#and what the fuck do i care what people i dont even know see me as

[fadelbison]

Thoughts on Joongdunk divorce and PR for branded pairs

so I read about the Joongdunk divorce era related ongoing drama and I have to say the thoughts I have are...perhaps very crazy but - sorry I have permanent brain damage from House MD - it fits. So take my opinion with grains of salt or better yet dont take it at all and just enjoy the conspiracy theory of it all. I'm fairly sure Joong is faking it and im pretty sure khaotung is...not faking whatever this 'I am going to fuck first against the nearest surface' vibe he has going on but he's certainly playing it up/into every moment like he's in a olympics style marathon thats just rail and be railed by your best friend.

Out of all the GMM men I follow, I follow Khaotung and Joong the closest and I would also say of the people I follow these two are the most likely to lie through their teeth about every single thing. And we already know that Joong has been helping FK but kind of particularly khaotung get more socmed savvy. So there is definitely some thread here to believe that PR discussions have occurred at least between Joong and FK but more likely between all four.

And the reason why I believe the Joongdunk divorce era is fake? It's becuase the thing between Joong and Est *was* real and Joong handled it completely differently. I had no idea it had happened even though I've been following Joong on IG through that entire time not until I went to twitter. I realized that whole thing was falling apart ONLY because people were talking about it. Joong's own posting was very staunchly business as usual.

And suddenly for his own branded pair right before a critical show who's success doesn't only affect him? What is he doing? Hanging neon signs that he's getting divorced. You're telling me to believe that Joong is middle school shading Dunk where even *I* could notice. Yes, I thought it was mega weird when he promo'd the THK release with pictures of him and FK but not Dunk. By this point, they *must* be aware of how people are talking about the Joongdunk divorce and what does Dunk do? Post a picture with FK but not Joong in the middle of it.

Really? Hours before the premiere?

See, the options here to me are:

1) Joong (and Dunk) has undergone a sudden and TOTAL personality change where he's suddenly inept at doing PR

or the crazier and yet to me the more likely scenario:

2) It's staged

And why would one do that? Why take the risk right before THK? To drum up engagement obviously. See we know that companies only care for numbers, these tweets and IG comments and likes are all going into some graphical format presentation in front of a guy who doesn't know or give two shits about what a divorce era is. So people talking about JD because their hobby is sniffing each other’s crotches or because they can’t stand each other is the exact same thing.

But how does Khaotung and his diabolical mind play into it, why did I bring him up in the beginning? We know that Fadel and Style start out as enemies…so like who's fucking playbook is that? Matching your promo to the dynamic of your characters? Who is the olympics gold winner in cosplaying your characters cosplaying as yourself?

I know people forget things week to week on socmed. But First and Khaotung were barely present during THK filming, soms were more or less only getting FK content from THK official twitter than First or Khaotung.

Khaotung was doing more fanservice with Joong than First at one point and he had a flurry of solo events during which soms were once more fractured between special treatment for Khaotung versus First [FK themselves were honeymooning in Busan and we got nothing other than the most brain damaging story about First scouring Busan for a hat Khaotung wanted and two posts of Khaotung ass up in their room that First must have taken].

Suddenly almost on the dot a month before THK release? They dialed the heat up without a reciprocal heat dialing up of Joongdunk. Summer Night definitely got in the way of that where Joong was giving Dunk a polite wide berth on IG liking and commenting on Summer Night stuff but not doing any CP related things.

So First and Khaotung suddenly act like they can't function without sampling each other's dicks thrice a day while Joong and Dunk stay business as usual. One pair taking the lion's share of THK hype is not a good thing for the other pair and genuinely I was like is JD really okay taking up second fiddle spot to FK for WEEKS. Lo and behold, days before THK all people can talk about is JD.

Anyway the following is an honest to god real photo of me writing this insane post. I just think things are going really well for Joong despite it all and I don't think it's on accident.

[asmogorna]

Okay so there’s this ww artist on ig called like tooth lilys or something and he’s always causing drama in the ww fandom and he mouthed off about your art and now heaps of insta ww fans are like talking about you :| free publicity?

ahhhh so thats whats happening .. lmao thats crazy

i checked out their story, and i sure doooo love how they leave some things out when talking about both situations that they mentioned to make me look worse ..

ok so

warning, yap session incoming

the "will wood in a (miku) binder" thing happened back in fall 2023 when i was still semi new to the fandom and didnt know a lot of things. so tho i to this day i dont think it was that big of a deal, i wouldnt do it today

it was an artwork made for shits and giggles, the context of which i have explained here before. i never meant to imply that will wood is trans and i certainly dont "headcanon" him as that. my curse is that even when joking around i tend to try and make my art look good, so i get why people thought it was unironic. and i know that it sounds like a lame ass excuse, but it legit didnt cross my mind that people would think i drew will wood as a trans guy or smth. legit my only thought process was "funny haha internet thing" + "my favorite thing" = "good idea"

now the usage of his real name is something i am genuinely sorry for, but it was an accident and a genuine mistake on my part. i remember seeing someone mention it casually in some comment section, and assuming that it was ok, since i didnt know he was in any way against it. (i also thought that it was the same name that he used in "the real will wood" in that one section cus it sounded a bit similar).

when i was informed about the fact that he doesnt want it spread around i deleted the post right away and apologized, so bringing it up like something i did on purpose and out of malicious intent is a tad bit .. misfitting, if you can use that word

now the hot topic of the day: my waywood art

i have said this before and i will say this again, how i feel about rpf is solely based off how the people involved feel about it

to clarify: i never drew anything inappropriate or even suggestive with them, the "worst" thing is 2 simple sketches of them smoochin. or. this.

idk if this is what they were referring to when talking about me drawing will wood and gerard way "making out" (specifically. because i think "making out" implies to be more sexual stuff than small kisses). and if so, then it once again feels like blowing things out of proportion

and now the point i want you to get: will wood wouldnt give a flying fuck

like i said earlier, i never drew anything inappropriate, because that would actually cross will's existent and real boundaries. you know, the ones that he stated

im not making some conspiracy theories about him being gay, like some people seem to imply in their inbox messages to me

im not sending a whole ass smut fanfiction to litwtc gmail or something, i dont bother him in instagram dms asking if he wants to fuck gerard way, im not shipping him with people who he actually knows personally and has to look in the eyes of from time to time

im not doing anything that he would actually care about

him and chris have joked about him being attracted to gerard before, and though im not saying that you can joke about everything theyve ever joked about, i feel like in our case its clear that will clearly doesnt care about the implications ? (i generally believe that ww fans would get their panties twisted about less things if more of them listened to what these 2 talk about so calmly on litwtc but i digress)

if he saw that some random teenager on tumblr is drawing him and gerard way (gasp of horror) holding hands, he'd laugh at it max and then move on with his day

people are treating the whole situation like i posted pictures of him from when he was a kid or leaked patreon content or drew him fully naked or anything else that, you know, would actually affect him in one way or another

what im doing is innocent fun which isnt even likely to reach either of them. will wood very rarely checks tumblr and, once again, i genuinely dont believe he would care. and gerard way aint got no internet + he doesnt care x 2

it is weird but rn this is what brings me the most joy, even if its silly to say. both will wood and gerard way mean a lot to me and putting them in situations together makes me happy. i am but a child full of fun whimsy

i wont be posting any more explicitly romantic art to avoid more drama, and i also wont be responding to all the anon messages i received because there are like .. too many of them. an overwhelming amount i'd say. sorry about that

i really didnt mean to cause such a fuss, and i understand why some people might be uncomfortable with what i do

i fully understand why you would dislike my waywood hyperfixation shenanigans, and i dont have a problem w you over that, but treating me like pure evil because of a thing so insignificant is just.. overdoing it

once again, i will be toning it down, but it really isnt the end of the world if i dare to draw will wood and gerard way being a tad bit gay (which is, i apparently need to mention, not me actually saying that will wood the alternative musician is a homosexual gay who is in a genuine for real actual real gay homosexual relationship with gerard fucking way the lead singer of my chemical romance. i think speculating on other people's sexuality and gender identity is boooo tomato tomato tomato)

sorry for the rant and sorry to all who were disappointed by my lack of remorse. come back in a couple years when i turn 18 and stop having fun and artistic freedom

thank you for your attention and i hope i at least cleared some things up to those who werent w me throughout every event where i get involved in fandom drama

bye bye

[azlovesem]

I said im better than sll those chimps chumps. You just maybe need a friend or partner. If i trg im the best at anythomg..business i can csll yhe markev easy i just dont care. But you sed i can. My math level is beyond whaf humanity can understand. I rule earth emma this us my pkanet. And im not a dictatir im God. Seem the same big difference. These advertisers ate chssp as fuck canadians are stupid as fuck okr thd dumbest of the dumb. Thats what yoo nice gets you. It ok bur not if you lose ur nation cause of it. Theyre mad now they realuzexi alresdy took ivef Emma. While ago. Cheap artists are trying to play normal and save face. I think youve been spoiled so long you dont realize i have you all surrounded. On all sides. Because its my business to. Its not about us. I beatvyhose smericans srnseless gor that like 10 times already. Over you and using uou when theyre all scum to begin with. Did you figure out their to blame? When? They care about not uou mot ne nobody Emma. Most of those people play nice but are utterly heartless. Their actions diesk. My people not any better to me. I giess i go to Ukraine. Maybe only theyll welcome. I ha e zero no faith in nan. Dont have kids yheyll suffer like we dont even know. The world needs less better peopld not more idiots. I cannarrange it. Mynpeople and I think it may be the only way. You dontvwanna try n conivince me othrrwise? People died because if yiu 1009 percent i killed ovef this do just get iver that. Its easy killing comes natural like you nevef have. I live you tv nice people youre so nice. Ill see you soon or soon uou see a flash then thats it nothing but God after that. My peoplecaant me to get moving but i told yhrm km gonns do this first. Theyre getting really inpatient but im the boss. Look at all these honkeys watch a rocket go up like no one ever saw one. Musk rockets never save the human race. Too dliw too luttle too late. War ends this. Its proper right. Uou myst be fuckn vety stupid in some ways elon musk. Ill get the nesmxt kaunch. Im certsin he gets assassinsted i saa it

[sleepy-crypt1d]

I had seen people talking about how TSPUD would be lost on youtubers and streamers and I hadn’t really believed that. Until now, and like, yeah, they all keep failing at one specific point and it’s. .disappointing? 

I understand not everyone is going to enjoy games and play games exactly like I do, thinking that would be stupid of me, and I know that. Usually I don’t care how other people play games, it’s whatever, let them vibe and enjoy something their own way, if it annoys me I just won’t watch it. I love seeing people experience my favorite games for the first time! I absolutely love seeing people begin to love the thing that I do! 

But seeing the way that certain youtubers and streamers play through The Skip Button ending makes me want to rip my hair out. It’s not supposed to be a quick ending! You’re supposed to sit through all of the Narrator’s dialogue!! That’s the entire point of the ending. I have seen so many people either jokingly or genuinely get annoyed because ‘oh my god, he does talk a lot’ so they spam press the button to get to the end and it’s like, do you, do you not understand the point? Do you not get it? 

The Skip Button Ending isn’t about getting to the end to see how much time you can skip, or to find a way out, it’s not even supposed to have an objective to it. It’s to watch the Narrator, Nate as I call him, fall deeper and deeper into his own creation. Another user had pointed this out, TSBE is used to show that you are powerless to save him, there is nothing you can do, once he made the skip button, you were lost to his creation just as much as he was. You are forced to kill him, to cause him to lose his mind, to make him fall into the never-ending spiral of self-doubt and control one’s creation can have over their entire life. 

That ending means something, that ending is supposed to make you stop and consider the consequences of what you’re doing, it’s the same premise of the real person ending and the zending, you are forced to hurt Nate to keep the story going, and it’s supposed to hurt you as well, but they don’t grasp that? I guess? They skip through all his dialogue, missing the point he makes about how games aren’t supposed to be funny or have a point, they can just exist and that’s okay. Games don’t need to appeal to everyone, they don’t need to be perfect, they aren’t sacred or Devine works of art. 

They are meant to be enjoyed by people who will enjoy them. 

Not every ending needs to have some bigger meaning to it, some are just you jumping off a landing and being call powerful, some are just a long winded story about a bucket, some are long critics about video game development and the culture around whether or not you’re enjoying something in the ‘right way’, and sometimes, they’re just an ending. But this one is something. It’s critiquing exactly what they’re doing, which is skipping over important thoughts and ideas because it wasn’t funny or entertaining, they skip over it because it wasn’t what they wanted which is EXACTLY THE POINT THE GAME IS MAKING - TO NOT DO THAT BECAUSE YOU WILL LOSE OUT ON WHAT THE GAME IS. And they will never know that, because once you skip the dialogue, it’s over. You get that ending once and then never again.  

Another thing that really irritates me is that, 1. people in the comments also won’t know and 2. now the epilogue will be lost on you. If you skip Nate’s spiral in TSBE then when you eventually do everything else and get to the epilogue, it won’t hit the same way. Part of what made the epilogue almost make me start sobbing was because you realize, you were there, you watched as Nate fell to his own work, YOU were the one who pressed the button that killed him, YOU were the one that led to the office building crumbling and leaving nothing but you and endless desert because the creator was gone, and you killed him. And once you get back to the office building, the two doors are shut, you can no longer make a decision, because you already made it when you pressed the button. 

Almost all of this is lost to the youtubers and streamers who skip his dialogue because they’re doing it for a bit, they want to see how it ends, they are genuinely annoyed Nate is talking so much, they’re doing it for chat, they want to cut time so they don’t have to edit as long. All they’re doing is losing themselves the coolest ending in the entire game. 

And this is just what I think based on the game! This isn’t even getting into my annoyance of people seeing Nate as just the game’s narrator and not his own separate character with thoughts, feelings, and character development. But that’s for another post, this one is getting long enough. 

TLDR; streamers and youtubers skipping over the meaning in The Skip Button Ending and what it says about both them and the game industry annoys me to the point of where I cannot watch people play this game. The Skip Button Ending isn’t about the destination, it’s about how you got there. 

[icewindandboringhorror]

still have no idea what “icymi” stands for and refuse to just look it up, I simply read it a different way every time I see it  (”I can you me I”, “It cant young men inside”, “I could you mine I”, “I can your more information”, “I count your man in”, “Icy Me”, “If can you my eyes”, “International conference yearly (???)”, “I consider you most important”, “I call you me if”, etc) and move on, at peace with the fact that my brain will always interpret it as silly gibberish 

[larrythefloridaman]

maybe J0hn for the character bingo? owo

love this man ive been attached to him since he first showed up <3 dont have too much new i can think of to say about him though

[devotedlystrangewizard]

my main thoughts, per expansion, were "i do not care about ANY of this", "hhhhhhh aymeric" "hes not hot hes not hot hes NOT" "why should i care about any of these people", and "this could have been an email."

[mezimraky]

'europeans are more accepting of ukrainian refugees because they are white' WRONG the same people spouting vitriol against brown people are spouting it now.

[snekdood]

I think some of yall are just gonna have to accept that vegans have a different philosophy than you.

[orcelito]

ok anyways yea fang went chasing after his crush’s dad, who he found stabbed through with his own sword, STABBED BY HIS OWN PRINCE, & now we r wandering down to the basement where the prince is with a vaguely menacing “whatever happens down there, dont tell my daughter” & an otherwise refusal to talk about his plans 

im at 15 hp, level 5 sorcerer, if you SNEEZED on me i’d probably die. i got 5 health potions (which is one less than i had before for Dad Saving Purposes), & i am one HUNDRED percent backing this man up on whatever he’s about to do. he’s gonna kill the prince of his own country?? (keeping in mind this is the fucking Knight Captain???) then uhh fuck yea im in. im just gonna stand like 50 feet back, dont mind me,

[clownsnake]

remember when m/at/p/at was like ‘I support the lgbt community I was a theatre kid :)’ and ‘enjoying & promoting the fnaf franchise is fine even if Scott cawthorn is a bigot because this situation is basically like the situation with harry potter & jk Rowling which is basically like the situation with Disney‘s past with bigotry and yet we’re all powerless to a company like disney haha :) so basically I’ve decided that I’m an ally & i care a lot for the lgbt people in my staff AND im going to give support to a homophobe, because im not causing THAT much pain. :) both ideas can coexist <3’ in the same fucking video

[oloreaa]

If you have ever sent one content creator something along the line of "oh R*ugh D*y is better", "I wish you wrote this more like xx" and "its good enough to replace half of the fics here"

Go fuck yourselves.

Honestly, fuck yourselves.

Get the fuck off my blog.

Don't pit content creators against each other.

[pepprs]

literally for so many reasons i should not do this program tomorrow but explaining why i can’t would be so embarrassing but also i really shouldn’t. lol

[magnoliamyrrh]

sorry but it drives me insane that a bunch of french men with the egos bigger than their tower and a whole lotta french pedophiles got together with the fuckin c i a and ivly league schools and. now. today. this. THIS is the state of the "liberal leftist" west. and you got "commies" who pretend to eat the manifesto for breakfast but who think "swerfs" exist. its like a really, really, really, Really bad joke which doesnt stop and which is real

[vanillu-script]

my dad will comfort and hold my crying mother to the ends of the earth but me? Oh I'm actually less conversationally important than the fucking WWE Goldberg biopic

[tinyorangepotato]

mm tumblr post time