#give fandom some credit

[batcavescolony]

Ok let's be real a second. Someone made a comment that I saw that said something along the lines of 'Fanfic isn't that deep it's not Social Commentary, it's just writing' and they couldn't be FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

First the definition of Social Commentary

Every song you listen to, every book you read, every art you like is social commentary. When you headcanon a character as POC or Queer, when you base a fic of something that happened to you, the second you begin to write your fanfic you're now producing Social Commentary.

Fandom and Fanfic isn't in a void, it interacts with the world. Anne Rice the writer of Vampire Chronicles (+others) sent Cease & Desist orders to popular fanfic writers. You know how writers put 'I do not own [original work], it belongs to [author].'? That's because of her! How many books now are ex-FanFic! How many fics are written to spite the writers? How many fandoms have raised money for a cause? How many people write to feel seen?

While fanfic IS a fun way to express yourself, whether you see it that way or not, that's not the ONLY thing it's is. it's an act of defiance, it can change how people see the world, it's can actually change the world! Fanfic IS political, it IS social commentary, IS that deep and don't forget that.

[savebylou]

(i’m the ask about louis and harry being publicly single this year) thank you for answering (& please don’t apologize you didn’t take long at all) !!

i do have a few follow up questions if that’s alright-

what is the general consensus about the two of them currently? i’ve seen some posts about them being broken up but that doesn’t make sense to me tbh (esp with some of the lyrics from louis album in particular)

also, does someone have a master post of their songs ?

i’m sure i’ll have more questions but thank you, thank you!!!

Hi anon! The answer to your question depends of the person. I learn for the time that I had been here that everyone has a different perspective of this as time pass by and depends of what happens around them. Some think they are still together, others think they broke up, other are unsure of the actual status but believe they were at some point together, etc.

For me they are still together. Especially because of a lot of larry things keep happening over the years, they are not a lot of them but some that are pretty obvious and if they wanted the speculation to go away they could avoid doing some actions etc. I could mention some recent events to you depending of when you stop following their narratives, news etc.

I do have notice than when both of them are unactive or one of them is doing his own thing and traveling the break up speculation comes back. Same thing happens with the stunts, when they hang out with other people or just when the fandom is bored lol. So this break up talk comes back every few months a year lol.

For the songs, I don't know if there is a masterpost but I will link to you with blogs that have post and tags of lyrics analysis. They will be some repetitions for the reblogs but I hope you can find what are you looking for.

@genuinemusic tags.

@bluewinnerangel tag.

@caralara has some lyric analysis here.

@ialwaysknewyouwerepunk has lyric analysis here.

@skepticalarrie tag.

@twopoppies tag.

@daisiesonafield-blog tag.

@anchorandrope tag , their masterpost and tag page with more tags (besides the english's posts in this tag they are also lyric analysis in spanish for the spanish speakers that are interested).

Let me know if you have more questions. If anyone has a masterpost of lyric analysis or a tag of lyric analysis with other posts feel free to link them as well.

[hella1975]

i cannot stand the aot fandom this is not a new take at all they are universally intolerable but oh my dayssss u are FORBIDDEN from making ANY take about the show it's actually insane to watch. 'aot is perfect' no show is perfect. 'tell me you didnt get the show 😂🫵' people have different opinions/interpretations about things. 'eren is a good guy they could never make me hate him' i think there's actually 4 seasons and two movies explicitely using him as a tool to show that no one is 'good' or 'evil' they are only trying to survive. hello. the fandom r all so far up aot's ass that they actually discredit its writing in the process and it would be laughable if it wasn't so frustrating

[transsexualunderground]

happy 10/10 to them!!

[lokiinmediasideblog]

Can I be controversial and say that I'm tired of shippers (esp. Sylkis and Lokiuses) giving Disney too much credit for the sake of their ships?

With Lokiuses I will be seeing too much credit because Loki and Mobius are standing close together or hugging or something. And them acting like it's the epitome of queer rep. It's not even queerbaiting... they're just next to each other.... I also don't get what is so special about this ship that it has to be cannon, and why some of you treat it like the only queer ship that matters for LGBTQIA+ rep. Y'all don't even get the personalities right in fanfic and turn it into Ineffable Husbands 2.0. I'd argue Lokius has a darker dynamic than that and is far from equivalent to Ineffable Husbands. The characters just kinda look like each other but have very different dynamics.

With Sylkis I've recently been seeing (esp. on TWT but I just saw a post in the Loki tag here on Tumblr) this erasure of Disney's homophobic history with "See they have NO problem with MLM and queer people. Let's forget they used Loki's genderfluidity was used to market the series and nothing was done with it."

Also, the examples provided to prove that "Disney has no trouble with the gays" are: 1. from a movie that Marvel likes to pretend doesn't exist because they only care about money and not rep (and yes it was a very important step. I'm not denying that), and 2. A very recent example of a show that just came out in this very year and last month *ba-dum-tss.* Why the fuck should I congratulate Disney for increasing LGBTQIA+ representation at a GLACIAL pace? Other companies have done better! Istg if you defend them I'll roll my eyes...

Do I have to go over with you guys about the how long it took for Valkyrie's bisexuality to be confirmed within the MCU and not just in interviews? There was so much hype about her being the first confirmed bisexual in the Thor movies. Tessa Thompson FOUGHT to have a scene confirming that Valkyrie liked women in TR that was CUT OFF from the final product.

The closest thing to rep that TR was allowed to have fell more under queer-coding towards the GM and Loki. Loki "cozied up" with the evil Grandmaster to avoid fighting in the gladiatorial arena in some scenes while framing Loki as spineless, treacherous, and needing "correction" from the hero that didn't shy away from fighting in the arena. And the next bit of rep we got from there was fucking gay Russo. Y'all have TERRIBLE memories.

An example of this Marvel defense bullshit to show I am not making this shit up:

Stop giving the fucking mouse credit and money. Y'all don't even like what happened in the series and are also 100% unsatisfied with how it ended.

[heavensincarnate1111]

this is literally annabeth’s song for the entirety of pjo

[skysgalaxy]

To my statement about Anakin and Obi relationship in fics I wasn't aiming towards said shipping alone within the fandom I mean in general as their canonical relationship people alternating to the point of shoving Padme away and making that Padme being the only thing in Anakin's life to matter that isn't who Anakin Skywalker is he doesn't choose whom to love more Anakin loves ALL the people in his life that he involves with what I don't like is when people change to the point of said canonical ways of the relationship to weigh against the other I don't like how Obikin moves away from Padme and I don't like it when hard core Anidala make it so that Pamde is the only thing in Anakin's life that he has meaning not saying that Padme is the reason nor his light cause yes she is but because of being raised by Obi Wan fans shouldn't have to make Anakin choose who is more important to him that isn't how love works you cannot just choose especially if you have more than one important person in your life whom you cannot see without living

[fromkenari]

Everyone acts like Eddie is always lying to Buck. Like Buck didn't lie to Eddie and come back and admit his mistake already this season. Can we please give Eddie a chance to see his mistake and correct it? Why do we want it to "blow up in his face?" Can we give him a chance to grow on his own for once? Please? You already did it for Buck, why can't you do it for Eddie?

[cloud-somersault]

mmm don't like the way the majority of the fandom treats MK

[dragonseeds]

“the greens are just more interesting to me because they’re worse” no one saying this can even handle daemon

[jokewishes]

I see your 'will hates/hated percy' hc and I raise you 'will and percy are good friends and bond over being main leaders in a war they never wanted to fought' hc

[daisybell-on-a-carousel]

Back at it reading Jason scenes in batman and robin 2009. Gotta say I'm loving the updated Red Hood design here, a significant improvement from the previous in this run, shame we dont really see a good full body panel of it

[theladyinwhite13]

sigh

[incidentalblr]

listen valvert is a better exploration of les mis’s themes than enjoltaire could ever be

[crimeronan]

Hey! Once the writing commissions thingie is up, what sorts of *uses* would you be okay with people doing with the prose? I assume we can post it online with attribution, but could we e.g. include it in an anthology or zine--again, obviously with credit? (This would be one where contributors aren't otherwise paid.) Totally understand if you're not comfortable with that, just want to now where the boundaries are… And under what name would you want to be credited?

hello, this is a great question!!

i just looked up fiverr's policy to be sure, & my first instinct was correct -- fiverr operates the same way that other sites i've ghostwritten for do, in that the client has all rights to the finished product in perpetuity, unless the freelancer specifies otherwise. this means that you as the client have the right to publish and distribute the writing as you see fit, or even to sign your name to it if you want to.

i don't plan to over-complicate this. if you want to include the piece in an anthology or zine, you're welcome to! just make sure it's compliant with the rules for that anthology/zine. ie: if you're not allowed to have a ghostwriter or someone who didn't individually apply participate, don't send it

but it's up to you to follow the rules there. once the work is delivered, what you do with it isn't up to me!

if you DO want to credit me when you publish/distribute the work, my byline is either Kitkat MacEachern or Katherine MacEachern. both are names that i write under. you're also welcome to link out to my ao3 (elliptical) in lieu of a byline if that works better. but like i said, it's not legally necessary or even expected.

like, none of this is required. basically, once i've written the thing for you, you own the thing & i'm not going to infringe on your rights to own/distribute the thing. the MOST i might do is add a note in my gig description specifying that i may keep samples for my professional portfolio. beyond that, once the transaction is done, you don't need to worry about me in the future!

thank you for asking <3

[sd2006]

My Vulcan OC 🖖

Their name is T'ophie

[May cahnge in the future. Not 100% sure how Vulcan names work yet 😅. I have only been in this lovely fandom for a month and a half as of currently]

What it looked like before I made the design changes.

[Originally created in Gacha Club as a base. All my own original ideas and character design. I got the tail idea from @chainsawgirltheythem I adore how they draw Spock with his little tail 😍]