#minor vent

[suzukiblu]

You know I have come to the realization that this is a thing on which I would like to be clear, as a reasonably prolific writer of fanfic with a range of readers who all have very different levels of familiarity with the various canons I have dabbled in: I love a lot of things about [ insert canon here ] and I definitely DO have certain personal pet peeves in regards to "yeah this person definitely didn't read/watch/even-briefly-skim anything outside of fandom" interpretations that I find particularly slanderous or are just Not My Vibe or things like that which I personally just can't get into or enjoy. Like, things that are just not to my taste, you know?

But also, fuck it, canon is a suggestion and fandom's only actual "rules" are "try not to be an entitled prick or actively hateful", as far as I'm concerned. No, no one has to do the homework just to write/draw/meta/post about something they're getting something out of. I personally am too dang old to do any more of the homework than I want to and I am sure as heck not gonna hold anyone else to that standard either.

Imo there is just no reason whatsoever to ever be upset about MORE people getting involved in the fun thing and enjoying themselves with it, especially when we can all zero-effort back-button out of anything we don’t like. I don't care if they're wrong about [ insert character here ]!! I mean, I do, I very much do, it makes my 'tisms personally insane, but unless someone's wrong in like a hateful/sexist/racist/bigoted way, that's their business, not anybody else's! Let 'em cook, people! We don't get better content in our fandoms by getting publicly judgy about and way too publicly INVESTED in how other people in it have fun. Actually, all we get that way is LESS content. Like so, so much less.

Look, it's a process, I'm personally still working on it myself. There's def stuff that bothers or pet-peeves me, and stuff I just gotta skate past without engaging. I just think keeping a little more perspective helps, in these situations.

Also, not telling people things like "hey if you don't read literal DECADES' worth of MULTIPLE monthly-release comics and all the relevant crossovers and events/watch every single episode and movie released since the seventies/listen to all the bonus episodes of this already-over-one-hundred-hours podcast, you don't belong here" helps. Also that. Definitely that.

[crowv3xd]

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[aroacewolfic]

As an aroace person limerence and hypersexuality has to be the worst two things to experience.

[dr-spectre]

Being autistic sucks because you could become obsessed with something out of your control but it makes your brain happy. And if you try and talk about your obsession in a general fandom sphere you get made fun of because it seems childish by other most likely autistic people as well. And so your passion is put into question and you start thinking "am I a man child? Why am I so obsessed with something so childish? I'm so stupid. This is stupid. I'm a baby. Why can't I just be obsessed with something adult and that has actual themes? Why do I get so laser focuses on people's word choices over CALLIE FUCKING CUTTLEFISH!!!!?!??!!?! SHES SO SILLY! NO ONE TAKES HER SERIOUSLY...."

(speaking from personal experience. As in I got made fun of in a tumblr comment section on a post that I replied to.)

[darkxsoulzyx]

do you guys ever get too scared to post ocs because you’re worried that their design or story isn’t cool enough

And then someone posts their OC/sona that looks super similar to your OC, even though you’ve technically made yours first

And now you’re scared of posting them because you’re afraid someone is gonna try and compare the two, because someone will always do that if they look similar enough

Do you guys ever feel that way or am I just really really stupid

[bamsara]

Im not sure why you hate your art style so much...

You're one of my favourite artists. Your Lamb and Narinder are my favourites. I love how you draw them, it's so expressive and nice and pretty and beautiful— just so awesome. Your art really brings them to life. Your Zim and Dib are also my favourites!! I love your art style. It's simple and yet so perfect.

I dislike it because it feels so simple

There's not really anything super notable about it and I often look at other artists styles as 'man I wish I could draw like that' while the artwork doodles I do make are no where near matching what I have in my head. It's too soft and not anatomically correct and inconsistent to the point where people have commented that they see a difference in my art style since talking about wanting to change it, but I haven't changed anything in any way that I draw.

It's good for quick, scribbled comics for storyboarding because of how simple it is. Less detail = faster drawing and I can make the story board quick enough before it leaves my brain.

But for the past few years I've been doing more and more of those than anything else because it's kinda all I'm good at, just making storyboard and shitposts. It's seriously discouraged me from making full illustrations seriously because it just feels flat, the poses are not dynamic, the faces look like anime twinks or your generic Disney cartoon. Personally I think my style looks like the art kid that never got out of their 'how to draw anime' phase

None of my stuff has clean lines, faces are always look chibified or like I'm trying to mimic a Shonen, and backgrounds are completely out of the question; best I can do is scribbles. I just wish my art hit harder, with sharpness and less big eyes and an edgier, more stylistic kind of look

Don't take this the wrong way, I'm happy my art is enjoyed! I'm just not the one enjoying it right now

[callofthecorvus]

Sometimes it's hard to realize that you are truly loved when in a self deprecating spiral

[icantthink-ofagoodname]

I was talking to my grandparents and told them about how I had a strange interaction with a weird kinda creepy guy, and the story starts with him just looking at me when he thought I didn't notice, and my fucking grandpa goes: "Oh you know she was probably like" and nodded his head while saying "mhm, mhm"

One: I don't like people romantically

Two: I'm not a fucking girl

Three: the guy was, as I fucking told them before I started the story, weird and creepy

And it's like every time I see them, I mention a guy's name in basically any context and they're immediately like "boyfriend?????" Not to mention the time I was at the store with my grandma and the cashier was around my age, we got back to her place and then started asking about the guy (she asked if i thought he was Jewish, which is weird bc why tf would that matter in the first place?) I told her i didn't really pay attention to him and she just says "oh i was just checking him out for you"

And they wonder why I don't visit that much

[thatonegaybrit]

; having bad memory is absolutely terrifying when you realize you genuinely CAN'T remember something. it's gone, maybe it never happened, you've forgotten something and it's soso scary.

[neuship-zone]

You know, it really pisses me off when people tell me that I can't like a song/game/story anymore because the artist/dev/author is problematic.

Yes, I understand the issue and it's severely impacted my relationship with the media, but at the end of the day, I still feel connected to it, be it through nostalgia or something else. I can't sever those ties, they're just with me forever.

"Just a find a better artist/game/story"

I DID! GUESS WHAT? THOSE TIES ARE STILL THERE! THEY'RE NOT GOING AWAY!

"But the song/game/story is still problematic"

And what if I relate to that? What if I relate to those problematic themes? What if I use those problematic themes to cope with issues I experience in the real world?

[ardentem-iustitia]

anyone else suffer from instinctively saying "im fine" because you learned to believe saying "i need help" will earn judgement and not help

[mosslingg]

called my uncle who's an IT guy

i asked about the laptop he's fixing for me.

here's how it went:

Uncle: uh yeah. it's not really uh. working.

Me: what do you mean

U: i mean that it worked fine after i booted it up for the first time but 2 hours later it uhhhh. died.

M: so. what you're telling me. is that it pulled a plug on itself for a second time.

U: yeah. essentially.

how am i supposed to draw toxic man yaoi without a puter in any shape or form. am i asking for much. am i really.

anyway this is a cry for help. if you have 10 bucks to spare PLEASE go to my kofi, i can't get the money for the laptop in an amount of time that would allow me to buy it on my own and ANY amount helps. im stuck at my grandma's for the time being with essentially only my phone, sketchbook and my brother coming over occasionally, which gives me temporary laptop access. this sucks.

[mamaspidershit]

one thing that you’ll never know unless you start writing fanfic is that one day you’ll lean back and then realize that your childhood wasn’t actually as good as you thought it was

[dr-spectre]

God I hope 2025 is better for me mentally dude. 2023 was the worst period of my life and 2024 was just a little bit better. It felt like time flew by way too quickly and before I knew it, it's now the end of the year.

I am grateful for a lot of things such as being able to start a tumblr account and slowly grow a following. I never thought that would happen but I'm glad that I did do this.

However I still have needs to be met, needs that have been begging to be fulfilled for a LONGGGGGGGGGGG time but it seems like they won't ever get fulfilled... I won't say what it is because it's kinda pathetic. I don't know.

Im feeling so tired man, my sleep has gotten really bad, I feel bleh most of the time, I don't wanna do anything. Ugh. It SUCKS!

Anyways, here's hoping that 2025 is way better. I mean the Switch 2 is HOPEFULLY gonna release next year, so at least we got that.

[bugpalace]

dude i corrected a YouTube shorts therian out of impulse, i'm gen anxious now i feel like im gonna get flamed

[savythenillerwaffer]

Anyone else a little put off by Sean(Jacksepticeye) saying that Deltarune "doesn't hold a candle to Undertale"?

I mean, he's totally allowed to have his own opinion, obviously... but at the same time...

Bruh, this was/is Toby's OG magnum opus. Like what a dis, damn.