#leave your hate in the comments

[colourmeblood]

From Chris’ insta:

“Just found this insanely ugly making-of-photo from the „Leave Your Hate In The Comments“ video shoot earlier this year.”

[papermint-airplane]

Spotify Wrapped

I was tagged by @happy-lemon but there's a tiiiiiiiiiny problem.

I don't use Spotify. 😲

But I'm doing a top 5 of my favorites from 2023 anyway because.

5. Knock - Lee Chaeyeon

4. Sweet Juice - Purple Kiss

3. I Am - IVE

2. Eve, Psyche, & The Bluebeard's Wife - Le Sserafim

1. Unforgiven - Le Sserafim

These are all songs released this year and most of them are the most popular songs imaginable, but what can I say, I'm a trendy bitch when it comes to Kpop. Also I played all of these over and over so much, the assigned FBI agent listening to everything I do on my phone is probably pulling their hair out.

I'm not tagging anybody because I didn't follow the format of the meme in the first place hehehe.

[donnieisaprettyboy]

“baby gays treat queerness like some kind of exclusive club they’re always arguing about slur discourse and they refuse to learn their own history-“ SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

YOU ARE LITERALLY SEEING A SELECT HANDFUL OF BAD OPINIONS IN THE BRAINROT TRENCHES OF TIKTOK AND ASSUMING AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF QUEER KIDS DESERVE HATE FOR IT

JUST BECAUSE YOU CRITICIZE A SPECIFIC “TYPE” OF GAY DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY LESS HOMOPHOBIC

LEAVE THEM ALONE

[cashmoneychiyo]

ohey we're finally using this poll feature

anyway thanks to tumblr's questionable updates, it's come to our attention that we can actually do photosets with more than 10 images now -- up to 30, in fact!!!

So we're actually able to fit whole chapters into one post rather than splitting them (obviously except for volume omakes which have maaany pages). Something you guys might appreciate since it means everything is in one place and we don't have to link to other parts in the post description.

However this also means the posts will become very long, which some people might not like; you can look at the Volume 14 omakes Part 3 post if you want an idea of how long a typical chapter post (14-16 pages) would look like. Also, I personally like to be consistent with how many images are in each row (2 per row vs 3 per row), which is easier to do when splitting the chapters HFKSJDHFJSKD but that is very specific to me, you guys probably don't care as much

So we're interested in hearing how you guys would like us to upload upcoming translations \o/ CMC members shall think about how to proceed with your thoughts in mind~

[the-sparkling-diamond-satine]

i'm only kinda sorry but if i'm reading fanfic and the writer puts faith in a dress without a Very Good Reason (ex. the mayor made her wear it, she's trying to impress buffy, she's a bridesmaid in somebody's wedding) i am taken out of it so quickly. that tiny detail bugs me so much what are you even doing?? faith hates dresses!!!! free her!!!!!

[m1ckeyb3rry]

sometimes someone will comment complaining about a certain aspect of one of my stories and i just want to tell them to write their own fic if they’re so bothered by my choices

[evansbby]

bro now it’s actually pizsing me off the hate this poor young woman is getting for playing Juliet in some random play in London like not even a Hollywood movie but a random play 😭😭

[elizzacassan]

I am not looking forward to DA fandom treating Rook like some incompetent goofball who fucks everything up because they're the fandom's version of humorous Hawke 2.0! 🤪 As if them trying to stop the ritual while working with limited information was just Rook being a dumbass and not someone believing they're moments away from Thedas-wide disaster.

[c-e-d-dreamer]

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[sbnkalny]

Taylor swift enthusiastically falling under the sand

[pardonmydelays]

i am taking over lin manuel miranda tag, pjo fandom get the fuck out of here if you have nothing good to say

[metabolizemotions]

Maybe Station 19 was like an experimental cubist painting.

There were too many stories to be told and too many people trying to tell them, from too many perspectives, with too many styles…

Each viewer saw a different picture.

It was the show that tried to capture the zeitgeist and represent the under-represented. Also the show that often struggled. With the tones and textures. With representing w/o tokenizing. B/w laughing with and laughing at. B/w realism and romanticizing. B/w deliberate and arbitrary. B/w educating and entertaining. B/w what they consider profane and sacrosanct.

At times, it touched our hearts deeply. At times, it frustrated us to no end.

Not every story was given the respect, sensitivity and intricacy it was due.

One moment could lead to a profound understanding of an aspect of a lived life some of us had never known; while the next could be a moment that was beyond confounding - about an aspect of ourselves that made us feel slighted, diminished and even erased.

It had often been an exercise in empathy to find our common humanity at the intersectionality of stories. Yet, the scale of empathy often skewed too far in favor of some characters with the differing standards, narrative frames and plot armors. Ironically yet reasonably turning people off these very characters they wanted people to root for. A persistent dissonance and disconnect.

But it was also the show that didn’t shy away from the ugly, the raw, the uncomfortable and messy parts of our shared human experience. The tribulations of oppression. The perils of ambition. The tests of morality. The trials of friendship and love. That we would make mistakes, but we could also make amends. That we're not defined by our worst. That our best lives could still be in front of us despite the current struggles. That sometimes life sucks but having your people with you makes it more bearable.

I would think it an interesting journey for the diversity of people behind, on, and in front of the screen. The evolving stories, evolving characters, evolving storytellers, an evolving fandom - all amidst an evolving media landscape.

It was probably not an easy show to make. The show had a bewilderingly lack of support from abc or shondaland. Diversity seemed to be both good for promotion (when there was any) and the reason for the prejudice against it.

Just as it had not been an easy show to watch - so biased, inconsistent and self-contradictory. Like when they kept telling us about the family spirit and deep friendships yet somehow spent more time showing otherwise. Or when the writing of systemic sexism was somehow inherently sexist.

Personally, I don’t think characters belong to the writers alone. Besides the usual constraints, the characters were often adjusted back and forth to fit the plots. We’ve also learnt how network execs' dislikes, writers’ personal experiences were factored into the stories. I fully respect the writers’ artistic rights. But actors who embodied the characters for years have a unique understanding too. Viewers also have their personal takes about what were true to characters. It's ok to agree to disagree.

There had been sparks of brilliance, but often extinguished too soon. It has been confounding how the greys-verse did not capitalise on its vast potential, esp. S19. Even while both shows share a show-runner. Grey's anatomy could have lent its scale while Station 19 could have injected renewed energy back into its mothership. Both shows could have been better for it.

Although the characters have the foundation of distinct and interesting backstories, their development often did not fully utilise the narrative potential and the talents of the cast. I’m sure the crew was also competent and hardworking. But somehow some elements b/w n within the shows seemed to just cancel each other out instead of amplifying their impact. IMO 704 and 709 were a few exceptions.

But I'll always be glad S19 existed and we got a S7. I believe they had tried their best to wrap up and give closure to everyone invested in the show. I truly appreciated the hard work given the circumstances even when I personally didn't agree with some takes.

In the end, I really do want to remember it as the show with heart, the show that made us laugh and cry and the show that tried. The show that's unique - in both its merits and flaws. I’ll definitely miss the characters. One last time - 19!

[satellites-halo]

People being upset and mad about hlvrai 2 possibly coming out are so pathetic to me. Just block the tags?? Stop posting your negativity in the HLVRAI tags you're allowed to not interact with a fandom if you don't want to but stop being dicks to people who just want to enjoy things

[cassandracain52]

Most people when getting hate comments/criticism: Responds with an explanation about why the other person is wrong/rude

Me: Well that was rude. *deletes comment and blocks* Anyway-

[countlessofvoids]

You hate the third movie because you can't stand endings that aren't "and they lived happily ever after". I hate the third movie because it actively destroys the first movie's message in favor of a lazy "humans bad, animals good" narrative and fumbles every interesting idea it presents. We are not the same.

[beeprich]

“Why’d you ask?” And then Richie giggles, “You think you’re gay?”

Maybe. “No,” Eddie hears herself say it and knows it doesn’t sound sure.

Richie presses on with another laugh, “Wanna find out?”

Fuck it. “Yeah.”

Eddie sounds sure then.

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