#i just realised this needed to be on my blog

[lemotmo]

Sometimes I feel like I need to make my fandom experience just like a specific 5 blogs, yours included in that 5, because so many of them just… suck the fun and excitement out of every good episode no matter how many of them get blocked or muted. 💀

The Ryan hate because he “didn’t act emotional enough as Eddie” and “Ryan’s sabotaging huddle scenes because he hates the idea of romantic buddie”

The dooming that Tommy is coming back because I guess Lou posted a photo near where 911 films?

The buddie isn’t happening because Ryan called them brothers in an interview again.

Like I swear I don’t think half the fandom even watches the episodes with their eyes open because I just don’t get how we can get what we’ve gotten tonight and last week and all they wanna do is doom and spiral over those things instead. Like the Abby parallels. The sheer romantic trope that goodbye hug was. The buck spiraling. The entirety of 8.9 itself. We are being fed right now.

Oh we are so being fed. I agree!

I'm still on that 8x10 high, so I don't care about anything else right now.

Ryan isn't leaving. We know Eddie's story will be told in episode 12, so it's no use spiraling over that. Eddie is coming home!

Ryan has called them brothers before in interviews. I mean, what is he supposed to say? He can't very well just come out and tell everyone that Eddie will eventually realise he's in love with Buck, because that would be a spoiler. So what is he supposed to do?

Ryan didn't act emotioinal enough? Oh come on! He was brilliant! What was he supposed to do? Burst out into tears? That's not Eddie at all. He bottles everything up until he can't anymore and then it all explodes. It's his MO.

The whole T thing? I don't see him showing up anymore, but I wouldn't put it past Tim completely to bring the man back for one more scene with Buck 🙄, to help him realise that all of this was about Eddie. Tim might just be unhinged enough to do this. Who knows what he is planning? 🤷‍♀️

And you know what? Fine whatever! Bring it on! Bring it all on! At this point it's clear from space that Buddie is happening and nothing is going to get in the way anymore, not even T. The man is an afterthought at this point.

Listen, everyone with eyes can see where this storyline is going. It's no longer an IF, but a WHEN. If some people can't see that or refuse to accept that? So be it! Use the block-button to curate your dash if you have to. I have and I'm so much happier because of it.

Fandom is supposed to be fun. Don't allow people to suck the fun out of the show we all love so much.

[creatingblackcharacters]

Hey!! Thank you so much for all the effort you go to with this blog!!! Your lessons are so in-depth and I always feel like I've learned so much.

If you have time, I'd be curious to hear your input on something - I have an OC that I made years and years ago, who I now realise probably falls into the Ambiguously Brown Character box. Unfortunately, I'm now kind of attached to her design - purely because it's been the way it is for so long. I've been working on giving her a more specific racial background (deciding she's mixed race, with one Black parent and one white parent, when previously I'd never specified) and making some small tweaks to her appearance (e.g. making her nose wider).

I've also added a couple more explicitly Black characters to the story - one as a side character and one as the protagonist of a prequel story.

I guess my question is whether there's more I could be doing/thinking about to improve things? Do you think it would be worth getting over my attachment to her existing design and changing it up more?

This is hard because I know my "objective" answer and my personal answer. 😅

My objective answer is that if you at least go to the effort of explaining her background more, and giving her some actual ethnic features instead of just making her white with brown skin, then she wouldn't be Ambiguously Brown anymore. And if you put real effort into those other Black characters, at least your Black viewers will know that you know how to design us at all. There's nothing wrong with Black Biracial characters, as long as you recognize that they don't all look like white kids with a tan. So if you're gonna put in the work to make it clear, go for it.

My personal answer is that I don't ever want to see the Ambiguously Brown Character Design ™ ever again 😅. I should hope you ask yourself what about her features are what you want so badly that rather than giving her an unambiguous Black design now that you know better, you'd go to the length of adding whiteness to her story to maintain that look that you claim is ambiguous; that you've potentially grown more attached to those features than you have her character.

But I admit I'm speaking from frustration and long disappointment in that regard, and I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt. I still need you to ask yourself those questions, though.

[totally-sapphic-posts]

We don’t have to talk or be doing the same thing, we can just exist in the same room together, doing our own things, and be happily separate together.

[sword-wielding-sapphic]

1: Magic is a Metaphor > 2: Morgana is a Lesbian > 3: Merlin is Gay > 4: Arthur is Bi

Obviously, magic is a metaphor for being gay. It is something that you're born with, that you can't change, but that you have to hide because the society around you won't accept you. Both Merlin and Morgana are always saying that they've been made to feel like a monster, an outsider, and they just want to be accepted for who they really are. And it's no coincidence that they are the most queer coded characters in the whole show.

But building off of that subtext, I think that you can read the different way that Merlin and Morgana go about trying to achieve equal rights as being an allegory for queer identity politics, where Merlin embodies this homonationalist assimilation strategy. He believes that if he stays closeted and conforms to the status quo, then eventually he will prove that sorcerers are good, moral, normal people and therefore worthy of rights. But over time, he internalises all of this shame and self-hatred and becomes increasingly obsessed with Arthur and dependent on his validation until he becomes complicit in his own oppression.

Meanwhile, Morgana represents a radical rebellion ideology. Even though she comes from a place of privilege, she quickly realises that she can't achieve meaningful change through constitutional methods and therefore resorts to violent protest. But her downfall is that she's more motivated by personal vengeance than a genuine desire for equality. So she creates a lot of infighting within the community by shunning anyone whose ideas aren't as extreme as her own, and she inadvertently confirms all of the negative stereotypes about 'angry witches' that she has been trying to fight against.

Obviously I don't think that all of this political commentary is intentional, but the basic idea of magic being gay is definitely intentional. As evidenced by this quote from the executive producer of the show, where he says very sarcastically, "some people say that (magic) is a metaphor for his sexuality, but that's just read in by them, isn't it? On no level is magic metaphorical in this show." And then Katie McGrath says, "it's funny because I don't actually think you're being sincere." And then she says directly to the audience, "Julian is lying right now."

[fantomeeee]

experimenting with artstyle

[cxndiedvi0lets]

"You can't help everyone,"

But, I have to try.

"Then, who helps you?"

[harryinramshackle]

Oh my god 2025 ummm what the fuck amirite (it's not even for me yet it's over 10pm)

Okay so um hi hey hello. What a year huh (at least for me). So wild I transed my whole gender like damn the she/her to he/him pipeline was so real but ANYWAYS

I already said quite a bit during Christmas here but I would be lying if I said I didn't have a million more things to say. Even more to some certain mutuals/friends that have really been nothing but kind to me. Some old ones, some recent ones, I can't list everyone but I genuinely just appreciate any amount of support and love, big or small.

I've been thinking about whether I should directly say a few things to some mutuals/friends for a while (and I already have to some, but I don't mind repeating myself lol), but I think New Year's is the perfect chance to do so.

Apologies for the tagging in advance SUDISAHFIUHISDE

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@crystallizsch I have already expressed to you how much I appreciate and grateful I am to you for encouraging me to make this blog, way before we had ever even interacted. I love you a lot buddy, you're absolutely the best<3

@oya-oya-okay OYAAA OYA OYAAA!!! I love you sm my darling friend, your kind words and support have genuinely been some of the biggest reasons I pushed through this year. I know the latter part of this year has been really hard for you, but I want you to know you have my support for whatever you need <3

@viperbunnies YOU HAVE MADE ME SOBBED SM ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR GIFTS. I sometimes go back to see your art of my persona or my oc just to make myself feel a little better. Ty for making me feel part of this amazing community (PS. I still get shroompocalypse war flashbacks/j) <3

@fell-e We have mostly chatted on Discord recently and legit you're one of the funniest and nicest people I've had the pleasure of talking to! I can't wait to interact more in 2025, you're such a nice person to be around <3

@lficanthaveloveiwantpower Hi Nah! We don't interact really one-on-one, but the kind words you've given me have always made me smile. You're one of the biggest reasons I got comfortable with openly self-shipping and sharing my thoughts about my f/os. And don't even let me mention how much joy your art has given me, you're seriously one of the best artists I've had the pleasure of being mutuals with <3

@theolivetree123 I'm a sucker for your ocs I won't even lie they're always so creative and fun! Still remember the time you asked to be mutuals and I just DIE/pos. It really was a pleasant surprise and I look forward to every post you make, whether it's art or just talking about your ocs and dynamics! You're extremely creative you genuinely inspire me a lot <3

@sunnysidesevenup I KNNNNOOOOWWWW we became moots pretty recently but like. You're so cool dude wtf. Legit freaked out when YOU followed ME first. I got cold feet about following you back for a while ahaha.....but I'm so happy I did you're such a fun dude I love your creations so much too (low-key biased towards Tilly...I love him sm and for what...)

@jadelover69 MIMI YOU ARE SO FUN, JUST SOO FUN TO INTERACT WITH YOUR WHOLE ENERGY IS SOOO SDUBHDSJNAGISBSJDH/POS your reblogs always make me giggle, even if it's just you straight up dying <3 Tysm for showing so much love for my creations, it means the absolute world

@summerspook You madman. I can't believe we've been friends for almost 2 years online. You have helped me through so much stuff, sometimes I even felt guilty about it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being one of my bestest friends, talking to you is one of the main things I look forward to every day, I can't express how much appreciate you and our friendship <3

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OKAY THIS IS ALL FOR NOW there are more of you but I can't articulate my thoughts and feelings the best, but either way I love and appreciate all of you with all my heart.

New Year's has slowly lost its meaning for me (I'm neutral about it) but at least I get to use it to show my application to the people who have been with me this year, mutual or not tbh <3

Also if you wanna say something back but not publically, dms are open for mutuals <3

[srue-on-fire]

Someone try to draw parallels between Dr Ana Flores and Tommy Kinard. Like, are there any?

Edmundo? Evan? Excuse me, what? Is that all?

@canonicallyobserving911 @woolridges @valenschmidt @stagefoureddiediaz someone? Please?

For context, I haven’t watched the show since S05 in a while. I know I know, I’m gonna catch up by this season’s finale.

[shifting-diary]

HOLY SHIT SHIFTING REVELATION:

I got a reading done a few months ago, that said my indecision on deciding where to go and overthinking my shifting routine, was keeping me in my CR.

For a while, I didn’t understand *why* this was stopping me from shifting, but then I realised:

The more I think about being anxious in my CR about trying to go to my DR, the more likely I am to be stuck here - because I’m too busy worrying about issues in my CR, when I could be worrying about my DR issues instead!

In shifting, you’re trying to detach yourself from your CR and move to your DR, so worrying about your CR problems is just going to keep you grounded in this reality.

And that’s why you. Let. Your. CR. Go.

[evil-mcytblrconfessions]

tumblr kww fandom was formed seperately from most other social media corners of the fandom. and that leads to silly things like the commonly used name "kww collab" and kenfies vs kenifies. and probably more. cedar if theres any more im forgetting that u know of say them pls

(in response to this confession)

[disneyprincessdxminatrix]

Forever baffled when I see someone whining about not getting any notes on their posts but they have a DNI longer than the old testament filled with incomprehensible abbreviations, only make one post a month, and never reblog their own posts let alone anyone else’s. This is the interact with each other website or course you’re not getting notes like that honey.

[theflyingfeeling]

...💌

[insufferablemod]

physically restraining myself ffrom drawing more,,,,,,,,,,,,

[jamminvroomvroom]

need to do major blog maintenance - masterlist will be updated soon because i think my navi is an absolute mess and a lot is missing

out of curiosity, is there anything i should add/clarify? i wanna make it as clear and as accessible as possible

[sinnettini]

the REAL tragedy of having my phone stolen is that i'm gonna have to rebuild my meme folder from scratch 😔😔😔😔

[jeanmoreaux]

in ur tags you wrote the unstoppable force post was andreil coded…. well do you know sakavic herself reglogged that post too…. bc eyes are wide open rn

OMGDJJFHDHFJDHDJJDJFJD no i did not know that i did not clock that. makes me feel weirdly validated tho. highlight of my day because yes. YES. it just screamed andreil to me and to have nora go ‘same’ does feel like a win to me. thank you so much for telling me you made my week <3

i mean. yeah eyes wide open. (neil the unstoppable force always on the run, changing, adjusting, moving things along for others as well etc, andrew the immovable object not just in his ethics/morals/approach but also as a source of stability to lean on etc… and their colliding is not just what the want but what they NEED as individuals to grow!!! andrew providing stability for neil to grow roots and have a home and have a place to belong, neil bringing with him a revitalising force, a forward momentum that presents andrew with a future that is more than just an empty existence or a waiting for death but a Life. that’s why they work. like. they wanted to collide, they needed to collide, THEY WERE MEANT TO COLLIDE))