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change-the-rules · 6 months ago

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*grabs your hands earnestly*

it's not about the Canon, that is not to invalidate any feelings that is to say we are fandom, our works are transformative because we take the bits and pieces of a something we love and we break it, take the pieces that speak to us a spin them into something that resonates, it's about the dynamics and the potential and putting characters we adore In Situations because the narrative failed them or it failed us, or for fun or for science or just because it's fucking hot, it's not that serious and it holds a certain gravitas

it's playing in the sandbox, pure and simple, beholding ourselves to Canon is the antithesis of Spirit of the thing

do you see?

#idk #im not tagging this anything #because this is not a call out by any means #its a lament #bc ive seen a few sentiments about how it hurts too much to ship it now #about abandoning intended fic bc the joy is gone #and look i Get that feeling #i was there gandalf #overly invested in nearly every major and minor subtext queerbait bury your gay sweeps week bullshit since 2005 And more retroactovely #im here now #and im not gunna pretend i didnt get zapped of a bit of that uppercase Joy with how certain things unfolded #but the shift in fandom of only shipping with the hopes of canon is wild #i saw the shift happen in real time like i know it was britanna that paved the way for what it is now #because i watched it happen #but despite the ache in my chest i always feel bc i am if nothing else overly invested in doomed femslash #i see such fertile ground to plant art and fic #aus and fix its #angst and canon divergence #the relationship is in ruins but isn't that a delicious place to tell a story from?#this is a fandom that produced 180 fics in a mere month #you all are so cool dont abandon that bc things got a little fucky this season #nows the time to rise gdi #we win by not letting them dictate how we play with their toys #i feel very old man yells at clouds coded rn im sorry

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