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minebentobox · 9 months ago

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no one’s talking about being an expert, posing, or quizzing ppl. these points always come up when ppl defend themselves

it’s about about doing the bare minimum. fanfic and fan art are like any other form of writing and art, open to critique, and the valid critique is that maybe study dali if ur gonna paint a surrealist painting? maybe read the communist manifesto before you write on the history of marxism?

this isn’t a dig at u all, or a quiz or an attack on character, it’s just a diff perspective.

But it IS about quizzing and criticizing how others experience and interact with media. That’s the POINT - the same cultural phenomenon that made the boys say “oh you listen to x band? Name five songs” - is the same mentality that creates the “im mad the fan made media is not to my liking”.

Surrealism can be created in a vaccume without you seeing surrealist artist so THAT is a super bad example. It’s not someone trying to copy Dali to create something that feels in that world. I don’t think anyone would really put Junji Ito and Dali in same genre in an art history text book BUT Ito’s art is surrealism as well. You don’t need to have seen either to be interested in creating art that has an element of revulsion to it. I have seen kids create surrealism with their soul intent being to gross others out. “Look I drew the teacher but her head is a butt” Art never needs to be fine art or high brow to still be art. It’s self expression.

If you are researching Marxism you probably WILL have read the communist manifesto- just because. But that is not the entirety of Marxism or communism and your essay may focus on something completely different because that is more relevant to your thesis. Does not mean just because you ignored it that your essay or thesis statement was without a point.

And that is the point - it’s FINE to like more canon fan media. It’s also fine to make what you enjoy. Most fandom artist and writers ARE familiar with the original works they just like the fandom created AU more. If they want canon they can open that comic, it’s easy to get. But if you want to see omega Superman mpreg you gotta make that yourself (I kid but you know what I mean) . And it makes an easy non serious entry point for newbies and new fans are born.

A lot of gait kept fandoms DONT create that space and figuratively stick up their nose at newbies. So they cling closer to the more friendly community that is off their rockers - but at least they KNOW they are and are having fun with it. The more canon fans want you to somehow “earn your place” The gait keeping Elitism is what BREEDS the lack of more canon media. And the cycle continues and gets worse.

Basically - create what you want to see. Ignore what you don’t. And expect the same of others.

Don’t expect or demand others to create what YOU want unless you plan on paying artist to create what you want to see. And like that’s always a great idea anyway. If you WANT canon accurate content you have to create it yourself or pay others to not demand other people give up what they enjoy making just because it’s not what you want to consume.

There is not a bare minimum- you can go as far down and dig deeper and that does not take away from it being art. Criticism is one thing, but that’s not what “this is not canon” is. OBVIOUSLY it’s not canon… obviously they took liberties. That’s not a critique. That’s just an observation.

Fan media content is leisure activity- it’s rarely for profit. It does not NEED to be canon accurate at all. It is exactly as the creators intended warts and all.

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pokimoko · 22 days ago

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Ace Week is upon us again, which means it's time for me to share some more silly little critters with you all! (If you like, you can also say hello to their friends from 2021, 2022 and 2023.) ✨Go and be as amazing as always, aces✨

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theorahsart · 2 years ago

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Way way back I drew a comic explaining what we really mean by ‘The Autism Spectrum’ and posted it here back when Tumblr was Huge. Then the comic really blew up!! Last year I did a remake of the comic, with some updated language, and using Mia, a character from a graphic novel I made. Figured I’d share for Autism Acceptance Month!