#because its usually them and it shows

[anacaoris]

For all the talk about fanon!Percy,I find his characterization in particularly well written fics and some headcanons(including yours,lol) more interesting than canon(even PJO canon). He seems more nuanced and humanized,while still being a powerful demigod(while canon Percy's self-esteem issues go nowhere). Fanon!Luke,on the other hand,is often vastly inferior to his canon characterization. Either he gets defanged,dehumanizing, and both in worst case scenario(petty villain for Percabeth)

Ahsjdlfl thanks for liking my headcanons! I don't post that many about Percy but that's about to change soon.

See the thing is Riordan isn't good at going deeper into nuanced portrayals of his characters. But he did a good job in placing the seeds for fandom to later extrapolate from which is why we have so many analyses about Percy's character and motivations (and so many that conflict with each other but not necessarily with canon, which says a lot about how while Percy is still your typical white boy YA protag, he's got much more depth than others).

With canon the issue I'd say depends on which series you're reading: PJatO did a good job in showing Percy's mental state at the time, the growing pressure he felt, his expectations, and even though some things are left to be desired from the writing (some characters are still flat or received characterization too late, others got off-screen growth that leaves you wanting more, some storylines don't make sense when really thought out) it's still a really good example.

With Heroes of Olympus? I'd say Rick committed two big issues: he realized that Percy's perception of himself and how others see him don't exactly line up, and he delved too deeply into what fandom liked seeing... in fandom.

Now when it comes to fanon!Luke the issue is that he's being seen through the eyes of people who weirdly protect Annabeth like she's a real person and not a fictional character, combined with Rick doing a poor job in showing how neglectful and bad the gods can really be (tho the fact that they have clear favorites should say something). And those that defang him go through the route of "he's just a poor uwu baby who did nothing wrong". Both viewings of him are incorrect. Luke is neither this 25/8 manipulative character who was preying on Annabeth and spends his days plotting to murder innocents, but he's also not a poor misunderstood soul. He's a largely traumatized young man who spent his formative years watching tragedy after tragedy, and he also took the worst possible route in order to get back at the gods both of out of selfless and selfish reasons.

But like I said above the negative view of him in fandom largely ties back to a lot of the side characters and subplots in the books not getting the necessary depth they deserve AND fandom having a very black and white approach to villains. Luke primarily attacks Percabeth (and oof do we have to talk about this weird thing with making Percy and Annabeth a single unit), ofc by virtue of then being protagonists and him being a main antagonist. So of course he's Satan itself. Hera gets this treatment too combined with the whole thing about her being evil for not perfectly and happily accepting every one of her husband's and siblings' bastard children as if that isn't a spit in the face of her and her domain, haha we love portrayals of women as majorly mothers or lovers and villanizing those who are neither.

Does this also tie into the whole "white male villains are the devil" and the weird near fetishization with making Percy (and in occasions even Annabeth) non white? Yes.

[mokutone]

... I found this cool podcast. And I wanted to share this ep with you. (It really opened my eyes to how poorly written the female Characters in Naruto are. Plus his voice is soothing, but that's not important)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2g1PHK60TUCYurYS6wylRo?si=jJJpVmjST5qguFIgk74jNg&utm_source=copy-link

(enjoy and I hope you have a wonderful day or night... Or afternoon)

oh interesting! thank u for the link.

this brings up a lot of very salient points, it makes me want to read the book that he references!

i admit i went into this thinking ''i already think endlessly abt the sexism in naruto. surely there is nothing more i could learn from this'' but yeah, no, there was and that was silly of me. kishimoto really fails his female characters and female readers at every opportunity huh

for anyone else who wants to watch it, u can there on the spotify or on this youtube link.

[darkwood-sleddog]

like malamutes aren’t people aggressive or a ‘guarding’ type dog in the terms of dangerous dog, but even if they adore you if you do something they don’t like and their body language is ignored and they tolerate it for just a bit too long without you, the person, understanding their body language, they could seriously harm you. They, as a dog, expect you to interpret these things and if you don’t. well they’ll let you know. It’s simply a short tolerance for bullshit. 

The number of people unacquainted with dog body language make this a liability. 

[cruelsister-moved2]

I was wondering if you could elaborate on what you mean by you don’t think femme4femme is a thing? Like do you not agree with it or not think people have that experience, or is a historical or terminological disagreement?

no like theres plenty of feminine women who want to fuck other feminine women it just doesnt really have much to do with the butch/femme subculture and like most people who are going out of their way to announce that they're femme4femme are just doing it in a defensive like uhmm i only like pretty cute soft pink uwu girlsss 🥺 way thats just terminally irritating 😭 ur the default majority already so it like comes hand in hand with this idea that butch4femme couples are like somehow privileged and proximal to heterosexuality or something ... and to me in that context femme is just meaning like that ur a feminine woman in purely aesthetic terms so like idrc if ur using that word to describe who u wanna bang in the appropriate context, but i dont think it constitutes a femme identity in the butchfemme way which literally only exists in the first place out of courting rituals between butch and femme women. so yeah its historical/terminological for sure, hopefully what i said makes sense<3

i do think its worth considering like how internalised lesbophobia and the stigmatisation of gnc women etc might be affecting this and like i say, a lot of the like aggressively femme4femme ppl are young gays w a lot of internalised lesbophobia who need to make it clear that theyre like an acceptable pretty soft whatever lesbian not like those dykes, but thats not me saying that ur problematic for not fancying butches or something - like were the roles reversed id be the exact same bc feminine women just arent what's attractive to me n thats fine. but the reason a lot of our hackles go up at that term is because through experience we've come to associate it with dehumanisation of our partners and dismissal of our desire, etc. a lot of ppl have some kind of variation and maybe like really androgynous girls or all sorts of girls who are both feminine and masculine or whatever whereas i feel like if ur out the gate dismissive of anyone whos not hyperfeminine that is just to me more likely a sign that uve got some stuff to deal with. but thats for u & like ill never dismiss someone purely based on who theyre attracted to thats crazy but if ur framing it in a way thats clearly defensive against proximity to the gnc women in ur community or something then yeah i dont think you have any right to the subculture which they built and defended as a safe space from people exactly like u!! i hope that makes sense and any follow up qs are totally welcome if i said anything that confused u or u dont agree, i hope i dont come off hostile or anything 🥺 also i just realised i have a really bad habit of oscillating between second and third person when i start talking about an abstract group so jic im not referring to YOU, anon but to like a vague ye <3

[im-still-watching-anime]

since i never have actual plans on halloween a few years back i started a tradition/challenge of cobbling together halloween costumes or makeup using only things i already own/use daily but this year i have absolutely zero ideas and i am so mad about it

[tariah23]

Another annoying day at work

[reallycoolsoup]

Always fascinated by people who make AU versions of a piece of media they like, and it's somehow out of character BUT is somehow better than the base media

[bmpmp3]

a lot of anime opening single b-sides get kinda overlooked but Everyone Should Listen to the b-side of fabiniku’s opening Refrain this song has been consuming my mind for the past 48 hours LIKE listen to it

the weirdass white noise/ darth vader breathing noise in the beginning and the quiet parts, the jazzy drums in the verses, guitar riffs that will make any dad who listens to too much classic rock air guitar his heart out, the vocals at around the 3:20 mark, the fantastical synth melody, THE FLUTE ASS SOUND are you listening to me are you listening to the FLUTE? the WOODWIND INSTRUMENT in the ‘refrain... refrain... refrain...” sections and the DISTORTION on the “refrain“s in the final seconds LISTEN TO ME listen to the woodwind instrument

[benjimarii]

Man, the Ben 10 Tumblr fandom has such weird takes sometimes-

It's hard to like... Understand frames of mind for some people. Did we watch the same series?? Maybe you got things out of it that I missed? I'm just so confused.

I don't doubt that their intentions are good, as the series itself has it's issues. But there's just some nitpicks I don't understand. Maybe I just don't get if people are joking or not?

Do the people who watch the show and are in the Tumblr part of the fandom not like the show? Is it a Danny phantom situation? To a smaller degree of course, but still. I mean, I enjoyed each iteration of the show, flaws and all. It's a good series 🤔 A lot of people I come across enjoy the series as well, so the nitpicks seems to mostly be a Tumblr thing.

Nitpicks and criticism aren't the same thing btw. I understand and agree that most forms of media can and should be criticized to better understand it. You can criticize something and be absolutely infatuated with it, that's where Ben 10 stands for me.

Idk, maybe I'm just looking too deep into things. 🤷

Also, please don't take this the wrong way, as I'm just curious and want to learn more about how other people view the series. Different options absolutely matter, and often help people see new light on subject manners that are in the show. Sorry if I appear hostile or anything, as it's not my intent.

[chisatowo]

Salmonids <333333

[aro-aizawa]

i will forever be fascinated with doctor who, i hope that never changes

[c-rowlesblogs]

having someone as a guest on your podcast who has just finished grad school & defended a thesis about the episode’s extremely niche topic is SO dangerous. The impulse to just. Become a human broken dam disaster of information seems irresistible. This guest is lovely and funny but they are turning this podcast episode into a complete hostage situation

[carnation-damnation]

As much as I love the Goat Parents you are absolutely right! Toriel and Asgore definitely should get therapy before adopting more kids! I've always head cannoned that after settling in on the surface Asgore and Toriel each find a therapist to help them through all of what happened. Their pain never fully goes away but the two learn ways to manage their emotions and get better coping methods for the darker days.

ANON you're literally my brain... I definitely love the goat parents too and I know it's a video game and a lot of goofy stuff happen for the sake of it being a game, but it's also a lore-heavy game where these characters are genuinely affected by things that happen and I think that suspending that for Frisk, who's a little kid and was being targeted the entirety of the mercy route is kinda. bleh. Frisk's a character too, they're not a blank slate

I want this kid to like get a second before going back in the arms of people who killed them, yk. the mystery man's just a silly little guy who goes "O.O" and grillby only says a few words. and I think that's perfect for Frisk.

[skeletalheartattack]

you wouldnt happen to have links to the zarbon statues would you? 😏

EHEHEHEHEHEHE YOU LOVE TO SEE THE ZARBON ENJOYERS APPEAR >:)

okay so i basically just looked through this one fandom wiki page of known Zarbon figurines that exist, because of course i was 😊 but!! basically the bottom line is, idk where you could buy some of these, but they thankfully listed the companies that made them and the descriptions of each one... there's actually a lot of them!!! lemme show you my favourites out of the list

so firstly, here's the Irwin prototype statue:

i think its super interesting that they made a battle damaged version of his normal form, especially because they never show him with his armor off, nor does he ever change back to his twink form after SOMEONE put a hole through him. but listen i think if they managed to mass produce him and ship him out, i don't think they would've gone out of business with them putting his tits out like that 💅

next, we have one of my favorite figures by HQDX:

ouhhh i love the absolute detail on this one... im taking a look and analyzing.... im pretty sure this one is easier to find if you wanted to own a figure of him, though i think his price range is around 100 usd or more. he looks small in this image but appearently hes fucking 7 inches tall???

then here's another favourite, the posable Zarbon figure by SH Figuarts that was made last year:

and what a figure he is!!! i think they did an absolutely great job with creating him, he's got different faces and such, and it's houh.... very great. they go for around the same as the HQDX prices for around 100 usd or more. i kinda hope they make his monster form too but... wishful thinking i think!

and finally, here's the statue of his monster form, from the Resin-Based Statue Series:

idk their company name or if that's just the description. just uh. ignore the smaller figure set down there okay? we pretend we don't see it 😑 im looking so respectfully and absolutely not looking like a slut. but that's him!!! i can't find any info on him otherwise besides that fandom wiki listing and im a little sad, even though there's probably no way I'd be able to afford him.

i hope this helps at all!!!! id love to help another Zarbon enthusiast out!!!! thank you so much for asking and giving me the chance to indulge a little!! 🌹🌼🌺

[sondepoch]

dear tumblr

why are you making it so difficult for me to post my fic 😭 😭 i have spent over an hour just editing and reediting my post to make it appear in tags but every time i post the complete thing it just stops working wHy i just want a chance for people to see it in the main tags is it so bad to want a shred of validation

[layalu]

Local idiot squad ready to wreck some shit