#I will not be tagging every single character!

[mamawasatesttube]

the fic: superboy (comics)! kon-el centric! kon & ma kent, kon & clark, kon & lois, kon & lori luthor, kon & bart allen, kon & aura (lindsay wah), kon & kara zor-el, pre-relationship tim/kon

the absolute buffoons and clowns in the bookmarks on the fic, for some reason: #batman #batfam

[nqueso-emergency]

I wrote this because I needed to get it off my chest. But then I didn't want to put it on my own blog because I didn't want to deal with the discourse. So, I decided to send it to you in the hope you'd put it up.

I've been in many different fandoms, and I think the only fandom where I ever very actively shipped a canon couple was Torchwood. (If there are people not shipping Jack and Ianto, please never tell me.) That means, of course, there were always other LI of my ships to deal with. And somehow, no matter the fandom (NICS, Hawaii 5-0, Sherlock (mostly), Stargate, etc pp) it's always the same: If the fic takes place at a point in canon where one or more people in the desired ship are currently in a relationship usually one of two things happens: 1. The canon LI just doesn't seem to exist in the fic. 2. There is somewhere one line about "Oh, what about Character A?" "Ah, we broke up. No big deal." (And writing this, I'm kinda laughing now about the Buck/Natalia break-up between seasons 6 and 7.)

So, it's very strange and confusing to watch this part of the Buddie fandom that's so enraged about Tommy and has made hating him their whole fandom personality, who instead of doing what's always been done with LIs that were in the way of a ship created this whole subgenre on 9-1-1 fics now whose whole focus is "How do we overcome the obstacle of the unwanted LI to get our ship". (As I write this, there are 800 fics on ao3 tagged with both ships!) Where did the mentality of "ignore the LI in the way of our ship" vanish to? It was there for other LIs of Buck and Eddie in the past, why isn't it there for Tommy? Why can't a multishipper go into the Buddie tag in peace without being slapped in the face with Tommy bashing everywhere? (And why do you have to bash Buck and Eddie, too, while doing so? I know you don't recognize it, but that's what you're doing with many of those takes about the cheating. That's what you are doing every time you make Eddie into a violent caricature just so you have someone who can beat Tommy up.)

The hate against Tommy has a very different quality and edge to it than the hate for other LIs in the past, and this new genre you all created is a huge part of that.

And before anyone starts, yes there are a lot of bashing fics about the other LI. I've read a lot of them. The vast majority of those are not about finding a way to get the LI out of the way for Buddie (especially not by glorifying Buddie cheating on their LIs) They are about exploring little things of the characters people find jarring or exaggerating those things to use as a plot or plot device. (e.g. Ana's ableist take after the whole skateboard incident. Or her unprofessional behavior of flirting with a parent during parent-teacher-conference.)

As for the very worn-out mantra/whine of "Why could I peacefully hate on the female LIs in the past but aren't allowed to do the same with Tommy?" No one would bother you if you stopped pushing your hate on everyone else.

But you're trying to infiltrate every single nook with your hatred because somehow you don't understand while you're entitled to your hate about Tommy, other people are just as equally entitled to their love and appreciation of the character and the representation he provides. It's not just the Buddie tag people are bombarded with your hate in. No matter what tag — Bathena, Henren, Madney, every single character tag — you'll stumble over Tommy hate pretty fast. Because you tag them all if they matter for your post or not. (I mean, you've done that with Buddie in general for years, which also was never okay!) Or find cheap excuses to include them in your post.

People would let you wallow in your hate peacefully if you wouldn't attack anyone who didn't agree with you. Especially those gay and bi men in this fandom who are full of gratefulness and praise for the representation of their lived experiences 9-1-1 has given them through Tommy and Bucktommy. Who've been calling you out for your hateful and phobic behavior because there is no avoiding being confronted with it.

No one would bother you if you wouldn't post public lists of people you plan to bully in the future!

I guess the point of this long-ass rant is: Get in your fucking lane and let everyone else enjoy the fandom, too. Keep your hate where others can avoid it. It's not that difficult. And believing everyone has to agree with you about your hate is a huge red flag.

Perfectly said, anon 👏

"You" = bestie boos btw

[shiraishi--kanade]

I talked about this before but I encountered it again and I thought it was hilarious.

Twitter refugees who think it's wise to say "actually I think this media is a disappointment and I hated this character idk why everyone likes them" and then proceed to meticulously tag every single thing they just insulted. Stop. That won't fly here. You are speedrunning getting on so many people's blocklists and I don't even feel sorry for you.

[ghostxrose]

Time Stood Still | Bakugo Katsuki x Reader

Summary ~ Katsuki is tired of everything to do with soulmates and mushy love crap. The love stories that he's subjected to listen to are all the same; disgustingly sappy. Each one solidifies that he doesn't want, or have time for, love and a soulmate.. then he comes across you.

Tags/Warnings ~ Fem!Reader, character death, angst, sad ending, soulmate au, hurt no comfort, let me know if I should add any other tags..

Note ~ Hi, Lovelies! Sooo, this is me getting back into writing with just a teeny tiny bit of angst, lol.. It is short and not nearly as angsty as stuff I've written before, but I hope you enjoy it all the same! I love and appreciate you all, Lovelies!! <3 <3

Katsuki could feel his perpetual scowl deepen the further he scrolled through his social media feed. Every other post is a “found my soulmate” post, and he legitimately wonders just how he could be seeing posts like that every day with his friend list being so short. He also wonders why every post seems to say the same gushy crap every time. Honestly, he doesn’t even know why he bothers scrolling through any of his social media when it’s all the same crap. Every. Single. Day.

“Time stood still..”

Katsuki has heard or read those three words his whole life whenever people described meeting their soulmates. His parents, his relatives, and even some of his friends who have met their soulmates already. And it’s always the same sappy story that gets told leading up to that same stupid line.

“Time stood still..”

And he’s never believed it for a second because how stupidly cliche is it for “time to stop” when looking at someone? Even if that someone is supposedly who you’re meant to be with because some “higher power” said so.

“Time stood still..”

It’s all crap in Katsuki’s mind, straight-up bullshit. He doesn’t want or need a soulmate, and he doesn’t believe anything would happen if he ever met them. Time wouldn’t stop. No one would be running into each other’s arms. None of that gushy, lovey-dovey, movie crap would happen. It’s all completely unrealistic stuff that people add to their stories to make them sound better, and Katsuki doesn’t want any part of it.

Right as he’s hitting the point of wondering why there’s no “disgusted” button between every like and dislike button out there, a villain attack alert fills his phone screen. With the crackling of his comms coming to life officially marking the end of his lunch break, he slips his phone into his pocket. As he blasts off to the location of the villain attack, all thoughts of soulmates and sappy crap are replaced with the slightly feral excitement of an impending fight.

Getting to the scene, all of Katsuki’s excitement dissipates as he takes in the wreckage that has already been made. The operator he has been receiving details from had said that the villain’s Quirk is dangerous and destructive. Looking around at the crumbling buildings and cracked pavement, Katsuki feels the description was a gross understatement.

For only a moment longer, Katsuki watches the few rescue heroes that have already arrived on the scene work before he steels himself and takes off toward the latest location of the rampaging villain. When he does catch up to the villain, he’s secretly relieved to find other heroes have arrived as well. Deku, Kirishima, and a few other heavy hitters whose Quirks would work well against the villain’s Quirk. Wasting no time, Katsuki is patched through to the frequency that Deku and the other heroes are using, and he joins the battle.

The fight is grueling and goes on for hours before the villain is finally taken down and apprehended. It doesn’t feel like a win to Katsuki, though, not with the carnage left in the wake of the fight. There’s rubble everywhere from downed buildings, chunks of pavement are missing from the ruined streets, and then there are the casualties.. There aren’t as many as there could have been, but they are still civilian lives lost. Katsuki forces himself to stay in hero mode as he helps with rescue efforts. He can focus on the pain of his injuries and his self-deprecating thoughts later.

He continues moving through a half-collapsed apartment building, calling out and asking if anybody needs help. He manages to help a few injured civilians out of the building, making sure to get them to the teams of medical personnel right away. Luckily, it seemed that most of the people who had lived in that apartment building managed to evacuate before the villain came ripping through it.

In the midst of helping an elderly woman to an ambulance, Katsuki notices a few medics surrounding somebody and performing CPR on the person. Kirishima is standing off to the side of them with a grim and guilty look on his face. Katsuki quickly makes sure the elderly lady is in the care of a medic before making his way over to his friend. Now, Katsuki is absolutely not the face of comfort, but in growing up he tries to be there for his friends when they need it, damn it.

“Red,” Katsuki rasps out, his tone a touch gentler than it normally is as he walks up to his friend.

“She.. she was barely breathing when I found her, but I.. I thought that if I was fast enough, they could help her..” Kirishima explains helplessly, his voice thick with emotion, as he continues staring at the scene in front of him.

It’s then that Katsuki looks over at the medics and the woman they are trying to save. Unfortunately, he chooses to look over right as they declare the time of death and they all step back from the woman. Getting a clear look at her, Katsuki’s breath catches in his chest, and a pain like he’s never felt before spreads through his chest.

He had believed it was all bullshit. He had believed that everyone just spewed that crap to make their stories more sappy and gushy. He’s never even wanted a soulmate. Never believed he could love some stranger even if they were meant for him. Time doesn’t stop for anyone or anything, so why carry the belief that it would even feel like that while looking at some random? It was all crap in Katsuki’s mind..

Until now.

Staring at your limp and lifeless body, a peaceful look on your face underneath the blood and dust, Katsuki is in complete disbelief. It.. it was all supposed to be bullshit. He didn’t even know it was truly possible to feel anything like this..

“Baku- Dynamight? Are you okay? Did you know her?” Kirishima’s voice sets everything back into motion, and it’s fucking painful.

Gritting his teeth as tears well up in his eyes without his permission, Katsuki’s voice rasps quietly, “I think.. she was my soulmate.”

Anything else Kirishima says is lost to Katsuki as he feels his knees give out, his chest feeling like a hole was blown through it. The pain of loss consumes him, choking him with a lump of emotions he never thought he’d feel. Thoughts of what it would have been like to get to know you, what your voice sounded like, how you would have helped him learn how to love someone.. they all race through his head, crossing the painful finish line of it all being ripped away from him before he’s even had the opportunity to give the whole soulmate thing a chance.

His whole goddamn life, Katsuki had never believed a word anybody said about love and soulmates. Then he saw you and in the worst way possible..

Time stood still.

Divider Credit ~ @deadbranch

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #6283:

The problem with OP and that one reblogger in 766316347333427200 is that they resort to claiming misogyny for everything even remotely negative regarding female characters. You can't just dislike a female character in any manner, it has to because of misogyny. There is no other reason in their minds, it's because you hate women.

Are there fans that hate female characters because they are female characters? Yes, of course. As there are fans who hate male characters because they are male characters. They exist. There are assholes of every kind. For every post of someone shitting on a female character there is one of a male character. There are asshole fans in every single fandom. That is an undeniable fact.

Yet, whenever certain individuals like OP are faced with the fact that not everything is done out of malice, they clutch onto their safety blankets and screech "No! It is because of misogyny! It's everywhere! You're too stupid to see it!"

There is also this sense of entitlement whenever it comes to these people who always scream misogyny. They demand fans to stop writing about the male characters they do like to instead write about the female characters. The only way to prove you're not suffering from internal misogyny is to write about the characters they want you to write. Isn't that something?

And internalized misogyny is such a patronizing and degrading insult. It's virtually saying, "You're too stupid to know how sexist you really are, fortunately for you I know, so listen to everything I say to stop being so sexist!" No one is more sexist to female fans than those who go around spewing this kind of rhetoric.

As for there not being rules for female characters? Are you absolutely kidding me? In the writing advice tag, there are numerous posts about how to write supposedly good female characters, and each of them more restrictive and frankly misogynistic than the last. The blogger of that ask themselves listed of several rules of what not to write them as unironically.

OP and those who think like them need to stop calling large swarths of female fans sexists because we don't want to play with the same dolls they do.

Posting as a response to a previous problem.

Here is the linked ask.

[yanderehighschool-confessions]

INTRODUCING THE YHS STUDENT* BRACKET!

Have you ever wondered who the YHS fan-favorite is? Well, to be honest, we all probably know, but for the 4 and a half people that have... more niche tastes, let's pretend we don't!

So, here are all the students! Or at least... kind of. I say student with an asterisk, since AFAIK MegaNecra only shows up in school like, once. I don't really know what the deal with him is. Is he even a student? No clue.

But that's enough of me rambling- I hope you all enjoy the scuffed bracket! Round 1 polls will be started later today. Or never, if I forget how a bracket works.

Feel free to spread propaganda for your YHS 'skrunkly'. May the best mildly-murderous highschooler win.

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

over & over resident evil animation

yt link

[umblrspectrum]

do you ever like wanna make something cool but you dont know how so you just sit around like a moron for 5 hours straight pretending you know how

me neither

on a more serious note i know ad astra as a whole isnt over but i still want to thank daybreaker for their fics. what friends are for was the very first md fic i ever stumbled upon when trying out ao3 for the first time, and prior to joining the server i was checking it near daily for uploads. god knows if i'd be as deep in ao3 as i am now if it werent for this story and convenient timing. Thanks for the story.

[nextstopwonderland]

#i think the Jon Moxley who tapped out to save Yuta would hate the Jon Moxley of today

[heymacy]

IAN GALLAGHER + his journey with bipolar disorder

╰┈➤ “At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you’re living with this illness and functioning at all, it’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of." - Carrie Fisher

[factual-fantasy]

I saw this meme template floating around and I felt the need to draw it XDD

Also close up of the lads 👇

[pigeonconcert]

can’t believe Sally starlet invented ADHD I mean damn 

( HD footage of sally detonating like a bomb under the cut )

[nushkiespeaks]

I clearly understand whatever you're talking about. But the thing is, you're talking about an event known as Mahabharat. And there is nothing awkward about it, because none of the wrong doers were spared after all.

Even if we consider Draupadi was saved, the revenge was taken! Sri Krishna had dissed the Pandavas so much for this! Everyone had dissed the court for it!

You're clearly looking at one aspect of Dyut, not the entire one so as to understand. While you're saying that associating the morality of the victim while being in a position of getting sexually assaulted is one thing, yes, but that isn't the entire thing on how Draupadi gets saved, dear. But in my point of view it was Draupadi who had saved herself from the ordeal, but you see what happens next! The Pandavas are angry!

The biggest war of Mahabharat happens to avenge the insult done to Draupadi! This clearly means that sexual assault on anyone shouldn't happen!

I am exactly talking about the way how Draupadi's power had caused to save herself, her courage! There is no link with moral purity! Yes it does form a part, but it isn't entirely of it! Draupadi wasn't an ordinary human being after all, and linking demigods to our lives in Kaliyug is insane at some point I feel.

Surely, in our days such miracles won't be happening we know! But justice happens doesn't it? The same way the entire assault on Draupadi is avenged! And that is what Dharma stands for! Dear, dharma isn't just moral righteousness of a person, it involves every single thing that leads the world to run at its best. I did not talk about Draupadi being morally righteous rather I emphasized on the fact how "Dharma" comes to save Draupadi. And Dharma stands with only who is righteous, regardless of any situation. You cannot separate the two.

You're forgetting the fact that Draupadi's insult was avenged, you're forgetting how Bheem thrashed and tore Dusshasan's arms, gave him such a brutal death for laying hands on Draupadi. In the same way, Keechak is strangled to death also brutally by Bheem.

Where is then sexual assault justified my friend? Where is it tagged violence against woman, sexual assault is glorified?!

Even if for a moment if we consider that Draupadi didn't get help that way, you think that the Pandavas wouldn't have avenged her?

The entire point of Dyut isn't glorification of sexual assault and having a good character will save you, no no! This is clearly a misunderstanding! Rather Draupadi in Dyut, protests against such things! She talks about what rights Yudhishthir had to stake her? Remember no one had supported Yudhishthir' deeds. I am talking about how Draupadi's self restrain and perserverence had saved her, not linking it with how sexual assault happens in today's world. I talked about her mental strength at the position not morality.

Even if you take out the part where Draupadi is magically saved, you cannot ignore the part how the Pandavas fumed day and night, killed Kauravas and Karn brutally for trying to assault their wives.

Infact the entire aspect of Mahabharat actually builds upon the Adharma done upon a woman and what the consequences are!

NO WHERE IN MAHABHARAT SUCH ACTIVITIES IS GLORIFIED! NO WHERE!

And dearest, you're talking about slavery also here. The concept of slavery is VERY DIFFERENT from what we mean in today's context. If you had read Mahabharat, you would've known how the Pandavas and Draupadi treat their servants with utmost respect and dignity. Draupadi infact even remembers the names of her servants (everyone) who worked under her.

And no where slavery is glorified as it is in todays world. There was no thing acutely known as SLAVERY during that time, where they were tortured or meted out inhuman treatment like the SLAVERY which happens in Kaliyug. Vyas clearly mentions how in Yudhishthir's kingdom every human being lived a life of peace and happiness, there were no sorrow, no disease, no immorality because of the power of sacrificial Yagnas that purified the minds.

Pandavas and Draupadi were a standard as to how one should be treating people around. Now you would say it only happened in selective areas, and Draupadi Pandavas are exceptions. Ofcourse they are exceptions 😂😂😂that's the reason Vyas had told us to learn from the Pandavas and not others right?😂 They're glorified and heroes for a reason for they showed us how to treat people and Mahabharat clearly emphasises on it!

No where have been inhuman treatment been glorified! And those who were into it ( for example, Karn ) were brutally punished for their deeds.

That's the reason why one shouldn't cherrypick upon Mahabharat. Read the text and then analyze it. I know reading 6000 pages books isn't an easy task, but atleast try it?

Jumping to conclusions about our ITIHAS is very easy then you should even dare to read as well, COMPLETELY.

Mahabharat and Ramaayan clearly shows what immoral deeds done upon woman can lead you to, and you're questioning that thing only?

This is not as coherent as my usual posts and I'm sorry about that in advance. This is tangentially related to our last post about women in Mahabharat. I saw this post by @nushkiespeaks. I have a lot of thoughts about it but what matters the most in the context of our previous post is that I do not like the use of the phrase "her dharma saves her" in this scenario. I will explain.

TW: violence against women, sexual assault. Please proceed with caution.

(I want to clarify that this is not meant as a call out post or anything. These are just my thoughts about what some feminist analysis of the epic lack sometimes. You can feel free to agree or disagree with me but please be kind and respectful about it and not call people names or harass anyone.)

I love Draupadi as a character so I say the following with all the love in my heart for her:

People usually either praise Draupadi for being a perfect victim. Or denigrate her for not being one. To them, she's either the pure hearted goddess who believed in her personal god and fulfilled her dharma of being a perfect wife. Or she's the cunning woman who didn't perform her dharma properly and deserved what she got.

What gets left behind is that the fact no one should have to go through any of that regardless of whether you believe they performed their dharma correctly. What also gets left behind are: all the other women mentioned in the scene, if only in passing. The slaves.

If you're strictly talking about the BORI CE version of the story(as the post clearly is), while reading it, it's almost impossible to miss the repeated mentions of the normalised and legally sanctioned sexual abuse/harrassment and rape of slaves. (Side note: Yes, slavery was a thing back then. It's horrible. People just don't like to acknowledge the instances in the Mahabharat where slavery is mentioned because it's just not a good look for sacred books to be chill with and actively encouraging buying and selling of actual people like objects. Trust me, if you have a favourite character in the epic, they were probably involved in the practice of slavery somehow, even Krishna, I'm very sorry to tell you this.)

To me, it's odious to mention dharma whenever we talk about Draupadi's vastraharan because it leads the obvious conclusion that those other women mentioned in text suffer at the hands of their "masters", in part because maybe they weren't performing their dharma correctly.

Maybe that's not what people mean when they praise Draupadi for her dharmic perfection. But every time those people, I cannot help but think of those women. The ones that are forgotten.

The ones who were not allowed to save themselves.

I guess, I'm ultimately just trying to say that this post is just my humble request to people to not talk about topics such as sexual assault in terms of the moral character of the victim. The people may mean well, but it does unfortunately perpetuate the idea of a perfect victim.

-Mod S

[filmbroandy]

one of the most difficult to parse ensemble cast pieces i've ever watched tbh

[ssalballoon]

bg3 charas in my style! (template)

[magicalcreeks]

The argument was never fanfics need the be canon the argument is you should at least read the source material to get the basic foundation of the characters you’re writing about.