#me personally disagreeing with your headcanon doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't make it!

[bookwyrminspiration]

i understand the whole premise of a headcanon is it's canon to you in your head, but sometimes i see people headcanon things and im like. that would be an entirely different character. have you perhaps heard of ocs

[myjustice]

🔥+ current state of fandom culture

it's bad. there's so much bad in the way fandom is now a days. i remember fandom being fun, people being silly & ridiculous, sharing their thoughts & their preferences & likes without worrying about some idiot out there to get them for just having a preference & opinion that just did not match with theirs. if there was something you didn't agree with then you just ignored it & filtered it out or if you felt compelled to comment the discussions i would see from my personal experience were always civil ones contained within the confines of the fictional work & not someone calling someone homophobic just because they preferred a m/f ship over a m/m ship ( that's not how that works by the way ).

everybody is more focused on having some sort of nonexistent higher ground in their opinion compared to everybody else's rather than consuming something because they enjoy it. somehow the culture switched into it being hostile & competitive over time. i can't pinpoint where it started to happen, but when it did it was definitely a shock to me. this is a problem in every fandom unless the fandom is extremely small, genshin is my large fandom, i'm in a much smaller fandom & everything i see & hear from other much larger fandoms & this one have not been a problem in my smaller fandom. fandom isn't fun anymore, as a whole nobody has fun, it only works now a days when you find a small group of people in that fandom. which isn't a bad thing either as long as you're having fun, that's the whole point of a fandom, it was always to just have fun.

but it's why i don't go in too deep into fandoms, especially big ones. because i want to have fun, if you want to consume stuff that makes you angry for some strange reason that's on you, get better i guess.

people who make fandom their entire personality though are also quite the piece of work. this is going to be so mean but literally go outside, because usually good rule of thumb it's these people who are the problem & take fandom way too seriously when they shouldn't be. if you can't handle someone having a different opinion, a different take, a different headcanon, a different preference, a different something that doesn't match with what you think & your initial response is to be aggressive to that person, to be ugly, to make them sound like they're vile, then you're the problem & you need to step back & remember that life is outside, not in the internet since that's where usually you find your fandoms.

even i who doesn't go too deep into my largest fandom unless it's for my work have been told i can't call myself a lesbian for being okay with the neuvifuri ship? i can't imagine how it's like for people who actively engage in fandoms deep on their day to day & i don't want to.

i've seen things i disagree with but i'm not going to do anything about it. that's how they're consuming it, it's not going to hurt me. it's not that hard, it's not going to kill you for just saying oh i disagree & just go on with your day unbothered, if it does it's a bit embarrassing in my opinion. i can express i disagree with it in my space, but i'm not going to go after them, i'm not going to dis them because then i'll be contributing to that problem.

then there's this weird i don't know what to properly call it, almost this purity culture in fandoms. i've seen so many people have to justify themselves & defend themselves for liking a downright vile character & explain that they don't support or condone their actions like they're being held on trial by a mob of just downright weird, very weird people, that used to never happen before. it's odd. if you can't separate fiction from reality you have to work on that in my opinion, that's what i think. not everybody is affected by fiction like the person next to you. someone can watch gore & go on with their day eating a cupcake five minutes later like they didn't just watch someone on screen get gut open. there are people out there like that because it's a fictional piece.

i feel like i'm ranting on & on at this point.

the point is that it isn't what it used to be, not anymore.

meme

[sofiadragon]

Now hold on, what in the untouched grass is this all over my dash today?

If you are talking about HP characters in the 70's how else do you tag them but by using the Maurauder's Era tag? I'm today years old after being a fan since '98 finding out that this entire era is currently being gatekept by people with specific elaborate headcanons about characters who exist on five lines of text or less and have 0 physical descriptions.

Are we really going to throw around accusations of racism as if they are real historical people who need to be defended from being whitewashed? Whatever fanfic or headcanon long post you read that said Mary Macdonald was anything other than that girl Lily once used to dismiss the bullying of her male friend is neither undeniable fact nor a personal attack. If someone has a different headcanon than you, scroll on. I think a lot of canon ships in a lot of the media I fangirl about are underbaked, but you won't see me attacking real humans because of how they make the paper dolls kiss even if I find some of them problematic. I just scroll on because that's not for me. Yes even if it is in a tag with stuff I do want to see provided the tag makes sense.

Someone posting a headcanon with correct tags that doesn't match what your circle of friends have as a headcanon is not only inevitable but also not a commentary on your headcanon. Someone tagging Draco Malfoy on an analysis post that ships him with Parkinson isn't incorrect or homophobic due to the canon ship or the popularity of Drarry, it's the correct tag for that character analysis - and that's a character we know more than just the gender and a single fact about!

The characters are fictional. You can't offend a paper doll. You shouldn't defend a paper doll in ways that hurt real humans. If you identify so strongly with the paper doll that someone having a different headcanon (yes, even an offensive one, even one that invokes slavery, even one that makes no sense to you, even the coldest bad take) makes you this angry please go take that energy offline. Go call your real life political representative to chime in some real life solutions to whatever you think would improve the world. Go rage clean your bathroom. Go for that jog you've been meaning to have. Even if you are ten billion percent correct, you aren't going to convince anyone to not be racist this way and you are only giving a person you hate a bigger platform to say stuff you disagree with from.

The only reason I'm seeing this is because of all the energy ya'll are pumping into the drama and harassment. It's in suggested posts being pushed to people seven degrees of separation removed from this thing. I'm not defending anyone I'm saying everybody hit the shower because I keep seeing these posts from both sides and there is nothing -- and I do mean nothing in any of the so-called evidence screenshots -- that couldn't have been resolved by quietly blocking someone who posted a thing you found distasteful without starting a brigade or announcing your departure. You are not the fire department and this is not an airport.

Go touch it.

Welp. Seeing as I'm blocked by the Mary MacDonald is Black and You Guys are Racist bullshitters, let me say something:

The normal HP fans don't know shit about your headcanons for race. Especially when it's characters they're not interested in. And nobody's fucking interested in Mary MacDonald.

I've seen all sorts of fanon bullshit (and fuck you guys for making me think Snape did stuff that never happened because you lot like to use words like Incel and Racist, you utter idiots), and Mary's race is not one of them! I only happen to know what Dorcas and Marlene supposedly look like because of their fanarts keep appearing on my fyp for whatever fucking reason (and i know what they actually looked like because I looked them up and found their official art). It's insane to assume that someone knows what the "popular" fanon is for Mary when they're not part of your insane fanon. Do you guys seriously assume you're that important? Because I promise you, you aren't.

There's also the fact that you guys ignore canonically black characters, and instead use race headcanons to push diversity in, all while mocking the character who has non-white features. Hooked nose, oily hair? That describes plenty of poc. If anyone's poc, it's Severus Snape. But then again, god forbid you guys actually acknowledge the actual victim of discrimination.

So anyway, this is all bullshit, and it's very much bullshit to assume anyone, least of all @maxdibert , magically knew Mary was supposedly a poc. I got into the fandom post 2020, which was when this fanon allegedly got popular, and I had no idea anyone thought she was anything other than a white girl.

Then again, I had no idea anyone even saw her as a character.

[the-sapphire-general]

My Thoughts and Feelings About Sephiroth (Part 3)

Well I did say I would make a third part if I had more in mind about Sephiroth. And much to my surprise, there is more! So here it is! Parts 1 and 2 can be found here so you can keep up just in case I mention anything from those posts:

My Thoughts and Feelings About Sephiroth (Part 1)

My Thoughts and Feelings About Sephiroth (Part 2)

Now this one will be a little different because I will include more about the portrayals I've seen throughout the Internet, my own opinions about them, and my own portrayal. Plus I will include the essay I wrote about him for one of my college courses and I might say random things about Sephiroth that I will discuss. 

First will be the portrayals of Sephiroth I have noticed throughout the Internet. I will not attack any of these or offend anyone who has these headcanons. I respect everybody's headcanons, and it's a good thing too because being a jerk to anyone who has portrayals that are different from yours is stupid and a waste of time. I have friends whose portrayals are varied, and we don't fight over how Sephiroth should act. Love them, hate them, be neutral to them, just as long as you handle this in a mature manner. 

Now I have mentioned the portrayal of Sephiroth where he's unnaturally hypersexual in part 1, so I will not go into detail about it anymore. It's already been done. Another one I will not discuss again is the mindless killing machine portrayal (mentioned in part 2). To those who do or like these portrayals, I dislike them but I will respect your choice.

Now for the portrayals. The ones I really enjoy are the ones for his Crisis Core self (or pre-Nibelheim if you want to put it that way). As I have stated before, I can relate to his past personality, so I really like a lot of the headcanons. Picturing him, say, struggling to socialize, not knowing much of certain things (i.e. video games), spending time with friends, basically being human is heartwarming for me. I take it a lot of people like CC Sephiroth, and who wouldn't? There was this one story where Sephiroth took a liking to lemon drops, which is one thing I added to my own headcanon page on my blog. I found it rather sweet and cute. That's like me but with chocolate. I love chocolate. And then there's one where he has no idea what a sitcom is due to his sheltered upbringing, and it was pretty amusing to picture Genesis and Angeal trying to explain it to him as they watched TV. There are many others that I don't think I can list since there are so many of them, and for a lot of them, I like them. There's some that I don't, but that's just my personal opinion.

Now for the Sephiroth we all know after the Nibelheim Incident. Man, I'm beginning to remember what I've read. It's hard for me to find some portrayals that I like because the ones I've seen so far were unsettling. Sephiroth being a sadistic rapist is one of the worst ones I've seen so far. Not as in the stories are poorly written or something like that but for me, it's one of my least favorite portrayals. I get that he lost his mind, but I believe he wouldn't go that far. I wouldn't go that far with my own portrayal because it just makes me feel uncomfortable. Just thinking about it makes me uneasy.

I confess that I don't know my limits when it comes to portraying Sephiroth. For a long time, I've been trying to grasp his evil demeanor and I still hesitate to go further and struggle to get inside his head sometimes. So I don't know how far I can go with dark, twisted, cruel scenarios, but rape is one of my limits. I won't reveal the user, but I was recently asked if I could do necrophilia. When I got the question, I was speechless. That's another one of my limits. I really can't imagine Sephiroth being...intimate with a corpse. Much to my relief, they respected my opinion. And I like that. People should respect others because everyone has limits and if I have to force myself to write Sephiroth doing rape, acting all creepily intimate around Jenova, asphyxiation (as in the kink), or something that I don't see him doing, I won't enjoy the roleplays at all. I used to wish I could please everybody, but that's an impossible goal and I should keep in mind about what I want and don't want to do. Again, I don't know my limits too well, so if anyone wants to RP with me on my Sephiroth blog and it involves something that you're not sure if I accept or not, please message me. I'll try to get out of my comfort zone, but please respect my limits. If I don't do certain things, there are other Sephiroth blogs out there. It's simple and it will prevent pointless drama.

My portrayal for Sephiroth is close to his canon self but mixed with his CC side and my own headcanons. I try to stay close to canon as I write, and I silently read what I wrote and then read it out loud while picturing Sephiroth saying it. If what I wrote doesn't work, I revise them until they sound like Sephiroth. It's still not easy because I'm still struggling with his dark, insane, cruel self, the villain everyone knows and loves. One thing is certain is I do try my best to make him more human but still maintaining his character. I can't make him too human or else that ruins his cold and distant qualities, like making him fall madly in love with someone or bawling his eyes out. Now I haven't seen these examples anywhere, so I'm just throwing in random hypothetical headcanons here. The point is I do try my best not to make him too kind, soft, patient, you know, real nice or else that's not really Sephiroth. Lol But I also don't make him relentlessly cruel to the max 24/7. Both extremes aren't portrayals I like, so I am tackling middle ground. It's possible, and if others don't like my portrayal, that's fine, but they shouldn't judge me for it.

Since I'm discussing my own portrayal, I might as well explain other things about it. Let's see, he has interests outside of trying to destroy/conquer the world and messing with Cloud. My character is a loyal follower. Her profile isn't on my blog but her name is Maybelle Rose, and she's Sephiroth's love interest. Speaking of this, I make Sephiroth a bit of a Tsundere towards others, not necessarily involving romance like with Maybelle. He doesn't act like a stereotypical Tsundere, but he's a very, very subtle version. 

Romance. Now this is something that might piss off so many, but I can picture him in a relationship. No, I'm not talking about Crisis Core Sephiroth. I mean post-CC. Say what you want, but I can see it. If done well, it can work. I don't like following the stereotype that villains are incapable of love. Some villains can truly be incapable of love, but not ALL villains. It's not mandatory. A friend of mine claims that Sephiroth is bland. Now I completely disagree with his opinion, but it did give me confidence in pursing romance regarding Sephiroth. Heroes are written as human beings, why not do the same for villains? That's what makes characters compelling, it makes them real. That's what I'm basically trying to do with Sephiroth, and as challenging as it may be at times and despite people probably going against this idea as they read this, I'll do it. My blog now allows shippings. Yes, I now accept shippings. I used to not accept them, but I changed my mind. My reasons are shown in my rant here:

Sephiroth Fandom Rant

Okay I know I said I wouldn't mention the hypersexual Sephiroth portrayal, but I might as well. If he were in a romantic relationship, he wouldn't be like that. Sephiroth doesn't get horny around everyone. Seriously, he's not a sex-obsessed maniac. Sephiroth is a private man with dignity and he would never act extremely sexual, let alone sexual in general. He would be intimate with his significant other, but it would be in a normal level and he would be intimate in private. And I must add that my portrayal does involve Sephiroth having kinks, but he's not sex-obsessed like I said. He has self-control and he keeps things private. 

Now for the next thing. I wrote this essay over two years ago, and apparently I kept it after all this time. Lol Yes I wrote an essay about Sephiroth, back when I was still somewhat of a new fan. The assignment was to do a paper on a criminal, real or fictional, and diagnose them with specific personality disorders. However, it didn't mean that they HAD to have any of these disorders. We just had to show the instructor that we understood the material we have learned during class. Take a look at my essay here:

Essay on Sephiroth

Fun fact: My other choice for this assignment was Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. XD But Sephiroth was a better candidate and I was able to write more about him than I could have ever done about Gaston. Schizoid Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder were two of the ten types of personality disorders that came close to Sephiroth's behavior. I don't consider either of these disorders as my personal headcanons for him. I honestly never did despite Schizoid PD being pretty close. And much to my shock, my instructor liked my paper and I wound up getting an A! I never got an A on any papers, so it felt amazing to finally get a grade that was higher than a C.

Speaking of psychology, one headcanon that's somewhere online is that Sephiroth has autism. Well, it is possible because I have a friend who is autistic, but during my research on this condition, I don't see Sephiroth as autistic. Sure some of his traits do seem to resemble signs and symptoms, but speculation isn't considered a confirmation that he has autism. He might have it but I would rather have Square Enix confirm it if he really is autistic. On another note, I do understand why they headcanon him as autistic. They relate to Sephiroth because some of his traits remind them of themselves. I get that and if they think he's autistic, that's okay with me. This headcanon is also given to Papyrus from Undertale and Pearl and Peridot from Steven Universe, so I'm familiar with this. Even L from Death Note is believed to be autistic. To be honest, I kind of believe it regarding L. That's just my opinion, though.

Tangent aside, courtesy of a friend, I am more intrigued by Sephiroth in a new level. Aside from his appearance and personality, his intelligence, the way he thinks has me curious. Yes I have been trying to get into his head to improve my portrayal, and I think I found a strategy. If I want to portray and act like Sephiroth, I have to think like him...in less destructive ways, might I add. Lol I may not be an expert as Sephiroth yet, but I'll get there. I've come this far on my blog, and I'm not throwing it all away. 

Speaking of my Sephiroth blog, besides that it would be fun and such, I created my own blog because I wanted to express my passion for him. He's one of my role models that made me stronger and I just really admire him. And like I said, I knew I could connect with other fans. Sure, there's a toxic side of the fandom, but that won't stop me. I did feel offended several days ago, as mentioned in my rant, but I'm fine now. In addition to my reasons, I didn't start the blog for fame. Popularity isn't really a big deal for me, I just want to show everyone how much of a Sephiroth fan I am in creative ways. Besides, I found the thought of portraying Sephiroth a fun challenge considering he's my opposite, and he pretty much started my fascination for villains. I also made friends thanks to the blog, one of them being my best friend here on Tumblr. :)

Now to finish this post with one more thing. When I was still a new Sephiroth fan, I confess that I tried to redeem him. Of course it was a difficult task to do for a story, and I admit I was determined to do it. However, as I kept going, I slowly realized doing this implied I didn't like him the way he is, the villain he is widely known as instead of what he used to be before discovering his origins. So I drifted away from redemption and focused on Sephiroth on who he is without changing him. Today, I love Sephiroth for who he is, cruel, cold, calculating, everything. Why change a character you're supposed to love? You wouldn't do that to a real-life partner, or anyone in general. Sephiroth wouldn't have liked me for trying to make him turn a new leaf. Lol So I never pursued redemption for him again. It was too hard anyway. It's like trying to redeem the Joker! That's how hard it was for me. So screw that mind-numbing task, Sephiroth should remain as the badass villain I have grown to love.

Well, this is it. For real this time! Lol This is my final part of the "My Thoughts and Feelings About Sephiroth" posts. I said everything I had to say about Sephiroth as I included all my thoughts, feelings, etcetera. I'm out of things to say about him, so no fourth post! XD If I ever have more Sephiroth-related comments that comes to mind, I'll just make small posts. Will I make more long posts like these? Perhaps. I had fun writing these posts. Maybe I can tackle other topics, or maybe talk about another character in detail. Well, see ya!

[woodchipp]

you & non-autistics everywhere should be forever banned from saying anything abt ableism.

Making assumptions about other people and their disabilities (or their lack thereof) when they disagree with you isn't exactly nice.

You don't know me. I shouldn't have to flash a diagnosis like it's my ID card for you to take what I'm saying seriously.

why would you see a problem with basil saying he acts like a cat??😭😭😭 if you genuinely think this is a problem you need to reevaluate why you assume saying an autistic person acts like a cat is a problem. tons of people have animal-like personalities i'm autistic and i fucking DRAW myself as a dog and my friends associate me with dogs & bunnies.

I didn't say the issue is that Sunny's acting like a cat. I said the issue is that he's compared to someone else's pet animal, a cute little thing to take care of, and neither his sister nor the rest of his group apparently had any problem with that.

Sunny, however, most likely would, as he's canonically insecure about being babied.

If you don't mind comparing yourself to an animal or being compared to an animal by others, that's okay. Sunny, from what we're told about him, would mind being compared to someone's pet, though. Sunny is different from you.

and clearly you have more than enough time to find my posts and reply with an "erm actually" when you were mentioned once.

As I've said, I don't like getting blamed for stuff I haven't done. I doubt you'd like that either.

it becomes a problem when you get mad at OTHER people for a portrayal of disabled characters instead of idk, omocat?

I genuinely can't understand your point. You're the one headcanoning Sunny as autistic, but Omocat is to blame instead?

Sunny wasn't officially confirmed to be autistic. Again, if you see a lot of yourself in him, there's nothing inherently wrong with that. But just because you headcanon him as autistic doesn't mean that he actually is or that other people will be inclined to see him the same way.

hot take i think we should normalize being able to normally say our personal criticisms in an actually well informed and well educated way that doesn't just get basic fucking shit wrong because holy fucking shit i read that sunny ask and was forcibly reminded that media literacy is dying as we speak

that mf really was reading the dialog with their eyes closed, i think they're that one person who literally has nothing good to say about anything in omori besides backhanded remarks aka the mari fridge person

as somebody who's also autistic i hope they never find my blog ever

i agree it just felt so dumb😭😭 like wdym mari treating her 11 year old brother with care is "infantilization" mf that's called loving and treasuring ur family, automatically saying it's because he's autistic just screams being completely blind to the characters + autism as a whole