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One of them knows how to install a doorknob.
#what if we were young and powerful witches and I gave you a portal to my place as a housewarming gift#which could mean nothing#(I know it's not specifically to her place but SHHH)#local cottagecore lesbian and her high femme gf#*grabs your face* listen to me what if they were exes#what if they had a thing when Indri joined the coven that failed as they each assumed more and more their station#and tbh as Indri started her murder plot#anyways I want to believe they fucked#and somewhere in her cold heart Indri has some memories concealed#and she's been bitter about wren stalling and opposing her for so long#do you see the vision#wbn#won pod#worlds beyond number fanart#the wizard the witch and the wild one#indri#morning wrensong#granmother wren#worlds beyond number#wwwo fanart#wwwo#coven of elders#witch of the world's heart#witch of the wind and stars#what would be their ship name#witch of the wind's heart? lmao#can't resist that 5'2 baddie#this is very simple and not rendered and I wanted it to be a fun quick thing so I have to be ok with it not being perfect#there will maybe be more art of them coming up so yeah maybe more rendering there#for now let's see if people are on board with this ship
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āNine would have treated Martha better than Ten didā
I need to talk about this argument that never seems to stop circulating.
Note: Not a venomous/anti post. Thereās more than enough of that across fandom spaces as is, and this is supposed to be a place for āØsweet, blissful escapismāØ
When making this argument, people seem to envision a scenario in which Nine never met Rose.
While I can appreciate a good hypothetical, recognizing Rose's significance to the Doctor (Nine and Ten) is essential to understanding why things with Martha played out the way they did in the first place.
In the third series, the Doctor is grieving. This grief is deliberately threaded into nearly every script, whether spoken aloud or not (and these are just a few examples):
He's burning in Roseās wake the entire time Martha travels with him, which is why itās so frequently called upon: Itās 100% deliberate in framing his grief. He grieved as Nine too, of courseā having been fresh on the heels of the Time War ā but then he met Rose, which changed everything.
Back then, he was still a rude, traumatized pain in the ass, but we watch Rose soften more of those jagged edges with every episode as they grow closer; as he lets his guard down and forms a deep connection with her.
He falls in love (against his better judgment) and it's game over.
And yes: provided S1E1 had been titled 'Martha', one can realistically assume things might have unfolded similarly to how they did with Rose. However, it wouldnāt have been that way just because the Doctor was Nine and āNine was differentā ā it would be because he wasnāt already in love with someone else. The same can't be said for the start of S3.
Think of it like this: if Rose AND Martha had been in that cellar ā if Nine had taken both of them along with him in S1 ā weād eventually be looking at the most melodramatic love triangle ever, what with him living in close quarters with two brilliant, gorgeous, compassionate young women... But Doctor Who is plenty āsoap operaā as is with just one woman in the TARDIS.
(I certainly wouldnāt object to reading that fic, though)
Now, regarding the unrequited elephant in the roomā¦
His inability to be romantic with Martha isnāt because he thinks her lesser, nor is it for lack of compatibility. It isn't because Rose is any better than her. It certainly isnāt just because heās Ten.
Itās really only for one reason, which can't be denied ā and now Iām a broken record:
He is still in love with Rose.
(cut from a tenrosedaily gif)
Nine is Ten, and Ten is only such a mess in S3 because heās just lost the love of his life. Martha merely got caught in the crosshairs of a volatile Time Lord in mourning, and yes ā it sucks. Absolutely.
But it also feels dismissive to chalk Ten and Marthaās relationship up to little more than some sort of mindless dance of pining, jealousy, and toxicity.
Ten trusted Martha with his life over and over again ā and hers, with him. He constantly praised her brilliance, happily carting her around time and space with no intention of letting her go. In the BBCās extended universe of novels/comics/cartoons/etc, thereās so much depth to their relationship: love and trust and trauma and sacrifice. They had their own special bond as mates, their own complexities ā so itās a bummer that it's forever overshadowed by the other things.
Iām not denying that there was a lot of stuff that sucked/was for sure toxic about Ten's S3 behavior, but so many of the things I've seen him catching flak for can be directly attributed to being A Clueless Fucking Alien Idiot (not a trait thatās unique to Ten) ā as well as his flat-out obliviousness to Marthaās feelings.
So yes, I agree: if Rose never existed, he would have treated Martha differently as Nine. He also would have treated her differently as Ten. Certainly.
But Rose did exist, and when discussing canon, it matters.
āHe tells me that he absolutely, 100% loves Rose... He tells me how my daughter; my wonderful, beautiful, clever little girl saved him from himself beforeā¦ And he says thatās all because of me! I made her into the Rose Tyler that saved him.ā
-Jackie Tyler, Flight Into Hull!
Martha got the short end of the stick in S3. She came round at the wrong place and time, but that doesn't mean it was all bad. It doesn't mean the Doctor didnāt adore her. It certainly doesn't mean the time they spent together was wasted or worthless. They were brilliant!
Sure, he could be a twat, but let it be known that he was a twat with Rose as well, both as Nine and Ten. Iām sure Tentoo can be plenty infuriating, too. So while I'll defend Ten (and Tentoo) into the ground forever and ever and ever, I'll concede that he's fucked up.
The Doctor is a certified Pain In The Ass. Itās one of the things I love so much about this character ā dynamics.
But never forget that Martha was goddamn tough as nails and overcame every bit of it. She moved on with her life, and the Doctor moved on with his. One can only pray that, when they inevitably drag her back onto the show (which feels inevitable if I'm honest), we see at once that she's been living her best life for all these years.
#I'm paranoid af about posting this but also feel like maybe two people will read it so perhaps I'm safe#doctor who#tenth doctor#ninth doctor#rose tyler#martha jones#baby's first meta#dw meta#I hope this wasn't just a mess of discombobulated stream-of-consciousness chatter#try as I may to avoid it#I'm somehow still aware of the sea of bad fandom vibes surrounding almost every character mentioned#besides Nine - who for some reason seems to be above reproach#there's a painful absence of civil discourse#especially where shipping is concerned#but let me tell you#I've vibed with T/M people about T/R and T/R people about T/M and it is a beautiful thing#I wish we could all just get along#also I've got so many more thoughts about this topic#like an embarrassingly long list of thoughts#I tried to scale it down as best I could while also being as inoffensive as possible#gonna crawl back under my rock now#also you should all go read Peacemaker#best DW novel since the Stone Rose#belated tag added way after the fact but:#for some reason Iāve yielded so much hate mail since originally posting this#because I suppose some people have only cottoned on to my enjoyment of T/M#but please note that Iāve been writing my T/M series since 2022#itās had no bearing whatsoever on my love of T/R+T2/R aka the OTP of all time#but Iām also a grown-ass woman in my thirties and we are all playing with dolls here#I just wanna spread love and write smut and I do this for fun so if you canāt be nice - then I donāt want you reading anyway
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i love looking at hot takes and realizing that some outsiders fans donāt realize that fandom is something fun. nothing is truly that serious at the end of the day.
#ik i am a hypocrite but like fuck yāall HATE when people have fun with ensemble characters#like let people have fun and do shit#keep your head down and donāt be an ass#iām chill with about 99% of the fandom cause of that#but some of yāall are insane#and book fans hate musical fans for some reason and will not shut the fuck up about it#like glad you like the book thatās great!! love that and iād love to discuss it but the musical is not the root of all evil#oh nooo they added more characters cause you need more for a musical to function#every adaptation changes things lemme hold your hand i promise itās okay that this happens#also yāall realize some things were cut cause they needed to fit in the MUSIC. cause itās a MUSICAL#and none of these ensemble are magically getting more lines#idk iām tired of the fighting cause itās notttttt that deep and yāall hate seeing musical fans have fun#also you arenāt better than me for not shipping something holy fuck#i donāt care that you donāt ship something i do#one of my best friends in the world doesnāt ship one of my main three ships and we get alone very well#thatās not my issue#my issue is people acting like they understand the story more or are immune to mischaracterizing the characters#they can be shipped and still hold true to themselves#these tags are a lot of yap but iām tired and sad and pissed off so#yāall get this#this happens so much with cherrycola acting like it gets rid of their major character traits#the whole point is they are FRIENDS before they ever get together#they donāt get together til LATER ON#they have to heal and work out their own issues#ābut cherry said blah blah to ponyboyā#consider its cause her boyfriend just threatened to kill a child. she may have been a little shaken up and not wanted#to bring more trouble and attention to him#anyway#the outsiders#the outsiders broadway
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Mike Wheeler is important and there's nothing wrong with analyzing him
Since y'all wanna be insufferable bitches about it I'm gonna explain to you why he's important, why Will loves him, why his struggles should be acknowledged, and why his character depth is pivotal to byler endgame being a satisfying conclusion for both Mike AND Will. Deal with it!
We are not seeing smoke where there isn't a flame. We are seeing smoke where there is a literal fucking forest fire.
Starting off with something a lot of people aren't ready for but I've seen more people talking about: Mike is the main character of s1 at the very least. He is the character that brings us into the world of stranger things. He is the character that the writers chose for this. Mike is the main character of s1 and it was an instant hit. The writers love Mike. Contrary to popular belief, giving a character an arc where they are struggling and their behavior changes from what is normal for the character we know and love does NOT mean the writers hate that character. It means they deliberately chose to give that character complexity and depth. Your inability to like characters that do anything wrong ever is not the fault of the writers. Your decision to act as if a character is not important is not reflective of the actual narrative because it in fact is in direct opposition to the narrative. So just to be clear, if you genuinely believe that Mike isn't important, or that the writers hate him, or don't care about him, or that his story "takes away" from any other character's - ESPECIALLY WILL'S - you are simply wrong.
In s1 and s2 Mike is established as an extremely caring person. He's loving, loyal, brave, intelligent, and trying his best. He is also established to be hot headed, someone who speaks without thinking quite often, someone who is capable of hurting his friends despite that being the last thing he wants to do. He is all of these things and more. He is a human. He is a kid. So in s3, when suddenly he is entirely different, it is completely logical to assume that there is a reason for that. He did not just wake up one day and decide he wanted to be an asshole, push Will away, make his friends feel abandoned, and echo the same sentiments their bullies held. Something is happening with him. He has so much going on in his head and it is painfully obvious. He's holding something in, he's hiding from everyone and from himself. We see glimpses of what he's trying to hide after Will calls him out on his behavior. Will gets through to him. Mike is usually unresponsive to tough love, except for when it's coming from Will. After their fight, it is obvious that he's trying to be better. But he still doesn't wanna face certain things, and he doesn't know how to navigate that. Because he's 13 years old.
There is a reason for all of that internal conflict. There is a reason it comes pouring out of him at certain times. He's crumbling. He is quite literally falling apart because he's holding on to too much. It's not a stretch to assume that, it just takes basic media literacy. Why would the writers have Mike act this way if he was just supposed to be a one dimensional character? Why would Finn be directed to portray Mike the way he does if there was nothing more going on? There are times where Mike looks like he's in physical pain because of his internal conflict. There is a reason for that. And acknowledging that DOES NOT mean people are taking away from Will. That's the most idiotic thing I have ever heard. Do y'all seriously not understand that more than one character can have emotionally complex storylines? Genuinely asking, is this a new concept for you?
Will's love for Mike
Will is head over heels in love with Mike. That is very much established. So when you're dismissing the emotional depth of Mike's individual arc because you think acknowledging it "takes away from Will" you are actually diminishing the significance of a huge aspect of Will's emotional arc. By taking away the significance of Mike, you take away from the significance of Will.
Let's do a quick recap of the very significant role Mike has played in Will's entire life:
Mike is Will's first friend.
They have grown up together and it can be assumed that they've reached important milestones together.
Mike has always been a safe person for Will. He's been a constant in Will's very chaotic and unfair life. Until the summer of '85, Mike had always been something good in Will's life. (That's not to say he is no longer something good, but it can be assumed that the summer of '85 is the first time Mike has been a causal factor in Will's unhappiness)
When Will went missing, Mike did not hesitate to search for him. It wasn't even a question of if. The moment he knew Will was missing he knew exactly what he'd be doing that night. He spearheaded the search amongst the party. He was the leader.
When Will came back, Mike was the only person that didn't treat him like he was gonna break. He cared for him, and he was there for him, but he didn't treat him differently; Will tells us as much. Which means we can infer that the way Mike was with Will in s2 - how gentle and loving he was - was nothing new. He had just always been like that.
When Will was possessed, Mike stayed by his side. Even when it was scary, even when it could've gotten him killed, he stayed. Because once again, for him, it wasn't even a question. That's just where he knew he needed to be. He was in the shed when they were trying to get through to Will. He was set apart from Lucas and Dustin, but he also wasn't equated to family. And his retelling of the story of the day they first met was the final push Will needed to find a way to communicate.
After a year of things being "weird" between them, Mike tells Will that he didn't deserve to be treated the way he had been. Mike tells him that he wants them to be okay again, and for the rest of the season he puts in the work.
Things get rough in s3, and at the beginning of s4, and despite all of that, Will confesses his love (albeit veiled). In a moment where Mike is feeling awful about himself, he tells him that he loves him and needs him, and he tells him why. And to him it doesn't matter that he's breaking his own heart to do it, because it's Mike. Mike, who makes him feel like he's not a mistake at all, and that he's better for being different. For Will, there was no other option. The person he loves was hurting and he knew how to help, and so he did.
Mike is the first person Will tells about Vecna still being alive. Because they're back to being a team. He knows he can trust Mike, and Mike seems to be very determined to prove him right.
SO.
These are all real and canon aspects of Mike's presence in Will's life. Will falling in love with Mike isn't something that just happened for no reason. Will fell in love with Mike because of who Mike is. When you acknowledge that, and when you acknowledge the reasons they've set out for why Will loves him - the reasons Will literally told us - you can better understand Will. But when you dismiss all of these things about Mike, you are dismissing a large portion of Will's emotional and romantic arc. You aren't being a Will Warrior. You are erasing so much of him and his feelings and his lived experience. That is not the hill you wanna die on.
Will loves a person. Not a feeling. Yes, he says that Mike makes him feel like he's not a mistake and that he's better for being different. But that's not why he loves him. He feels that way because he loves him.
Mike is a fully fleshed out character with his own feelings and struggles and fears and traumas and motivations. He's not a plot device. He's not just an accessory to Will's arc. He's not a character that was written only to be Will's love interest. He's Will's love interest because he's Mike.
If Mike didn't matter, and if Mike didn't play a significant role in byler, then they would be able to write in a love interest for Will in s5 and have it be somewhat satisfying. But they can't do that. Will's love for Mike has so much depth because Mike has so much depth. It is genuinely crazy that this has to be stated and that I have to back up this claim because it is simply a canon fact.
So yes, the rain fight affects Mike's character development and his involvement in it is important. Yes, the van scene literally could not exist without Mike and therefore his involvement in it is incredibly important. Yes, every single byler moment has an impact on Mike, and Mike has an impact on it because they are BYLER moments. Yes, Mike will have a lot of significant moments - with Will AND on his own - in s5 because his arc deserves and needs as much attention as Will's in order to execute byler endgame in a satisfying way.
No, none of these facts negate Will's importance or take away from his story. If anything, they add to it because Mike and Will's arcs are corresponding and intertwined.
Mike's struggles
To name a few
Dysfunctional family
Has been bullied his entire life
Extreme self worth issues
Inferiority complex
Hero complex
Lack of self preservation
Suicidal ideation (has been on display since SEASON ONE)
Internalized homophobia
To get this out of the way: Mike's internalized homophobia is allowed to be discussed. Discussion of it is not the dismissal of Will's internalized homophobia. Surprise surprise, two queer kids in the 80s have internalized homophobia! Who'd'a thunk it?! Their internalized homophobia presents in different ways but it is there for both of them. I personally relate to the way Mike's is portrayed way more than I relate to Will's. So why is it that we can't discuss it without being accused of erasing Will's experience? Or without people saying that we're "copy and pasting" Will's story? Because quite frankly, that feels dismissive of my - and likely many others' - real and lived experience. So please for the love of all things that are good just stop with this talking point because it will never hold up.
Moving on
I'm not gonna do a full breakdown of all of Mike's issues. Because contrary to popular belief, there are a lot. And that would be exhausting and I'd get carried away and it's not the point of this post. The point of this post is to defend the acknowledgement and mere existence of them.
If you're a byler that for some reason thinks Mike only exists to be Will's love interest and his trophy as compensation for his trauma, let me ask you this: Have you considered how awful it would be to have a queer character's individuality and emotional depth completely ignored for the sake of focusing on the queer character that "really matters"?
If Mike's own issues, with his queer identity and otherwise, aren't thoroughly explored... What's the point of all this? If Mike really is insignificant in this storyline and his individuality has no effect on it.. where's the emotional payoff? If his perspective doesn't matter... Why have the writers gone to such great lengths to ensure we don't have that piece of the puzzle yet?
Analyzing Mike and understanding Mike is very important to understanding byler. Once again, I think it's crazy that this needs to be said.
I also think it's important to note that characters can have similar struggles. There's no rule against that. Just like real life. Characters having similar struggles is not a bad thing, and acknowledging that their struggles are similar is not dismissive of either character. We're talking about STRANGER THINGS. Jonathan and Nancy's thing is "we've got shared trauma". They have literal matching scars. Shared experiences are some of the main building blocks for this show's romances. Byler has a TON of shared experience, basically their entire lives. We already know that. So wouldn't it be so beautiful for them to learn that they've been struggling with the same thing this whole time? That the entire time they felt alone in what they were going through when really they had each other and they never even knew it? Wouldn't it be so beautiful for Mike's acceptance of Will and Will's love for him was also a step toward accepting himself? Wouldn't it be beautiful for Will to learn that his love makes Mike feel like he's not a mistake? None of that would be in the realm of possibility if Mike didn't have emotional depth and if his individuality wasn't important.
And that leads me to my concluding point...
A satisfying execution of byler endgame hinges on Mike's individual emotional arc being handled well
God I hope this isn't controversial to say. I sincerely hope most people haven't forgotten that.
Here's a hypothetical:
Imagine season five has been released. You're watching it, and you notice that Mike has been relegated to just a supporting character for Will. We don't get any of his perspective. We don't get any explanation for his s3 and early s4 behavior. His breakup with El doesn't have any real tangible effect on him, it's really just used for El's character development. We never see him pining for Will like we saw Will pining for him. And then suddenly Mike is learning about the painting and then suddenly he's confessing his love and then suddenly byler is canon and official.
Now wouldn't that just be awful? Wouldn't that be unfair to the audience, to Mike, and to Will? For us to never learn just how much Mike had to go through to even be able to say it out loud? For Mike to never get the chance to prove to himself through word and action that he is the heart? For Will to never get an explanation for why things did get so "weird" between them? It would leave us with one big, nagging question: What was the point of everything Mike has said and done throughout the entire show if his conclusion is that lackluster?
Disregarding Mike for a moment (I know that's incredibly ironic given what the entire point of this is but just bear with me) - how would that be a satisfying conclusion for Will? I mean, Will's s4 arc was basically dedicated to showcasing his struggle with his sexuality and with his love for Mike. We were shown just how deep that love is. We were shown how patient, unselfish, unwavering, and beautiful that love is. So how would it be satisfying for Mike's love for him to not be shown with just as much depth? How would it be satisfying for Mike to just be a one dimensional character whose s5 arc is essentially "break up with girlfriend, wait to find out best friend is in love with him, say he loves him back, then they live happily ever after"? I think Will deserves for his love to be returned with the same intensity at which he gives it. And I think it should be clear to the audience and to Will himself.
Back to Mike!
Mike has been through so much shit. I don't think anyone that is denying that actually believes he hasn't been through shit. Because you'd actually have to watch the show on mute and with your eyes closed to think this kid hasn't had just the worst time. It's so ignorant to act as if this stuff hasn't affected him. There's stuff we've seen but there's stuff we also haven't seen. There are issues he has that date back to his childhood pre-canon. Just like Will, Mike has been a queer kid growing up in 80s smalltown conservative america. Acknowledging the pain he 100% carries because of that is so important. His perspective has been withheld from us, not because it's unimportant, but because it's the final puzzle piece. If we had Mike's perspective in s4, byler wouldn't be a "will they won't they" (even though we all know they will). If we got his perspective in s4, byler would be a "100% certain without a doubt they will". But the thing about his perspective is that it's so much more than just loving Will. It's fear. It's pain. It's insecurity. It's doubt. It's the belief that his happiness just doesn't matter all that much. All of that has to be explored. All of that has to be laid out in the open for us in order for byler endgame to feel earned. Mike's emotional payoff will lead to byler's emotional payoff.
Mike has known he loves Will. In s5 we will see him make a deliberate and active effort to overcome the things keeping him from doing something about it. And then he will do something about it.
And so when it finally happens. When both Mike and Will finally know that their feelings are requited, and when their arcs end with us knowing that they will face whatever life has in store for them together, that will feel earned. That will feel like the logical conclusion for both of them. Not just for Mike. Not just for Will. For both.
And Mike is just as important to that conclusion as Will is.
And one last thing...
Some people are going to talk about Mike more. Some people are going to talk about Will more. Because newsflash, people have preferences. Some people just relate to Mike more, or they find his emotional arc extremely compelling, or they just like him. It isn't an attack on Will or any other character. No one is saying Mike is more important than any other character (I'm sure there are people that say that but they are a vocal minority and they are simply wrong). We are just saying that he is important. If you wanna engage in media analysis, please understand that "main character" or "central character" does not mean "only important character" and "only character that should be analyzed". If you wanna talk about Will and only Will, that's fine. But you don't get to act like people that talk about other characters are doing a disservice to your fave, because that's not how any of this works.
#mike defenders i need you to back me up on this#i hope my points come across well#anyway#the way people have been talking about mike lately is so infuriating#its called BYLER analysis because its the analysis of BYLER the ship involving will AND mike#st fandom consistently proving that they have absolutely no idea how fandom works#its almost like people wanna talk about things they care about and you dont get to tell them to shut up#if you dont wanna see people talking about mike you can just mute tags about him#but if you dont wanna talk about mike youre missing a huge part of the byler puzzle and thats your loss#please just let people discuss whatever they want to discuss as long as its not ACTUALLY harmful#sometimes i think y'all are allergic to fun#byler#mike wheeler#mike wheeler analysis#will byers#< this is about him too#byler analysis#byler endgame#stranger things
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Okay, people. I need to soapbox for a hot minute.
My favorite fandom worlds are imploding on their own people, and itās fucking ridiculous.
1) Lockwood and Co.
I hate to point this out, but Iām gonna anyway. There is no Locklyle WRITTEN ship in the books. There is an implied ship. The author confirmed that it was intentionally implied. But it wasnāt written. So you know what? There is NO canon ship.
You know what that means? People can ship whomever the fuck they want without ābreaking canonā. If you write Locklyle, fine. But that makes you no better than people who are enjoying other ships. And even then, itās a fandom. Itās imaginary shit. The way to keep the fandom alive and thrive is to NOT PUBLICALLY CASTIGATE AND PUT DOWN other shippers and their ideas, works, or conversations. If you do that, itās YOU who is poisoning the fandom.
2) Stray Kids
Holy fuck, people! Canāt we all just be adults?
a) Do not attack people who interact with our boys in a professional capacity. Itās not helpful to the group to give them a reputation for having an out of control fanbase. It could cause their opportunities become limited just because others are scared that Stay may get offended by something.
b) If you donāt want to support the new song, donāt. Donāt buy it. Donāt stream it. Donāt get it off of a secondary site just because you can listen without supporting the collaboration.
DO keep your choices to yourself. Your choices are not supposed to apply to other Stay. We can make our own decisions. Other Stay are not lesser, wrong, unethical, Zionists, pro-genecide or any other thing you want to call them. They are simply supporting SKZ their own chosen way.
In closing, this is simple. Do what you want for yourself. Stop thinking your decision has any bearing on other people. Your ego is showing. You arenāt that fucking special. Check yourself.
Thank you.
*steps down*
#lockwood and co#stray kids#fanfic#shipping#shippers#skz#collaberation#controversy#fandom#out of control#everyone can decide for themselves#you are not a gawd#just stop#act like an adult#be kind#be reasonable#check yourself#check your ego#let people enjoy things#let people live#let people have fun#donāt be an asshole#leave people alone#donāt like it donāt read it#keep your nose out of other peopleās business#different opinions#go touch grass#l&co#stay#skz stay
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if I hear one more person say that Vik is ace Iām gonna go jump off a cliff (read the tags if u want a rant)
#We love ace rep but trust me that boy is NOT ace#I raise you heimerdinger#Or like-anyone else#Other than like vi or cait#Be so fr with me#Wdym āwait a minute this isnāt my bedroomā guy isnāt ace#And donāt come at me like āwell technically thatās not what ace means blah blahā#I know#BUT Christian whatshisface talking about Viktor being ace comes out of disliking people shipping jayvik#And in that is homophobia#And we donāt want representation born out of hate right?#We can talk about the complex relationship of headcanoning jinx as ace and ableism all day long#āAmbessas ace but uses it as a power playāthatās a fun take letās talk#āAce vanderā āace silcoā Iām listening#Ace Viktor feels like itās born of homophobia and ableism#Maybe thatās just my take#Idk man#but with the infantilization iāve already seen of him? Because heās disabled and introverted???#Thereās a difference between being shy and introverted and neither have to do with asexuality or being infantilized#And sure there ARE introverted or shy characters who are ace#Yes#but also some of the freakiest people I know are also the quietest#also Viktor just screams that kinda energy to me and seeing him as ace just feels weird#Please donāt fight me#If you can give me a reason to call him ace not based in infantilization and homophobia go tf ahead I donāt give a shit what you headcanon#As long as weāre not promoting hate yall#Be so fr#āI see myself in Viktor and Iām ace so I headcanon him as aceā real as fuck carry on#āI think viktors ace cuz heās so quiet and cute and soft and never would like that kinda thingā did we watch the same show be so fr with me#viktor arcane
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It's almost midnight but idc. After the week I've had all I want to do is curl up on them and fall asleep lol
Proshippers/adjacent dni. 100000 shark attack š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦ also Zooble self ship doubles dni
#self ship community#self ship#f/o x s/i#safeship#safeshipping#safeship community#tadc#the amazing digital circus#tadc zooble#tadc self ship#yeah. 3 days in a row of paranoia so bad it's making me physically ill š#also think today it's started making my hair fall out so. that's great š#first it was about people secretly hating me and making fun of me behind my back for treating my self ship like it's real#today it's about people thinking I'm annoying and stupid#can my brain let me have like. one good day this week PLS#also having paranoia about other stuff but those were the main things#I'm so exhausted man. I just want to be in Zooble's arms right now is that too much to ask </3#OKAY WOW I did not mean for that to get venty sorry about that lol#as you can see it has been A week for me lol
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i was thinking about that ask i received the other day and how uncharacteristically upset the topic had made me when i usually just think "mh. gross!" and move on, and after mulling it over a while i realized it wasn't about the topic at all, it was the ask itself that freaked me out. i've mentioned sporadically before (for obvious reasons lol) that i used to be involved in fandom discourse when i was younger and that!! fucked me up quite a lot. between exacerbating my ocd and straight up getting cyber stalked (i almost feel guilty using that word, like i don't deserve it but. yeah that is 100% what happened to me), the topic is something I have very complex and personal opinions on but that i hate talking about in public because it still sets off my fight or flight response.
i know some people in the fandom are like "let me know if i ever rb someone who wrote/drew gross stuff" and that's entirely their choice and i respect it. but for the record, i am not one of these people. please, for the love of god, i am asking this genuinely do NOT come into my DMs about this, I don't want to know. assume I'm either living in blissful ignorance or my blacklist already covers me quite nicely & i wanna keep it that way. i vastly prefer the discomfort of stumbling into something unprepared and deciding what to do about it on my own, to the utter pit of dread i get whenever i open a message that starts with "hey just so you know-". i have blocked multiple people in the past over it. i WILL block more. be warned.
[note. this doesn't apply to people who have either hurt or behaved inappropriately with other members of the fandom, or spread bigotry and discrimination like racists and transphobes. please do let me know in those cases]
does this make sense? idk I'm kinda feverish you guys figure it out. I'm going to sleep.
#word from the wise for anyone peering into the jaws of discourse. there are only 2 types of people you can trust on their opinions on it#they are 1) people who have never heard of ship discourse like. at all. and 2) people who know too much about it#and with that i mean people who started off at one end of the discourse ricochetted to the other side and then came out#objectively refusing to associate with any of it. because they Know. that whatever issue lies at the heart of it is never gonna get resolve#with the way that discourse is conducted. and that the problems will never truly be fixed. and even then#you should take three or four of them at once from different starting and ending points and let them talk it out together first#because they all came from different point of views the others could've missed#i cannot WARN YOU ENOUGH. you do not want to be the second type. don't fall in#block who you wanna block and be kind any time you can. most people aren't inherently evil & that's a weird thing to assume about someone#and for the love if god stop fucking beefing with teenagers online#that is all you need to know about this. go have fun#i haveee so many fucking. thoughts about this topic i genuinely think i could have (and have had! seriously!) constructive discussions on i#about what would be helpful and what needs to be changed and what people get wrong. but it's always in private. because of the horrors#anyway shipping wars veteran discounts when
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I miss the days where I could just ship characters in peace and not have to be constantly arguing with:
1) people who are mad at me for shipping something that "isn't canon"
2) fellow shippers who are mad at me for not caring if my ship is Canon or not
Shipping and Fandoms are supposed to be fun and don't have to be so interconnected to the source material that the only thing that matters is that they are canon. Just let people be and have fun!!!!
#im so tired of shipping discoirse lately#just let people have fun#that's what fandoms are supposed to be#stranger things#byler#mileven#911#911 fox#buddie#buck and eddie#ted lasso#jaime roy keeley#roy x jamie x keeley#ot3#tedbecca#sambecca#just a few off the top of my head#tumblr#fandom#shipping
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what if i loved you so much it broke your religious facade?
emma undoomed norman from the narrative while jayce doomed himself along with viktor, either way they stay together no matter what (PEOPLE BE MAKING SHIPS LIKE THIS AND THEN THEY DONT EVEN KISS WHAT)
#itās always the ships that people say theyāre sibling coded too šš#like their love transcends familial platonic and romantic#BUT I STILL WANNA SHIP THEM! LET ME HAVE MY FUN GOD.#(as long as itās not a proship itās not hurting anyone!)#arcane#arcane season 2#viktor arcane#jayvik#the promised neverland#norman tpn#noremma#IM SORRY I KEEP COMPARING NORMAN WITH DIFFERENT CHARACTERS#I JUST LOVE HIM SM IM ALWAYS CONNECTING THINGS TO HIM šš#iām normal now
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"nothingburger ship" man who give a fuck let people ship who they want
#shipping discourse#shipping culture#i get so tired of hearing āthey had no interactionā or āthey havent interacted since xā#ābut they have nothing in common and x ship is actually cannonā so whattt#i see two characters with good vibes i mash them together like dolls#who cares if theyve ever interacted#why are we hating on other people's fun#let me be clear also#this blog is#proship#idgaf who you're shipping so long as its properly tagged#ive seen a lot of talk lately about ships āwinningā in canon bc they have more interactions#and its just so exhausting#nobody cares#let people enjoy things#this isnt about any fandom in particular#ive seen several different iterations of this nonsense from various fandoms#okay im done
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Crazy how I just saw someone calling sefikura "romanticized abuse and nothing more" in the year of our lord 2024
Like....... tell me you don't understand what the ship is about without telling me you don't understand what the ship is about
Also I don't think op is going to see this because they said they hate this ship but if u somehow do: please don't interact and just move onš if u have any rebuttals I honestly don't wanna hear them
#like you can dislike a ship. you can even think its toxic#you can even think its shippers are bad people (which is also a little ehhh but personal opinions and boundaries)#but this fandom has enough ship negativity as it is can u#can u just let people have fun#like u dont have to slander all the shippers by saying u want them out of the fandom entirely#not saying op is a bad person but its so easy to just not say things like thay#also we all know it would be toxic in canon??? hence why there are aus and fix-its and shit#plus its just interesting to explore#i dont think enjoying toxic ships is bad but thats a whole other can of worms#(and before u say anything im not a proshipper. i have lines)#sefikura
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why is there such a notable amount of toxicity toward sunstone on my dashboard so frequently? isn't shipping supposed to be about having fun? :(
i see people generalizing the entire sunstone community as this one person they saw mischaracterizing the characters a few times as if other ships don't do the same thing? it's not common but not abnormal to see. shipping requires whatever imagination the artist desires!!
where's your joy? where's your whimsy? clank clank as i make the fictional robots kiss like barbie dolls
this fandom needs more positivity!!!
#sorry for the rant it's just actually starting to upset me at this point#will probably delete later#but like why can't we just let people be happy? and have fun?#i used to think this was the least toxic shipping fandom I've been in#i just wish we could all have a good time without throwing shade at things other people enjoy#I'm going to keep doing my best to spread nothing but positivity in this shipping fandom#even if I'm not met with that same kindness in return
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youāll never catch me bashing Haladriel supporters because my favorite ship in the silm fandom is literally two war criminal cousins.
#let people have their fun#we know our ship make no sense#trop season 2#haladriel#listen#I love my russingon best of friends but also#madly and tragically in love#two things can be true#deep lore discussions are fun#but let us be silly#galadriel x halbrand#galadriel x sauron#halbrand
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because apparently it bears repeating:
No ship/character bashing on this blog! Youāre just tempting me to write exactly that content out of spite.
#and no bashing of a character does not include making them morally gray/evil in a prompt jfc#and no I do not want to talk about how this ship is wrong this is FICTIONAL just let people have fun pls#yeah there are some things I myself do not read usually but if I come across it anyway Iāll just back away quietly and let others have fun#please letās just be respectful of one another#if you wish to avoid certain content just filter the appropriate tag#saying this again because some people drop by my ask box with.. not nice things to say about ships etc#safe space enforcer#ghost talks
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talked w/ a friend about this and wanted to post something similar yesterday after a convo i saw also
about people criticizing ttcc / ttcc fans for just... being cog fans? being cog centric? usually coming from people who only like the toons.
and everyone likes what they like! it's okay! but saying that people who like the cogs are horrible and support the bad things they do, is just blatantly wrong. i thought we knew that enjoying villainous and morally Bad / grey characters is... okay? it doesn't mean you support what they do. it's interesting to explore these topics.
i've seen many people just... paint anyone who likes the cogs as horrible because they're "apologists of x and y" and... i dunno. rubs me the wrong way! you do have a point and recognize the cogs do bad things, but liking them as characters means nothing about who you are as a person.
and this is not to say that people who are in toontown for the toons are bad. hell! they are right this IS toontown. i may be on the cog liker side but i like the toons! maybe ocs more than the npcs - mostly because i like my friends and the sheer creativity the toons can bring out!!
SO what i wanna say... i dunno. let's not point fingers...? let's have fun in a goofy cartoon game together??? also complaining about people liking VILLAIN ROBOTS on TUMBLR is kind of funny to me. do you realize where you are. but then again a lot of this i see on discord and in-game as well since i avoid things on tumblr... i am a sensitive little fella i avoid misty fight bc of One Really mean "Critic" guy i saw there and i have been shivering in my bootsies since. so you get me
but like yes ttcc is more cog centric but... that's okay? things could be written better and i still wanna speak on it, and i do thing the toons deserve attention and better writing... but the fact it focuses on the cogs isn't... bad? if you don't like how con centric it is you can go play ttr...? god forbid people have fun and explore the villain's side of things...? i'm not saying either toontown server is better or worse than the other... and everyone can like their own things!!
but like... people will just like the cogs and that's okay and it doesn't make you bad. let's all be friends okay? both sides may be going at each other's necks in-game and the cogs in fact do horrible things - but it's what makes them fun, and it gives the toons things to do in the game!! but we don't gotta !!!!!!!! i may be really sarcastic and sometimes mean in private but like that's me just privately sassing, deep down i think people should just... y'know..? enjoy things.
so yea that's the guzma / cathal thought of today. toon people cog people both people are all awesome as fuck and you keep doing what you're doing i love you toontown isn't toontown without you
#anyways omg god forbid ppl are cog kissers on the robot kissing website /silly#but like!! tt/r may not be for everyone and tt/cc may not be for everyone and THATS OK!! ur not gonna like everything!!#like i accepted tt/r isnt for me but its mostly bc they dont show cog health specifically and i struggle with these things but !! i#heard they are updating that so i might be able to play without getting bored / frustrated again ^^ i havent played properly in yeaaaars#i will still prefer clash bc fixation and?? i LIKE ROBOBTS....!#but tewtow is tewtow its all swag. the least toony thing u can do is bully someone for Liking Robobt. be niceys#like ya i admit im not perfect i also dont like people andhave so much one sided beef and i am sensitive to so many things and i complain#in private but at the end of the day its to make myself feel better and i KNOW to not engage and look away and work on feeling better#bc this stuff does Heehoo upset me bc Mental Health Probulem. but i know everyone should and can do their own thing and have fun#i may complain about (redacted ship) all the time and i dont get it at all but...? bro... just have fun... be free. im not here to stop you#im just not gonna interact as i should. good for both of us! joyous world! happy that ur happy!!!!#why complain abt ppl just Enjoying Cogs like that though................................................ do you not like fun#this is not at anyone specific#my friend did show me tags of a post anonymously#and i vague a person whos name i dont know ingame like A YEAR AGO#and a convo what happened in a server a while back. but its not anyone specific i just wanted to like. speak my thoughts#lets be frense... and if not thats okay lets not argue either then we all stay in our lanes
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