#Down to Earth

[ladyelainehilfur]

Literally insane to me how small the general webtoon fandom is outside of the webtoon app itself (and maybe reddit??)

I've talked to multiple people irl who LOVE reading webtoon, but the online community is borderline threadbare ! Most people on Tumblr have no IDEA who our blorbos are! I've checked tags for some fairly popular webtoon and it was like visiting that Tatooine town in the Mandalorian where there are 5 citizens total, but only if you also count the Mayor, the sheriff, and the deputy.

Lore Olympus is the most popular webtoon and has under 2,000 fics on AO3. Lookism has roughly 1,000. Unordinary, THEE legacy webtoon, only has 600, and it's been running for almost 7 years now. It has nearly 6M subscribers and still gets 50K+ likes each week. It's not dead by any means.

I guess it doesn't help that each webtoon is its own micro ecosystem and once a webtoon ends, that ecosystem typically fades with it. But webtoons can go on runs longer than most shows on streaming services, and those fandoms burn hot and bright even if only for the first month of a new season drop.

By comparison, webtoon fans are largely casual about their enthusiasm, even if they're highly invested in the story or characters. From my experience, only the most passionate try to connect with other fans online. But when you're passionate about one webtoon, I suppose it's hard to show constant excitement about the 20+ other stories one might keep up with. Still, between the 85 million monthly readers, you'd think each major webtoon would at least have a dedicated fan base (meaning people who regularly post theories, thoughts, fics, and fanart) of mere thousands outside of the app.

One exception for this is that Batman webtoon? It actually trends on Tumblr every now and again. But it doesn't count, because Batman has a built in fandom who'll eat up and yell in the streets about any content where he's a decent dad.

People who read romance webtoon all tend to read the same comics, and actively understand the references to other popular romance comics (Trashta, Team Seojun, SLS), so you'd think there'd be a greater sense of unity. More people actively searching out others to discuss with and posting their thoughts online and not just in that webtoon's comment section.

I mean, C'MON girls!!! Millions of people log into that app like everyday!!! WHERE is the community?? WHERE is the fanart?? WHERE is the fanfic?? WHY does Odd Girl Out only have 7 fanfics?? WHY are there like 2 people on Twitter posting about Weak Hero?? Head in hands fr

[screenshotingmonstercinema]

[balkanparamo]

Gravity's Rainbow (Free Falling): Harry Holland

[floralcavern]

I am not ok

But at least I’ve got

[gatabella]

Jewelry Rita Hayworth wore in Down to Earth (1947)

An 18K gold snake necklace, bracelet and headpiece with simulated diamonds, rubies, and emeralds.

[ftcynthia]

Rita hayworth is down to earth .

She is so unbelievably gorgeous

[zacefronews]

[numptypylon]

Callum’s chest still burned from the climb, and the cold wind tugged annoyingly at his clothes up here.

It felt… off. He was winded when he shouldn’t be. Hampered by the wind when he shouldn’t be.

He supposed… this Callum had no Sky arcanum and also no reason to do physical exercise, and so… hadn’t.

He looked down at his own arms, skinnier and paler than they should be, the skin unmarked by runes.

He couldn’t touch the Sky, even up here, even with nothing but sky all around.

Aaravos’ spell had worn off, but he was still cut off, just in a different way where… he wasn’t so much cut off as never having been cut… on.

He could still remember the runes, still remember what it felt like when the air responded to your touch. It just didn’t, now. And with the way he had left her this morning, Claudia definitely wasn’t about to tell him where the Sky primal stone was stored.

And he was still catching his breath after those measly few flights of stairs!

He was useless-

And oh, that thought had popped into his head so easily, like a shitty habit he thought he had kicked.

He had kicked it, was the thing.

This Callum… hadn’t.

This Callum hadn’t had two years of feeling good about himself, hadn’t had… Rayla.

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Excerpt from next chapter (a timey wimey kinda chapter) of my S4-5 fanfic Down to Earth/Down Below the Ocean, which I’m soooo close to having finished, damnit, I will finish this behemoth of a fic, lol

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Monie Love released her debut album Down to Earth October 30, 1990

[lovelylittlesiren]

webtoons im obsessed with! these are all romance 😂

Cursed Princess Club

Midnight Poppy Land

Taming the Marquess

Lore Olympus

Obsidian Bride

Love or Attraction

Down To Earth

Children of the Night

Eaternal Nocturnal

The Kiss Bet

Marionetta

Edith

Lets Play

The Devil is a Handsome Man

My Gently Raised Beast

Brass & Sass

Going Up

The Tyrant Wants to Be Good

My Husband Changes Every Night

The Dragon King’s Bride

Archie Comics: Big Ethel Energy

Hello Baby

My In Laws ws Are Obsessed With Me

Maybe Meant To Be

Your Wish

She Weeps for the Devil

Death of a Pop Star

Harem of LuuAnh

Feel free to message me im always up for convos about any of these!

[jemthespud]

Rik in random places🤭

[melitheduck]

These are so cute :(

[thequeengisele]

[arcadebroke]

link

[gatabella]

Rita Hayworth during the filming of Down to Earth, 1947