#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.

[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

[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.

[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.

[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

[justaboutsnapped]

tfw u read something and enjoy it and then realise that wait shit a good chunk of the audience ACTUALLY think of [insert character] this way they don't recognise that the characterisation was exaggerated for dramatic/comedic effect

[starbuck]

what post r ppl leaving those tags on?!?

it’s an ofm.d post where i go over Izzy’s death foreshadowing… idek why people are reblogging it now bc i made it back when there were only eight episodes out, so it’s totally out of date, but there it is…

And like. tbf, rereading it, i guess my position isn’t ENTIRELY clear, but my thing is that i LOVE death foreshadowing and when characters i like have symbolically meaningful deaths, NOT that i hate him and was wishing death upon him, as these people are.

So it’s like. I see where they’re getting that from, and they’re absolutely entitled to their own opinions, but that is just very much NOT where i was coming from and really annoying to see in my notes with no way to block it out without just deleting the post (which i don’t wanna do bc i’m still proud of it, even if it’s out of date now).

And I know it’s not news that that fandom is a trash fire, but it was soooooooo much smaller and chiller when i made that post… it really just felt like me and my Boat Mutuals back then… And as soon as the fandom started getting big and toxic, i disengaged altogether and just enjoyed it with my friends for a bit until it lost its shine and we all moved on. I’m sure i’ll enjoy s2 with my friends again when it comes out, but the larger fandom doesn’t exist to me and i’ll probably do some mass-blocking ahead of s2 coming out, just to be safe bc, just from this tiny interaction, i’m tired of it.

@marcusbrutus - tagging you since you also asked what fandom it was about.

[prettygirlgerard]

every now and then I see a little tiktok slideshow talking about how pretty lynz way is and all I can do at this point is sigh and accept that she is a beautiful woman and then block the account I hate this app