#I'm so sorry for using fandom tags for this

[solanj]

sometimes in the fandom you see some art that is SO beautifully made but goes SO against the grain of how you perceive the drawn character(s) like I want to reblog it so much because it's so visually gorgeous and the artist is amazing and deserves to know this but I'll fucking die before letting that particular interpretation of the character(s) anywhere near my blog

[dootznbootz]

I don’t have a link but I saw a post along the lines of “EPIC fans trying to gaslight themselves into thinking Odysseus wouldn’t cheat (he does in the books)” and I nearly had a conniption.

Some people WERE arguing he was assaulted, but other people were saying it depends on the interpretation and saying he has a child with Circe and that he stays on the island with her for a year. I also saw someone say he was just lying about being assaulted on another post about it.

The Odyssey/EPIC fandom is so exhausting I’ve thought about blocking everything sometimes ngl. It’s so hard to filter out posts like that. But there’s so much amazing art and content about it I don’t want to stop seeing it.

No, like that's the struggle of it.

I Love Epic and I technically got into the Odyssey BECAUSE of Epic. But I'm a hardcore Odyssey girly. I adore it so much. I've read 8 translations at this point because I love it so much and it's fun for me! And Epic is in no way a replacement for the Odyssey (Jay even says that it's not! he's simply inspired by the Odyssey) and it feels like high quality fanfiction of the Odyssey (FUN! JOYOUS WHIMSY! I still like it! :3 ).

But holy shit, like, both Epic AND Tagamemnon fans can be so fucking exhausting. (I am a fan of both. I can say this.)

(Obviously I'm not talking about everyone. <3 I've made many friends and have met lovely people in both fandoms.)

Like while yes, Epic!Odysseus isn't coerced/raped by either of the goddesses, that's simply because of the fact that Jay simply felt like he wasn't well equipped to handle such dark topics to that extent. And I honestly respect him for that! He knows his limits with the story he wanted to tell and that's good! And in general I think he did a fantastic job handling the aspects of it he did touch on (Coercion with Circe's threatening in "There Are Other Ways" is done well imo.)

(ngl, I kind of take back what I said about "Not Sorry for Loving You". I think a lot of my reaction was initially from my fear of how fandom would react. But I've been delightfully surprised seeing how (for the most part) Epic Fandom has really come through to show the "fucked up-ness" of that song)

THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT ODYSSEUS IN THE ODYSSEY IS A SHITTIER HUSBAND BECAUSE HE, IN THE ANCIENT TEXT, CANNOT SAY NO TO A GODDESS.

Greek Mythology isn't like Percy Jackson where 12 year old Percy beat Ares. (I was a PJO KID TOO!) It's not "Odysseus didn't try hard enough" fucking victim blaming btw because HE LITERALLY CANNOT REFUSE OR THEN HE'LL (AND HIS FRIENDS IN THE CASE OF CIRCE) WOULD DIE!!!

Like I wrote a whole ass essay on Circe's Situation (I feel so preachy and shitty about having to constantly bring it up but I will as much as I have to to get people to listennnn) and in general, if you can't see what's happening with Calypso, you've got your head up your ass and/or are just looking away because you don't like the actual implications of what's happening. For the main "gripe" I've seen with Calypso with how "He enjoyed her company at first", @lyculuscaelus has a great essay breaking that down.

And before? ODYSSEUS HAS NO LISTED CONCUBINES! And he brings up Penelope often in the Iliad!

And the whole "lying about being assaulted", I'm sorry but if someone is holding the "Men were so sexist that they couldn't possibly care about the women in their lives or have been victims" idea, then why would Odysseus willfully share that he was raped by women? Who, as they say, were viewed beneath him? Why would he lie about something that would put him in such a humiliating light?

Btw, Menelaus (sealy boy!!!) even says that he's being held captive by Calypso with what he learned from Proteus! Menelaus isn't known for telling stories!

I feel bad as like, I used to LOVE going into the tags and finding creators I haven't seen before and cheering them on! Art and Fics and yay! But like... It's sometimes so disheartening going in there and seeing nonsense or bad takes ;~;

Honestly, as much as I DO enjoy Epic, I think that hopefully once the hype dies down a lil, it'll chill out more :') We'll all be okay!

[beri-allen]

I Once Was Lost, But Now I’m Found (5878 words)

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars: The Acolyte (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Osha Aniseya/Qimir | The Stranger Characters: Osha Aniseya, Qimir | The Stranger (Star Wars), Yord Fandar, Sol the Jedi (Star Wars) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Behavior, Padawan Osha Aniseya, Winter Solstice, Christmas Horror, Qimir is a Krampus-like Creature, He's Qrampus. Get it? Haha. Ha., Character Study, Self-Worth Issues, Self-Deprecating Osha Aniseya, Manipulation, Seduction to the Dark Side, Very Minor Yord Bashing, I Wrote This Instead of Going to Therapy, no beta we die like yord

Summary: With her command of the Force waning, Padawan Osha Aniseya has much to prove to the Jedi Council. Osha feels the need to go above and beyond to show the Order that she's still useful to them. An opportunity arises during Solstice when she's assigned to accompany Qimir, a guest at the Temple, who seems to know her more than anyone—and have a lot to say about the Jedi and their rules. Meanwhile, the Temple rings with whispers about a Solstice creature that hunts and captures wicked Jedi.   A (belated) Christmas story.

notes: *(i know I've posted about this fic before and i'm sorry about that, but i have this moodboard that i never got to post because i was in a hurry, and then yesterday, i just remembered the quote/song title that could go perfectly well with it, so i added it and i thought i shared it because i made it already, anyway)

[alexandraisyes]

I am being harassed by a member of the TSAMS community.

Hello chat! Unfortunately there is no rest for the wicked.

A previous member of my server was banned for discussing NSFW topics in a channel with minors. They already had one previous offense of linking a NSFW fanfiction in a channel with minors. Anyone in my server knows that just that offense is bannable. We gave them a second chance (a mistake) because they had just joined the server, but they spent their time there breaking minor rules, arguing with moderators, and eventually asking about NSFW content in front of kids.

Proof of behavior:

They used to go by the name bloodmoonfollower, then changed it to nexusservant, and now to officialnexuskisser. They have been banned in two other servers other than mine for spreading slander about me and breaking discord's TOS. One of these servers was the official TSBS server before I became a mod.

Now that I am a mod in TSBS they are trying to damage my reputation by reaching out to my friends, server members, and followers and telling them that I have been lying about this action that they did in a public server that has several eye witnesses.

They spammed my mods until I DMed them, explained why they were banned from my server.

Later, my mod joined a different server they were in that I somewhat co-own because I built the server. They lied to my mod, and tried to get back in their good graces after being cut off. After my mod remembered who they were, they reached out to me to handle the situation, since I have executive power in that server. I did so.

They then sent a friend of theirs to confront me about the situation.

After I confronted them they invited their girlfriend to the server to defend them.

They lied to my friends and fellow moderators about the situation.

It was quiet for a couple of weeks and then today they reached out to a friend and client of mine, whose server they moderated in until today (they were banned and removed after I filled my client in) to try to convince them that I was maliciously slandering them. I have not publicly discussed the situation until this post.

This post is being used for awareness and documentation purposes.

[hurtingbuck]

[luna-loveboop]

I love Legend sick fics because they all boil down to: "no amount of emotional stress will make him crack so let's give him a fever and see how that works"

[genericpuff]

every now and then i get folks asking me "puff do you have any opinions on hazbin hotel"

and i know why they're asking because if there's any fandom that puts LO to shame, it's hazbin hotel / helluva boss and surely i must have some Very Strong Opinions(tm) about the show

but i seriously have never watched a single episode of that show and despite all the controversy and drama i've seen come from the discussion of both the show and its creator, the only thing that really bugs me out of the blue when i'm reminded HH exists are those exclusive playbills that people pre-ordered months ago and still haven't arrived

that is it, that is literally the extent of my engagement with the HH fandom, there will be no further questions about what i think regarding HH because i literally have no idea, they are best asked to whoever comes close to being the generic-puff equivalent of the HH fandom

[corruptedflowerr]

Got some acrylic markers, I still don't know how to use them that well but here's the tests that sorta kinda looked nice ∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿

[harrowscore]

can't believe a show based on a videogame (usually games adaptations are notoriously bad, which isn't the case here tho) gave me the beauty and the beast/twisted mirrors/enemies to traveling companions/ruthless antihero+optmistic but still badass heroine who takes none of his shit/age gap but make it sexy dynamic of my dreams. as much as i love maximus and i think he deserves the best writing ever because 1. he's a clever deconstruction of the aspiring Knight bro who's actually a bit of a loser and, as much as lucy, sees the world in black&white at first and then doesn't get what he thought he wanted but what he needs (or at least i hope he'll eventually get it), and 2. he's a cutie and i want an epic love story for him too, it's very funny how they tried to give us a puppy kind of romance and the tumblr girlies still fixated on the "toxic ~she bites his finger off and he cuts hers off and sews it on his hand in what we'll pretend it's a symbolic marriage rings exchange or whatever~ asshole who used to be a nice guy/good girl™ with a lot of spunk and hidden anger but unshakeable morals" kind of relationship.

[mewkwota]

Two of Creatures

How long has it been since I've done an "UTAU x Game" crossover? Like a very-very long time.

I love little creatures with super simple faces, as do my brothers. So when they're playing that one popular game we like to point out the funny rotund fellas that appear throughout that world.

They remind me a lot of another perfectly-designed creature too.

[narcissusneverknewme]

like are Zoro and Sanji a ship? someone please tell me, I can't look into it for fear of spoilers I'm only in alabasta

[xxri]

maría for the ad astra zine! lc u will be missed T_T

[emioliravioli]

oh yeah, here are the thoughts i had while watching the second trailer..... lotsa ramblings and weird screaming noises below the cut

(obv spoilers!!)

ohh my GOD

so the chao are like a japanese brand? ok-

POKEMON IS CANON??

then what other video games are canon? is nintendo in the sonic movieverse???

chao also take inspiration from green hill

........are they in the chao garden/cafe because sonic recognized it?? or am i overthinking?

also tails does NOT look like pikachu or detective pikachu, i think that kid needs glasses

knuckles knows about pokemon?? did i miss that part of the knuckles show?

ok eggman, shooting missiles at a children's cafe, go off girl

love sonic switching between cocky and nervous

.............sonic heroes refrence?? they're standing as a trio, and knuckles switches with sonic and yep i am thinking too much

what the HECK are those outfits i LOVE them

wait does tom or maddie know how to crochet??? i should make a donut lord sweater-

the 0.5 or fisheye shot on tails oh my god

THEY'RE SO COOL

tails using technology to help him fly aaaargh

wait yeah gerald is definitely alive i guess

really thought he'd be a hologram........ are they just gonna say he was in tube sleep too??

HE PISSED ON THE MOON

THEY KEEP USING LIVE AND LEARN

IF IT'S NOT IN THE ACTUAL MOVIE I WILL..... uh... be sad :(

MARIA OH MY GOD

they're in a bunch of flowers and it's blue like dark beginnings? is this shot part of a dream? maria looks younger here also

OH MY GOD THEY LOOK SO HAPPY

NO WHAT THE FUCK

THEY GAVE HIM AN ACTUAL GUN OH MY GOD

GAY HIGHLIGHTS?????????

empty head mind blown

wait is this set during christmas??

[tagidearte]

There's something special about Moon being the only side of the DCA who has canonically (gameverse) voiced his counterpart's name ("No more Sun", which yes it's not him directly saying Sun's name since it's a figure of speech, but still) whereas Sun - the chatterbox - only refers to Moon via "he" or "other me". Moon, the quiet one who mostly laughs vs Sun who mostly uses words. Sun, who is scared of Moon, never utters his name whereas Moon clearly has no problem with it. Both of them using "we☀️/us🌙" prior to Eclipse. Moon, whose only opinion of Sun we can infer is "the other me trapped me in light so now I trap him in shadow", vs Sun's whole thing which is profoundly more fleshed out.

I don't know man, the "no more Sun" line always did things to me. I remember playing Ruin for the first time and getting this... jarring emotion when I heard Moon saying that. It's such a small line but good god did I latch onto it.

[kirisclangen]

Zelda

She/her, 65 moons, cis molly