just have to stay the way they are.

3. ...this is a bit contrevertial.and i don't want to sound like a hater since i've said this a multiple times before but Rohan's pov was my least favourite in the grandest games. Purely bcs whatever Savannah and Rohan had going on...don't get me wrong, i like Savannah (even tho she did and said some fucked up things) and Rohan, SEPERATLY. But them being together...idk man, they were too..."booktokish" for my liking, yk? and i do love banter and teasing, but they were like basic "i like you but i like winning more" "couple". Not to mention they were so random...like where did they come from? I remember when we first saw Sav and Rohan having the same symbols on their cards i was very excited, i expected a different dynamic between them...PLUS THE WHOLE GAME THEY JUST WANTED TO FUCK💀

4. Hating Alisa Ortega and loving Grayson Hawthorne is CRAZYYY, and i'm saying this bcs they're pretty similar in different ways. And the thing is people are mad at Alisa for "saying mean words to Libby" (she was literally doing her job, you would understand if you were at her place) MEANWHILE GRAYSON LITERALLY THREATENED A HEIRESS! (sayin this as a Gray stan) *sigh* y'all are something else🤦🏻‍♀️.

5. Ohh...this one is risky...BUT CAN Y'ALL STOP ACTING LIKE JAMESON IS BLAMELESS?? all i see is Grayson slander, AND I UNDERSTAND, he fucked up, but saying "Jameson was so much better than Grayson" is a lie, at least for me. (He was better for Avery tho) he fs made mistakes that fandoms chooses to ignore. Like lets not act like treating Avery like a toy wasn't wrong. Lets not act like him blaming Grayson for everything wasn't wrong. Let's not act like him reminding Grayson of Emily's death wasn't wrong. And i know that later on both him and Grayson had a great character development, but still, i've never seen anyone talk about this.

6. This isn't about tig. But LIKING JLBS WORK AND BEING HER FAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GLAZING HER💀 (talking about an argument i had a while ago...) like is it so hard for your brain to understand that it's called having an opinion. Idc if it's JLB or any other author, okay? Like i've read almost every Jlb's books and i love them, AND i also publicly talk about how much iblove her work, does that mean i'm glazing her? UHM NO WTF💀.

7. LET. PEOPLE. HAVE. PREFRENCE. (I'm talking about ships btw) . Someone prefers LyraGray over Averyjameson, and that's okay. Someone loves Averyjameson the most, and that's also okay, someone likes Libbynash more then Xandermax, AND THAT IS ALSO OKAY.

I'll probably do part 2, i have more to say i'm just really tired rn.

Also it's not proof read so sorry if there are many mistakes.

[anakirui]

i kinda wanna talk about how an shiraishi feels relatable to me as an aromantic person

disclaimer: i am not saying that an shiraishi is canonically aromantic. i am just discussing the relation of my experiences to hers, which also ties into why i headcanon her as such. if u hc an otherwise that is perfectly fine!!! u r super cool

so basically, i know this may surprise people, but an's relationship with kohane of all characters is what started to make me headcanon her as aromantic.

the way she treats kohane, specifically how she is super affectionate to her and how she talks about her constantly, is incredibly similar to how i used to treat one of my friends.

for a while, i thought i had a crush on them because that's what all my other friends told me it was, but in reality, it was a squish. i was super affectionate to him like an was to kohane and wouldn't shut up about it, which led to my other friends believing i had a crush on them.

not only does an's general behavior remind me of that, but an's behavior in her first mixed event reminds me of something else i went through too— accidentally leading someone on that you're friends with that has romantic interest in you.

the way kohane compliments an and blushes around her during the event while an seems oblivious and treats kohane's compliments like it was just a friend thing is very similar to things i've gone through... especially since i've had to go through this kind of stuff three times now

i also headcanon kohane and an to be in a queerplatonic relationship... which i think one of my favorite things is about how the whole concept of partners in vbs lore pushes the boundaries of traditional relationships.

in nene's 2nd mixed, the character that akito plays's supposed partner is a ladle. this means that partners can be inanimate objects.

in akito's 2nd mixed, ishihara's dog, max, is his partner. this means that partners can be animals and also emphasizes how partners can be platonic. this is further supported by the 2nd white day card article having the artist describe touya's dragon in his card as his partner (although its likely to be an akito reference)

akito and touya are described as best friends. if you see it as nothing further than that, then partners can also be best friends

taiga and ken were also partners, but ken is married to yuka (not saying you can't ship them though)

idk i feel like this is clpls way of saying "it can be whatever the fuck you want!!" and i respect that.

but anyways that's basically why i find an relatable in this regard... and i think we should acknowledge vbs's queerness in this kind of angle more often, too

thank you for reading!!!

[punkeropercyjackson]

Remaster of my post saying Margo should be the one to turn Miles/Gwen/Hobie into an ot4 instead of Pavitr because i want to get into detail:Miles liking both Gwen and Margo is canon,yes?And Hobie flirting with Gwen and her enjoying it is also canon,no?So we got almost all the m/f basis covered here but as we've all discussed,Hobie's interactions with Miles also almost textually read as flirting in addition to his already present queer-coding(Being designed after irl black trans punks + 'I hate labels')and it should be common sense that if two girls are pitted eachother against a boy despite having reasons to get along,then they should be spiteshipped too and for Margo and Hobie,their interactions may not have had romantic subtext but-And y'all are gonna get pissy at me for this-His and Miles' interactions with Pavitr didn't either

Pavitr has zero queer subtext to him other than being easy to read as a trans boy.He has a girlfriend he's obsessed with(positively and non-creepily),no genderconforming traits because being peppy and goofy is not inherently feminine and saying it is is gender essentialism and neither Chaiflower nor Chaipunk are NEARLY on the same level of gayness as Punkflower-Like OBJECTIVELY.Hobie dosen't have official girlfriend like Pavitr does,Pavitr wasn't as touchy or feely with Miles as Hobie was and Miles didn't admire Pavitr as much as he did Hobie and frankly,he's just not as close to him as he is to him.You can ship whatever you want but if it weren't for the fact that the crew has never given any indecation they tried to make Punkflower look canon,Miles and Hobie's relathionship would literally be queerbaiting

And back to Margo,her being black is already enough of a reason for Hobie to be into her and i don't wanna hear 'tokenism' accusations seeing as PAVITR put an extra emphasis on Ghostflower's respective genders being why they like eachother in his shipping them scenes so if you got a problem with that,you should have as much of a problem when it's a white girl too.Margo deserves to be aknowledged as one of Miles' canon love interests as much as Gwen and Hobie do.She deserves it more than Pavitr does.Gayatri deserves better than to be ignored.Gwen deserves to be included IN HER OWN FUCKING FRIEND GROUP instead of being made into a fourth wheel in fan content because of y'all's obsession with the 'chaos boys trio' trope.Hobie deserves to date a black girl and so does Miles and Gwen and Margo and PENI,don't you DARE think i'd forget about her,deserve to have female friends instead of being just 'one of the boys' seeing as they're two woc and one literal trans girl.Include Margo or don't fucking bother-And while you're at it,stop making your 'black' Gwen designs blonde haired and blue eyed,they look nothing like me or any other black biracial person i know and i bet y'all don't even know causes albinism or it's effects on people with it other than making them light so stop using it as an excuse instead of for representation

[gemharvest]

Gf for the character thing ? :] or maybe Nene if you received her already

I HAVEN'T RECEIVED HER YET THANK YOU !!!!!!!!! I'll do Nene too, I'll just make it her own post after posting this. :J

favorite thing about them: I love her dumbgirl swag. There's something so special to me that both her and Boyfriend are fuckin'. Dumb As Rocks. ALSO I LOVE THAT SHE'S CANONICALLY AN ARTIST that's such a sweet thing to me. I would pay one morbillion dollars for a GF commission (because she has no idea how they work).

least favorite thing about them: I WANT HER TO DO MOREEEEHGNJFN.. Like she's probably done as much as BF has so that's not a critique of the game, I just wanna see her do more. Because I love women. Oh also I think they should remake every canon piece depicting her and make her canonically fat. I often forget she isn't fat in canon and then I feel sickly when I look at like, the volume 1 cover and she's thin. W-Whe';re h.er tumm-.my go..,m,l,l,...,, <- sorry for crytyping but it fits.

favorite line: That's how you do it! <- I was gonna jokingly just go up down left right but then I remembered she says that in the tutorial. And I quote it to myself all the time so.

brOTP: Y'know what, similar to BF, I think a GF & Darnell friendship would be fuckin' s-tier. I often think abt this post Keyy made tbh. I know that's specifically the Funkycule AU and pup has them in a QPR but I do think abt it often. Also, before I was a romantic PicoGF guy my interpretation of RGB had Pico & GF as just friends, probably closer friends the longer they're in their relationships with BF cuz like, bonding over a shared partner or smthn LMAO so I'll give an honorable mention to Pico & GF friendship.

OTP: WOag. RGB. Wow I've never heard of that before. How many times can I joke about RGB being my OT3 for this game before it gets annoying LMAO anyways. I ALSO REALLY LOVE GFNENE I wish they had more fics. So bad. I'm actually shocked by how bare their tag on AO3 is. They weren't lying, fandom does hate femslash. /hj

nOTP: Is there anyone out there who actually ships her with Senpai. I think that'd be my only answer ALSO YOU KNOW WHAT. I chickened out on saying it with BF but I also consider BF and Senpai a nOTP but like, I DON'T HATE ANYBODY WHO SHIPS IT. OF COURSE. I don't think it's "problematic" to ship Senpai with either of them it's just, like, the most thought I have on Senpai is that I want to kick sand into his eyes. So that feeling doesn't really translate into a desire to see him shipped with anyone. I'm sorry to anybody who ships Senpai with either of them, I respect your grind, it is just sooooo not for me.

random headcanon: This headcanon is like, so deep into my personal GF characterization/ fuckin'. AU. If you wanna call it that atp. BUT ANYWAYS. Fuck this is gonna need quick background hold on. The canon explanation for her looking human iirc is literally just "true love" or whatever tf. But that's not as fun to play with. So instead I like to write her as being ashamed of being a demon, especially because of her parents' actions, so she masks her demon traits. And she reaaaalllly does not like letting them slip through, especially around a specific person (this is foreshadowing for something idek if I'll get to any time soon Sorry). BUT! She is on a limit for how long she can hide her demon traits until doing so starts to hurt her, either through draining her energy or like, it causing physical damage to continue hiding parts of her. And while she trusts Pico & BF, she's still got shit that she's just. Not. Sorting out. So when she feels she's about to reach a limit with it she locks herself away to rest until she's well enough to continue like normal. Girlie No (guy who is writing her to do this) (don't worry I'm going to also write her getting better abt this) I'm gonna eventually have to make a "Karl's Personal FNF Demon World Building" master-post or whatever just cuz this shit is so fun for me to work with Idk.

unpopular opinion: GEH once again idrk if this is an unpopular opinion but I've been using this to just. Complain. About stuff I have seen and disagree with so whatever I'm continuing the trend. Like Pico, I feel like I see. So many. Interpretations of her that just feel Wrong. Like I see people make her The Smart One or like. Dominant Girlboss with little substance beyond that. And it's like. Cool, yay, I love fandom misogyny. FUCK it's probably still rotting in my drafts but forever and always my reaction to this phenomenon with her is "This girl gets her hand stuck in peanut butter jars trying to eat pb with her hands. This is your Smart One?" and I should get it out of my drafts bc I'm real for that. DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND ME WHEN I SAY THIS BTW. Interpretations that smarten up BF to the same degree do not flag this to me. When making more serious fanworks with these guys, you're gonna have to give them more smarts than canon will. My issue is specifically when I have seen people still write in a degree of stupidity with BF and then just. Don't? Do the same with GF?

song i associate with them: Very basic but I think the sound is cute with her. My secondary answer would be Nelward - "Werewolf" but that's more of a. Specific Instance. That I don't want to elaborate on. grins

favorite picture of them:

Like literally all of them The Fuck you're making me choose? /silly Here's the fruits of me looking through her wiki gallery:

^ If I had to pick a single favorite, it'd be those panels from the Nendoroid comic. She was real for that. Anyways FUCK I love her. Statements improved when you remember I'm Boyfkin LMAOOOOOO..

[actuallycassidyiambusy]

Hi there!

Are you proship? Just curious, no hate /gen

On that note, how/ why did you choose that stance and what're your thoughts on those of the opposite spectrum?

Hi😁

Okay, so here's the thing. I am absolutely, undeniably, both feet in the water, proship. I don't give a fuck what people are into when it comes to fiction. I really don't. Because it's fiction. It's fake. I'm not gonna get all bent out of shape because people play with their dolls differently than I do. That's a waste of energy.

Huge age gap? Fuck yeah, dude.

Monster fucking/humanxbeast ships? Fuckin BET.

Toxic relationship where they're both obsessed? 🔥

Cannibal/vamp/killer ship tropes? I'M HOOKED.

One sided/stalking/kidnapping ships? Abso-fuckin-lutely.

Pet play ships? Hell yeah, brother.

Incest ships? Not really my cup of cocoa, but hey, you do you, dude. It's not hurting me any.

Priest fuckers? And demon/priest ships? Can't get enough of that shit.

Self shippers? Hell fuckin yeah, you get that fictional character's attention, baby.

I could literally keep going, but I'm sure you get the point. In my opinion, people can ship whatever they want as long as they aren't hurting or harassing real people. Do I count antis getting triggered over a drawing or fic as hurt? Nah. I'm talking physical/emotional harm or relentless harassment. You know, the shit antis do to US. From what I've seen, proshippers just wanna play with their toys without some anti coming and kicking over their sandcastle because it's not the way THEY would have built it.

As far as people who prefer to stay away from the proships, that's okay. It's okay not to enjoy something. It's okay to see something and be like "Eh. Not for me." But that's it. That's where it should stop.

What I'm not okay with, and I've said it before, is the pointless attacks and the superiority complexes. The people who feel the need to pound their opinions into your head. These certain people who get offended by proship and think the whole world has to stop and filter/censor themselves for their benefit. I'm not gonna cradle someone who feels the need to cry and complain about lines on paper.

You don't like something? I can respect that. Move on. But leave people alone for fuck's sake. You know what I mean? What is the fucking point of going on someone else's post and telling them to hurt or kill themselves? What's the point of seeing someone's work and instead of scrolling past like an adult, they write some huge paragraph as to why we're going to hell and they're better than us in every way? The same goes for proshippers who attack other proshippers. I don't get it. The name calling, the fucking one sided dick measuring contests, the holier than thou mindsets. Over a drawing or a fic? Really? C'mon.

There are ships out there I really just don't like, but damn I can appreciate some good ass art when I see it. I won't seek out a fic on a ship I don't like just so I can leave some shitty comment. I will never be some anti screaming into the void of the fucking internet because someone drew or wrote about a problematic ship. I don't like to argue about this stuff, but I will defend myself and I will defend other people who just wanna play pretend.

Something antis need to understand is "DNI" works both ways. Don't like it? Don't interact with it then. Plain and simple.

[buckybarnesss]

As a Teen Wolf Scholar, can you provide context as to why that Tyler Posey "bizarre and twisted" quote keeps getting pulled out almost a decade later as a reason to hate on him? Was it the first time someone involved with the show didn't continue to string along the Sterek fandom about it one day becoming canon? Did people take it very personally that he said we were watching the show for the wrong reasons? Or did people actually misinterpret it as him commenting on the idea of the relationship being twisted and not on the weird fact that the Sterek online fandom was overwhelmingly more vocal and visible than the general Teen Wolf fandom?

Every time I go back and watch that youtube interview, I can't read it as anything other than a slightly dumb but valid commentary on the fandom phenomenon but that's never the context people seem to refer back to it with.

so i've been sitting on this ask for a while and as with many things with teen wolf it's complicated and i'm probably way more diplomatic about it than others in fandom.

i just discovered there is a fanlore page about this called poseygate.

i don't particularly like to rehash this kind of fandom history. i am a firm believer in the fourth wall and that there should be boundaries between creator and fandom. teen wolf was popular around the time that began to erode due to the rise of social media.

it can be fun when an actor or creator engages their fandom and supports someone's ship but not every actor is misha collins. he is an outlier and even he fucks up.

dylan o'brien and hoechlin have always been rather diplomatic and positive in their responses to sterek as far as i know. hoechlin in particular adores stiles, derek's relationship with him and continues to radiate heart eyes when speaking about dylan.

i bear no ill will towards posey and i think he has a very complicated relationship with not just fandom but the show itself but i am not here to armchair psychoanalyze a person i've never met.

i can understand posey feeling a particular kind of way of being the lead on a show where fandom constantly pushes you out in favor of two white men they wanna see fuck. i can understand him being kind of weirded out by the age gap too. i am perfectly fine if people don't like sterek because of it but i don't like when people project that on others.

we have to remember dylan and hoechlin are his friends. they are real people with their own lives so it has to be weird as fuck to be constantly asked about the shipping of their characters.

that said was it a nice or respectful thing to say? no it wasn't. did he ever really apologize for it? also no. was it taken personally by people in fandom? yes. how could it not be? it's a thoughtlessly hurtful thing to say over something as inconsequential as shipping.

sterek once it became popular and dominated fandom received it's fair share of hate and derision. fandom is not known for it's chill, you know. people have said some really nasty things about posey and scott over the years.

the antis like to use it as a gotcha though to sterek shippers which is dumb. tyler posey finding sterek weird doesn't stop me from shipping it. like i don't care. it's nice when we do get validation and engagement from an actor or whatever but it's not needed.

besides in relation to teen wolf i'm way more interested in taking teen wolf creator, executive producer and man who doesn't know how time works jeff davis to task along side mtv for their queerbaiting and racism.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[sleepyhouzuki]

( this is not made to hate on anyone and isn’t directed at anyone !!! no matter how you interpret it , i promise this is just something i have had on my mind for EVER that i need to get out )

not to rant on main but as mother’s day was yesterday and i do have a REN kiddo , i’d like to talk about something that really just should not irk my nerves as much as it does : emma getting pregnant 😭

before you click off of this post , i of course respect other’s headcanons and choices with their aus and such but this still makes me a bit ‘oh’ /RESPECTFULLY in an ‘it’s-not-you-it’s-me’ way !! do what makes you happy :D

( i think we all have this for certain things 😭 )

while i am heavily set on the hc of her being a transgender female ( because look at her and tell me she is cis /j i'm not one of those people i promise ) in mostly everything i make of her , i do understand that she’s most definitely 99.9% if not 100% cis in canon . no doubt honestly ( the 0.01% is my delusional ass hoping i get a trans confirmation from one of my favorite pieces of media of all time )

don't get me wrong though because i know sooo many people would take a short look at my headcanons and go ‘what the fuck is this…?’ , so i just scroll and go on with my day instead of doing what a good majority of the internet loves to do and leave hate comments etc. . no matter how much you don’t like something , nobody deserves or wants a hate comment on something they love and or are proud of . especially if it's harmless !!

i do think a large large large part of the reason i still have some tiny problems with NE exclusively on their own ( they HAVE to be NE [ R ] implied for me to really like them together ) is how they’re portrayed at times , such as the way some people can make them such an insufferable and basic , generic mlw ship or their rude fans ( TWITTER… not everyone on there of course , some NE shippers are really nice esp on here yes nikki i am looking at you but also i haven’t had any bad encounters with an NE shipper on here thank god )

one of these ways is how they portray emma , but even before discovering some things i didn’t like NE , i still don’t think i would particularly go for a scenario where emma carries a child in the future

it just does not seem like her getting pregnant fits her character at all , no matter her sex . i will get a little hypocritical right here , no bad ways i don't think , because while i do think emma wouldn't want to be in a romantic relationship with anyone , i am such an obvious sucker for REN 😞 but i do love aroace emma and considering her character i think it fits her well

ANYWAY—

i'm not going to pull this sequence from the manga out of my ass and say ‘she wouldn’t wanna have a baby because of isabella etc etc blah blah blah’

while that COULD be a big plausible reason , i think if she really wanted to , she wouldn’t let that effect her decisions in the end . emma isn't like that ; she does what the fuck she wants and that's the emma we know and love 🔥🔥

now i’m just going to flat out say it : i don't have a big ass reason as to why i don’t think she’d get pregnant , should she able to 🤷‍♀️ i'm not going to lie and try and act like i do either

even though i don’t care for the ways some NE artists have portrayed emma , especially in the future , that’s not what i’m putting on here . in my opinion , that’s not really a valid reason and it’s more of an ‘oh i don’t like the way they did it so it’s wrong and not true to canon because i say so’ type of excuse in my opinion , which i don’t like

in truth i just genuinely don’t think emma would try and aim for that . while she would definitely go through with it for whatever reason ( except to become a mama at gracefield , of course ) , unless it was necessary to give up due to a risk to her own health or the baby’s , it’s just NotmyEmma™️ to me .

that just does not feel like emma in my opinion . i think that if she wanted a kid , she’d much rather prefer to adopt than to bring in a child on her own accord when there’s plenty out there in an orphanage or foster care wanting to be loved . that’s all , sorry for the yap session 😭

thanks for coming to my sheldon talk guys remember this is just my opinion please don't put me on the stake 💔💔

don't let this affect your opinions or hcs either ; if your shit truly makes you happy and or brings you comfort , don’t let other ppl ruin that :]

[emmafallsinlove]

what is your brutally honest opinion on rory and logan?

i'm telling myself i don't want to be a hater but i am even though there are parts of their relationship i grew to love he's the worst. he's the king of manipulation, making it all about him, doesn't respect her space and always thinks he knows better & he has the worst fucking life. everything is a game to him, an ultimatum, the way he calls rory 'ace' is just the worst turn off ever. she is barely herself when she's around him, she barely reads books, 'their' apartment is basically his even though they living together so it feels like she's just having the longest sleepover in his place. every time he makes plans just for the two of them (or at least that's what rory is assuming) it ends up being an event with other people in it. he never stood up to what is father said to her and basically let her drooped out of yale, never did anything to help her go back to school, never did anything to make her go talk to lorelai again. he is love bombing her with gifts and coffee carts and all those stuff. he buys her a birking bag and honestly rory doesn't care about any of it. the bridesmaids 'accident' was the biggest red flag that he has over stayed his welcome. being a jerk to rory's friends, never show up when it's important to her but rather he's gonna spend millions of dollars in vegas instead of showing up to lane's baby shower party.... he doesn't even try to know rory and her friends and her world all he ever does is try to change her to fit into his. he humiliated her in front of her entire class along side finn & colin so honestly i don't get what was so fucking funny in it. he has no respect for rory, no respect for lorelai, he is just.... he steals from emily and richard when he has this dinner thing at their house and then make sure the maid who desperately needs the job (i am assuming) gets the blame on it. he steal a fucking yacht with rory & doesn't even care she needs to do a community services while he does nothing and never held any consequences for his action. treat people that don't have lots of money as they below him (as with marty) and doesn't understand what's wrong with that. says he would factor rory in & she should do whatever she wanna do and then breaks up with her because it's marrige or nothing. having an affair while being engaged and just - god, i don't love them. maybe rory was good for him for helping him change a bit in s7 but he was never good for rory! she deserves better & i'm so glad she said no to him.

Send me a ship and I'll give you my brutally honest opinion on it

[i-am-church-the-cat]

this is gonna be kind of a ramble feel free to ignore

i don't get people being attracted to lando norris. like i can usually see the appeal, even if i don't agree, such as with charles. but lando? idk he has nice eyes?

i like that he's funny, he has a very interesting personality, and i think he would make a good art piece, but i don't think he's attractive in any applicable way.

like the people who were all like "the mclaren suit looks good when it's on lando bc he makes it look good"? i disagree

and while we're on the topic, i don't get people's obsession with seb either. he's clearly a cool guy but i have no attraction to him or his story in any compelling way. like at least with lando i'm rooting for his win.

like, seb, charles, and lando are all really popular and i don't. understand really. lando's kind of funny, seb is nice, and charles is also nice and has his funny moments and looks like he should be a statue instead of a person (neg)

i'd say what most compels me about charles is that i really want him to win in monaco bc the loyalty he has to his country, his family, and ferrari is actually really commendable. as someone who's loyal to a fault, this is the one thing i respect most about him, even if i dislike ferrari. is charles a taurus? no i just looked it up he's a libra. that makes sense

anyway, i also have this strong feeling against learning anything else about charles, lando, or seb partly BECAUSE they're so popular. like, you didn't win me over in the first 6 months, you don't get a do-over

yk what's really annoying though? zhou's just as nice and pretty as charles, has just as much loyalty to his country, was also in the ferrari driver academy, but does anyone care about him? NO! everyone should be a zhou guanyu fan, literally king among men. he also just got a cat and she is absolute fucking adorable

im gonna make a separate zhou post bc he deserves his own spotlight outside of the negativity of this post but yeah.

lando seb and charles being so popular pisses me off bc i don't enjoy content from them. and i think, in lando and charles's sake, this is bc they are both a part of popular ships that i despise, and that's not their fault

i wanna make it clear though: i don't hate lando or charles? i really want them to succeed as drivers, i was really upset when charles lost in vegas + lando's crash scared the shit out of me. but i would like to be able to exist within the f1 fandom and just, not come into contact with them

and im sure there are a bunch of people who feel that way about drivers i like, like daniel and lewis, but it's also super annoying when my FAVORITE drivers get barely any coverage compared to these personalities that are like. meh to me. yk?

i don't think anyone's gonna read this, and ik how i feel doesn't really change anything. people are going to keep liking lando and charles, they're gonna keep thinking lando is attractive, they're gonna keep shipping landoscar and lestappen, it's whatever. but like, ugh it's annoying that i can't go anywhere w/o seeing it. i don't want to see it, it's really really not what i want to see, but i don't have a CHOICE, yk?

anyway yeah, ramble over

[a-mel-tomelts]

Hi! I'm a charlastor shipper and also Ace with some side Aro, I'm still discovering/struggling with my own sexuality, but I can say I'm Ace.

This is a small rant and I speak this for myself and myself only.

There are lots of things I wanna say about the ship but I can simply say I love it. I think having Alastor in a relationship isn't a bad thing, AceAro can still be in a relationship, it's not black and white, it's a fluid spectrum (for me tbh, idk about what others think).

One thing I felt frustrated about the antis or the fandom in general, they used Alastor own Ace(Aro) card to dismiss charlastor. Now we have the bs father-daughter relationship excuse, not to mention, the bi-erasure.

Bi-erasure aside, people comments under charlastor contents with "but Alastor is Ace(Aro, usually Ace)" screams AceArophobics to me, it implied AceAro people can't have sex, can't be in a relationship, can't have a normal healthy sex life .

At first, it didn't bother me much until I kept seeing "but Alastor is ace" under charlastor contents everywhere. Maybe they didn't realised how AceArophobics they are, but that doesn't mean they should weaponized Alastor own sexuality and comment it under charlastor (or any ships!) posts.

It's hurtful how "X is AceAro" commented is, how the antis or the fandom didn't actually care about AceAro and just weaponized the ace(aro) cards of a fictional character to passive-aggressive toward X ships.

Not all Ace people is sex-replused! Not all Ace people doesn't like sex! Not all Ace people doesn't want to be in a relationship!

There are some personal rants I didn't put it here, but in the end, I don't speak for all AceAro. Nor others AceAro with different opinions speak for me.

But this is how I felt about antis and the people with "Alastor is ace" comments, to me, you're all Ace(Aro)phobics without realising it.

Tw//A lot of swears and rude words. I mention word BDSM and word dominated

Not gonna tag it.

I. Agree. SO much.

AroAce people or people on the spectrum CAN be in relationships and CAN have sex. They can kiss. They can do everything people in relationships do BUT they just would feel it differently! Not all people like this but a lot of aroace people I know like Queer-platonic relationships. The secret third thing between platonic and romantic. I have a friend who is AroAce but she's into BDSM! She doesn't feel sexual attraction AT ALL. But she likes the feeling of power or being dominated in a non-sexual way. (If I see people say "Well, then she's not Ace!" I will kick you.)

Even Markiplier, talking about Lady Demitrisu (how do I spell her name), said he would like to be dominated by her but not in a sexual way. It's about power. If people can fuck without feelings as FWB why can't Aces do the same?

I once was asked "Would you have fwb relationships with someone?" And I said "well, I won't be full on board with that but if it will help my friend - sure"

And you know what answer I got? "This is the most asexual answer"

Yeah. Alastor is ace - but ace people can have sex if they know it will please their partner.

Yes. Alastor is aromatic (I won't say on the spectrum.) but he clearly cares about Charlie and thinks of her as charming. So they can have something even if it will be different.

And since when did people care about sexuality?? Why do we care about fictional character's sexuality instead of real people? I know some people ship Vaggie and Angel. I also know people that ship Angel and Valentino. And you know what? If this person is not someone disgusting and they did no harm. Let them do whatever they want on the internet (it's a slippery slope. But I mean that people do whatever they want RESPONSIBLY). Let them ship some the most amoral things. Let them have their own corner as long as they realize the difference between fiction and reality. My policy will mark me as a "problematic shipper" but I honestly don't care. Pro shipping was never about problematic shipping - it was about respecting all kinds of shipping and ships.

If you are not into something - block it. Control your own space, set boundaries and be the one who makes the first move. A lot of times in life no one will stop talking about the things they like just because you don't like it. It will just make you an asshole to them or they'll think of you as someone weird and irresponsible.

Instead, you leave. You don't go to the place that makes you unhappy. You don't go somewhere just to rant and say "this is unacceptable!" When it's about INTERESTS.

If someone is actually concerning you because they CAN and WILL harm someone - then be aware and go hunting. Otherwise you are a boy that cries wolves.

[fischerbees]

Bite Me!

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X. From Out of the Light

“With all due respect,” Kai touched his chest before surveying everyone gathered with a sharp stare, “I'd much rather swim in the Boiling Sea than go back to that place.” Eyebrows furrowing, jaw moving as he bit on his tongue, he crossed his arms. 

Trying to keep the discussion calm before Kai would get a chance to flash his temper some more, Cole added, “Yeah… I have to agree with Kai, I don't really feel like going back there.” Maybe he shone the lamp right into his own face himself, he liked to believe the saying was right and Kai could serve as his candlestick.

Lloyd sighed. “Fine, you two can stay here with Wu. I guess it's better to have some ninja on standby while we're away.” Waving towards the others, he continued, “The rest of us will take the Bounty, then, and go check if there's more behind the forest than just the Echo Canyons.”

“I don't get what the fuss is about? Isn't it good that all we need is a little nap to recover from those injuries? Do we really need to worry about this?” While Cole was glad Kai asked those questions for him, the edge of his tone made him wonder. Sure, he wants everyone to drop this as soon as possible but why does Kai? Surely, there was no way it meant…

Kai shuffled under his gaze, so he decided to return his attention to the plan-making. Maybe he will get a chance later today.

“… For all we know there might be something more behind it, something more going on inside your bodies we are not aware of.”

“I’m feeling fine.” Kai squinted over them all. “Maybe we're giving this more attention than necessary.” Only Cole’s eyes were skipped over.

“Uh, Kai?” But whatever Jay wanted to bring up was immediately shot down with another one of Kai's flaming looks.

“Look, there's nothing bad about being vigilant. We don't need more trouble hiding right under our noses.” Lloyd's words made the fire starter shut up but nothing stopped him from keeping up the barricade made of salt.

“Can’t we just go tomorrow morning? I don't wanna search the forest when it gets dark,” Jay said, receiving reassurance from Nya in the form of a pat on the shoulder and a, “Come on, don’t worry. We'll be fast enough. Plus we were supposed to check out the florists in town tomorrow, remember?”

“If you say so…”

“Great.” Lloyd slapped his hands together. “Let’s go get ready. Nya, Pix, start up the Bounty, will ya?”

At first, Lloyd trailed after the group as they dispersed, chasing their tasks. But seeing as Jay hung behind, he decided to follow his example. Especially when he heard Kai’s voice.

“Just leave it already, jackass, or next time it will be me doing some experiments and trust me, they won’t be for the good of science.”

“Come on, did you seriously not talk? I don’t think you should just ignore it. Not in our world. You know none of us judge you and especially not Cole.”

“You’re overthinking it. Like you overthink everything. Just… lay off of me, will you?”

“Kai–”

“Fuck. Off. ¿Comprendes? Or do you need it on a fucking paper?”

Years of practice told him when to leave to avoid getting caught. Not that they would spell out the essence of their argument just because, plus he had other duties. While preparing for the trip, Lloyd kept going over his internal list of everything he knew, and over  ideas on how to learn more. The accustomed growl of the awoken ship made this easier.

Cole eyed the departing Bounty, absent-mindedly nibbling at the skin around his nails. Despite the dancing sun in the sky, his mind was overcast with doubts. No matter what, he found himself unable to take a deep breath. If they discover the same conclusion he came to, then perhaps they would also bring some solutions, no?

Then again, it would mean he was indeed…

Squeezing his eyes shut, Cole spun around inside his head the wish for everything to go back to normal. No. It couldn’t be happening again. Why was he not allowed to stay comfortable in his own skin?

Not to mention what it would bring to the table for the rest of the team if they do not happen to stumble upon a miraculous solution.

A hand landed on his shoulder, the light grip hiding great strength. The air told him who made him company before he even got the chance to speak. Cole let his hand drop, although his finger pads kept circling one another.

“Cole.” Master Wu regarded him down his nose. “Why don’t you join me for brief training while Kai prepares something to eat?”

An opportunity to avoid his thoughts fell right into his lap, of course he jumped right for it. So he nodded and went along.

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“If we split into two groups, we can cover both sides at once, thereby save some time.” Lloyd separated the two parts of the forest on the map they projected at the bridge. Everyone nodded along and that was all he needed. Proceed.

“Let’s do that. How about–”

“Jay and I go now and you three cover the bigger part since there’s more of you and two thirds of the group are nindroids? I was thinking the exact same thing!”

Jay protested as he ushered him down on the deck. Nya went after them, not outright frowning but there was the familiar wrinkle between her brows as she tried to understand Lloyd’s intentions.

“What’s wrong with you, man?” Jay whined, shaking his arm off.

“You’ve got this guys. We’ll meet at the library, ok?” And before Jay could complain further, Lloyd had both of them plummeting towards the green surface, their hair flapping, the air wailing.

Once they landed amongst the pines, Jay dusted himself off and shot Lloyd a dirty look.

“What did I do to you?”

“Nothing.” Lloyd shrugged, turning in the direction of their destination. “Let’s not waste time and take a look around.” Behind him, Jay huffed and they were on their way.

The silence of their surroundings was a stark contrast to the wind howling and motor rumbling aboard the Bounty. Akin to diving underwater, the place had its own ambience. Forests kept quiet, yet for some reason Lloyd felt the hair on the nape of his neck stand up.

Green eyes surveyed the area. The trees, bushes, grass, all stood still, as if the place held its breath. As if it had gotten caught stalking them and now tried to pretend it wasn’t there at all. In such a place, thousands of eyes could watch them without them knowing, he should not worry about it.

Few rays of sunshine managed to fight their way through the thick canopy, casting small areas in golden light. Grass lay down as they walked, branches swayed as they pushed them out of their faces.

It should have been normal, not unsettling. His determination to find answers did nothing but feed the absurd paranoia. He wanted to find something amiss, so he assumed the wrongness everywhere. How helpful.

The undergrowth hissed and cracked against their trampling but they had no other option than to create their own path. Besides that and their breathing, Lloyd could hear Jay hum some song.

“Pretty silent in here, huh?” Lloyd spoke. Not solely to distract himself, also to introduce his other wonders. “I guess we’re farther from the river than I anticipated.”

“It’s a forest, Lloyd. Don’t you know what a forest is? It’s a dam. For water, for sounds… It’s literally used as soundproofing.”

“I understand, Jay. Boy, you sound stressed.”

“I’m not. It was just a stupid comment.” His insult was left behind among the wooded crowd.

“Does it, by any chance, have anything to do with Kai? Just guessing.” Something snapped, the green rustled as Jay ran to catch up. Lloyd had no issue keeping eye contact, Jay did. No way his dedication to the task at hand was this strong.

“No. Why would it have anything to do with Kai? You’re the one who literally pushed me off the Bounty before you even let Nya suggest her idea.”

“You two spend enough time together as it is, you’re gonna be fine.”

“It was rude,” Jay muttered, looking up into the treetops. Lloyd clicked his tongue.

“What’s going on between you and Kai?”

“Nothing! What would be going on between me and Kai? We literally just talked about Nya, my yang, remember? Nothing going on between me and Kai…”

While Lloyd stopped in his tracks, Jay continued a few steps before pausing himself. He looked around some more, then he turned to face Lloyd.

“You two were at each other’s throats more than usual recently,” the green ninja stated. “Kai’s keeping something for us and judging from your words, it isn’t his unfortunate lovelife.” He stopped closer, height adding to his respect in this case. “So, I ask, what is going on with you guys?”

Underneath his gaze, Jay rolled his eyes, grumbled something, looked around, and crossed his arms until he looked back at Lloyd.

“He doesn’t want me to talk about it.”

“Jay…”

“He doesn’t like it.”

“Jay.”

“You will tell on me.”

The green ninja stood still, not moving an inch as he waited for Jay to break. He could count down by watching his face.

Finally, the lightning elemental groaned.

“That night, you know, when we think Cole must’ve gotten in trouble, before the day we found him, that night I found Kai in the hall. He looked awful, muttered some weird things… He kept insisting about some danger or whatever. It looked like some sort of panic attack, I don’t know. Honestly, he made me worry myself, he sounded dead serious.”

“And you think it’s somehow related to what happened to Cole?”

Jay took a breath. Unusually calm and rigid. He turned around and continued their observational walk. Urging him to reply, Lloyd kept their distance to a minimum.

“Did you notice there’s a lot of conifers?”

“Walker.”

“I mean, when I found him, he was banging on Cole’s door, calling for him. Whatever it was, it had something to do with Cole. And, I mean, several hours later we find him— It’s not totally whack to get to that conclusion.”

“So I assume you tried to get him to talk about it?”

“To Cole? Yep. ‘Cause whether it was about the past or present, I thought they should discuss it, no? It’s been tough. But guess what, now there’s just more tension between them! Fun! This is all so… fun.”

Humming, Lloyd focused on assembling his thoughts rather than investigating the forest. Not that they found anything outright strange since they arrived. Then again, it also took a while when they were looking through the woods back home.

The coincidence of those events was undeniable but who was to say this was the first time? As much as Lloyd hated it, Kai was exceptionally good at keeping things to himself.

Perhaps not precognition… People claimed to have a weird feeling when their loved-ones were in danger. A sense of foreboding before they learn someone died.

Stranger things had happened to them and Kai and Cole were close, it would not be too much of a reach to assume a part of Kai manifested this foreboding in a panic attack. Especially considering Cole’s overall condition worsened over the course of a few weeks, it could’ve…

“Greenie.”

“What?”

“The conifers. There’s quite a bunch of them.”

“Yeah, you mentioned.” And considering Kai’s latest agitation, there must have been a lot on his mind. Less than a year had passed.

“It is pretty quiet.”

“You just gave me a speech about that.”

Without any warning, Jay froze, resulting in Lloyd bumping into him. All the hair in his face made him hold back a sneeze. Time to push aside the speculations.

“Did you see something?” Lloyd did not hesitate to look around, hand hovering over the hilt of his kukri.

“More like I didn’t.”

His eyes asked the question for him when they met Jay’s.

“The conifers, Lloyd. And the quiet. Didn’t you notice it?”

“It was precisely what I talked about the moment we got here and you made me sound like an idiot. And what is your deal with the conifers, are you allergic or something?”

“Squirrels feed on cones, Lloyd, and it leaves a mess. Jeez, you’re acting like you’ve never been in a forest before. Did you notice any mess? Any chewed cones? Any at all?”

“The undergrowth is kind of thick…”

“The cones are untouched, is what I’m saying.”

“And that’s weird because…”

“Have you seen a forest without squirrels? ‘Cause I definitely didn’t. Which probably means something ate them all and a long time ago too. Also, where are the bugs? Everything crawls on me whenever we’re in a forest!”

Lloyd turned around to get a proper view, this time focusing on the trunks of the trees. He kept wondering about the silence, although woods were well-known as quiet places. Animals kept away from paths and from people disrupting the peace. Not that they had any paths with human stench to avoid.

“I don’t see any claw marks. Did you notice any huge claw marks?”

“Nope.”

Despite his answer, Lloyd pulled out the kukri and resumed walking. The chains of Jay’s nunchucks jingled.

However, birds’ songs used to reach their ears in other woods. His eyes glazed over the branches above their heads. The sun reached through, yet somehow the canopy felt more isolating, keeping them locked away from the sky and racing air. They did not dive into the sea, they dove into a jar of honey at the back of the cupboard.

They should do their job right, however, Lloyd would much rather hurry to meet the rest.

“We should reach the library anytime soon, keep an eye out.”

“That’s what we were supposed to be doing, yeah.”

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“Balance, Cole, requires concentration.”

“I am concentrated.” Cole huffed under the unsteady weight, only to suck in his breath when he felt the stick he stood on wobble. Wu's training practices had become too abstract to his liking. He preferred the straight-forwardness of battle – no riddles or metaphors, just pure muscle exertion and strategy.

Landing punches and counting reps worked like a lullaby for his mind, an entrance to the zone. Balancing cups of water a few metres in the air did not. He could not tune out any of the distracting elements all around when the ground kept calling for him.

“And improvement requires honesty.”

“I’m starting to get the impression this could've been said over a cup of tea, Master Wu.”

“You would willingly accept that offer, then?”

Cole readjusted his grip on the plank, an excuse to aim his eyes elsewhere than the ones of his master. Despite that, he still felt the piercing look keep him in place.

“Sometimes I think we have a terrible influence on you.”

“Certainly. You’re not the only ones being taught useful lessons.” His voice quivered under the hint of humour.

Sighing, Cole's eyes wandered around his view. Behind the walls stretched forests—pierced by mountains and patched by fields—to nearest cities and villages. The view from their home has always been impressive when the sky was clear. But something about the sight that day seemed sharper. Faraway details stood out more than usual. The blur of distance cleared off like fog dissipating.

This time his breath faltered for a different reason than his frail footing and so Cole unfocused his eyes on command instead. Maybe the sun shone brighter today.

The high-altitude balancing or the cups were not what made him stay. Frankly, what else would he do? Where else would he go? Kai worked in the kitchen and disobeying Wu would just give him unnecessary trouble. Had he left with the others, the forest would get a chance to tease him further with its dangerous secrets.

Something about the place felt wrong. Something palpable but shrouded in mystery. When he occasionally managed to close his eyes at night, the growling canine’s luminescent glare revisited him.

“You seem to have been quite… preoccupied, lately. Both you and Kai.”

“Yeah, well. It's been kind of… messy.”

“With how much you've relied on each other for support, I must say I'm surprised with your recent lack of communication.”

“We’re like a pendulum, I reckon. It's not always easy. It'll work out, I’m sure, if that's what you're worried about.”

Wu studied him from under the brim of his hat, fingers absently smoothening his long, white beard. Single hairs reflecting sunlights as they shifted under the touch. Cole redirected his gaze to the blue sky. No details in the sky, just the safety of an endless field of blue.

“You’ve used my life lessons in battle before, perhaps it wouldn’t hurt if you took your experience from fighting to the personal issues.”

“Do you have anything specific in mind, Master Wu?”

“Concentration. It is crucial to remain concentrated when you want to achieve something. How do you expect your dispute to ‘work out’ if neither of you pay enough mind to it? You can't expect it to sizzle out on its own. You have to want to fix it and you have to be honest about it. You can’t expect your enemies to yield without any effort, Cole.”

“Are you mad we're dampening the mood again? I've been trying to get him to talk, you know?”

“Have you, Cole?”

That made his eyes abandon the safety of the sky and focus on the master's. They weren't as dark as the ones of his brother; they were clouded over like a misty night. Cole could see his own reflection despite the distance. He gave off the impression of a circus act in progress. He might’ve as well worn the huge clown shoes; he felt just as out of place.

“I’ve been,” he argued, only for his voice to drown out midway.

“As I said, you two seem distracted. There's more weight to your shoulders. You’re lacking the needed determination.”

His feet lacked steady ground beneath; his hands lacked freedom, yet he chose to entertain Wu. In a way, it worked in his favour, maybe the opportunity to fidget would be overly revealing, although Wu always knew more than he let on nevertheless. At least it gave him some sense of direction rather than the aimlessness of rotating through his frequented spots around the monastery.

“What’s the matter, Cole?”

He mulled the words around in his mind first. How much can he say without uncovering the elephant whatsoever?

“Sometimes… I wonder why all the evil we encounter has to exist, Wu.” He scratched at the wood. “Don’t get me wrong, I love a good fight, but does it always have to threaten our very existence?”

“Is this about what you and Kai went through recently?”

“I wouldn’t be surprised if they came back to tell us they were some sort of ancient wolves with an ancient grudge who want to conquer all sixteen realms, to be honest,” Cole muttered, eyes dropping. Maybe he could sweep later to clear the courtyard and his mind. Did no one notice the mess or was it just laziness?

“As unfortunate as it is, evil will always find its way into our lives. That’s the balance of life, of our very existence. Light and dark, evil and good; one cannot exist without the other.”

“No, I— I do understand that. Creation, destruction… But does evil always have to mark us for good?”

“Cole, do you know how diamonds are made?”

Scoffing–somehow back in school, apparently–Cole replied, “Pressure on the coal. That would be a terrible pun even for Kai.”

Wu ignored his remark. “The difficult times, Cole, they shape us into who we are. You could never reach your full potential if you weren’t challenged.”

“Iron sharpens iron,” the ninja murmured. His eyes closed as the memory brought more bitter taste to his tongue.

“You have to remember, Cole, that the grim times can make the joyous ones shine all the brighter.” Wu lowered his staff, holding onto it with both hands.

“Light can be overshadowed, though.”

“However, shadow can be lit up.”

Before Cole could process the words and decide whether or not to debate them, the door slid open. He winced, sending the cups tumbling down towards the courtyard and Wu dodged them in one, swift move. Kai watched the strange rain, words stuck in his throat, Cole watched Kai, heart pounding as he almost joined the cups. Wu considered the mess with an unreadable expression.

Kai’s eyes met his, he blinked, then he announced, “The food’s ready,” and retreated inside.

Jumping down, Cole assured Wu he would clean up the mess. He readjusted his grip on the, now vacant, plank under his master’s gaze.

“If you happen to crave some tea, your company is always welcome, Cole.”

“Sure, yeah.” Cole occupied himself by pushing one of the cups towards him using the plank. “I’ll keep that in mind, thanks.”

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[hexitca]

Rant about Puritan fandom culture!

Well I typed it on twitter but then I had more to say so tumblr it is!

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WARNING: Long as fuck

Here's some pics

I know I basically said the author of Heartstopper "brought it on themselves" but yea they kinda did.

You can disagree with BL/Yaoi you can hate the shipping discourse or shipping in fandom in general but you cant frame it in a "i hate [that] bc it's sinful/fetishistic and I'M ABOVE THAT BC I'M WHOLESOME AND BETTER THAN THOSE DISGUSTING SHIPPERS"

bc that's gonna bite you in the ass...as it is doing now. The fucking image of their character's google history is so tame and normal, esp in LGBTQ+ spaces! Yet they are being called a pedo? Crazy. In the end, you only hurt yourself!

I never bothered with HS bc i just wasnt interested in it but thats just my preference. It's sad to see ppl, esp young ppl, turn on a series of LGBTQ+ representation just bc of the author's past (or current? idk) stance on the BL/Yaoi or MLM or whatever genre just bc their stance wavered a bit in a simple comic image. Something that is so fucking normal also! but they will grow up and realized how limiting it is to restrict themselves just to appear pure within a group.

Yet the artists/writers/creators are traumatized by the witchhunt. I know I said the author brought it on themselves for supporting anti but damn I don't want them being accused of being a pedo! Or ANYTHING! NO ONE DESERVES THAT. I dont know anything about the author other than surface knowledge but at the end of the day, all this online shit, doesnt matter. It doesnt! Me saying that is ironic bc im typing this post up right now!

but it's something we care about! I care about fandom spaces, I care that creators are getting attack for something as mild as this even if they invited these ppl into their circle. We're human and we change our views a million times a fucking day. I could agree with one thing and disagree with it another. That's why anti discourse pisses me the hell off! It's just a bunch of bullies looking to make themselves feel better by shaming others! I don't respect that type of behavior. And I hate that they just run around saying shit like "kys" over a two characters fucking?!? It amazes me beyond words.

Fandom has never been without its discourse. But the puritan bullshit is not even fandom discourse, it's just straight up bullying and harassment. It doesnt take much to tailor your fandom spaces to your preferences, i should know ive been in fandom spaces since I was fucking 13 years old. I didn't explore nsfw/porn/anything until I wanted to when I was 18. That is MY personal experience. I never put that on anyone else BUT MYSELF. If I saw nsfw and didnt want to see it I blocked the person. Not make a fucking witch hunt out of it. You are in charge of keeping YOURSELF in check not some person who shared nsfw art/fanfic. How fucking hard is it to turn the "don't show me nsfw" toggle on??? Bc it's not about that. Y'all just wanna be mad and be above someone so why not ppl minding their own business.

And guess what? There ARE ppl who are bad and support nsfw art/writing. They fucking suck. They are outliers and deserve to be called out when they get exposed. But many times, ppl always go "see i told you all the ppl in THAT fandom were pedos/freaks/etc" hmmm sounds like when conservatives go "see...that queer person turned out to be bad, SO all queer ppl are bad" DO YOU GET IT?? It never works out with that line of thinking. You are harming innocent ppl minding their own business. You are harming yourselves when you grow the fuck up and realize that "OH actually...I am curious about sex" and have ppl who you thought were your friends eat your face. PLS wake the fuck up.

If you're an anti:

I hope you recover from that

go fuck yourself

if you're offended by me saying "go fuck yourself", pls take that as a sign to log off the internet and go touch grass. As someone who has done that many of times, it's very refreshing.

[beevean]

Hey it’s so called this morning’s anon back with more things to say I suppose…

I supposed I wanted to elaborate on some things, I know you said you didn’t wanna start discourse but I really wanted to elaborate on what I meant by that proshipping comment. The term proship, from what I heard, has gone from let people ship what they want and if you don’t like don’t look to… This person is a disgustingly vile subhuman and their death should be celebrated.

Funnily enough I openly ship problematic stuff, but I constantly over complicate things to prove that I’m still better than ‘those guys’, to say that I have morality and ‘they’ don’t… But it’s so fucking exhausted. My life wasn’t good and moral and pure so why does my art have to be?

I’m sick of fearing I’ll have someone genuinely threaten my life because I cope differently than them. Ironically I used to get mad when people say it was their coping mechanism, calling it a shitty excuse to be a whatever [You can insert all kinds of fun and degrading terms there] and yet… I was doing the same thing.

So yeah… I don’t like everything but I’m realizing that everything has its place and if that makes me a proshipper then fuck it I guess I’m a proshipper

[After reading all those kind messages I wanted some way to reveal myself because surprise you actually know who I am! But I wasn’t sure how to do that without outing myself so openly… I read your Hevor fic and told you about it on Discord, it’s the only thing we ever discussed. So yeah if you manage to figure me out based on that alone then congratulations! Purity culture is ruining my life so bad I can’t even say my own name! ;3]

fdjskfksdngksjdhk talk about efficient secret codes lmao. Yes I understand now 😄

That's pretty much what happened. "Proship" started as a countermovement to the "anti" culture budding around 2016 who were all like "Sheith is actually incest because they're like brothers and that's gross guys!!!!", and at first it meant simply "ship and let ship", but then it got twisted into meaning "someone who enjoys problematic ships/ships with incest, pedophilia and/or abuse", which inevitably leads to "this person has Something Wrong with them and they're a Bad Person who Hurts people like me with their Degenerate Art! Pedo alert pedo alert! PUNISHMENT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS".

The problem is that "enjoys" means a lot of things :^) there is a difference between "aww they're so cute <3", "welp this is a kink now", and "wow this would be incredibly fucked up but I am intrigued to explore this story". But nuance is not allowed, apparently.

(fun fact: I don't really go through proship blogs because I swear they all ship sibling incest. I hate sibling ships lmao, especially when they're wholesome. But of course they're all in the "will accept anything" community, after being pretty much shunned and painted as horrible abusers who deserve to be hurt and worse - and just because I don't want to see those ships, that doesn't mean I think they're bad people who condone real-life abuse. So yeah, proship is not about having all the grossest ships in the world, you can be exclusively into the most vanilla M/F ships ever and still think "yo do what you want I'll respect you from a distance")

I also hear similar stories like yours, of people who twist themselves into pretending to be antis and be morally "purer" than others when in private they were doing the same things they were insulting others for, just with tons of shame and denial. Not judging you and I'm happy when people realize that this behavior is harmful, definitely more than being into the Problematic lol... I'm just disappointed and frustrated that the internet culture has come to this. I reiterate my points about surrounding yourself with friends who don't make you feel like you have to walk on eggshells.

Also real talk: you don't really have to psychoanalyze yourself. Maybe your tastes are tied to an easily identifiable reason, or maybe they aren't or the reason goes too deep to explore without outside help. In any case, it doesn't matter. You don't have to justify yourself in any way, let alone showing to everyone the "I'm Coping With Trauma" badge in the hopes they will forgive you - because it doesn't work. It's never about the mental health of victims, it's about "i feel icky and i don't want to :("

Disgust is not harm. You (general) have every right to be disgusted by something - I myself am not above it :P But it's not a personal attack against you, and it's your responsibility to walk away and coping with your feelings in private.

[rebelwithoutabroom]

honestly i agree with that a lot. it's something i've always said - the fandom knows itself better than any cc does - no one truly knows how a fandom is without being in it, ccs included. and they don't have much influence over it either.

i think boundaries should be respected, obviously. but it's like that one viral post i saw here the other day about mcyt boundaries. it was like a box with the cc inside of it, and how things that break boundaries aren't harmful if they're kept outside of the box. which is why srs shipping etc is such a non issue here, since dream isn't here 🤷🏼‍♀️

also the community is literally microscopic here 😭 updating about subtweets here would never be an issue. this is not comparable to maintwt at all. antis can't just find this without really searching. just how ccs can't find this without really searching it

yeh yeh, thats a good mental image tbh. I'm 110% against even asking for boundaries bc there's stuff we shouldn't even be asking these people... do whatever you wanna do just keep it away from spaces the people involved could see, and never ever tag them on anything. sometimes i remember how fans would send creators fanfic and i shudder just thinking about it. dakota heatwaves was so damn strong.

ik this kinda deviates a little from the main topic but goshhh having such a huge fandom so close to ccs on twitter is (to me) what really fucked the dsmp over. the parasocialism was running rampant and it did not help matters that ccs would interact so closely with fans to the point where the lines got obliterated.

[ladymariayuri]

7 and whatever other one you wanna do :3

character you hate only bc the fandom got weird about it ok im gonna cheat and answer with a ship cuz i dont rly have any characters that fit that. i just answered an ask about jetstream sam but sam/raiden shippers on this website are absolutely out of their fucking minds with what they do to those guys. removed from the context of like the fanbase im ambivalent to it with no negative or positive opinions but oh my god. there are so few people who can be normal about raiden and it gets worse when its in the context of a yaoi break. like im so fucking tired of seeing the same shit infantilizing raiden turning him into either an uwu clueless soft boy or TWISTED FUCKING CYCLE PATH and turning sam into some creepy perv with no respect for boundaries i cant take it anymore. ic ant take it. hello can anybody hear me. ive had that pent up for so long you dont even know. i have friends who like this ship and theyre fine and i love them bc theyre normal but good god when that wretched yaoi break hits. also people get crazy misogynistic about rosemary for reasons related to yaoi breaks and not related to yaoi breaks but thats a rant for another time (<- thats saying something because i DEEPLY despise rosemary) picking random q -> unpopular character you like that more people should like um literally any guy from dark souls 2. i think most of them get slept on except like pate/creighton/ maaaaaybe fume knight sometimes. the game sucks but i love the weird little dudes you find out in the world or kill. i am not immune to being a fume knight enjoyer so my next best recommendation is sir alonne hes a cool dude. dudes with katanas rock and i like the sicko king/advisor shit with iron king because its like i can fix him. nevermind no i cant goodbye