#I literally saw someone argue

[courtneydeservesbetter]

Can you be gay for Shego from Kim possible? ABSOLUTELY. Can you headcanon her as sapphic? Of course. But can we PLEASE stop saying that she had sexual tension with Kim??? Kim was like 14-18 the entire show, Shego was in her 30s! I can’t take it anymore!

[revvethasmythh]

Thinking about returning to the Lighthouse after picking up the weekly groceries and how it's gotta be like, "oop, excuse me, Lucanis! I am here to restock your Bedroom, don't mind me." Like, the concept of the Panty-Bedroom(TM) is killing me currently. Imagine getting hungry in the middle of the night only there is A Man in the pantry standing between you and Midnight Cheese Snack? Imagine being the Man whose bedroom is the communal food pantry for eight weirdoes in the Fade? What levels of insane must your life have reached for you to be either of the people in this scenario

[seasaltmemories]

Anyway while I think getting into specific numbers quibbling is a losing battle and am not a fan of hyperbolic statements that lean into violence, there is such a double standard that fandom will make post after post complaining about there not being enough found family stories, slow burns, heroes past their 20s, or old man yaoi, and this will be seen as normal healthy kvetching, but the minute instead people publicly mention wanting more f/f, butch women, polyamory, or something else that isn't part of the default ao3 house style, you will get droves of ppl acting like you are trying to destroy their way of life

[a-heart-of-kyber]

Listen, I'm full on team "Reid and Cat are incredibly fucked up and have chemistry. That's what makes them fun to watch, " but if you genuinely think Cat has a leg to stand on at any point...ever...I worry for you.

[anistarrose]

"oh to earn their reputation of being associated with love, this character needs to be having romantic feelings and entanglements with everyone they spend any amount of time with" WRONG. PLATONIC LOVE ATTACK

[mangofanarts]

Wait why did I just find out now that Cucurucho and Bad's duo name is surveyduo.....................how did I not know about this before

[tieflinglich]

arcane is so fun i forgot that the tendency for fandom at large to be an absolute pile of shit

[punkrockisafulltimejob]

Btw if anyone sees an "argument" between @rosen-dovecote and I, it's literally never an argument. We are really close friends who share a lot of similar view points about open and honest discussion, and if you ever see one of these "arguments" get cut off in the middle, it's because we took it to the DMs to continue our academic discussions. Debate is like, a fundamental part of both of our religions/spiritualities, learning and exchanging information is akin to picking up shiny rocks to give each other (but we can't do that cuz we live very far away so we settle for sharing gems of wisdom online). We're cool :)

[cywscross]

You just don't think antis are a problem because they're not in your fandoms. Once they start making posts with thousands of likes accusing you of being a pedophile and threatening to find out where you live and work so they can report your pedophilic tendencies because you ship teenagers (shounen characters), you'll start caring very quickly. Not in favour of that happening to you? Cool, you're a proshipper.

The fuck

[kurokoros]

first of all, the duffers absolutely didn't have the full series planned out from the start because Stranger Things was originally pitched as a limited series with 1) the potential for a direct "sequel" that would follow the younger kids as adults (basically, they pitched "It") or 2) an outright sci-fi horror anthology. second of all, even if the duffers did have everything mapped out from the start that doesn't mean that plan isn't garbage.

[hamiltonvi]

this fandom is fucking me off

[87dvhnk]

"i read the wiki and i saw the pages/panels already, why do i need to read the comics?"

because a) some those comics fuck with awing dexterity and stamina b) there's a good chance shit is out of context or simply misrepresented (innocently, humorously, ignorantly or maliciously) and c) you know the beats/endings of tons of shit, but it doesn't impede your enjoyment of it, now does it? sure it's nice to go in spoiler free, but if the gimmick of spoiling material is all a piece of media has, then that piece of media is meritless. you knew who luke skywalker's father was before you saw the movie. is it still worth watching? you knew romeo and juliet died before you read the play. is it still worth reading? do you not want to go on a journey? do you not want to feel something? do you not want to commiserate about the human experience through art? a wiki will never be comprehensive enough to cover everything you would have read or seen yourself--it can't be, not without being the thing itself. even then, you still miss the things not on the page/screen, the things that are only implied, the things that go unstated, or else conspicuously omitted. don't talk to me about shit haunting the narrative if the only haunting you've ever been apart of was your passing despite your dogshit analysis skills haunting the conscience of your eng 101 adjunct professor in perpetual fear of losing their contract and being relocated from their car to under a bridge by demanding college students demonstrate basic reading comprehension, critical thinking, and coherent argumentative skills. boast about killing the author? my friend, you are cain advancing in the fields, skulking, stepping in abel's footprints, filled with murderous intent, with nothing but the chinese telephone-equivalent of a description of a weapon cutting into your soft palms.

[cavalierappreciator]

i need to stop being a hater and i am a f/f fan i read and write it myself and i want to be an #ally to f/f shippers but i just. you people are making things up about f*rcille and demanding everyone pretend with you and it makes me feel insane

[twistedappletree]

lmao

[pronounrespector]

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[words-after-midnight]

oh my god not to vent on main but i'm so tired of this sentiment I have been seeing in so many writing-related posts lately, the gist of which is: "who cares if the story is predictable or not realistic! That doesn't matter and/or that's actually good writing!"

This is one of many examples of how genre-specific writing advice tends to be, because in some genres, yes, it absolutely matters how "predictable" your story is. In some genres, research and factual accuracy absolutely do matter. And like, I hate to break it to you, but foreshadowing and plot twists are a pretty crucial/central thing in some genres.