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[buddiebeginz]

BT’s popularity feels so…off. Tommy’s not even a main character. He’s barely a character tbh. Him and Buck don’t even act like boyfriends. Their chemistry is nonexistent. What the fuck are people so invested in that causes this ship to trend as much as it does?

Well in the first place part of the reason B/T tends to trend is because Buddie shippers help that happen especially on tumblr. If you use the ship name in your posts or in the tags including something like anti b*ckt*mmy (minus the censors) it still helps their numbers.

Back in s7 B*mmy posts were doing a lot of numbers on social media but that was mainly because of the excitement for the ship being new and Buck having just come out. A lot of that has died down now though and some of the people who were apart of that initial excitement have also I think started to realize that the ship isn't going to last.

To your other question I think the main reason people are drawn to B/T is because they want to see two guys they think are hot be together. I know they'll argue there's more to the ship than that but there really isn't. Every opportunity the show has had to give that relationship more depth and to just generally show T*mmy as a great boyfriend for Buck they haven't taken it.

A lot of B*mmy shippers also joined the fandom after 704 and so their main draw to 911 is B/T. Some haven't even watched the other seasons. I think this plays a part in why they are so quick to defend that ship and argue about B/T being endgame. They don't really understand Buck and the main thing they really care about on the show is this one ship. It's also become part of their online identity in a way too. Which worries me for when B/T inevitably break up. Like how are these people going to cope when the ship they have all convinced themselves is endgame turns out to not be?

[sheyri]

We have a birth date!

Time to get all weird about it and start an annual blood sacrifice. Or something. I mean, the Red Madness has to start somewhere.

[magentagalaxies]

vent incoming:

got my grades back for my courses last semester and most of it was to be expected, mostly A's, maybe an A-, etc. but i honestly can't get over the fact that my independent study (the buddy cole documentary) was for some reason given a B. like sure getting a B isn't bad per se, I usually get at least one B every semester and i honestly don't really care about what my exact gpa is as long as i can graduate, but come on. this school put me through months of psychological torment over this project and didn't even have the nerve to give me a B+??? i'm still coping with the self-doubt they forced on me and this bullshit is not helping!!

[capsiclesteebrogers]

Bridgerton fandom is nasty because people like you feel they can police other peoples thoughts and content and they are unable to stay in their lane just like you. So go fuck yourself with the moral highground, guess what I saw today - another nasty Nicola fan talking how Simone is arrogant because she is skinny and a curry sniffer. You seee any kanthony fan making posts in the polin and Nicola tag with this bullshit? Grab a mirror and think for a second why you are feeling you can somehow police other people, nasty romanian comunist

I was debating answering this ask until I got to the last part. It is incredibly insensitive to call someone a comunist simply because you do not agree with what they say. My country is still recovering after communism because we did not have the means to progress faster. My parents still talk to me about how they were affected by it and how awful it was. Please check your xenophobia because it is not normal.

I am not policing people's thoughts and contect. I am calling out people who are being (and have been for the past few years) nasty and deranged towards a real woman. People can post whatever they want but being a decent human being is a requirement for all of us. Call out these fans and make your own post. As I have previously mentioned, I have reported and blocked p*lin fans who have attacked Simone but I see few of these people because I try to curate my space as much as I can.

And yes, I have seen fans tagging wrong. I made sure to tag properly and censor both ship names. If my post appeared in the normal tag then it's tumblr's fault because I always make sure to tag properly.

I suggest you grab a mirror and reflect why you think being xenophobic and fatphobic to a person you do not know is ok. I simply made a post calling out nasty fans. I did not insult the actors nor the ship. Do you honestly believe this behaviour is normal? I made one singular post criticizing some shippers and you have already send me 4 asks. Please block me and leave me alone. Or maybe come off of anon and allow me to block you.

[vilevampire]

I've never received so much psychic damage from reading something in a fic as I have today reading a paragraph referring to f1t as p4c's "best friend and most trusted companion" with no mention to m1ke at all

[alltimefail-sims]

Getting online when T Sw**t does literally anything...

Every tag. Every fandom. Fanfic titles. Retconned characters (this character is a sw***ie, this character is this song coded, this ship is so that song coded and so on). Fan Edits out the ass. Audio clips, lyric quotes, hot takes on Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr/YouTube/TikTok. A cruel, unending slew of exposure you did not ask for lmfao

[mememan93]

I don't remember where I saw it, but i saw this idea that Zelda and Link in OOT are siblings, because Links mom was running from the hyrulean civil war, into the forest to hide her kid, and zelda's mom is never mentioned, and i just really like that idea.

[necrothezma]

I feel like I have to apologize for reblogging from a random ass person but sometimes I go to people's to study them then I find content from a deactivated person and it's like fuck! I have no choice now

[elytrafemme]

every single fictional character i like should split and have mood swings like me. "ohhhhh but it's not canotical" "ohh they have good control over their emotions and stable views on the world" i don't fucking care. i see cq in his fake desert i see klavier's control dialogue i see dahlia and her serial murders and komaeda and the gun literally fuck with me right now. we need to stop being cowards about our fictional character headcanons i think everyone should kill people always because i can't

[monstermonstre]

just realised that a lot of the praise that the fabelm*ns (2022) has gotten, that I personally think is mostly unearned (and this isn't a comment on spielberg's personal life or career that I both respect, but a comment on a film that I think fails on multiple fronts, probably not for him but for anyone outside of himself or his family watching), could apply to afters*n (2022) too, and more deservedly so

anyway if you're interested in a fictionalized depiction of a real life relationship between a parent and a child via memories, real and reimagined, through the medium of film and pictures, watch afters*n (2022)

[orchardmarch]

just want to dissect and muse about the m.arch-l.aurence family and their religious affiliations for a moment. * personals / non-mutuals, please do not interact!

i like the idea that amy and l.aurie possibly raise bess with judaism in her life as she grows up. it's my belief that l.aurie's mother was jewish — all we know about her in canon is that she was italian but he's been portrayed by a few jewish actors over the years, including my favourite, JHK in the 2017 series — but we know that he wouldn't have been raised in the jewish faith regardless, having lived most of his life with his paternal grandfather.

the m.arches are definitely christian, most likely protestant, but it's never fully specified how devout they are aside from brief mentions of god's presence at various points. LMA was a transcendentalist herself and seems to have lightly incorporated some of those beliefs into her work as well, especially with mr m.arch, so there's a variety of different teachings in the girls' upbringing. amy is probably the type of girl who briefly had some flirtation with catholicism as a kid, mostly just out of curiosity and surface level admiration, but i don't think she would have committed to it long term. i still think protestant beliefs would be something she'd abide by as an adult, but we know that her parents wouldn't have been extremely strict regardless.

i like to think that when bess is born, they do try to learn and incorporate more jewish faith and culture into their family, but likely never "officially" raise her in either direction. amy would maintain her christian faith and i don't see l.aurie being someone who believes anything strongly, but he might want some more connection to that side of his heritage to feel closer to his late mother. and amy would really enjoy learning about those aspects too, both to be supportive of l.aurie and also because she likes learning about cultures and has always been taught to have broad perspectives. i think bess would have elements of both in her life, but ultimately religion is left as a choice for her to decide when she's mature enough for it.

it's nice to imagine they'd be a chanukah family, keeping their old traditions (the m.arches are known for loving christmas ofc) and making new ones. there would be a lot of appreciation for all of it in their house.

side note: i also like to think that b.haer is jewish too. regardless of whether he's lavender married to j.o or just her platonic life and work partner, he'd be involved with their lives too. it's really sweet to imagine he'd teach the m.arch-l.aurences about jewish beliefs and traditions as well and he'd be a great uncle to bess. l.aurie and b.haer friendship is also delightful to think about (especially considering l.aurie's initial reaction of "who tf is this european guy who's just showed up and hanging out at my sister-in-law's house. where did he come from and why isn't anyone explaining anything to me").

[cyanityinsanity101]

YOUTUBE STOP GIVING ME ADS OF THAT STUPID COLOR ARCHIVE GAME I ALREADY KNOW THAT IT'S ONE OF THOSE PRO-LOLLIPOP GAMES YOU'RE JUST SHOWING ME SHIT I DON'T WANNA SEE /VERY MAD

[featherymainffins]

Family is clearly just prolonging my and my mother's misery by forcing me to text her on special occasions and send her gifts, which is giving her false hope that her only boxing bag might come back and endure whatever she decides to take out on it again.

[lesfruitsdores]

I've posted about this before, but let's take a look at 0lly Al3x@nd3r's E$C journey, shall we

Instead of showing solidarity with the victims of the October 7 pogrom, sign a defamatory letter saying Israel is an apartheid state and say you hope it gets kicked off the silly music contest that it has participated in for decades (and won 4 times)

Realize Israel will still compete, refuse to withdrawl because that's a great career opportunity and you're getting great exposure

Be relentlessly harassed by the "fans" you gathered with such an empty gesture once they realize you aren't one of the Good OnesTM

Give a teary-eyed interview about how hurt you are upon hearing you are complicit in genocide and that you aren't qualified to speak on a conflict that started long before you were born

Throught this whole time, don't do a single thing that will actually help palestinians - such as organizing a benefit concert to raise funds or reach out to palestinians living in the UK to see if there's anything you could do for their community. Going to the press to give ridiculous statement and having all the attention on you is more important

Such clown behavior

[paganinpurple]

AO3 Etiquette -UPDATED

Based on both decent and not so decent replies, I have made some changes to my original post below.

It would seem a whole new kind of AO3 reader/writer is emerging and it is becoming clear not everyone quite understands how the website community works. Here is some basic guidance on how most people expect you to go about using AO3 to keep this a fun community archive that funtions correctly:

As well as likes, kudos is for when the story was interesting enough to make you finish reading. If it sucked or was badly written, you probably left. If you finished it, you liked it - so kudos.

If you really liked it, you should try to comment. It can be long and detailed or a literal keysmash. Writers don't care, we just love comments.

No critisism unless the author has specifically asked or agreed to hear it (so use your notes to say if you want some constructive feedback). Even constructive critisism is a no-no unless an author note tells you it's okay. No, posting it online is not an open invitation for that. Many people write as a fun hobby or a way to cope with, among other things, insecurity and just want to share. Don't ruin that for them. I've seen so many authors just stop writing coz they can't handle the negative emotions the critism brings, and it's only meant to be a fun thing shared for free (pointing out tagging errors is not included in this).

Do not comment to ask the author to write/update something else. It's tacky and off-putting and will probably have the opposite effect than the one you want.

There is no algorithm, it's an archive. Use the search and filter function to add/remove the pairings/characters/tropes etc. you want to read about and it will find you the fics that fit the bill.

For this to work, writers must tag and rate stories. This avoids readers finding the wrong things and missing the stuff they want. I don't care how cringy that trope is in your eyes - it gets tagged.

The tag exception is if you don't want to tag a million things or spoil your story, you can rate it as "chose not to use warnings," and maybe tag the bare minimum.

Don't censor tags. How can someone exclude a tag if the word isn't typed out correctly? There are no content bans for terms so don't censor them.

If the tags are mostly content/trigger warnings, especially if they are things considered very fucked up or graphic, you might want to use "dead dove - do not eat" to ensure people know that you're not messing around with tags and what they get is exactly what you've warned them about.

Character A/Character B means a ROMANTIC or SEXUAL relationship of some kind. Character A&Character B is PLATONIC, like friendship or family.

Nothing is banned. This is an rule because banning one thing is a slipperly slope to banning another and another, until nothing is allowed anymore. Do not expect anyone to censor for you. Because of the tags system, you are responsible for your own reading experience.

People can create new chapters and sequels/fic series any time after they "complete" a story. So it's considered perfectly normal to subscribe, even to a finished story. You can even subscribe to the author instead just to cover your bases.

Do not repost stories or change the publishing date without an extremely good reason (like a complete top to bottom rewrite or an exchange youve written for going public). It's an archive, not social media. No one cares what's the most recent, only what fits their tag needs.

Instead of deleting a story you wrote if you hate it - consider making it anonymous or orphaning it so others can still enjoy it, without it being connected to your name anymore. If you still want to delete it, fair enough.

It's come to my attention that metaworks ARE allowed on AO3, which is something I wasn't aware of. So if you do post an essay or theory, please tag it as such so others can choose to search for it or exclude it. Art is also allowed.

The only reason this archive works is because NON ONE PROFITS. Do not link to your ko-fi or patreon or mention monetary gain in any way or you violate the terms and risk having your account removed. If anyone does link, it leaves the archive open to people claiming it's for profit and having the whole thing removed.

I KNOW there's plenty more I missed but I'm trying to cover most of the basics that people seem to be struggling with.

I invite anyone to add to this, but please explain, don't berate.

[godivaghoul]

Sorry I am censoring your name but I did not want anyone bothering you just in case...

I just wanted to say I appreciate your sentiment but I strongly do not agree that body hair are a "flaws",

obviously you know I'm gonna say: "you shouldn't be ashamed of your own body no matter what" and don't compare it to what you see online, even to my art because even if I draw more "natural" bodies I still strongly idealize body proportion and feature to adhere to my erotica fantasy...

also I mostly draw what my body hair looks like, (I do not have chest hair though I wish lol) but I also think all different type of body hair are hot...

sorry I wanted to write something more aspirational but I am not good at this... I love you ♡