#Rpf debate

[thegeorgiatennantblog]

So Ingrav was going nutsy cuckoo about this whole scene from Staged S03E04.

Gif courtesy @invisibleicewands

Gross right!

Usually, I don't call people out like this. Tbh this is a first and I feel odd. Disclaimer: I don't want to bully anyone. This is just my two cents on this post which is one of many that have managed to make me uncomfortable time and time again.

So I was reading this and it struck me as wrong for so many reasons but I'll list them down.

How sad and pathetic must your life be that you don't have any close platonic friendships. That you cannot understand platonic love when you see it. That you have never been hugged or held by your best friend. My heart goes out to you!

You subscribe to that weird ideology that doesn't let men be close to one another, allow emotional vulnerability or physical intimacy, etc., because 'OMG if they're doing that, they must be gay for each other'. This is such a heteronormative, Western-hegemonic, Americentric view of masculinity and leads to toxic masculinities being developed where boys feel like they can't do any of these things for fear of being labelled "gay". There are cultures in the world where male friends hold hands when walking down the street, where they kiss each other on the cheek when greeting each other, where they express their emotional vulnerabilities to each other. So please, my dears, get some perspective.

The whole "Oh look at the sexual tension in their eyes.... how he doesn't flinch or blink when sth sth.... that tiny little shudder when..." (ew I'm gonna boke; even writing this makes me sick). Like yeah mate. He's doing that when his own actual irl wife is sitting under the table recording the audio for the scene. iT's tOTaLlY nORmaL rIGht... EVerYonE doEs tHAt.... I dO iT aLl ThE TimE.

Wait how do I know that..... um

Interview: Georgia Tennant On Filming Staged Series 3 - TV (countryandtownhouse.com)

@dtmsrpfcringe any notes?

Anyway to clean out the cringe have some gorgeous shots of our queen from this very interview. BTW it's a really sweet interview. I'd recommend you guys read it. <3

[ilovetobiko]

really though, rpf is not immoral. most of the people rpf is written about are celebrities, and what are celebrities if not commodities? hardly any celebrity is the same when the camera is off, and when the camera turns of the version you see of them is just gone. like turning off the television. i could get real deep into this but: i think the debate can be ended straightforwardly by just acknowledging that none of us are special. nobody knows public figures personally unless they actually are in their lives.

people in the tags keep saying 'don't show a celebrity your rpf', which is agreeable! but fans will still ask their faves about trending fanfictions about them. recently read a fan asking a dbsk member if he'd read a trending dead dove, way back in their earlier days. he just asked how old the fan was, because he was aware that fanfic is not very PG. doesn't mean he was okay with it or he wasn't, but the point is that no matter what you say or try, you cannot really hide these things from your precious idols. like you googling yourself every now and then even if you're only known as your fanfictionnet username. as public figures who sell us the images of stuff that specifically appeals to the fans— i'm not saying they're asking for 15k 20+ fic of them with colleagues— but that it's gonna happen. 🤷🏽 shit happens. 🤷🏽

[overthinkinglotr]

Has read the Silmarillion and enjoyed it: Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Frodo, Sam, Faramir Has read the Silmarillion and hated it: Gimli Hasn't read the Silmarillion: Merry, Pippin, Boromir Has read the Silmarillion, then wrote passionate Silmarillion fanfiction poetry that made Aragorn try to gently explain the dubious ethics of writing RPF about Elrond's dad: Bilbo

[spourtneys]

my message to the world.....

[genericminecraftpotato]

shoutout to midway through the debate when i texted my friend after trump mentioned that he “knew putin very well” and she immediately responded with a bunch of trump/putin edits she found

[earl-grey-teacake]

omg hello! your brain is truly so big for this idea… george coaching logan lives rent free in my mind at all times and their minimal interactions bring me life fr 🥺🥺 now.. very important question.. WHO adopted logan first? alex as his current teammate or george as his long-time mentor? i also have this insane image in my mind of george making a powerpoint titled “7 step plan on how to win oscar’s heart / why he’s definitely in love with you don’t be stupid / we need to talk about your (lack) or self esteem” . yea there are three topics but alex has sighed deeply and provided snacks to keep them going. and also the idea of carlando adopting oscar?? it’s a very strange dynamic bc lando is so excitable he’s def not a parent figure and oscar and carlos are still squinting suspiciously at each others for sure. maybe the three of them are using their combined 8 brain cells to come up with a game plan for wooing logan? and they’re just sitting their arguing over flower symbolism and lando and carlos genuinely almost break up over how worked up they both get. i know this ask got out of control but bestie.. your mind is so large and i am obsessedddd w this idea

Hello! Thank you so much! Very happy to hear that the ideas my brain makes up in the middle of the night are appreciated!🥰

To answer your question, Alex adopted Logan first. I see George keeping his distance, close but still professional. Alex, as both an eldest sibling and having gone through 2021, is very sympathetic to Logan. He sees the spiraling, he understands being alone as your parents are dealing with their own issues, and he knows what it feels like to be left behind while the friends you joined F1 with go on ahead. When Logan stops answering his texts and James brings up his worries, Alex is at Logan’s door telling him to pack up and come over to his place. George starts off in a “I’m here to help but mainly because Alex wants to do this and I love Alex” and quickly becomes “i am onboard with helping you, here is a list of therapists I have complied, please pick one.”

George is absolutely making PowerPoints. It starts off with “No one on the grid or your team hates you + with proof from the group chat” to “Your lack of self-esteem is alarming and we are all a bit worried” before becoming “Oscar is in love with you + photographic evidence.” George’s love language is PowerPoints. When he was getting Alex that Williams seat, I imagined him cornering people with a laptop in hand and a PowerPoint titled “Alex Albon’s Achievements: Why he is a perfect fit for Williams”. Alex is ordering take out and providing commentary on the slides, and questioning where certain photos came from.

I see Carlando adopting Oscar not in a parental way, but more in a “I have more life experience so let me tell you why ghosting your friend and crush is a bad idea”. They absolutely brainstorm ways to woo Logan but they keep failing because Logan thinks Oscar is doing this to apologize for not talking to him for a month/forgetting his birthday and Oscar is slowly going insane because nothing works and in every interaction Logan looks sadder and sadder. Carlos and Lando are definitely getting worked up because it was never this hard when they got together .

Your idea with the flower language is genius, can I write that in the fic? I am thinking of a scene like

“No, Lando we cannot put yellow roses in the arrangement. They mean decrease of love, that’s an awful flower to include.”

“How about orange lilies? There aren’t exactly a ton of papaya or orange flowers to choose from.”

“No! Orange lilies mean hatred. We should be starting simple like pink roses and baby breaths.”

“Those options are basic. They don’t have personality to them. It looks like Oscar just went to a supermarket and picked it up. How is anyone supposed to feel special receiving a standard supermarket bouquet?”

“I wouldn’t know Lando. You never got me flowers before so I don’t know how I would feel receiving a supermarket bouquet?”

This ask was super fun to answer! Thank you so much for sending it❤️ I am also obsessed with it and am drafting outlines to write it. Please feel free to send more asks. I really love answering them.

[purpurussy]

writer's block is debilitating atm. i want to write soooooooooo badly but im just sitting here staring at google docs with 0 neuron activation

[unknownteapot]

poll time!! i need to know

[whenyoulosesmallmind]

if you choose to run away with me i will tickle you internally and i see nothing wrong with that

Matthew Tkachuk + Mary on a cross by Ghost

credits: x.

[doghartzy]

somebody who knows how to budget time please help i'm going to fail my classes

[tenpintsof-sundrop]

I would probably write and post way more rpf if I thought people would be cool about it...

[leoleolovesdc]

I’m having a bit of a moral debate about the morality of writing fanfic about real people (specifically historical figures) and I’m interest on other people’s opinions;

[multifandomlandfill]

If L read explicit Kira x L rpf in front of Light, Light would be caught way sooner because he'd murder L (with his hands if he had to) on the spot. Memories or not it wouldn't matter.

[fluffbyday-smutbynight]

hot take: RPF is fine because whatever we assume we know about any given celebrity is just their public persona, not their private self. as it should

[its-muffin-tyme]

(just here to submit fwhornoth [fwhip/xornoth] cause rain forgot to ok byeeee)

Thank you! But the ship post is already live ^-^ I can't accept submissions for a poll that's already been posted, and has all slots filled

If I do a ship bracket, I'll make another post and pin it so y'all know, I promise. I encourage you guys to wait until then to submit ships, please