#and she blocked me lmao

[caffichai]

Mudrock torso warning! Do not look below if you don't wanna see torso again!!

Thanks everyone who participated in the poll!

[atelierlili]

I always wondered why Katniss factored marriage and children into the equation when it came to reciprocating Peeta’s feelings for her. It’s a rather large leap, especially when Peeta himself never expresses wanting children at any point in the story. He uses children as a tool to persuade Katniss and the Capital to save her life, but the only time we see him express any desire/feelings of having one of his own is when he’s crying after the baby bomb. But we never hear his real thoughts.

But you wanna know who does express wanting children? Gale.

It’s one of the first thing he mentions in chapter one. And it pisses her off so much.

(I also want to add that Gale reframes/establishes the dynamic of Katniss and him caring for their siblings from something that is sibling-sibling to parent-sibling. And he is not wrong. Katniss doesn’t refute him. Both Katniss and Gale are surrogate parents to their siblings. Which is also why Katniss love and affection of Prim, is not just sisterly. I’ve seen people say Katniss is only sisterly to Prim- but she’s not. She’s parentified their relationship to the point she subconsciously see Prim as her child, which makes this a tragedy because she’ll loose her first child no matter what she does by the end of the story.)

But Gale’s phrasing here elevates himself as a potential suitor to Katniss by placing them both as the parental roles to these children. (Which irritates her a lot ). Which is why she brings the topic up with her relationship with Peeta. Because she’s subconsciously aware of Gale’s efforts and knows it will be a point of contention between them. It hangs over her head in a way.

With Gale, children are extra mouths to feed. (But Gale will do fine. He can work. He can hunt.) It’s all framed with calculated survival in mind. But it’s also not something she had planned in the future at any point.

But Peeta’s children? Oh they deserve to be born because Peeta deserves to be a father. He would be such a good father. They deserve to exist in a world where they can be safe and happy. (Even if it’s not with her.)

This is also why I think she subconsciously sees Peeta’s baby as her own. And I don’t think of it as a cruel/heartless thing, it’s just you’d be more protective of your own child compared to someone else’s. Katniss sees Gale as a reliable person who’s equipped to look after a kid. She doesn’t express the same kind of maternal instinct/yearning for the Baby Hawthrone’s safety as she does with the idea of Baby Mellark, because she doesn’t think of Gale’s child as her own. She never hopes for a better future for them, but she does with Peeta because he and that baby gives her hope. And she loves him that much.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

and! barbarian!fig! its her

[ophernelia]

@brookie: “i hate when short girls date tall men” just say you want my man atp ho

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[elftism]

I've gotten spoiled quite a bit on canto 7 (TAG YOUR SPOILERS PLEASE) but i feel very conflicted about it because have you seen her

[thousandsonny]

[emp-t-man]

imagine hating me and i’m just sitting there like this

[bigtittiecomitte]

There’s a user on MDtumblr that’s so freaking annoying, constantly bashes on Nuzi and Uzi then gets bitchy when she gets called out for it, like girl you’re the one that caused the fandom to hate you, you did it yourself and she won’t shut up. She’s basically MDTwitter and MDTok combined since she doesn’t even like the show

Many might know who I’m talking about but she basically posts J x N art and constantly complains about her hatred for Uzi and Nuzi. Calling Uzi a “pick me” and “femcel” and don’t get me started on her hatred for Nuzi and Nuzi shippers

She does tag Nuzi on her stupid hate boner posts so if you see a bitchy J x N shipper just block that account

Cat on Miku bag

[weaverofink]

trans girl kon!!!!!! she is everything to me

bonus:

[svtskneecaps]

also in terms of the bolas playlist it's fascinating to me that the songs added by each person have a slight tendency to represent a consistent aspect of bolas

like

the songs added by slime are their chaos

the songs added by philza are their rebellion

the songs added by cellbit are their rage

the songs added by baghera are their anguish

it's so fucking FASCINATING TO ME but i don't know enough music theory to elaborate lmfao this is Vibes Only

(mouse's songs i can't boil down to an easy noun which is why they aren't mentioned lmao anyway they go hard asf)

(also i went on the longest fucking unhinged elaboration in the tags lmfao i almost didn't have enough tags left to tag "long tags" at the end

(i could have even gone on longer in terms of where their characters were at entering purgatory [philza: cage for a cage; cellbit: fed worker murders; baghera: her past as a federation experiment; slime: turning into a code because of the code pretending to be his daughter] but i ran out of space and also time it's 4AM AAAAA)

[nano30cm]

two east coast girls and their weird white boys

[carlyraejepsans]

why did you block Neil Gaiman? I didn't get what the post you tagged with this info had to do with him sorry T.T

oh this is gomens fandom history, but basically if you were posting in the tag in the time before the tv series came out (and in the days immediately afterwards... ye gods what a nightmare) there was a non zero chance that he would reblog your post to like. correct you or disagree with your headcanon, or defend himself from criticism if you said anything mildly negative and stuff like that (and after that, his followers did the work to annoy the op to death).

really not an good way for a writer to interact with a fandom bc it eroded a wall between audience and author that is vital for fandom to exist. so you had to block him first! or bully him. we usually did both.

[misterveeare]

[musicalmoritz]

I yap a lot about how Mitsuba exclusively likes men, but as a raging lesbian and proud himejoshi, I’d like to take a moment to yap about a character who exclusively likes women

And that character is Mei Shijima

Think about it, romance is a major subgenre of tbhk and the only potential love interest Mei has been given was Aoi in the HKOM au. I can’t even remember a time when she interacted with a man in canon (besides No.4 Mei, but she’s a version of Mei so she’s a lesbian too). Not to mention how she’s a bit masculinized compared to the other female characters, often being depicted wearing pants in official arts when the other girls are all wearing skirts; and performing traditionally chivalrous acts with Nene and Aoi. Obviously not all lesbians are masc but stereotypes are often used to further queercoding, similar to how Mitsuba is feminized compared to the other male characters

I know she fell in love with Aoi because of a love potion but they still hung out after it wore off, in fact they hung out so often that it made No.4 Mei jealous of someone stealing her big sister’s attention. Plus Aoimei was a counterpart to Terunene in the first round of pairings for the au, and Terunene is a ship that already has (one-sided) grounding in canon. So it stands out to me that Aoimei was the pairing they depicted alongside it, when there are plenty of other male characters in canon who have unrequited feelings for Aoi (Yokoo and Satou for example). And the fact that they were shown together romantically means AidaIro have thought of them that way at some point

Idk, maybe I’m just too gay to function but Mei is 100% a lesbian in my eyes. I’m picking up what AidaIro are putting down. Real ones remember the TikTok essay I wrote about this

[arson-09]

How people are trying to change fandom (the rise of hatred against non-canon media)

This was inspired by the rise of backlash against the "Rhysta" ship.

Traditionally throughout the history of fandom spaces on social media, a very important factor has been creativity of course. Art and Fics by fans being the backbone of a fandom. Including non-canon ships, Aus, etc. And of course there was drama (when is there not drama?) BUT there wasn't as much hate because there was an understanding that it's not REAL. People in fandoms understood creativity and thinking outside the box (canon)

But something interesting happened in 2020 with the pandemic, people who weren't apart of fandom spaces started joining cause what else were you going to do? but there started the divide. These people wouldn't have joined fandoms originally because they didn't have that sort of creativity. Which isn't a bad or negative thing, everyone is different and that what makes the world go around, but these people were not used to fandom spaces and that divergency. To them, things have to be how it was written and non-canon things, ships or au's that can't hurt you or become canon, were blasphemous. Because why change the foundation if you liked the original media? this also ties into the "why do you read or interact with this media?" questions when people engage with media in their own way even if they dislike the majority of it. which is valid to do, I do it personally with acotar. I dislike the majority of acotar from the way it's written to lots of the characters, but I interact with a certain subset of the fandom that shares a love for the same characters as I.

But these people, these mostly neurotypical, TikTok people, intrude into these safe creative spaces and cause a ruckus over non-canon Aus and ships. for no reason! Ships like Rhysta are harmless, of course people who make and consume this media don't think it's going to be real, and that's the misconception! Making and consuming non-canon media doesn't mean you think it's going to happen or want it to happen, it's just existing. existing for the sake of existing and stretching creative muscles. You can't grow as an artist if you do not break from the mold, from the restraints of canon.

What you are doing by constantly harassing and posting shit about non-canon media is showing you lack a fundamental understanding of Fandom. Policing what people do is a fruitless endeavor. of course, calling out actually problematic creators is okay, when what they're doing is actually harmful and not them being creative or God forbid, a little weird.

There has been and still needs to be respect in the places. Filtering tags for things that upset you and blocking creators you disagree with is key to being someone people will actually listen to and respect. If you refuse to do that, no one you harass, or attack will take you seriously. and maybe that's not your objective but that means you're going to be blocked on main and made fun of. And this segment is somewhat targeted at someone who has been consistently harassing my mutuals, but I've seen so many people like this and it's a real issue. And its such an issue in Booktok popular books and shows, and media that becomes popular with the masses.

Fandom spaces aren't meant to follow canon to a T. People will have non-canon ships, opinions on how they think the series should have gone, opinions on characters, etc. Constantly harassing and targeting creators won't change that.

I know this won't stop this behavior, it will continue to happen but it's been bothering me and maybe this will change some people's minds on how they interact with the media they like, and they hate.

I love rhysta, I think that the dynamic is very interesting and that people are free to explore that and say whatever they want about how it could have gone in canon. None of that means i think its going to happen or that it should. Lord, people are just having fun. Like they should in fandom places.

[jnnephm]

I rarely do the portrait snapshot as I'm not good with the lighting and posing at all (that's just too much work and I'm lazy af.)

But this. This just changed my mind completely.

Lmao I love how big Sylus hand is.

The whole scene.

I'm definitely gonna work more on the lighting.

That gaze is so soft...