#and this isn't aimed at anyone in particular

[angellayercake]

The way I'm seeing people talk about Terzo recently is making me a bit sad.

I thought all the takes I didn't agree with might inspire me to get back to writing him and do him the justice he deserves but instead it's just making me feel really disconnected. And that is not to say my interpretation is the only right one at all but it's a bit tiring seeing him reduced to just a short twink bottom for omega joke.

I do love ghost as a whole still and Copia too but Terzo is my special guy so yeah just feeling things. And unfortunately those things are just ever growing the pesky writers block

[quaintpanic]

[the-far-bright-center]

Hating on TCW because of certain OOC Anidala scenes? Yes, exactly 💯💯💯💯 👍👍

Hating on TCW because Anakin is 'too suave'? Eh, while I can see where people are coming from, Anakin's characterisation isn't limited to AotC, and his 'suave' qualities are already extant in the original Prequels-era material, such as in TPM's Litle Ani and in descriptions of Anakin in RotS novelization (for more on this, see here and here).

Hating on TCW because of a misperception that the existence of Ahsoka is detrimental to Padme's character? WHAAAAAT. NO, STOP, what even are you doing???? ⛔️⛔️⛔️⛔️✋✋✋✋ ⁉️❗️‼️Anakin and Padme love Ahsoka, she's the only child they got to raise together!

[lamortwrites]

I see so many posts talking about how Yrliet is a mean woman and like. I get that it is in some way a meme and Not That Deep but also. I just don't think she is tho. I think she's a little blunt and aloof and from an alien culture but I just don't understand how you can look at her and call her mean. For that matter I don't think Lae'zel was that mean either. I think some of you just need to really examine your attitude towards female characters and honestly women in general. Just because she isn't going out of her way to be nice to you 24/7 doesn't make her mean it just makes her a person

[acorviart]

some of you really need to learn email etiquette and not send professional emails that sound like you're opening DMs on instagram

[scarwasright]

I can't recommend enough practicing very, very intentionally not talking about shit I don't like. That includes, importantly, when it's in service to talking about shit I do like. It's the only reason I've been able to stick around in this fandom as long as I have.

I don't want my every conversation about the strengths of the anime I do like to boil down to comparisons to an anime I don't. Full stop. I'm talking about Winry? idgaf that a lesser narrative relegates her to the role of Wife and Healer when I could be talking about how realistic and interesting it is for her to naturally grow apart from her childhood friends and make many, many new ones! (I could come up with infinite examples here, but I don't want to! I'd rather do anything else!)

Direct comparisons and criticisms are intellectually valid, but who are they for? What's the point, when fandom popularity will always boil down to what's the most palatable and comfortable to the majority of the audience? I know that this is borderline impossible with how obnoxious this fandom is about the adaptation it's collectively fart-huffed its way into hating, but it's so worth it! Come with me! Scar with one million cats! Maybe more! Imagine!!

[secret-third-thing]

My little friday thought of the day:

Believing Morrigan and liking Eris are not mutually exclusive.

Do I think there's more to their story? Yes. Narratively, Sarah has alluded to that and I look forward to her exploring that in the future. BUT It doesn't mean that Mor's experiences are automatically invalidated and Eris is exonerated of all wrongdoing.

I am not here to convince you to like Morrigan, but I am here to beg other folks who like Eris to stop putting Mor down in order to lift Eris up. Part of being an Eris fan is accepting him as he is. It's fine to speculate or to write fanfiction that explores AUs etc, but let's all be real about who this guy is. Intent != Impact.

[agentoffangirling]

Was watching "Triumph of the Wills" (before anyone asks, yes that is the Hitler propaganda movie. I'm in a film class. This shit is important to understand) and one of the parts that kept getting me was that during his car ride through Nuremberg, Hitler was standing up, in perfect view of everyone as he waved. Like he was just so easy to--

Man I long for the days when politicians didn't fear for their life. Bring back being an easy target!

[kvtie-pie]

some of you need to chill with the horny posting or put it on a side blog maybe

[finnickodaiir]

Ummmm I think telling people to go fuck/kill themselves for not knowing a certain artist (even if it's a joke) is really mean and it achieves the exact opposite effect... like idk about you, but if I didn't know much about a certain artist or piece of media and people were rude to me for not really knowing much about it, it would completely turn me off from wanting to engage with it

[buckscurls]

going through my posts from last year is such a trip. so many users in there that were genuinely excited that i have since unfollowed and/or blocked because of the homophobic rhetoric and sheer vitriol they've been spewing. like what the fuck happened last summer. y'all were so happy for buck and this storyline in the beginning.

[12thperigeeball]

A Quick Reminder For All Ball Attendees This Year

I did want to make it very clear to everyone who is participating or will participate in the ball that

Campaigning, organizing, begging or otherwise attempting to buy or trade for King, Queen, or Couturier votes are not allowed.

I wanted to make this announcement because while we allowed the community to organize via multiple public posts to make a concentrated effort across the dashboard to force a tie for a dual vampire/clown theme during the theme voting process, we will not allow a similar scenario to happen for the crowning process itself.

Showing off your troll's outfits and nomination, encouraging people to vote in a general manner not for a specific nominee, or supporting your friends are all fine! Any attempts to trade things like artwork, spamming users to vote for a specific character, or making posts to dissuade users from voting for other characters ruin the spirit of the ball and are not allowed. Don't make us drag out our unused protocols for that sort of scenario. I would like to keep them in the box where we store them.

Thank you guys again for participating this year!

[kenzan-kiwami]

to be completely frank i think most of the people i've seen with major complaints regarding RGG 8's story are forgetting that 99% of what they're saying can be applied across the whole series

[hell0mega]

i understand disliking or getting upset over things but commenting stuff like "ugh i wish everybody didn't put romance on a pedestal" "why does everyone make this a romantic ship" "what about platonic pairings" directly on posts that are about romance is like. really rude, still. like please feel free to complain and rant that your favorite platonic ship is being romanced and sexualized to hell and back but if you're commenting directly onto someone's normal post about them liking something romantic, that's just? rude? like, that post wasn't made for you, then. what do you stand to gain from commenting "i wish this wasn't romantic" on someone's romantic post? that they'll feel bad for not agreeing with you? that they'll change their mind and start platonic shipping them instead? idgi

[aroyams]

friendly lil reminder that jade and floyd are literally 17 years old ❤️

[ghuleh-witch]

Hi, if I open your fanfic and see nothing but a wall of text with no spaces between paragraphs or dialogue lines I'm not going to read it. Sorry. Please format your fics to be readable!