#ten fandoms ten blorbos

[missingrache]

10 fandoms 10 blorbos, very belatedly responding to a tag from lovely @windsweptinred:

1. Bioshock: Mark Meltzer

This man is the subject of my very first post on tumblr, he must be included here, I adore this sad fuck.

2. Homestuck: Diamonds Droog

A toss up between him and Slick. I was and am a Homestuck Intermission girlie and this must be acknowledged.

3. Dragon Age: Justice

I have many many Dragon Age faves and DAO and also Awakening is so so important to me, but Jorstin here is the fellow I have the most distinct and personal opinions about and is, aside from OCs like my Brosca Warden, Avi, the only one I have a strong rp/fic voice for. He’s such a weird and cool dude!

4. DC Comics/Animated Universe: Martian Manhunter/ J’onn J’onzz

My BOY. I love him most in the VERY specific comic pictured above (1988 miniseries that establishes the Martian gods as being flaming horrorterrors, as we see in Sandman w/L’zoril Dream, it’s GOOD SHIT)—but also in general. Criminally under rated and under represented. A sad fuck, a shape shifting horror, a stranger in a strange land, a bereaved parent, Doing His Goddamn Best. AND sometimes a noir detective send up.

Anyway, speaking of comics.

5. Sandman: Dream of the Endless

I am thrilled to be here in the year of our lord 2024 enthusing about and making friends over this scrunkly wet cat that I first encountered and dearly loved in high school. (I am more than halfway through my 30’s now, so it has been A WHILE). I’m counting Sandman and DC as separate affairs, sorry not sorry.

6. Our Flag Means Death: Izzy Hands

Loved him even before S2, fascinated, I want to put him in a jar and shake him but also keep him safe forever. I am a little soured on the show after s2, but I have dressed up as Izzy and would gladly do so again so he belongs here.

7. Supergiant Hades: Achilles

This SPECIFIC version of Achilles, who has died and continued growing through his pain and regrets and who is a surrogate parent to my BOI Zagreus, is. Fascinating. To me. I was so angry at first to find myself liking him as much as I did! It’s masterful how much characterization Supergiant implies with relatively little. He’s coming after Izzy on the list bc I came to them both in similar ways, looking at myself falling in love and going oh my god HIM? Seriously? And being like yup that war criminal there is my son now!!! (And now of course I’m fond of him all across the mythological/classical board, oh my god Hadesgame what have you done.)

8. Star Wars: Alexsandr Kallus

The only space nazi redemption arc I will accept. (Although I am watching Andor with friends right now and three double agent gingers across the begins to suggest a pattern which is very entertaining to me.)

Anyway A+ arc, love this bastard man, love his giant cat husband, single-handedly keeping me invested in Star Wars, hope his gay happy ending never gets messed with.

9. Les Miserables: Inspector Javert

Another character that I went oh my god REALLY??? That Guy??? About. But he’s so /funny/ in the Brick and Stars is lovely enough that I learned how to play barre chords on my guitar Just For That and look. Look. He is a bastard but he is MY bastard and I will read every redeemed!Javert fic that crosses my path forever the end. (Also a side note: Kallus was originally sold to me by @lokivangelist as “space Javert”)

10. The Witcher: Dandelion/Jaskier (all versions, but repping Hexer below because that’s my favorite!!!)

Throwing a curveball for the last slot! I’ve got a sad dad/monochrome aesthetic/loyal right hand/shapeshifting nonhuman/rigid worldview kinda pattern happening above, and my boi here slip slides away from almost all of those. Except for the loyalty. This man is an absolute ride or die for Geralt and I love that about him. He is also an obnoxious fuckboi but I love that too, especially in a story as heavy as the Witcher frequently can be. (My runner up for this fandom was gonna be book!Lambert, who is similarly narratively savvy and good at puncturing the heaviness of a scene without being straight up comic relief.)

There they are! Ten blorbos, I climbed that whole mountain and now I’m heading to bed. (Will tag folks tomorrow perhaps? But also feel free to invite yourself in and do this and say I tagged you if you like, because I am curious what my mutuals and etc . might choose!)

[bright-eyes-strawberry-lies]

Most people don't think about or care about Jason enough to hate him, but you know who everyone does actually hate? Luke.

[this-is-krikkit]

this post got very long so i'm starting a new one

10 characters, 10 fandoms

list your ten favorite characters from ten separate fandoms, then tag ten people

thanks for the tag @quillsandblades (VIOLET BAUDELAIRE BLORBO OMG I LOVE YOU SM FOR THAT) & @theysangastheyslew (teared up at ron swanson ngl) & @dont-f-with-moogles (can't believe you put yourself in there tssss)

alright, so, in the order i managed to remember them:

Hange Zoë - snk

Root - person of interest

Victor Nikiforov - yuri on ice

Emily Prentiss - criminal minds

Grace Hanson - grace and frankie

Chuuya Nakahara - bsd

Dana Scully - the x files

Brienne of Tarth - got

Regina Mills - ouat

Bernie Wolfe - holby

Mary Crawley - downton (im sorry except not bc she deserved a mention too and i wasn't about to erase any of the others ok!!!)

i'll tag @cecebeanie @nube55 @cosmiclion @bronze-quill

[wittywallflower]

through extended observation of many different fandoms and several art tags, I have come to the conclusion that the way for artists’ posts to get notes in the 5 digits, and tons of reblogs… is to draw Poolverine.

[scooplery]

i always think i consume zero media and kinda beat myself up for it bc i don't watch tv or movies and i struggle to read books consistently but like. i am constantly listening to music, and always looking for new stuff to listen to, and always going to live shows and stuff. my music tastes are pretty dorky and niche (pop punk and emo r my eternal faves) but i try really hard to at least listen to a lot of genres and try to connect with it even if they're not to my taste. i think about music ALL the time even when i don't have headphones in, and i talk about it a good amount on reddit with other emo fans. i'm more engaged than i give myself credit for lol :(

[toytulini]

name some canonically nonbinary characters why dont you

[adri0nslithers]

have a habit of loving media thats on a scale of “what the fuck??” to “this is terrible on a second glance” plot wise because i crave characters with FLAVOR

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

your superhero AU has broken my heart 💔💔💔 protective Ted is so important to me

thank you!! ive been enjoying playing with it. and yeah!! like. i just. protective, pining ted and trent's like i am NOT a damsel!! (<- in this instance, is, in fact, a damsel. he will make an exception for one (1) person)

and like more seriously just. the trust it's about the trust!!! trent doesn't rely on anyone and he gets himself out of bad situations and he's lowkey terrified of this hero who's got him cornered and he's been in this horrible situation for so long but then it's ted and he immediately relaxes. and ted--you know ted realized they had trent and immediately panicked and was ready to just bust in there and it was only beard holding him back and making him be practical about it that didnt have him just bursting through the walls ten minutes after realizing. and him realizing trent trusts him.... holding him and being like oh. i can protect him this way and i can comfort him this way and it's working... augh

anyway im glad you like it 😩

[figofswords]

yknow those artists who post exclusively original art and yet still have massive followings and consistently get good amounts of notes on all of it. yeah how do they manage that

[leonardalphachurch]

i think it’s really funny that all the people in the tags of that poll saying to vote chucker are people who are still active participants in the fandom meanwhile there’s like one person saying to vote lolix who’s still active. it’s what i’ve always said felix girlies are NOT loyal you’re coming crawling back to vote on a poll well we all know where your loyalties lie.

[justanisabelakinnie]

Isabella isn't evil, she's not a mean bully, she's not the obstacle Mirabel has to overcome. She's simply a multifaceted character.

♾️/10!!!!!

[hoodieimp]

Fixating on the Addisons is so fucking funny when you think about it. Like wow we really went and blorbo-ified the Concept of Online Advertising as a gay friend group-slash-polycule

[konstantintreplev]

Blorbo power is to let blorbos be exactly what they are. Let them be miserable. Let them be pathetic. And have poor judgment. Let them be hard and soft and loving and sad and silly. Let them be wrong. Don't let them be right. Let them be everything. Because, they are everything.

"The Blorbo Mantra is a mantra ripped off from a quote ostensibly about girl power, but the source is annoying, and the quote is too, so Tumblr user @peterbellend came up with a retooling of the quote that better fit the characters (not just male, but in the original post, it is just male characters) known affectionately on Tumblr as blorbos. This Tumblr user felt they needed a statement of power all of their own.

It is, perhaps ironic as Tumblr always was, that this statement is in no way original, just a parody of a pre-existing quote..." (Jenkins, Henry. “Blorbo Power and the Right to Exist, Pathetic: An Analysis of a Tumblr Preferred Trope.” Journal of Fandom Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, 2030, pp. 25–40.)

[californiaquail]

the lore that janeway grew up in indiana...i understand her

[paintsplash1712]

You know what would be a fun AU? A Taskmaster AU

(yes, I mean the series starring Greg Davis and Little Alex Horne).

Just your favourite characters on a fun game show where they do funny tasks like 'Use a cement roller in the most creative way that isn't to do with cement' or 'build the tallest tower of cans but you can't actually touch the cans.'

What would your favourite character do in those scenarios?

[pa-pa-plasma]

i think you got the wrong blog there, buddy