#this goes for fanfic fanart text posts etc

[weepingnightmarenaruto]

Honestly this fandom really struggles with portraying Sasuke in a romantic relationship in a way that is true to his canon characterisation.

[uraichievents]

UraIchi Week 2024

Monday, July 1st, 2024 - Sunday, July 7th, 2024

AO3 Collection

Full Prompts List Submitted This Year

(Click images to enlarge. Alt text under the cut.)

What is UraIchi Week?

It’s a week-long fanworks event to promote the Urahara Kisuke x Kurosaki Ichigo ship. There’s no sign-up, it’s just for fun, and everybody can participate. Completed works and wips are both acceptable, and any type of fanwork (fanfic, fanart, gifsets, etc.) is welcome. NSFW and/or potentially trigger-y content is allowed, although please remember to tag your works properly.

The ship itself can be written romantically or platonically, as lovers or friends or even enemies, so long as it stars these two characters together in some way. Poly ships are also fine so long as Ichigo and Kisuke are still the focus of the fanwork. And crossovers and fusions are also allowed even if it isn’t one of the given prompts for the event. Basically, anything goes, and the only criteria is that it has to be UraIchi-centric.

Posting:

UraIchi Week is hosted here on Tumblr and on AO3. For posts on Tumblr, remember to ping @uraichievents and tag #UraIchi Week 2024. For AO3, you can add your work(s) to the collection linked up above. You are also welcome to join the UraIchi Discord server if you haven’t already and come and talk about what you’re working on!

Themes:

July 1st, Day 1: i've met you before / i'll meet you again / this is the first time we've met.. right?

Time Travel / Dimension Travel

Identity Porn / Hidden Identities

“I've suffered from traumatic dreams of my past lives since I was a child, and I'm just now realizing that coming up to a beautiful stranger who looks like someone I've seen die a thousand times in a thousand different ways at a bar and asking if we've met before sounds a lot like a come-on haha no wait come back that doesn't mean I'm not desperately attracted to you please kiss me again” AU

July 2nd, Day 2: It's fact that killable problems are not real problems.

Murder Husbands

Ichigo is Deadpool / unbreakable / any other accidentally immortal being who is really kind of annoyed about it (because it’s boring, and he’s still young enough to be within his lifespan, but it sure takes the fun out of fighting).

All the times Ichigo died, he ACTUALLY died, he just came back. Every time he comes back, he comes back Wronger.

July 3rd, Day 3: Things I Should've Told You / Things I Don't Tell Anyone Else

The skeletons in your closet are about to overflow. Would you like me to tidy it up?

Ichigo is experimenting with self-expression, a hobby, etc., making up for lost time as a regular teenager. Urahara is always the first one (sometimes only one) to see or hear about a new idea.

“The person I trust most is you.”

July 4th, Day 4: Sword and Shield

I am yours to command, use me as you please.

Shiba!Ichigo and Second Division!Kisuke

Summoner/Mage AU: Paired summons who are good apart but unmatched together.

July 5th, Day 5: That One is Mine

Hollow Instincts / Feral Protective

Possessive!Kisuke: He stepped aside for Sui-Feng because Yoruichi was always master first and friend second and love interest never, and because Yoruichi wanted her in a way she's never wanted him. But Ichigo is different, and everyone soon realizes that when Kisuke truly wants something, he always gets it in the end.

“Death can’t have you. You’re mine.”

July 6th, Day 6: Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some are born, some are made, and some decide being a monster's pretty fucking cool.

Visored!Urahara Kisuke AU / Vasto Lorde!Kurosaki Ichigo AU

“Ichigo forges a friendship with his Hollow in the Shattered Shaft” AU

vs. Gotei 13 AU: Ichigo time travels back from a future where he was chained to the throne as the next Soul King by the Shinigami.

July 7th, Day 7: Creator’s Choice!

As always, the above prompts are all optional, and you’re free to come with your own ideas. You can also find an excel sheet with all the prompts submitted this year linked up above, so feel free to look through that if you want, and you can also make a copy for yourself.

And that’s it! We’re looking forward to what everyone comes up with!

[theprinxietycompendium]

💜❤️Information Post ❤️💜

Hello and welcome to the Compendium!

Here you will find all things Prinxiety! I'll be reblogging anything Prinxiety foucsed here on this blog for all of your Prinxiety needs!

You are more than welcome to browse the tags here!

Feel free to submit asks about our favourite emo/prince duo! Talk to me about the characters or tag this blog in your favourite Prinxiety posts to get them noticed!

If this blog gets enough traction I may consider crowdsourcing a masterlist of the fandom's favourite Prinxiety fics for those looking for a good read - so make sure to follow and stay tuned if your love these guys as much as I do!

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Blog Tags:

Fanfic: #Pirnxiety Libarary

Fanart, gifsets, moodboards (or any other visual media): #Prinxiety Gallery

Text posts, incorrect quotes, theory posts etc: #Prinxiety Notebook

Asks: #Prinxiety Asks

Submissions: #Prinxiety Submissions

Me yapping: #Princey Posts

Any other posts will be tagged where they best fit.

Please let me know if I tag anything inaccurately!

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Rules: (these mainly apply for asks/submissions, but please respect them throughout)

Be respectful. Ship hate and harrassment will not be tolerated on this blog, whether that's about Prinxiety or any other ships. Everyone is valid in their opinions, but ship hate/bashing will not be tolerated here.

No NSFW - this blog is a safe space for everyone. Although I, the blog owner, am an adult, this blog is meant for everyone to enjoy this ship.

Keep things prinxiety centric! That doesn't have to be Romantic shipping of course, and content can have other ships, but if you're tagging me in posts/sending asks make sure it's Prinxiety focused. Any other ships present will be tagged accordingly.

No proship content. This blog is not anti, the content just makes me uncomfortable and I'm in this for fun.

Do not try and start arguments over people's headcanons or opinions. That's all they are. If someone sends an ask that you don't like, just scroll past. it's that easy.

Have fun! At the end of it, that's all we're here for!

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A note from the blog owner:

Hi! I'm Prince/Rowan, any pronuns. My main tumblr blog is @prince-rowan-of-the-forest and I'll probably end up reblogging some of my own content on here, because I can. There's no harm in stopping by and saying hi! I'm very friendly! I'm here entirely for fun, but if something goes wrong, you don't want your post featured on this blog or you have any other issues regarding this, please feel welcome to contact me!

[foliejpg]

oh yippie more asks:D

i have a lot :3

🍓🌵🥑🥤🌻🧃🧸🪐🍬🦷❄️🌿🏜️🍦🌸🎨🧩

you dont have to answer all of them but here you gooo

oh hell yes this is gonna be so fun <3

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction? 

i don't remember specifically how, but i know i first interacted with shipping on youtube in like 2007-08 back when you could comment on people's profiles and message other users, so i think i must have commented on some like.. pokeshipping amv and just struck up a convo before i followed some friends i made to ff.net and deviantart, and started writing on ff.net lol

🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love

so i don't use spotify, i'm an apple music girlie and i really only listen to my own playlist i made that is composed of all of my top 100 songs of the year going back to 2015 LMAO

🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help?

@actuallyalaska she got me

🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love

every writer i tagged yesterday!! all of whom take part of the @bandomthememonths go read all these great fics by these awesome writers<333

🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis

@judasisgayriot your gifs are a godsend and i always love getting a comment from them <3

🧃 ⇢ share some personal lore you never posted about before

my name is short for guinevere lol

🧸 ⇢ what's the fastest way to become your mutual?

so i'm sort of picky abt my dash lol i try to stick to foblr so if you post mostly fob then i'll prob follow! i do a good scroll through to get the vibe, but if they post a lot of non fob stuff, i usually skip bc its just not for me but no hard feelings ever<3

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

well i just bought a new (refurbished) computer for the first time in a few years, so that's exciting! i've recently started making embroidery patches and that's been a lot of fun lol idk i've just been having a good time<3 i'm doing a lot of home renovation projects so i'm excited to have a brand new kitchen soon lmao

🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character

not a fandom character but as far as bandom goes, i don't really care for mcr and maybe that just has everything to do with that i'm really not familiar with lore/band mbrs etc., but danger days is the only mcr album i really connected with especially when i was 16-17 and its still one of my favorite albums, but i'm good on their other albums lol

🦷 ⇢ share some personal wisdom or a life hack you swear on

just be kind<3 ik that's super cheesy but i think its easy to forget that other ppl have feelings too and maybe just being nice to someone will make their day. also don't ever pay full price for anything if you can avoid it. generic brands are just as good as name brands

❄️ ⇢ what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best?

i have.. no idea honestly lmao

🌿 ⇢ give some advice on writer's block and low creativity

listen when i figure it out, i'll let you know lol when i'm stuck i eat an edible and stare at the wall until something comes to me

🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?

ANY AND ALL!!!! especially when they tell me a specific part they liked - even if its just a line makes my heart go bu-bump<3

🍦 ⇢ name three good things about a character you hate

genuinely i can't think of a character i hate, i really don't watch anything but like. seinfeld and its always sunny in philadelphia lmfao

🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them

this is my cat bear<3 she's ten years old and sleeps in a drawer in my desk while i work

🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

here and here and here and this nsfw fanart from my bubbline au these are all my absolute favorites <3

🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

i answered this here but its super long so<3

[funishment-time]

UTDP/Summer Camp: Hajime Hinata

in-game info from v3's UTDP Mode and Danganronpa S: Summer Camp AU, for fanart/fanfic inspiration etc. note that this is a "nice" universe where v3 goes to Hope's Peak and Junko never Junko'd.

this post details Hajime Hinata's scenes with others, as well as insights about him that these bits provide. there's a Lot, so jump on down under the cut.

(i hope to do all characters over time, so Hang Tight for your fave!)

> more UTDP/Summer Camp character databases <

CANON NOTE: Izuru Kamukura still exists. I will cover him in a separate post, as he's treated like a separate character. Strangely, though, from text alone, we can't confirm Hajime's relation to Izuru in the UTDP/Summer Camp AU. Considering Hajime and Izuru have similar scenes with different outcomes (much like Junko and Mukuro), it could be that they never exist at the same time (that is, we actually have two timelines going in this AU). It's up to your interpretation.

HAJIME INSIGHTS:

Hajime is still in the Reserve Course here (UTDP, w/ Aoi Asahina) + (UTDP, w/ Ryoma Hoshi) + (many others)

Was invited to the Summer Camp VR trip, though it's never explicitly stated why [just because of his "connections"] (Summer Camp, Prologue) + (Summer Camp, Taka's Campfire 3)

"I can't just stay a kid forever. Examining yourself and the reality you live in...That's how one moves ahead." (Summer Camp, Monokuma & Hajime)

"I'm cool with animals. A pet would be a bit too much for me, though." (Summer Camp, Ryoma & Hajime & Nagito)

Impressed by the Summer Camp VR world, and it piques his interest in things he never considered before (Summer Camp, Leon & Hajime & Chihiro)

"I'm just used to all the trash talk about being in the reserve course by now." (Summer Camp, Potential of Talent 3)

Makes balloon art for the Summer Festival, though with practice he can only make a dog and a flower (Summer Camp, Summer Festival events)

[Monomi:] "Hehehe...Hajime, you've become a full-fledged member of the class." (Summer Camp, With Swimsuits)

Reads a lot during the events of Summer Camp: "I feel a need to expand my horizons. I'm surrounded by specialists..." (Summer Camp, My Future)

HAJIME & OTHERS:

In this universe, Hajime still hangs out with class 77 a lot [notably Kazuichi, Gundham, and Chiaki] outside of school (UTDP, w/ Aoi Asahina)

Discusses talent with Ryoma, and Ryoma tells him: "You can choose any path you want, but be sure to think carefully about where it will lead." (UTDP, w/ Hajime Hinata)

In another discussion, Hajime tells Ryoma to treasure the days he has with his friends, even if he has to go back to prison after he graduates (UTDP, Ryoma's Winter 2)

Nagito finds Hajime mysterious, especially how he's drawn to main course students. Hajime doesn't understand him in return (UTDP, w/ Nagito Komaeda)

In fact, Nagito seems to hope Hajime will see his point of view about being a "stepping stone" for other students. Hajime does not (UTDP, Nagito's Sports Festival 3)

But Hajime does force Nagito to be his friend (UTDP, Nagito's Winter 1)

And to be a normal human being to the rest of his class (Summer Camp, Campfire 3)

Talks to the other male protagonists about giving [and receiving] presents (UTDP, w/ Makoto Naegi and Shuichi Saihara)

Feels that others rely on Chiaki because she's helpful. Chiaki feels the same right back to Hajime, noting he's helped many in 77 come out of their shell (UTDP, w/ Chiaki Nanami)

Often asked to join in on main course activities (UTDP, Sports Festival events)

Kazuichi considers Hajime a "soul friend" [though full disclosure, this may have been to convince Hajime to invite Sonia to his birthday party] (UTDP, Winter 2)

Asks Sayaka if she'd still be an idol regardless of Ultimate status, and her answer is yes (UTDP, Winter 3)

A little unimpressed with Keebo, but realizes that sometimes being an Ultimate is "who you are, not what you do" (UTDP, Keebo's School Festival 1)

Gets advice from Gonta about having fun in the future, rather than worrying about talent or even passion. Then they bond over bugs and it's cute (Summer Camp, Gonta & Hajime)

Monokuma tries to "bond" with Hajime over their "outsider" status. It does not work (Summer Camp, Monokuma & Hajime)

Monokuma also tries to make Hajime upset about being in the Reserve Course. It does not work (Summer Camp, Potential of Talent 3)

Hiyoko asks Hajime for help picking out souvenirs for her father. Hajime is not helpful (Summer Camp, Hajime & Hiyoko)

Doesn't know what Monokuma and the other Kumas are, but neither does anyone else, really (Summer Camp, Leon & Hajime & Chihiro)

Prevents Mahiru from accidentally getting an embarrassing shot of Mikan falling [probably coochie out] (Summer Camp, Hajime & Mahiru & Mikan)

Encourages Mondo in his endeavors to become a carpenter (Summer Camp, Potential of Talent 1)

Considers helping Taka reform Hope's Peak (Summer Camp, Taka's Potential of Talent 2)

BONUS ECHO FROM ANOTHER LIFE: (UTDP, Winter 1)

[crazycatfaery]

A love letter to the Winxsource server.

This post is a gift for the wonderful people on the @winxsource server, and its amazing moderators. Sorry in advance, it has become quite a long read, heh.

At the start of 2023 I had been reading several Fate fanfics to cope with the second season's ending, and the closely followed cancellation of the show near the end of 2022.

This quickly sparked a renewed interest for writing (the last time I wrote for fun was literally more than a decade ago). Heck, seeing the art and gifs even inspired me to do fanart.

I joined a FTWS Discord server, and a few months later this led me to another Discord server where, lo and behold, several of the people who I'd been reading fics from and/or whose fanart I had enjoyed were chatting and hanging out!

At first I felt very star-struck. Many of these people had been writing, drawing, etc, for years, and here I came, a total newbie to fanfiction and fanart. Next to that, depression had dragged my self-esteem through the mud for the past few years, which had made creating a lot harder.

But everyone was and still is so incredibly nice and funny. An abundance of jokes, love and support goes around, and people are eager to help when asked. There are no stupid questions, you’re not silly for liking very specific things, and everyone respects each other.

And that takes me to the ones who organise it all.

I want to hereby thank @skloomdumpster and @fitztragedy for moderating the server, organising all of the events, providing support when needed, and just being the lovely and fun people that they are (and a shoutout to @septemberrie and @shadowofnight as well!). You are amazing, and I hope we’ll get to enjoy your server for a long time!

Now, at the risk of becoming way too sappy, and before finally releasing you from this wall of text, I want to say this:

The people in the Fate: The Winx Saga fandom, especially the Winxsource server, have given me a reason to create again. I’ve always had the hardest time to just create for myself, with my own brain kicking my butt constantly. This still happens of course, but it has become increasingly easier to keep trying, stay motivated, and to even become proud of what I create.

Knowing that, no matter what I create, there will always be at least one person who will enjoy it, has been one of the most important lessons and experiences I've had this past year.

It's as some have said before: it's like having little pocket friends that I get to speak to every day. Isn't that amazing?

Thank you, truly,

and I hereby wish you all a very happy and healthy 2024. May it be filled with an abundance of good laughs and lots more new Fate content!

Love,

Hillie

[96percentdone]

I've been ruminating on fandom lately. Criticizing fandom at all will get you barraged by very defensive fans who will accuse you of hating fun, not understanding creative expression, and being an art snob, and I am about to go a LOT harder than most of the posts I've been exposed to, so in an attempt to preemptively curb that indignance: I like fandom. I have written fanfics, and theory posts, and meta, and I've reblogged countless fanart. A lot of what I engage with or have made meets the standards I'm about to critique, and I understand completely that for many, fandom is a hobby. People would like to escape from the struggles in their lives. They find comfort in the media they love, so they immerse themselves it. It can be hard to make anything in this capitalist hellscape, so if you've achieved something at all, it's a miracle. I get it. I really do. I'm not an art snob; I think it's fine if things aren't that deep, and they're primarily wish-fulfillment. I have some grievances with the critics too, and they'll come up. This post isn't about you specifically; it's bigger. Fandom content suffers a lack of substance because of superficial engagement with the source material.

Many fandom critical posts on this website bring up shipping culture as the reason everything is samey and uninteresting, often referencing ao3 in specific. I sympathize with these posts, I also find shipping prominence can be fairly tedious when you want to read ANYTHING else, but why is it when complain about fandom, we point the finger at fic? Why do we use shorthands like "he would not fucking say that," and drop ao3 tagging conventions, and mention fanfic websites? Have y'all LOOKED at the fan art you reblog? A lot of it is just posing and kissing. If you wanted to analyze it for any further meaning, I don't think you'd get very far. I am not positioning fanfiction as superior; as everyone points out, a lot of it is repetitive and derivative, but let's not pretend that this is a fanfic exclusive issue. We can take it further out! Look at the absolute state of meta. Most analysis is done in service of promoting a headcanon or a ship if it isn't just a theory wildly speculating an explanation for an unresolved or ambiguous plot point. We're gonna include those guys who make power scaling rankings, filling out the wiki, etc too. They're fans! Everyone agrees those people aren't engaging with the text in a deeper way, but that doesn't make them NOT fans. It is the way their appreciation manifests the clearest! We're all fans; we are doing the same thing in just a different form.

Most of what gets popularized I all these spaces is based on a strictly literal understanding of the work; it's about plot events and how characters relate to it and one another, and the meaning people get out of it—from shipping to theorizing to memes to tierlists—never goes beyond that level. If people don't know how to look for themes, to interpret symbolism and examine the construction of a work to see how it contributes to how the whole is operating to affect them, because their education on how to do it sucked shit, then obviously they won't. But I don't think that's enough to explain the heart of the problem.

Critics will bring up the fandom wash cycle, an analogy for how way fandom will spend more time engaged with itself than the source material, and perpetuate its own tropes and fixations ad nauseum. This is true in any fanspace you can spend your time in, including those "who would win" bros. I hear this, and I think of social media, the place most of fandom lives now. People making original work often talk about how their stuff never gets any attention compared to fandom stuff; the biggest fandoms are sprawling franchises with corporate entities behind them. Social media algorithms promote what is already popular, what will generate the most clicks, so you stay online and make their corporate overlords more money. It is the depth of human experience streamlined into easily digestible chunks.

You're spent because life is hard and the world sucks and the only relief you can find is in the media you love. You don't want to expend a lot of energy today, so you'll consume or create ship centered content, or fan theories, or memes and gifs. You'll wonder who would win in a fight. Even without social media, people feed their own algorithms, because the system is designed to encourage it. Fandom is part of a larger whole.

If fandom will ever be more than what it is, you have to be willing to put in the work to fix it. Criticism won't cut it. As the saying goes, be the change you want to see in the world. Create what you want to see, use what you make to teach what might be lacking, seek out more of the things that look like what you want fandom to be (I assure you it exists), not just what you already know. Fandom is perpetuated by fans. Being a fan doesn't make you predisposed to creating cyclical, watered-down content. Every fan has a rich internal life with a whole host of experiences that should inform both how they make their works and how they read it to begin with, because they're people.

People are far too diverse to be defined by an algorithm; maybe with enough effort, we can write a new one.

[darkpunkrocker]

Hey, Mun Do you have any advice in writing Sidney for a fanfic?

//Well first of- Holy shit thank you? I'm glad you like how I write Sidney enough to send this 👉👈🥺 I would also love to see your fic if you do finish and post it!

//Anyway, Well it sorta depends on how you want your version of Sidney to be! I basically take inspiration from ORAS and masters dialogue, which you can actually fine here [Link]. Other than that, because there's not a lot of info on him, I also go HEAVILY by my own HCs, Which I'll put under a readmore! (It's a lot so be warned.)

OOC:

My Sidney is from Virbank, Unova, hence the heavy New Jersey accent (which is fun to write~) I got inspo for his accent from Here, Here (smoking tw), and Here. He's also Omnisexual and technically cis, but doesn't really give a fuck about gender other than that. I also basically channel a bit of Tulio and Miguel from Road to El Dorado. Random, but they're so fucking funny and dorky, yet try and act suave and mysterious. ANYWAY-

He comes off as very boisterous and can have an attitude, depending on who's talking to him, how and why. In reality, he's actually a nice guy, loyal friend, a total dork, and a sweetheart. He's not afraid to stand up for himself and others, and would probably fight someone if they were fucking with any of his loved ones. His battling style is very offensive, meaning he's all about attack and power over buffers and defense, and in away I think this also shows through his personality too.

When he was younger he was a "problem child", mostly because of his... shitty home life and parents, and got into trouble A LOT. Even slept a couple nights in jail as a teen. Much like Grimsley, he enjoys casinos and gambling, although he's not as "addicted" as his friend is. However, rather than card games (besides poker), he enjoys mostly dice and roulette games instead. He also enjoys playing pool at bars (usually against Glacia and Drake) but will also play with whoever wants to.

He's very supportive of young trainers, and will go out of his way to give them advice and give them battling tips. He sees himself in a lot of kids and teens, and is actually very patient and kind towards them, especially if he suspects they live a life similar to his own childhood.

With significant others, he always makes a point to make them feel loved, and is VERY physically affectionate towards them. He enjoys gift giving as a sign of love (romantic, platonic, familial, etc), and likes spending time with them as well. He enjoys flirting with his SOs or any interests, where he comes off as "suave" (either seriously or playfully) and likes to make the other laugh.

Also, much like my Piers muse, he also goes by a punk code, and is respectful towards others and stands up for minorities as well. Unlike Piers however, he can be a bit more aggressive towards authority figures and will fight back if he has to. Course, he doesn't physically fight others as much as he did as a kid, but he'll throw a punch if some asshole is in his face, threatening him. He's also known to be at protests and riots, and isn't afraid to give them his full support and help.

I think... that's it mostly? So sorry about the wall of text lmao, I hope this helps you! And also remember, these are just suggestions! You're allowed to write Sidney as you see fit, have fun with it! He has SO MUCH POTENTIAL, and it's sad that not very many people make fanfics and fanart of him (and dont even get me started on how some of these fics will portray him as a sleezeball and overall shitty person. I won't go into detail, but It's disgusting at times and makes me so disappointed cuz there's so little with him to begin with).

NOW GO FORTH AND WRITE, FRIENDO! And again thank you so much for asking me, this actually made my day. I love talking about my muses (AS YOU CAN SEE), and I'm glad you saw my Sidney fit enough to want to try writing him on your own!

If you ever have any more questions, feel free to DM on my main account @galactic-mermaid! I'll be happy to help you)

[can-of-pringles]

The 001 and 011 AU Masterlist (Part 1)

Timeline Spreadsheet

Link to it here (Aug 23)

Fanfiction (In chronological order)

Prequel fanfic: Not To Be Forgotten (Aug 5)

Similarities Fanfic Masterpost (Jun 13) (Not To Be Forgotten included also) (AO3 version)

Headcanons/General (from oldest to newest)

If the roller skate incident with Angela happened in the AU (Jul 2)

Clarifying the multiple identity/names stuff (Jul 3)

Spider lilies headcanon (Jul 3)

Birthday headcanon (Jul 3)

Modern AU headcanon #1 (SRB Jul 7)

Modern AU headcanon #2 (Jul 9)

Modern AU headcanon #3 (Aug 17)

Fluffy headcanon (Jul 4)

Henry being ticklish headcanon (Jul 4)

El hearing Henry laugh for the first time headcanon (SRB Jul 5)

Eggo and Waffles (El's two pet rats)

Multiple headcanons (Jul 8)

School headcanon (Jul 8)

Hospital and doctors headcanon (Jul 8)

El wanting to get her ears pierced headcanon (Jul 9)

How Henry makes money in the AU (Jul 10)

Joyce's role in the AU (Jul 10)

Henry and El possibly getting a dog in the AU (Jul 11)

Henry knowing how to crochet and/or knit in the AU (Jul 12)

El imitating Henry's voice (Jul 13)

Henry singing El lullabies headcanon (Jul 15)

Henry's reaction to if El was being bullied at school (Jul 16)

Elmax being canon in the AU (Jul 16)

Henry using 50s slang and El being confused (Jul 20)

Headcanon that El is the kind of kid that loves to climb things (Jul 22)

How Henry likes to style his hair in the AU (not entirely canon anymore) (Jul 22)

What kind of clothes Henry buys El in the AU (Jul 28)

El loving animals headcanon (Jul 29)

Henry making paper planes for El (Jul 29)

Henry and El watching the movie Plague Dogs (Aug 6)

Henry crocheting a plush spider for El (Aug 7)

A late night soft thought (Aug 9)

Henry giving El a middle name (Aug 13)

Henry being different from most parents in Hawkins headcanon (Aug 18)

Henry and El celebrating father's day (Aug 18)

Henry having insecurities (Aug 19)

AU lore involving OC, Henry, and El (Aug 20)

@cuethemulti and I's text posts (From oldest to newest)

[Will all be tagged under #cue convos]

Part 1 (Henry doing El's hair and etc.) (Aug 8)

(if Henry got drunk in the AU headcanon) (Aug 8)

Part 2 (Aug 8)

Part 3 assorted stuff (Aug 8)

Part 4 (El's first day of school) (Aug 8)

Part 5 (mostly talking about the AU) (Aug 8)

Part 6 (if Henry meditated) (Aug 8)

Part 7 some AU feels and stuff (Aug 8)

Part 8 (El having trouble falling asleep until she listens to Henry's voice) (Aug 8)

Part 9 more AU feels and memes (Aug 8)

Part 10 (How Henry deals with Billy) (Aug 8)

Part 11 random AU memes and stuff (Aug 8)

Part 12 random AU memes and fluff (Aug 8)

Part 13 more random AU memes and fluff (Aug 8)

Part 14 AU feels (Aug 8)

Part 15 more random AU memes (Aug 8)

Part 16 random AU memes (Aug 8)

Part 17 fluff and feels (bonus) (Aug 11)

Part 18 memes (Aug 13)

Part 19 more fluff (Aug 18)

Part 20 (goes with part 19) (Aug 18)

Part 21 goes with part 20 slightly) (Aug 18)

Part 22 assorted (Aug 19)

Part 23 fluff (Aug 19)

Part 24 the fluff doesn't stop (Aug 20)

Art/Edits/Videos/Etc. (From oldest to newest)

Moodboard (and the first post of the AU) (Jun 8)

The official Spotify playlist and the analysis of it

First drawing of the AU (Jun 15) (not entirely canon anymore)

001 and 011 AU as random Buzzfeed Unsolved & etc clips (Jun 28)

Tiktok #1 (Jul 4)

Drawing and gif of Eggo and Waffles (Jul 4)

Meme edit video based on a modern AU headcanon (Jul 9)

A Spotify Playlist @cuethemulti made

Fanart by @istanmydog (Jul 14)

Hugs (Jul 18)

Meme edit video #2 (Jul 22)

Art of how Henry dresses in the AU (not entirely canon anymore) (Jul 25)

Outfit sets of what Henry wears in the AU (Jul 30)

Angsty animatic (Aug 5)

Similarities gif (Aug 7)

A comic based on an incorrect quote (Aug 7)

Henry being a dad to El video comp (Aug 12)

Art based on Not to be Forgotten (Aug 14)

Video edit meme (Aug 17)

Random Notes

Memes (Jun 24)

MBB's look in Godzilla being perfect for El in the AU (Jul 8)

Meme text post (Jul 10)

Photos that remind me of the 001 and 011 AU with no explanations (Jul 13)

If Henry and El went to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza (Jul 22)

If El and Henry went to a waffle festival (Aug 5)

Beatrice Maddison (an original character in the AU and part of the story)

What baby El would've looked like in Not to be Forgotten (Aug 11)

Meme (Aug 12)

A meme about the art for Not to be Forgotten (Aug 18)

Incorrect quotes

The 001 and 011 AU tag in general

[patchwork-oil]

Navigation

#cabin keeping - housekeeping, navigational posts, etc

#po rambles - anything I have to say in a post separate from a fic

#po writes - a completed fic

#po vibes - for when I reblog aesthetic stuff that matches this blog hehe

#po answers - for any asks i answer

#po delivers - for any fics i write that have been requested by someone else

#po’s picks - any fanfics/fanart/text posts i reblog, not original content

#hermitshipping - the tag to block if you dont want to see hermitshipping.

I may add to/remove from/edit this list as time goes on ^^

[n7spongy]

My Problem With How We View Shipping

Or: A cynical loser rants about how fictional people get more action than him.

Don’t get me wrong, I quite enjoy shipping. I’ve seen so much wonderful fanart, fanfics, and other fan-related pieces of media that result from the passion we insane fans have over our beloved characters. However, I think there’s a component to our obsession that makes us vulnerable to the harsh realities of romance. Obviously I’m sure you all know romance in fiction is nothing like in real-life, but that doesn’t mean you know that subconsciously and act like it’s true.

It’s just...I see this all the time. Many people I know in fandom circles who obsess over these fictional characters take real-life heartbreak so hard, and while I don’t want to blame their media obsessions for that, I think this is something both fans and shows would do well to remember:

Shipping is an idealized form of romance.

Take the Willow x Hunter ship (Huntlow) from The Owl House. It’s cute! It’s really cute! But the way we make it out to be is...too cute, and it’s indicative of how the Owl House fandom in particular feels this incredible ache to ship everyone with everyone. Just search any of MoringMark’s fancomics about them. They’re all so perfect and happy and optimistic. Hunter will always be dumb and awkward in his attempts to flirt but Willow will fall for him anyway.

I wish real life was that way.

This never happens. There’s never that perfect girl, that perfect situation of circumstances that leads two wonderful people into each other’s arms, finally feeling complete in the embrace of each other. Well, there *could* be, but the odds of that are so slim it’s best to act like there isn’t. We need to harden our shells, and accept the harsh truth:

Rejection happens, and it happens a lot. But that’s okay.

Hardly anyone succeeds on their first attempt, or their second, or their third. I’ve personally failed at least a dozen times. More than we like to admit, we’ve all ended up like Dipper over there, sitting alone in a world that goes on without our happiness. Everyone who’s ever gotten far on a path had to fail to know where that path even was.

So many times in our favorite shows, movies, games, books, etc. characters will succeed on their first or second attempt, and so it’s conditioned us to see that as the baseline for romance. I know this because that’s how I was. So many times in high school and college I met what I thought was the “perfect girl”. I found so many people I had everything in common with, who checked off all my boxes, who stimulated me in so many wonderful ways, and we had great friendships. Our friendships were *exactly* like what I saw on-screen: Star and Marco, Luz and Amity, Peter Parker and Mary Jane. But that never guaranteed anything. I was always rejected in the end.

I bring this up because, again, I see this same attitude all around me. I see it on the Reddit posts in how we squeal over tiny signs that a character is into another, when that could easily be a sign of a strong friendship (TV is often terrible at differentiating best friends of opposite sexes from romance). I see it on Discord from the text walls people write over which ship is going to happen. I see it on Tumblr with the angsty fanart we make over two lovestruck individuals venting their deepest emotions to each other only to finally confess and embrace. I see it on AO3, Fanfiction.net, and Wattpad with those same types of fanart in textual form.

Please know I am not criticizing any of these ways we show our passion, I’m just asking that when we do them, we consider how we may be affecting our thought processes. We can invest ourselves too much in these ships, and thus expect real romance to be the same. This makes us cynical, it makes us blame ourselves when things don’t go our way in reality. And thus, we escape further into fiction, into stories with people who just *get it right* somehow. That only increases the pain in a negative feedback loop. “Why can’t I be like Luz with Amity?” Because a writer’s room all gathered together to write a compelling story, and that’s not how reality is determined. It’s determined by how much we’re willing to fail to eventually succeed.

But its not entirely our fault, its partially the media we consume to blame. I appreciate Gravity Falls to show the realities of being rejected, and the need to stay strong and move on. I think other shows should normalize rejection and failure, not just in shipping, but in all aspects of life. Media is at its best when it inspires, and in our lives when failure is so common, I think this same media, which has raised so much of us, has a responsibility to teach us right. We should be better equipped to deal with heartbreak than those who aren’t in fandoms. It will allow us to fully appreciate when a relationship does succeed, both in fiction and in real life.

You will succeed, if you accept that you will fail first. Never stop trying.

“I’ve been so miserable since Wendy broke up with me that I thought my life was over. But you were right, I just needed to move on...” - Robbie

[castiellesbian]

castiellesbian's birthday content creator celebration

[image description: an edit of Rowena from the 12x08 "Lotus" deleted scene. She is sipping a glass of champagne and giving a slight smile towards the camera. Glowing yellow text overlayed on the top and bottom of the picture says "castiellesbian's birthday content creator celebration" /end ID]

hello!! a couple weeks ago I realized my birthday was on the weekend, so I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to do something I've wanted to do for awhile: host a celebration event for spn content creators! the spn community has been such a fun, creative force and i want to show off some of the wonderful creators who make this fandom as great as it is. definitely my version of a birthday rager.

it's going to be an all-weekend event, starting from April 29th through May 1st! to participate, just post your creations during this time period and use the event tag #castiellesbianbirthday, my tracked tag #castiellesbian, or @ me! additionally, you can participate by supporting other creators and reblogging their stuff!

Prompts are:

Friday April 29th - Cas + Rowena // purple // Buffynatural

Saturday April 30th - Cas + cats // horror // Ghiblinatural

Sunday May 1st - Cas + family // library // sapphicnatural

these are just prompts, not requirements, so feel free to make and share your creations even if they are unrelated to the prompts. "creations" of course includes gifs, fanart, fanfic, edits, amvs, meta, embroidery, poetry, generally anything you create.

some rules (sorry, even ragers have rules):

no incest. this of course includes w*ncest, but it also goes for w*nkline, as well as others. the angel family relationship structure is debated but since a lot of fans do feel uncomfortable shipping angels, I'm just going to go ahead and count it under this. so no cas/hannah or cas/anna or such

additionally, this event isn't for w*ncest or w*nkline shippers at all

no underage nsfw content. w*ecest is already disallowed by the first rule, but this also means no underage d/estiel smut, etc. younger versions of characters are okay as long as it isn't sexual (like baby!jack and dadstiel, for example)

if the content is nsfw, please tag it. there are possibly minors or generally people who don't want to see explicit content, so please tag it as "nsfw" or "minors dni." however nsfw content is allowed as long as it's tagged!

not so much a rule, but anyone can participate, not just my mutuals or followers

and that's it! i'm really excited to be doing one of these (which is why I'm posting about it over a month in advance lol) and i hope it will be fun for y'all too :)

[ikatako38]

Welcome to my blog!

Hi! Info on my fanfics, tips for navigating this blog, rules on submitting asks and posts, and a list of my alts are below the cut! If you want to submit a post to the blog, please read the rules down below! Thank you so much!

WIPs and fic Masterpost

Picrew Masterpost

Content Schedule

My Works

This blog is dedicated to my three ongoing fanfictions on AO3. If you haven’t visited them yet, click on the links below to get started!

This Place We Called Home (TPWCH) - Splatoon, M/M, Agent 24

Mi Hogar Eres Tú (MHET) - Versión en español de TPWCH

The Words We Left Unsaid (TWWLU) - Haikyuu, M/M, Kenhina [HIATUS]

However, I overwhelmingly post about that first one on here! I also used to post a series called Daily Jugoru that highlights vocab and grammar from TPWCH’s accompanying conlang (known as Juburanotako). But I haven't done that in a while, and it's quickly losing relevance as Three learns more Octoling.

I’ve also started posting memes about TPWCH, because why not? (Also haven't done this in a while lol).

Navigating This Blog

Every organizational tag I use on this blog is included below. To go to that tag, click on the corresponding tag at the bottom of this post. The nice little feature of doing it this way is that this intro post will always be here at the top if you want to switch tags.

To see everything related to TPWCH, including status updates → #this place we called home

To see TPWCH official art → #tpwch official art

To see TPWCH picrews -> #tpwch picrews (or the masterpost)

To see TPWCH Fun Facts -> #tpwch fun facts

To see all TPWCH memes (including incorrect quotes) → #tpwch memes

To see TPWCH incorrect quotes, → #tpwch incorrect quotes

To see everything related to the Daily Jugoru, including status updates → #daily jugoru

To see only the Daily Jugoru and other Juburanotako posts without the status updates → #octoling language

To see everything related to TWWLU → #the words we left unsaid

To see everything related to TWWFL -> #this way we found love

To see everthng related to TTWCF -> #this thing we called freedom

To see everything related to MHET → #mi hogar eres tú

To see TWWLU official art → #twwlu official art

To see ALL my art → #tako’s art

To see TPWCH fanart -> #tpwch fanart

To see ALL submissions -> #tako’s sumbissions

To see TPWCH guest fics -> #tpwch fanfic

To see the ridiculous carp my predictive text, autocorrect, and spellcheck gets up to → #adventures in google docs

To see/blacklist status updates → #tako’s updates

To see/blacklist other random things → #tako’s squidposting

To see an agent -> #(Neo) Agent 3/4/8

To see an OC -> #seyu, #lyle, #lucía, etc.

I also use other tags such as #splatoon, #haikyuu, #fanfic, #conlang, which I use to categorize my posts in the broader site, but I don’t suggest using for navigation. Many of these are just a holdover from back when I didn’t know how Tumblr worked and just stuck with me lol

Submitting Asks and Posts

You can submit an ask or a post at any time! I’d be ecstatic to answer any questions about TPWCH—or anything, really! 

And we now have fanart being consistently submitted to the blog, which is a literal dream come true! If you want to submit a fanwork, please follow the rules below to make sure it ends up in my hands and on the blog! (I promise they’re not scary rules! :P)

Fanworks of this fic are totally welcome and will immediately earn you my everlasting love and appreciation! Please send me any of your own creative work related to This Place We Called Home with the “Submit Fanwork” button if you want me to post it to the blog! AND SUPER IMPORTANT PART: You need to DM me on Tumblr or leave a comment on AO3, otherwise I won't see it! This goes for fanart, fanfiction, chat memes, you name it! And fun fact about submitted fanworks: they get reblogged once a month for three months! That means you'll appear on the blog a total of four times for each post you submit! (I may space them out a bit more than that if there’s a particularly high volume of traffic on the blog to ensure than every fanwork gets its fair share of appreciation!)

Posting fanart of my story to your own blog is also okay, but I ask that you do three things: [1]credit and ping me (@ikatako38) [2] link the fic (tinyurl.com/thisplacewecalledhome) and [3] spell the name of the fic correctly (This Place We Called Home).

Content-wise, I’m very open to any sort of AU or really anything else you want to do with my characters! If it complies with Tumblr’s (admittedly excessive) guidelines, you should be all set to go! If it would be labeled mature, just let me know that along with and content/trigger warnings in the DM you send me! I’m not currently avoiding any content warnings, but it’s nice to be prepared.

Thank you so much!

Alts

I currently have three alt blogs, listed here:

“Squids Don’t Have Bones” @ikatakoalt - for non-TPWCH related Splatoon stuff. This is just reblogs.

“Shades of Purple” @purplegays - for Zukka, Klance, and a little bit of Ranga. And now Sonadow/Soknux/Sonadoknux too, apparently!

“A Silent Glance Between Us” @puddinghead38 - for Haikyuu, and more detailed updates on my fanfic The Words We Left Unsaid. This one is basically dead.

“Ce Mur qui Nous Offre des Blorbos” @bugaboi38 - for Miraculous

“It’s Tako Tuesday Bois” @ikatakoirl - Writing blog and non-fandom or book fandom posts

“Rocket is My Babygirl” @raccoonboi38 - Rocket and GotG appreciation archive. Not planning on making any posts there, just reblogs so I can find them later

[zexalweek]

Hey, everyone! I’m here to reveal the prompts for Zexal Week 2021! For those who can’t properly see the above picture, Zexal Week will be Sunday, June 13th through Saturday, June 19th!

You’re in no way obligated to participate, though if you do, you don’t have to do every day if you don’t want! You can do half the days, every other day, even only one day if you want!

Feel free to get creative with how you celebrate Zexal Week! I know the most common mediums of producing content are usually through fanfic or fanart, but anything goes! AMVs. cosplays, a lil mini vlog, GIFs, simple texts posts just wording your thoughts, whatever you can think of is cool! (Even mature content is acceptable, so long as it’s marked mature somewhere in the post, for those who wish to filter that content!)

And remember, participating in Zexal Week isn’t simply limited to producing content! Contributions are as simple as reblogging each others’ works and posts, or commenting on what you find enjoyable, even if it’s something as simple as a “thank you!”, “I love it!” or even a thumbs-up emoji!

Without further ado, the prompts will be presented beneath the cut!

Sunday, June 13th: 'A Parallel Self' - Let's acknowledge the talent that voice actors brought in bringing the Zexal characters to life! Do a little digging to see what other anime characters share your favorite Zexal character(s)'s voice! (For example: Astral's Japanese VA also voices Koushi Sugawara from Haikyuu!.) Share with us your finds, and maybe indulge in a little crossover of sorts if you'd like!

Monday, June 14th:  'Mythological Twist' - Akin to YGO DM's use of Egyptian Mythology, Zexal uses bits of Christian and Greek Mythology for its series. (i.e., Utopia/Hope being a 'Guardian Angel', The Barians being named based on the Big Dipper, the recurring theme of Carnivals in the first half of Zexal [which, I have discovered, are festivities rooted in both Christian and Greek cultures, apparently?]) Take this time to either go all in on those mythoses, or apply a different one to the Zexal story!

Tuesday, June 15th: '10 Years Later' - Seeing as it is Zexal's 10th year anniversary, what do you think the Zexal cast would be doing 10 years post-canon?

Wednesday, June 16th: 'Challenge the Game!' - Aside from the Duel Monsters card game, what game(s) could you see the Zexal characters getting into? Be it a different card game entirely, board game, video game, sports game, mobile game, etc.!

Thursday, June 17th: 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue' - It's June! Likely named for the Roman Goddess Juno, the patroness of Marriage, let's see what Zexal spin you can put on weddings! Be it a ship getting married, a marriage tradition(s) you think a specific character(s) would have, etc.! (suggested by JKDiamondGold)

Friday, June 18th: 'Cosmetic Cybernetics' - Inspired by the AR Vision was introduced in Zexal (Duel Gazers, Duel Tattoos, and those who could augment their eyes to the AR Duel fields), what Cybernetic enhancements do you think the characters could have? Would they have them in-canon/post-canon, or in an AU? Are they purely for cosmetic purposes, or do they aid the character in some way?

Saturday, June 19th: 'Free Day!' - Just as it says: a free prompt day! Do whatever comes to mind!

Alternative prompts:

Fun in the Sun

Medieval Fantasy AU

Flower Language

Bucket List

Treating Wounds

"I'd go to the ends of the Earth for you."

"Your memory may be gone, but your heart knows who you are."

"A picture's worth a thousand words, though in your case, this one's worth a million."

"Honestly? There's no place I'd rather be."

"It took letting go to realize... I was holding onto nothing."

Ultimately, all these prompts aren’t mandatory! They’re more of a baseline, I guess; Something constructive for those seeking specific prompts! But if you want to do your own thing for any or all of the Zexal Week days, then go for it! This is a weeklong celebration of Zexal, and I don’t want to stifle your creativity!

For those participating, I will be tracking the tags “#Zexal Week” and “#Zexal Week 2021″ to find your posts and reblog them here! Though I would suggest also tagging this blog somewhere in your post just to be safe! Last year there were several occassions where posts made weren’t popping up in the tags I was searching in!

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to shoot me an ask! Anonymous is on, like always!

Thanks for your patience, and I’m sorry again for posting the prompts and rundate a couple days late! Also, here’s hoping this post doesn’t get eaten by the tunglr tag demons! I’ll keep reposting this as needed, until the tag demons accept it!

See you guys in a month!

-- Krys 💙

[obstinaterixatrix]

I'm gonna crosspost some thoughts I had on twt abt this post

I get where this is coming from but I think op is having a different conversation than the one that I'm seeing, e.g. rather than fandom zines "endangering" other zines, zines in fandom are held to an increasingly professional standard to the point where the 'zine' label kind of undersells the labor, scale, production quality, etc. that goes into it, and rather than a zine it'd be more accurate to describe it as an artbook or anthology, especially since by setting this standard people in fandom making more traditional zines are no doubt going to get (or are currently getting) flack for not making a zine to these standards

there was another tweet going around that was like '[fandom] zines being called zines when they're so art-oriented and have such little text makes no sense because zines are historically text-oriented' and I don't think that's quite right either because that stance is more about the difference in how artists vs writers are treated in eng fandom, and framing it in Zine Definition Terms doesn't actually get to the root of the issue, i.e. (physical) fanart is valued more than (physical) fanfic

it's pretty standard to have a much higher ratio of artists to writers, and much more pages are dedicated to art vs text. and I can see *some* legitimacy in why that's the case, e.g. (depending on wordcount) one can fic take up 5-10 pages vs one piece of art usually takes up at most 1-2 pages, but it still is a pretty notable difference, and the difference is especially noticable when you look at doujin/fanbooks in jp and kr and cn, where fanfics can and do get sold on the same (or a similar) scale as fancomics. whereas there's no cultural frame of reference for that here other than some folks just printing their fanfics (lol). one time I picked up a doujin thinking it was a comic but it was like 80% text (rip).

of course, there's a lot of reasons that go into fic being harder to sell, both in terms of like. copyright stuff tends to be stricter on writing (anne rice) which I feel has set the expectation for fic to be free, and audiences are going to be harder to sell on fic than art because you can look at art and instantly know whether or not you vibe with it while fic needs more time to know if you'll be invested, meaning unless you have an established audience it'll be hard to get one (and that's not even touching how trying to sell fic can get a bit of a hostile reaction from people who think it should only be free)... well, there's a lot of factors at play

[akari-hope]

how would someone deal w a problematic hyperfixation? like harry potter for example? /srs

that's a good question! obv this is a pretty layered conversation, and this depends on the particular hyperfixation, but for the sake of being able to discuss at least somewhat how far this all goes, i'll focus on the example you gave.

quick note before i go into it though: EVERYTHING is problematic in some way. this is truly just a fact of life, and part of why this is such a difficult conversation to have. you're genuinely never going to find a piece of media that is without problems in one way or another. the difference is the degree of problems, and scope. so keep in mind from the start that i'm not going to take a "everything that's problematic needs to be thrown out" stance, bc that's just not realistic and we'd be left with nothing.

harry potter is a unique beast bc of joanne's transphobia and not inconsiderable money and power that she uses to lobby for it. it's not like enjoying works by lovecraft, who of course held many bigoted views but is now long dead. buying a lovecraft book does not directly provide monetary support to the bigotry. on the other hand, buying a harry potter book does. and even things that may not have a financial boon for joanne are still aiding to the popularity of the franchise, still aiding the platform she uses for her bigotry.

at the same time, it's impossible to say that people cannot have an emotional attachment to her work. ignoring the myriad of problematic elements for a moment (bc wow there really are a lot), joanne fundamentally wrote a story about a boy who was an outcast, who was unloved by the family he had, who didn't fit in, and found solace in others who were like him, just as weird and strange. it's impossible to ignore that, even if it was not intentional coding, that sort of story through a queer lens reads incredibly authentic and meaningful to the experiences of many queer people. i know many trans people in particular who found meaning in those books, and it's been a struggle for them to grapple with joanne's vocal hatred of them after feeling for years that maybe she understood, was an ally.

so it's already a bit of a moral conundrum. you can't support harry potter somehow without at least indirectly supporting joanne's transphobic lobbying. and the more you hear her speak about her bigoted views, the more you realize how much of that is in the books. and then you also run into the problem of your brain being latched onto it, unwilling to let go. it's genuinely a shitty situation.

now everyone can come to different conclusions about what is the "correct" course of action here. some people think that loudly enjoying harry potter with the addendum of "everyone is trans" is sufficient, death of the author as it were (quick note that isn't what death of the author means, but that is the claim people make). some people say you have to throw the whole thing out, become vocally against everything in it. some people say you have to enjoy within reason: don't buy merch but you can still read the books/watch the movies/etc., just pirate and you're all good.

and tbh i'm not going to tell anyone what's "right", bc this is a moral dilemma. not everyone's morals are going to align with mine. but if you're like me and joanne's views upset you too much, if the issues in the books are a little too uncomfortable to look past, if the idea that you might be funding hatred against your own group, against friends, against those you love keeps you up at night - it's definitely time to try and move on from it.

so, if you've settled on that course of action, what do you do? first off, you gradually limit your exposure. if you run a specific themed blog, write fanfic, draw fanart etc., those are the easiest things to start cutting out (mind you, you don't have to cut it out completely from the get go! maybe you write/draw but don't post as an example). if you desperately need to, reading/watching on physical media you already own is okay, or pirating instead. gradually weaning off is the key. eventually as you stop, the hyperfixation DOES begin to alleviate.

and again, this is only for this VERY particular piece of media under this very particular circumstance. were we in a lovecraft situation, where yes there's problems with the text but the man is dead and you're not funding bigotry, we truly wouldn't need to HAVE this conversation. my advice there would just be to consume responsibly and acknowledge the problems without making excuses for them. and to be clear, when the thing in question is not causing direct harm, that IS my advice. bc it bears repeating: everything is problematic in some way, and everyone is going to have a different threshold for what is a workable amount.

but when you have things like harry potter where you're funding transphobic policy, or attack on titan which is straight up japanese nationalist propaganda that can and has caused harm to real life people, this is when the conversation shifts less from "the media is problematic" to "this is actually affecting real life people". which...again, part of the reason this is such a layered conversation. honestly even with as long as i've rambled here about it, i've still barely scratched the surface of it all.

tldr: if your support/consumption of a particular piece of media is concretely (as in there is significant evidence and actual easy to identify examples of this) causing harm to real life people, it's time to consider weaning off of it by gradually limiting consumption, and not providing monetary support. if your support/consumption of a particular piece of media is NOT concretely causing harm to real life people and merely has problematic elements, acknowledgment of said elements and critical thinking is sufficient.