#making the fandom a better place

[anasten27]

Spit it out. Tell them. They’re here for you. Keeping it inside is killing you.

[imclou]

can't believe fnaf brought me out of art hibernation man what a turn of events

[nyxi-pixie]

actually incredibly funny to me that ranpos entire thing centres on how his intelligence is not because of an ability or any other great thing, its just him. hes entirely, completely, inarguably human. and Yet, when it comes to dazai, so many people are Desperate that there just Has to be another explanation. his intelligence cant just be that hes unusual, no it must be a marker of separation, of difference so great it disallows the reality of his humanity.

[ozarkthedog]

a massive thank you to all the Pedro Pascal gif makers 🙏🏻

[turtledotjpeg]

@hxhbigbang24 time!!

I drew for this fic which made me SAD and also made my HEART WARM!! I will not say too much to avoid spoiling future chapters, but I illustrated a few moments from this scene near the end of the story that I loved!

[ripplestitchskein]

Agree with all of this. This specific gripe was really more like “as a consumer I like these things and I’m not getting them and it makes me sad” than a “the show is failing me” kinda thing just to make that a bit clearer than my initial “I am at work and I don’t want to be so I’ll make a bummer post on Tumblr instead” original post.

But definitely “playing it cool, it’s not any deeper than that” is his side of their whole vibe, or it was until it came to this point in the narrative where Blitz has a decision to either start putting forth that effort and expressing his interest explicitly, as clumsily and unsure as he will be about it, for as long as it will inevitably take, as he works through it, or to shutter it and push it down and lose Stolas forever (which would be disappointing to me and I’d feel like the show failed more than a bit in that regard but I’m not in any way worried about that outcome at this point).

Your addition is exactly what I meant by from a practical production perspective, it’s easier to convey that Blitz is denying his feelings and pushing them down if those indications: blushing, fidgeting, being awestruck, come during moments of vulnerability to visually show the audience everything isn’t what it seems on the surface. Just like how they show with dialogue that what he says isn’t always what he feels like his whole conversation with Fizz in the cage.

If Blitz isn’t visibly attracted to him, except in moments where the situation has him drop his guard either because he is surprised and can’t mask up fast enough, under the influence, or overwhelmed to the point he can no longer control himself and has to physically cover his face, it shows the audience that he IS hiding his feelings. Apology Tour really drove this home, he couldn’t stop himself from crying even though he made the rage expression he uses to replace his actual feelings on his face, and he has to pull the hood down to cover himself completely because he can’t mask up.

This difference in reaction is definitely a deliberate choice, and it’s a good one don’t get me wrong. Like it’s even reflected in Better Than Blitz guy being demonstrative and complimentary to Stolas, and basically “winning” that encounter. It’s a thread I do expect closure on based on the setup. Blitz will be a bit more explicit in his appreciation we’re just not there yet. The entire premise of Blitz “turning around” being such a big theme for them is that he’s not doing it because he doesn’t care, he’s doing it because he super fucking does and he doesn’t want to be Perceived. So it is narratively consistent and necessary.

This sadness and jealousy is honestly purely my impatience, being a huge fan of this relationship and also a person who is really sensitive to what I perceive as an imbalance. I’ve also spent a lot of time recently working on a dumb one shot that got out of hand where Blitz, internally, is extremely thirsty and I was just struck by how rarely we see that in the show. Like I said, for good reason but it’s so looooong ugh.

It might just be where my head is at today, it’s been a rough few weeks, and I might be forgetting other examples, but I do feel a little saddened or like disappointed I guess (?) that yet again we have Blitz reacting more strongly visibly or dialogue wise to a character other than Stolas when it comes to like pure physical attraction. We have Seeing Stars but I struggle to remember any other moment where Blitz blushed or indicated in anyway he found Stolas attractive. Even descriptionally “He’s tall as shit” or when he dresses up for the date and Blitz is like “You went kinda overboard” instead of showing any appreciation for Stolas’s physical appearance. Apology Tour is full of looks but more of a reverence and feelings realization sort, which don’t get me wrong is very much greater than a physical attraction, but I still want like some indicator from Blitz that he does in fact find Stolas physically attractive? Blitz obviously enjoys having sex with him, and he is jealous of Better Than Blitz guy and like Apology Tour as a whole is a lot on the looks front, so we have a lot of narrative evidence and inferred details but actual explicit attraction cues are just lacking for me personally and I was hit with like a weird jealousy about it immediately watching the short.

I think practically it comes down to the character hiding his feelings, from himself and others, like how he took the picture of them cuddling in contrast to all the ones Stolas has of him looking away, so having the character visibly react in a noticeable way might be harder to sell that aspect of their miscommunication conflict.

Doesn’t mean I don’t want it though and it just kind of made me a lil sad thinking about it today.

[dollypopup]

thinking about how book!Colin was more than just a traveler. more than just a wanderer. he was an explorer. like sure, the first few times, it's basically just a study abroad. he's on a grand tour like lots of people did back in the 1800s to educate themselves on art and culture of the western world, but after the typical places- Greece, Italy, France, Colin keeps traveling. He travels for an entire decade.

at a certain point, he's not just traveling to eat Parisian food and look at paintings. he's trying to discover himself, his purpose, his place in the world, to find a drive, so why wouldn't he explore remote places? he's basically backpacking his way in the wilderness multiple times. he would almost CERTAINLY have a semi-strong grasp on the languages of places he visited, and would be able to converse in Italian or French or Spanish for the sake of his travels. he would have to know how to read a map and a compass. how to navigate. how to ration food or hunt or forage or maintain a fire. he'd have to know how to read the stars and what danger sounds and looks like, how to set up camp, how to deescalate tough situations with large groups for the sake of working together for survival. he most certainly climbed mountains, waded through rivers, lost friends.

someone doesn't travel for a solid decade and get lucky every single time. he'd HAVE to have some very tangible survival skills that he picked up after a while. he's not just some dandy fop who cocks his hat and sleeps on a feather mattress every night in a bed and breakfast after looking at a shoreline. the man is gone for YEARS. where is Colin the amateur map maker? the ruins explorer? the mountain climber? who curses like a sailor because he's certainly on boats long enough? who comes home and has to code switch immediately? scruffy colin who has snapped chicken's necks so he could eat and dug pits for water with his bare hands and learned how tree bark can aid wounds and which plants made him so sick he thought he would die in some foreign corner of the world with none the wiser? it's like he gets glossed over the shiny pretty boy who gets to be a prince on a horse and live happily ever after.

that's why book!Colin who marries Penelope and never travels again is so weird to me. like of course he's happy and in love, but he's seen the world. why wouldn't he show her? show his children? he knows a world beyond England. a wide, wonderful, sometimes terrifying and thrilling world that he's had the privilege to experience. with a heart as big as his, of course he'd want to experience it with people he loves.

and show!Colin, too. sure, he went on a grand tour and didn't do the exploration that his book counterpart did, but the hunger for curiosity and discovery wouldn't just fade away because he's in a relationship. if anything, now he has someone he can share it with even more! he sent her so many letters, I can't imagine she wouldn't be curious, too. hunger for that freedom, that education, the knowledge. they can discover together! y'all think Penelope wouldn't love riding horseback and wearing breeches and eating squirrels roasted over an open fire and skinny dipping with the love of her life in a clean, beautiful lake? you think she wouldn't enjoy seeing all the art that has been out of her reach and eating foods she can't get in London and getting dirty and messy and knowing the entire time, she gets to do it with the love of her life and her favorite person to talk to?

i know a lot of the time the fandom sees Colin's travels as something where he's running away or avoiding his life, but it would be nice to explore an opposing perspective. that this is a very fulfilling hobby and life he has. he meets people, gains skills, grows as a person on every trip. he learns to depend on himself, to do more than just what any aristocrat can, doesn't lean on servants for every whim and beck and call. Anthony and Daphne didn't even know how to light a stove to heat up some milk. You think Colin has that problem? Nope.

Colin's travels make him a richer character and a better person. It gives him a bigger appreciation of nature and himself and other communities. I think sometimes we don't give him the depth he deserves. Traveling is an incredibly fulfilling and impressive thing to commit oneself to and Colin IS a distinguished person for doing so.

idk. explorer colin just means so much to me. i love him

[vinestaff]

merry christmas, hes back :D

[that-book-bitch]

Day 1 of trying to get more people to watch Dark Matter (2015) because I’m desperate for more fan content

[god-dammit-vinne]

i have the typical tbhk fandom views, like i ship hananene and mitsukou and my favorite character is mitsuba but like. i feel like we need so many more opinions to be shared in this fandom. yes even ones that piss the typical tbhk fandomgoers off like "all supernaturals are evil". yes i get it, that view pisses me off as well but we need to be more accepting of people who have it. obviously you don't have to tolerate behavior that makes you uncomfortable or upset but people with unpopular opinions shouldnt feel like they dont have space to share their opinions without having people get out their pitchforks and torches. if something upsets you the block button exists for a reason, but it's a very big problem that there are people here who literally do not feel safe sharing a very harmless opinion like ship or character preferences. come on guys

[sleepinglionhearts]

Hobonichi updates 🖊 📖

[sunrotdropbrain]

Sun constantly trying to do his best in a job he cares a lot about but was never really equipped in is one of my favorite parts of him

[phoenixyfriend]

I try not to make a lot of original posts on topics I don't actually have any expertise on, but I haven't seen a whole lot of posts going around that actually... explain what happened and why? Like, the actual order of events, the history, and so on. I want to reblog reference posts and explanations by people who actually know what they're talking about, but I haven't seen anything that hits the buttons I need to actually get a political situation... but I have seen some stuff on other platforms.

So here are some videos I've personally found useful in understanding Israel-Palestine, because that's the format I've found most useful in processing information of this nature:

Why Israel was Originally Attacked from RealLifeLore (explains the decades of political dynamics, internal demographic tensions, and power shifts leading up to the current conflict; notably the best I've seen at actually explaining what 'Israeli Occupation' actually means)

Israel-Hamas War: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (commentary on the actual current situation in terms of who's getting attacked, why, and what the international ramifications so far are)

What's Happening in Israel and Why with Nathan Thrall from Adam Conover, series Factually (a discussion with an on-the-ground journalist about what life was like on the ground for Palestinian people in the areas under Israeli control during the last few years, just up to the attacks themselves)

I'm not going to claim these are comprehensive or completely unbiased (there are a few moments where I'm not entirely sure of the bias levels myself), but for people like myself who came into all this unsure of what the actual situation even is, I think these are a solid set to build up an basic understanding from which to put together opinions on future information.

I can't tell anyone what to think about how or why any of this is happening. I can only really tell you that what's going on right now is a crime on the level of attempted genocide, and that the years leading up to that have been an absolute mess on almost all fronts.

Again, I have no expertise on this subject. I just know what kind of video essay, political commentary, and interview style makes things understandable to me, personally, and might work for others. Please be courteous and kind in the comments and tags, as I am only sharing this because I haven't seen such a resource making the rounds yet, not actually trying to sway anyone in a particular direction beyond "the mass death needs to stop."

If you know of similar, relatively unbiased* resources, feel free to share.

* By 'relatively unbaised,' I don't mean taking or not taking a side; I just mean that it doesn't try to hide some information or other in favor of pushing a narrative, doesn't try to generalize a population, or doesn't seem to be trying to use emotional gut reactions to get readers or viewers to jump past reason or compassion.

[edwinisms]

pro tip if you want a positive fandom experience: do not follow confession blogs. you’re just asking for a bad time if you do that just don’t

[copper-sands]

starting to think that maybe it's a good idea to stop forcing myself to create and take a break actually

[pimento-playing-hopscotch]

I love this show and it means a lot to me,

and I feel disappointed and a little bit misled tbh by the choices they have made-

These are two thoughts that can coexist btw