#fandoms under attack

[iamanartichoke]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but as a creator -

I am fine with "the audience" -

downloading my fics

printing my fics

copy/pasting or screenshotting my fics

sharing your saved copy of my fics with anyone else who might want them in the unlikely but never impossible case that my fics are no longer available on ao3

making a book of my fic(s) and running your fingers across the pages while lovingly whispering my precioussss

doing these things with anything I create for fandom, such as meta, headcanons, au nonsense like 'texts from the brodinsons,' etc

I am not fine with "the audience"

doing any of the above with the purpose/intent of plagiarizing my work or passing it off as their own in any capacity

feeding my work into ai for any reason whatsoever

Save the fandom things. Preserve the fandom things. Respect the fandom things.

Enjoy the fandom things.

[family-aya]

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@bilal-salah0 here.

@a-shade-of-blue here.

[dykedvonte]

One of my mutuals opinions is the "bro code" thing, that Curly is one of those guys who wouldn't care about the victim because the perpetrator is his friend and I'm really banging my head on the wall like that other anon. I've only played through the game once but Curly's behaviour/reactions etc read completely different from the "bro code" thing and I have to wonder if my mutual and I even played the same game.. like the constant digs at him from Jimmy, his body language in his face reveal and so on like you mentioned in your post. While this game is a little different obviously, it kind of reminded of a point in Alice Madness Returns that makes it very clear that Alice's pain blinded her to the abuse of the other children and her failure to act earlier because of it. Curly is guilty of a similar inaction but it doesn't change the fact he was a victim of Jimmy too. I don't think I can look at it any other way because both of these games have really stuck with me.

I genuinely think it really is the idea that people want a simple easy to blame problem and the idea that the only relatable victims of abuse are those that "surpass" it or do a lot to help others. When it comes to victims, especially those that don't fit the typical demographics, who either accidently perpetuate it, enable it or aren't ideal in some way shape or form, people jump to ignore what they went through as it's easier than dealing with those conflicting sentiments.

The bro-code conversation in Mouthwashing stems from a concept I generally dislike that there had to be something about Curly that made him meet or keep being friends with someone like Jimmy. I think people genuinely underestimate how many like decent and good people just know an asshole or are friends with someone who is really bad outside of their view/established dynamics. The game makes it clear none of the inaction against Jimmy is because of a lack of care, it is a lack of understanding from the privaleged postions they have as men to not have to worry about what Anya does/went through and the type of extremes men like Jimmy will go through to cover it up. They are all too preoccupied in their own strifes.

Another thing I see being oversaturated the idea that you have to be a freak, misanthrope or have a disorder to do the thing Jimmy does. The game is an escalation, it's a spiral that I don't see people comment on that Jimmy was not likely having the mood swings and episodes of rage/frustration we were seeing in the game. This is after they all start experiencing the worst moments in their lives that he got THAT openly bad. Of course, this is just my interpretation but much like in real life, people that go to extremes like that usually live mundane lives. It's a pressure cooker affect to where the stress made them pop. It's self inflicted but still the case.

I really think people need to be more willing to acknowledge that not everything needs to be an extreme or in black and white or easy to understand. It doesn't need to be happy or have an answer or solution, especially in the cases where the abused sadly helps perpetuate what they experience. It's not he should've known better from experience or shouldn't he have known what could've happened because victims tend to not like to think in matters of the worst. Not to mention, especially in cases of abuse where it feels so personally directed that you don't expect to happen to someone else.

[hon3y-cloud]

I feel like this is an important post to make, even though I don't have a big following at all, I firmly believe even the smallest accounts should use whatever platform they have to spread their words. I'm aware that not everyone can donate, but a simple reblog of ANY post can help it reach a wider audience and help even more people in Gaza. I will reblog this myself with links to donate helpful causes, and I'm gonna tag the hell out of this to reach as many people as possible.

We all have a part to play in this terrible genocide. Just because they're far away doesn't mean that there's nothing we can do. If it was your friends, family, or children, or even neighbours, I'm sure you'd all want the world to stand up and speak up too.

[antihibikase-archive]

It is incredibly isolating to navigate through fandom as an aromantic person. Aro experiences are so varied, and there is no definite aro experience that encapsulates the alienation that fandom spaces cause for certain people.

Fandom is mostly built and structured on shipping. And if not, the blorbofication of characters, which tends to go down the shipping pipeline; where does that leave the romance repulsed aro person who genuinely does not want to see any form of shipping? Platonic dynamics, right?

Yeah, sure. But by platonic dynamics, it's only "best friends" or "family" right? Where does that leave the aro folks with undefined labels? No, qprs aren't a get-out-of-jail card.

And qprs- they have no rules or standards set upon them by society, not even having a clear definition for what it is, because not all qprs are the same. Yet, for some reason, it ended up becoming the "nonbinary" option to a lot of people- not romantic or "regular" platonic? Qpr it is, right?

But where does that leave the aro folk who don't want a qpr? Who don't wish to see characters depicted in pairs or trios or so forth- who embrace the lack of a partner?

And these concepts presented; when aro folk talk about them, do you care? And if you do, do you understand? Do you try to?

If you aren't aro, but wish to be supportive, are you a genuine ally? Do you raise the concerns of aro folk you share the space with?

Or do you take a look at these concepts- and decide you understand them "well" enough? Do you decide to speak for aro folks instead?

Do you depict relationships outside of romance because you believe in the importance of platonic relationships? Will you accept the fact that not all platonic interactions will be familial or "best friends"?

Can you accept depictions of qprs outside of "more than friends, less than lovers"? Are you willing to accept it is not just "best friends" or "romance lite"? Will you accept that nothing is inherently romantic- and characters in a qpr may fall under your standards of lovers?

Can you resist the urge to put every character in a pair or trio or group? Are you comfortable with the notion of characters finding more joy in being by themselves, outside of all those lenses you see them in?

It's good if you can.

And if you can't, at the very least, do you understand why some aro folk in your space are upset? Embittered by your favorite ships? Starving for representation?

Did you depict these characters with these concepts with the knowledge that aromanticism is fluid?

[nearlydeadartist12108]

Please donate to Mohammed K!!!

He doesn't have a tumblr yet!! But I got a message from him on Twitter/X with his link!! He had to private his account because of the suppression and barely has any donations!! Please Please spread this and/or donate!!!!

Please!! Him and his family need help!!

[rotdecaydraw]

please consider reblogging!!

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all currently still available!!

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1: go to CareForGaza’s paypal (can also be found on their twitter)

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all characters also have a toyhouse page, hildri has extra codes for anyone who buys an adopt but doesn’t have a toyhouse ^^

THANK YOU FOR READING HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

[teefsintheweb]

It's not that complicated, genocide is genocide.

[alphatsar]

Too many twinks Lightnings. Poor old man.

[dotthings]

Jared stans are now flat out claiming that it’s invalid to get pissed off at linear broadcast networks for corporate queer censorship and practices that are racist, homophobic, misogynistic, or repressive and that no one has rights to speak about it.

It’s systemic. It’s a reality of the TV business and anyone denying that’s an actual real thing in the TV business is any combination of corporate bootlicker, pinkwashing enabler, or full on antidiversity hack.

They attacked Misha and called him a liar and a panderer.

Jared stans are corporate bootlickers until Jared speaks up and then it becomes heroic to criticize a TV network. Because all that matters is Jared. Inclusion doesn’t matter. Representation doesn’t matter. Only Jared losing his TV show matters. And that is the only circumstance Jared stans say anyone has any rights to criticize a TV network.

Their hypocrisy is grandiose. They actively campaign against diversity on spn, then pretended to care about diversity only on shows where Jared was the producer, so they could virtue signal to fluff Jared.

This is a lot broader than specific spn fandom lane problems, it’s an spn fandom lane problem that’s reflecting some wider real world attitudes and problems.

They got caught with their pants down on their hypocrisy and viciousness.

[frostycatblr-fandom-files]

Upon completing the 2nd trial, of the 4th arena in Muspelheim, where the objective is to not let enemies capture Atreus three times:

Atreus: That was hard! And fun!

That was not fun for your daddy, Mimir, OR me, buddy.

[dowhatteverer]

I think everybody that has a good guy Hetch AU deserves an ice cream or an ice cream equivalent.

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

So Israel are straight up just starting to bomb Lebanon now?

Did the leaders of Hamas mysteriously teleport to Lebanon from Qatar?

There's literally video on tiktok of them sending a rocket at the port in Beirut

Don't go trying to tell me that's a fucking accident

🤍🪽✨

[eclipsecrowned]

LISTEN i won't belabor the point but

i enjoy having a dash now clear of certain influences bc so far all i have seen is peers down with the struggle instead of east coast 'i am very smart' upper middle class c1sh3t woman types trying to convince me i should feel bad that bad people face consequences for their actions --

[seven-thewanderer]

Okay I give up so I'm just gonna say what I was gonna do/make/post

I was gonna draw the whole "Julius Caesar about to be stabbed" thing, but with a bunch of favorite characters of mine, and one character I dislike But I couldn't do it XD

So I'll share the simplified doodle I did, and then say who would've been who

So there were 16 spots in total (I'm pretty sure the image I was using as a ref had more, but I wasn't gonna draw that many), being: 5 stabbers, 1 stabbee, and 10 others

The stabbee would've been: Mr from Regretevator

The stabbers would've been: Bittergiggle from Garten of Banban, Pomni from The Amazing Digital Circus, Iscream from Chikn Nuggit, Andy the Apple from Andy's Apple Farm, and Forkface from The Sun and Moon Show/The Monty Gator and Foxy Show/ the other security breach shows

The others would've been: Earth from the Lunar and Earth Show, Fwench Fwy & Sody Pop from Chikn Nuggit, Dr Retro from Regretevator, Felix the Fish from Andy's Apple Farm, Serial Designation N (or just N) from Murder Drones, Bot from Inanimate Insanity Invitational, and 3 blank spots (cus I didn't decide before I gave up)

I considered adding Ruin (Sun and Moon Show) and Floory (Inanimate Insanity Invitational), but then wasn't sure, and had decided against it (Oh yeah and the Crow from Catastrophe Crow was gonna be there too)

[naggingatlas]

i looove putting spark over songs about like heroes and saving the world (tom cardy's 'level clear', uncle outrage's 'saved the world' <- nice voice hc for him!. and 'my superhero movie'.) when he like. Did. Not : ) funney.