#like do y'all hear yourselves???

[woolandcoffee]

Hot take? The venn diagram between people who genuinely love Rings of Power because they think it is righting the sins of the original text and the people who are still die hard Harry Potter fans is in fact a perfect circle.

[thetwstwildcard]

Oh right I'm sorry, I forgot you need to have a cactus on your forehead to be #trulymexican🇲🇽🦅🐍🌮🌯 (is this a joke my family makes whenever someone forcibly speaks spanish to me or my dad even when we speak in English? Yes.)

Twisted Wonderland english fandom try not to cause drama!! (failed + impossible) 🙀

It really doesn't surprise me that this person decided to bring this matter on anonymous but let me indulge you and others who think like you.

Alright, it seems this anon is really bothered by me "using" mexican culture for my twst mc shenanigans.

First of all, I have not used any culture as an "aesthetic" nor I want to be "quirky mexican girl" to make myself more interesting, I've grown my whole life on México and by that logic I am mexican. surprise 😱!!

Second of all, I don't now what's the problem with my mc having a light tone of skin (my mc is basically based off of me), México it's greatly known for the wide variety of people, there's shapes, sizes, colors, lifestyles...everything is diverse and that's what makes it interesting!

Remember...México ≠ dark skin

It's pretty weird to be the fact that you don't think my mc looks "mexican" enough just because of the skin color.

Next time I guess I'll add a sombrero and some tacos so you don't get confused, ayaya😍🌮!!1!1! #Mexicore!!

Third and last thing...twst en fandom GET IT TOGETHER ALREADY WAKE UP, WAKE THE FUCK UP... IT'S ALREADY TIME TO OPEN THE EYES ‼️

It's seems the main problem in the fandom has always been the way people represent their MC's (gender and cultures being the main things that people attack for literally no reason)...guys please, leave the people alone for good. All of us love Twisted Wonderland and the fandom is getting bigger by the second, let's make this community comfortable for everyone and anyone.

ALL MCS ARE VALID!!

Please don't attack people just because they choose what makes them comfortable.

[theotterpenguin]

there’s a post floating around here claiming that sokka is the only person keeping the atla kids alive and it very much reminded me of how the labor that women perform is often undervalued and overlooked. (and this post is not meant to be targeted towards op at all, but rather is speaking towards a general trend that i’ve noticed in the atla fandom)

i recently rewatched atla and it’s surprised me that the fandom interpretation is that only sokka is worried about the group’s lack of food/money, particularly in book 1, because katara worries over the exact same things and is usually the one backing up sokka. in “the warriors of kyoshi,” sokka reminds aang that they need to make it to the northern water tribe soon and stop making pitstops, and katara agrees with him. when they stop at kyoshi island, katara reminds aang multiple times that it’s risky to stay in one place for too long. in “the waterbending scroll,” sokka worries over how little money they have left after aang wastes money on a bison whistle, so katara takes charge of keeping track of the money instead, and she also reminds aang that they need to practice waterbending, not focus on having fun. in “the storm,” katara realizes they’re out of food and says they need to go to the market, then sokka gets a job so they’ll have more money for food. in “the king of omashu” and “the deserter,” sokka worries that aang will be discovered, and katara agrees so she suggests that they wear disguises. in “the cave of two lovers,” sokka says they need to focus on getting to omashu without getting sidetracked, and katara agrees. in “avatar day,” sokka and katara buy food/supplies together while aang waits for them. 

despite sokka being seen as the pragmatic sibling, both katara and sokka are pretty united in their practicality and trying to keep their mission on track. katara only makes exceptions on a couple occasions when she values standing up against injustice even more than sticking to the plan, such as freeing the imprisoned earthbenders or helping the fire nation village as the painted lady. and the way that i've seen people use katara’s passion for social justice as a way to argue that she’s “irresponsible” seems a bit disingenuous considering that she sees it as a moral duty to help people in need (and let alone everything else she does on the day-to-day to help the group).

(“the library” is in fact the only episode in the entire show that i can remember where katara disagrees with sokka and says there’s no harm in having some fun in their downtime. and as soon as sokka finds out about the existence of the library he’s also fine with taking a break from their mission lol. despite what the fandom thinks, it’s not the norm).

and while there’s a lot of focus on sokka’s mapping/planning skills, there’s also so much that katara does so much behind the scenes that isn’t as explicitly acknowledged. “the chase” tells us that katara, aang, and sokka all contribute pretty equally to setting up their camp while traveling. in “jet” they all help pack up camp, in “the great divide” sokka sets up their tent, katara collects firewood, and aang gathers food. and yet even though they all seem to contribute pretty equally to setting up camp, we are shown so many scenes of katara doing extra chores while the others are preoccupied with something else. in “the southern air temple,” katara packs up their supplies while sokka is sleeping, then again packs up everything while sokka’s eating the food momo gave him. “the warriors of kyoshi” episode implies katara is the only one mending everyone’s clothes, and while sokka is getting his ass kicked training with the kyoshi warriors and aang is entertaining his fan girls, katara is shopping for food and supplies.

in “the painted lady,” the group all goes shopping for food together, but it’s katara who cooks dinner for everyone (shown twice in this episode). in “the runaway,” katara’s at camp cooking for everyone while they’re off tricking a gambler to make more money. sokka, aang, and toph buy food/supplies, then leave them with katara to sort out while they go have fun in the village (and sokka gets to buy his messenger hawk). and katara’s the one seen as a “buzzkill” for worrying about their safety. this pattern continues in “the western air temple” and “the firebending masters” where we see katara cooking and serving food to the group, but there aren’t scenes of them doing other chores.

and of course, “the desert” is an entire episode dedicated to katara keeping the group alive. and that’s not even to mention the countless amount of emotional support that she gives to her friends, often putting other people’s needs above her own. sure, katara might not be the person with the map or the master plan, but that doesn’t mean her contributions are any less important.

sokka’s character arc involves growing into a strong leader and strategist, so it makes sense that the fandom often likes to focus on the moments that go into building this arc, the moments where he does take the lead and is responsible. but for katara? it’s just something required of her and of most female characters. taking on extra responsibilities is something to be admired in men, but just expected of women. 

and to be clear, i’m not saying that sokka is not responsible, he definitely is. i just find it interesting that some parts of this fandom have a skewed perception of katara’s role in the group, often claiming her to be the “irresponsible” or “immature” sibling while poor, exhausted Dad!Sokka™ is the only one keeping these silly kids alive. sokka and katara both had to grow up too fast, they’re both kids who are very mature for their age and took on adult responsibilities far too young (though in different ways). acknowledging the sacrifices katara made and the labor she took on to take care of others isn’t diminishing sokka’s character arc, it’s something he even admits in the show himself. and i love their relationship because even with such a complicated family dynamic, it’s so clear how much they love and support each other.

[kuruk]

do tumblrinas and twitter lgbts forget what the real world is like actually. I guess because all topics have already been covered and it's assumed we're all on the same page about other realer issues but the bi girls with boyfriends topic is so overblown it's more people complaining about people being bitches towards bi women dating men than people actually being rude about those women.. I've seen like 20 different unspecific posts about it already just the vague idea of these bitchy as fuck lesbians getting passed around after a handful of people expressed bad opinions a few times. I'm not sure if people realize how their biases show through that because if they're aiming to fight against a certain perceived prejudice it means they're automatically just in doing so. but it's not a real widespread issue and even if it was it's still more of a matter of hurt feelings and insecurity than genuine hatred and bigotry that would affect anyone in the real world any further than feeling bad about yourself after reading a rude post. which yes it's rude of course but what is all of this for what is the obsession? it's insulting sorry it's rude to automatically do this every pride it's overcorrecting for an issue with a minority of lesbians.

when I got my first boyfriend after my parents previously thought I was a lesbian for years I was suddenly treated much better and during that period my dad stopped beating me because he saw more hope for my future. and yeah of course he didn't see me as bisexual because he didn't believe in that but I was treated better than I had been before because I now had a boyfriend and had more worth and was deserving of my place in society. so I don't know it feels so tone deaf for this to be the one big issue getting talked about every fucking year like as if bisexual women's greatest enemies are online lesbians you think are bitchy, when I'm sure that's not at all their biggest problem or even an issue that makes the list at all. like either you're just talking to talk and you wanna make a rebloggable post or you're trying to alleviate your own insecurities and guilt by claiming there's this overwhelming hatred for you and your boyfriend coming from dykes that just isn't there. and if that prejudice is there on such a scale then this is still a very uncompassionate and misguided reaction lacking empathy that doesn't make sense coming from people who sling words like dykefag around like it's nothing

[longsightmyth]

"Not liking the end of frozen 2 seems like the pipeline to white supremacy"

Listen I don't wanna type my rant about this again so just have a screenshot

[flying-cat]

why are trump supporters all Like That

[theladygazingatemptiness]

dudes be like "consenting to sex is consenting to having a child!! if you don't want a baby just keep your legs closed!! also it's unconstitutional and unjust that we have to pay child support"

[xhopsalong]

If you're a mutual I've chatted with on Discord or even just here on Tumblr, I'm just makin a scattershot announcement that I'm having some increasingly serious health issues in part based on the stress of my living situation and so if I drop off the face of the earth it truly was nothing personal and I've had a good time chatting with the lot of you.

Not trying to be majorly alarming just planning for the worst while hoping for something better. If you see me keep posting it means I'm continuing to improve my situation, which *does* have if not an end date at least the chance to work for something more sustainable and not frankly at times nightmarish. If not, it's been real. Had some of the most chill times of my life with some of y'all over the past few years, as well as many genuinely enjoyable casual convos. Hope everyone keeps finding stuff to enjoy about the world.

[novemberthewriter]

something something maybe it's just bc i grew in both big and small fandoms so i'm used to varying levels of engagement but i find it rly weird when people's main motivation to write fic is other people's approval. like ofc we all want ppl to look at our art but some of y'all put wayyyy too much stock into other people? why are you not writing for YOU

[madamtrashbat]

Me, staring into the vacuous abyss that is Twitter

[futuregws]

I do think that Lando and Magui are together in Finland. Martin has posted a story about Porsche and Magui has just followed one of the guys in the picture 🤷🏼‍♀️ Finland is cold, guy has to have someone keeping him warm at night.

He has Martin for that don't worry

[fratboykate]

twitter loves to show me topical things on my "for you" so...apropos of my last ask...accurate as fuck.

think of it like this, the "customer service voice" joke/trope/stereotype/whatever you want to call it is real. if you work in a front facing career, you put on a persona when you're at your job and dealing with customers. fans are a celebrity's "clients". they use their "customer service voice" aka a fake, professional persona on you and y'all have somehow believed that's the real them.

sometimes you're no better than the guys who think servers are flirting with them because they're nice while taking their order. THEYRE TRYING TO GET YOU TO SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING IT'S LITERALLY THEIR JOB TO BE NICE TO YOU DOESNT MEAN THEY GIVE A FUCK. stop acting like they do. stop basing your entire personalities and sense of self-worth around famous folks and saying shit like "this is my comfort person" or "this person saved me" when you quite literally don't know them. not really. you never will. and if you ever do meet the real them, nine times out of ten you'll be wildlyyyyyy disappointed.

[revasnaslan]

love going into crit tags and finding references to posts that are the most buckwild

[mieczyhale]

why are people so against bruno having ocd??

“he’s just superstitious! he thinks he’s bad luck so he’s superstitious! he internalized peoples opinions of him and it made him do rituals to fight off bad luck. i just dont think he has ocd uwu”

[memento-mariii]

Taking "purity culture" and putting it on the list of words to put away on the top shelf until internet users actually learn what it means

saying "acknowledge racism in the things you like" will have people saying things

[leftmysoulbythesideoftheroad]

maybe i'm doing that "good old days" thing but i swear there was a time when adults didn't throw hissy fits about the things teenagers say. because we're adults and we can understand that children will say anything. i really think this is one of those things we get from letting children plaster their names and faces all over the internet. online adults are starting to act like kids should be fully informed on every issue and have perfectly mature responses to criticism. even that adults should be criticizing random kids. maybe if you find yourself complaining about children online like. take a breath, remember you're a goddamn adult, and log off for a while.