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Fandom is like celebrating a holiday…
Our individual fandoms are a bit like celebrating holidays—everyone who chooses they want to celebrate that particular holiday can and should (those that don’t aren’t in the same fandom, or they might like the thing enough—they’re just not actively taking part).
And everyone can have their own way of celebrating. Throw their own party (aka our individual blogs).
For some people, these parties have a motto. For others, they are pretty broad.
For some, they’re a private affair. Others invite everyone round and say, “Even if I haven’t invited you personally, you’re welcome. Bring your +1, people. Or even two or three…”
But the important thing is: They’re the party of the person who throws it (their blog). So serious stuff aside, *they* get to decide how they run it. What they talk about. The food they serve. The music they listen to (aka topics, headcanons, ships, what have you). They unfortunately can even be the worst bigots, in which case you might want to leave and never invite them to your own parties (aka don’t engage/block). If they commit crimes at their party or are abusive, you call the police (aka report). But you don’t have to call the police just because someone has different opinions about food. That’s just going overboard, and the police don’t like it either.
Where were we? It’s their party. You can bring your own music or food (aka topics, headcanons etc), which some hosts might consider awesome, while others might consider it rude. But you can’t force them to listen to it, eat it, or feed it to their guests at their own party.
It might come across as odd to bring meatballs to a party for vegans (aka talk about your ship on a blog that doesn’t ship, or vice versa). Some might be okay with your meatball consumption at their house because they know you’re not vegan. Others might not be okay with any meat in their house and show you the door for it. And very occasionally, you might run across a lapsing vegan who wants to try a bite—stranger things have happened.
However, they also can’t make you eat *their* food if you don’t like it. In which case you can either decide not to hang around and get food somewhere else instead, or you can decide to hang around and say, “Ah well, I won’t starve if I don’t eat at this party, the people are still pretty nice and I like it here right now. I have enough food at home I can eat later.” Or you might even try a bit of their food and see how you like it.
If you diss someone’s music at their own party (aka rant on *their* blog post), they might be a good sport about it, but don’t be surprised if they show you the door when you overdo it.
But hey, you can always throw your own party. And at that party, you can even say you thought someone else’s party had shit music or disgusting food (aka have a rant on your *own* blog). Do you have to do that? No, but you can. They might not invite you around again if they hear it. Other people might also decide that you’re bitching too much for their liking, but that’s okay. Witches and bitches are as much of a thing as Prince Charming and every other character trope. Everyone will eventually find and surround themselves with people they’re comfortable around. Awesome.
Well, not quite. There is a conversation to be had around holidays that some people would like to partake in, but they don’t feel safe to do so for a multitude of reasons (aka fandom is not a safe space for everyone in the same way). And we can all think about how to make *all* parties more welcoming to people who are new to these holiday traditions, or who’ve maybe made bad experiences with other holiday celebrations before. But that’s a different conversation.
So long story short: If you show up at someone’s party uninvited, they might welcome you, or they might not. Just don’t try to forcefeed meatballs to vegans at their own house.
Sometimes, it’s just a better idea to eat the balls (no innuendo intended, or is there? 🤣) at your own party…
#be careful where you eat those balls 😜#fandom thoughts#fandom#fandom stuff#fandom meta#is there such a thing?#it’s a weird analogy#I had to go overboard with this @windsweptinred
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ch 165 flag bearer vs. ch 310 blessed
#golden kamuy#ogata hyakunosuke#hanazawa yuusaku#tumblr flagged yuusaku's fat ass so im reuploading mangacaps#whilst half psychotic in bed#is there such a thing?#thats a lady gaga lyric#anyway read golden kamuy
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I think there can be any academia and the difference is colour
#my stuff#my artwork#my art#fashion#academia aesthetic#punk academia#pastel academia#dark academia#light acamedia#modern academia#goth academia#is there such a thing?
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I actually think Onyankopon x Levi content would fix me right now
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is there any such thing as a whump comic? mainstream, indie, web, i've never seen one.
You know what, I would've sworn that there was, and that I had seen it cross my dash more than once, but I have been trying to find it since you sent this ask and I have come up with nothing.
So I am casting the requested into the whump community - anyone know of a whump comic?
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but fr please ask 🥹
Every single fic update there is an author trying frantically to find the right balance between a nonchalant aside of "leave a comment if you enjoyed =)" and clinging desperately to the coat tails of a random stranger, dragging along behind them on the street wailing "Please, please! I have to know what you thought! I'm desperate to talk to people about this! Ask me about the alliterative repetition! Ask me about the symbolism!"
#hi 🫣#yeah that’s me#i don’t have in real life friends to talk to about it#just writing things#life and times of a fanfic author#comments#comment culture#anyway this is why i have so many wips#criminal minds#jemily#cm#fanfiction writer#fanfiction writer problems#too many wips#is there such a thing?
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A while back my pharmacist saw my deadname on my profile and accidentially called it out, he corrected and deleted my deadname from the system so only my preferred name shows up now. There was a crowd of people behind me, so as he hands over the pills he apologized, in equal tone and volume as when he called my deadname and lied saying it's been a long day and he didn't mean to call out -his own- name. I quietly told him it was fine and he didn't need to do that for my sake.
His response: "No, it's my name now."
I went to the pharmacist yesterday, his nametag is my deadname. He informed me he's immigrating and in the process he's changed his first name to my deadname to have an English sounding name. That's why he's now able to get a reprint of his nametag to be my deadname. And repeated, with the intense seriousness of someone who is going to die on this hill: "It's mine now. Not yours. I'm taking." His tone indicated that decision is final.
Bro literally deadnamed me once, and has committed to flat out stealing my deadname. It's his now. Legally. Officially. I over heard his co-workers call him by the name.
#trans#transgender#transgender positivity#lgbt+#lgbtq+#lgbtqia+#2slgbtqia+#mtf#talisidekick#talisidekick things
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presented without comment
#this is perhaps the worst thing i’ve ever made#so now it gets to terrorise people outside of my private discord server#enjoy#gravity falls#billford#gideon gleeful#dipper pines#stanley pines#stanford pines#bill cipher#the book of bill
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it came to my realization that 99% of my fandom related headaches would be cured if everyone understood this
#making this at 2 am was like top 10 autism moment for me#this is helping me make sense of so many things hopefully it helps someone else too idk#user macdenlover drops badly drawn infographic media literacy rates skyrocket theres world peace#anyways#for sunny 1.5 is the sweet spot for me. a sexy medium rare if u will#but it completely depends on the piece of media#with supernatural i was a 2.5 on a good day.
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unoriginal joke
#Gravity Falls#Stanley Pines#Stanford Pines#Ford Pines#Stan Pines#shitpost#I put the ID in the little thing tumblr has for it this time because I am still experimenting with which is best wah#This joke has been made before I am sure of it but.
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filipina miku!! my mom helped me with her outfit ^_^
#THIS TOOK ME FOREVER RAAHHHH#i had help from my mom with stuff like the parts of the traje de mestiza which is the outfit shes wearing#this trend looks so much fun and i wanted to join in.. im first gen canadian though so ive never been to the philippines and only#know thru stories of my parents growing up. im proud of my heritage but there are some things i didnt grow up with that#make me feel disconnected from my culture. so it was nice to talk to my mom abt it and ask for her help with this :3#the pleated tapis is meant to resemble her skirt.. i had no way of adding her stockings but i noticed the piano key design#so i used that for the saya. the bandana is meant to resemble her hairties and shes wearing bakya wooden slippers with embroidery#i kinda wanted to add the panuelo to resemble her tie as a finishing touch but i forgor ;w; just imagine it i guess#my mom really likes this. shes a little confused abt the blue hair and i had to explain her hair is like that but she thinks shes pretty#originally i wanted her holding the woven pamaypay and fanning herself because ITS HOT ITS 25 FUCKING DEGREES TODAY#but i couldnt get the pose right so i settled for this. i wanna draw her and brazilian miku high fiving ill do that tmrw#my art#myart#hatsune miku#miku worldwide#philippines#vocaloid#miku
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shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this
#and by 'everyone' i mean me. im just hoping other people relate lmao#someone asks me about a thing i like and im just like h..................#been thinking about The Character for a solid 6 months+ and let me tell you. expldoeing soon#this is about ffxv btw . how am i supposed to say how much it lives in my brain . i cant think#text#1k#5k#10k#15k#20k#great googly moogly#30k#40k#50k#60k#boooy what da heeel#70k#80k#90k#will this be my first ever post to hit 100k... it remains to be seen#good lord. we did it#100k
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Reblog to let your followers know that they’re safe from jumpscares/screamers/etc from you on April 1st but they are NOT safe from getting boop’d like an idiot amen
#:3c#pho.posts#april fools#boop#april fools day#1k#5k#10k#20k#50k#75k#these numbers mean Nothing to me anymore...#100k#<- CRAZY. CRAZY THINGS HAPPENING
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When I was younger and researching the autism diagnosis criteria and symptoms, I thought “oh I couldn’t POSSIBLY be autistic.” Because when I read “takes everything literally” I thought it literally meant EVERYTHING and I was like “I don’t take EVERYTHING literally, just most things!” And I just realized the other day that it didn’t actually mean EVERYTHING and that was an overstatement.
#textpost#text post#neurodivergent#actually autistic#autism#autistic things#autistic experiences#neurodiversity#why is there a hyperbole in the statement talking about people taking hyperboles literally
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speculative fiction writers i am going to give you a really urgent piece of advice: don't say numbers. don't give your readers any numbers. how heavy is the sword? lots. how old is that city? plenty. how big is the fort? massive. how fast is the spaceship? not very, it's secondhand.
the minute you say a number your readers can check your math and you cannot do math better than your most autistic critic. i guarantee. don't let your readers do any math. when did something happen? awhile ago. how many bullets can that gun fire? trick question, it shoots lasers, and it shoots em HARD.
you are lying to people for fun. if you let them do math at you the lie collapses and it's no fun anymore.
#there are things that are true mathematically#and things that are true because the guy writing the book says so#you do not want to mix up these truths
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