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Lily: let the police handle it!
Also Lily: *makes a widely viewed video accusing an innocent person of kidnapping her sister, doxxes someone, then basically victim blames someone because they were attacked implying it's because they didn't listen to her.*
Also Lily: I'M the victim here, it's MY sister that's missing and you stole MY friends!
Girl you've kept yourself away from your own friends, and every time you showed up it was to be mean or to make things worse, them not liking you is on YOU. And YOU live in the same town as your friends, the MC does not, MC is being an online friend unlicensed Detective over here for free not asking for all this drama. And if MC did live in Duskwood and got arrested because of accusations like that then how the heck is your sister SUPPOSED TO BE FOUND BY POLICE if they got the wrong person?!
Not to mention her leaking someone's private information. Do not get me started on that. Because there are no coherent words aside from "What the frag is wrong with you?!".
So yes my MC will be sending Lilly the bill. Even after her.... "redemption"....
I may be a tad salty....
#duskwood#duskwood lilly#I'm replaying the game and being reminded why I still dislike her even after she ābecomes a friendā later....#idk#being dramatic maybe#random#Rant about a fictional character#Not to be taken too seriously
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i dont really like it when people dumb down Curly's characterization to just the guy enabling Jimmy. I get that that makes it easier to not like him, so that's why a lot of people do that, because they feel guilty about sympathizing with someone who's done smth fucked up like that, but i really don't think it's giving Curly the justice he deserves.
regardless of if you like him as a person or not, Curly is still a victim and he suffered greatly at Jimmy's hand. Just because he did something fucked up doesn't make him a 'monster' (sorry because i saw someone say that he looks like a monster post-crash and thats sticking with me because why TF are we saying disabled burn victims look like LITERAL MONSTERS- yall use some common sense I BEG)
Dumbing down characters is what fandom does best, but i think it particularly irks me in Mouthwashing because of the nature of the story. Jimmy already thinks of the rest of the crew poorly and doesn't see them for how they really are, we don't need to be doing that too.
I also feel like people don't really recognize the fact Jimmy manipulates and abuses Curly too, even before the crash. What Curly did was fucked up but for the love, don't dumb him down to just this one thing he did.
#as someone who loves to analyze medias for characterization patterns some of yalls takes actually pain me#its kinda obvious yall didnt actually think hard about the different scenes and the interactions between everyone#like replay the game or rewatch a play through and focus on character interactions- then come back to me#ALSO THE PREVALENT ABLEISM IN THIS FANDOM DEAR FKIN GOD#YALL REALIZE THAT BEING ABLEIST TO A FICTIONAL CHARACTER ALSO EFFECTS THE DISABLED RIGHT#thats a whole other rant post tho#mouthwashing#jimmy mouthwashing#fuck you jimmy#curly mouthwashing#captain curly#mouth washing#riv rambling
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hey btw Wymack recruiting people no one else bothers to look at also means recruiting the two incredibly good players who are considered "too short".
fyi.
YOU CAN ONLY PUT 30 TAGS???
#yk not to be that bitch#but after being told my whole life that i was ātoo smallā in literally every context#being bullied#being threatened with insane amounts of violence#just cuz they could#and finally finding a story where the craziest most badass character#who behaved like i do#and speaks like i do and loves like i do#and is my height#was life changing#got me through all four years of high school like if Andrew wouldn't take this shit then neither should i#and then seeing a running gag in the fandom where people refuse to acknowledge the twins' height#because it's āunrealisticā?#1st of all it's not#there have been many little athletes who were very good#also reasoning in the post#2nd it's fictional it's not real#it doesn't have to be accurate#but yes i understand it's just a funny haha running gag#and I'm being way too sensitive about it#but i am ranting anyway because it does upset me#and if i want to complain on my own damn blog then i fucking will#aftg#all for the game#andrew minyard#the foxhole court#aaron minyard#twinyards#nora sakavic#the sunshine court
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Little rant and probably a controversial opinion, please don't burn me at the stake for that If i asked you to guess how many dazai anon accounts have i blocked here till now, what number would u think of? Bc i just checked - i currently have 9 of their accounts blocked. 2 from this week alone. And it's not like i go around hunting for them. I just randomly open tumblr to check what silly things did ppl say about my art, and then i see 50 different reblogs, comments or asks from dazai anon alone, being no longer only mean to Chuuya or skk, but bashing my art or telling me to off myself!!! Yay!! And u know, it wasn't a problem in the beginning. The stuff they write is comedic with how stupid it is. I could also interact with em smh (ngl, they left me for a good while after i drew them and chuuya making out that one time). And as i said, before they didn't attack me personally. But then i started getting comments that i shouldn't interact with dazai anon bc something something they're mentally unstable? Like im sorry, but how is this my problem. They come to me and regularly tell me to hurt myself, but i can't even reply to them bc "sab, it's no use, they're sick smth smth smth, just block them"?? Like bruh aight, it's just that sitting silently actually starts to affect me. Bc no matter how many accounts i block, they come back with a new one the moment they realize they're blocked. And the whole carousel of "block, dont interact" starts again. I just think it's not really alright to tell ppl that they can't in any way stand up for themselves? Why do i have to care about personal wellbeing or a sad backstory of someone who doesn't respect mine? Why should i even know about their problems? They're a complete stranger to me and i don't really go around reading random people's biographies on the internet. Like aughhh it's seriously starting to annoy me now,,,, i'm not saying ppl ACCEPT what dazai anon does, but using the excuse that they're not okay mentally just doesn't sit right with me, idk. Mental health problems should never be an excuse for hurting others, imo.
#sab yapping#this became longer than i intended#idk what im even talking about bc it's not like it's gonna change anything#ppl tell u that someone who harasses u is just mentally unstable so it's alright for em to just go around saying all that stuff#you as an artist shouldn't rile them up yada yada it's gonna help#spoiler: it doesn't bc yall just dont see the mess that r my notifs when they make a new acc each week#and like im currently on hiatus for a lot of reasons#mental health being one of em#i have my problems too but i dont go around being mean to ppl bc i disagree with em about some fictional characters oh god#sorry for the rant but im angy
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in regards to the constant dismissal of his aroace identity, i hate it when alastor 'fans' say and use the excuse: "he's fictional, he won't get offended."
like, you're right, but it can and will offend us.
when you see yourself being represented on screen, of course you'd feel enthusiastic about it ā representation allows individuals to see themselves reflected in the media they consume, validating their identities and experiences. but when so many people take that representation and decide to disregard and discard it, it is so fucking frustrating. we finally have another character to be part of the tiny amount of representation we have, but then people don't even care about how much it means to us? like yeah, alastor won't get offended because he's not real, but it frustrates and annoys us. do you realize that it's also technically invalidating the aroace community? that you're invalidating our feelings? imagine feeling like you're finally being seen because your orientation is finally being represented in media, and people just decide to blatantly ignore, discard, and invalidate it.
media has such a powerful influence on real life, representation being a prevalent factor of it. there are numerous posts that dictate how people went to watch a movie/show or read a book just because a character depicts their identity in it ā obviously, being represented is an incredibly uplifting and validating experience.
which is why seeing an aroace character in a popular show is so meaningful to us because we live in a world where romance and sex are literally everywhere and prioritized above all else. (and it's pretty obvious that alastor's on the repulsed end of the spectrum, but even if he wasn't, at least make an effort to acknowledge his sexuality instead of continuing to portray him as allo; aroace folks can be in relationships but it's not going to be the same thing with allos' experiences.)
any and every representation matters, but why does that seem to stop at people under the aroace spectrum? like y'all can't even let us appreciate the scraps of representation we have. we barely have any, so are we really that dramatic for being upset at how people easily disregard and dismiss our identities that are being depicted on screen just like that? is it truly wrong of us to want to defend and maintain the little representation we have?
#like imagine if i asked you ab your fav character and then i said i hated them and proceeded to insult them#wouldn't that irritate you even just a bit and maybe even come to their defense?#like why would you be offended when they're not even real lmaoo#they're fictional and won't get offended but if you love that character then YOU might feel offended and maybe even defend them#ok now take that situation and put it into this context#except it's much more meaningful bc it's about representation#just a random thought#i'm not against shipping him or finding him attractive (bc same LMAO) or the fanart btw#i just hate it when people use bs excuses to justify their obvious dismissal & indifference towards aro/ace rep#like at least acknowledge his identity :((#sorry for the long ass rant and if some parts don't make sense i'm not in the best mood rn lol#and i've been wanting to get this off my chest for a while#didn't know double standards were a thing when it came to representation....#but here we are#alastor#aroace alastor#aroace#asexual#aromantic#asexuality#aromanticism#arospec#aspec#alastor hazbin hotel#aromantic alastor#asexual alastor#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel alastor#aroacespec#queer
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guys Iām honestly happy that klance didnāt become canon because I love how as a collective group of people we utilize our right to explore what could have been and create the most smoking hot scenarios ever and yes I obviously wanted more of their friendship growing into this bond stronger than anything else in the universe especially since Voltron has teamwork and family as one of their main lessons but thatās more of a development issue all aroundā¦ok besides that thereās something about klance where it provides this PERFECT environment for shippers to inhabit and FEAST upon. With klance, thereās a solid, engaging dynamic between the two set up, which is this weird one-sided rivalry that stems from Lanceās insecurity and his need to prove himself of his worth and Keith literally being one of the best pilots for his age but since theyāre flung into space and chosen to become child soldiers in this 10,000 year old intergalactic war so they have to work as a team which surprise surprise forces them to put aside their differences and work as a team which is shown a bunch when Keith needs to become a leader and Lance steps up as his right hand and and they have some kinda tender moments that wonāt definitely drive shippers into a shipping craze (or worse) SO YEAH you could see why people loved it with all the classic tropes and mutual growth all that schmooze (ALSO THEY KNEW EACHOTHER BEFORE THE MAIN PLOT??? Well maybe not like friends or even acquaintances probably BUT HELLO?????? EVEN MORE SHIT TO EXPAND ON????), and they share multiple scenes that could be interpreted as romantic but thereās no explicit romance. This environment is fucking dripping drenched flash flooded cornered by 1000ft tsunamis in all directions with potential for shipping, so when people saw this relationship between two bros with this sort of homoerotic (IM JOKING. Kinda.) unresolved tension towards each other and the POTENTIAL for a good slow burn rivals to friends to lovers, it was to no oneās surprise that they went APESHIT. Klancers made countless different ways where they get together whether it be pre-Kerberos, post-gettingthefuckoutofearth, the start of the show, the end of the show, after the end of the show, right smack in the middle, anywhere, anytime, for who the fuck knows why just ANY REASON DAMN IT it doesnāt really matter because people were pumping out fanfiction or fan art or any fan media of klance faster than I spit out a raw baby carrot after chewing it for one second and now weāre all wallowing about how it should have been KICK but the thing is that if VLD did KICK all the way to Altea, the production of these beautiful stories that so many people have and still are coming up with about klance kissing in midst of a battle, helping each other with their crippling nightmares, smiling for the stars or some other sad premise, and whatever is nestled in his pulseā¦just like uhhh the amount of fics like these that go into great detail about Keith and Lance in these random situations that end up with them getting together being produced would go down to some degree because of the fact that if the peopleās beloved sharpshooter and samurai had ended up together like we had wanted, and the majority was satisfied with the ending the creators had given, people would have shifted from writing about āHow could Lance and Keith get together?ā to writing about āWhat could Lance and Keith do now that theyāre together?ā And like. Thereās nothing wrong with that honestly I would be HYPED if klance was ever canon but there is profound beauty in the way the community is able to create more from less and turn a show that went to shit in the last few seasons shine even brighter than it did at its prime. Like I wouldnāt trade my favorite fics 4 anything.
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Ok another little thing Iām going to put here: With Klance, all I wanted was for them to be great friends ššš. I tend to prefer klance becoming canon in later seasons or at the end or even an open ending with no confirmed romantic relationships because I am a sucker for character development and the idea of Keith and Lance both harboring these feelings that at first are just admiration and respect but then escalate to yearning for one another or becoming close friends at the end of the show and getting to imagine anything I want post canon is EVERYTHING if you give me S7 Garrison klance Iāll keel over and thank you like I was a second away from dying of thirst and your gift was a truck load of water
#GOD wtf I keep thinking about that post again and Iām starting to contemplate my opinion I had on that post#I wish I could rephrase that whole post right neow but I did it like almost a month ago so Itād be kinda weird š°#(yes this is the same post I was ranting about in my little silly midnight rant yesterday or noā¦today)#voltron#voltron legendary defender#vld#lance mcclain#keith kogane#vld lance#vld keith#klance#laith#scenarios#aloe vera does it again guys#she did the word vomit thing again#ššš whyād this take hours for me to write#ok guys I hoped you liked this pls donāt forget to hit that like button smash the subscribe button and donāt forget to click that bell#for notifications every time I post a new videoāI mean rant about fictional characters#I do this thing where I want to add specific points along the way but I donāt and I canāt add it now because thereās no possible way to add#without ruining the flow of my writing do you get it?#maybe I do but then I have to face the fact that the sentence I worked so hard on is completely irrelevant and now I have to delete the#whole thing#š¤¬š¤¬š¤¬š¤¬#OH MY YAP#I just realized how much this is (this is now in the morning)
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I will never understand why everyone is so determined to exempt henry from any blame and try to gaslight themselves and everyone else into thinking he did no wrong. "Richard is an unreliable narrator so he actually lied to make him seem bad" "richard was the one who killed bunny" "actually julian was pulling the strings" "bunny had it coming though" "but charles was worse" "did i mention richard was an unreliable narrator" ENOUGH you guys dont even like henrys character dont lie you just like the idea, the aesthetic of him
#everyone can interpret the book however they want yadda yadda blah blah blah blahš¤ SHUT UPPP#stop d riding a fictional character who wouldn't even like you#idk if i can say that word im not familiar w tumblr censorship sorryLMAOOO#charles was not worse btw ill die on this hill#same with bunny richard and arguably julian#tbh im not sure about julian so dont quote me on that#the secret history#tsh#donna tartt#henry winter#tsh rants#richard papen#bunny corcoran#charles macaulay#julian morrow
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teen wolf meme: [1/4] families -> the argents
Our family has a surprisingly progressive tradition. Knowing wars and violence are typically started by men, we place the final decisions - the hard ones - with the women. Our sons are trained to be soldiers. Our daughters... to beĀ leaders.
#teen wolf#argent family#allison argent#chris argent#victoria argent#gerard argent#kate argent#twedit#twgifs#mine#my gifs#twmeme#THEY'RE SOOOO INSANE#i love the argents sm did you know that#they're soo fascinating and fanatical i eat that shit up#do i like all of them as people? no actually i like very few of them as people#but as fictional characters and as a fictional family they're sooooo good and interesting#i know alot of people hate most of their guts but personally i think jill wagner is so insanely hot i don't care as long as i get to look a#her and gerard is suuuuch a diva and victoria's quick rant about teenage marijuana usage as she's trying to kill scott is iconic TO ME#also yes most of these gifs are from season two but that's because it's the peak argent family insanity season
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Am I the only person in the Rope (1948) fandom whose headcanon is that Brandon actually treats Phillip well? I donāt mean during the movie, but Iād like to think on the average day when theyāre not plotting, committing, and hiding a murder, that Brandon and Phillip donāt act in such extremes all the time.
I feel like we get some glimpses of their everyday relationship. Nobody talks about the fact that Brandon had arranged a piano debut for Phillip and is driving him to his motherās house to stay there and practice. Or how he offers to take Phillip on a trip wherever heād like to go after Phillip has started to snap on him.
I just get the sense in their dynamic that Phillip is totally devoted to Brandon and obviously the submissive one, but Brandon absolutely adores Phillip and would do and probably does do quite a lot for him. He canāt say enough how superior they both are. Brandon also seems so easily affected by what Phillip says and thinks about him. When Phillip says heās always been frightened of Brandon, Brandon looks like he could cry, until Phillip says itās part of his charm, and then Brandon totally melts. Brandon then brings it up again later and looks elated when Phillip says Brandon astounds him.
I just like to think that their dynamic maybe isnāt as fucked up on a normal day and that they really do love each other š¤·š»āāļø
I know theyāre murderers but also likeā¦ I love them and like to think of them as happy before that
#girl rants about fictional characters from the 40s#wish I could be normal about them#rope 1948#brandon shaw#phillip morgan#farley granger#john dall#alfred hitchcock#brandon x phillip#my posts
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part of my A Study in Scarlet summary:
Watson realizes that while he's been studying Holmes, H knew a ton about him already. W weirdly seems unbothered by this. W tries to compliment H by comparing him to his blorbos, but H insults his blorbos. H then complains about not being famous (he just wants an interesting case, but he comes off as conceited.)
W: this dude Sucks. but i'm not going to show it. i wasn't even willing to ask what the man his job was because i'm too polite. the only reason i stumbled upon it was because i accidentally insulted his work to his face because i couldn't keep my emotions in check. have to be polite again. time to change the subject. H: i counter your attempt to change the subject by demonstrating the skills i'm not-at-all defensive about what do u mean. Uno Reverse.
#a study in scarlet#these two are solid gold#acd holmes#sherlock holmes#john watson#my blorbos Dupin and Lecoq are blameless in this how dare u#watson ranting on tumblr about his new roommate's horrible takes on his fave fictional characters#āhe doesnt get them at all wtf i would dox him but we live togetherā
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it can be both, you know? it can be both.
fem sirius can be wonderful and validating for people who see themselves align with that representation of him but also the popular trend in fandom to make a fem sirius, particularly when paired with a hyper masc remus, can start to feel like fandom is forcing an m/m pairing into traditinal steretypical f/m roles and that can cumultiviely start to feel like homophobia and that doesn't change anyone's right to create fem sirius or mean that someone who creates fem sirius is homophobic because they create fem sirius or that someone else might feel validated by hyper fem sirius but that validation might also make someone else feel isolated because they don't fit into that depiction either and it can be both.
it can be both.
#i've been thinking about this for a while#and the problem is#both sides are right#and that's okay#you're allowed to have feelings about fandom#and you're allowed to not enjoy certain depictions of fictional characters#you're not allowed to shit on someone else's feelings and choices#and you're not allowed to demand creators make it the way you want#stop being assholes#rant#might delete later
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i do not want to dig a hole but i am too much of a laura bailey pc enjoyer to not make this post so:
selfishness ā a lack of kindnessĀ
selfishness is a theme that has come up with all of laura's main campaign pcs. that doesn't mean that her characters are always making selfish choices or that they don't care about the rest of the people they're with or that they're not good. it's just that, for the most part, the first thing they're thinking of when they take action or make choices is themselves.Ā
in jester and vex both it is more typical and obvious selfishness. vex's developed because she needed it to keep herself and vax alive and as safe as possible and it grew into a behaviour that she had to actively work to avoid. it's evident in her greed, her theft of the broom, her reaction to her own death which relied heavily on i'm okay/i survived to which keyleth reminded her that she wasn't the only one who had to witness and reckon with her death. in jester's case, she grew up in an environment that literally trained her to make every decision based on two things - her mother's opinion and her own. so, when she's out in the world without marion for the first time, her choices are those that will benefit her and her actions are those that consider her own thoughts and not really many others' (aside from the traveler's).Ā
it isn't a criticism of either vex or jester to say that they are characters who act selfishly. in fact, i'd argue that to claim otherwise does a great disservice to exactly how immense both of their character arcs are. because the nuance of both jester and vex is that they are selfish, and they also hold extreme room for self-sacrifice and empathy. vex is much more brash than jester is, and jester is much more trusting than vex, but both of them are characters who begin with selfish impulses who grow with them. neither ever truly shed those impulses, but they use them in new ways, typically transforming them into impulses towards things that are in the best interest of the party.Ā
you may have noticed the lack of imogen in this post about laura bailey pcs and that's because of two reasons. one, we are an unknown amount of time into her story, i can't analyse her development the same way i can vex and jester's. two, imogen's selfishness isn't the blatant quasi-self-aware selfishness that we see in things like jester complaining about her lack of money to caleb or vex stealing a broom. instead, imogen's is very internal, like a lot of laura's character work with imogen. it is a bit similar to jesterās in the sense that it comes from a lack of awareness moreso than vexās practiced behaviour, but imogenās is a lot more tied to inherent beliefs she has about the world and the people in it.
as a consequence of her powers, imogen sees people's thoughts as their entirety, she holds it above their actions to be the truth of who they are - to act against what they think or to say something that doesnāt cohere with what theyāve thought is akin to lying, so for her to act empathetically is to act in tandem with what someone elseās thoughts are, not how they act, which is typically not all that wanted. the same as vexās greed and jesterās naivety, this is a trait that makes narrative sense and itās one i find quite compelling, especially when read in the vein of someone struggling through trauma that has made them assume that the world is against them. imogenās cynicism is coherent cynicism, i canāt say that in a similar situation i wouldnāt have the same predisposition towards the world.
the part that is particularly self-interested comes in if you look at how imogen has actually been treated in the campaign (quite well) in comparison to the cynicism that sheās developed from her past (something that speaks to a world out to get her). certainly, a bunch of shitty things have happened to imogen in the time weāve known her, but the same can be said for everyone in bellās hells and pretty much everyone in exandria at this point in time. but, in a fight to save the aforementioned world, imogenās focus was getting her mother back on her side. which, while very consistent with her character and a choice that i enjoy, is a very selfish one. the fun thing (to me, obviously) about imogen is that she has, more than most, an insight into the opinions of others and she also tends to seek othersā opinions out and genuinely engages with them and supports their choices. but she still very much acts towards what she thinks is best. itās one reason i enjoy looking at the dynamic between her and orym as one between foils, as orym tends to be stalwart in his beliefs and doesnāt care too much for otherās opinions if heās already sure of his own, but his actions tend to favour collaboration and protecting others.
as i mentioned earlier, imogen is a harder case to look at because she is still in the process of her story. however, the circlet is clearly influencing how she interacts with the world and in the wake of the solstice, the hostile reaction towards ruidusborn people has started to become more and more apparent and iām interested to see what route that ends up leading imogen down and how it will influence her relationship with the rest of bellās hells. (for better, i think, based on recent conversations, but if it's for worse i will be just as seated and excited).
all of this is just to say, please stop assuming that claiming a character has a trait you think is a bad one is criticism or a hate post. in light of the fact that i know that people who donāt believe this will continue to not believe this, iāll encourage anyone confused about the ability of a character to be good and kind and selfish all at once to look to what the text itself says, specifically scanlanās words to pelor when asked what vex means to him:
āHer name is Vex, and she is greedy and mean sometimes, and she can steal a lot. Sheās a little bit not the greatest person, but her flaws highlight everything that is right about her, which is she does all these things to protect her friends and her family. She would give her life for any of us and for anyone who was truly in need. And sheās not perfect but sheās the most perfect of all of us.ā
would you look at that... an ability to be a multitude of things, some in conflict with one another. i know that's hard for fandoms to believe, especially about female characters with agency, but i promise its true!
#deeply unfair of laura to make three characters with some type of people skills and morality shaped by their loneliness#and what. iām just supposed act like iām normal about that?#this is me blog and i have slightly more time than usual to write nothing essays about fictional characters that haunt me#but dear god . lookin at cr characters and denying their flaws is like looking at a house and only seeing itās doors .#if ppl demand perfection of fictional characters im genuinely curious in what media theyāve ever found that .#a single imogen post of mine broke containment and it skyrocketed my annoying phil student levels so. alas#but . if you agree that imogen had an incredibly isolating life . i will emphasize that isolation causes traits and behaviours#that arenāt just Quirky or fun or hot anger or whatever#imogen contains so much i love her so much i am bursting at the seams about it#but for some ppl. she is ur āgirlfailureā until someone suggests a way she might be girl failing by being selfinterested#what is the truth. do u want her to be an actual girlfailure it do u just want her to suit a . frankly tired. trope about lesbians#anyway . both text and tag rant over . goodnight#cr meta#imogen temult#vexāahlia#vexāahlia de rolo#jester lavorre#critical role#my posts
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#I don't understand how mentally ill people claim that they hate work#And don't come out of literally every single shift with about 5#with every single new shift with about at least 5#000#New thoughts about how wrong this all is and how detrimentally painful it is and why#I've literally started writing a multi-million word along philosophical rant#to certain fictional characters that I pretend are my partners because I'm in so much pain every day that I have so much to say#that not even ranting about it on the internet comes close at this point#it relates back to that whole philosophy about how mental illness naturally creates creativity#because I'm not even meaning to write this damn novel or philosophical paper.#it's just the fact that I literally have to or I feel like I'm going to implode
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do you ever just get so exhausted by the same characterization of characters in fanfic that you have to binge read hannigram fics??
like fanfic is riddled with characters wrestling with their morality and making sure theyāre good people and if they even do something slightly morally wrong theyāll beg for forgiveness and apologize over and over again through stumbled rambling. and the characters feel guilty about the dumbest fucking shit like having sexual fantasies about someone and they spiral because āitās not right and they donāt have the right to have sexual fantasies about that personā. and the romances are painfully all healthy and sweet and they have conversations about everything in depth.
like god fanfic is so filled with morality it can just be exhausting and sometimes i just need to read about two men who are unapologetic about how toxic they are and use murder and manipulation as foreplay.
#hannibal#hannibal lecter#hannigram#will graham#this is also why i donāt read modern day books#cause theyāre just so dull and exhausting#the characters all HAVE to be morally correct#AND we always get rants about dumb shit so we know how the author feels about a subject#i remember reading an adult book and a character went on a random fucking internal rant about how virginity is a social construct#the way i rolled my eyes so hard#because it literally did not matter to the story and it was so random#books are so filled with moments like those and itās so boring#we get it youāre liberal and woke#please at least let your characters be interesting#thatās it#itās fiction#please for the love of god this is where you can be creative and interesting#but they never are#op
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Tma Gerry was a goth (awful at it)
Tmagp Gerry is still a goth (a whole lot better at it)
#i need to draw her NOW#amd listen i love tma gerry#shes so cute#and i love hrr#but oh my god she was not a goth#i have a whole rant about this#but again hes a fictional character so theres no point in debating his fashion choices#omg but also i really like thr idea that tmagp gerry is new wave#nvm shes just vince noir to me now#subculture switcher#hes jusy like me fr#tmagp#tmagp spoilers#gerry keay#gerry robinson#??? idk if thats a thing yet#it should be
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So, first off, this is not an attempt to kink shame (dubcon and noncon are great!) but I do keep seeing a thing in fics (I do NOT see this irl in kink spaces nearly as often) where like. A character will interrupt the flow of the scene to check consent
And I don't mean in an "are we still green?" Or "what's your color?" kind of way, but I mean. The author has tagged the fic and indicated via prose and/or author notes that they are doing their Due Diligence to make sure this fic is Righteously Consensual from top to bottom, No Question About It
And a character will ask for full sexual consent either directly or indirectly or renegotiate the boundaries of the kinks being practiced AFTER the sex acts have already begun.
Here's the thing: horny brain isn't great at making decisions! irl in kink spaces, there's often a lot of emphasis on negotiating BEFORE the scene begins, perhaps even with a space between negotiation and the scene if it's with a new/unfamiliar partner (maybe it's a few minutes while things are set up, maybe the partners negotiate a day or more in advance! It depends!), and not changing the parameters of the scene after someone is already horny or god forbid already in subspace.
Again, these are perfectly fine rules to break in fiction, when the author is aware of it (most characters are not going to be fully familiar with safe, sane, consensual practices and the traffic light system, nor would we want them to be!) but I'm increasingly finding fics where the author DOESN'T seem aware, which takes a normal fic (in-character, with reasonable but perhaps even somewhat dubious practices, which the author isn't emphasizing or preaching about) into Red Flag Territory (a character, OOC, yanking me out of the scene to behave like a PSA about consent instead of conforming to the horny tone of the scene, and perpetuating unsafe practices anyway)
If you are writing a master manipulator or someone who wants to have a gotcha, you totally said it was okay on a character they are trying to bone (which is well in the realm of non/dubcon) that's fine! This PSA is not aimed at you. But if you are trying to write someone who Cares Strongly About Consent, then perhaps be more aware of when is an appropriate time to escalate the situation (sexually speaking) or ask for consent!
#like you don't see this shit in the sex pollen tag!#those folks know exactly what they're doing and they're having a great time#and i don't want to call anyone out specifically because like. this is a multi fandom issue#and i see it mostly in fiction space#written by people who are probably not active in their local kink community#but i did just see a really egregious and specific example which triggered this rant I've been sitting on for a WHILE#like. people who are writing heat fics also typically know! if the sub is gagging for any phallus it's not the time to ask for consent!#they're well past that point!!!#it's the fics in between that think they're doing uwu soft romance with a bit of spice#that don't know how to warn for shit and make me very concerned for their safe sex practices in the future#this is 10000% more egregious if you DO write a character who is keenly aware of SSC practices#if your character goes to kink dungeons or has opinions about the traffic light system#they probably should know not to fuck with renegotiating mid scene#this has been a psa
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