#but when you start harassing the real life person behind the character then I have a huge fucking issue. Y'all grow up and leave him ALONE

[lesbianwyllravengard]

I’m not gonna be petty because his message here is really important but I am begging y’all to stop harassing him with h*nkcon stuff. He’s expressed so many times how he sees Hank and Connor as buddies or as family, that he looks up to Clancy as a mentor and role model, and y’all need to fucking respect that and leave him out of it.

[maoam]

I love how sakura and hinata fans say sns shippers are misogynists for not liking those girls and the ships when really I think me being a man-hating-radical-feminist is what makes me not like them lol. Like I have self respect which is why I don't like someone who's entire purpose is to be a man worshipping housewife from the 1950s with no backbone and doesn't stand up for herself at all (hinata) or someone who's pretty much a male in female form who mimics real creepy male behaviour to a T like constantly harassing someone and trying to force them to like you back despite constant rejects, treating them like a sexual object only, centering yourself around their life and not even actually caring about someone they claim to love (sakura). Also if you take it a step further, I can even say the reason sasuke's my favourite character is bc he's female-coded. Like almost every way he gets treated both by the narrative and by real fans is how a lot of ppl treat real women. (think they know better for him, hating him for being attractive and able to get anyone's attention, hating him for having agency and not caring what ppl think, not caring to follow paths others want him to follow, etc) these are all things that most women get hated on for irl. It also says a lot that most of his haters are male lol, while other male characters with the "coolness" factor like sasuke are still worshipped (like his own brother, kakashi, even naruto). Also gaara getting more popular after he started worshipping naruto and leaving his cool backstory and interesting character behind also proves my point. If sasuke just became a naruto fanboy halfway thru and didn't bother with his revenge and only started loving naruto (not romantically tho, ofc, bc that's gay and we're alpha males who fuck bitches only 😤) he prolly wouldn't be as hated. Just like if sakura switched her affections from sasuke to naruto halfway thru, the dudebros would stop hating her. It's all about naruto worship, and the characters who end up doing that always end up being the shell of the interesting characters they once were (like gaara, hinata was never an interesting character, she's the only one who was meant to be his cock worshipper since the beginning) and that's what makes me hate all dudebros and some female fans who think this too. Like sometimes I start hating naruto myself bc some of the sasuke only stans on tumblr make really good points about how naruto's basically a male power fantasy series. Almost everyone ends up worshipping him, and even sasuke (if you wanna see it that way) ends up doing that. I personally like equal power in relationships so I like to see them as equal in the end, but some ppl who only wanna see their self insert incel mc be worshipped, they can see it that way. Sometimes I only like naruto in sns and sasuke individually, and hate everything else about this series. Anyway that got kinda off topic but yeah.

Sakura also does not stand up for herself when it comes to Sasuke.

Hinata's body language is always timid, but Sakura's becomes one too in the presence of Sasuke. Because she tries to make Sasuke like her, but since she doesn't understand Sasuke she also doesn't understand this is not what Sasuke wants nor needs. Sasuke wouldn't like it either if Naruto acted this pathetic.

Hinata is literally a tradwife dream, she is docile, submissive, doting and her only goal in life is to support Naruto and become Naruto's girlfriend/wife and have his kids. She has no thoughts about anything else. This is what many men want from a woman. It's really pitiful to read/watch people try to come up with something in order to make Hinata look like a decent character. It all comes down to "she liked Naruto since the beginning", "she sacrificed herself for Naruto", "she has had more kids than the other female characters".

I don't know about the use of "female-coded" as a term (I talked about it at one point), I think it's the homoeroticism that largely contributes to this (especially how Sasuke is made to be desirable to both men and women). But I do see where you're coming from. Sasuke does piss off many men but a lot of it is due to incel mentality. Some of it is due to main character entitlement, as in Sasuke takes too big of a chunk out of the manga when it comes to screentime. Ironically, there are many of them who think Sasuke should have been a female character so Naruto's obsession with him wouldn't make them so uncomfortable.

I also find it annoying when so many Sakura videos I watch have men ranting about how Sakura still likes Sasuke despite the fact Naruto saved her. Like you can tell they think a man should be able to buy woman's sexual interest by making her owe them. But thankfully, I have come across also videos that make very good points about her character.

Naruto and Sasuke's fight (or more like the aftermath) annoyed some men because it was physically basically a draw and Naruto even said to Sasuke "this isn't about winning or losing". Sasuke lost to his feelings, basically him admitting defeat was him accepting to be loved by Naruto LMAO no wonder dudebros were mad. Many of them whined because they hated how Kishi had to make it so gay.

Shonen tends to be a male power fantasy. Luffy also gets everyone to fanboy/fangirl him. And shonen mcs usually have one of the worst stans for this reason. It's funny (or not) how the same pattern can be seen in every shonen fandom when it comes to the main character. There are men who self insert into them and act like everything needs to be about them, and bash other characters especially if they take even a little from their mc. Meanwhile there is a subset of women who create this yaoi harem shit around the mc, him as feminine uke bottom that every other guy just wants to rail. And they also might wrote posts on how other characters are irrelevant and boring compared to their beloved mc. It always happens. If it makes you feel better, Naruto always saw Sasuke and Iruka as different from the rest, because he didn't need to prove anything to them, they just cared for him even when he was a loser. And to Naruto, Sasuke is the best in the world. Even to Sarada he started ranting how Sasuke is hot and cool and the best shinobi in the world lol. But yes, I think Gaara and Neji lost some edge of their characters after they were saved by Naruto.

[actual-changeling]

i hope every single person that sent anon hate, harassed people on their own posts, publicly shit-talked blogs, and thought it acceptable to actively discriminate and make people feel unsafe is aware that they are not just ruining the fandom spaces for people but the show itself.

are you happy now? was "defending" a fictional character that you have destroyed to the point of complete obliteration worth harming actual, real people?

harassing and bullying people trying to enjoy a show that means a lot to them is never justified, and whatever reasons you think you have that make it fine in your head—i genuinely hope you experience the worst possible consequences for your actions. you do not have the moral high-ground, you are no better than school bullies ruining another child's life.

have good omens to yourself, circle-jerk your bigoted, shitty opinions until your hands fall off, but stop abusing strangers that have done absolutely nothing to deserve any of it.

your actions have consequences, there are people behind these blogs, people that are affected by your harassment and insults. i am tired of being unable to say a single thing without getting jumped. i am tired of being persecuted for daring to have an opinion that does not align with yours.

i am tired of talking about this show because with all your crusades you have achieved exactly one thing: people hate aziraphale now and they hate him because of YOU.

because that is what happens when you harass people like that, you make that character the front and centre of your abuse and people consequently start disliking them because that's all they are now—a means of inflicting pain. you should feel fucking ashamed for everything you have done.

to anyone who is also tired: i'm sorry.

step away, take breaks if you have to, and hopefully you can find your way back to enjoying the show. my dms and asks are open if you need to vent, complain, or just want to talk about it. (they're especially open if you want to send some fun, light-hearted good omens headcanons and the like).

maybe we can build a kind, shared fandom space again, either way—it was nice while it lasted.

[lambygoat]

Honestly, i really do consider all people who treat Vatred as this, just like constant stain mark on the shows reputation and plot of the episodes he's in to be deeply unserious. Especially when it comes to the type of show they are watching.

No I'm not only referring to the 'aha the adult swim show from the early 2000s is being edgy again please laugh' aspect but like, the inherent importance of change when it comes to the show's narrative. Did we watch the same show? The same episodes? Did we perceive the same character?

I obviously understand some folk's kneejerk reaction to molestation being mentioned/implied/shown, and at first i too was disgusted with Hatred's character, but I feel like ignoring his following characterization on the show in favor of still viewing him through a running gag that was clearly made in bad faith at the start of the character's introduction, BEFORE he joined Team Venture and went through a very explicit character arc, to just be sooo blatantly choosing to ignore the point the show's trying to make on this one specific character.

Just like all other main characters on this show, he was/(still is but no longer in that direction) a bad person who did terrible things, characterized this way just for the sake of shock value who then went on to develop more as a person with real motivations behind him and who then stopped being a one-off gag character and started being someone worth caring for.

Believe me, I wouldn't have been even CLOSE to liking Hatred's character if he had remained as he was pre-joining and I would've, in fact, pretty openly despised him and believed him to be a bad choice to keep around. But that wasn't, and isn't what Vatred's character is now.

He wasn't even a pedophile by no fault of his own but as a side effect of the Supersoldier serum, and when he became part of the main cast, the show wasted no opportunity to drive in how ASHAMED he was of that fact. He explicitly took meds for it. (All of these choices obviously made by the writers to have a basis to build off of after deciding to pick him up as Rusty's bodyguard in Brock's absence).

When he finally had a chance to be redeemed, he took it. He made a consistent effort to be a good example for the boys, to be an efficient bodyguard, to be that other fatherly figure Hank and Dean needed when Brock was gone. Hell, I can even say with confidence that he WAS a better fatherly figure than both Brock and Rusty combined. He made an effort to better himself, clearly recognized the dangers he posed to the boys, and dealt with it with a clear intent NOT TO HURT THEM. He got better. And even after not having the obligation to, he stuck around with the Ventures. He wanted to be a part of the boy's lives. He cared. He was not the same character as he was before. It was a gradual and intentional change the show chose to make him go through.

You guys are attaching real-world importance to a previous character trait that is, by now, long gone, regarding the character and the state he's in. Real-world importance that seemingly does not apply to other crimes constantly being committed by the rest of the main cast (see: Brock and his unabashed killing of henchmen and uninvolved people in general, Rusty's obvious disregard towards consent and constant sexual harassment of Sheila and many other women on the show, not to mention the various unethical experiments he has conducted on other people without their knowledge i.e That Whole Dome Episode and also Cloning his Sons...), and, honestly, it really does feel like people are being reactionary when addressing him and only him as the Single Worst Character of Venture bros. Please interpret media better thank you in advance 🙏

(Obligatory 'I am not supporting real-life pedophilia I am talking about a character from an adult TV show.' sign)

[eddiesfagbriefs]

Truly hope one day you look back on proudly proclaiming yourself a homophobe and laughing about violence on queer people and can say "wow i sure was an immature person back then with deep seated internalized homophobia i hadnt worked through yet." <3

anon can i tell you something. it’s a bit. it’s always been a bit.

the very first post i made in this fandom (when i had 30 followers) made a bucktommy send me a paragraphs long ask detailing how homophobic buddie shippers are, so i started calling myself homophobic because i thought it was ironic that they went into the inbox of a gay man and called me homophobic because i prefer one gay ship over the other.

the entire time i’ve been in this fandom ive seen bucktommy shippers harassing and starting smear campaigns against my mutuals, who are mostly lesbians, because they dislike a CANONICALLY racist and misogynistic character. just this week, three of my mutuals have been the target of such campaigns.

it does not matter if someone online says your favorite fictional character should die. you all did it with taylor kelly and none of you had a problem with it then! but when you take JOKING posts about the FAKE death of a FICTIONAL MAN and use those posts as reasoning behind threatening a real life person with violence? you need to step back and think about what you’re doing here. there is no reason to be so upset.

like, we all see the difference between joking about killing a fictional character and threatening actual violence, right? right?

because i’m not the one to pull this shit with, and i didn’t take it as a joke.

[deancasbigbang]

Title: Baby's Driver

Author: entropic_saudade

Artist: Sketcheun

Rating: Explicit

Pairings: Endgame Dean/Cas, Sam/Eileen, mentioned past Sam/Jessica, past John/Mary, mentioned background Belphegor/Ardat, past Kelly/Lucifer, past Bobby/Karen, implied past Dean/Lee Webb, mentioned past Dean/others, mentioned past Cas/others, Garth/Bess, past Bobby/Crowley, Chuck/Becky, past Chuck/multiple unnamed women

Length: 140000

Warnings: Major Archive Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence Other warnings: ableism, graphic depictions of illness and injury, graphic depictions of medical treatment, childhood cancer and associated diseases, canon-typical violence, canon-typical child neglect, canon-typical childhood trauma, trauma, sexual harassment, minor character death, mentioned sexual assault, kidnapping, alcohol use, mentioned alcoholism, guns.

Tags: Alternate Universe, getaway driving, heists, music, selectively mute Dean, neurodivergent characters, mutual crushes, found family, happy ending, pop culture references.

Posting Date: October 23, 2023

Summary: Dean has been working as a getaway driver for Crowley for the last fourteen years, and has survived by developing a few simple rules: always pick the right music, keep an eye on the time, never give out his real name, and most importantly, make no personal connections with anyone on the job.  Making no personal connections with anyone new is easy when he has difficulty talking in his own words.  Enter Cas, who, in order to pay for his nephew Jack’s life-saving medical treatment, decides to break bad by joining Crowley’s operations. Unlike most of his brothers, he’s new to the world of crime, but Gabriel’s list of survival tips, and their driver’s skills and quiet demeanor have a way of reassuring him.  Throughout the course of several months, their rules fall to the wayside as they fall for each other, each unable to say the words ‘I love you’ for differing reasons.  Cas’ past family life complicates things when Lucifer comes around, wanting to know how Cas is getting the money to pay for Jack’s treatment. Everything comes to a head, and they realize just how connected their world is when Dean is kidnapped.  A Baby Driver-inspired AU.

Excerpt: With little over four minutes counted on his internal clock, a trilling alarm pierced the air as three figures ran out, each with stuffed bags in tow.  Right on time.  While the other two piled in the back, one of the masked figures frantically pounded on the passenger side window with the butt of his shotgun. “Open the door!” he yelled, voice muffled.  Dean rolled his eyes, popping the handle, showing that it was already unlocked. Dean pressed play, not waiting for him to finish closing the door behind him before tearing off.   His tires burned rubber on the pavement.  One street, two streets, three streets whizzed by as Dean narrowly avoided red lights, ignoring honks and angry yells from other drivers, racing to get onto the next access road.  “Get your motor runnin’, head out on the highway!” Dean weaved between the beats of the music and the cars around him, riding the gas a little harder to try to put as much distance between their car and the bank as he could.  The goon in the backseat and Bela, who had played fake hostage, looked behind them and swore. Dean glanced up at the rearview mirror to see that civilian cars had started to part like the Red Sea for a squealing squadron. The sirens chased them down, joining in and almost drowning out the lyrics– “Yeah, darlin’, gonna make it happen”– so Dean cranked it up in response, lowering the rear windows so that they could put their firepower to use.  Whether it was intentional or coincidence, if it was set to some kismet choreography by the Powers That Be, or if it happened because Dean had a preternatural sense about timing things like this, Bela and Backseat shot their guns in sync to “Fire all of your guns at once,” popping the tires of two of the closest police cars. The cars skidded sideways and to a halt, causing a pile-up behind them.  Dean smoothly ducked under an overpass only to be greeted by a row of road spikes being laid up ahead when he emerged. With a glance to the side, he noticed that some construction workers had graciously left behind a gift for him, and decided to take advantage. Dean made a sharp turn, avoiding the teeth of the spikes.  The tempo of the drums picked up pace as Dean picked up speed. Bela put her seatbelt on and held on tight to the grab handle above her, while the guys in the backseat and next to him started begging when they realized what he was doing. “No, no, wait–!”  “What are you–?” “We can climb so high, I never wanna die…” Dean went hard on the throttle up the construction ramp, gathering enough momentum so they could soar over a concrete divider. In the few seconds that they were up off the ground, the bags in the backseat lifted off the laps of his accomplices, suspended for a moment — “Born to be wi-ild…”

DCBB 2023 Posting Schedule

[angxlswhisper]

✦ my thoughts on the proshipping vs antishipping discourse

I want to start this post by saying that I do not support proshipping, but it's a little more complicated than that is all, which is why I'm writing my thoughts on it.

Also, I know I'm using 'proshipping' wrong and what I should really be using is darkshipping; so moving forward I will attempt to use the terms correctly.

DARKSHIPPING IS WRONG, HERES WHY

[1] Fiction isn't reality, and while real people aren't directly hurt because of darkship content, fictional characters are meant to represent experiences of real people. When trauma survivors come across content that actively romanticises and even fetishises life-ruining experiences they've gone through, it may retraumatize them. Furthermore, kids don't inherently know what's wrong and what's right, what puts them in danger and what doesn't. Of course, children like that shouldn't be on the internet in the first place, but they are and it's important to make sure the way we portray dark topics like that isn't harmful to anyone.

[2] Even if you aren't posting it publicly and keeping it to yourself, it isn't exactly a healthy hobby/coping mechanism/whatever it is to you. Even if fiction, why do you like pedophilia? Why do you enjoy romanticising grooming? No one truly knows how or why fetishes develop, but interacting with content that you know is harmful in real life is probably not a good idea. Even if you're not aroused, but simply enjoy it, it puts you at risk of seeking out such a relationship in real life. It's kind of like how unrealistic, brutal porn (although, it is objectively worse, since that is a real person) may cause a person to begin having a hard time controlling their urges and seeking out those kinds of situations in real life because the want simply becomes too much. I'm not calling all darkshippers groomers, but what you consume online does affect how you might act in real life.

BUT WAIT! THERES MORE!

[1] There is a big difference when it comes to morality between minors who darkship and adults who darkship. When discussing why being proship/darkshipping is, or isn't okay, I tend to notice this is is overlooked. Let me explain.

[2] Minors tend to darkship as a coping mechanism for trauma they have been through themselves. Under no situation is it okay or justified, and this is no different -- however, it is important to recognise that this group of people probably don't understand how wrong it is, nor how terrible of a coping mechanism it truly is. All you are truly doing here is romanticising what happened to you instead of figuring out your complex emotions; getting better is hard and many darkshippers are actually trying to improve their mental health and break out of this coping mechanism, and instead of harassing them it is important to try to support them on their journey to heal. There's also darkshippers who are young who do not truly grasp the dark undertones of the content they are consuming. Truthfully, when I was younger, I did not actively darkship but I didn't understand why pedophilia/darkship was so wrong. I didn't have any ill intent, I was just kind of stupid. That may be some of the case here, especially with how much unrestricted internet access parents give to their kids nowadays. Of course, there are quite a few exceptions, but it may not be best to immediately assume someone with '14' and the proship emoji combo in their bio is some irredeemable monster who only wants to hurt those around them.

[3] On the other hand, adults who darkship are a completely different story. They are adults for a reason; they know what they're doing, most likely. Even if they're using it as a coping mechanism, an adult would usually have more resources to get professional help or have more emotional intelligence to properly sort through their traumas. At that point, it's probably just something to hide behind so they can safely interact with content they know is wrong.

THAT SAID...

[1] Harassment of someone who you don't know the age or past of, or you do know the age/past of but they're a minor who doesn't know what it is/has been groomed, is not okay. Telling someone to hurt themselves and sending them death threats does absolutely nothing but: a) make them even more defensive of what they're doing, b) put them at actual risk of doing those things, and c) boosting your own self esteem. Unless you're okay with someone who's been traumatised and has no idea how to properly cope with it successfully killing themselves because of what you said, then just scroll and/or block. And if you are okay with that, perhaps think about if you are truly the better person here. [2] However, if that person is an adult and refuses to get help for their depraved wants then please give me their user so I can join you.

TLDR: Darkshipping is a terrible coping mechanism, morally wrong, and straight up dangerous to the person who darkships and anyone who comes across darkship content. Although, minors who darkship should be treated more kindly instead of getting harassed since they probably don't understand how bad it is or are deeply trauamtised themselves.

If you have an argument against this post, feel free to share. I'll respect your opinion unless it's something like 'proshippers/darkshippers should all die! theyre all irredeemable! i hope they get [censored] [censored] and [censored]' or 'its just fiction, let me enjoy this smutfic about a 5 year old getting groomed by a 49 year old even though im a retired grandpa'. Please and thank you.

[landoom]

F1 FANFICS REC LIST - High School/Uni AU's - Part I

Pretty Boy in a Pretty Skirt (7541 words) by vragek Rating: Explicit Relationships: Lando Norris/Oscar Piastri Summary: Lando and Oscar have been roommates for two years and are in tune with each other. After a little miscommunication at one of Oscar's games, where Lando wears a skirt and gets harassed by some drunks and is saved by Oscar, Oscar ignores Lando in favor of going to a party. Expecting Lando to want to end their friendship, Oscar is up for a surprise when he returns home drunk in the middle of the night with a crying Lando.  College AU where there's a bit of miscommunication because they're idiots and they make-up and fuck. Simple as that

oOoOoOo

Suddenly I See (3692 words) by yayhwan Rating: General Audiences Relationships: Charles Leclerc/George Russell, Charles Leclerc & George Russell, mentions of Carlos Sainz & Lando Norris Summary: Hearing whispers about the hot new exchange student from Monaco is nothing compared to seeing him in person. George is whipped, there’s no denying it.

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you got me (16655 words) by NovaCloud Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Relationships: Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen Summary: When Max looks up he stares into pretty green eyes behind black rimmed glasses. His hand is still blindly feeling around to find the books—his brain lagging—as he stares at the guy from last night. He straightens up and Max follows, staring dumbly as he holds out the books for Max to take.

“Thanks,” Max says, feeling like an idiot as he takes the books, their fingers brushing for a split second. This was not how he wanted to meet again. “Again, I’m so sorry.”

The guy smiles and Max thinks he might just die a little when he notices he has dimples. Of course he has dimples.

Or

Max falls head over heels for the cute guy at a college party and he can't stop thinking about him (aka the lestappen college au nobody needs).

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new start, new life (2415 words) by Quagswagging Rating: Explicit Relationships: Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen, Lando Norris/Carlos Sainz Jr Summary: Max just moved to a new dorm with his best friend Lando to start university. He is more than happy to share a room with Lando, and visit Lando's boyfriend Carlos, who slowly is becoming a Pack Alpha for Max. The only thing Max still has to get used to is Carlos's roommate Charles, who smells almost too good…

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you can take me hot to go (7199 words) by Anonymous Rating: Explicit Relationships: Alexander Albon/Logan Sargeant Characters: Logan Sargeant, Alexander Albon, George Russell (Formula 1 RPF) Summary: George grins. “Mate, you have a crush on your frat boy student,” he laughs, delighted by the turn of events. “Shut the fuck up,” Alex hisses. “I do not!” or alex is a TA and logan is his very eager, very american student

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I think I'm gonna like it here (4762 words) by dr3writings Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Relationships: Lando Norris/Daniel Ricciardo Summary: Lando doesn’t know what’s gotten into him, one second he was enjoying his overly sugary coffee in the corner of the coffee shop he just discovered. The next the coffee is all but forgotten and he’s staring transfixed at the barista dancing behind the counter, no literally, dancing. 

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like any real love (5363 words) by strongestavenger Rating: General Audiences Relationships: Alexander Albon/George Russell, Daniel Ricciardo/Max Verstappen (background), Alexander Albon & Lando Norris & George Russell & Max Verstappen Summary: College has proven to be more of an interesting journey than George ever anticipated. Lando is surrounded by idiots, and Alex is just hoping for the best.

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something 'bout you (i can hold on to) (10726 words) by dementations Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Relationships: Lando Norris/Oscar Piastri Summary: Lando often has many ideas. Oscar, to his chagrin, often ends up the unwitting participant of them. As graduation draws nearer for Lando, he's got possibly his most ambitious idea yet - and there's one person he wants to drag along for the ride.

MASTERPOST

[wannab-urs]

Gin's 2023 sappy post

It's hard for me to believe that at the beginning of this year, I didn't know a single one of my best friends in the world existed. But it's true!

How we got here

I'm not quite sure exactly when I started looking up Pedro Pascal on Tumblr, but it was sometime after February. I'd watched Game of Thrones and Oberyn was my favorite character, but I was in one of my periods of not being on Tumblr (I've had this account for about 10 years, but it's seen many fandoms and I haven't always been active).

I watched the first few episodes of The Last of Us that had come out - I was 3 episodes behind I think - and immediately looked up Joel Miller on Tumblr. How could I not? Anyway, give me ten minutes on this hellsite and a middle aged man with a huge imdb and watch me develop a hyperfixation.

So then I looked up interviews. I watched basically every interview this man ever did, but I remember that the Lie Detector interview and his appearance on the Talk Easy podcast are really what did me in. I went from admiring this man as an actor and thinking he's pretty to basically being in love with him.

Anyways....

I didn't mean to start reading fanfic? I come from the world of Destiel on AO3. I never wrote it, I just read copious amounts of it. I'd never read reader insert, much less straight reader insert, and I'd never written a word of anything even resembling a fanfiction.

But I found @prolix-yuy, @frannyzooey, @joelscruff, @fuckyeahdindjarin, and @ezrasbirdie (check the spreadsheet, y'all are at the very top!) and I was hooked.

Then I read Psychomanteum by @whatsnewalycat and Celestial Navigation by @write-and-buried and was inspired to parade my trauma around in a Dieter shaped trench coat: AGOY was born.

@beskarandblasters is the first person I really talked to on here. In fact, Kel is the one who introduced me to most of my friends on here. And we've been harassing each other on the daily since. I hope to 🦵 her in real life someday soon ❤️. I love you, bitch. You mean the world to me.

I could never ever ever list all of my dear friends I've made on here. Seriously, there are so many of you that mean the world to me. But I'm gonna list a few.

My cannibal crew @pr0ximamidnight and @atinylittlepain, without whom Love as Violence Dave (starving season), Head up his Ass Javi (in the a.m.), and the later editions of loser druggie Dieter (AGOY) would not exist - or at least they wouldn't be as good as they are.

My darling soup snake, the loml, my spider twin, my forever partner in making bitches cry (it's us, we're bitches, making each other cry in an endless loop) @ramblers-lets-get-ramblin. #1 AGOY stan forever, you may love my own magnum opus more than I love it. Thanks for listening to me scream about every pedro boy on the planet and thanks for screaming right back at me. I love you.

The random college student I found by accident, decided to take under my wing, and then was subsequently taken under their wing bc it turns out they have more fandom experience and life advice than I can ever hope to have @idolatrybarbie. Bea, my darling, thanks for always letting me bitch, for showing me fics I never thought I'd be into (The Santa Claus AU Frankie Morales Free Use Kink, anyone) but that I often was into, for encouraging my writing, and for being fucking real with me.

The pedrostories crew, but especially @pedrorascal - I love screaming about Pedro with you at... 2:30 in the morning my time (we love time zones!). Thanks for letting me be a terrible mod for your fic archive blog and never getting mad at me for not doing my job. And for being a wonderful, kind, amazing person all the fucking time.

I'm being so serious when I say I could list at least 20 more people. People who brightened my day with a reblog or a message. Or who wrote a fic I still think about at least once a week. Or who made a gifset that is permanently etched into my brain. People I talked to in discords and most likely trauma dumped on and they listened and they cared and they let me hold their trauma in return. I love you guys so fucking much.

Conclusion

I never could have imagined I'd be a writer and run a fic rec blog at 24. Especially not for Pedro Pascal Characters. But here we are -- and I can honestly say it has been the highlight of my year. And I bought a house this year.

I have so many new friends and a new hobby (I never wrote at all before this) just because I wanted to Fuck That Old Man. Incredible.

[jinxcdd]

the writer is not the character. the character is not the voice actor.

this apparently needs to be spelt out to people.

you can still like something even if someone in the background is problematic. it's being able to separate fiction from reality.

look at jk rowling and how she got cancelled for one comment. harry potter is still loved by many. michael jackson - how many of you still listen to his music when the allegations came out? James Gunn - how many of you still watch the guardians of the galaxy movies and think their great?

What i'm getting at is the product is not the person behind it. you can enjoy something without endorsing the bad parts.

someone saying they like the voice of a character is not them admitting they like the voice actor - they just enjoy the voice. as someone who is audio sensitive there are some podcasts that i just cant listen to because i dont like the voice behind it - doesnt mean i dont like the person or the show... it's pained me before because i really enjoyed the show but i couldn't stand the voice. it works the other way.

liking harry potter doesnt mean you have to like jk rowling or endorse the comments she made. just appreciate the art and move on.

this is the internet.

this is a place to relax and escape.

a show is just a show.

a character is just a character.

if you dont like that character that's fine no one's going to hunt you down for it.

so don't start harassing people for a character that they do like!

Just skip past that blog - unfollow - block - or just dont follow in the first place. no one is forcing you to have anything to do with them.

you dont have to make everyone aware of the behind the scenes. let people enjoy a FICTIONAL character.

we all read fiction. we all read books/fanfics that have massive redflags on it. god knows the amount of trigger warnings in the books i have read but do we all enjoy a morally grey character that have the biggest red flags ? yes. would we go near them in real life? fuck no.

We know the difference.

grow up and let cancel culture die the death it's meant to. we can all wear our socks how we like. get over yourselves and MOVE THE FUCK ON. it's boring now and im sure im not the only one that is done with this PATHETIC behaviour.

[hammercorn]

Hi. In 2022 I got two obsessive stalkers because I made sakana content and not many people were doing that in 2022. I used to have a private blog where I would post about my personal life and process difficult feelings through projection onto characters. It wasn't art, it wasnt content, it was just me. When that blog was discovered the stalking started out as an unhealthy obsession with my personal life and idolization. When I said that I was uncomfortable with that, things went sour. A lot of personal details about my life are being spread & used as dog whistles to harass me right now. I’ve never talked about it because I have never been & am still not comfortable sharing any intimate details about myself here. It was never meant for anyone to see. I haven't posted anything in a long time because of this. I think in a different life i would've been happy making 20-note fanart posts until all shit in the world collapsed. I never did it for anyone but myself. Its stupid i was preyed on for it. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what i did wrong or what about me made these people treat me subhuman but i dont think there was anything. It was never my fault and it wasn't my job to figure out the problems of people I never consented to having any relationship with. I wish there was more I could say to make sure that something like this never happens to anyone else but the only thing I can think of is that I should've ran and hid sooner. Everyone says it, but i didn't think it could happen to me until it did. It was so gradual and banal that the line between “tolerable” and “too much” was so thin. Believe the best in people, but if the worst interpretation is bad you need to get out of there. Trust your gut, nice people can hurt you. Tell everyone you can about everything that makes you uncomfortable. You're not crazy. I have never wanted anything other than for it to stop and to be left alone. I have tried everything I could to get it to stop and none of it worked. I'm no longer going to be posting here or using any sort of public social media account. Thank you to everyone who treated me with respect and was normal to me. Its important to remember that every person you see online is a real person behind the screen.

[jamespotterthefirst]

Look, not to start shit, but

It has come to my attention that the attack on several creators via an anonymous hate blog (dubbed as "sheepgate") has been brought up again. What's more, it's being misinterpreted as many things other than what it truly was: an unwarranted and unprovoked attack.

It went beyond attacking fictional characters or people's fictional work: it aimed to hurt and humiliate real-life people. It had real life effects on those targeted (believe me, I'm not being overdramatic when I say that). To say it was warranted or that the targets were "just as bad" is to condone anon hate and harassment.

It was also expressed to me that this event was brought up after two years under the guise of wishing to know more about it. If people are that interested to know what it was about, perhaps try asking me, one of the people targeted? Instead of getting your information from secondary sources...

It almost makes me question if the intent behind unearthing this drama was really education? It almost feels the intent was to stir the pot because of personal feelings about some of the people targeted. That's merely my opinion, though.

Either way, my DMs are open if anyone is that curious.

I only speak for myself here. Please don't take this as an invitation to question others involved. Some people have moved on and never wish to relive this again.

Finally, I know I have bigger problems right now. I also know I could've let this one go. Believe me, I tried. But I find it alarming people are using this traumatic event to justify their hatred of those involved. I don't care if people dislike/hate me. You are entitled to that opinion.

But what we're not going to do is misconstrue what happened.

[elitehanitje]

Everyone has the right to express their opinions, but I find it irritating AF when they do so condescendingly. Some people seem to have something negative to say every time they post. While they are entitled to their opinions, I've decided to mute them to avoid seeing their comments. I don't appreciate their constant negativity on every post (especially against AEW all the time).

People are creating GIFs of their favorite wrestlers to share with others and reblog them. We're sharing happiness! I'm on Twitter too, but of course, I block all of those toxic stans.

I've noticed that some dudes enjoy posting negative comments about Eddie Kingston, Willow Nightingale, Deonna Purrazzo, and JD Drake, criticizing their weight and suggesting that only wrestlers with a body like Hulk Hogan/Sable are athletes. I'm willing to bet that all of them could outrun everyone while these so-called fans struggle to catch their breath after lifting themselves off the toilet.

They also disguised their opinion by starting as "sympathetic" and then talked about a wrestler's finisher by saying things like, "I'm sorry, I know the wrestler has faced a lot of tragedy, but I think his finisher is stupid, and it's surprising that people still buy into it in the 21st century, let alone believe in it." And then added, "The finisher is weak and unrealistic. It couldn't possibly kill or even injure a human being, so it's not believable."

Hello, fella - do you wish to see a wrestler kill other wrestlers in the ring? Like a genuine murder? After reading the comment, I got the impression that they believe something is only valuable if it causes harm in real life.

Pro Wrestling is entertainment with characters who have unusual abilities like cursing, spewing black goo, and Peacock Power. Sadly, some fans take it too seriously and want to see harm done. This is NOT pure boxing, MMA/mixed martial arts competition, fellas. It is a form of sports + entertainment that involves predetermined outcomes, storytelling, and various character tropes. I don't understand why some fans dislike fun and wish the wrestlers to get hurt on purpose.

I seriously don't care if they said it on their own blogs. I care when people write long rants about a company they dislike on reblogs. It's not your post! Leave it! Also, asking others about how much they hate AEW to some AEW fans is pointless. The reason why they are doing it is because nobody is interacting with them. So they submit (anonymous) questions to bait the Tumblr fans.

"Oh - so you only want positive comments instead of criticism?" Uhhh, YES. I want good vibes on my blog. Also, DEATH THREATS to minority groups is not a criticism, you miscreants.

Nonetheless, I accept criticism about the companies or pro wrestling: the most valid criticism is the toxic environment behind the scenes. I will block these toxic stans who defend rapists whenever they defend sexual harassment, assault, rape, or even murder within the wrestling community.

Some people on social media believe that wrestlers deserve to die for having a finishing move they dislike or how "woke" the posts are. I saw some of the profiles of these "fans" - Yikes, big nope. What is it with those fans defending questionable individuals?

Please keep in mind that it is not okay to criticize someone for identifying as gender fluid or to deny someone the title of an athlete because they don't fit your personal physical preferences or even sexual preferences. If you hate AEW, it's your choice. Just stop invading our space and spout hate for the show you don't even watch. Let's block each other so we don't have to see each other.

I'm not saying people shouldn't reblog and say that they hate some of the characters - that's how fandom works sometimes, but holy shet, fellas. When those haters just hate for the sake of hate, it's time to avoid them.

[fictional-idol-tournament]

Propaganda below the cut:

Mona Narumi

- She is a lovely character! She's a kind pink girl who struggles with depression and impostor syndrome but is growing to be an incredible idol. She started from the bottom and is now very succesful <3

Mima Kirgoe

- Watch Perfect Blue, you'll get it.

- I'm not sure if she counts since she's technically a FORMER Idol, but her being an idol for her entire career until the beginning of the movie is a huge part of the story.

Mima is a DEEPLY interesting protagonist that lampoons the Idol Culture and celebrity worship that Japan has in spades while also existing as a reflection of the sexism of celebrity media in general.

She left the Idol world behind to become an Actress and is both constantly harassed by so-called fans and her own deteriorating mental state as the people around her, her friends, family, and the talent agents who's literal jobs are to help her succeed, constantly criticize her choice to do so and seem to not have any faith in her to be able to stand on her own and not just one singer in a group, and in her first debut as an actress she was given a role which REALLY messed her up since it was much too intense too quickly for an actress just starting out, lead to her having hallucinations of being haunted by her 'Idol self'

This all culminates in being cornered by the secondary antagonist (a fanatical stalker obsessed with what she represented as an idol) on the same studio set where she performed that intense role that messed her up, and in a heavily metaphorical moment, claims her right to love herself again and before the secondary antagonist can fulfil the scene as it played out but for real, she kills him, standing up for herself and what she wants and deserves in one dramatic strike of a hammer against a skull.

and in that moment of trauma and completion of her ongoing mental breakdown, she's escorted back into proper lucidity by one last hallucination, the set crew she'd been filming her acting roles with applauding her one last time. As if to say 'wonderful performance Mima. You've done it. you have the right to be an actress'

Mima is an absolutely FASCINATING protagonist and while she both wants to move away from her place as an idol and ends the movie an actress, i would say it's impossible to ignore what she has contributed to the conversations about idol culture and celebrity worship in media.

Mima was an idol, but she has the right to be so much more than the songs and the pretty dresses

- She's an amazing character from an amazing movie. The movie is about the splitting between the image that people perceive and the actual person behind that. Mima is in idol in the beginning but switches to acting due to pressure from management, and begins seeing her "idol form" in her day-to-day life. She's confused about her own identity, and who the "real Mima" is. It's made even worse by an obsessed stalker who wants her to continue being an idol. Despite this, she never abandons her values and stays kind, even when her whole existence as a person is questioned.

- She's such a strong person! She goes through so much, but doesn't let it hold her down. And Perfect Blue is great at showing the darker sides of idol culture and even internet culture!

[barbieaemond]

You are incredibly talented gif maker - and it's not only about colours and effects, it's also about the ideas behind them, the scenes you pick, the way you combine them, the quotes you add to pass a message - a short story of their own. I love them!

And I love your writing! It's colourful, captivating, full with beautiful, breathtaking descriptions and comparisons and you masterly find the right balance between setting a scene and dialogues to make the story vivid!

Keep going and never let some stupid Anons bring you down in any way! 💖💖💖

Thank you so much, love, you're definitely too kind!

When I nuked my old blog and remade it, I swore I wouldn't let these people bring me down again, and they won't. But I'm not going to lie, the level of drama and shitstorms content creators keep on facing lately is very discouraging.

I sent an ask to a friend yesterday, harassed for no reason for simply having stated their thoughts on a character, a pretty sarcastic ask, foolish of me to think in the year of 2024 people would learn to spot sarcasm. And I got a message this morning calling me entitled bitch and, wait for it, CEO of Ewan fandom….yeah, let this sink in. CEO. Ok. Guess this is the big blog shit upgrade.

And also, how apparently during CCXP I "stole content from socials to run here and post them first to be acknowledged as the big boss around here." My bad for posting stuff from a public broadcaster, always giving credit, to reach people who simply didn't get access to that stuff right away. I am utterly dismayed (sarcasm!)

If you've come this far, I'm sorry, I realize this is a waste of your time, as much as mine. Just wanted to point out if you keep throwing shit at people for absolutely no reason other than a personal dislike maybe? - I mean that's ok, we can't please everyone - this fandom will be no more. I saw a lot of good talented people leave and honestly can't blame them. Personally I come here to have a good time, to share whatever I think and manage to create, to escape real life and its issues. Lately, I've found more issues, which were never meant to be so, here than in the outside. Starting to wonder if it's worth it.

[this-world-will-rememeber-me]

Why you shouldn’t joke about Ed Crowder. (An unfortunate rant)

I won’t be sharing the persons username, please don’t share it if you know it but I just wanted to talk about it since although it may have been like 90 years ago but it’s still an issue that is very relevant now.

Key:

Purple = Info Source

Blue = Wikipedia Page

All mentions to the musical are referring to the uk versions (Tour/West End) unless specified

Before I actually start I just want to put out there that I talk about SA, Abuse and violence in general in this post.

This post also isn’t me defending the gangs actions, i’ve spoken about this before and people have told me i’m apparently defending them when that is not the purpose, this is simply just to educate people of what happened to these VERY REAL PEOPLE. Not just musical characters.

Who was Ed Crowder?

Ed Crowder was initially serving a sentence for Bank Robbery up to 99 years and was also believed to have been behind a prison break at Ferguson State Farm where 35 convicts had escaped. As of June 26 1927, 23 convicts had been recaptured and a guard called Will Ruder (if i read it correctly) was killed during the prison break. On May 6 1929, Crowder and another inmate had escaped from solitary confinement but ultimately was recaptured. Here are two articles taking about the events.

Ed Crowder’s name is only said twice in the musical and it is never said what exactly he did to Clyde however, if you watch the UK Tour version, after Clyde receives his sentence to Eastham State Penitentiary/Farm you can see him push his head in between two of the cell bars and then a man approaches him from behind. This man is most likely Crowder judging by how Clyde literally screams after. In West End, you don’t physically see him screaming or see Ed but you can hear him screaming during the blackout before Raise a Little Hell.

What did Crowder do to Clyde in Prison??

Ed Crowder used to prey on Clyde. Quite literally. Barrow was quite small his entire life, according to William Daniel ‘W.D’ Jones, “he was only about 5 feet, six inches tall and he weighed no more than 135 pounds.” It’s believed that Clyde was between 125-135 pounds. Crowder on the other hand was 6 foot and weighed 200 pounds. For most of Clyde’s time in the prison, Crowder had harassed him. Barrow was s3xually assulted and beat by Crowder and possibly other inmates.

Despite Barrow reporting it to the guards several times, nothing was ever done about it. considering it was around sometime around 1930-1931 when this was happening to him, incidents like this in prisons were incredibly common. Guards simply didn’t see any point in doing anything. Most of the guards were amused at how Barrow was being tormented. Some guards even joining with beating him.

Ralph Fults, a member of the Barrow Gang who was also at Eastham at the time, claimed he watched barrow “change from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake”.

Alongside not being helped by the people who were meant to be the good guys in situations like this, Barrow also was teased by other inmates. One example of someone who teased him was Wade Hampton McNabb, an Inmate Building Tender in Eastham Building 1. He was in was the same building as Clyde, despite Barrow not hearing what was being said at the time it was a motive for something the Barrow Gang did around 3 years and 2 months later which I’ll come back to.

Raise a Little Hell

The song Raise a Little Hell takes place on October 29/30th 1931 (the wording of the news report confused me so i’m not exactly sure) and is about Clyde’s plan to end the abuse he is being subjected to in prision. Towards the end of the song, Barrow completes the murder by (although it isn’t exactly said it’s pretty obvious) beating and crushing Crowder’s skull with a Lead Pipe.

Top two gifs by @dontyouknowemma-itsyou ! Bottom gif by @noxexistant

Note about continuity: Although in the Proshot it shows that Clyde got the pipe from his bed, in the West End/UK tour version, he is shown to get the pipe from another inmate. Clyde actually got the pipe on his way back inside from the outside work they were made to do in the prison and hid it in his trousers.

Although, yes, Clyde did kill him, another inmate called Aubrey Scalley took the blame for the murder. The article about Crowder’s death mentions he was stabbed 15 times, Scalley was the one who stabbed him.

“One of the men left his bunk and went back to the rear part of the building” refers to Clyde. Apparently he somehow lured Crowder to the area and that’s how it all went down.

For reference, here’s a picture of Eastham Building 1 (1930). The murder happened just behind the furthest pillar.

Wade Hampton McNabb

This is a separate murder from Crowder. It happened on April 3rd 1934, 50 days before Bonnie & Clyde were ambushed and killed.

During Clyde’s time at Eastham, McNabb would call him his “Prison Wife” without him knowing. Not much longer than two years after his early release from prison Clyde found out what McNabb had said about him and whilst McNabb was on a 60 day furlough he was found dead with his face down somewhere between Texas and Louisiana. Apparently he looked like he had been kneeling down like he was saying a prayer before being hit in the back of the head and a gun being emptied into his head. Read a newspaper article about it here.

Joseph Conger Palmer (Usually just referred to as Joe Palmer) was the one to actually kill McNabb.

Palmer was executed by Electric Chair alongside Raymond Hamilton on May 10th 1934 for the murder of Prison Guard Major Joe Crowson. Crowson was shot 11 times on January 16th 1934 with a rifle and machine gun, he survived for 11 days after before dying due to his wounds.

My point is, maybe don’t make jokes about literal SA. If it isn’t meant to be harmful, still just don’t say it. SA is still a very real issue that happens daily and can be incredibly traumatic. Whether you’re joking about a criminal or not. just don’t. <3