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 I think one of my favorite worst thing to come out of TVD Fanfiction is when there’s an extremely vocal anti Elena Gilbert Stan that writes a fanfic with their own “original” character that they proclaim to be the “Better Gilbert.”
This new character will possess all of the same traits as Elena, whereas Elena will loose all of hers and be pushed off into a corner somewhere (I don’t know where because it’s literally never stated) and only comes out every so often for all the other characters to verbally abuse her for absolutely no reason.
 I’m not even kidding, I’ve come across quite a few of these Damon x OC (What basically is a self insert character) fanfics where Damon and the rest of the Mystic Gang will suddenly go out of character and go off on Elena for no reason, other than entering the room and occupying any amount of space.
Honestly, I think some of these anti Elena stans I will need a therapist, and a good one at that, because it’s not healthy to hold this much resentment on someone who’s not even real.
#tvd#tvdu#tvd universe#tvd fandom#the vampire diaries#vampire diaries#elena gilbert#misogyny#mary sue#fanfic#fanfiction#some people need therapy#fandom culture#fandom culture scares me#some people just scare me
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The temptation to vague about something in the milgram-confessions blog because its something thats bothered me for Actual Years about certain fandoms vs letting it go because when it is brought up its actually done somewhat tastefully and reasonably which makes me happy and this anon probably didnt mean it in the incredibly bad faith way I keep on seeing it be repeated so really Im getting upset over nothing.
#the answer is: ramble a bit in the tags just to get it out of my system#for some elaboration: Im asian! I have a knee jerk reaction when people go 'the westerners are projecting their values onto the east again'#because 9/10 of the times someone does that they're an American who wants to justify their weird racism/homophobia#by using the idea that asian countries (especially Japan) are backwards and/or ignorant but disguising it as 'being mindful of their cultur#and also then homogenizing them and pretending their all a monolith to be assholes to people!#and/or completely dismiss any possible criticism or interpretation for a series as a cultural values thing#this one fucks me up especially because usually there IS Merit in those interpretations/criticisms#but a concerning amount of people then go 'oh your just pushing your cultural values onto them' as a smokescreen to be a bunch of assholes#and/or discredit their ideas because Clearly All (insert x group here) think EXACTLY THE SAME and BELIEVE FULLY in whatever cultural#idea their using to justify this behavior#Ive Seen actual good discussion on differences in culture!#especially in another fandom of mine#but the worse option has happened so much that when I hear someone say those words alarm bells start ringing#its bad faith! I know its bad faith! But Ive engaged the worse option in good faith and came out wanting to punch someone A Lot More#Ive seen actually good faith discussions of cultural difference in this fandom sometimes! Its really nice but It scares me#cause im just Waiting for Someone to come in and ruin it#can you guys tell ive seen too many bad anime video essays? Ive seen too many bad anime video essays.
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#i think i’m gonna do a thing when IR comes out of like ‘if you want me to respond to comments tell me your favorite fruit’#‘if you don’t want me to respond tell me your favorite vegetable’#because i love comments & i want to thank people (unless i forget bc I have the object permanence of a toddler lmao)#but i don’t wanna scare people off & i know it’s different for everyone#rose’s polls#tumblr polls#fanfiction#fandom culture
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i can never go into x reader tags, for the sake of me and the x reader communities, because anytime i see an out of character dark and edgy version of said character, i get the visceral urge to reblog like "omg this fic made me think of this song!! perfect for him right >:)" and add a youtube link/hyperlink it. and so they click on the link, probably expecting to find some edgy song (a rickroll i they're smart), but it is in fact the lyric video to bad boy by cascada that was uploaded in 2009 with neon purple text.
like im pretty sure that counts as cyberbullying. so its just better for all of us if i just have the tags blocked
#i have no clue what to tag this#fandom#shitpost#terrible ideas#prank#i guess??#x reader#cascada#bad boy#to the x reader communities. pls understand im glad you exist. you are valueable in fandom spaces & culture even if you scare me sometimes#this is just my brain and its desire for frankly ill-advised mischief#also please tag your fics correctly#Youtube#dis baby stfu
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I have two headcanons for Astarion's romance route:
1.) he likes to lay on his partners like a lizard because he doesn't produce his own body heat so he absorbs theirs
2.) he likes to feel/listen to his partners' heartbeat because he hasn't felt/heard his own in 200 years
#baldur's gate 3#astarion#bg3#bg3 astarion#bg3 tav#i hate how much this game has taken over my life#i revived my dead blog for this shit#i hate that astarion lives rent free in my head#forgive me friends for this game will be my personality for a lot longer than originally anticipated#expect more art#and maybe some fanfics#idk this shit brought me back into fandom culture and that scares me
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hi this is me :3c
#kinda scared to post this here since i dont have as many followers as on insta...#and my art here usually flops if its bot fandom related...... help#also#mom didnt teach me turkish pls dont comment in turkish or i will cry as ill be remembered how out of touch i am with my own mothers culture#/j but not really#meet the artist#meet the artist 2023#digital art#artists on tumblr#self portrait#crazycafart
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I wish there was a "Like" function on Tumblr because this is genuinely one of the best/cutest response I've ever received
@chemistryrabbit
#I HOPE IT WAS OK TO TAG YOU!! PLEASE TELL ME AND ILL DELETE THE POST!!!#but the message was so sweet i cant get over it#<3 /platonic#also no worries about it being an old post. you shold see the fandoms im in#theyve been dead for like 3 years and im scared to touch tiktok lol#but once again thank you so much for such a sweet message. familial f/os are so underrated#The I.nbetweeners are kind of a cultural icon over here - but i think im so close to Simon bc of his actor (Joe Thomas) whos a known -#trans ally. im sorry to rant so much but this wee comment just imspired me so much haha#like i said no worries if you need me to delete it. i 100% get it x /platonic#edit: i didnt mean to crop out for pfp that was legit a drunken mistake sorry x
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wheezes i'm genuinely so so glad people like my silly green boy, he's NOT a particularly cool, Dragon Ball-y character by any stretch of the imagination, so I was definitely a little nervous that people would think he was lame and not in like the silly way i intended lmao
#out of stickers#((listen i know cringe culture is dead and all that but i haven't done this much oc nonsense since i was like a 12 year old s/onic fan lol)#((and that was like the fucking TRENCHES in there))#((twitter d/b fandom scared me too bad i think also))#((things are much kinder here lol))
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you know… seeing all these trans headcanons going around has really got me wanting to talk about my ideas for transfem Aki
#‘my’ as if a character interpretation/hc can belong to me lmao#frankly I’ve been scared to talk about it on social media given… the state of things (things being both social media and the csm fandom)#but I have a feeling it won’t be a big deal on tumblr#Aki is simultaneously a cis dude a trans dude and a trans girl in my mind. guy’s got range.#trans Aki#csm#csm thoughts#my csm thoughts#meposting#my thoughts#csm headcanons#csm aki#transfem Aki#I just think that growing up perpetually sacrificing your life/self for your goals and work doesn’t leave a lot of time to reflect#hustle culture poster child over here#but making meaningful connections and finding a family gives Aki more time to consider (her)self#I like gradual change. not one big moment but lots of little ones. keep it slow and comfortable.#power knows/cares nothing about gender roles so she gifts Aki cheap earrings bc Aki has pierced ears#I personally feel Angel is more aware of his own gender identity/the constructs of gender already. he’s very whimsical about it tho lmao#but being around him nudges Aki along on the gender journey you know?#also Aki and Kobeni would be mad sweet as friends/resource to learn more about femininity#mini-makeovers and shit? love thinking about it#allowing yourself to be comfortable/try new ‘abnormal’ things gender-wise after a lifetime of baseline discomfort is so freeing.#I have thoughts#chainsaw man#Aki means a lot to me. as a fellow 19 year old adult-kid repressed stick-in-the-mud learning to make friends/have fun/love and be loved
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A few years ago I remember the most kudosed fic on ao3 (I Am Groot) having maybe 10000 likes, give or take a few thousand. Nowadays the most popular fic (All The Young Dudes) has 154120 kudos. I've seen so so much more of fic being spread and realised that the pandemic was probably the impetus - and that looks highly likely. Fandom is so much more mainstream now, and people are far less afraid to loudly declare that they're megafans, that they read fanfiction, where it was definitely the mark of a bit of a recluse a few years ago. I'm glad the community's grown so much but I'm also fair terrified of how quickly its grown. We're now a couple of years into a whole new era of fandom and fanfiction and I'm excited to see what comes next. And scared that the community's been somewhat hijacked but I don't spend enough time in forums or on tiktok to tell what new young fans are thinking. In somewhat stark contrast, here's tumblr.
Old fandom culture is morphing into a wholey new phenomenon and I'm unfortunately wary of change. Maybe it'll be good for us? Who knows.
#ao3#tumblr#fandom#and the culture of a lot of new fans is so different#shifting and all that somewhat scares me bc i can never tell how serious they are#it makes fanfom more nuanced but bc so much of the new audience is new to fandom#and often quite young#their takes are pretty rudimentary and v black and white#ah i dunno i guess im mourning something thats not really gone just changed#its just odd to see the mainstream fandoms blow up so much when they were so much smaller by orders of ten less than a decade ago
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Are you also a Taekooker?
Yes 🤫
#i’m a BTS fan first#but yeah… I also believe they are together#i think being a Larrie made me clue in faster#because some things are so similar#but also a lot of things are not#culture wise#but also they are all their own persons#army scares me a bit#so i’ve not spoken about it much#even though I sometimes really want to#but hate from one fandom seems quite enough for now 😊#taekook
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haven't gotten the 'why did you leave the fandom?' question in awhile but i ultimately told this person it was for my own sanity
#steph.text#which is the truth through and through#so much of fandom culture & what it perpetuates exhausts and scares me#and i think it's doubly so because i've been around to see the shift in said culture#i'm too old for this and my mental health can't hack it#so this is a personal choice obviously#people can do what they want#just don't expect it of me and we'll be good#okay? okay
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#gonna ramble in the tags because my brain sucks and if i put this in my own personal discord server im gonna see it all the time#so id rather throw it here and forget about it and have it drowned out by various fandom posts and other posts i simply find neat#existential anxiety is an absolute fucking bitch and i hate that it randomly haunts me often for no reason#i have however figured out that its exacerbated by stress and feeling a lack of control over my life#cause one day im gonna be old and close my eyes for the last time and thats it#i wont wake up in a new life and forget this one i wont be in a number of fictional universes i enjoy#i wont even wake up in an afterlife#hell even if there is on (i believe there is) i wont see it cause i have aphantasia#i see absolute sweet fuck all in my head! even my dreams tend to be kinda fuzzy and tunnel visioned!#im nearly 30 and as a kid i oculd never conceive of life beyond my teens and as a teen i couldnt imagine my 20s#and now im turning 29 this year ive temporarily moved halfway across the world to be with my fiance of 8 years in an attempt to make this#move permanent and... ive done nothing truly significant#i wanted to work in languages as a teen primarily because i loved hetalia at the time and it sparked my desire to truly understand history#and culture and communication and finally connect with people#it really should have been obvious to the career coach lady that i was autistic seriosuly how the fuck did it go unnoticed by everyone#except my mother and she didnt even support me properly!#youd think that this anxiety would propel me into doing the things i want to do which rn is photography#but nope! all it does is make me scared to sleep because what if thats the last time i close my eyes and i dont know it?!#so now im here occasionally publishing my silly tiktok videos#doing my best to not backhand mil or shake my fiance because they talk like a baby sometimes and that sets off various buttons with me#for reasons i havent fully figured out yet#i have so many friends and interests and the family i still speak to is lovely and supportive#though lets not get into nanny getting old and knowing that itll be time to say goodbye to her though hopefully not for another decade#but yeah. my brain sucks i cant afford to go back to therapy rn because im unemplyed#the job hunt sucks cause canadas job market is somehow worse than englands and i cant even get financial support here cause temp resident#and every so often my brain just throws this existential bullshit at me for no reason#im gonna go do the souless job search now#and set this to not be reblogged because frankly no one needs to be inflicted with this in their head
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twitter fandoms hate crossovers but idgaf because i'm gay and autistic and twitter fandoms fucking suck, ok? ok
#at least the fandoms i'm in!#they scare me#never mention heartstopper within a 10 mile radius of a yrtwt user.#fanfiction#fandom culture
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#it's so interesting being a fan of an australian group and like#involving myself in fandom for that group#the thing i've been finding interesting (and forgive me if it's incoherant it's 3am)#is how there is so little focus on the culture of them as australians#and i kind of hate it actually?#like despite having lived half their lives overseas these guys are So australian#it just feels weird after being so deep in kpop and the way people really like#idk seem to care abt the cultural differences in like a taking genuine interest in understanding#but idk because we all speak english there's an assumption it's all the same idk#i'm also jusst shocked at how few posts i saw show up while it was still ash's actual birthday like#the actual day he was born like it's already over in australia#and i feel like when people post for an idol's birthday they go by kst#i guess bc that's where the idol is so that's when to expect it?#but idk i guess since he's in LA that's what people are going by#don't mind my 3am thoughts i'm just mostly feeling sad again abt how they didn't even come home last tour....#idk why i'm being sad abt it tho i literally wasn't following them last year i wouldn't have gone#i'm just scared this could become a trend.........#i know the music industry sucks here but pls don't forget us 🥺
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I... don't know how I feel about this statement. I mean, the statement itself is well written, and I like how they gently go "hey if you want to do activism there are better options than harassing some internet comedians."
But just... validating the complaints with this kind of response seems dangerous, especially given Dropout clearly recognizes they're tenuous at best. Like, I'm all for them taking an explicit stance on Palestinian liberation and directing fans to charities, but it feels like giving these accusations the time of day is encouraging more harassment.
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Additional resources to support the people of Palestine:
Demand a Ceasefire in Gaza
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
UNRWA
UNICEF
Gaza eSims
#like with rachel ok there is a case to be made because from what i've seen of her views yeah she is pro-israel and it makes me sad#but also she wasn't like? advocating it on the show?#do they need to scour every guest's social media before inviting them? or just jews? because spoilers THE LATTER IS ANTISEMITISM#i'm all for criticizing people who hold shitty views but ostracizing them from everything will only drive them to reactionary rabbitholes#and anyway it seems like the main thing was about noah which from what i can tell at least was barely anything and nothing current#like best case scenario this was keyboard warriors playing purity politics but i strongly suspect it's mostly just antisemitism#y'all need to fucking understand that like. there is a VAST reckoning happening in american judaism rn#and that a lot of if not most american jews grew up in a culture that implicitly supports israel#in the same way that usamericans are raised in a culture that implicitly supports the us#idk if you got mad at noah saying he was proud of his grandfather and making uninformed statements during the immediate aftermath of oct 7#you better also be having that same energy for anyone who has ever celebrated july 4 in their life or who was scared after 9/11#because it's the same fucking shit. different countries same shit#anyway i don't actually disagree with dropout's statement at all and especially the part about letting ppl learn and grow#i'm just unhappy they felt the need to make it and i'm scared it's going to embolden antisemites in the fandom#anyway i'm going back to my cave where i don't talk about palestine on the internet again now because there is no fucking nuance#ps if you use the word “zios” in my notes i'll block you
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