#I'm just gonna do what I enjoy in a fandom

[pufflehuffing]

Uh oh! Miss Sweeting was late to hand in her personal file for the school administration, and now a certain Slytherin has stolen it from her, jotting down some notes of his own. Tsk.

As long as he doesn't find out why Andrew Larson has beef with his fellow snake. Steph has heard enough jokes about it from her cousin Poppy. 👀

In all seriousness, aside from restarting my blog and introducing my MC, I just want to preface that I'll be taking it easy. I'm still not sure where I belong in the fandom, but I've received support through so many different channels and corners that I couldn't help but give it another (hesitant) go. Hopefully, this time, things will be different. Thank you to Witchy and Elli for including me in their little world. Thank you to my mutuals who left the loveliest messages. Thank you to a community who came together, it takes a village sometimes. Hopefully, the village will stay. 💚

[wolfieisacat]

i am convinced that most of the people who are like "rape fics are DISGUSTING!!! HOW COULD YOU ROMANTICIZE REAL TRAUMA LIKE THAT" aren't victims of SA of any kind like. like they've never been raped. because most of the people who are victims of that kind of thing who have an opinion on rape fics (that i've read from) are like "yeah it's cool"

[arendaes]

Haven't been feeling well today, so naturally I decided that on top of a sleep-deprived headache and menstrual cramps I needed to start a new playthrough of Dragon Age Inquisition 😂 After hours of struggling to get both mods and my controller to work with Frosty, I got everything up and running. IDK if it's just a decade's worth of hindsight, or if I've just played better games in that ten year span (or both), but...while I'm having fun, the game's definitely worse than I remember it being.

More thoughts and some screenshots below the cut

So, the thing that's standing out to me that I can't believe I never realized before is...this is a really raw deal for Dalish character. You're basically pressured into joining an organization that has historically helped oppress your people, all so you can return the world to a status quo that also oppresses people like you, from multiple angles. It's, well, bullshit. I get that the Inquisitor has to agree to actually have a story but the way the game goes about it is just so icky.

So I've decided to lean into that more, so I'm playing Amaris a lot angrier than I have done in the past. Well, in my head she's a lot angrier. I remember how bad this game is at letting the Inquisitor have anything that really resembles an actual personality so it will have to largely be in my head lol

Anyways, onto the screenshots. I decided to give Amaris brown hair instead of white after all, surprising no one I'm sure. I think it suits her better.

[yourlocaldisneyvillain]

i wish there was a space for actual adults within this fandom. i guess i will have to create it, even if it's just me and other five people and a shoelace. i wonder how this whole thing is gonna develop!

[melverie]

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh today I've been constantly experiencing the urge to un-private today-in-the-devildom & start writing for it again

[darkfires]

you guys just don't know how to write angst anymore. putting people who say they like "toxic yaoi" in my dni cause they have no idea how to actually write toxicity

[tricksterlatte]

The Online Fandom 7 Deadly Sins

sloth: complaining about how no one writes the tropes or pairings you like and bashing what's already out there, while refusing to create anything you desire yourself

greed: zine and other finance-related scandals with zero remorse for those negatively affected

gluttony: spending rent money on merch, experiencing buyer's remorse, then repeating the same process next month

wrath: anon hate over literally everything under the sun, even harassing official writers and threatening them if they don't make your ship canon

pride: devaluing other's characterizations and ships to praise yours as better, whether through a canon perspective or a moral perspective, when neither matter in the long run when it comes to your own enjoyment

envy: trash talking others' fandom creations or saying you won't bother creating anything because it'll never be as good as them

lust: fighting over who tops or bottoms because of your personal preferences when one, both, or neither could happen, especially when most of these characters never even kiss canonically nor have most people fighting done any of these things irl themselves

[if-loki-was-a-fox]

Can- can I start one of those homoerotic love-hate one sided vendetta type relationships with Instagram

[queerofthedagger]

everyone's always like "ohh writing research is so incriminating pls fbi man in my phone don't think the wrong thing aha"

meanwhile, my writing research:

pov you're writing fucking. stranger things fic. sigh

[deviousdiesel]

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[natasha-in-space]

You ever read a fic that's so good, you just have to lay there and stare at the ceiling in complete silence for like 15 minutes or so while your brain is basically vibrating with hundreds of thoughts? Yeah, that's one of the best feelings in the world, holy molly

[igneouswyvern]

being the only fan of something is so great because i am the sole ruler of this kingdom. no one is around to tell me my headcanons suck or that all the characters are ooc

however it also sucks because i am the only fan. no one is around to support my headcanons or tell me they love my portrayal of the characters

[maybe-theres-hope]

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[ravensroleplays]

Y’know, I think Vanessa might be the exact opposite of Snatcher in regards to my feelings towards their canon characterization in-game.

As in, I actually like her character just the way she is in the game--not in terms of how she is as a person, she’s absolutely horrid, but I can definitely appreciate her character.

For one thing, I like the interesting spin her arc puts on the common ‘Princesses Good, Queens Evil’ mindset that lots of media (looking at you, MLP:FIM) seem to have, as she was clearly violent and unstable even before taking the crown.

For another, it’s actually really refreshing to have a piece of media that treats female on male abuse as just as serious as male on female abuse, instead of treating it as a joke.

[balladccr]

it has been a long time since i've written within a very active fandom (most of my other blogs have been for dead ones or even nonexistent ones), so i just want all my mutuals to know:

lack of engagement/interaction ≠ lack of interest

my old tired ass just gets overwhelmed insanely easily, and so much of my days i spend just scrolling the dash, throwing out likes here and there to show "hey, you're neat; i like you. keep at it."

[the-smiling-doodler]

slams my head violently against the wall /neg