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ultraqueer · 4 years ago

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man... honestly might go back to the good old days of ignoring everything in fandom beyond pretty art, fun fic, and stupid memes. yes i’ve made this pot before but it remains to be said that i just..... miss experiencing things in my own lil bubble where i wouldn’t catch shit for something inconsequential someone else seems out of character lmfaooo

#& obv we’re not talking abt like. racism in character designs or anything #this is like. person a saying ‘it’d be fun if character did this!’ & person b making a lengthy post abt how that’s a stupid idea #admittedly yes! this is about a certain podcast! bc it’s arguably the fandom I’m in that has experienced the biggest boom recently!#like. i can remember a bit of this with hp but by the time i was really online that was. already fully released #there was some shit with like su but i was always sort of on the outskirts there? not overly invested yknow #and like taz but. for the life of me i can barely remember a single instance of this specific sort of policing #yes there were Issues esp with taako & lup at one point but like #if you thought it would be fun for fuckin. duck to wear a Hawaiian shirt or something. no one cared #i feel like it could be a symptom of very few characters having actual canon appearances in podcasts #like. with Horror Podcast In Question i can think of max like five characters who are physically described in really any detail #& uh. newsflash. sometimes the way people act doesn’t necessarily match their appearance #including in the workplace! assuming the workplace isn’t too shitty yknow #like. me. from an outside perspective (aka neither Personal Braindump Blog nor Friends With Whom I Share Trauma And Memes)#I come across as like. an academic. an artsy academic for sure but like. pretty Solid #ESPECIALLY in any sort of professional environment good lord #will i still wear the ugliest shirts I can find? will i continue wearing only obnoxious lipstick for makeup?#will my accessory game get even wilder? yes on all counts #point is. in this specific instance sometimes design choices are just... there to be fun. there to be aesthetic.#(you don’t have to stop enjoying fashion when you hit age 30)#and more generally. fandom can just... be about having fun. you don’t have to justify every headcanon or design #you needn’t write a lengthy meta about your idea (unless you want to - then go for it!)#I suppose I just. miss the days where I was less aware of this side of fandom #& more just chilled on the outskirts enjoying the source material & whatever fan work i ran across on accident #(I know fandom has been Like This for ages. but like. I was a kid with limited internet access lmao)#anyways final point be nice to people especially if the folks whose hcs/designs you’re dunking on are literal children lmfaooo #my life #sleep med induced tag rant over i guess

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