#This discourse is cute

[proxythe]

sorry im really obsessed with this pair … 🧚 u guys must understand… i have a rare pair addiction …

[crimeronan]

it's sometimes so silly to look in the notes of a polyamory art/post and see people like "is this cheating art....?" when the characters in canon are all extremely close friends. i know it's not malicious because most people think of monogamy as the default and anything outside that Must be cheating, but truly i'm always like. guys. guys Please.

please think about this for like 2 seconds.

under what circumstances do we think this non-canon couple might hold hands directly in front of their canon partners. and under what circumstances do we think the canon partners might be okay with this. do we Truly think this is a secret relationship. do we Truly think these guys would sneak around behind their canon partners' backs when all of them are extremely close friends with a high level of trust and commitment to each other.

would assuming that these extremely close friends have actually communicated with one another Exactly The Same Way They Do In The Canon Source Material perhaps cause less despair.....

[benevolenterrancy]

after yesterday's picture i realised that almost every time i draw jgy he looks like he's about 5 seconds away from a breakdown so i figured i should give him a nap for once

[hojichasunrise]

Katara playfully splashes water at Aang, who responded by sulking in a brooding cave and then exploding lava in her face and storming off without any apology. From The Lost Adventures.

Golly gee why don't I want to ship such a wholesome wonderful healthy ship like this? Gee whiz, it's great Katara didn't end with Zuko, otherwise she might get lava thrown at her in an argument from an immature, emotionally unavailable, abusive jerk! /s Oh, right, Aang is the one who did that.

Aang has always been the one to hurt Katara. Funny Zuko hasn't. Remind me again who scarred Katara's hands, who blew up into the avatar state leaving Katara to pull him out lest he destroy her, her brother, and everything around him? Who stormed off right before the finale without communication leaving his friends to die in the invasion? Was it Zuko who did those things? Was it?

Such a wholesome ship!

[sadhornydemons]

Portraits

[leo-artista]

Found a new ship to be obssessed with

[miamignonette]

i just learned that taylor’s infamous number of co2 emissions wasn’t even calculated correctly in the first article that was published and once they took into account the type of plane she was using and the number of flights she’d taken, her number dropped SIGNIFICANTLY. and you’ll never get me to care about a woman with multiple violent stalkers sending a cease and desist to someone—another rich person accused of using private jets himself!—for leaking her locations! that’s terrifying! furthermore she doesn’t even own one of the planes he’s tracking anymore, so not only is he leaking misinformation about her, he’s broadcasting the locations of the new owners. this whole discussion is so annoying because not only are these accusations false, nobody would give a shit if it wasn’t taylor. and i know that because none of the other celebrities who are guilty of using jets far more than she does is getting even a fraction of the backlash she is. if you hate her, just hate her. it’s ok. you don’t have to lie about her so you can feel morally superior for it.

(here’s how i found out about this, and here are other relevant sources)

[djungleskogs]

at what point are we going to acknowledge that treating tommy like some evil sex perverted inappropriate predator for complimenting his boyfriend is. incredibly homophobic.

[thatsailormoonkinnie]

Can we just chill??

ok, so, this is my first time being in a big fandom that isn’t like dead, in a WHILE. Safe to say, I forgot how toxic and draining it can be. Like I’m just trying to enjoy things I like and hang out with people who just wanna vibe. But like all the mis-tagged posts and the yelling at each other (mostly over shipping) is just so tiring. I don’t post much, if at all, but like I just need to say something at this point.

I’m a shipper. I love shipping. But omg can we stop trying to kill each other!? Like maybe it’s cause I’m a multi-shipper, but like Ive never understood shipping wars or hating on other ships. For example I don’t like Zaundads (nothing against Zaundads shippers), it’s not my thing, I personally see them as brothers because they are meant to be parallels for Vi and Jinx. But that doesn’t mean I go out of my way to bother Zaundads shippers when they’re doing nothing but enjoying their ship!! Like I was happy for them that they got more content in 2x07! And if for whatever reason you really just CANT..just block it…don’t make that someone else’s problem…?

And the Christian Linke thing. I will admit, at first I was heated too. As an ace person who’s favorite ship is MelJayVik (at first just JayVik but the pipeline swallowed me lol) I didn’t like that part of my identity was being used to invalidate or villainize something I like. However, looking more into the situation has calmed me down a bit, especially seeing how aggressive people are being. Yes, I think Viktor being ace was implemented weirdly and could’ve been handled better. But that doesn’t make Christian some spiteful, evil, homophobic, SoB. Like…could he have revealed it sooner or made it more upfront in the show? Sure. But I think treating him like the devil for that discredits how important he was to the making of Arcane and how hard he fought it in the first place. Like it’s fine to be mad at him, or disagree but, remember, he’s just a guy. A person; we can very easily forget that online.

It just feels like every time I show up to this fandom, I’ll be happy one minute and grimacing as people argue the next. Like I know one post from a rando who never posts anything isn’t gonna stop fandom toxicity. But like can we just all chill out for a minute and think about what you’re arguing about. We all love this show…so why are we yelling at each other..we are the same thing different font fr fr lol. Like I’m just tired at people yelling at each other for…having a good time..? Enjoying what they enjoy…? Existing?

Sorry for kinda long incoherent mini rant. Don’t wanna bring anyone’s mood down. Have a good day nerds. Have fun!!

[butwhatifidothis]

pro-tip: if you only care about depictions of trauma and mental illness that make you feel better and comfortable, you don't actually care about depictions of trauma and mental illness

[mountain-dew-tickledpink]

when you love christine but one side of the fandom makes her bad for getting in the way of a ship and the other half dumbs her down and makes her whole personality #girlboss

[vellichorom]

something something there's something to be said about the fact that the curator & the settings person both most often getting characterized antagonistically despite doing next to nothing in the game to the main characters;

the " worst " the museum curator does ( not influenced by the whole bucket thing, which often goes ignored anyway ) is ask that You, the player, spare both the narrator & stanley from their cycle & stop playing the game,

& the settings person is weaved through the in-game narrative revolving stanley's co-workers, at least SEEMINGLY, & really just happens to show up after the fall of everything to speak to you, THE PLAYER, keep the cycle going, improve your game experience - etc etc;

now i get why the settings person is villainized, kind of- it's because ONE person did it & they just so happened to be the person to draw attention TO the settings person's existence in the first place & now everyone wants to make their settings person an antagonist of some kind & usually a threat to the narrator, despite there really being NO substance canonically to back this up beyond them being a little cheeky & fucking with him gently,

but why the curator, when her sole purpose is to try & spare the characters of the game? do you hate women. is she getting in the way of your hot gay ship

do you guys not realize that villainizing them directly betrays their characterization, for as little that there is to present?

did you guys forget that the narrator seems to hold the majority of power in that game? & no- he's NOT the token bad guy either, nor is stanley.

this is not a game where there's a " bad guy, " there is only circumstances & people at odds with each other. why are we DESPERATE to portray any one of the characters as the root of all evil- BUT ESPECIALLY why are we painting the " side characters " as the villains here? answer me that;

[sxilor-1010]

REGRVRHGEHRHRRGGRHRHRH I WANNA BITE HIM AFFECTIONATELY I WANNA HOLD HIM AND KISS HIM AND BITE HIS STUPID ARMS & NECK TILL I LEAVE MARKS

[redwinterroses]

side note: if you're ever at a con, or a panel/Q&A event of any kind, please don't be the person who tries to yell something funny and clever after everyone else has done cheering. please. the odds of you actually being funny are so low, and those of you just making everyone uncomfortable or annoyed or confused are so high... just cheer like everyone else and share your funny comment with your buddy next to you and if you really gotta interact with the people on stage you can do that in the autograph/photo op line like the rest of us.

[boredbyler]

i got a milkvan post on my “for you” talking about how bylers ignore Robin by overlooking the fact that shes a canon queer character, and that we should focus on her queer ship instead of byler. Ive been seeing a lot of similar arguments recently from all over the fandom and i think its interesting, because every byler ive interacted with wants rovickie canon (to my knowledge). we all know that the majority of bylers (especially on this app) are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. i think we can all agree that having a canon lesbian ship AND a canon gay ship in one of the MOST POPULAR shows of our time would be a huge win for the community. basically, im not sure where op was coming from, rovickie and byler endgame, and uhhh gay and lesbian rights and bi rights and such

[femmekarenwilson]

the notes of that interview post are so funny btw. people who love bucktommy cheering. people who hate bucktommy also cheering. one of those people’s motivations for watching television is a joy for exploring character dynamics and development and excitement in watching plotlines unfold and one is not. not saying who.