#but Aaravos is VERY popular in tdp. he’s the same archetype as vaatu | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

shadelorde · 3 months ago

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it’s actually really fascinating watching the difference in reactions I get to certain posts in the ATLA fandom vs other fandoms.

Like, it feels like people are actively hunting you down in the ATLA fandom. Criticism of something in the show or the fandom either blows up among people who agree with you or gets immediately reactionary defensiveness.

But in other fandoms I’m in (I’m thinking specifically portal and f&c and tdp)? No one cares. No one does anything. I say something 90% of the fandom disagrees with and I get a few likes and maybe a reblog and that’s it.

It really feels like the ATLA fandom loves to circulate critical or angry posts while my other fandoms love to circulate things I enjoy or metas I make.

#atla fandom critical #I mean like. it’s good to engage with something critically don’t get me wrong #but. my most popular ATLA posts are ones that are irritated posts with the fandom #while my most popular TDP posts are ones where I talk in depth about parallels and themes #same with portal #but my ATLA metas tend to flop #it’s just. interesting #it could also be that I don’t talk about very popular stuff within the ATLA fandom #but Aaravos is VERY popular in tdp. he’s the same archetype as vaatu #it’s fascinating #overall

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