#but also just... ppl in the fandom are fucking rude

[necrotic-nephilim]

I started in DC by reading fanfics, but as I began to read actual comics, I started to be unable to read the actual fanfic that got me into it in the first place because it's so out of character.

But there are still some stories that I love to read because I love the found family trope so much, even if it isn't really accurate to the source material.

As a comics purist (sometimes), are there tropes that you like enough that you'll still enjoy a fic even if it's not accurate to canon?

oh my god this is SUCH a fun question. bc while i started with the comics, there were certain characters and/or character dynamics where i was exposed to the fanon before the canon (just bc it's hard to read everything when you start out just to read some fanfic) and so i've definitely experienced the fanon to canon transition. (*especially* with Jason Todd. i had only read 80s/90s stuff where he was already dead or the New-52 bc that was on-going when i got into comics and man. the fanon misunderstandings i had about him before i got frustrated and sat down to read all his pre-Flashpoint stuff were absolutely bonkers.) and aside from that, whilst i tend to prefer canon over fanon, i'm not past giving fanon its flowers for occasionally having really interesting insights. occasionally. so some of my fanon "guilty pleasure" tropes would probably be

Morally Grey Tim Drake - this is one where if you try to back it up with canon, i *will* get salty about it. of everyone in the Batfam aside from maybe Bruce and Cass, Tim has the *most* black and white morals. often his internal conflicts are routed in such an inability to compromise his moral views and it can cause him to clash with other characters. he's *very* stiff and rigid in his beliefs and is *rare* to compromise in even the smallest ways. i mean, DC has repeatedly used Tim Drake of Tomorrow/Savior/Gun Batman!Tim for a reason. it's to demonstrate that of everyone, Tim *cannot* have his morals compromised. there's no grey area for him. he's zero or a hundred, so if he tips over the edge of "too far" he tips *all the way*, and doing so is one of his worst fears, how he could go "too far" if he let himself. a couple panels out of context from Red Robin (2009) (which was a grief spiral for Tim to begin with) don't change that. now that said. if it's done *right*, i sort of love Tim being morally grey in fanfic. it takes a specific flavor for me, and it's incredibly important to include that mental spiral along with it, of him struggling to justify it. i don't have any interest in "Tim Drake is loosy goosy with Bruce's morals and has the highest kill count and no one knows teehee" bc it doesn't play with the interesting parts of making Tim morally grey, which are fracturing his psyche. but all in all, i think it's fun to put Tim in a morally grey area and i will read it in fanfic and i enjoy writing it a lot

Joker Junior!Tim Drake - i've not written it on this account (yet) but on my main ao3 account one of my biggest fics surrounds this concept. this is one of those "well *technically* it's canon but only in a specific very divorced from the comics universe and would not work at all in the main timeline" so, i categorize it as fanon in that 95% of fics exploring the concept are not doing so within the Batman Beyond universe, but the main timeline. i just love it. I'll take any excuse to whump Tim, but this concept is so fun. psychologically breaking Tim will always be my favorite pastime. there are so many ways to explore the long-term effects this could have on him, how it could affect the Batfam. i'm not a fan of it being used as a "gotcha" to Jason or Babs' trauma with the Joker to paint Tim as the Ultimate Victim, but it is fun to see how their relationships would be affected by being mutual victims of him. (i have a vague JayTim idea where TIm fully retires from being Robin after being Joker Junior and killing the Joker, making Steph Robin for most of his typical Robin era and Jason still tracks him down out of curiosity bc he wants to know what happened and all. very underbaked but i've got thoughts.)

Renegade/Apprentice of Slade!Dick Grayson - this is another one where yes, this happened *sort of* in canon, but i highly doubt most people writing Renegate!Dick have read or are actually pulling from Nightwing: Renegade. it's just an exploration fo the concept fo Dick being Slade's apprentice and i will always eat it up in any capacity. whether Dick grows up with Slade from a young age, or chooses Slade for whatever reason later in life. it's not anything that works in canon bc it compromises Dick morally (similar to the above with Tim) and therefore will always come across incredibly fanon in most fics. but i can't say i don't enjoy it. it's fun to make Dick a little morally fucked up and see what you can make him under Slade's tutelage.

Jason & Damian Meeting in the League -there's no world where i believe this could work in the canon comics. (maybe in the Young Justice cartoon i suppose, but even then i think it's iffy) i would go as far to say it's wildly unrealistic. i don't see a world where Ra's would let Jason anywhere *near* Damian, bc Jason was Talia's pet project that he didn't approve of. that all said, there's something very interesting about how they *could've* met and them potentially bonding during that timeframe. them being somewhat brotherly during this time because Jason sees Bruce in Damian and sort of latches onto the kid and Damian is full of wonder hearing real stories about Batman and Robin, then that getting violently ripped away by Jason leaving the League is fun to me. it's fun how that could affect them within the Batfam and all. it's super fanon to me, but i do not care. i will eat it up

Bad Dad Clark Kent/Good Dad Lex Luthor - i will admit as a late, i've been less and less kind to this particular fanon bc of everything i've argued with people about, *this* one seems the most pervasive as misunderstood fanon. i don't mind when fanon exists, my gripe is when ppl try to claim it's canon. and the *arguments* i've had over this with people who can never seem to cite an actual comic are... frustrating. but that said, i think there is something fun to this strictly in fanon. the duality of who you expect to accept Kon and who you expect to hurt him being flipped is just sort of fun for the occasional guilty pleasure fic. it can make Kon's internal conflict a bit more interesting. the same goes for the Jon favoritism from Clark, it's not a canon thing (and i rlly wish ppl understood how complicated the timeline of Kon and Jon is and any distance from Clark toward Kon isn't malice, it's that Kon is from a timeline that Clark does not remember in the current canon so Clark just straight up doesn't know the poor kid.) but it's sort of fun to give Kon that complex of being overlooked and forgotten sometimes. making Kon just a *bit* more Luthor than Kent will *always* appeal to me in fanfic, especially if he *knows* it's wrong but craves approval from anyone who will give it.

Good Dad Bruce Wayne - i'll die on the hill Bruce is canonically a shitty father. maybe not to the extreme some people write him as, but he's not great at it. that said, i enjoy it in fanfiction. sometimes, i just want silly fluff or hurt/comfort where Bruce finally gets it right and manages to comfort whatever Batkid is in the fic. one of my favorite fics of all time is hinged on Bruce being a good dad, so i think it's just fun to explore how good the relationships *could* be, if Bruce was slightly less of an asshole. i usually prefer him as an asshole, but there are times i want low stakes nonsense.

Gotham Rogues Having Soft Spots for Robin(s) - just about every Rogue in Gotham has done something absolutely irredeemable, and most of them don't like or care about anyone in the Batfamily. but if there's a fic where one of the Robins inexplicably is sort of close with a Rogue and they have a cute silly relationship out of it? I'll eat it up i fear. Steph and the Riddler are besties? I'll believe it. Tim and Scarecrow get along pretty well? give me ten of these. Rogues protecting Robins just hits a spot. the unexpected nature of the relationship, as well as the fact they see each other regularly, can make a lot of good fodder.

[risingsunresistance]

twitter is entering their "rts > likes" phase now that likes are private after they spent years calling us ungrateful for being demotivated by ratios lmao

[twistedappletree]

i gotta be real, i absolutely hate being texted on my days off lmao like unless we’ve made plans to go out or something, leave me the fuck aloneeee

[heroictoonz]

Some of you people are so fucking annoying when you post all the fuckin time about stuff you hate and talking trash about the people who enjoy that stuff like real human people you have never even met please for your own health and my sanity why don’t you start posting about things you love and enjoy? make some meaningful bonds with people who also love and enjoy those things? get some fucking whimsy in your life and for the love of fuck stop posting hate in the tags spread peace and love you absolute cowards

[hauntingofhouses]

top/bottom discourse in the satosugu fandom is wild like why are yall so mad about someone else's preferred ship dynamic ???? 😭😭 just block the ppl you find annoying and move on GEEZ

[roostertuftart]

We are just gonna keep pinging back and forth between extremes Ig. Rn Tumblr is pretty controlled by the Kyle Did Nothing Wrong Cartman Fans Bad Defense Squad who throws a hissy fit anytime they see anything they don't personally like involving Kyle. Obviously, that's shifting to the opposite extreme because other people are understandably frustrated with this behavior but god, guys, can we not do this? Can you like Cartman and Kyle or dislike Cartman and Kyle and be respectful of the fans around you that have other preferences and ideas?? I mean, go off Ig but it's seriously obnoxious how wild some people in this fandom get.

I'm all for discussion, that's inherent to meta which largely this often is, but it's just the incessant condemning of other ideas and people as bad or stupid or haven't actually watched the show clearly, the straw-manning of the other side and refusal to even attempt to engage or understand, the general extremes some of you people will go to,, Just? Shut up? Honestly?? Like, man, I hate seeing this. I hate seeing people so divided, I hate seeing how aggressive people get about ships. You really wanna be in a fandom like that? You really think that spiting the other side by being just as unfair and shitty about your own personal ideas is somehow a win and not just gonna bite you in the ass a day later when they say something that's gonna piss you off?

This isn't a healthy discussion. This isn't convincing anyone. It's just an echo chamber where people parrot the same arguments and ignore anything they disagree with, and you know. I guess you're is entitled to that but I really don't think it's going to make the fandom any more hospitable. Not for you or anyone.

Also why r ppl back to trying to convince ppl Kyle is actually a shitty horrible person I thought we were through with that

[bettertwin1]

Why do ‘neopronouns’ make sense to you? Its weird. There are girls and boys. That should be it. Then all of sudden, people started identifying as fucking lampshades. If someone told me they identify as a star, I would not take them seriously. I would instead take them to a mental hospital.

-paragraph anon

Take me to dinner instead, also, AGAIN, this isn't all of a sudden, neopronouns have existed for a LONG TIME... and this is the most transgender fandom you'll ever be in, how old are you? Not asking to be rude, just out of genuine curiosity.

"There are boys and girls. That should be it." LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER

Gender identity is a social construct and subject to change over time, if someone told me they identified as a cheeto i'd say HELL YEAH and go abt my day cause idc how someone else identifies as long as they are happy and whimsical.

Is ur main problem with me that I use star/starself pronouns? Do u hate trans ppl? Do you want to kiss me? Are you in love with me?

[omilkandhoneyteao]

Hi, saw your prev posts, but there is actually no proof of Toks receiving death threats for sharing JVks fanart. What has been happening is people using Toks's thoughts and opinions, as she says so herself in her asks (cause at the end of the day that's what it is and she's getting paid to answer asks) to say they won and antagonize a smaller fanbase of shippers. Which is lowkey weird because because Mel is more than a ship so why fuel the fires by asking her about Mel instead and keep her out of it. She's been getting asks around fandom discourse and she has no clue from the answers she gives (an ask was literally what do you think about Mel being ableist to Viktor and she was genuinely surprised and shocked) because of people pushing their fanon and headcanons on her. Let her post her array of art as she does but ppl need to stop dragging VAs into the fandom discourse

I don’t interact with fandom Twitter much cause everyone is literally so rude so I had only seen the post where she was hurt by mel being accused of ableism so that’s on me for believing without proof

But my point still stands that these are real fucking people and to antagonize and hurt living people over FICTIONAL characters is genuinely so fucking lame.

Ship whoever the hell you wanna ship but stop antagonizing people and stop shoving it down throats and stop harassing people because ships are based on preference and to hurt people over literal pixels it’s like genuinely so pathetic.

Also don’t take this as a go ahead to start a ship war or whatever they’re called cause I literally could give less of a fuck about any of the ships right now I’m just focusing on Mel.

[red-room-studi0]

Abel my beloved 🫶🫶🫶💖💖💖

A new Hazbin Hotel character got revealed and I love him sm I wanna kiss him. If he gets hurt I will break the fabric of reality and destroy the entire universe.

Anyway, Uh I do want to make a small note that if U don't like Hazbin Hotel that is absolutely fine! Just please be nice and respectful to the people that do like it. But also I want to say to ppl in the HH fandom to please be nice to those that don't like the show too.

Why am I saying all this all of a sudden?

It's common sense not to be rude and hateful to one another no matter the opinion

I don't want a fucking argument warzone in my posts.

Anyway, I at least hope u guys like the art 🫶

[drrobobitch]

I’m gonna do a little rant about ToA so get fuckin ready bro 💀🙏

Btw this is not a professional rant but you get my point bro and also don’t attack me please 💗🐺

Okay so Ik a lot of people in the ToA fandom, especially 3below fans (i love that show dearly) ship a lot of ppl with krel…and honestly some (one 💀) I don’t have a problem with because it’s not a fucking proship/comship 💀💀. Okay so let’s just get this out the way krel x douxie is literally a comship idk how tf y’all haven’t realized this 💀😭, doux has literally said he was like 900 years old or something and krel is in high school- AND BEFORE ANY OF YALL FUCKING SAY THAT “Oh well krels parents were actually on earth a thousand years ago so he’s probably just as old-“ nigga shut ur fucking mouth 💀 krel is from an entirely different side of the universe obviously time would work different there, and besides why tf wouldn’t mother (the mothership) give them a form of an adult if they’d be considered adults or of adults unless they weren’t of literal high school age 😭💀 I’m not even trying to be rude I’m tired of seeing shit like this so normalized💀💀 like we’re all clear that Claire x doux is bad why’s no one seeing it’s that way with krel x doux like… 💀💀 And I’m sorry some ppl only ship them cuz they both like music 😭 they don’t even have a developed bond bro 💀😭 they damn near just met OKAY NOW SORRY ABT THAT MOVING TF ON TO SEAMUS X KREL OMFG I HATE THIS SHIT SM WHY DO YALL DO THIS TO KREL BRUV- OKAY SO LETS JUST GET THIS OUT THE WAY MAN- seamus’ father is racist asf to krel and probably everyone 💀 meaning Seamus is likely racist too and besides who tf did you think told Seamus’ father about krel 💀😭 it was so obviously him nigga and that he was likely being racist 💀 cuz if I’m assuming correctly his dad was already spouting racist shit before he even walked through the door, Ik his dad didn’t automatically assume he was Latino so 💀💀😭 y’all gotta use context clues man- ALSO THESE TWO EPISODES ACTUALLY FUCKING KILLED ME ITS THE WAY SEAMUS BASICALLY SAID HE WAS ONE OF THE GOOD ONES LIKE BRO 💀🙏 please pray for my soul. I’m not even saying ur a bad person if you ship Seamus x Krel but like in your au or story give Seamus a fucking redemption arc if you can please because saying “hey ur alright” is not a fucking apology especially not for my pookie bear krel 🐺💗 Dw krel the alpha will protect you

[sevikasenby]

You might possibly be one of the rudest ppl I've ever seen on this app. Chill the actual fuck out. Ppl are calling you out for being rude, and all you do is cuss them out and make fun of them. Also, men dni?? Srsly?? Wtf kind of person secluded literally like 50% of ppl from interacting with their blog. I saw a post of yours cause I like Arcane, but I'm sad I gotta be in the same Fandom as someone as nasty as you. Especially the "I hate children." Someone dropped u on ur head as a child, I swear... Get the stick out of your ass and maybe stop insulting people for existing.

FUCK. THEM. KIDS. like yall are the reason i can’t have fucking fun on this goddamn account anymore.

“calling you out for being rude” all bc people want to CONSTANTLY disrespect ME and not listen to MY BOUNDARIES and interact with my shit anyways when it’s NOT. FUCKIMG. FOR. THEM.

maybe people should learn what boundaries are and realize things in the world aren’t going to cater to them just bc they’re online. my shit is NOT for stupid fucking kids who cannot read a simple dni, men bc this is an account solely for horny lesbian shit, and ageless blogs bc idk how old y’all are and im not having kids on my ADULT smut posts.

so you can suck my fucking clit.

[worlds-least-responsible]

I HOPE THIS HURTS.

[Polle says, "Sorry!"] ... Don't ask how I got here. Curly convinced me that it'd be fun and I need better entertainment than just staring at the walls. You can call me Jimmy. I'm the co-pilot of the Tulpar. Our crew consists of him as captain, me, Swansea as our mechanic, Anya as our nurse and Daisuke as Swansea's intern, I guess. Who's idea was it to bring five in a ship of four? Don't talk to me about sardines. Or horses, for that matter. Some of you need to learn how to take a fucking joke.

//ooc info

TW FOR BLOOD, MENTIONS OF VIOLENCE/VIOLENT TENDENCIES, REFERENCES TO CANNIBALISM, DEREALIZATION, SUGGESTIVENESS, ARACNOPHOBIA/BUGS/INSECTS, MENTIONS/REFERENCES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, MENTIONS/REFERENCES TO SELF HARM AND/OR SUICIDE, MILD HORROR. Pre-crash Jimmy blog. Maybe not for much longer. Made to pair with @ponyextulparlog. ;; except i'm way more active here i'm sorry . main is @hellishkittycat, if you follow me here i might starting following you back from there. uhh. all things i've listed as rules for the Curly blog are valid here too but stricter. you can be mean to him, sure, go ahead. but do NOT get me involved in it. i am merely here to have fun, i DON'T condone this man's actions and i hate him as much as you do. THIS IS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER AND WHILE HIS CRIMES ARE REAL HE IS NOT. HE ISN'T REAL!! NONE OF THESE PPL ARE!! >DO NOT MAKE SA/RAPE JOKES. you aren't funny. you all know how Jimmy is in canon, aka a rude asshole who only cares for people when they benefit him. literal parasite. he is USUALLY NOT going to be kind, or even remotely nice. neutral at best. please don't be startled if he's mean to you!! that's just how he is and any/all threats are in character entirely. (see tolerance points for info.) JIMMY EMOTIONAL STATUS GUIDE: Green dialogue is just his usual sarcastic self. Blue dialogue is in mention of Anya, or things relating to Anya. Orange dialogue is in mention of Swansea, or things relating to Swansea. Pink dialogue is in mention of Daisuke, or things relating to Daisuke. Non colored dialogue is in mention of Curly, or things relating to Curly. Purple is related to tolerance or defensiveness. Red is related to aggression or a strong, compulsive emotional reaction to something. DO INTERACT!: fellow mw rp accs, whether it be canon, ocs, aus, you're all cool here. hell, even accounts from other fandoms too as long as you know where you are. the jimmy enthusiasts™, are also allowed here (as long as you don't condone what he did, ew). cry about it. DO NOT INTERACT: anyone under 16, anything that usually falls under dni criterias. i check everyone that interacts here, and if i find out you fall under any questionable labels you'll get blocked. nsfw accounts and accounts with major gore too if you don't filter your shit. jimanya, jimsuke and jimsea shippers. if you exist. EXTRA INFO: This Jimmy is 36, 5'11, metalhead, unlabeled closeted queer, 'Merican, arachnid/reptile enthusiast. mod talk will always begin with //. Jimmy talk will have the dialogue font and be colored green. tags for this blog include:

takeresponsibility: for in character posting/rp starters yimpy's yapping: for asks/ continued rp yimpy approved: for art/rb yimpy's art/doodles: might change this later but it's for mod-posted art. recent art pieces only jimsby: why did i word it like that it sounds like i'm in a pokemon game. uhh. (jimby reacts to asks) toleratedmuch: above the #yimpy's favorites tier, you are now willingly tolerated. exclusive to those with 15+ tolerance points. yimpy's favorites: tag exclusive for those with 5+ TOLERANCE POINTS. dear god what have you done goodnessgracious: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU (50+ tol pts). officiallyresponsible: i hope this hurts. TOLERANCE POINTS: if ya interact one too many times often, or just do something cool, ugly little roach here might be slightly, SLIGHTLY less of a dick to you! only proceed if you're okay with the consequences of such acts being you as this parasite's next host, though. inspired by another blog. THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED (most recent update: 12/28/24).

[prettyboykatsuki]

yes i agree. i also think it's bc it's most ppls first otome game and l&ds barely introduced a character with dubious morals RECENTLY, but even then once you read Caleb's backstory, the way he acts makes sense you just have to read it to understand him, but i also get it can be a bit intimidating for ppl who've never played an otome game with that type of character. there was a tweet a few weeks back abt how ppl who have only played l&ds are weak bc they haven't played more "scary/problematic" otome games where the lis are crazy and they were fighting each other saying ppl can enjoy a game where the lis actually love them with no "scary/problematic" bits and i get it but honestly the fandom is so mean and full of purist that i don't even wanna touch the community bc they take it so seriously when at the end of the day this is a game, these characters are fictional and you can makeup whatever you want about them and you can just ignore what you don't like? no need to be so rude about things. i hope some of this makes sense? 🥲

for sure LMFAOOO

like my first otomes were like. amnesia and other similar fucked up things like that. i was also playing a lot bl visual novels too young so it was never particularly weird to me. but i think the strong sense of attachment people have is what makes it extra hostile.

and honestly? i do not think being offended or upset by the characterization in itself is a crime. if you dont like stuff like that i think i can be sympathetic on why it'd be crazy to hear. the main issue is the amount of policing people do on people who DO enjoy that thing. and obviously thats true for antis across the board.

but i think the sense of like. real tried and true moral crusading is ultimately because this otome is SO in depth. like it really is. its awesome and i enjoy it but if my brain were any smoother i can easily see why someone would become that attached and develop that need to defend them like a lawyer.

and again. i really do get it. i too want to throw tomatoes at people when they mischaracterize bakugou and whatnot. but harassing people it is simply insane. REAL people at that.

[xdaddysprincessxx]

Get to know me✨

Thanks for the tags my loves @bonezone44 & @toxicanonymity 😘🫶🏼

What’s the origin of your blog title? Well I’m a princess (obvi) with a daddy kink (duh) also used to have an OF and promoted on here and attempted to be like sexy lol

Favorite fandoms: the Pedro Pascal Cinematic Universe, LofR, Halloween, uhh def more but I’m blanking

OTP(s) + shipname: don’t bully me but idk what otp stands for. No idea. But as far as ppl/characters I ship together, I guess I don’t really have any. I’m just happy to be here

Favorite color: Blue 💙🦋🐠🦕🔵🌀🧞‍♂️🩵

Favorite game: the game of life, words with friends, scrabble, trivia, bingo, mahjong, candy crush,uno, clue

Song stuck in your head: surprisingly don’t have one at the moment so better write that down, that never happens lmfao

Weirdest habit/trait?: idk 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hobbies: laying in bed, reading, writing, Tik Tok (although I’m taking it super serious now I do really want to do makeup like professionally in films and such and yes I believe if I’m seen on there I can really do something, I’m rambling now), coloring, painting

If you work, what’s your profession?: I’m so glad you asked, I’m a lash artist, lashedbyadriiiana_xoxo is my @ on ig and tik tok. Go follow me plz

If you could have any job you wish what would it be?: HORROR MOVIE MAKEUP ARTIST

Also lowkey would love to be a scream queen and act but I don’t think my acting skills are good enough

Something you’re good at: uhh lashing, some would say I’m doing a good job with the whole mom thing, cooking/baking

Something your bad at: making boundaries and sticking to them 😬 also staying focused, hopping from one idea/project to another

Something you love: my babies, the friends I’ve made on here, Dr Pepper

Something you could talk about for hours off the cuff: paranormal stuff, horror movies, lashes/esthetics, pop culture

Something you hate: rude people, stupid people, spinach, kale, cold ass winter weather, the rotted fucking orange in DC, coconut

Something you collect: birthday cards

Something I forget: a lot lol

What’s your love language?: All of them. Appreciate some praise tho

Favorite movie/show: Rocky horror picture show, Halloween, nightmare on elm street (original and remake), American dad, bobs burgers, Crazy Rich Asians, X-men, People Investigates, Unsolved Mysteries, Scooby doo, Gravity Falls, The Righteous Gemstones

Favorite food: Pizza

Favorite animal: Sloths 🦥

What were you like as a child: Wild

Favorite subject(s): Art and English

Least favorite subject: math 😒

What’s your best character trait: I genuinely care about others

Worst character trait: my anger.

If you could change any detail of your day right now what would it be?: okay so I took an apple cider vinegar gummy on Sunday and have been in horrible stomach pain since so if I could erase that, that’d be great

If you could travel back in time who would you like to meet?: would be pretty cool to meet my ancestors. I feel like I have a few badass dudes mixed in my lineage somewhere, hopefully lol

Recommend one of your fave fan fics(spread the love!): @foli-vora More Than Words. It’s amazing, honestly. One of my fave Frankie fics of all time

Full pressure tags: @foli-vora @juletheghoul @gasolinerainbowpuddles @almostempty @sanarsi @katiexpunk @joelmillerisapunk and YOU, the one reading this!

[kybelles]

for the choose violence ask game: 10, 16, 18!

HELLO BABY!!! sorry in advance since this is all about DAMEN DAMEN and DAMEN cause duh... ik it's not a trendy expression anymore but he really does live rent free in my head 💔

10. worst part of fanon

OH DEAR..... yk i'm trying really hard to not sound deranged and delusional but i feel like there are so many skewed interpretations of damen even though the books are literally from his pov. here are some of them:

a. "damen is an unreliable narrator" i've literally gone to battle with people over this take cause NO HE'S FUCKING NOT?? you say 'damen didn't see laurent's good qualities and was overly judgemental of veretians' i say damen not fucking with his captors who's been nothing but awful to him doesn't mean he was unreliable!! it wasn't like laurent was a golden angel and damen willingly hated on him for nothing. book 1 laurent treated him horribly and damen had every reason and right to not trust him or find him honorable.

b. "damen was a fuckboy who discarded the people he slept with the second he was done with them before laurent" breaking news: if someone sleeps with a lot of people that means he has no respect for them and is bound to treat them like shit! the lack of canon evindence doesn't matter!

(if the take is about damen not being in love with his partners before laurent then i'm on board!! it's the implication that damen was an inconsiderate sex partner that boggles my mind cause... did we read the same books?)

c. "damen is actually bad at sex" is a take/joke(?) i've seen MULTIPLE times and it never fails to make me think what a fucking stupid thing it is to say ❤️

d. "damen learned empathy from laurent" ????? lmao. anyways...

e. "damen was lazy and kastor picked up his slack" is everything ok with your eyes? when's the last time you've seen an ophthalmologist?

f. "theomedes neglected damen" damen literally spends page after page reminiscing about his father's words, advices and their last days together. he also says theo was the only parent he knew all his life and since someone needed to raise him to be this fascinating gentle giant... 1+1=3???

g. any interpretation where damen is some sort of neanderthal who is a selfish spoiled and clueless oaf who needs to be educated by girlypopboss laurent OR where he lets laurent walk all over him and has no agenda of his own. just... no.

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing

any setting where laurent is downright cold and rude towards damen FOR NO APPARENT REASON and yet damen is still obsessed with him, again for some mysterious reason??? not to sound like some know-it-all condescending bitch (tho i suspect to some degree i'm already infamous and some ppl dislike me bc of it 🥺 oh well...) but i think most people forget damen only started giving laurent the time of his day once laurent started showing him basic deceny during pg. i really don't think he'd be interested in someone who rebuked him at every chance and showed no interest at him.

(some ppl give jokaste as an example to excuse this but damen only says jokaste wasn't easily courted aka she didn't immediately jump into his bed (which is admirable omg... i wouldn't be as strong...) he never said she aloof towards him)

18.it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

THE FACT DAMEN IS A HUGE NERD!!! seriously, who listens to FOUR HOURS of poetry in one sitting... we all tend to focus on his martial insterests but ik my boy is also a sophisticated man 💅

[otrtbs]

I have the craziest idea. How about instead of being rude and disrespectful to all the nice people that provide us with content we love for our niche lil fandom (you know…the ones that provide us with FREE fanart and fanfics?) we instead THANK THEM for being lovely human beings for giving us all this free stuff and if we disagree with or don’t like a fic or piece of art we move on without being shitty about it?

also guess what? If you don’t like a ship in a fic…there are filters. If you don’t like a trope in a fic…there are filters. YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ IT. Nobody is holding a gun to ur head (like Evan and Barty when Reggie interviewed James) and saying you will only live if you read a fic you don’t like the whole way through and then post ur horrible opinion online.

smh why are people like this???

Anyway…thanks sm for ahb I absolutely loved it and it’s the reason I want to do art history a level <333.

hi !!! love you!!! <333

the thing is the person who made that tiktok makes art for the marauders fandom ??? like genuinely where is the disconnect there?? what if ppl started making videos just ripping their art to shreds ??? they’re just a creative bashing other fandom creatives for some tiktok likes and engagement. truly vile behavior.

and it’s open season in that comment section. fandom is supposed to feel like a loving or supportive community and those fuckwads are content to make it as hateful and divisive as possible as long as they get a few tiktok likes from it. pathetic!

also it’s not a “you’re just mad ppl hate ur favorite fics/something u wrote” issue. bc no one is saying that. nothing is going to be universally agreed upon. like not everything is everyone’s cup of tea. it’s how you move on and talk about the things you enjoy instead of the ones you hate that make fandom a place for experimenting and make it an encouraging creative place. like grow up. talk about your issues w fics privately w friends. blasting it on the internet is just so fucking loserly.

N E WAYZ please let me know how your a levels go and thank you for being so sweet !! xx