#not tagging just venting ig

[diamondcitydarlin]

but also like tbh morality discussions within fandom as they pertain to characters and what they are perceived to deserve or not seem to always have an element of shallow bias. I absolutely know what it feels like to watch a character slide through or completely past the proper consequences of their actions in canon and have most people in fandom think this is totally fine (usually bc the character in question is 'hot' to them or they ship them with someone etc), while in the same breath arguing that character b who never did anything quite as bad as 'hot' character a can't face enough consequences and honestly should probably just die/get written off the show (I could honestly make a very long list from a lot of different fandoms of the characters I'm thinking of and I'm resisting to avoid unnecessary drama but it's HARD and I know some of my moots who I've known through various fandoms with me WILL know what and who I'm talking about). there's always a bias, there's always some element of hypocrisy that people are unwilling to accept and will instead write paragraph long bullshit diatribes about why their hot fave shouldn't have to face consequences while 'loser' character b should have to face ALL of them (if you supposed that character b is usually either some combo of older/not conventionally attractive/disabled/non-white then you win, because that's p much always the case!). I've seen characters in media do absolutely despicable things that just get swept under the rug by the writers and the fans where other characters deeds do not, so it's a double-standard that has rooting in some subject materials as well. so I guess for this reason it's difficult for me to take any kind of 'this character bad, this character good' at face value bc I know there's about a 99.9% chance that whoever is arguing this is doing so from a place of very deeply seated personal bias where nuance and complexity pretty much don't exist, it's just this character bad, this character good bc I said so. The end. It's not really limited to who the narrative designates as a sympathetic/heroic character or a villain either, it's entirely up to the preexisting prejudices the person has and is just blithely ignoring as they try to form their educated, 'objective' argument. (and ofc this extends to REAL people in fandom too bc inevitably THEY are good and whoever doesn't think like them is BAD, thereby justifying whatever they end up doing or saying to the 'bad fans')

For this reason I'm glad that OFMD is not that kind of show, at least not within the main cast. I'm glad that the subject material doesn't force anyone to designate characters as 'bad, unlovable' and 'good, deserves everything' based on shallow biases like someone thinks they're hot and/or they're a cute little meow meow or part of a fave pairing or whatever. Everyone deserves acceptance, but everyone has to work for it because we're exploring the idea that people and life are more nuanced than that, that we're ALL capable of destruction and pain, that no one gets a free pass from making amends based on some flimsy predetermination that they're 'one of the good ones' who is never culpable for anything. I think it's a really strong theme to go with and I'm appreciative of the writing team for having the emotional-awareness to do it, especially in a story that will inherently attract a lot of people who are used to doing the good guy/bad guy thing, particularly in queer narratives where these viewers tend to think everyone has to be a 'good guy' or they're not a valid queer or whatever.

And idk maybe being forced to see nuance like this will get some of these cut-and-dried narrative people to rethink themselves and life as a whole, maybe it'll force some of them to realize their world-views are deeply rooted in prejudice, maybe it'll get them to think about the complexity of humans IRL and the fact that life isn't as simple as being divided between good (never responsible for anything, always a justification) and bad (never deserving of anything good, should just go die) bc like man...what a caustic way to view life and people in general, what a fucked up way to go through life, what a cheap, easy way to justify your own destruction against others smh

[nonranghaes]

"it's just me."

you barely get a chance to roll onto your back before soonyoung's already climbing onto the bed and somewhat on top of you and your blankets, and it's only seconds later that he crashes. it's far from the first time this has happened (soonyoung is clingy and cuddly, especially when he's sleepy), but he manages to knock the wind out of you nonetheless. he rests his head on your chest, and you wiggle an arm out to curl around him as best as you can in your semi-trapped position.

"soonyoung--"

"just go back to sleep," he murmurs. "everything's fine."

you stroke his hair, thumb dipping down to graze his cheek at one point. "soonie--"

"i mean it," he says, eyes peering up in the low light to see yours. "i'm fine. just need to nap." his hand finds yours, and he wraps your arm around him as he snuggles in. he plants a kiss against your chest before resting his head against it again, eyes fluttering shut. "you can rest a little longer, too."

you settle back down after a moment, arms wrapped around soonyoung as you shut your eyes again. sometimes you swear this tiger is a teddy bear, but regardless of which he is, he's yours.

[winters-rose-daughterofcain]

"We want complex female characters"

You guys couldn't handle Lottie Matthews. You couldn't handle Jackie Taylor. You couldn't handle Taissa Turner. Actually you couldn't handle any of the Yellowjackets cast...

You guys couldn't handle Inej Ghafa, you couldn't handle Alina Starkov- hell you couldn't handle a single Grishaverse girls.

You guys couldn't handle Katniss Everdeen. Lucy Gray actually broke your fucking minds.

You guys couldn't handle any girl from Euphoria or Stranger things in any capacity.

You guys could not handle the female characters of motherfucking Bridgerton like- first off that's embarrassing and secondly actually shut up.

Get back to me when you give female characters grace, at least a fucking fraction of empathy and learn what nuance is jfc.

[catwouthats]

I already kinda ship timkon… but honestly not much, and I would actually ship it more if 20% of timkon ship posters didn’t make the experience so INFURIATING.

When I’m surfing through the timkon tag I usually always see:

1) deep hate for other ships (specifically timbern and bartkon)(saying timbern has no chemistry or saying bartkon is pedophilic; yall mfs make me want to jump)

2) mischaracterization of Kon-El

3) infantilization of Bart Allen

4) Bernard hate

Timkon is literally a great ship why do so many people make the fandom experience for it so unenjoyable??

[no-truce-with-the-heroes]

i can't believe there's still people out there who genuinely think Ochako would "kill Toga on sight" at this point

like, okay, there's the anime-only people who aren't aware of manga developments or are actively avoiding spoilers, and of course there's all the people who clearly stopped giving a shit ages ago (yet somehow still feel completely secure making blanket declarations about a franchise they no longer keep up with???)

but even then, and even if you're not a shipper or just don't like the characters-- how can anyone have ever believed that makes any sense ever? like we're not even talking self-defense apparently? just "on sight"? who do you think Ochako is, the Punisher in pink?

like i don't think i'm especially media literate myself, but-- how is it possible for people to be this bad at reading where a narrative is going?

because of course that's exactly what the Togachako plotline was leading up to, clearly the ultimate endpoint of developing Toga Himiko as a sympathetic villain important to Ochako's heroic actualization was a teenager unquestioningly enacting the extrajudicial murder of another teenager

that's exactly what MHA is all about, right? that's the sort of person Ochako is, the kind of hero that she wants to be? that's definitely good storytelling and not at all inane or grotesque? ugh

[daggryet]

i think the hardest part about accepting "bide your time, let the ccs digest this" is that through the cmc situation, a lot of his fans and outsiders didn't understand the gravity of the situation and used the same arguments for cmc that dream stans on twitter and reddit are using today, but through that there was the reassurance of being able to say "if his closest friends have cut him off and spoken against him, why are you still on his side?". currently no dsmp ccs have spoken against dream or even acknowledged the situation, save for aimsey liking some tweets.

it's a different situation i get that (cmc was dealt with privately before it became public), but even so - it's been days now, and still the loudest voices are those defending dream and diminishing his actions. we know the ig messages were real, we know the private snapchat is real via the confirmation (from DREAM himself) that the ig messages are real. this situation isn't a he said-she said situation for most of amanda's evidence and though there's no concrete proof of grooming or sexual misconduct as of yet, the circumanstial evidence supports her claims of this.

right now we know for sure that dream was engaging in private conversations with minors for an extended period of time while in a position of power as a big content creator. on an app that's notorious for deleting evidence immediately. that's fact. that's absolutely unacceptable and a huge red flag, and, to iterate, the evidence supports her claims of there being sexual misconduct as well. this situation should not be allowed to be swept under the rug and with every day passing, it becomes more and more unacceptable that the ccs closely associated with him (and those that tend to cover drama within this space) don't speak up.

[seventh-district]

not even gonna tag this properly bc i don't wanna get Involved but i do have some Thoughts i need to get out into the void so here we go

(aaa quick edit: CW for mention/discussion of Boothill leaks)

[idiot-mushroom]

i love being neglected by my mother in a rlly fucked up situation she put me in

i just wanna go home

[butch-dragongirl]

vast

[feartheoldblog]

had a full blown seizure for the first time in ages but it turns out it’s a ‘neurological episode’ and not an ‘epic bloodborne npc moment’

[gillipop-plus]

i relate to grian because sometimes i play minecraft and my best friend isn't there and i just want to crumple up into a ball of Sad

[winryrockbellwannabe]

AAAARRGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[aplaceinhell]

hey guys, genuine question, how do you tell which parts are you and which parts you've just made up to make yourself seem more human?

[daz4i]

ik it's not good to latch onto a mental illness as your defining trait but also. babe i don't have much else going on or any other sense of identity beyond it

[wayfayrr]

I may not read all of your works, because I like Wild/Sage/Tears/Cal the most and ship other Links with other people. You know Midna, Marin, Malon (and Wars with you now I suppose). But I know you're doing a splendid job. It might not always feel that way and I am aware that compliments from outside might not change how you feel inside. But please don't give up. The worst you can do is lose passion for something you love to do.

Not sure if you experience that too but often we tend to compare ourselves to others. And then talk ourselves down because we aren't as good as them. However people from outside just see two pieces of art and are happy, you know?

I guess it happens to all of us eventually but don't be so hard on yourself. You are doing great. I don't want to say measure your level of skill with your fame on tumblr but just look at how fast you got from 300 to 400 followers. I believe that shows how good you are at what you're doing and also how kind you are. And please never feel like you have to force content or writing. Not for yourself or us. Creativity can't be forced.

I hope this helps a little bit. If you ever need someone to talk I'm sure some of us are there for you and have an open ear *ruffles your hair*

Oh yeah I completely get not reading everything - everyone has their own preferences after all also you shipping wars with me is so funny ngl and losing passion is something I've been scared about (and very close to over the last couple of months) but I'm trying hard to not give up on it.

I do often compare myself to others because I've simply BEEN compared to others for most of my life and it's another thing I'm trying to stop doing. It isn't healthy and it just kinda destroys my own self-esteem lol :P but it's easier said than done.

I think there's a little pressure from how fast I've grown but it's getting easier to deal with than the reasons I was thinking of stopping for, there was just some memories to do with certain parts of what/who I used to write for and who I interacted with that has made me just want to leave a few times over now, but I am pulling through those feelings and not letting them break me! hell they've even helped me to write about other things - it's how tears came into existence after all. I probably won't be leaving this fandom for a good while, even if I did stay for a little out of spite to my own feelings - and while creativity can't be forced the right situations to bring it out can be :) I procrastinate on assessments by writing lol

thank you for being here though <333 it's nice being able to have a bit of a vent like this, plus having a bit of an involuntary writing break has helped a LOT to get me back into it

[stupidscav]

s/h warning. make of this drawing what you will

doesnt really matter how you view it but here's what it is to me

this is about me wnd. my partner.this was w comfort drawing

dont really care what you tag this it's up to you how you view it