#anyways i feel bad for them :/ so many ppl in the comments are talking about them romantically and im like Stop It!!!! those r real ppl!!!!

[seventh-district]

again and again i find myself lamenting that audio roleplay isn't taken more seriously by some people. like yeah, they often have a romantic element, and by nature they usually directly involve/address the listener- and i totally get that those things aren't to everyone's taste. no art or entertainment is universally appealing, and that's okay! but.. it still makes me a lil sad that the "cringe" reputation of asmr/audio rp precedes it. there's a whole lot of talent and creativity being poured into these audios by so many people that i feel goes unrecognized and/or disrespected simply due to the medium that the stories are being told through.

[jamiethebeeart]

(Ref/insp: 8eyestheband on youtube/tiktok - the conversation mashups and the song association game) supplemental info/explanation in the tags

[welcomebacktohoimicraf]

okay so the notes on this post are pretty concise already about the terrible things that happened in relation to lore but i also wanna say that tldr; dsmp fanbase had one of the worst cancel culture i have ever seen

as someone who is just discovering smps with qsmp, the few I've heard about dsmp fascinated me and i need to know all the horror stories from this server. like one of those deep dive video essays that last six hours, but all about the behind the scene of dsmp and cc abandonment

EDIT: If you see this post and are also curious, people are explaining stuff in the comments! Sorry if I don't necessarily answer everyone kindly taking their time to tell me the horrors, but it's all appreciated!

[faggot-greg-house]

house is autistic i will accept no criticism

i have so many thoughts about house and autism. this might be the most unhinged post on my tumblr yet but here we go so house had the illusion of normalcy forced on him from a young age. i dont think thats like, full canon, but house talks about how his father abused him on more than one occassion and talked about how he was never satisfied or happy with house no matter what. so i truly dont think its a far reach to say that he would not have tolerated a "weird child." the thing that i think, though, is that all of his actions are a response to the fact that he's not particularly great at masking. he's afraid if he lets people close to him he won't be able to hide the fact that he's "weird" (aka bad). he intentionally pushes people away with his weird creepy comments and being an asshole and that's both him masking (if he's aggressively mean all the time no one will bother to look further) and a way of coping with the fact that he cant mask. the more he pushes people away the less likely it is that they'll see that he cares about things and that he's not "normal" like he's always been told. i also think that as the show went on, he got less and less concerned about masking. he constantly stims, he hyperfocuses and burns out, he panics about change, he treats his fellows a lot more like family. once he got to a point in his life where his "weirdness" is not something he can be ruined for (he's tenured and he has people who will fight for him) he found himself a lot more able to be aggressively autistic, even if he struggles with it due to trauma.

a huge Autism Moment in the show for me is when foreman quits and house fires chase. house has been afraid his whole life of showing who he actually is, as mentioned. his fellows, though, are his People, they knew all of his shit and they never ran awayy from it. they didnt question who he was and what he knew, only his methods, and they were willing to fight back against him (something he's shown he loves). but then foreman quits because he "doesnt want to be like house" and this is house's worst nightmare. this is exactly why he had normalcy beaten into him, because being weird only makes it that people will run away once they know you. he dared to let people see a bit of who he actually is and how he thinks and acts and foreman essentially said "i cant stand to be like you." on top of that fear, his team became Different. he doesnt know if chase or cameron thought the same things as foreman, if they were also judging him or hating him for being autistic. it sent him into fucking panic mode because how is he supposed to trust them when he doesnt know if they agree with foreman!!!!! and even if he could, the team is Different and its for a reason he cant control and he cant just go back to normal. his method of interviewing his new fellows also shows this - how is he supposed to be able to tell if someone will be okay with who he is and if they'll work well together based off a short intervew where he's almost certainly masking the whole time???? anyway. to end this absolutely unhinged post ive put together an inconclusive list of autistic traits and actions from house, and i want to say that so much of this is him being written off as an antisocial eccentric genius and, while he is an ass that cant be debated, it clearly runs deeper than that!!!!

he doesnt understand how ppl feel (he repeatedly talks about how small talk is like a guessing game for him and he doesnt know what to say)

he doesnt like to be touched (for a lot of the show people just do Not touch him, wilson excluded)

he stims constantly and he needs Sensations

he's blunt, rude, somewhat monotone, etc

he has a hard time making friends

he has a hard time saying what he feels (he'd rather joke or be mean than analyse his emotions)

he has a routine that he Sticks To (even thgh its not exactly the same because of patients etc, he goes to work late, he talks to the same people, he sits in his same office. he's shown coming to work sick at one point and he doesnt rly go on vacation. plus when cuddy took his bloodstained carpet it was such a fundamental change to his life that he couldnt deal)

he notices Everything (yes ik this is a sherlock holmes thing but consider sherlock holmes - also autistic)

he has a method and train of thought that works for him and he is unwilling to break from it (he's shown at least once stopping the fellows from writing on his whiteboard, and after he loses the og three he continues trying to hold ddx's because its how he Thinks)

[sickofthistoxicshit]

Lol.. first they promote the hell out of things only to cut it and then they go and delete critical comments on Insta... nicely done ABC.

Guess someone had to do overtime to delete over 500 comments on the Oliver reel. First I checked it was over 700, then suddenly you couldn't click on the answers anymore and now there are about 240 comments left.

Only a few about the cut karaoke. A lot where about how they bait and keep the transphobe around. All those seem to be gone now.

I have a bad feeling about this.

LOL yeah, PR team made a big boo-boo 😂

Not the first time, mind you, Fox used to make the same mistakes I wonder if these are the same ppl.

Also they are not responsible for the cuts, they work with what they get from the director and producer along with showrunner's descision.

Considering Oliver was talking about his favorite parts being filmed at the bachelor party and how much fun they had and how much they drank just to get through that karaoke scene, I'm guessing all cuts were made last minute and the responsibility is less on the PR ppl and more on the decision makers who has been known to be pathological liars over the years.

Moderation in the comments of a tv show is good to a degree imo, I've seen many pages on IG of big soccer teams and tv shows where the comments aren't moderated and it all borders on harassment and negative vibes between the fans themselves and the actors see it more than the decision makers anyway and the ppl talk about why they take a step back from social media.

Do I want the Marisol actress on the show? absolutely not, and that was before I found out about her bad joke on ig. - If you're a public figure and want to get work (in the US at least, where I come from if they fired every idiot who opens their mouth out of turn everybody would be out of a job) you keep your mouth shut and keep your account clean, she only has herself to blame for the hate she gets, especially considering that she didn't even apologize.

But sadly, she is here, crossing my fingers she won't be for long, not only because she's is a bad person, but also because her character is so lukewarm and trivial it's bordering on the absurd.

I am sad for Ryan and Oliver because they seemed so excited about these scenes in the bachelor party and the put in a LOT of effort into it.

BUT if that means the episode of Madney wedding focuses on Madney and nothing else, I am more than okay with that.

That is why you make the bachelor party in a separate episode, or like in CF in Mouch's party, you see them in the elevator dreading what may come, the get to the door figuring out that they've been played and that it is going to be a kick-ass party - the door closes- and opens up again in the morning and they all step exhausted and hungover into the elevator where it's clear the party was epic!

In 10 episodes season, you need to plan out, in advance, your time and scenes carefully, clearly it doesn't happen on 911,

My biggest fear is that from the hour and 15 minutes that were cut into 43 minutes, that the episode would feel rushed and not have emotional impact a Madney wedding should induce and maybe it would have been better if they cut guest stars storylines and calls down to make more room for a proper ceremony.

A kidnapping at this point feels like an overkill, they could have gone for a rough and dangerous call before the wedding and after everyone walk away, they are seen later that day or the next. at the wedding with a beautiful ceremony, like in Cruz's wedding in CF.

I really hope this episode focuses on Madney, everything else is completely unnecessary, I would be pissed if this episode focused more on other ships and take the spotlight off of Madney.

And the PR team should be handed the RIGHT materials in order to make a valid promo and post the right promotional pictures because otherwise it looks like they're deceiving the fans on purpose and that could be the reason why ppl would stop watching the show, ppl don't like to be played for fools.

Now, knowing that everything we were told we'll see was cut, and that final cut was made last second and SO much was cut, I have a bad feeling too, I am hoping we are both wrong. Because they can't afford another 6x18 episode - the format should be better with the move to abc not stay just as bad.

[kattythingz]

Fanfic Writer Interview

Why, @hijinks-n-lowjinks, husband mine, thank you for the tag! Ask and ye shall receive!

◆ How many works do you have on ao3?

25 currently, if you're not counting my old hidden works and the even older shit I have on ff.net.

◆ Your top 5 stories by kudos/likes:

Hhhhh. I have a feeling I know which one is first... aaaaaand I'm right. HHHHHH.

1. Mother(ghost) of Mine - danny phantom, phantom family (HHH)

2. A Crown with Gems and Gold - fma, edling (MY PRIDE AND JOY)

3. The (Un)Subtle Art of Staring - fma, elric bros (this is from when I hc'ed Ed as GAY instead of aroace. GOD THIS SHIT IS OLD, WHY)

4. Apple of Your Eye - sk8 the infinity, roleswap au (:D!!!)

5. What Sort of Imminent Threat - epic the musical, astyanax lives au (:D!!!! pt. 2)

◆ Do you respond to comments? Why/why not?

YES!! BECAUSE I LOVE GETTING LOVE AND THE VALIDATION OF PPL LOVING MY WORK!! For every comment I receive, I gain a life <3

◆ What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Errrr, this is a tough one. Even tho I largely write angst now, I've yet to write an unhappy ending (tho I've def fantasized of it lmao). My angstiest ending is an unpublished S.C.I. fic, but published... Apple of Your Eye, ig? Cuz I leave it kind of open if Adam is defeated or if he gets to traumatize Reki more haha.

◆ What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Okay this is even tougher. Damn. I guess... By No Auspicious Day? I mean, edling literally get engaged. They're dorks. Yeah, that's the happiest one for sure.

◆ Do you write crossovers?

Definitely!!! I've got a young justice x fma crossover going on rn, and literally 99% of my other fma aus are set in other fandom medias lmao (hades, monkie kid, epic, hamilton... to name a few). I've also been contemplating a batman crossover where Ed and Mei (edling established) end up in Gotham and they meet the batfam while trying to get home 👀

◆ Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Errr, not quite hate but def some back-handed and passive aggressive comments. It got me to delete a fic once haha, cuz ppl lacked the reading comprehension to realize I didn't ask for criticism :)))

◆ Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

... So, I can now say yes to this. No, I'm not telling what ship. No, I'm never posting it under my name. Though I might clean it up one day skjvjkwgnw

◆ Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so? I hope not, anyway.

◆ Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope.

◆ Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nope! I've listed a few fics as "co-written", but looking back on it, those weren't co-written at all. I did all the actual writing on those; I just overestimated in my head how much my friends at the time "helped" with my fics tho and wound up thinking "oh! i talked with them about the fic a lot, so they're co-writers!" No, babe, they're not. Recognize your own hard work and value plz.

◆ What’s your all-time favorite ship?

I honestly don't think I have one. Like yes I get intense hyperfixations and certain ships will be ALL I think about in the time, but that doesn't make them my favorite ever? My current fixation is edgreed tho lmao.

◆ What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Probably that one yunmeng prides fic i've got sitting at a pretty 16k in my drive LMAO. I just hit an awful wall with it and I KNOW I'll never have the energy to pick up from the point I left off. I'd have to rewrite the entire thing and... yeah, no.

◆ What are your writing strengths?

Emotional moments!!! I'd like to think I have a way with handling Big Emotions and the build-up that leads to them exploding! I've also been told a lot over the years that I'm pretty good at getting into my characters' heads, both the good and the bad 👀

◆ What are your writing weaknesses?

Action. Fucking ACTION, my god. Loathe that shit from the DEPTHS of my bones. Don't be fooled by my semi-decent results in fics, the actual process that's gone into any action scene ever has always been LITERAL HELL, SO MANY DRAFTS, TOO MANY FUCKING DRAFTS. If I could take action out back and shoot it, I would :)

◆ What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic?

For the love of fucking god, if you're gonna write ENTIRE dialogue and not just one line, do your goddamn research. DON'T JUST GOOGLE TRANSLATE THAT SHIT. IF YOU CAN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED TO SEE IF THE SENTENCE IS CORRECT THEN AT THAT POINT JUST WRITE IT IN ENGLISH AND SAY "HE SAID IN [LANGUAGE]". IT'S ESP ATROCIOUS WITH NON-LATIN-BASED LANGUAGES LIKE ARABIC (LOOKING AT YOU FUCKING ISHVALAN AUS).

(Edward Elric would NOT speak in perfect fancy-ass formal dialect, that nobody native actually fucking uses either??? He'd have the most EGYPTIAN ASS DIALECT. Hell, I'll take Jordanian too!)

9/10 times, we can TELL it's google translate, okay. It's stiff and formal and translates LITERALLY rather than contextually. And half the time it's also just fucking wrong. Languages aren't just your damn vehicles to make a fic ✨diverse✨, they're CULTURES. LANGUAGES ARE CULTURES, AND YOU ARE BUTCHERING THEM.

CUT THAT SHIT OUT, I AM BEGGING.

◆ What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

OOOOH, Magic Kaito!!! I'd LOVE to rewrite a kaishin version of it where Shinichi serves Aoko's role instead! I'd also love to dip my toes into writing sth for conqueror of shamballa, because by GOD do I want Ed to be happy in Germany with Alfons and Noah. Do I gotta do everything myself???

◆ What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

Come on, you know it's Crown. You know. It's the canon rewrite of my DREAMS, exactly how I'd rewrite brotherhood if I was given the choice. I've got ANIMATICS in my head for this bitch, entire scenes, this is an ANIME in my head. I want AMVS FOR THIS MF. But that anime doesn't actually exist in a visual medium. And I cry.

POKING @sirchenchen @inthebluz @kaethefangirl @kiingleoturtles. Thanks again for the tag!!!

[mistystarshine]

Hi! Hope it's not too weird that I'm sending you a super long ask about this when we've never talked beyond comments on your fics (I'm Laufente on Ao3.) Feel free to ignore it if you like, that post talking about the shitty fandom interactions you've had just made me so angry on your behalf. While I don't know the context for the things you've been told, I can't even think of one where I'd just say this stuff to a fic author's face. Even if I were to agree, which I'm not. You probably know, but I want to say it anyway: It's just rude and entitled. And I'm SO sorry you've had to deal with that. Fandom is supposed to be fun for everyone involved, it costs zero dollars to not be an ass to others who put themselves out there by sharing their creations… Makes me wonder where this particular mindset of "This thing you're creating for fun and for free isn't exactly what I like so you're doing it Wrong" is coming from. Been kind of a recluse in fandom spaces for years now tbh, and I can't recall it being this prominent back when I was more active… (I've been trying to change that recently and become more involved again, though. It's… a work in progress for me lol) That being said, I've clicked away from more than one story by other authors for doing the very things ppl blame you for NOT doing. Purely evil Lilith, Lucifer is the worst while Adam was in the right all along, etc. etc. Different strokes for different folks! I enjoyed your take on every character and dynamic I've seen so far, really. Finding you on AO3 was like a breath of fresh air. You write one of, if not my favorite Adam and Lute, they feel so alive and very in-character to me (and I'll never tire of sinner Adam.) There's still a lot of your stories I haven't had the chance to check out yet, including the final update of Waffle House I somehow missed :v I look forward to reading them whether you decide to share more eventually or not (although I'd love that of course.) I think what you want out of writing fanfics is very understandable, not selfish or entitled at all. In the end you don't owe anyone your stories, and your happiness and well-being are much more important. Take all the time you want to figure this out <3 (Giving this a once-over before sending made me once again realize how many parentheses I use… That's me holding back, can you believe it?😭)

Thank you! <3 Sending the ask isn't weird AT ALL! I always say to send asks at the end of updates for a reason. I really, really want to talk to people who aren't just going to tell me what I'm doing wrong or need to do differently. Which, I've been told (or rather, talked about in a public server) that I can't take criticism, but that's not true...? I FREQUENTLY ask for critique and input from @megaunhappybunny and some other friends. I've gotten concrit comments that were very helpful and I've really enjoyed before. But I don't want to hear from total strangers whose "concrit" amounts to "this fic is bad because it doesn't follow fanon". And then get publicly chewed out for telling them not to say anything if they're going to say that rather than capitulating to them. Which, it's been a while since those specific incidents, but I've had other flavors of "you need to do X instead of Y or else your writing is bad/OOC/repetitive" since then.

[milfbrainrot]

i open twitter for 2 seconds and already have something to complain about

i guess i am a little fascinated by how within the specific contexts of communities like fandoms, you can end up with so much pushback to societal norms that those norms become targets within those communities. it's... understandable, but it can still become a problem with how people treat others and how they can wrap right back around to enforcing certain norms in odd ways?

like. as an example i sometimes get rly tired of m/m dominating fandom spaces. no one's doing anything wrong, but in fandom m/m is typically the "norm" to ship so it becomes kinda hard to fit in if you don't ship it. this can make people like me be more inclined to be assholes about m/m being the expectation in fandom when in reality... gay men are oppressed irl... so it can become homophobic (and just fuckin rude) at certain angles if you're not extremely careful to discuss the nuances of the attitude sometimes surrounding m/m and instead go "all m/m bad and the people who ship it are bad."

m/f shippers can also become targets because people get too tired of seeing m/f everywhere in media so people feel like it's being pushed on them when they're just trying to explore f/f. you're not like, being heterophobic j;llkajsdklf but it does make shippers targets at times regardless of their own identities or the characters' identities--bisexuality, trans, etc. and it also makes them targets for people's misplaced irl grievances about societal norms.

anyway what i saw was a dumbass ar@ne thread about how vi would never be pregnant, with multiple people saying it's misogynistic to assume all women want kids and they just don't see her wanting kids, while ignoring the genuine responses talking about how, since vi never talked about whether she wants kids, you can still use context clues about how much she cared for her little sister as proof she could be a good parent. whether she'd want it or not isn't something canon can prove. maybe she'd get tired of always looking out for others and decide against it, maybe it's something she would actually want to have for herself. we do not know.

no one was forcing a character who explicitly talks about never wanting kids to have kids lol, and even then... you can genuinely take a character on any journey to get from any point A to any point B because that's what real life is like, and it's not misogynistic to go "sometimes people do change their minds" as a general statement because sometimes people DO. i used to be dead set against ever having kids and now it's something i'm open to. it is awful that ppl who explicitly say they don't want kids irl get talked down to and told they'll change their mind, but that is not... what's happening here and it's not inherently what would happen if you did have a character change their mind because it can stem from a different place than what makes irl instances misogynistic.

ANYWAY. BACK ON TRACK. this all started because someone talked about trans!cait/vi for this to biologically work. so. you guys are talking about it being misogynistic to... have a queer couple have kids? do you guys not realize that straight couples can be revolutionary when one or both are trans? do you not realize the discrimination queer couples face irl when trying to do family planning? if you really want to play politics here, then you guys are being narrow-minded actually.

what stood out to me most, really, is that... even without the trans!cait context, the repeated instances of "vi would never be pregnant because it just doesn't seem like her" takes refusing to actually engage with comments about her characterization immediately read to me as "i am uncomfortable when butch lesbians get pregnant because i am too narrowminded to understand that people who aren't feminine can carry children." this is a huge issue so many butches have talked about regarding their own pregnancies because people don't realize how much they've connected the idea of pregnancy with femininity, or the connotations of maternal. this is something i have had to think about for myself as a nb lesbian who leans masc and does want to experience pregnancy down the line.

i'm not saying this is the case for everyone in that thread but... they weren't exactly making a case for anything else lmfao.

generally babyfic/kidfic/pregnancy headcanons are looked down upon in fandom for the reasons i mentioned above, where it's pushed on people so much already that when it ~invades~ fandom spaces where people are going to escape norms, people are a lot more comfortable turning their discomfort into harassment or black and white understandings making every instance ever inherently a hate crime to them personally. literally anything can have harmful trends because we're all people doing our best to create things we don't always have the skills or social awareness to do well, but these tropes do get quite a bit of odd hate at times that i think is... at times understandable but mostly undeserved. i am also biased as someone who has had a complicated journey unraveling my own lack of or actual desire to one day have kids. and in the times we live in of course these tropes are even more repulsive to people because of their very real fears surrounding their own reproductive rights.

all that to say i don't think any trope inherently deserves to be equated with the potential harm a person could do exploring it, and i don't even think that should always be treated with the same weight as enforcing societal pressure and norms. there is a difference between "this character has a kid" and "in my story ALL the characters have kids in ways that are clearly influenced by societal norms i have not yet unpacked." and i also think there are so many nuances to irl instances of people sticking to a norm but in an unconventional way, that it is concerning to see people get SO black and white about fictional headcanoning in ways that are just so narrow-minded i have to wonder how they treat """straight""" couples at pride or if they're the type to keep recreating Man And Woman genders by associating cottagecore with women and dark academia with men.

[op-sys-chaos]

There's ppl arguing in the comments section of a fic I wrote and I'm like...

Guys.

It's not that deep.

Spoilers ahead for one of my fics

They're arguing over whether or not a character, who is in a bad situation and can't leave it because assassins will try to kill him and his loved ones if he does, should be forcibly taken out of that situation anyway, regardless of his concerns for his loved ones safety and whether or not he feels the bad situation is dangerous.

...THEY'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE FUCKING ASSASSINS! OBVIOUSLY!

They're not "overriding his desire to stay away" by taking out the assassins because he only wants to stay away to protect them from the assassins!

They're not "overriding his right to choose if he stays in the bad situation" because once the assassins are gone he can actually pick for himself!

And guess what! He may not even have to pick between which situation to stay with! Because people on both sides of this situation love him and want him to be happy so they'll let him do what he thinks is best! Sure, they might be working to cook up options for him, but that's all they are! Options!

Geez, y'all, I get that this fic isn't 100% lighthearted but it is entirely built on the back of angst-driven shenaniganery. It's not meant to be that deep and it's not meant to cause arguments on the right thing to do when a character is in a bad situation and whether or not you leave them there and how either option could traumatize them!

And besides, there are more than two options! "Forcibly take him, ignoring his wishes to keep us away for everyone's safety" and "leave him alone and never speak to him again" are not the only two options here!

For fucks sake, if it's that deep I'll give you the fucking answers. The people who love him, on both sides, are going to 1) deal with the problem of the assassins and 2) work together to find ways to combine the two halves of his life, assuming he's okay with that, but they're gonna plan it out first so he has pre-prepared options and doesn't have to worry about that aspect unless he doesn't like the given options and wants to make his own. Then he gets to pick his favorite solution and be surrounded by people who love him no matter what he chooses, and guess what, he picks to maximize how many people that is!

So yeah! Not that deep!

Geez y'all.

I get it, this fandom loves talking about complex trauma. And I know this character is neglected. But this fic was not meant to dig that deep into his home life. It was about reconnecting with those he lost and bringing together those he loves on both sides of his life through identity shenanigans. No one's taking the extreme, traumatizing option to fix the problem. They're working together to fix it as a family because that's the theme of the fic. Chill.

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

I would like to ask about a trivial matter. People always talk about how young Yuzuru and Shoma look. But actually, they are not at an age where they would have wrinkles or other signs of aging. Besides, they have no signs of aging, but they look their age to me. I know there are too many countries where people look a little old in their thirties or in their thirties, but even though I do not live in an Asian country, my criteria is not that of those early aging countries. So whenever I see a comment about how young Yuzuru and Shoma look, I always say they are not old anyway and they look their age. How do you feel about such comments?

Puh ...I feel like age is a touchy subject and highly subjective in the way ppl perceive how ppl at what age will look like. I am for example pretty bad at guessing ages. 🙈 Just quick question first: I guess with "early aging" countries you mean "non-Asian" countries??? It's at least how I interepretated it.

I do think that they look young compared to their age just from their behavior - especially Shoma blends in with his younger compatriots - and if they stand next to their younger compatriots they don't look like they are older. BUT I do speak of some years. The difference between 26 and 29 is not much, same goes for 22 and 26. There is just not that huge age gap. Between 20 and 30 I think generally ppl look young. I mean how would you think anyone between the age of 20 and 30 is old anyway? I do think that both neither Yuzu nor Shoma look like they are not in their 20s and that they didn't age at all. If you compare how they looked at 18 or even 20 years of age you can definitely see that there are changes to their faces. So I think it's very odd for ppl to claim that they didn't age or look sooo young. Especially Yuzu fans do say that frequently that he hasn't changed at all and I am questioning that bc did you look at him 10 years ago? Yuzu did mature in appearance. Yes they look young, yes you may not be able to guess their correct age (who will guess the correct age anyway from someone they don't know?) but you would also not guess that Shoma or Yuzu are teenagers appearance wise.

I think you're absolutely right when you say that neither of them are at an age where they show signs of aging. I also think it's not really an issue to look "old" at that age no matter what country you actually come from. (I am rather shocked when I perceive someone in their 20s as in their 30s bc they do show too many signs of aging)

I generally don't like the obsession with "looking young" like what is so bad about looking your age or god forbid even a few years older? I feel like this is one of the affects by beauty standards nowadays. You have to look a certain way or else you're undesirable. Depending on your country what is considered beautiful may vary, but it's always about looking young, having no wrinkles and to not look your age. And honestly what does it matter if you look your age or not? Age is just a number and even tons of beauty operations wouldn't change the fact that we all age. Sorry I was trailing off...

Going back to Yuzu and Shoma: I do think it's meant as a compliment to look "young" or "not their age", but I wonder why this is even an "issue" to point out so frequently. I also sometimes bring it up as a joke and I hope it comes off as a joke. But all this talking about "not looking their age" is nonetheless also a bit problematic bc what does this imply for anyone that does not look as "young". I think we have to be aware of what this kind of conversations can do to ppl who struggle with not looking their age or "old" or "young" (Bc tbh it's not always advantageous looking younger than your age - I am now past it bothering me - but it was sometimes quite a hassle in my job when I was not considered my age but much younger. It runs in my family to not look like our ages and it was sometimes rather funny, but mostly it's annoying especially when in your 20s you wouldn't want to be considered a young adult or even teenager. It made ppl treat me like I had no clue about my job) I think we should stop making "aging" and "looking young" such a big deal. Yuzu and Shoma are incredible skaters and can look at fantastic results in their competitive careers and that's actually all that should matter.

(Little funny side episode on age and how you can perceive it. My grandpa was in hospital at the age of 85 and he was really mad that he should use a wheeling walking frame from now on lamenting "this is for old ppl!" and I just asked him at what age he would perceive himself as old? That got him admitting: "You could say with 85 years of age I am old." And then he agreed to a wheeling walking frame.)

[hellishvxbes]

There is a post going around on twitter talking about what Viv says about Alastor's smile. I am going to leave out everyone's talk about it being about Vox because that isn't my focus on this. Though, it does play a part. What got me was that she says its a 'very self enforced form of ego'

Meaning he does it to himself. He sees a frown as weakness, getting someone to lose their smile means the game is over. the jig is up. its serious now. That for Alastor is a win. And its fascinating to me that people just write it off as a 'oh Vox is a walking temper tantrum' for shits and giggles and yeah it can be, but the way there's so much more underneath it? That's the real juicy stuff for me. Both Alastor and Vox are in the entertainment industry. We all know how toxic that kind of lifestyle is. Everyone is all up in your business. You have to adhere to people's view of you.

Vox is fucking drained. The way he comes up from his evil lair, to his photo of him smiling but when the doors open he's frowning, before he's inhaling and putting on a smile like everything's fine. They are the lie we tell ourselves. How we appear composed when really we're fucking screaming on the inside.

When I think about Alastor stitches being his own doing? I'm fascinated by that. It means he refuses to let anyone get the best of him, they could never get under his skin if he physically cannot frown. It's why he's so indifferent, why he's so unbothered. He's always smiling. It doesn't matter what he's feeling on the inside because so long as no one can see, he still has the upper hand.

I keep thinking about how he and his mother had to deal with a lot of shit. The people in power, like to make those they think are beneath them feel strong. Oppression, violence, kicking them down when they are already on the floor. All I can hear is the phrase 'don't let them see you frown' and Alastor taking it personally. Alastor echoing it inside his head like a mantra. For every disgusting, racist comment. Don't let them see you frown. For every insult, don't let them see you frown. For every time they try and see you fail, don't let them see you frown. Because the second they do? They win. You give them power over you and that is something Alastor refuses to let anyone have over him.

People don't talk about how hard it is being a person of color, especially back then yes but I also relate to having to always be perfect. Growing up we get told to never draw attention to ourselves. Act like the white people. Keep your head low. This kind of thinking is why so many latinos are oddly republican because they get told to act like something aren't and then forget where they came from. It's pressure to perform, to be the best and doing it the right way so you aren't judged.

Can't do a bad thing ever because then it just proves that oooh all of us colored people are as bad as they say. I have this thought on things even if its not my fault? Like if I'm in a hurry and I don't open the door for the white people coming out. Or the way, the elevator the other day already had six people in it and three white ppl saw it and decided they were gonna squeeze themselves in anyway. but I swear you reverse it and someone would have said something. its having to watch what we say, having to not sound too much like where we come from. SMILE AND JUST PUSH THROUGH IT. When we really just want to fucking be angry.

This is why I think Alastor refuses for society to whip him into shape. Why he smiles, why he shoves all his anger down into the pit of his belly and only releases it when he's killing someone who probably fucking deserves it. I think Vox shows us the version of us when we're all depressed and searching for that dopamine hit, but the reality is we're all drained physically and mentally because of this persona we put on. Alastor is the twisted, darker side of that. the kind that wants to act on it. the repression, the internalized anger from not being able to express himself the way he should. alastor is a hypocrite himself. calling vox out for being fake, he is exactly the same way. he's just much better at hiding it.

[dennisboobs]

i know peace bc ive never used twitter it seems like ur torturing urself a bit

yeah. but honestly if i can make like. one person stop fucking harassing glenn i'll take it. idgaf about these idiots qrting me trying to make fun of me, i don't want them anywhere near my twt (free blocklist) and they'll forget about it in an hour anyway. but some people have seemingly genuinely thought about it and agreed after a little pushback. it's mostly a bunch of teens who want to be edgy or think glenn has no feelings because he's a C list celebrity with a nice house. i don't think many people bother trying to push back against the accepted culture over there and most of them seemingly don't even think about it. i don't know why but twitter culture just. expects you to be incredibly fucking rude to celebrities on principle even if you like them. and this is. encouraged. and applauded. i think its disgusting, and ive been on the receiving end of parasocial relationships that had people getting overly invested in me and my friend, completely fucking obliterated any boundaries and speculated about our genders/sexuality/relationship so its. kind of personal. i hate to see it and i can empathize with glenn to a degree. especially when like. you compare other clips of him at cons or even on the podcast where he's WAY more reserved talking too deeply abt queer shit vs those encounters with fans, the guy was having the time of his fucking life with a bunch of superfans who let him know how much they care about his work. i really, really wish that we were on our best behaviour and a bunch of fucking 15 yr olds who have never been called a slur a day in their life and don't know the weight of their words weren't creating a hostile space for both sunnytwt and for glenn. why do you, as a fan, not want to be able to interact respectfully with someone you admire? why do you not want to treat him as a human being? like there's a difference between deifying a celeb vs being fucking respectful. it's not like this is elon musk it's fuckin. glenn. like he is so. just a guy. treat him like one. i can't help but feel bad when 90% of what he sees from fans are people in the comments of his posts bullying him. like why would you not want this man to know how insane he makes you on a daily basis. why are you so afraid of expressing genuine emotion that you have to harass him. bc its cringe to say you like sunny? that's the extent of his fucking interactions with fans. of course he's stoked to talk to fans who have actual love for the show. he probably never fucking sees it. and you know. its frustrating to see people who were THERE. interacting with him in person. now doing this shit. my own mutuals were doing that shit. i follow like 6 people on sunnytwt. its just. accepted. idk. i don't know how to phrase this in a way that makes sense but if you enjoy glenn's interactions with the fandom so much maybe dont fucking push him away. if there are a bunch of ppl qrting his old tweets with what seems like actual literal hate. idk. id start deleting if i were him. like there are just zero fucking boundaries and it makes me mad. why would you do this shit when you could take advantage of him being accessible and tell him how much sunny + dennis means to you instead.

[verycharismaticdragon]

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[ common fandom complaint that you’re sick of hearing ]

You didn't pick a fandom so I've decided that the perfectly hinged option is to talk about fandoms in general; so here goes.

I'm deeply tired of complaints about abundances. "Why is there so much of ship X", "Why are there so many fics about Y"... And I get the frustration, I really do - it's so often I wish some concept that looks so interesting in my head was more explored, instead of everyone just repeating the popular fanon. But!

This specific way of complaining about it is just... THE most counterproductive. Because there's an obvious answer to that "why?" and it's "because people find it interesting". And saying that something a person is interested in is bad and annoying is, unsurprisingly, NOT going to make them abandon something they like and switch to whatever the complainer wants to see. At best, they'll just think the complainer is kind of an ass and keep on doing whatever they were doing; at worst, it can over time chip at their willingness to engage with that particular fandom at all. And then there's just less fancontent overall, and still no things the complainer wanted in the first place.

(As an aside, there's a similar phenomenon I see when people engage with queer media, where basically a silly indie game with queer rep will be picked the fuck apart for what it does not have, instead of, you know, being celebrated for what it did portray well. Because tearing into every queer game that comes out absolutely does not lead to more queer games with other types of rep! It's ridiculous that ppl do not seem to see that!)

And the thing is, it's very easy to take the sentiment behind such complaint, and then do positive things with it - things which, I dare say, will benefit the fandom as a whole. And it all starts with rewording that complaint. Instead of saying "there's too much of concept A", say "I would love to see concept B explored", or, "I love it when people explore concept B". Someone who had not thought of B before might consider it and become interested. Someone who thought of it but was worried it wouldn't be well-received will feel validated. Someone who did explore it will be happy - and might even pop into comments with a rec! Seriously: just channeling that frustration into a call for more content, instead of saying there's too much content, makes it more pleasant to see and more likely to actually net the reaction the complainer wants.

(It's like... reverse 'two cakes' almost. Instead of complaining you hate chocolate cake, say you wish there was a vanilla one too. Maybe someone who was afraid their vanilla cake wouldn't be well received will be running to you with it.)

After that, there's of course the option of uplifting the fanworks that do [whatever it is] right - hyping them up, spreading the word, writing the author a long-ass comment. And one can always cook their own meals too! Yes, even if one isn't a creative; sometimes a screenshot of canon material with a short comment is all it takes to make the gears in someone else's head turn. (Spoken as someone who definitely did get ideas from exactly such posts.)

Anyway, tl;dr: I wish ppl would stop complaining there's too much of [some fandom content], and started to channel that energy into hyping up the content they would like to see. This would be more productive, and just plain more pleasant for everyone involved.

[queer-advice-hotline]

Hi! Not rlly used to talking about this type of stuff - but I figured I should maybe see if anyone had ever been in a similar situation or anything.

long story btw...

TW for mentions of homophobia ig

Okay so, for many years I was under the impression that my mother was actually completely and utterly fine with the queer community and I found out not that long ago that that was apparently not true.

For some background info to how I thought that ig - my mum often worked for very long hours and I adored all the time I could spend with her when she wasn't working. To me she was a role model and due to most likely being 'too young' I didn't get to hear a lot of her opinions about certain things (such as the queer community, but also other things) and built up an image of my mother in my mind who would always support me and constantly told myself how lucky I was bc there were so many ppl out there who didn't have the same fortune and probably never felt like they could connect with their mothers.

I however found out when I was in my first yr of highschool (yr 7 where i am) that she actually wasn't as open minded as I'd hoped.

I started hearing her talk about how she didn't believe a trans man could ever be a man/how a trans woman could never be a woman. Making comments on how ppl who were nonbinary didn't make sense/couldn't exist and how they/them pronouns were dumb and how anyone who didn't identify with either gay, straight or bi was weird. She also made comments about how she was willing to use a trans person's pronouns in front of them if they made sense (she/her or he/him only) and didn't bother when they weren't around bc she thought it didn't matter.

She also was always talking about how she didn't want people talking about this stuff all the time and how she was so annoyed by ppl constantly making children's media queer - to a point where last year she started feeling like there was a possibility that I was being exposed to too much queer media (I was trying to borrow books that had queer characters cause I grew up not all that knowing of the Lgbtqai community) and started banning me from buying/borrowing books that she thought were 'too gay' or 'too queer' and not even letting me touch the ones with trans characters - which was odd bc we'd watched movies with queer ppl in it before and she'd been fine with it! (mostly with them as background characters or not the MC e.g. Mitch and Cam + their friends in Modern Family). She then started going through my books I borrowed to make sure they weren't queer.

She seemed okay with other people being bi or gay irl but when she talked to me she often said things like 'you can be anything u want except gay or trans' and 'no bringing home a boy until ur 18 and no bringing home any girlfriends every - and nothing other either (derogative)' as well as often talking about how she wants to find me a church boy with similar ideals to my family's ones.

This has been rlly upsetting - I figured out I was aro early on, however with my mother's reactions I fear she would most likely invalidate me/try and get me a bf anyway. Also I realised that I wasn't cis (nonbinary or agender) and now I'm scared that if I ever transition too much (bc I want to get a binder and possibly one day have top surgery and I want to get masc haircuts and all that) or actually start going by a diff name in public + diff pronouns that she might just through me out or send me back to my home country to 'set me straight' bc where I'm from being queer is not common (even though we have managed to make gay marriage legal).

This is also bad not just bc of me but bc I have friends who r queer who have been huge helps and I always wanted them to feel safe around me and my family however now I'm scared to ever so much as introduce some of them to my parents in fear of them being misgendered/disrespected or her banning me from seeing them.

I always hear ppl talking about cutting off their families or learning to live without them when they're older but I'm the eldest and expected to look after my parents when they get older. Not to mention - I have a brother who is 13 yrs younger then me and though sometimes I feel as if I don't quite feel the emotional connection I should (won't be getting into that) I also don't want him to grow up without some sort of other older guidance as I feel like he is very different to me and also when I was younger my parents worked a lot with allowed me to have more perspective on the world other then theirs were-as my brother will most likely have their opinions shoved down his throat and I can't stand the thought of him growing up to be some weird 'alpha-male' type who pushes down his feelings, is homophobic/transphobic and decides that he doesn't like anyone different. This would mean that I most likely wouldn't be able to leave him until he was around 18 too and I have so much family that I genuinely don't think that I'd be able to leave them all behind + I don't want to have to be scared to enjoy my own culture (bc I am from a small island and my family has a lot of ties + is rlly big and I wouldn't be able to go far without someone mentioning my father, mother, cousins, or grandparents).

I genuinely habe no idea what to do or if there is a solution to my problems or if i'd have to one day simply come out and be prepared for my family to hate me or if i'd just have to keep a huge part of me secret until I died but I thought it'd be better to share then to bottle all this up

I seems like a pretty complicated situation, so knowing what exactly to do is tricky.

I definitely don't think you should come out to your family now. The chances of you being disowned, thrown out, or something else seems pretty high. If you decide you want to come out, I think waiting until you are living on your own or at least are independent from your family is the best and safest option.

Anyone with other advice feel free to share.

[miyamiwu]

unpop bllk opinion: Chigiri having his arc so soon was fine because his issue wasn't as complex as the other characters issues. Most of the other Bllk boys have issues where they feel like they have to prove themselves to be worthy, but Chigiri had already entered Blue Lock with a lot of self confidence in his abilities so his problem didn't involve that. He struggled with trying to find a reason to keep going because he already knew he was good at the game, not with "Am I worthy enough to even be here?" and that's also kinda why isagi was really harsh to him during their conversation.

And anyways, I just feel like if they built Chigiri's mystery up until a much later point, the pay off just wouldn't have been worth it compared to all the other issues everyone else is facing or whatever. Like it'd be disappointed to wonder what's going on Chigiri if we learned about it like...after we learned about Bachira or Reo or Nagi.

So I kind of get why he was the first we got to learn about since his issue isn't as complex and is pretty short (less writing involved and all that)

I do hope we get to see him score more goals in the future though, and I get why ppl think he's kinda boring now (because the curtains been unveiled and now he's just there lol)

Hmm… perhaps the word “early” is not right. When I say “early” when referring to Chigiri’s arc, I simply mean that we didn’t see enough of him pre-development. Chigiri’s arc involves a big personality change, and for that to feel impactful, the audience must first be invested in the previous personality. However, Chigiri’s mysterious/quiet side was only shown to us for a while. It was then quickly dismissed before the audience could get curious about him.

Like, there has to be suspense first. We get to appreciate something more if it’s done gradually and not all of a sudden.

Look at other character arcs involving a personality change: Eren from Attack on Titan, Leo from Pandora Hearts, and even Mob from MP100. Their stories are completely different and shouldn’t be compared with Chigiri’s, but I want to point out here that their personality change was so stark that people couldn’t help but reminisce about their previous personality. But for Chigiri, there’s none of that. It’s as if his mysterious side never even existed.

And since Isagi’s the protagonist, through whom we get to know other people’s stories, there should have been more interactions between him and Chigiri before the latter’s arc. You have to expect at least that for a character set as one of the main four in this series.

But before the set-up for Chigiri’s arc (which started when he and Isagi watched that footage together), we don’t even see them talking to each other. Nor have we seen Isagi at least commenting about Chigiri in his head. A simple thought of “why is this guy so uncooperative” would have been enough. Or, the author could’ve let Isagi respond to when Chigiri said that Ego shouldn’t be completely trusted, or at least let Isagi think about his words in his head.

Even better, we could’ve had a scene of Isagi complaining about Chigiri taking too long to get to their meetings, and then cue in a panel of Chigiri actually taking care of his injury without anyone in Team Z knowing. That would’ve made the audience curious: Is he injured? How bad is it? That could’ve also built indignance among the audience! Shut up, Isagi. You really don’t know what he’s going through.

Or, if they want to make the injury less obvious, maybe just show a panel of Chigiri doing his stretches.

Like, there are so many ways that the author could’ve built up Chigiri while still having his character arc as early as in the First Selection. But they didn’t do that. Yukimiya’s backstory got more build-up, and he’s not even one of the main characters.

I get what you mean though that Chigiri’s arc being revealed after Bachira’s, Reo’s, or Nagi’s would make it less impactful. But as for his backstory not being too complex, I disagree.

I mean, look at Barou. His backstory is much more simple. Like Chigiri, he also came to Blue Lock already confident. His backstory is simply that he was put on a pedestal since he was young and it got into his head. But part of the reason Barou’s arc feels more satisfying is because we see a lot of him pre-development. We see him interact with Isagi several times in the First Selection, and we see him exchange insults with Nagi in the Second Selection. We, the audience, got so much of him that we started to find him annoying, so when his arc came, it was a big fucking finally.

If Chigiri were just any other side character, maybe I wouldn’t care much. But since he’s being set up as one of the main four, I really expect more of him.

Someone on Twitter also mentioned how Chigiri was a victim in the Germany vs England match. There was only one chapter about him, and then it was as if he wasn’t part of the story. His character was sidelined to make way for the intersecting stories of Nagi, Reo, Yukimiya, Isagi, and Kaiser. Chigiri was like an extra who just appeared once in a while to show a cool move or two. His story no longer affects the plot.

It’s such a shame though because his character has so much potential. I really hope the author can turn things around

[alivegirlmari]

cant believe they gave van cancer….need them to find a cure NOW i dont care how many people lottie has to sacrifice and if its her whole cult!

when the exchange rate for Wilderness Brand™️ immediate cancer cure is three men so jeff walter creepy cop all get sliced and diced and van lives forever <3

no but shsjsks the cancer thing…i remember reading those reddit theories and feeling insane like?? why would she have CANCER how are you thinking CANCER based on some pills…would pill addiction not be the first thought…and yet here we are!!!! umm not a massive fan of it tbh. i mean i love this post but like. kinda wished we’d gotten to see more of van before this reveal ngl? especially if she does eventually die? but then the discourse abt this reveal is interesting too cause ive seen some ppl say it’d be worse (in an offensive way, and just bad writing way) if they do a sacrifice and she’s miracly cured, and i guess that would be 100% confirming the supernatural (for lack of better word) side of things rather than keeping it ambiguous since van seems very positive that it’s terminal and no treatment will work. i rly have no horse in this race tbh like i can’t say what’d be better or worse i just don’t want van to die and am willing to reach thru the screen and strangle as many purple people necessary!!!

anyways. i fear lisa may be sacrificed just bc of tawny’s comment abt how people will hate tai by the end of s2 which. not possible <3 but i am trying to think of shocking dark things s2 could end with that also sets up s3 since all the cast keep talking about it that way…what are YOUR (extremely correct) thoughts dearest ‼️🤔