#and I am truly not being a hater

[harbingrs]

It's a strange phenomenon when any post about alcohol or drugs or parties or "should've been at the club" jokes is flooded with responses from people explaining that they, as an individual, do not do that thing because of sensory issues / trauma / they don't like the taste of alcohol / medical reasons / weed makes them cough / family history of addiction / etc

To be clear, I'm not hating, and a lot of those reasons actually apply to me - what's curious is that people feel compelled to be really, REALLY vocal about it on posts that are only vaguely relevant.

Like... it's a clear case of Absolutely Nobody Asked but people clearly feel the need to jump on it and kinda justify their choices as soon as those topics even cross their dash. And I don't mean relevant discussions or polls where it's warranted.

It's kinda in that grey area between a Jughead complex (ie. feeling like you need to keep reaffirming your identity in juxtaposition to what's Normal) but also feeling defensive about not being one of the Cool Kids without realising that... yeah, the world has moved on since high school and nobody is asking you to prove anything.

But it clearly awakens some kind of imagined peer pressure or insecurity to feel like they personally cannot relate to this post because [insert reason here] so they have to put it out there like 'I have a valid reason not to do this! It's valid everyone! It's valid right?' on a post that's like. A weed joke.

[thelaurenshippen]

the onion bought infowars. I repeat, the onion bought infowars

[ariadne-mouse]

I feel fandom would get along a lot better if there was mutual understanding that liking a character, agreeing with a character, and thinking the character is well constructed/executed are all separate (if often overlapping) positions, each with their separate tastes and subjectivities. Also: character portrayals are intended to make the audience feel things; this is separate from (if often overlapping with) analyzing/appreciating their actions and role in the story.

[shorthaltsjester]

i do understand the frustration of like the way rio and agatha’s relationship went in agatha all along even if i personally am pretty happy with it but good grief if the reaction to the show isn’t some of the most clear articulation of the ship-ification of stories that currently happens in fandom. like, at no point was agatha all along presented as the Agatha and Rio Love Story, it is not theft or baiting that they didn’t have a happily ever after and they didn’t have the domestic cottage core scenes that were never alluded to that large swaths of the fandom just decided Must have been a past that was at Most very vaguely implied between them. also. agatha Is the villain, she’s got some complexity but she Is very much the antagonistic force, i thought that was what was compelling about her. i thought was the toxic murderess y’all were drooling over and now i see people explaining that actually billy manipulated agatha into dying. literally what is wrong with you lmao. god forbid a woman have agency in making a dark choice in the name of a boy she’s come to care for in a complicated way.

like don’t get me wrong i do think the last two episodes of the series were weaker plot wise than others, but so many of the complaints i see are like complaints that some minor scene or plot point that the fandom, not the story, accentuated wasn’t sufficiently dealt with. like. idk. can we interpret stories as more than just about the representation count and how satisfyingly the queer characters fit into the tropes you’ve decided they ought to fit into. agatha all along is an insistently queer show beyond the kiss count of agatha and rio and even beyond the identities of billy agatha and rio. can we maybe look at it as a show that’s also dealing with themes like oral history traditions and the nature of folktales and the antimony of real and non-real or interrogating the consequences of accepting and perpetuating easier rumours about yourself that paint you in a horrible light but for the wrong reasons instead of explaining the truth which is just as bad but requires you to be honest.

idk man. i’m pretty satisfied with agatha all along as a story. i think there’s some stuff with motivations that couldve been made clearer and i think — though she gives an incredible performance — they probably shouldn’t have cast an actress who’s schedule didn’t really work well with filming to play someone who the narrative depends on being a significant character. but as it’s own story and especially as a pair with wandavision, where wandavision is what happens when a woman ascribes herself to tropes such that they become her reality and agatha all along is what happens when a woman ascribes herself to false histories such that they become her reality, i’m pretty fucking impressed with the incredibly creative stories with significant themes and complex dynamics and uncomfortable ambiguities that jac schaeffer continues to craft in the hostile-environment-for-creativity that is the mcu.

[stardustfanfare]

i still cant wrap my head around zelink. like that is the most aromantic girl (link) i have ever fuckking seen. jesus christ. he would not be in love with anyone. they are weird friends who have an immeasurably deep bond. they understand each other better than anyone. they have gone through the horrors together. they love each other so much. they would not be in a relationship

[lovecolibri]

Unpopular opinion time maybe. But because I have BT shit blocked to hell and back and actively avoid seeing anything they're saying if I can help it, I seem to be having the opposite experience from everyone else? Because I keep seeing the "oh, T is getting praised and adored for things the female LIs were hated for. It's such a double standard! All those women deserve apologies!" And like, fair, that praising probably is happening? But from MY side? All I'm seeing is people hating T for shit they LOVED and still love and praise Tay Kay and L for. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Like, people are still out here claiming Tay Kay should come back because her and Buck would be besties and he needs someone to call him on his shit??? As though Hen, and Maddie, and Eddie, and Bobby, and Chim aren't all RIGHT THERE, loving Buck, and gently calling him on his shit when needed?? As though having someone who calls him "needy" around would be GOOD for him? As though that woman ever gave one single fuck about anything that didn't get her a leg up on the job? Like, you CANNOT complain that T is vaguely dismissive of Buck, and then claim to miss Tay Kay who was actively SO much worse to Buck and for Buck in every single way. And we all know the only reason the firefam wasn't allowed to actually say anything about her or mention Buck looking miserable all season 5 with her was because FOX shut down the planned storyline with bi Buck, gay Eddie, and Buddie and they needed to give Buck something to do and MW came cheap so they kept her on.

It's so weird to me that half of everyone is defending T for shit they hated with the other LIs and half are throwing T under the bus for things they actively encouraged from female LIs. Because I guess watching "strong" female characters "put Buck in his place" is okay and he needs to be brought down a couple pegs by them, but T is just a mean man and dismissive and poor Buck doesn't need that???

Sorry, but I don't enjoy watching a character like Buck who we KNOW has the issues he does be brought down, dismissed, and treated badly by ANYONE, regardless of gender. Sorry, I don't think it's funny and fun to watch women talk down to him and make him feel bad about himself. Sorry, I don't think dragging others down to pull yourself up makes you a "strong" female character. ESPECIALLY in a show chock full of ACTUAL strong female characters.

ANYWAY

I am an equal opportunity hater and I will absolutely call T out for the same exact shit I called out other LIs for because I don't have a double standard, and that's my salt gremlin thought for today.

[rimouskis]

can I be so open and vulnerable with you guys. the card I was given from people at my old office was sincerely so nice and really validating but also I feel like the main impression I left other people with was "she's really nice" WHICH IS GOOD, I DO WANT TO BE KNOWN AS NICE but also part of me is like... should I maybe strive for "innovative" or "creative" or "a go-getter" because being The Nice One just feels a little mealy-mouthed of me y'know?

[quarterprioritymidnight]

[gamemakerm]

I saw someone romance Asterion as a female character and it blew my mind. Nothing short of groundbreaking. This pre-code sassy old queen? He's actually bisexual

[samipekoe]

I feel like Shuten was made to be drawn in your style

THank you I am a big fan of oni women with big butts and a fuckass bob

[chiropteracupola]

@dotsayers correctly guessed the source of my recent nonsense posting, so here is An Attempt At A Biggles as a reward.

[justicerikai]

official-kun,

why desuka.

explain kudasai.

[nosferatufaggot]

I will rewatch all of nu who....I will rewatch all of nu who.....I will not fall back on the movie and earlier seasons....I will do this....I will do this.....

[werewolfetone]

that meme with a guy running down a corridor being chased by a floating horror except it's you being chased by the dumb star trek meme.

LITERALLY

[dashiellqvverty]

this is just how i feel about almost all AUs for any ship

[mazojo]

What's yuri's personality then? Being gay?

About Minho, being mean and making mean two liners towards Kitty every in between?

ma'am this is a McDonalds drive thru