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This is petty fandom salt, BUT... I've been chewing on this phenomenon that I've been calling "Fandom's Darling". It is related to things like "Author's Darling" and "Mary Sue / Gary Stu" and "Protagonist Halo" and all that jazz, where one character gains a peculiar narrative weight in a story.
"Author's Darling" is when a writer has a favorite character, and the world and all other characters sort of get... warped to put the Darling in the spotlight. It's most noticeable in TV shows with multiple writers, when a character you personally like suddenly has their previous characterization destroyed to make another character look good somehow. Every other character might become weirdly incompetent. The Darling's feelings are treated as The Most Important Feelings in any given situation. The logic of the fictional world seems broken past suspension of disbelief in order to validate this one character's beliefs or skillset or some other fantasy. And so on.
"Fandom's Darling" is what I've been calling the pattern where a fandom essentially crowns a New Protagonist for their fanfiction stories (it's often a side character rather than the original protagonist, but it can also happen to protagonists). This character becomes the self-insert for all sorts of indulgent fantasies, gaining special powers or backstories, and/or becoming the focus of extreme whump, and/or hooking up with all the various hotties, starring in all sorts of tropey AUs, and so on. They're not always an obvious Mary Sue version of themselves, but the character's original personality and interpersonal relationships tend to get warped or dropped completely, and other characters tend to become a little flat around them. I call it "Fandom's Darling" because it's not just one self-indulgent fantasy fic (you do you! Have fun!) with characterization choices that I don't vibe with (I have neither the time nor the desire nor the authority to police anything, I am just venting), but rather a prolific mini-fandom of sorts revolving around this empty doll / fanon version of the chosen vessel character, so it becomes a little unavoidable.
I am salty about this (mildly frustrated) (imagine a soft sigh of disappointment before I just go do something else) because you are FUCKED if you actually liked the canonical version of this character and their interpersonal relationships. It's almost worse than liking an obscure character that no one cares about. There's about a thousand fics starring your fave, but maybe only about a dozen of them are actually rooted in any kind of recognisable canon.
#I didn't watch Teen Wolf but I know this happened to that Stiles character#I'm not active in any DC fandom but it looks like this happened to Tim Drake and to a lesser extent Dick and Jason#In prequels-era Star Wars it seems to be Obi-Wan; he's the spark/focus of this post here; bring back his flaws I like that he kind of sucks#sometimes a Fandom's Darling comes out of an Author's Darling! usually Fandom's are vessels to fuck the “hottest guy” available though#I will probably turn reblogs off if this spreads too far because I really don't care if people write Mary Sue fanfic; can't cast that stone#squinting at every “intersex” tag like Inigo Montoya: “I don't think that means what you think it means.”#honestly the fantasy intersex thing is a separate & more serious post; but the fandom usage is a red/yellow flag for me when searching#tossawary fandom#fandom's darling
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Mary Poppins (1964) dir. Robert Stevenson
#filmedit#filmgifs#marypoppinsedit#mary poppins#disneyedit#disneydaily#retrodisneydaily#*#interrupting my slow stream of christmas content to bring you this#remake of a set i made a few years ago using the old dimensions bc i cringe every time it gets reblogged lol#anyway. file this under 'cinematic moments imprinted on my soul'
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Mary J. Blige - Family Affair 2001
"Family Affair" is a song by American singer and actress Mary J. Blige. It was written by Blige, her brother Bruce Miller, Camara Kambon, Michael Elizondo, and producer Dr. Dre for her fifth studio album, No More Drama (2001).
The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks, becoming Blige's first Hot 100 number one single. It was the 12th-biggest song of the 2000s decade in the US and the 99th-biggest song of all-time in the country as of 2018. It reached number one in France and the top 10 in 14 additional countries across Europe and Oceania, peaking at number two on the Eurochart Hot 100. In 2022, Blige performed the song at the Super Bowl LVI halftime show.
As for her acting career, tumblr might know her best as Cha-Cha on the first season of the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.
"Family Affair" received a total of 86,1% yes votes! Previous Mary J. Blige polls: #62 "As".
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Happy Graduation!! ✨ 🎓 🎉
#splatoon#my art#v#agent 4#agent 8#squid sisters#off the hook#callie splatoon#marie splatoon#marina splatoon#pearl splatoon#anyways here's the full set#congrats to anyone graduating this 2023 season!#splat 2 is near and dear to me since I've had it pretty much throughout highschool#so the agents get to graduate too!!#also agent 3 is in the reblog :)
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he doesn't have to choose
#I just want them to be happy#I also couldn't choose who should be kissing pete so I picked both of them isn't it cool#spiderman#spiderman ps5#insomniac spider man#insomniac games#peter parker#mary jane watson#harry osborn#parksborn#petermj#petermjharry#spiderman 2#character design#character art#artwork#fan art#digital illustration#ahhh im so happy everytime someone reblogs with nice tags its what keep me sane#thank you so muchhh
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So what are you gonna do now?
I’ll figure it out. I always do.
#reblogs appreciated ❣️#deadpool & wolverine#deadpool#deadpool 3#dp&w#wolverine#2024#poolverine#deadclaws#lexidoodledoo#deadpool fanart#wolverine fanart#poolverine fanart#wade wilson#logan howlett#ryan reynolds#hugh jackman#procreate#artists on tumblr#deadpool and wolverine#portrait#illustration#digital art#art#dogpool#mary puppins
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FINALE REWRITE
By: Dr. Spectre
it's finally time to show y'all what I've been cooking.
This will be in a script format because that is where I feel the most comfortable as a writer, plus games are written in this format.
This rewrite will take into account that you have read through the Squid Sisters Stories as well as the Sunken Scrolls.
Once you have pressed read more, you will get bombared with over 20 pages of writing, so be forewarned...
Anyhow, ENJOY!!!!!!!!
#splatoon#splatoon 2#creative writing#scriptwriting#screenplay#callie cuttlefish#callie splatoon#octo callie#marie cuttlefish#marie splatoon#octo canyon#dj octavio#agent 4#new squidbeak splatoon#octarian#octarians#rewrite#pearl houzuki#pearl splatoon#marina splatoon#marina ida#squid sisters#please reblog
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Neurodivergent Christmas Tips
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AJ’s Brain
#neurodiversity#christmas#tips that can help#it can be difficult for some#I hope these tips help#have a very Mary Christmas!#actually neurodiverse#feel free to share/reblog#AJ’s Brain (Facebook)
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Late night sloppy colored drawing of Hera and Wulf from the LotR animated movie because I still really enjoyed the charactersssssss~
#okay. now I’mma sleep. the coffee I drank didn’t do shit for my ADHD brain other than making me sleepier shiitttt =3=;#I’m gonna wake up and I’ll guarantee you that I’ll hate this drawing in the morning lol#don’t worry peeps. I’ll still gonna reblog and occasionally draw da pjsk stuff lol~#btw. if anyone says that Hera is a Mary Sue. I’mma throw hands and one-punch ya to death like how Helm did with Freca lmao#hera hammerhand#Wulf#my art#lotr war of the rohirrim#war of the rohirrim#the lord of the rings#lord of the rings#lord of the rings war of the rohirrim#small artist#artist on tumblr#quick doodles#colored doodles
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Just to say again on the Demisexual Lucanis thing, I personally feel that I am both a bisexual disaster and a demisexual person (and also pansexual and nonbinary and a bunch of other things).
I have been absolutely baffled by the idea that Lucanis can't be honestly described as both demisexual and a bisexual disaster.
I keep seeing this. That man is a disaster, most especially in his love life (PANTRY SCENE), and I personally feel very seen by the character's writing. Which probably says something unflattering about me, but let's move on shall we...
#not speaking over other demisexual people who are coming from a different place of experience but the number of people who are like#“he can't be both” is occasionally baffling and still somewhat upsetting#demisexual lucanis#salt tag#fandom critical#lucanis dellamorte#thank you mary kirby#biphobia#probably#queer discourse#acephobia#turning off reblogs sorry
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I thought I might make this quick piece based off @galebrainrott 's idea into it's own post bc I'm quite happy with it :3
#also that way I can do my ye olde semi-annoying self-reblogging schpiel without bothering someone else with it in their mentions haha#bg3#baldur's gate 3#gale of waterdeep#gale dekarios#gale romance#my art#sun-marie art#digital art#fan art#fanart#artists on tumblr#small artist#digital sketch
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Taylor Marie Hill Mono Color Photography Reblogged
TAG of Taylor Marie Hill in my Tumblr https://kichisaburo3.tumblr.com/tagged/Taylor Marie Hill
14 NOV 2023 Tuesday
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Squid Sisters digital “Sticker” sheet~
@ me if you want me to see what you make with ‘em! It’s optional tho lol
Free to use if you reblog!
#splatoon#fuzzy octo plushie post#splatoon 3#splatoon 2#stickers#squid sisters splatoon#marie squid sisters#callie squid sisters#squid sisters#digital sticker sheet#free to use with reblog
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#ts4#ts2 to ts4#ts2 townies#its#daniel pleasant#i’m so sorry 🙏 can’t not make him an absolute stunna#in the most shop teacher way possible but STILL#he’s an english teacher and freshly divorced from mary sue#he’s actually a big sad wet sop who regrets being a SLIMY GREASEBALL#but he ultimately regrets his midlife crisis i think#mary sue… man when i tell you he FUMBLED omg she ended up gorgeous#he’s so… i’m… i have three rotational main characters now and one of them#is going to Ruin This Man’s Life#hope y’all are doing well! i simsed away my weekend fhfhf#reblogs and asks later i PROMISE i’m all over the place still#how is it january 12th already 💀
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Like mentor like student - Modern Warfare Parallels.
#cod#codedit#edits*#gifs*#codjay#call of duty#creatormari#userkarlo#userliliana#call of duty modern warfare#cod mw#mwii#cod4#john price#macmillan#mari you dont have to reblog lol#i freakin loved this throwback
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