#fandom bs

[dalishious]

Do you think the Veilguard haters have any idea how wild they sound when writing stuff like this. Like holy shit you'd think this video game was a sentient serial killer who broke into their house and murdered their family.

[rosewood-multifandom-writer]

It’s INSANE that this needs to be said. No one’s life should be at risk because they said an opinion on a character or ship someone personally does not like. It’s just as bad, and just as stupid as online gamers swatting someone’s home because they got that salty they lost a game or they don’t like the person.

There needs to be more severe consequences for making threats towards someone and doxxing someone other than them losing the privilege of posting on social media.

It’s such a dumb reason to ruin lives.

Fandom Problem #7304:

It’s scary how fewer people treat fandom discourse like online nonsense and instead more like a serious issue, resorting to threatening, doxxing, and suicide-baiting because they think people should be punished for having different opinions on characters and ships. Fandom discourse has and will always exist, but it’s unhealthy to go to extreme lengths to ruin other people’s lives over fiction.

If you dislike someone, block them because real people should be treated better than fictional characters, not vice versa. Different opinions on characters and ships aren’t worth hurting others.

[phantasm-masquerade]

reblog for a bigger sample size if you feel like it

[warblogs17282]

ngl, I feel bad for Brandon because he probably gets a lot of this kind of shit from entitled people, but I cannot lie, it feels amazing when Brandon calls them out on their bullshit.

[elvhenmage]

“how do you expect me to believe emmrich isn’t a gay man and neve isn’t a lesbian” god here we fucking go again. how many times do we have to tell y’all that bisexuals can look and act just like gay men and lesbians and to suggest otherwise, even as a joke, is biphobic

[shadowsatdawnx]

aww, how sad… anyways

art by edazuri commissioned by me 🫶

This just in: according to some people 😒 Elain is no longer allowed to wear pink. Lmfaoooooo i am cackling

Honest to god who spends their time thinking about what color a character is wearing in a fanart?? I think these people need some hobbies? Maybe they can pick up drawing. Fills their time so they’re not thinking about something so goddamn stupid and they can draw elain how they want.

Heres Elain in pink for everyone to fawn over

Art by muffin_art_m

Comm by mee

🌸 feel free to Share with me your fav elain in pink art

[helaenasaegon]

"Aegon was uninterested in Jaehaera once he realized she wasn't the boy" He was looking for Jaehaerys for a specific reason.

"Aegon couldn't instantly tell his own kids apart" They're small twins, and Jaehaera had her back turned to him; of course he couldn't instantly tell.

"Aegon ignored his children in s1, he only has an interest in them now because he's king and they're of use to him" Tom Glynn-Carney himself has said multiple times that Aegon loves his children. He didn't "ignore them," we barely even saw Aegon and Helaena in season 1, let alone their kids. We saw the kids ONCE, and even Helaena was only sitting in the room while a maid tended to them.

Aegon loves his children. And to my knowledge, there was never anything in the books saying he didn't. If you can't cope with that, then you should sort that out in therapy.

[skiplo-wave]

Short answer: the ones in wholesome fandom want to keep the illusion of being wholesome, pure, not problematic. And if you break such an illusion well good luck with death threats in your DMs

Meanwhile the fandom with dark content are aware of its content and most know it doesn’t equal their irl morals/values. It’s all fictional so nobody is harm unless you let that consume you to point it harms yourself or others

[thesunfyre4446]

why are people so obsessed with comparing alicent motherhood to rhaenyra's?

their situations are so different. alicent had no support system, the only parental role model she had was otto. she was maritally raped and forced to have children at 15 with an abusive neglectful partner and no support system to help and guide her. (because yes, a 15yo teenager is still a child and needs help and guidance to deal with a baby)

while rhaenyra's mother also died, and viserys is also a shit role model, rhaenyra had children when she was older with a man she loved \ cared about. she chose to have kids with harwin. also, laenor was also a kind man and seemed to support her and the children.

alicent and rhaenyra both loved their kids and did the best they could. alicent is def struggling with her motherhood, but the way this fandom shows her no compassion and labels her as a "bad mom" while forgiving viserys's horrible treatment of his children is so disappointing to see.

people don't realize that "you're not as good of as mother as this other woman" is constantly weaponized and used to oppress women. and it's never "you're not as good of a dad as this other man". never.

[myimaginationplain]

jayvik shippers PLEASE be normal about Mel & Sky challenge, part 2, difficulty rating: (impossible)

[dalishious]

I think Solas is a really great character but unfortunately his stans are so fucking rabid and obsessive about how perfect he has to be it honestly makes me not want to like him.

And the perfect thing... doesn't even make any sense? His flaws are some of the most interesting qualities he has?

[pedrospatch]

for anyone who isn’t feeling safe or comfortable in this space right now, i see you. you are not alone <3

[witheredoffherwitch]

Hotd fandom never ceases to amaze me with their ruthless behavior towards some of the most talented artists and writers..... and it's always the most unemployed and untalented fucks who band together to drive out these gifted individuals. CrazyTom's work was the only saving grace in this dismal community for the past month but you all had to ruin it by bullying them out of this fandom. You guys don’t deserve nice things istg 😭

[deadtwinksdetectiveagency]

my thoughts on the whole Cameo Thing™

Putting my first tweet in a screenshot; the rest is copy-pasted. And for context, since the quoted tweet was (understandably) deleted, it said, "Yes $100 is a lot, and it feels a little classist as some of us won’t be able to afford it."

Cameos are not a public service. No one is hurt by not having the ability to spend $100 on a video. No one is being treated worse than others because they can't afford a personalized video. I don't understand how "classist" would even come to mind.

Even if that was the worst example, I'd still fully get J's reaction. He and G are professionals. They deserve to be paid fairly. Based on G's earlier rate, other ppl's cameo rates, con photo rates, and how unique J&G are... $100 is a great deal.

I expected the $100 price tag. If George charged $50 for one person... I mean, there's two of them now. 50 x 2 = 100. I'm shocked that more than a handful of folks were surprised.

A personal anecdote: I've just started taking art commissions this fall. I am finally confident enough to charge a rate that fairly compensates me. Honestly, I should probably charge more.

Things like art commissions, cameos, convention photos/signings all fall under the same umbrella. They are treats. They are luxuries. They are never going to be equally accessible to all. It's not just price; it's also time, expertise, location, etc.

What kind of message does it send artists, writers, actors, creatives, etc when we frame their reasonable* rates as selfish and wrong? * reasonable based on industry standard, not on individuals' wallets

Anyway. J radiated enthusiasm for another chance to engage with us. I expected his happy bubble to burst at some point—I was surprised by his level of fandom engagement tbh—but that doesn't make it any less fucking sad.

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If you're upset or heartbroken or angry because Jayden is backing away: maybe think about why, and if you could change what you do to help protect yourself from suffering this kind of distress should something similar happen again.

[emblemoftheattorney]

It makes me sad when I look at Ace Attorney fandom stuff from 10-15 years ago and see how much more comparatively chill and accepting they were of different ships from the most popular ones back then. It wasn’t perfect or free of discourse, obviously, but at least fans could mostly get away with shipping that stuff without getting called horrible people, unlike today where the Ace Attorney fandom is determined to bully anyone who dare ship the Unacceptable Stuff™️ out of the fandom (ESPECIALLY on aatwt my goodness). I know this isn’t just me because I’ve seen even certain older fans note this and say stuff like “Wow I’ve been in the Ace Attorney fandom for years and back then there used to be so many Narumayos and ppl who shipped so-and-so in het I’m so glad these are no longer acceptable we’ve come so far” WRONG. The fandom has turned into a hivemind who think it’s acceptable to unperson others over ships and will sooner sympathize with one who harasses another over a Bad Ship than the one getting harassed because how dare they ship outside the sacred stuff. You really think it’s a good thing the AA fandom environment has gotten tyrannical about what you’re allowed to ship? Old Ace Attorney Shipping Fandom was FAR from perfect, but if your reasons for why it was bad or worse than now are “ships I dislike were allowed to exist” hoooooo boy.

[shadowsatdawnx]

saying “we have more fanfics than you!!” is not the flex you think it is.

it’s not a coincidence that most canon couple ships in any fandom have considerably less fanfic than noncanon ones.

you NEED fanfics to have anything remotely romantic between your ships. we have the books 🫶