#I am not morally allowed to ever get into fnaf because of this

[thefishdeath]

I will randomly remember that I have the same name as that fucking alligator and lose my mind. This rodeo may be big enough for the both of us, but pardner, I ain't too fond of sharing

[theunlimitedskye]

This is your reminder and a nice lesson on how to be a decent fucking human being in fandoms.

Hi.

Guess what?

Just because you don't like or don't agree with something doesn't mean you have to be a dick about it.

Just because you're indifferent or uninterested in something doesn't mean that you aren't allowed to see the good things about those subjects or like certain aspects without actually knowing about the subject.

You're allowed to like things. You're allowed to dislike things. It's when you get aggressive and nasty about is when people begin to have negative opinions on you, and by association, the thing you are offending or defending.

I've had so many people who tell me I'm not allowed to like something without knowing it. I've had so many people come to me and tell me that I'm wrong for liking the things that I do. Does liking South Park make me a racist homophobe? Does drawing PewDiePie make me anti-Semitic? Does mentioning a vague interest in Hazbin Hotel without even being in the fandom automatically make me have an interest in pedophilia? According to some of the anons I've had in the past, it does.

But, hey, newsflash guys, I'M ALLOWED TO LIKE THINGS and SO ARE YOU.

I have plenty of shit that I don't like, but do you see me shitting on everyone? Fuck no. That'd make me a dick, and while I am a dick, I certainly don't want to be one when it comes to other people and what they like. Who the FUCK gave you any right to tell me that I can't like something? Who the FUCK gave you any right to tell ANYONE they can't like something?

If you like something, then you fucking like it! You don't deserve to be judged unless the thing you like is morally or legally wrong. If you like a ship or a fandom or a character then that's fucking fine!! Nobody is allowed to tell you what you can and can't like in these instances. If it makes you happy then it makes you happy! You only deserve to be judged, again, if what you enjoy is wrong by society's standards. Not by the standards of some random chucklefuck on Tumblr.

Another thing. If you're uninterested in or indifferent towards something then that doesn't mean you get to shit on the people who DO like those things. In bird culture, that is considered a dick move. People are allowed to like or dislike things, and if you disagree with their opinions then that's just too fucking bad. You don't get to tell people what they're allowed or not allowed to like, or what they should and shouldn't like. I can give SO many examples of this from my own personal experiences and the fandoms that I'm in, and fandoms that I'm NOT in as well.

Take, for example, the lack of fandoms I've been in. Never have I ever been interested in things like FNAF, BATIM, Undertale or Homestuck. I've never been interested, I've never cared to be interested, and I don't think I ever will be interested. Do I dislike these franchises and fandoms? Do I have some personal vendetta against them or their communities as a whole? No. I'm just uninterested. I'm indifferent. Nothing more.

Now, does being uninterested and uninvolved mean that I can't see the good in these fandoms and projects? Hell no!! They all have immensely unique plotlines from what I've seen, and are each special in their own way. The gaming mechanics that came with FNAF and Undertale are distinguishable and wonderful and should really be considered their own genres, a clear and very large amount of effort went into Homestuck and it definitely shows, and I don't know much about BATIM but I'm sure it's great too.

And hey, guess what? I hardly know ANYTHING about ANY of these franchises. Does that mean I'm not allowed to praise them for what I think are good points and aspects? Does that mean that I'm not allowed to appreciate the time, effort and dedication that went into creating these games, and the sheer love and appreciation that the fandoms give them? Some would say yes. Some would say that if I don't know anything about these things then I should just shut my petty little mouth. But you know what? Fuck you. Just because I never had any participation in these fandoms does NOT mean I can't praise and appreciate them.

And on top of it all, the music for FNAF, BATIM, Undertale and Homestuck fucking SLAP. The canon music and ESPECIALLY, E S P E C I A L L Y the fanmade music. I wouldn't even know about OR3O if it wasn't for All Eyes on Me! The people in these fandoms who dispense such wonderful content and such amazing music deserve to be praised for what they are. They fucking deserve it just as much as the creators of the actual fandoms do.

A few more examples come from the fandoms that I'm actually in, mainly South Park, and mainly regarding a topic that usually can hold a lot of discourse in any fandom: ships.

Now, I don't ship bash. I don't hate people for what they like. I can dislike or hate a ship without hating on the people who ship it. That's called having opinions and being NORMAL about them. I try my best to be open-minded on things like ships and characters. There's quite a bit that I don't ship simply because I'm not interested, and yeah, I'll admit it, there's ships I fucking HATE in this fandom. Rebstella, Jyle, Stangory and Creek are all on my list. I despise these ships for multiple reasons, mainly due to other people cramming them down my throat and not taking it well when I say that I don't really care for the ships.

When it came to things like Rebstella and Stangory, I never used to give a damn. But certain events took place that made me hate these ships with a burning passion. The same with Jyle and the same with Creek. They're the holy rectangle of "get these ships the fuck away from me".

Hate is a strong word, but let me tell you, I mean it with every fibre of my being.

Do I hate these ships? Yes. Do I hate the people who ship them? No. Not in the slightest. I know plenty of people who ship Rebstella and I don't shit on them for it. I just ignore the discussion whenever it's brought up because that's what NORMAL people do.

I know how this world works. I know how this platform works. My opinions are "controversial" and I fucking know I'm going to get people in my inbox screaming at me for what I'm saying regarding these SP ships alone. But you know what? I don't give a fuck.

I don't like Creek. I don't like Rebstella. I don't like Stangory.

Come scream at me and tell me what a horrible cunt I am. See if I give a shit. I'm allowed to have my fucking opinions. That's the entire moral of this goddamn post. I, and other people, can like or dislike things without deserving to be screamed at to conform to the every desire and whim of a souring fandom just because we dare to have different opinions from the rest of the community.

Being uninterested doesn't mean you have to be a prick. I don't ship Pockestella but I have friends who do ship it, and I let them ramble at me about the ship whenever they want to because even if I don't care for the ship, I care for my friend. I don't ship what they ship, but they get happy talking about their ships, so I let them, because I want them to be happy. I don't HAVE to ship what they ship to have a conversation about it.

(Oh, and while we're on the topic of Pockestella, they're not fucking cousins. They're cousins in the book. In the show, they're only stated as playmates. Fuck off.)

The same goes for other ships. Just recently I was scouring the Gregory tags for some nice art to add to my folders, and I found an absolutely spectacular Gregstella piece. A ship that I also don't care for. But the art was superb. It was utterly fantastic and I ADORED the way it was drawn. So you know what I did? I liked the post and saved it to my folder because I liked the art, and I'll probably head back to search the tags for it again so I can reblog it because it was just that good.

I don't ship Kyman, but I love the FUCK out of the Helluva Park AU. Nor do I ship Tyde, but guess who loves the Fleur Bleue AU? This bitch right fucking here. I can appreciate the way things I don't care for are portrayed if they're portrayed nicely or professionally. Does liking an AU where Kyle is a demon make me anti-Semitic? Does liking an AU as fucked up as Fleur Bleue make me some kind of smutty rape fetishizer? Some would say yes. And those people are fucking idiots. Liking something doesn't mean that you support what's portrayed. I've been told I was racist because I liked canon South Park as a whole. If liking South Park makes a person racist then I guess everyone in the fandom is a filthy racist, huh?

Basically, the moral of the post is don't be a prick. You can like things without hating on people or being hated on. You're allowed to have your opinions and other people are allowed to have theirs. If they don't shit on you for what you like, don't shit on them for what they like. We're all allowed to have our likes, dislikes, opinions, stances, ships and preferences. If everyone was forced to like the same exact things in a fandom, it would get very boring, wouldn't it? Fandoms need variety.

Don't be afraid to state your opinions because you're afraid someone will dislike what you're saying. Don't hold back on showing love to the things you love because you don't want hate in your inbox. Show love to what you love anyway and disable questions and submissions. It's that easy to ignore the toxicity. Block and delete buttons exist for just these reasons.

You have to be brave and show love for the things you appreciate in fandoms. If someone hates you for what you're saying, so what? If it's an anon or someone you don't know then why the fuck should you care? You don't know them. Let them hate you. If it's someone you consider a friend getting pissy, well, they're not a real friend, are they? If I had a friend getting up in my case over the things I like or support, or the things I don't like and support, I'd drop them faster than the beat drops in a Skrillex song.

Do you like ships that aren't popular? That's fine! Ship them! You don't have to like what everyone else likes if shipping rarepairs makes you happy!

Are you playing a new game without playing the previous games? That's fine! Play the games you like! (I'm looking at you, Animal Crossing fandom. Fuck off the cases of people who are enjoying New Horizons without having played the other games. I just got New Leaf, are you gonna shit on me because I never played Wild World?)

Do you dislike things that everyone else seems to like? That's fine! You can have opinions! You're allowed to dislike things, especially if they're things that the fandom shoves down everyone's throats! Every fandom has things like that. You're allowed to dislike them!

I'll say it real loud for the people in the back.

PEOPLE CAN LIKE OR DISLIKE THINGS.

PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE OPINIONS THAT DIFFER FROM YOURS.

NOT EVERYONE HAS TO LIKE THE EXACT SAME THINGS YOU DO.

PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO LIKE AND APPRECIATE THINGS WITHOUT KNOWING EVERY SINGLE LITTLE DETAIL ABOUT THEM.

I NEVER PLAYED FNAF BUT I LOVE THE MUSIC AND I FUCKING HATE CREEK. Are you gonna come yell at me for being brave and telling people my opinions? Are you gonna try and suppress me? Are you gonna try and silence me? To get me to conform to what you like? To tell me that I'm wrong? To manipulate me, gaslight me, threaten me until I step down and admit defeat? If that's your endgame, then find another target, because I don't fucking care. I'm not afraid, and neither should anyone else.

Individuality is key.

This has been your daily reminder on How To Bs a Decent Fucking Human Being in Fandoms.

Love, Skye.

[summerbloguk]

Top 10 Favorite Video Games

10. Five Nights at Freddy’s Sister Location - I love FNAF as a whole because of its cryptic lore, but the only reason that I have written only Sister Location and not the entire franchise at the beginning of this paragraph is because I have only finished Sister Location completely.  The other FNAF games were difficult to complete past Night 3 or 4. The hidden lore of FNAF is what makes it so interesting. What was the missing childrens incident? What are the Bites of 83 and 87? What is the deal with the Afton family? Why did William Afton murder all of those children? Why did he use robots for the purpose? All of these questions intrigue me heavily, to the point that I have read both of the novels that Scott Cawthon has written and am waiting for the third part. The gameplay of FNAF never appealed to me, only the lore did. Owned on PC

                                 FNAF Banner Artwork

9. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Pokemon, as a franchise is the game that I grew up with, and continue to grow up with. I have played all of the pokemon games atleast once, some multiple times, and my record for Pokemon Emerald is 7 times. Pokemon, as a universe, fascinates me and keeps me intrigued. The new Pokemon that are designed and released with each new generation of game intrigue and fascinate me. However, the repeating story and gameplay of the core Pokemon games has bored me, and Mystery Dungeon is a series that I really like, as it offers a differing storyline and gameplay than the original games. I especially liked Explorers of Sky, as its story was the most fascinating and unique to me. I always played as a Riolu named Rayce and my partner was always a Torchic named Amber, in all of the Mystery Dungeon games, except for Red and Blue, where I was a Torchic named Amber, and my partner was Chikorita. Owned on the Wii U Virtual Console, DS, 3DS.

              Pokemon Artwork

8. Infamous Second Son - Infamous Second Son was a really good experience for me. It was the first PS4-exclusive game that I had ever finished. I haven’t played the first two Infamous games, and I really want to. The plethora of gameplay choices that the player gets is what reeled me in. When I first started the game, I did not like the fire powers that Delsin had much. But after Delsin got the Neon powers, the game was in full-swing for me. The choice between being a hero and being Infamous was what kept pulling me even deeper. The occasional accidental death made me actually sad and leveling up my karma as a hero made me feel actually good. The ending of the game touched me, as Delsin was able to save his tribe from certain death, and was able to defeat Augustine and let all of the conduits live their life the way they wanted to. Owned on PS4

            Infamous Second Son Artwork

7. Portal Stories Mel - I know that a huge percentage of the people reading this probably didn’t even of the existence of this game, but it does exist, and boy, is it good. I know that this isn’t an official Portal game, but it is better than the official games, as it has better puzzles, more gameplay, stronger focus on the protagonist, amazing characters (Glados always stressed me out, and Virgil is not a backstabbing dick like Wheatley). Owned on PC.

                  Portal Stories Mel Facebook Artwork

6. Assassin's Creed - Assassin’s Creed is a game series that I love not because of its gameplay, or main story, or even the characters. I love it because of its lore. The lore of Assassin’s Creed is heavily drawn from real history, with a few changes here and there. That is why, when the people started getting sick of the game for repeating its gameplay and freezing its modern-day storyline, I still loved it, because all of that was a little irrelevant to me, as I looked for the hidden lore of the games. Sure, I too, got a little sick of the repetitive missions and gameplay, but whenever I was able to discover a piece of lore about the game, I got excited for the franchise all over again. My favorite characters are William Miles, Jacob Frye, Leonardo Da Vinci, Blackbeard, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar (Et tu, Brute) and Ezio Auditore da Firenze.

                          All Assassin’s Creed Historical Protagonists Upto Syndicate

5. Dishonored - Dishonored as a franchise was a singular experience for me, and that is the reason why I place all of the games in one single spot. The franchise starts off with Dishonored 1, where you follow The Royal Bodyguard of Dunwall and father to the heiress, Corvo Attano, as he is framed for the murder of his lover, the Empress Jessamine Kaldwin and the disappearance of his daughter, the Crown Princess Emily Kaldwin. Corvo escapes prison and tracks down the real culprits of the situation and eliminates them, lethally or non-lethally, with the help of new-found allies. When some of his new friends betray him, Corvo finds them as well and rescues his daughter, after dealing with them. Looking over the entire situation is The Outsider, a mysterious being with god-like powers, who lives in the Void, an alternate Dimension where Space and Time is warped. He grants Corvo his sign, which gives him mysterious and divine powers. The DLC follows Daud, the person who assassinated the Empress and helped in the kidnapping of the Princess, as his guilt and his past catches up with him. The 2nd game is set 15 years after the 1st game and follows Emily and Corvo, as the sorceress Delilah Copperspoon captures the Throne and deposes Emily off of the throne. From here, the chosen protagonist, either Emily or Corvo, runs off to the city of Karnaca to solve the mystery of Delilah, who claims to be the half-sister of Jessamine Kaldwin with the help of a captain named Meagan Foster, whose real name is Billy Lurke, a former member of the group of assassins that worked under Daud, as she helps the chosen protagonist to repent for her sins. The final game of the Kaldwin Era, as the developers call it, a standalone DLC called Dishonored: Death To The Outsider follows Billy Lurke sometime after the ending of Dishonored 2, as she finds her old mentor Daud and prepares for a plan to rid the Outsider of his powers, either lethally or non-lethally. The great thing about Dishonored is its ability to allow players freedom of choice as they play. The players have the option to resolve conflicts either violently or non-violently. The supernatural powers allow a plethora of various combinations of strategies that the player can take to finish the mission. Overall, it is an experience that I cherish deeply. Owned on PC (Dishonored 1 and 2) and PS4 (Dishonored Death to The Outsider).

                     Dishonored 2 Main Look

4. Fire Emblem Fates - The Fire Emblem series was a game series that I had played ever since the games first started coming out in English, but the one game that hit me the hardest was Fates. Unlike the other Fire Emblem games where the streamlined story allowed you to formulate a mystery that was solved in one go, Fire Emblem Fates shows a demo, with Birthright and Conquest giving you tidbits about the real events going on, before telling you the truth in Revelations. This tri-forked storyline asked me make a hard decision at the beginning of chapter 6, which I made 6 times, as I played all the paths twice. The characters in the game feel more natural and complex than in other games, and that makes it harder when you face off against them when they are your enemies in the opposing route. I personally hated it when I had to fight Charlotte in Birthright, who was my spouse in Conquest at that very moment. Owned on 3DS.

                  A Beautiful Fire Emblem Fates Artwork

3.  The Elder Scrolls Online - I love the Elder Scrolls series. I have played Skyrim  so much. This one is a prequel to the same, set around around a 1000 years before Skyrim and follows the Vestige as he tries to stop Molag Bal from merging Nirn (His Universe) with Coldharbour (Molag Bal’s Universe or Plane of Oblivion, equivalent to Hell) and get his/her lost soul back from him. This game is an MMORPG and has its storylines set all across Tamriel, as the game allows you to visit all the provinces, which happened last time almost 20 years ago when The Elder Scrolls Arena was first released. I bought the game in 2016, soon after Tamriel Unlimited was released, but have only started playing it around March of 2018. I have recently finished the main questline and am starting the DLCs. If you play the game on the US PC Server, looking up Rayce The First, Nord. Owned on PC.

                 Elder Scrolls Online Summerset Poster

2. Undertale - I know that many people think of Undertale and their mind immediately goes towards the community that envelopes the game and the negative view of the community generally puts them off the game. However, if you get past that stereotype and play the game, you will be in for an amazing experience that will shock you and move you to tears. Play the game on the Pacifist Run and when you finish the game, you will and you will not want to play the Genocide Run. This indecision will stem from the fact that you want to exerience more of the game, but don’t want to harm the characters that you have grown so fond of. The game is part of a larger movement of people demanding more non-violent options in video games, and is a clear and certain example how that can be achieved. You will play the game as a child who fell down the caverns of a mountain and has to find and go through the barrier to get out (why the monsters trapped did not simply build a ladder to climb out of the hole in the hundreds of years that they were stuck there is beyond me). While looking for your way out, you will meet a variety of characters, all of whom you can become friends or enemies with. That aspect of the game, which evokes your morality, is the reason that this game is on my number two spot. Owned on PC, PS4 and PS Vita.

                      My favorite Undertale Artwork

 1. The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim -I know that I included 2 Elder Scrolls games in this list and also put them on really top spots as well, but what can I say except for the fact that I love The Elder Scrolls.   Skyrim is a fantasy based RPG game that revolves around you, The Dragonborn, saving the world from its end at the “wings” of the demonic dragon Alduin. However, you will almost certainly forget to do that when you start to explore the massive world of Skyrim as you randomly wander the map, doing mundane tasks for the NPCs and marrying the person that you literally just met and got a piece of flower from the river for. Finish the game once and then play the 3 DLCs of the game. These DLCs are - a) Dragonborn: Fight against the 1st Dragonborn Miraak, as you explore the island of Solstheim. b) Hearthfire: Build houses and adopt children. c) Dawnguard: Fight against the threat of the Vampire Lord of Harkon, either rebelling against him while part of his vampiric court or as a member of the Dawnguard, a faction of soldiers fighting against the growing vampire threat. Finish the Vanilla game and then go to nexusmods.com to download mods to add more content to the game in the form of quest mods like Falskaar, Beyond Skyrim, Undeath, etc, gameplay mods like Civil War Overhaul, Frostfall, etc and a plethora of other mods like graphical mods, which can make the 2011 game look better than the 2017 version of the game, for free. This game was one of the first games I played that really got me into the Gaming Community. Owned on PC.

                        A Modded Skyrim

Special Mention) Doki Doki Literature Club - Doki Doki Literature Club as a video game is very sub-par, but as a visual novel, is one of the best stories of 2017. The characters of Natsuki, Yuri, Sayori and Monika are very much relatable and comforting... if that’s the correct word. Every character has a flaw that makes them relate to the protagonist. It might be Sayori’s depression, or Yuri cutting herself, or Natsuki dealing with an abusive father, or even Monika, knowing the reality of how alone she is in the world. The story of how Monika deals with her emotions is one that really touched me, especially by the end when she saves you from Sayori and sings “Your Reality” to you. Doki Doki as a meta-fiction story really tells us about the future we’re about to reach. While here it shows us Monika being sentient for entertainment, in the real world, it can be very dangerous. The thought of robots getting real consciousness inside of them, and slowly getting stronger than us, and independent of us is a scary thought. This will then bring up the issues of “Robot Rights”, which will be probably the next big debate on Earth. If the robots grow more powerful than us, then who knows what will happen. Owned on PC.

                    Official Doki Doki Literature Club poster

Signing off

U.K.