#its so annoying

[orionsangel86]

There is a phenomenon happening on Tumblr right now which may be a product of the Twitter exodus or maybe its just modern fandom mentality vehemently rejecting the old, but you guys have GOT to stop being so damn MEAN about fandom.

There are posts circulating on Tumblr right now hating on so many aspects of fandom. Yeah we all know the incorrect quotes format can be cringe and most of the time its the same quotes used for every fandom ever reducing the characters to stereotypes. Yes we know most fandoms scramble to ship the two basic white guys over all the other characters. Yes we know your blorbo probably Does Not Fucking Say That. Yes we know A/B/O is weird AF (especially now its breached containment and found its way into mainstream hetero erotica). Yes we know SuperWhoLock was ridiculous and attempts to make modern shows into a new SuperWhoLock have got old fast.

But do you have to constantly drag these things all the time? Why is it suddenly cool and popular to ridicule and criticise and hate on peoples fun?

Let people be cringe

Let people play in the fandom sandbox

Let people have their fun

Not everything has to be an intellectual critique and it doesn't make you a better person to constantly shit on fandom ON THE FANDOM WEBSITE

Fandoms can be problematic, toxic, and infuriating at times. But all the negativity isn't making things better. Yeah okay some aspects of fandom can be annoying, but must we have so many call out posts go viral on here specifically for hating on parts of fandom culture? Yet people wonder why fandom creators are quitting and there isnt as much art and interaction on here as there used to be.

If you see another negative post shitting on aspects of fandom cross your dash, maybe think before you reblog it. Maybe ask yourself if that post may be hurtful to a mutual? Perhaps youve got a mutual who writers A/B/O or CharacterxReader fanfiction who doesnt wanna see your reblog of the callout post stating reader×character fanfic is gross, or perhaps your mutual creates fun text posts applying quotes to their fave characters and youve just reblogged a 90k+ note post calling them cringy and overdone.

Just THINK please. Its not necessary. We've got to be KINDER to each other. Please don't let this place become like Twitter. Twitter was a toxic cesspool where no one had anything worthwhile to add to the discussion, no one created, everyone was just screaming angry rants into the void. Dont let tumblr become like that, because it will be the death of this place. And where will you go to find fanart and gifsets of your blorbos then?

[dyrdeer]

ive said this before and ill say it again bc i am so serious: putting impact font on a drawing and calling it a meme does not mean you dont have to credit the artist

[futzfuck]

HEAVY SPOILERS FOR MONKEY MAN!!!! GO WATCH THE MOVIE IF YOU HAVENT ITS REALLY GOOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!

Anyway

I think an overlooked bit in Monkey Man is how bleach is used as imagery and association. Bleach is often use is to remove stains from clothes/surfaces, disinfect things, and just generally clean stuff. I think this plays a lot into the revenge narrative central to the film, as well as offering a comparison/contrast to the villians’ methods of “removing India’s scars”

When the Kid first shows his hands he says they look that way from bleach and chemicals and calls them his CV. Now, without the mention of bleach this scene is still impactful within context, bc the Kid is indirectly saying that his life is defined by his trauma and the death of his mother (and maybe even his inability to save her). Hands are also a reoccurring symbol throughout the film in an of themselves. But back to bleach. I think mentioning bleach is important bc it depicts bleach as corrosive and something higher ups don’t want to engage in. “Give me the job no one wants to do, and ill do it.” No one at Kings wants what the Kid wants, and no one there is willing to cleanse the city and the establishment of its own corruption.

There’s also the fact that Kid’s pseudonym comes from the brand of bleach he uses at his job. By naming himself after the bleach he uses, Kid associates himself with an aggressive way of cleansing, which is kinda the whole message of Monkey Man as a narrative. It’s telling that the closest thing to a conventional name we have for the Kid just reinforces his purpose within the story.

Finally, the Kid bleaches his monkey mask before he goes to Kings for the final act. I think this is symbolic of him stripping away his persona of “Kong” that he used as a fighter from the mask, replacing it with the identity of Hanuman he has come to inhabit. The lighter fur looks more like the fur Hanuman is shown to have throughout the movie, both in the children’s book and the puppet in the stage play. It could also symbolize the Kid “cleansing his mind” of what remains from before he was saved by the hijras, and fully embracing his purpose.

Am i thinking about this way to much? Obviously but i don’t care bc its fun lol. Love this movie.

[canine-brained]

*sees a therian with experiences that differ from mine*

"I must be faking it then"

[ruinatlantis]

Honestly, thank god for the tumblr version of humans are weird/space orcs/whatever. I love the stories I read on here about discovery and interaction between different species and how cool space is. Every time I try to go to reddit (into the r/HFY one, which is supposed to be the same thing), all I get usually is stories of human's deadly military in space.

[lonely-moonshine-still]

Little Troll Jim for a friend's Christmas card (feat. some crappy lighting)

[hg-aneh]

Can you please not tag your anti-aziraphale art as aziracrow? It's your blog to post what you want, but it would be nice not to see hate in the tag

it's not anti Aziraphale what the fuck wkbgnfh

sorry I'm being rude but wngnmebbemlvemvg

[violetstarr24]

Alright everyone, reblog this post and tell me the most annoying misconceptions in your fandom in the tags. It can be literally anything, as long as people actually think it's canon and it's not. Go forth.

[moomoorare]

I fucking hate when i reblog art and people just like it without reblogging.

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

“ian shouldnt complain to mickey about his childhood, mickey had it worse”

literally both of them were abused their entire childhoods. yes, what mickey went through was more horrific but ians still incredibly traumatized??? hes allowed to awknolege all of the shit he went through and tell his husband because thats how a healthy relationship works, they communicate. ian and mickey both get to mourn the childhoods they never got because terry was a monster and frank and monica were disgusting.

[despazito]

writers tip: age up your characters by 5 years just do it

[sugarbear2001]

Why is it always a Zosan spewing bullshit?? Like, if you want to make a Zolu hate post, fine, just put it under #antizolu or some shit and dont try to downplay their bond or call them an "icky" ship.

[ilovejevsjeans]

Yes there is a fuck ton of reasons to stay in this race, dead last or not. Its only the second race, do you know how much they dont know about the car. The amount they can learn about tyres, the balance etc etc. Use this time to understand the car better so hes not having those issues at the next race

[milaisreading]

Call me sensitive and unfunny (Idc), but I never understood how jokes abt Isagi being a homewrecker, slut or him being called Slursagi is funny. It's so corny and annoying, and the Blue Lock fandom (especially on Twitter and Tiktok) has made shitting on Isagi, his character, and journey a joke, and made hating him acceptable. But God forbid u say smth bad about another character. Or when people say some character with unique hair or eyes deserves screentime more than Isagi. An MC doesn't play 2nd fiddle to a character u saw for 10 minutes in total, just because u find that random character good-looking. It's just annoying, and it has made interacting with the fandom completely draining.

Sorry for the venting, I am just tired.

[orionsangel86]

Im rewatching episode 1 again and I have just noticed that when we first see the box, the fly is sitting on it.

Then when Aziraphale opens the box, the fly is inside. You hear it buzz and fly out of the box a bit later whilst he's talking to Gabriel.

Gabriel then tries to swat the fly as it flies around his face.

I didnt notice the fly on my first watch of ep 1 (i did notice it in later eps and my initial theory was that Beelzebub was spying on the bookshop) but this has just made me angry about what streaming the whole show at once has taken from us.

If only ep 1 had dropped on Friday, then fandom would have spent all this week analysing every little detail of that episode alone.

Eventually we all would have noticed the fly. Eventually we would have been coming up with theories about the fly. No doubt there would have been links to Beelzebub and the Ineffable Beurocracy speculation would have begun (and prob been dismissed as impossible lets be honest).

We all would have had a good laugh about it though, and probably come up with a few memes already.

It would have got everyone excited for episode 2, and there would have been musings about spotting the fly. The fly is important! Whats the deal with the fly!?

I HATE that this experience was taken from us. All because streamers seem to think binge watching is the only way shows should be watched now, and if we don't watch the entire show over the course of the first weekend, its somehow and indication of how bad the show is for some batshit insane reason.

Anyway. Good Omens fandom, in another universe, I would have loved spending this week speculating about a fly with you.

[vxmp-loml]

PLEASE TAG THE GENDER OF YOUR READERS SO I WON'T HAVE TO GET JUMPSCARED BY SHE/HER PRONOUNS😭😭😭😭