#🌈there isn't a show to be a fan of :[

[rainbowbilly]

🌈i was gonna wait until i’ve drawn some fanart but i REALLY need to talk about muffin jack and jean-françois/jeremy RIGHT NOW or i’m gonna EXPLODE !!!! i’ve been hyperfixated on it for a couple of weeks now and i’m so so so sad it never really ended up getting made !! :[ i’ve been looking for as much stuffs about it as i can for AGES and AAAGGGHHHHHHH it’s SO COOL !!!!! the art and the story and the characters are ALL SO COOL !!!! also jean-françois/jeremy...he’s funny <3 🌈if there’s ANY other fans out there PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TALK TO ME !!!! I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO ABOUT  IT !!!

[rainbowsky]

DD and his rainbow Pride appearances

A lot of people have commented on DD's outfit for the Loewe show, making note of the fact that it's so colorful and like a 🌈. In fact, this isn't the first time he's worn rainbow clothing for public appearances during Pride month.

Fake, fan fiction, CPN.

For the Chanel show June last year he wore a pair of pants with rainbow patches. At the time C-BXG were excitedly talking about how brave and bold he was.

And for a Chanel event in June 2021 he wore a rainbow stitched tweed jacket.

More on GG and DD's rainbow and LGBTQ connections here.

[ffjj5]

Jungkook's crush is showing again and this time it's damn loud.

This live and it's content should not be dismissed as simply one BTS member hyping up another, it is a huge statement.

No other member has spent 90 minutes on live talking about, watching and listening to the solo work of another member.

Time and time again we see that what they have is different, it's more!

I can't help but think the person that Jungkook misses isn't us but another ARMY. We all know the one 😘

He misses seeing him everyday, living with him and having him to himself often.

During his live he started off watching Suchwita which caused such reactions as these

The stunned, perfectly still JK watching a shirtless Jimin dancing his heart out

And this instantly reminded me of the time BTS reacted to Jimin's solo 'Lie' performance on the Wings tour and at one point JK was sat open mouthed and at times with his hands snuggled tightly into his lap 😉

He has also watched the Set Me Free music video and dance practice.

And of course he knows the choreography

He then went on to watch a BTS teasing Jimin video on You Tube

At this point I do wonder how long will it be until a Jikook video shows up on his suggested videos and he just thinks 'fuck it' and watches it whilst on live 🤣

This man is Jimin's biggest fan and today he came and showed us just how big his love for him is.

In conclusion: JK misses him JM 🥺 and is so incredibly proud of him.

💛💜🌈

[wozziey]

Some Hazbin Hotel redesigns i did for fun!

Changes i made for each character👇

Charlie🐐😈🌈:

1.I got rid of all the red in her design so she can really stand out from the rest of hell (also because in my version/rewrite the hazbin hotel itself is painted in golds and blues so it can match more of heaven's aesthetic since the hotel's goal is to get demons into heaven). 2.I made her a goat demon (even though vivziepop said she isn't a goat the idea was to cute to pass on; also it makes her look way more like a demon than the canon design). 3.I gave her an actual hotel manager uniform insted of the usual "vivziepop tuxedo + bow tie combo" lol.

Alastor🦌📻😈:

1.I gave him a more historically accurate outfit since he died in the 1930's. 2.And i gave him deer and poc features because vivziepop said he is a deer demon and was mixed creole when he was alive (and you can't really see that in the og design). 3.I gave him rib bones on his ouftif to reflect the fact that he's a cannibal (inspired by @lovesart23). 4. I moved his ears down so them and his antlers (that i also changed the shape and size btw), can stop fighting for attention on the top of his head.

Angel Dust🕷️😈:

1. I gave him a more revealing outfit since he works with 18+ stuff. 2. I gave him a "spiderbutt" so he can look more like a spider demon. 3. I gave him a haircut that resembles the ones in the 1940's a bit more (since that's the time period he died); also made his hair pink so you can know when it begins and when it ends; plus the detail that the tips of his hair now look like little spider fangs. 4.And last but not least i made both of his eyes black and both of his teeth/fangs gold (for simplicity's sake).

Vaggie🦋😈:

1.I completely changed her colors to a more neon color palette because surprise in my rewrite/AU she glows in the dark!. 2. I changed her outfit because here she's not the hotel's manager anymore; instead she's the hotel's security guard (and because of that she's now more muscular!). 3. Her hair now resembles more moth wings (because the canon looks more like butterfly wings) also now she has moth antennas so she can really look like well... A MOTH DEMON!!!. 4. Her boots are made of angelic steel that she uses as a weapon. 5. Also in my rewrite/AU she's NOT a fallen angel (that reveal contradicts almost all of her previous lore and seemed like viv just put this plot twist in the show for shock value or because she found the fan theories people were making cool and said "it's canon now lol") but she still has a history with Lute.

Niffty🪳😈:

1.So apparently Nifty was supposed to be an insect/alien demon???. So, I turned her into a cockroach with little alien antennas!. 2.I gave her a more defined maid outfit since that's what she is. 3.I changed her color palette obviously lol.

[youngbuckisms]

Hm maybe can you do headcanons of julia coming out as a nonbinary lesbian to her girlfriend (you can pick who her gf is, maybe Anna?) and/or malakai (who is transmasc himself)? They'd use she/they pronouns :]

Hope this isn't too complicated 😅☺️🥰🌈

Nonbinary!Julia Hart; headcanon list

Warnings: None!

Notes: I hope you enjoy! This is a short one, cause I don’t really write for Julia, but I’m trying. Not adding Malakai to the tags for obvious reasons, but he’s in here along with a small Buddy mention.

— Julia had told Malakai first before anyone else. They suppose it’s because it isn’t as scary as coming out to anyone else who doesn’t quite ‘get it.’ But Malakai had been very open to The House about his gender and identity, so it was a lot more comforting for Julia to sit down with him and tell him of their new identity.

— Coming to accept themself alone was a struggle, so to have others that they could rely and lean on really helped in this process of finding their comfort zone.

— They had found support in The House, just like with everything else. But they had always been a rather close family, so Julia truthfully didn’t have any worry or concern of not being accepted for who they were. ( Although it took Buddy a few times to really understand and get it. )

— Julia knew the support of the fans was what they would struggle with the most. And while many were mean and charged at them for no real reason other than to be bitter, there were just as many who supported Julia and showed them just how much they all cared.

— Julia would be their fully authentic self without any apology shortly after coming out to the world, no matter the opinions and others. With the support of the locker room and their family, Julia knew that they had nothing to worry about.

[barmans-fault]

your tags about alex being a needy bottom please omg i need someone to write the fic i'm BEGGING!!!! imagine alex being really desperate for it but miles slowing things down, but it being no less intense 🫠🫠🫠 bc what little prince needs is someone to take care of him

Omg anon I'd love to read that!!!💖 I'm too in love with that post of a fan who says they saw him leave with his parents, so i would love to read something equally fluffy and sexy about Alex's parents driving him back home to Sheffield to rest and inviting Miles along. And these two grown ass men feel like little boys from 2008 again as they are driven back to Sheffield, to Alex's childhood home, as they hold hands discretely at the back seat of Alex's Dad's car just like stupid teenagers in love they used to be. And when they arrive - after a long four-hour drive - they drink tea, and Alex goes to bed first, cos he's tired and in pain, and Miles remains downstairs and chats a bit with Alex's parents and they talk about this show and how amazing it is that the band and Miles have come all this way and many other things until they get tired. Penny prepares a guest room for Miles and kisses him goodnight, and Alex's Dad gives him a hug, and everyone already knows at this point that he's not going to sleep in that room - but it's just a little ritual that they do. So when the house gets quiet and the parents go to their room, Miles goes and checks on Alex, just to tuck him in and kiss his forehead and tell him that he loves even though he is sleeping. But Alex isn't sleeping and is in the mood for some fun and even though he is very tempting, Miles resists his charms and insists he needs to rest, but Alex promises to be quiet and says they have to do it just like they used to when they were two eighteen year old kids, when they were writing songs for taotu, when they used to clumsily make love on this single bed here in Alex's childhood bedroom. Whether or not Miles succumbs to his little prince's desires is not very important. What is important is that Miles is happy, so very happy, because Alex's eyes shine again and he is smiling again and even though he's absolutely knackered and his throat hurts and he's got fever, he is surrounded by Miles's love that will protect him from any harm and Miles calls him his Wonder and everything is in its place and no matter what, their love has once again prevailed and overcame everything. As it should and as it always will💖🌈🐢♥️🐵

[thesungod]

No you're 100% right though literally what WAS the initial appeal of Solangelo if not the fact that Will isn't intimidated by/uncomfortable around Nico. It was his connection to the Underworld that made everyone else wary of him but Will didn't care. BoO even implied that it has NEVER been the case for Will to the extent that he can't really glean why everyone ELSE is so weird about Nico.

YEAH!

i used to have very negative feelings (kinda still do) about Will in BoO being like “nah nico you’re making up the fact that everyone treats you like dirt” after three books of the seven’s pov being like “nico was scary and creepy and he sucked”, but recently i’ve started to think it would make sense for will to say that and mean it, if he’s so genuinely un-scared and awestruck by Nico that he doesn’t get why others wouldn’t be.

not to mention that Nico has been burned so many times that it’s not too unrealistic for him to get mean and defensive to people who try to be his friends. He’s always polite and helpful to the Seven in HoO except for two moments: in the first one Jason asks him if they could be friends after the Cupid mess and Nico’s like L+ratio+mind your own business, in the other Percy tries to honestly thank him for getting Bob on their side and Nico tells him to fuck off.

all of this also adds layers to the idea that Will was never scared of Nico. Based on his HoO characterization, we can make the educated guess that Nico must have gotten nasty and attacked-first-as-a-defense-mechanism pretty often in the early stage of their tentative friendship, and he still decided to stick around.

he’s not even shown to be particularly impressed by nico’s powers in BoO. he’s like sure grandpa let’s get you to bed🙄 when Nico boasts that he will raise the dead to beat Will’s ass if he doesn’t get off or whatever, and it was surely an act, but it also indicated something important: Will was strong willed (lol) enough and liked Nico enough to not be deterred by Underworld stuff.

you’re telling me that a year and a half later, having won the hard battle for Nico’s heart, he suddenly would be not only terrified of everything Underworld, but even more so than we could have imagined?

i’ll admit that ToN was already setting this up by having Will be so disapproving of the Trogs, but i thought the main takeaway had been “okay, Will doesn’t always understand Nico, but he still thinks his boyfriend is supercool for what he does.” Will does end up learning they are pretty okay and shows a lot of bravery in the book.

i also feel like there’s an acceptable difference between will being personally not a fan of going underground and making friends with monsters and will thinking his boyfriend is the best🌈❤️ and so cool🤪💅🏻 for doing so. they can coexist. i personally hate doing sports but you know who i think is super great and wow? men and women who have those big biceps and go to the gym every day. marry me.

and i’m not even against him being a mean little bitch and going like “wow this place sucks🤨” (honestly apollo energy) in the Underworld, nor do i have problems with him being smart enough to be scared of Tartarus (if anything, it’s crazy that Nico is so chill) because it’s refreshing for fantasy heroes to be scared and losers, nor do i deny he’s been shown to be very anxious in ToA already.

i do however have a problem with him “not accepting Nico’s darkness” or shit because ? ? ? the idea could have worked, but i just can’t buy that they’ve been together for a year atp. how do you not know your boyfriend is part of The Horrors™️

i can’t believe i’m the one defending will solace of all people but give my man his balls back❗���

[doctoratecuddles]

LITERALLY HATE the whole uni harem thing like kc is too busy shipping ever character in the comic and inserting poorly timed sex jokes in the comic to progress the plot... or flesh out kits own characters or FLESH OUT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THR CHARACTERS SO ITS MEANINGFUL,, over characters just getting thrown together pointlessly with 0 context

and the gatekeeping of scrap pisses me off, like one of my favorite characters because of his design and we aren't allowed to do anything regarding his character because he is kc's self inserts boyfriend,, do not get me started on eve

kc could be working on the world building but instead she polices how the fans are allowed to consume it... kit is out here trying to tell people what characters they are and are not allowed to like,, and if you dare like any character that's not 'acceptable or allowed by kc' the fandom tries to burn you at the stake

🌈🍨non

KC policing her fanbase is actually so embarrassing I'm not gonna lie. Because like, if you have to run around telling people not to like a character instead of showing the audience *why* you shouldn't like a character is bad writing. That'd be like watching a disney movie and disney posting on twitter being like "stop liking this guy btw he's evil" and all he does is be a little mean.

Aside from that, when it comes to gatekeeping characters that are supposedly good guys is honestly so fucking stupid!! Like, why did you post the character publicly if you don't want anyone to like the fucking character?? Are you teasing your audience or some shit?? Be SOOO for real rn Kittycorn Last note, the Uni haram is so annoying. Cometcare is literally just Uni x Everyone and Doom x Everyone. Cometcare isn't even good either it's literally just "irresponsible parents and their children: the musical"!! I fucking HATE THIS COMIC UGH

[mimikoolover]

Everyone getting upset about the Jikook content being monetised:

Having two members of the most famous supergroup in the world right now travelling around several countries for content is expensive af. With it being technically a work trip (and imho a very convenient union of two people clearly wanting to spend time together, them seeing the opportunity for some quality content during enlistment, and adding some padding to the whole travel permit pre-enlistment they'd have needed), I don't think they would've made Jikook pay for most of the expenses. But the hours of pay for staff, editors, security etc etc that would've been needed for the travel show need to be generated by the show. I don't know the deal between Hybe and Disney+, who paid who how much and so on, but I guess adding more profit - sth BTS and Jikook would itself profit from (meaning more free content later, more funds for things post enlistment) - isn't something unusual.

That said, there's plenty of options to consume BTS content without paying a single dollar. And I think, apart from pirating their music obviously, they'd be understanding because they know how it is to not have enough money.

Just because BTS produce something you can buy doesn't mean you have to. I myself haven't bought all the solo albums because 20 Dollars every few months just isn't something I can include in my budget. Same for the kdrama or the photofolios or the DDay concert dvds. But there's people that upload scans of the pics online, qdeoks exists for those of us who can't spend 50 Dollars for every boxset to watch one concert we like. You absolutely don't need to buy it, but they produce all this content anyway because it will undoubtedly sell. Is it capitalism? Yup. But that's just this world right now.

I'm of the opinion, kpop should add a version of albums or dvds without all the fancy extra stuff, to make it more accessible for the average consumer. Maybe the price will just be 5 Dollars less but that could be enough for many people in the fandom. Same for DVDs - I love the thought of 25 photocards of my beloved AgustD being all "tongue technology" on stage, but that's just not a realistic price tag for the average army to pay. It sold out, because people save up for it or are just rich and I can't be mad at the company to continue to make these products if they sell like hotcakes: it's just supply and demand.

Anyway. Eat the rich (though BTS maybe not), fuck capitalism and let Jikook be 🌈 for money.

yes exactly! you're a fan if you love bts and consider yourself a fan. you don't need to buy anything to be a fan. it's nice to have merch though I think because it's just nice things to have but it's not a prerequisite to being a fan or something everyone "needs to" buy. there's lots of merch I'd love to own but I can't afford to spend 100s of bts every month. you can always buy merch later too, you don't have to buy stuff immediately.

this monetisation thing is only coming up because it's jikook and people are looking for any excuse to be shitty. no one said the wooga squad is leeching off tae for in the soop friendcation or made up any weird theories about that. and I am not a fan of the wooga squad (sans tae obviously) and tbh the comments they made would have made it so easy to call that a fake scripted money grab.

I'd love to know about their disney deal cause it's interesting from a business/legal point of view. in the soop friendcation seemed like a last minute idea or at least something tae came up with on the fly and they scrambled to make it quickly. so idk how the others were planned there, why jimin's docu wasn't on there, will jungkook's be on there eventually? idk. hybe stays weird lol

[mcfiddlestan]

Let's Get ((REAL)) fic writer asks

🌈🎉🤍

🌈 is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?

I struggled the entire time trying to get through Ghosts That We Knew, the conclusion to the Picture Perfect series. I honestly hadn't planned to write a whole ass trilogy. Dark Side was the only one I had an idea for, and then halfway through, people wanted more. So I started planning the sequel, Come Back to Me. I'm not a fan of duologies. Trilogies just make more sense. So I started thinking up plots for the third entry. Where could Tony and Loki go after marrying and having two kids (one through a relationship, the other through a surrogate)? What kind of problems would they face? I had no idea, lol. I knew I wanted to insert another kid (Audrey Maria or "Audi"), but I also wanted to show that after 8 years and 3 kids, even the most in-love couples have bad times. I'd gotten about halfway through and just blanked on where to go. It didn't help I was having outside issues -- my RP partner (whom I was in love with) and I were having issues, I was stressing about school, and my dad was having health problems at the time. Oh, and I was struggling to RP too. But I was able to pull something out in the end. And everyone seemed to enjoy it. 😁

🎉how often do you celebrate completing & posting a work? how often do you give yourself the credit/validation that you seek from others when you post? (if you don’t, you should!)

Umm....I'm not sure what "celebrate" means?? I might give myself a mental high five? Say yay? LOL

🤍what’s one fic of yours you think people didn’t “get”?

It's not a fic that's completed, nor is it posted on AO3 anymore, but it's Fools Rush In. It was Frostiron set in the Matthew Perry/Salma Hayek movie. First time I was writing fem!Loki and even tho I only published like 4 or 5 chapters, I got complaints that Loki was "too feminist" and "obsessed with her dad's [Odin's] opinions about what a woman her age should be doing." To be clear, Loki was a 28yo grad student who'd been adopted by the Odinsons as a baby and at 13, chose to search for her birth parents who were teenagers when she was born. She was the youngest in the Odinson clan (Thor and Baldur being older) and the oldest in the Laufeyson family (Helblindi and Býleistr were much younger). And the only girl. So Odin certainly had a lot of opinions about her needing to be settled and married, not living with her bestie (Natasha) in an apartment in a big city.

This isn't the reason the fic is incomplete, tho! I removed it, along with four other fics, from AO3 and ff.net bc I'd reached a block on all of them and I felt bad just letting them sit there unfinished. I do hope to complete them someday. But we'll see. Here's a banner I made for it, when I still thought Olivia Wilde was a good choice for fem!Loki. I do not anymore.

And this one was made by a fan (@/tomhiddlesdarling), and as much as I loved it, I'm not big on Eva Green.

Thanks for asking!

Let’s Get ((REAL)) fic writer asks

[leedollop]

Chaotic Speaker Dog & His Lovers

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Hi! This is my selfship blog for shipping with H/azbin H/otel characters, My main is @silver-heller for reference.

I mostly ship with Alastor, Vox, and Lucifer here though I'll develop my S/I's relationship with the other characters overtime! I am okay sharing F/Os!

I do not participate in fandom discourse and will block accordingly. If you headcanon any of my F/Os as abusers you are not welcome here!

DNI if...You are a minor or pro/shipper. This includes shipping with literal animals (not furry characters). If you are a bigot, an exclusionist, or not plural friendly. If you hate H/azbin H/otel. Vox/Val makes me very uncomfy, don't bring it here. Val shippers are not welcome!

Keep in mind I like H/azbin H/otel because it's a mature show with mature themes, and some of those themes may appear here (all properly tagged). I also enjoy it's criticism of religion and find it healing to explore my religious trauma through the show. Therefore, religious takes on the show frankly make me uncomfy, especially ones that glorify Heaven too much. Don't bring that here please.

I have grown quite protective of V/ox and A/dam, so I may be wary of interacting with other shippers or fans of them. I won't stop you from following me though.

I will block you if your F/Os are from these sources: SAO (sword-art-online), R/ayman, J/ekyll and H/yde, and H/arry P/otter. (These make me uncomfortable for one reason or another. Please respect that even if you don't understand).

Note: If you or someone you know that might see my posts isn't comfortable with sharing any of my F/Os, please just block me.

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S/I Info Below

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Name: Lee

Ansley (real name)

Dollop (Alastor)

My good Fellow (Alastor)

Height: 5'4 Age: Mid 20s (23) Pronouns: He/him Sexual/romantic orientation: Asexual biromantic polymerous Scent: Apples

Personality

Can be quite sharp and sardonic when he wants to be. But, usually, he is quite skittish and soft spoken. He tends to dissociate and can be quite sensitive. He adores music, as it helps calm him down, and listens to it or something audible more often than not.

Description

Pink plush dog speaker demon (based on idog speaker) that wears hoodies and skirts.

Powers

His powers are connected to the music he plays from his back. As the song goes on, colorful dots appear on the ground and, during the bass drops, the ground shakes and moves. He is also good at sensing upcoming storms, literally or figuratively.

Relationships

#lee🐶🔌 - Tag for my oc Ansley!

#radiolove📻 - Alastor (romantic, I headcanon him as demiromantic asexual)

#appleduck🍎 - Lucifer (romantic, bisexual biromantic)

#turnthetvon📺 - Vox (romantic, demisexual bisexual biromantic)

#getintoit🎸 - Adam (platonic)

#evilhugsgood🤗💚 - Vox & Adam platonic friendship

#inthistogether💞 - Vox x Angel

#appleontheradio - Poly ship with Alastor, Lucifer, and Vox

#steelangel⚔ - Lute (romantic, Bisexual biromantic)

#bartenderbuddy♠ - Husker (close friend)

#cherryontop🍧 - Angel Dust (queerplatonic/best friends)

#insideisarainbow🌈 - Charlie Magne (found family daughter)

#roseontop🌹 - Rosie (good friend)

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Main AU

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Lee was originally found by Angel Dust on the streets, absolutely panicked when he first entered Hell and looking for a safe place to stay. Angel Dust brought Lee to the hotel, Husk and Charlie helping to calm him down. The three have been protective of him ever since. Alastor formed a connection to Lee through being nosy, and one of the few, outside of Angel Dust, who visited Lee in his room. Unlike others, Lee finds Alastor more charming than intimidating. They bond over their love of music and verbal passions. Alastor is very accepting of Lee being plural. Slowly, Alastor coaxes Lee out of his room more and more often. On one of these occasions, Lucifer was visiting to keep an eye on the hotel and help out Charlie. Lee quickly formed a bond with the lovable and just as accepting dork, developing a crush Alastor is reluctant to accept. However, with Lee gently forming the bridge between the two, they glow closer and closer. Eventually, Lucifer cuts to the chase, asking about Lee's feelings. Lee admits to liking them both and, eventually, the three come to an arrangement. An arrangement Lucifer and Alastor are quite happy with, despite struggling to let it slip how much they enjoy the other's company. As for Vox, Lee accidentally bumped into him on the street after seeing him on TV. This made Lee feel extremely shy and panic, Vox panicking about being uncertain how to comfort Lee. Vox eventually offers to take Lee out for coffee and Lee eventually agrees. Lee is quite shocked to find a connection with Vox, relating to his need for validation, the fact he's more sensitive than he lets on, and his dry attitude. The two are on the same wavelength to the point they can finish each other's sentences, causing them to become fast friends.

TW: Physical abuse mention

After Val nearly breaks Vox's screen beyond repair, Vox finally leaves the Vees and flees to the hotel at Lee's recommendation. There, Vox meets the others, and becomes even closer to Lee and the polycule.

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[rainbowsky]

Hi 🌈☁️

I am happy to see GG getting enough rest and able to stroll around Italy freely without any public interference. He or DD will not have this much privacy and freedom in China.

My question is why can’t the Chinese govt or police do anything about celebrity stalkers and crazy paparazzis?

Hi Anon 😊

A couple things come to mind with this question.

First of all, GG is in a foreign country where he's almost entirely unknown by the public. Of course he's going to be able to wander around freely and relatively unbothered. In China it's a completely different story. He is much more well known there, and his face is plastered everywhere. He has many millions of fans there, plus countless others who would recognize him if they saw him.

Second, I would challenge the idea that the Chinese government isn't doing anything about these fans. A significant part of the Chinese government's mandate lately has been to try to quell fan culture. Of course, their motivations are primarily self-centered rather than an interest in protecting stars, but it's something they're focused on.

Stalker fans are also frequently charged and or sued for their behavior, but it is a complicated problem. Many of these fans are underage, so there are limits to what can be done to curtail their behavior. They do not face the same charges and consequences as adults doing the same things would face.

There's also the fact that there are a lot of regular fans and fansites who follow artists around and take pictures of them. In that scrum outside of the Tod's store in Milan, for example, there were multiple fansites and bystander fans present. Reining in the behavior of stalker fans while still ensuring legitimate fan activity isn't interfered with would not be an easy task.

Who decides who is a legitimate fan and who is a stalker fan? Can you think of any potential negative consequences of putting that choice into the hands of the government and the authorities?

Another issue is the fact that there's so much money to be made by stalking stars. This is something that we as fans should be conscious of. I regularly see turtles and other fans sharing and talking about material that was obviously obtained by these creeps, so fans are often talking out of both sides of their mouth when they say that they hate the fact that GG and DD are being hounded, while at the same time getting excited about photos and information that were obtained through that behavior.

And let's not forget all the fans in Italy and Europe who were extremely excited to head out to the airport in Milan even after everything that happened in Beijing just hours before. And people went to great lengths to see him at the store and at the fashion shows as well. His fans organized very heavily to make those things happen. This all contributes to the masses around him, and there's a very fine line. Who wouldn't want a chance to see him in person? At the same time, is it a good idea for everyone to be there?

There are definite public order concerns that should probably be addressed more comprehensively, but the handling of all that isn't entirely centralized. Just like every other country in the world, China has many different levels of government and many different agencies and representatives responsible for such things.

And when it comes to a country like China that has a very authoritarian government, it's difficult to wish for there to be more government involvement in policing fan culture and fan behavior.

Of course I and many others believe that more can and should be done, particularly in airports, but we need to acknowledge how complicated the problem is.

All of that aside, I think is the idea that GG and DD can't go out and do normal things is actually pretty obviously untrue. They have both been sighted/photographed out and about in Beijing for example (separately), shopping and doing their own thing without being hassled. GG spent an entire day hanging around Universal Studios not that long ago and wasn't bothered at all.

The airport fiasco was unfortunate, and there have been a couple of other recent situations where things got out of hand, but I don't think it's helpful to take examples like that and let our minds get carried away into assuming that's how it is every time they go anywhere. It's simply not true.

There are risks and sacrifices that come with being famous, and that's something we have to accept. It's understandable that seeing GG wander around somewhere he isn't famous would make us feel sadness for the much freer life he has in Italy vs. the one he lives back home where he's outrageously famous, but I don't think it's worth spending too much time worrying about.

GG and DD have been doing a very good job of taking care of themselves and looking out for their privacy, safety and security, and I trust them to continue to do so.

On this subject - @potteresque-ire wrote an interesting and detailed post a while back about Chinese paparazzi that is a must-read.

[ffjj5]

Oh no, here come the tears again 😭

This song is just so damn romantic it hurts.

For me this is as close to confirmation as we are likely to get from Jimin about his relationship with Jungkook and just how incredibly special it is.

The album is Jimin's truth, the raw, dark, emotional and beautiful fuckin' truth.

The Jimin that has come out the other side of the pandemic is a Jimin who has found strength and calm in his acceptance of who he is.

Jimin is now living his truth as much as his status, industry and country allow and he is living it how he chooses to.

As fans and supporters we have one job now, support him and his art, respect him and his words and hear what he is saying. Our job isn't to over analyse or put our own spin on his art, discuss it and talk about what you interpret from it, sure, but don't forget that it is HIS story.

Enjoy it , feel something from it, cry, sing, use his words to help you explore your own inner self, relate to his words and for goodness sake stream the shit out of his album, show him that we are proud of him for putting his truth out there.

Jungkook must be so incredibly proud of his boyfriend.

💜💛🌈

[koifishanonymous]

hey everyone seems to be freaking out on here but having seen this tweet , i'm kinda glad they did what they did with the crows? like the show isn't focused on them and isn't trying to be a faithful recreation of the books, it's adapting their story to fit the shadow and bone plot better, adapting is doing the heavy lifting.

knowing netflix's recent track record regarding starting shows and either cancelling them after s1 or, in rarer cases, s2, i'm not very hopeful for a s3. like, if this is how the show ends, i'm happy with it, especially regarding how it handled the crows.

yes, with the constext of the soc duology which develops it's story across over 1000 pages, it is incredibly rushed.

but the shadow and bone show is a completely different universe to the book canon, like the crows originally have nothing to do with alina and she's only mentioned in passing as saint. so i find it kinda reductive to the show, that's telling a different story, to compare to the books.

it's important to recognise now that book crows ≠ show crows, mostly because matthias isnt there (loml fr, i really missed his banter with kaz) but also in the relationships they have with each other. like book wesper is kind of a slowburn you don't expect, but show wesper is a night-after story where even non-book fans probably saw coming.

same story with kanej, kaz's trauma is explored much faster than it is, like in six of crows it's very hardly mentioned. but shadow and bone s2 isn't adapting six of crows, it's adapting crooked kingdom.

and i think that was a good choice for this season. crooked kingdom is one of the rare cases of the sequel being better and fitting better with the rest of the story that shadow and bone s2 is telling, rather than heist-in-the-ice-palace. it's an interesting choice, i'll admit, leaving the parem stuff for a potential season 3, but from a writing perspective it makes sense. crooked king down does have more ties with the rest of the grishaverse, and is essentially an exploration of ketterdam.

anyways all this to say, since this is probably the last season of shadow and bone, i'm glad they chose to adapt crooked kingdom over six of crows because it's more interesting for the crows 🌈

[will80sbyers]

I feel like we read a lot of inbetween the lines and give the writers and creators of st a lot of credit. I mean the fans are definitely better in pulling together a plot (read: goncharov) and I am just hoping and praying that they pull through with byler in S5. It's fucking sad that we won't be getting much screen time but the show isn't really about ships (although they create a fuck ton of drama with these ships) soooooo yeah I hope they pull through because I can't handle being queerbaited for months and years. Poor Noah will have a target on his back for life.

I understand how you feel and I think many people are imagining stuff that is way more complicated than what they are actually writing in the show...

but personally, for how I am interpreting the show... I don't give them that much credit?

I think it's a VERY basic slow burn friends to lovers "love triangle" literally the most common stuff you can see on TV just this time it's queer lol

they are not doing anything really new to be honest... and if they are not doing byler... thing that to me is impossible seeing they put the Vickie & Robin parallel in the show, then they are purposefully queerbaiting and I can't do much about that possibility and in that case it's not our fault 🤔

anyway I am very confident that they will deliver byler because doing a slow burn rejection is the most stupid thing a writer could ever do...it's anticlimactic and boring as fuck and just cruel in this precise case... and I do think they are at least decent writers 🌈

[ashxketchum]

Summer Ship asks for TyHil (because a) if i reblogged this i wouldn't get a single ask, b) who's stopping me lol)

🌼 Who likes to go outdoors and who prefers to stay inside?

In the summer Hilary prefers to stay inside, have late-night at-home movie dates or bake/cook together. Tyson is a beach person through and through (am I ever letting go of my surfer hc NO) and in order to get Hilary out and about, he has to make a lot of promises about doing extra chores or studying. But it's all worth it in the end when Hilary steps out in a bikini.

👙Who got a new swimsuit that the other can’t stop looking at?

Hilary 🧜🏻‍♀️ Tyson 😳

🩴Who breaks their flip flops?

Oddly enough, Hilary and Tyson finds it annoying since when they do go to the beach she just curls up in a corner with a book and doesn't move about, so how does she manage to break it every single time 🧐

🐚Who likes collecting shells?

Tyson, and then he gives the best ones to Hilary. Which isn't a great idea since she's a hoarder so by the time they're old, she just has jars and jars full of shells given to her by Tyson.

Sometimes Tyson keeps the really good finds to show to his father whenever they meet.

🌞Who handles the heat better?

Tyson, Hilary complains a lot and never lends her handheld electric fan to anyone.

⛈Who’s afraid of thunderstorms?

Also Hilary, but she wouldn't exactly be scared of it, but just that they maker her uncomfortable and she prefers not to be alone when it's happening.

🌈Who enjoys the longer days the most?

I think this would really depend on the phase of their lives. When they're in school together then both of them would love longer days because that would mean being able to spend more time in each other's company. When they're in uni or when they start working, then they just want the day to get over so they can get home and see each other again.

⭐️Who likes to look at stars?

Tyson because he has a faint memory of his father pointing out the constellations to him when he was little, Hilary also becomes interested in astronomy after Tyson mentions this. And then she becomes the person Tyson goes to with all his questions astronomical questions.

🌊Freshwater or saltwater?

Tyson would love saltwater because he likes to swim/surf in the ocean during summers, Hilary likes freshwater because she enjoys sitting by a pond on a spring morning.

🍉Which one loves watermelon? Who spits the seeds like it’s a sport? Or who hates the seeds?

They both love watermelon and they definitely compete over who can spit the seeds out faster. Every now and then Tyson lets Hilary win so he can see her celebrate unabashedly.

🫐Do they like to go berry picking? Who picks the most berries? Who eats more than they pick?

This would be something that Hilary would plan for the two of them just so they can avoid going to the beach for a day. Tyson will obviously eat more berries than he picks and then sulk when Hilary finishes off with a larger amount than him.

🥩Who’s grilling? What are they grilling?

I can see Tyson as one of those guys who're really particular about their grilling equipment and techniques. They probably bring out the grill for cookouts and beach parties so Tyson would probably choose to grill some meat.

🛶Who’s never been on a kayak/canon? Do they tip over?

Hilary's probably never been because Tyson keeps teasing her about how he will tip her over.

✈️Do they travel over the summer? Where to?

I think when they're in their 20s they'd travel during every vacation they get, especially during the summers I can see them making plans to visit Max in America, or Rei in China. But when their kids are born, they prefer to do more domestic trips and save international travels for special occasions.

🎢Are they amusement park people? If so, what’s their favorite ride?

They weren't really until they decided to have 4 kids with wildly different personalities who can only ever agree on doing one activity together, riding a roller coaster. Hilary sits this one out though.