And while I'm talking about fatphobia in Fandoms, please tell me you noticed how obsessed the marauders Fandom is with characters being overly thin. Like, they'll hold up how they made Lilly fat occasionally, and sometimes even say they don't like thin Peter fan casts, then it's off to the races to make all the boys we love as thin as possible and say that it's just part of their character. Of course all of these teenage boys are as thin as humanly possible. Of course Sirius is thin as hell. Of course Remus is too. And so is regulus. And Barty. I even saw James being described as skinny. He's a teenage athlete, and you're describing him as skinny? How does he sustain all that mascle mass exactly? He should have Nick Nelson's build. And the rationalizations of it doesn't make it any better. Oh, it's just because Remus is sick so often. It's just because Regulus / Sirius have an eating disorder, or because they were starved by their mom. That's why all the fan art has them in so little clothes that show specifically their tiny waist and their thin bodies in general. I've only rarely seen the same in fan art of Lilly, and basically never with Peter. Because he's not who people are attracted to, they say. Well, first of all, why do you think that is? And Secondly, we don't have that much information about the rest of them being as skinny as they're depicted, aspacially not as teens, so that still doesn't explain why we're making them look basically heroine chic. As if half the Fandom isn't trans masc people who want to be like these characters, who are some of the only positive depictions of masculinity and masculine friendship out there. And as if the trans community isn't dealing with so much internelised fatphobia and Straightforward phatphobia towards others, too. As if the skinny white trans masc isn't a huge problem in diversifying our social idea of what a transmasculine body looks like. Maybe if we see these characters that people headcanon as trans so often not be fetishized for being super skinny it'll be a little easier to feel like we don't have to be that in order to be valid and loved. Nobody does. So, start making Sirius chubby. And Remus. And Regulus. And not just for the sake of giving them body issues. Also because they're people. I want a Remus that has a stomach. I want James with chubby arms. I want Regulus and Sirius that isn't the most extreme version of a twink you can think of. Or just have them look like they're in a healthy waight. We don't have to romanticize being skinny. We can romanticize being a human that grows and changes and struggles and thrives. That's what we're good at, as a Fandom. That and angst.
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Apparently my tumblr presence in this fandom is going to be equal parts enthusiastic historical rants and cranky takes, so here's another from the second group:
Yes Hob is ordinary, that doesn't necessarily mean boring. It means he's not a world leader or great scientist, that he has chosen to retain all kinds of information and skills over 600+ years instead of focusing on becoming some sort of expert of one or two. It means he doesn't stand out. It doesn't mean, I dunno, that he wears colorless clothes and only talks about the weather and recipes for meat loaf.
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i made a character uquiz. i 100% promise you that you will get a character you know AND like
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Have a meme because I have no self control
Lucifer just seems like the kinda guy who’d lose his mind over ppl being too hot (our bi short king)
I spent way too much effort on this pls like it ily 🙏
Bonus (radioapple) doodles as always (edit: I. I just realised I forgot Al’s monocle in both doodles. I am dying inside. Why did no one tell me.):
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fanfiction writers when a character is remotely non-human
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To illustrate this post by @mayahawkse I would like to visualize to you the difference:
A post in 2023:
A post in 2014:
A zoom out of the same post:
This is what a community looks like.
See how in 2023 almost all of the reblogs come from the OP, from their few hours/days in the tag search. Meanwhile in 2014 the % of reblogs from OP is insignificant, because most of the reblogs come from the reblogs within the fandom, within the micro-communities formed there. You didn't need to rely on tags, or search, or being featured. Because the community took care of you, made sure to pass the work between themselves and onto their blog and exposed their followers to it. It kept works alive for years.
It's not JUST the reblog/like ratio that causing this issue, it's the type of interaction people have. They're content with scrolling and liking the search engine, instead of actually having a reblogging relationship with other blogs in their community.
Anyways, if you want to see more content you like, the only true way to make it happen is to reblog it. Likes do not forward content in no way but making OP feel nice. Reblogs on the other hand make content eternal. They make it relevant, they make it exist outside of a fickle tumblr search that hardly works on the best of days.
If you want more of something, reblog it.
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fanfic is so good bc the premise of some genres of fic are just inherently funny. I want these two grizzled crime drama protagonists to have some fucking fun for once, so they go to a water park. I dont care how i have to logic my way into them going there i dont care who has to drag them Theyre Going
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I want to post this here too because I’ve seen it happen a few times
Please understand that there are cultural differences and language differences, if you see this happening let the person clarify what they meant, that person might just not be familiar with words the western side of the internet use
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ya’ll calling a headcanon a ‘mischaracterization’ is so funny bc Tim Drake drinking 40 gallons of coffee a day is a headcanon and Duke Thomas having 0 personality and being the ‘normal’ one is a mischaracterization but ya’ll seem to only have a problem w the first one.
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One of my favorite trope for Steddie is Steve hunting down Eddie when the kids join Hellfire and giving him a long list of dos and donts.
At first Eddie thinks he’s just being a prick, and worried he’s going to turn the nerds into freaks like him. Especially when he says not to mention drugs in front of Dustin.
But then he starts pulling out lists of monsters that can’t be in campaigns. And like what??? Why can’t he use demagorgons? They were gonna be in the next combat! He’s tempted to ignore the warnings, in fact he’s all set to, but something about Steve’s face when he was laying it all out haunts him. Something so deadly serious about it. So first he decides to test the waters to see if he’s full of shit.
When the session starts, he makes a throwaway comment, “you’re acting like there’s a mindflayer around the corner.”
All the kids freeze but Wheeler especially looks like he’s going to be sick. He even grabs at the bracelet around his wrist. The one he always said his best friend made him before he moved.
Eddie curses himself for even trying to test it out after that, and immediately bullshits the whole session so he can scrap any hint of demogorgans from the campaign.
After that session he drives straight to Harringtons house and demands they go over all the things he can’t include again, in detail, while he takes notes.
He doesn’t know what’s going on with these freshmen, but he knows trauma when he sees it and well he’d gotten attached to the gremlins.
When he leaves that night, he thinks Steve is looking at him with approval. Like he trusts him with their well-being now.
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just saw this on pinterest and it hit me like a truck
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stupid random dca paladin designs
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A Persuasive Argument - dpxdc
"Great!" Danny says, clapping his hands together to get everyone's attention. The dinner table falls silent as everyone looks towards him. It's a full house today and, honestly, Danny's a little nervous. "I'm sure you're all wondering why I gathered you here today."
"It's dinnertime. In our house." Duke mutters, while doing a very bad job of concealing his yawn. He holds his fork poised over the braised beef, but, just like everyone else, still looks towards Danny before tucking in. It's intriguing enough to wait.
"Yeah, no one misses Alfie's dinner." Dick says, with a brilliant smile that Danny can't help but return.
"Precisely! What better time to talk to you all than when you're all actually here!"
"Wait, I thought you came round to work on our English essays?" Tim asks, blinking owlishly.
"I'm afraid I've lured you here under false pretences, Tim."
"This is where I live."
"I would still really appreciate help on that essay though, I mean, what the hell is Hamlet even about? I just don't get that old time-y language, like 'Hark! A ghost hath killed me!' - absolute rubbish, what does that even mean?"
"The ghost never kills anyone in Hamlet, he's there to tell Hamlet that he was murdered. Have you actually read it?"
"No, but it sounds like you have. Tim, I want this guy to help me with my essay instead. I know for a fact that you haven't read Hamlet, either."
"So? We don't need Jason, I've read the Sparknotes."
"Hi Jason, I'm Danny, pleasure to meet you, summarise Hamlet in three sentences or less."
"Am I auditioning to help you write your essays? I can't believe you’ve gone through your whole school life without reading it, it’s good!"
"Hamlet, along with a number of other classics, was banned in our house because it portrayed ghosts as intelligent and sympathetic beings rather than evil, animalistic beasts. I didn’t even get to see The Muppet's Christmas Carol until last year with Tim! It was surprisingly good, and I hate Christmas because everyone always argued and it sucked. But we're getting off topic. I—"
"No, no, please go back to that, because what the fu—"
"Boys, please." Bruce interrupts, looking to the world as if he wants to hang his head in his hands. "Danny, you were about to say something?"
"Oh, yeah, Mr. Wayne! Thanks!"
"Please, call me Bruce."
"Well, that very succinctly brings me to my point, because I'd actually really like to call you dad."
Nobody says a word. Nobody even blinks, all as shocked as the other, watching open-mouthed as Danny pulls his laptop out from beside his chair. Bruce can definitely feel a headache coming on.
"Before you say anything, I've prepared a 69 slide PowerPoint presentation on why you, Bruce Wayne, should adopt me, Danny Last-Name-Pending. Please save your questions, comments, and verdict until the end, thank you."
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