#mochi vs fandom

[mochibuni]

Please don’t use AI image generators to make “fanart.” There is not an ethical generator yet, they are still built off of stolen assests. And *IF* you really must, please be upfront about it in the post itself.

[mochibuni]

I feel you. Bullying made me fed up with this fandom too and I nearly quit it because of the hate group that created a "Pound the Mochi" discord to obsessively hate on and plan attacks on me and anyone else they didn't like. Some of them who used to be my friends all blocked me and largely gave me the silent treatment, only to "teasingly" dogpile me in the SenShi Bang discord. And because they blocked me they made burner accounts to stalk my socials and infiltrate my own art discord so they could keep tabs on me. They were looking for my personal information as well and it always crosses my mind that they could show up on my doorstep because I have been told by multiple sources that their behavior in these private chats are unhinged and yeah maybe I should be worried about that.

I noticed that a lot of the people in my hate group are also in the notes of this post liking, reblogging, or saying they can attest to what is posted-- which is hilarious because not only have they been terrorizing me for a year for reasons they refuse to explain, they've also used their experience from this zine as justification to bully and harass other creators, some of them off of this platform and out of fandom all together.

No one deserved to be harassed or shit on or run out of fandom, but it doesn't mean we make another mean girl cult in response.

Want to be very clear I'm not saying you or replicarters are part of this or anything, so I'm sorry for responding to your post and on replicarters' post to begin with, but it is just ironic that it outlines and condemns so much of what the current hate group that is liking and sharing this post is doing behind closed doors.

the drops of moonlight zine nightmare

hello all, long time no post! you may remember (probably vaguely at this point) that i was participating in a Sailor Moon zine called Drops of Moonlight. you may also be aware that this zine has still not been released.

unfortunately at this point, i feel compelled to share that in addition to the long wait and lack of communication, the zine's organizers have repeatedly insulted and belittled their contributors. i've put together the following Google Doc with information detailing the general poor conduct of the organizers of this zine.

if i could go back and not touch this zine with a 40 foot pole, i sure would! thanks for reading!

[silence-between-seconds]

hii this is my attempt at an intro post. you can call me siri ;)

pick any pronouns from: he/she/they || 18+ || I'm genderfluid || INFJ

Things I love:

your mum, singing, marauders era, any and all kinds of art, poetry, books, fanfiction, the harry potter fandom (jkr can piss off tho), hozier, chappell roan, arctic monkeys, k-pop (bts, txt, svt, skz, treasure and a few more bands), renne rapp, conan gray, plushies, the moon, the stars, basically space, chai, biking, CHOCOLATE, nature, writing, badminton, musical instruments and a million little nothings

currently listening to:

Naked In Manhattan by Chappell Roan

fav authors/books:

good omens, simon vs the homo sapiens agenda, books by ruskin bond, the alchemist, the zahir, ronald dahl, to kill a mockingbird, memoirs of sherlock holmes- (ok look i love reading but the last thing i read was definitely on ao3)

movies/shows:

The Owl House, Studio Ghibli, Heartstopper, Red white and royal blue, Loki, hazbin hotel, helluva boss, Night at the Museum, Marvel (not sucha fan of mcu), highschool musical (2 is my fav), Luca (2021) and most other pixar and disney movies, (i love animated movies so much)

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@her-midas-touch is a poet and wrote this for me hehe:

Run out of metaphors great enough, my fingers paint a wraith

To faint to capture essence, mere shimmery traces of feelings

Every cheshire cat smile, every whirlwind idea, every leap of faith for every apathetic eye, missing the moment, is a soul

that sings

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have some me core images:

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lovely mutuals:

@good-oldfashioned-lover @her-midas-touch@daydream-of-a-wallflower@hermioneswifeee

@literallytoogaytofunction@lilbeanz@reisbackinblack@dementorfromazkaban@deprivedofbraincellsandsleep

@starryrain@lizluvscupcakes@urbanflorals @accio-sriracha@siriusly-remu

@werewolfenthusiast@none-of-it-was-accidental@feelin-sad-and-gay@jaylienpotter@illustratinglaura

@nothingtoseeherebyeexx @silverscreenlipstick @moonysversion @mochami-mochi @sleepinginmygrave

@icarus-last-fall @a-beautiful-fool @shuhuaspookie @xi-phos @here-for-a-good-time-hopefully

@stars-over-ice-cream @kaaaaaaarf @re-is-back-in-black @rookofthekingom @not-rab

@toxik-angel @marylily-my-beloved @good-oldfashioned-lover-girl @strawberryapologist @m0st-ard3ntly

@cressthebest @starcrossedmoony

(i hope i got everyone?)

feel free to interact<3

mess with my friends and I will hurt you :)

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DNIs don't work so I guess I'll just say: fuck around and find out ig

[epickiya722]

KIYA REACTS!

BNHA OVA - UA BATTLE HEROES

Haven't done this in... a while! I'll be real with you, folks I forgot about the OVA coming. Like completely until today.

Okay! So, be aware of spoilers (of course). Genuine reactions and most of the time, it's jokes! Given this is an OVA, there is no doubt there's going to be jokes.

Also, don't be that person to take this seriously. Don't take the fun out of this. Don't reply or reblog on this and be like "but actually..." or any other condescending attitude. Don't even come be like "I know you said to not comment but...", don't even do that if you're gonna follow up with being a jerk.

With that being said, ONWARD!!

Battle Heroes... that reminds me of Judai Yuki. Wait... Battle Heroes... DUEL MONSTERS!!

"We can play more card games." Didn't I just make a YGO reference?

Kaminari with his hair pinned back, adorable!

Yaomomo and Iida coming in like "just find something to do, we can't leave the campus". Like, go outside and build a snowman! Or nap! Or watch TV!!

It's moments like these is why I'm glad Yaomomo and Iida are the vice class representative and the class representative.

Tokoyami's expression is killing me here. Too cute!!

Midoriya explaining the games just gives me flashbacks to the New Year's Tournament arc in Nanbaka. Funny enough, Justin Briner (Midoriya's dub VA) voices Nico, another crazy strong, green haired adorable fanboy.

"MOCHI!" Uraraka, please, sweetie! Stop being so cute!!!

I love it when Midoriya gets all passionate when he goes into a ramble about something.

Aw, Sero hyping Sato was just so wholesome. I love 1A interactions like that!

Ain't no way Mirio just hopped his ass in here IN A SNOWMAN STILL INTACT!! 🤣🤣🤣

BRO WAS JUST IN HIS UNDERWEAR!! MIRIO!!!

Oh! I know what the big eyes are referencing !!

THIS IS JUST YUGIOH!! PLACING A CARD DOWN AND A HOLOGRAPH COMES UP?! IT'S YUGIOH!!

Hatsume Mei cameo! Aaayyeee!!!

I just realized Bakugou hasn't shown up. Hm.

Hatsume is a savage for using the match between her and Iida back from the Sports Fest as an example on how to play the game. 😆

Midoriya VS Ojiro, my two fave 1A boys!!

OMG, Battle Hero Jiro didn't have to do Battle Hero Sato like that! 😆

BH Kaminari didn't have to do BH Jiro like that!! Ojiro really wanted his get back!

BH KAMINARI GOT OBLITERATED BY NAVAL LASER!! WELL DAMN!!

Ojiro using himself to push BH Aoyama out of bounds in the most gentle way will always be funny to me! 🤣 Just a gentle tap from his tail!

BH Todoroki freezing BH Ojiro making a callback to their first battles is just... I love callbacks.

DON'T TRUST ANYTHING MINETA SAYS!! DON'T DO IT!!

This is the second OVA in which Mt. Lady crushes Sero...

"Because you deserve it. 😁" Ashido, have I told you how much of a queen you are?

THE GIRLS WON!! HELL YES!!

The girls are really kicking the boys' asses! I love to see it!

Present Mic cameo as a Battle Hero!!

BH Koda, you wrong!! 😆

Oh, it's Bakugou!

"Which card is the strongest in the deck!" You must never seen YGO. Strongest cards aren't always the best cards, my guy.

Honestly, I feel like it's a jab at the whole joke about how "it's a card game, don't take it too seriously" in the YGO fandom... this whole episode is just a whole YGO reference, isn't it?

I'm on Team Midoriya!!

Of course, it's a tie!!

Bakugou didn't just put All Might on the field!!

Midoriya pulls a dog... oh, wait. BH All Might is... yep... he did it... Bakugou, you're not a true AM fan. He would have known that All Might wouldn't punch a dog!!

Overall, I liked it! Obviously, the OVA was made to be a "feel good, wholesome, funny" segment and I like it! With everything going on with the manga right, yeah, needed that.

[tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang]

I'm sure you've been asked this so forgive me but I was wondering! Who would you say the most underrated characters are? One of my top pics is Mochi! I never see people talk about him!

Oh that's a good one, I'd definitely agree with Mochi being underrated, I've seen him get left out of a lot of bonten and tenjiku stuff. Also he's not even in the tr game yet despite Izana being there who he was introduced in the same episode as and had more screentime then Izana. (Not complaining Izana is in the game but it would be nice if we could get Mochi too).

As for other underrated character's I'd say Pah is still underrated though i think it's gotten a bit better and he's more included now then compared to when I first joined the fandom, so there's that at least. I feel like Mucho is also pretty underrated, he doesn't seem to get spoken about a lot. I think I'd add Hina and Emma to this list too, for how important they both are at certain plot points they seem to not be brought up a lot (I'm still surprised Hina never got a tr cover to herself).

But the biggest one I'd say, the one who had the biggest impact on the plot but still gets barely any mention is Naoto. When you look at everything he did vs how much he gets talked about it's a bit surprising (though I can kinda see why when you look at the type of characters who tend to be more popular).

[akiizayoi4869]

Master Meta post (updating)

The Last Agni Kai

Azula's family does indeed owe her

Zuko at age 13 vs Azula at age 14

Azula fanfics that make her stand trial for war crimes

The most tragic character of the show is Aang, not Zuko

If Kuvira can be redeemed, so can Azula

The dumb letter in The Search

Zuko did not realize that Azula was abused

Zuko only asks Azula what's wrong with her one time in The Search

On the topic of Azula, Ozai, and Abuse

Zuko and Ozai in The Promise

The Search: a story about abuse, abuse apologism, and ableism

Smoke and Shadow: "Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!" On steroids

Stealing food: Suki Alone vs Smoke and Shadow

Comics! Zuko and Comics! Ursa don't care about Azula

Azula brought Zuko home with her because it's what Ursa would have wanted

Azula redemption circle jerk

Azula and Zuko in the Crystal Catacombs

Azula and Zuko in the first half of Book 3

Azula and Zuko headcanon

Zuko's fever dream

Ursa and Azula: "What is wrong with that child?"

Azula and Ursa: A complicated mother daughter relationship

Commentary from The Search and Smoke and Shadow

The Search commentary

Aang killing Ozai dies send a powerful message

"Azula should be blamed for everything wrong in Zuko's life"

Azula did not think that Zuko would join her in Ba Sing Se

Jet had every right to be suspicious of Zuko and Iroh

My thoughts on Uncle Iroh

Zuko and Mai in Nightmares and Daydreams

Mai and Zuko in The Beach

The Family Portrait

"I just asked if you were cold, not for your whole life story."

Aang hate in fandom

Azula in Nightmares and Daydreams

Who cares if Azula did bad things? She's not real.

Why Azula killing Aang does not mean that she is evil and irredeemable

The Invasion Plan

Zuko and Jin's date

Zuko apologizing to Iroh

Why Zuko's arc falls flat for me

Most horrific Mai and Ty Lee take I've ever heard

Zuko doesn't know what's wrong with Azula in The Search

"She was right, of course, but it still hurt."

Azula did not hold power over Zuko

The bedroom scene

Aang when Appa gets stolen

Zuko needs to forgive Azula in order to move on and let go of the anger and resentment that he has towards her

The Infamous Smirk

The Southern Air Temple

Azula is not irredeemable

Zuko's redemption arc deserved better writing

Unpopular opinion: Aang understood Katara's pain better than Zuko did

Azula in The Storm flashback

King Bumi

Original cover art for The Search

Zuko and Azula both get undeserved hate

Why doesn't Zuko's crew know about his scar

Azula is not a feral animal or a bumbling crazy person

Azula was abused in the asylum

Book 3 should not have been the last season

Azula saying "I am about to celebrate becoming an only child!" to Zuko is not abuse

Little Azula eating mochi

Gene Yang's favorite panel in The Search

Yang forgot all of the bad things Zuko did when he wrote the comics

Azula and the doll

Azula and the sandcastle

Azula in the spirit temple

"I think we should take they're precious hope, and they're land, and burn it all to the ground"

Azula and the mirror scene

Iroh not wanting to fight Ozai

Azula calling Zuko "Zuzu" is not abusive

"Dad's going to kill you."

Tumblr ask: "Why do you think that so much of the ATLA fandom just violently hates Aang?"

Tumblr ask: The WORST Azula take ever(probably)

The Fire Nation and genocide

New(?) Unpopular Takes

Tumblr ask: Would you mind explaining the mirror scene?

Azula is not an irredeemable spawn of Satan

Part 2 of Azula is not an irredeemable spawn of Satan

Azula and war crimes list from villains wiki

Ghost Azula AU idea

Why the theory that Azula brought Zuko home to use him as a scapegoat makes no sense

Azula defeated herself before her agni kai with Zuko happened

Kya and the Southern Raiders

Iroh encouraging the toxic sibling rivalry between Zuko and Azula

Suki Alone

Sokka's trauma

Zuko was a willing participant in the sibling rivalry between him and Azula

Iroh never told Zuko what the "correct way" was

Azula sketch

Stop downplaying Sokka

Azula the mochi thief: wanted dead or alive

DOBS Kataang kiss

Tumblr ask: Azula slept her way to the top🤮

Sokka training the children of the Southern Water Tribe

Azula and Zuko in the Lost Adventures comics

Azula did not force Mai to join her in Omashu

Atla fandumb thinks that Azula should not have told Ursa what she overheard that night

[chidoroki]

Tokyo Revengers S3EP7

aka: "let's get ready to rumble"

Damn, Izana beating up every big name gang leader, even that one Ikebukuro dude who oversaw the Valhalla vs Toman fight.. up until Kazutora knocked him out anyway.

So Shion’s responsible for sending Mitsuya and Smiley to the hospital.. how rude of you sir. Also kinda bummed that happened of-fscreen, I was sorta looking forward to see Shion fight a little bit finally.

Oh I just noticed Koko standing around nearby too in his new Tenjiku coat.

Aw the poor boy, look at him all hurt still. At least he didn’t look too thrilled to be there.

Sanzu! Another one I wanna see fight so badly! Show me why the fandom adores you!

Oh I bet all the Ran fans went nuts over that close up zoom of him.

For a brief moment, I thought Toman was pulling up wearing some huge sunglasses til I realized that’s just some serious looking shadows over there eyes.

Now I understand the gang driving up to the pier was evident at the start of the OP, but was including Mikey and Draken towards the end just there for theatrics or are they really gonna show up later on after losing Emma?

Pfftt wait a damn minute, Koko has cuts and bruises on his faces a little while ago, but now when we’re taking a look at everyone lining up, his face is all healed? What witchcraft is that.

For real, Kisaski sitting back all the way high up on the containers.. c’mon down and fight ya coward!

Yo yo hold the fuck up.. there’s that many Tenjiku members?? They’re like ten times the size of Toman here. Good lord..

Oh if they’re starting one vs one with Shion, then Angry has gotta take revenge for his bro. I’d say Hakkai but he got enough attention last season.

I’ll be damned, it’s Peh who stepped up!

Ain’t no way he took out Shion with a single punch?? I mean I’m thrilled if that’s the case but the dude was talking such big smack and got knocked out so quickly?? Hilarious!

Pfftt leave it to Takemichi to headbutt a guy first before even thinking of using his fists.

Peh is basically using Tenjiku’s men as weapons the way he’s flinging them about!

Hakkai punching ‘em down head first all the way to the ground as always. Ya love to see it.

Chifuyu being best boy and coming in with a swift kick to save others.

Even Izana is acknowledging how weak Shion is. That must hurt.

Holy hell.. I should’ve expected Izana to also have fearsome kicks like Mikey. He sent Peh flying.

Damn straight Chifuyu!! I was waiting for him to come kick the shit outta Mochi!!

Oh boy, Ran vs Hakkai and Rindo vs Angry. Let’s go y’all!

Of course that leads Takemichi to face Kakucho. We saw this coming. Though I haven’t a clue on who Sanzu and Mucho will spare with. Inui and Koko are probably gonna throw hits at each other too.

Okay, yup, there he goes getting a surprise hit on Inui. And Koko’s face is shown to be all beat up again like that one scene from a while ago didn’t exist.

Wait, Akane? Who might that be? And why are they important to Koko to need so much money?

Koko has to accept that Inui isn’t Akane..? Surely we’ll get more of this backstory next ep.

[mochibuni]

Disney just did an entire promotion for Loki with Tom Hiddleston exclusive to tumblr-- yes corporations know what Tumblr is and are actively advertising on it.

The rest doesn't negate anything I said or is just regurgitating what I did say back to me, so I'm not going to address it.

I'm just going to get this out of the way incase anyone wants to argue; I have personal experience as a fanartist and my husband works in content mod for legal. I am informed on my hypotheticals, but they are HYPOTHETICAL. It would be easier to make assumptions if Tumblr ever made smart decisions, but they don't so here we are and I guess my ultimate conclusion is it doesn't matter how educated we are because Tumblr is going to Tumblr.

some very important info re: paid accounts~

I am not a lawyer, but I can decently interpret legalese and, being as I also suffer from tl;dr syndrome and assume others may as well, I took one for the team and went through the updated TOS for the post+ accounts and highlighted (what I understand to be) the most pertinent information, which ultimately comes down to this:

You cannot monetize copyrighted works (aka charge and earn money from fanfic, fanworks, etc) and if you do decide to put your fanworks behind a paywall via Tumblr, when you are inevitably sued, Tumblr will not protect you and will not defend you and you alone, personally, will be responsible for whatever monetary damages said lawsuit results in.

If anyone is a lawyer and knows I've gotten any of this wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me/this post.

Screenshots taken from Tumblr's TOS (updated 7-21-21), Stripe's Account Agreement, and the post+ FAQs.

1. Your paid account will not be hosted by tumblr; it is routed through a 3rd party.

2. By signing up for a paid account, you're entering into an agreement with Stripe, so in addition to Tumblr's TOS, you are also bound to Stripe's TOS.

3. Stripe, like Tumblr, will not defend you or protect you against any lawsuits.

4. Furthermore, you may end up owing Stripe money (indemnify = compensate)

5. Tumblr's TOS specifically states that you can't put any content on your post+ account that violates any laws, including laws that protect intellectual property rights of others. This is super important, because Tumblr's post+ FAQ also states that you can post anything that you would regularly post on tumblr, which I'm sure many will take to mean that gifsets, fanworks, etc are fair game, since all of that stuff can be posted on tumblr now. However, the difference is, you're not making money from the fanworks you're posting or reblogging now. Once money enters the equation, the game changes.

Tumblr is making it seem like any and all content goes for post+ accounts, knowing 90% of this site is fanworks. This is not true and you'll be opening yourself up for lawsuits if you charge for fanworks.

6. Tumblr further disclaims any and all liability in any legal issues.

tl;dr: Please do not make a post+ account, bc you will be opening yourself to lawsuits and if that happens, Tumblr's response will be not our problem, you agreed to all the terms which said you couldn't do that, sorry not sorry. Please protect yourself.

[mochibuni]

It's just so odd to me to see self proclaimed long time fans be really homophobic about Sailor Moon.

[chifuyusgangshirt]

My most controversial TR take is that most of the fandom's characterization of the S62 is terrible, especially the Haitanis, Mochi and Madarame. Why does Mochi keep getting depicted as a violent brute when he's the most moral in Tenjiku beside Kakucho? Why does Rindou turn socially awkward when he's a cocky little shit? Why is Madarame a pushover when he's canonly super aggressive and willing to hurt + kill people?? I could go on about Madarame, he's freaking off his rocker, but I'm out of space

Fanon vs. canon is just a very controversial thing on tumblr, for me. There are Characters I don´t even know why people start characterizing them like they are, as an example Gojo satoru or Ran.

The thing is that they look good, attractive, hot even -but they lack personality because they simply aren´t important enough for the story to develop.

A thing I openly criticize is the waste of good, potentially ineresting characters in this story. Wakui does an incredible job at writing the main characters, he really does. I adore Takemichi and Mikey because they are insanely written, their personality, fears and goals just feel real and hauntingly tragic. You really feel Wakui put his heart in their story.

But there are characters who really have such a good design and funny lines and they even come up often enough to give them a little more depth but he just didn´t do it.

My favorite examples here are Hanma, the Haitanis and Izana as well as Wakasa and Benkei.

We could have gotten a very good mitsuya vs. Haitanis fight two times but he just decided to not do that.

Hanma as a person deserves so much more screentime. From his absolute banger of one liners to his goofy ass height.

I don´t know if it´s the pacing that bothers me and makes it hard to start feeling with a few side characters but a few anons already said that they didn´t really feel with Baji and Emma because they didn´t get the time to grow at us. And that´s exactly my point here.

anyway, tell me more about Shion and your thoughts on him? I don´t like him, for enough reasons but he is still an underrated charcters and you´re right with his weak presentation. I don´t think he would be someone who let other people talk over him. He rather takes punches than humiliation first.

[whysojiminimnida]

Hi! 💜 I love your blog. It‘s such a joy for me, every single day. 😘💓 I was watching the vlive in real time, and the comments went incredibly quick. But I could see all the „I miss you, Mochi!“, „Missing you, Mochi!“ and „Mochi, I miss you!“ 🐣 💜 with my very own eyes. They actually stood out, because most of the comments were in Korean. Go, Jikook!💜💖🐰🐥 Have a lovely day!😘

I saw a lot of those too and I admit the whole "mochi vs emoji" thing could go either way. Like I said - if JeiKei read that out specifically for Jimin, that was sweet of him - and it worked, since Jimin posted on twitter within, what, an hour or so? It was quick. And I still think people will fight about what exactly was said unless the guys clarify it themselves and even then certain segments of the fandom won't listen. BUT RYAN REYNOLDS IS LISTENING GODDAMMIT

And excuse me for noticing but Ryan Reynolds is one of the smartest, snarkiest men in Hollywood. If he's all up on the Jeon-Parks, I'm here for it. I'm calling it for our team. Ryan Reynolds is a Jikooker and therefore we all stan him now, okay? This is now a Jeon-Parks-Reynolds-Lively space.

[mochibuni]

Another plea for Western fans to understand when forgein media isn't for them and what that means to play in that space.

It does upset me that in Sailor Moon fandom we've allowed BNFs to thrive off of unapologetically interpreting Sailor Moon from a white perspective and treat it as canon, especially when done in tandem of dismissing the culture the series comes from.

race & culture in fandom

For the past decade, English language fanwriting culture post the days of LiveJournal and Strikethrough has been hugely shaped by a handful of megafandoms that exploded across AO3 and tumblr – I’m talking Supernatural, Teen Wolf, Dr Who, the MCU, Harry Potter, Star Wars, BBC Sherlock – which have all been overwhelmingly white. I don’t mean in terms of the fans themselves, although whiteness also figures prominently in said fandoms: I mean that the source materials themselves feature very few POC, and the ones who are there tended to be done dirty by the creators.

Periodically, this has led POC in fandom to point out, extremely reasonably, that even where non-white characters do get central roles in various media properties, they’re often overlooked by fandom at large, such that the popular focus stays primarily on the white characters. Sometimes this happened (it was argued) because the POC characters were secondary to begin with and as such attracted less fan devotion (although this has never stopped fandoms from picking a random white gremlin from the background cast and elevating them to the status of Fave); at other times, however, there has been a clear trend of sidelining POC leads in favour of white alternatives (as per Finn, Poe and Rose Tico being edged out in Star Wars shipping by Hux, Kylo and Rey). I mention this, not to demonize individuals whose preferred ships happen to involve white characters, but to point out the collective impact these trends can have on POC in fandom spaces: it’s not bad to ship what you ship, but that doesn’t mean there’s no utility in analysing what’s popular and why through a racial lens.

All this being so, it feels increasingly salient that fanwriting culture as exists right now developed under the influence and in the shadow of these white-dominated fandoms – specifically, the taboo against criticizing or critiquing fics for any reason. Certainly, there’s a hell of a lot of value to Don’t Like, Don’t Read as a general policy, especially when it comes to the darker, kinkier side of ficwriting, and whether the context is professional or recreational, offering someone direct, unsolicited feedback on their writing style is a dick move. But on the flipside, the anti-criticism culture in fanwriting has consistently worked against fans of colour who speak out about racist tropes, fan ignorance and hurtful portrayals of living cultures. Voicing anything negative about works created for free is seen as violating a core rule of ficwriting culture – but as that culture has been foundationally shaped by white fandoms, white characters and, overwhelmingly, white ideas about what’s allowed and what isn’t, we ought to consider that all critical contexts are not created equal.

Right now, the rise of C-drama (and K-drama, and J-drama) fandoms is seeing a surge of white creators – myself included – writing fics for fandoms in which no white people exist, and where the cultural context which informs the canon is different to western norms. Which isn’t to say that no popular fandoms focused on POC have existed before now – K-pop RPF and anime fandoms, for example, have been big for a while. But with the success of The Untamed, more western fans are investing in stories whose plots, references, characterization and settings are so fundamentally rooted in real Chinese history and living Chinese culture that it’s not really possible to write around it. And yet, inevitably, too many in fandom are trying to do just that, treating respect for Chinese culture or an attempt to understand it as optional extras – because surely, fandom shouldn’t feel like work. If you’re writing something for free, on your own time, for your own pleasure, why should anyone else get to demand that you research the subject matter first?

Because it matters, is the short answer. Because race and culture are not made-up things like lightsabers and werewolves that you can alter, mock or misunderstand without the risk of hurting or marginalizing actual real people – and because, quite frankly, we already know that fandom is capable of drawing lines in the sand where it chooses. When Brony culture first reared its head (hah), the online fandom for My Little Pony – which, like the other fandoms we’re discussing here, is overwhelmingly female – was initially welcoming. It felt like progress, that so many straight men could identify with such a feminine show; a potential sign that maybe, we were finally leaving the era of mainstream hypermasculine fandom bullshit behind, at least in this one arena. And then, in pretty much the blink of an eye, things got overwhelmingly bad. Artists drawing hardcorn porn didn’t tag their works as adult, leading to those images flooding the public search results for a children’s show. Women were edged out of their own spaces. Bronies got aggressive, posting harsh, ugly criticism of artists whose gijinka interpretations of the Mane Six as humans were deemed insufficiently fuckable.

The resulting fandom conflict was deeply unpleasant, but in the end, the verdict was laid down loud and clear: if you cannot comport yourself like a decent fucking person – if your base mode of engagement within a fandom is to coopt it from the original audience and declare it newly cool only because you’re into it now; if you do not, at the very least, attempt to understand and respect the original context so as to engage appropriately (in this case, by acknowledging that the media you’re consuming was foundational to many women who were there before you and is still consumed by minors, and tagging your goddamn porn) – then the rest of fandom will treat you like a social biohazard, and rightly so.

Here’s the thing, fellow white people: when it comes to C-drama fandoms and other non-white, non-western properties? We are the Bronies.

Not, I hasten to add, in terms of toxic fuckery – though if we don’t get our collective shit together, I’m not taking that darkest timeline off the table. What I mean is that, by virtue of the whiteminding which, both consciously and unconsciously, has shaped current fan culture, particularly in terms of ficwriting conventions, we’re collectively acting as though we’re the primary audience for narratives that weren’t actually made with us in mind, being hostile dicks to Chinese and Chinese diaspora fans when they take the time to point out what we’re getting wrong. We’re bristling because we’ve conceived of ficwriting as a place wherein No Criticism Occurs without questioning how this culture, while valuable in some respects, also serves to uphold, excuse and perpetuate microaggresions and other forms of racism, lashing out or falling back on passive aggression when POC, quite understandably, talk about how they’re sick and tired of our bullshit.

An analogy: one of the most helpful and important tags on AO3 is the one for homophobia, not just because it allows readers to brace for or opt out of reading content they might find distressing, but because it lets the reader know that the writer knows what homophobia is, and is employing it deliberately. When this concept is tagged, I – like many others – often feel more able to read about it than I do when it crops up in untagged works of commercial fiction, film or TV, because I don’t have to worry that the author thinks what they’re depicting is okay. I can say definitively, “yes, the author knows this is messed up, but has elected to tell a messed up story, a fact that will be obvious to anyone who reads this,” instead of worrying that someone will see a fucked up story blind and think “oh, I guess that’s fine.” The contextual framing matters, is the point – which is why it’s so jarring and unpleasant on those rare occasions when I do stumble on a fic whose author has legitimately mistaken homophobic microaggressions for cute banter. This is why, in a ficwriting culture that otherwise aggressively dislikes criticism, the request to tag for a certain thing – while still sometimes fraught – is generally permitted: it helps everyone to have a good time and to curate their fan experience appropriately.

But when white and/or western fans fail to educate ourselves about race, culture and the history of other countries and proceed to deploy that ignorance in our writing, we’re not tagging for racism as a thing we’ve explored deliberately; we’re just being ignorant at best and hateful at worst, which means fans of colour don’t know to avoid or brace for the content of those works until they get hit in the face with microaggresions and/or outright racism. Instead, the burden is placed on them to navigate a minefield not of their creation: which fans can be trusted to write respectfully? Who, if they make an error, will listen and apologise if the error is explained? Who, if lived experience, personal translations or cultural insights are shared, can be counted on to acknowledge those contributions rather than taking sole credit? Too often, fans of colour are being made to feel like guests in their own house, while white fans act like a tone-policing HOA.

Point being: fandom and ficwriting cultures as they currently exist badly need to confront the implicit acceptance of racism and cultural bias that underlies a lot of community rules about engagement and criticism, and that needs to start with white and western fans. We don’t want to be the new Bronies, guys. We need to do better.  

[stormblessed95]

Stormie, first let me say that you are one of four blogs I read daily. Keep up the good work! ❤️ @kanmom51 @akookminsupporter and @nightswithkookmin (you also)! Thanks for keeping me entertained and informed!

I’ve always found it interesting how Jk has been perceived as many in the fandom as manly, athletic, “too full of testosterone to be gay” seemingly. Honestly I think that’s how those who refuse shipping him with anyone romantically likely see him.

Jimin (my/our sweet little mochi) ☺️ is viewed as smol, feminine (because of voice or size or dress or his sensitivity for others), “definitely the gayest of gays” 😒. He’s is loved, clearly, by the entire group so he in fact, has strong ships (romantic or otherwise) with the other 6. He MUST be gay, right??

I have to point out to those fools out there who can’t or won’t See JiKook for who they are, that :

1. there are “manly” athletic men who are very much gay. How freaking sexy is Carl Nassib? He’s never gonna be mine cause he’s GAY- and in the NFL. His abs, I’m sure, look as good or better than JK’s. Look at him. What differences do you see between him and Jk as far as “manliness”, athleticism, or sex appeal? They’re both beautiful, sexy men. One is openly gay, the other is closeted but doesn’t do a very good job of hiding his feelings toward another man (whether he gay, bi, pan, or just gay for Jimin) 🤷🏻‍♀️ Maybe Carl likes Jimin too 😏

2. Jimin is also manly and athletic and sexy as all hell. I mean, do people have EYES??? Have you seen his body control? His running? His dancing? He is fit. F. I. T. Every bit as much as JK - he just has a smaller body build so he’s going to remain smaller.

His clothing on stage is generally stylist-chosen but what do you typically see him in off the stage? He often wears jeans, hoodies, track pants, ball caps, and when he turns his fancy stylish side on, he looks like a male model for GQ. My point being, he wears stereotypical “male clothing”. Same stuff JK wears…same stuff Carl Nassib probably wears. How the hell does clothing determine your sexuality anyway?

I digress… moving on. I don’t see how anyone differentiates between the possibility JK is gay vs Jimin.

Hello? Are y’all blind? Anyone? Jimin is EVERYONE’s type cause he’s sexy in so many ways. I’m well beyond 25 and I’ve never seen a MAN with as much sex appeal and just magnetism (charm as JK calls it), as Park Jimin. He’s the most beautiful creature in any of the world I’ve ever seen. 😇

Jimin is a man. Sometimes he may look more feminine because of make up or clothing or hair style or camera angle. Sometimes he looks very manly. Regardless, his genitalia (I am assuming to know what I haven’t seen) and his Adam’s apple, say he is biologically male.

Gay men are GAY because they like other men. They may like a more feminine man or a super “manly” man (whatever that is) but they like men. They’re attracted to other men.

I hate to tell some of y’all, but Jk likes men. Well, at least one man. He may only be gay for Jimin - I can’t pretend to know him, but I refuse to sit back and say “maybe” because I don’t want to label him. I don’t typically label anyone but y’all…they’ve been telling us this for years now. They’re not hiding it that well. They may avoid making it public officially or unquestionably obvious but c’mon. Hickey gate? That was the final straw for me in dealing with people who just choose to be blind. The touches and glances weren’t enough? The little smirks and big grins? The giggles, Joon’s babysitting, and the numerous other questionable incidents?

Yeah, I was convinced long before but after Hickey gate and the freeness they’ve displayed since, I don’t have any tolerance for those who won’t see it and the TKK who refuse to see it and try to gaslight JK into thinking he can’t or doesn’t want to put his lips on every part of JM’s body every chance he gets. (Trust me y’all, he has. And Jimin loves it.). Be jealous cause it’s never gonna be you, but be thrilled that one sexy man has got himself another sexy man and they are so HAPPY and madly in love. I can only dream of that kind of love and as a divorced woman, it’s sad to say I don’t think I’ve had even close to what they have.

Just the way they look at each other. JK is whipped y’all. JM isn’t the “gay one” over here “turning” JK gay or trying to manipulate him or seduce him into being gay just for JM. I believe JK found RM sexy and intriguing originally (respect now) and then came Jimin. Jimin woke JK up romantically and sexually. JK initiated their relationship officially, I hold true to that belief. JM didn’t cross that line because he is the hyung. JK wanted him, it was his choice. His attraction. His desire. JM wanted him back (and maybe took things a little slower to be sure it’s what they both wanted).

I guess my points of this entire rant are 1. JiKook gay. They gay, gay, gay and that is A-okay. I’m so happy they found each other.

2. Quit making Jimin out to be some obviously gay manipulator intent on converting others to gayness. 🙄 Jimin isn’t any gayer than any other gay man, including JK and JK was likely the initiator to their romantic and yes, sexual relationship. They’re in their 20s people. They done did the deed, or whatever the kids call it these days. 👵🏼

3. Stop gaslighting them when you contradict what they are trying to tell you without actually telling you. Read between the lines (and between the glances and ear sucks, and touches, and hickeys). For the LOVE…just open your eyes and let them LOVE each other.

Lmfao well hello and good evening 🥰

I agree for the most part, except for the he is only gay for jimin thing. That's not really how sexuality works. He only LIKES Jimin. But he is just plain queer, gay, pan, bi, whatever label he identifies as. That's all him, it's not just for Jimin. He is now monogamous and all for Jimin though. Saying gay for Jimin would be saying the same thing as saying my husband is only straight for me. When even if something ever happened to us, he would still only like women. He has a man crush a mile wide on Hobi though, can't blame him.

And their whippedness goes both ways for sure! Lol their heart eyes and consistency over the years is incredible

I enjoyed your rant greatly. Thank you so much for sharing 🥰😂 Enjoy these gifs of this intense Jikook flirting on stage during Run moment in return 💜💜 I don't understand how people don't see it either honestly 🤷🏻‍♀️ good thing they don't seem to care what people think and are just living their lives anyway!

[wildshadowtamer]

for the oc ask meme, who is your most recent oc and who was the first oc you made?

oh god, uh

i make new OCs like. daily, so.

my oldest, if we’re counting fandom ocs, would probably be Fox and his group from warrior cats, their kits who formed a “tribe” (group/clan) and end up joining thunderclan in an unfinished fic i wrote before i knew what fanfic was. (this was like, 2016?)

(redraw vs original pics of them under the cut)

my newest is probably Marie Wily, a mega man archie comics oc and dr wily’s niece. she’s sweet but innocently compliant in wily’s evil, i credit @zosonils for helping me with her literally just this evening.

(she will also be under the cut, just her picrew and my art)

^^ Fox and his group, Dray and Rivertorrent are not in the group, their just extras to fill space

Marie (picrew by kashiwa mochi, top image is my art)

[kacchakoweek]

Prompts Are Here!

Hello Kacchako Fandom!

Call me Mod G!  I’ll be (and already have been) handling the Tumblr for this years event!  The blog is all ready, so please feel free to give it a look!  Now without further ado, your 2020 Prompts!

Descriptions Under the Cut:

Sparring vs Villain AU

Sparring: bring out your training ideas because Bakugou and Uraraka are strengthening their quirks and skills! Who’s going to win?! Villain AU: an alternate universe where Bakugou, Uraraka, or both are villains! Are they in the mafia? Maybe the Yakuza? Or have they switched sides to join the League of Villains? Take your pick of any villainous activities you can think of! 

Royalty AU vs Fake Engagement

Royalty AU: this alternate universe is for your favorite royalty tropes such as kings and queens, princesses, pharaohs or sultans! Take your pick! Fake Engagement:  this is not limited to fake dating or pretend marriages, but those are classic options to choose from! Any fake arrangement fits the bill!

Desserts vs Our Future

Desserts: this is for all your Kacchako dessert fantasies! Do they make mochi together? Perhaps go on an ice cream date? Channel your inner sweet tooth, and make it so sugary, we have to brush our teeth afterward! Our Future: Kacchako and their lives in the future. This can be any point in their lives together! 

Established Relationship vs Star Gazing

Established Relationship: Bakugou and Uraraka are in an official relationship! Did they just agree to start dating? Are they married now? Here’s your chance to give your take on what a serious relationship would entail between them! Star Gazing: Kacchako enjoying a beautiful starlit sky together! 

Festivals vs Hand Holdings

Festivals: Kacchako enjoying any festival you can think of, whether they are real-life festivals or ones you’ve created yourself! Hand holding: Any form of Kacchako holding hands! You can build whatever world you like around them holding hands! 

Sparring vs Villain AU

Sparring: bring out your training ideas because Bakugou and Uraraka are strengthening their quirks and skills! Who’s going to win?! Villain AU: an alternate universe where Bakugou, Uraraka, or both are villains! Are they in the mafia? Maybe the Yakuza? Or have they switched sides to join the League of Villains? Take your pick of any villainous activities you can think of! 

Spy/Agent AU vs Quirk Swap

Spy/Agent AU: Is it a Mr. & Mrs. Smith take? Maybe James bond? Our favorite pair are on a secret mission, and it’s up to you to decide the action and adventure that goes along with it! Quirk Swap: Oh no, somehow their quirks have been swapped! This is not limited to Bakugou and Uraraka swapping quirks, but the reactions and responses to the quirk swap focus are on Kacchako! 

Hurt/Comfort vs It Was Always You

Hurt/Comfort: someone is in pain, it can be physically or mentally, and they need support and love from their partner. It Was Always You: a broadening take on the soulmate AU. How do Bakugou and Uraraka learn how important they are to each other?

Spicy Mochi 

This is a bonus, 8th, day of the event to close the week out with a bang!  Participants choose the topic they want to create for!

[mochibuni]

HiI'm just going to point out that just because it looks 2d doesn't mean it isn't rendered on a computer, and I'd bet good money there is completely computer generated animation in some of these gifs based on how they look. There is a smoothness and movement that can't be done by hand. Also 2d doesn't automatically mean best story and artistry; for every Ghibli there are 40 animations about moe boobs in Japan. Also Japan is a VERY capitalist country, if they felt 3d visuals sold better in their country they would do it. They're already playing with the idea, they have 3d cell shaded cartoons being produced.

Seriously, guys, animation is such a wonderful genre, please watch and read up on it, don't feed into tumblr's pro weeb anti West rhetoric.

In the west:

meanwhile in Japan: