#no need to remind me

[splatoonpolls]

As someone who’s been in fandom since 2018, I think there’s a specific type of fandom people who doesn’t really understand fandom. And yes, it has to do with the pandemic. Because many were forced into lockdowns. Which meant they spent a lot of time on social media, like TikTok. This lead them to discover popular anime and games at the time. Like MHA and Danganronpa. But TikTok, being the most popular app, isn’t an app made for fandom in mind. So they never got to learn to most basic of rules of fandom. And now dislike seeing people in fandom be “cringe” while fandom was built on cringe.

It was built on silly covers about your favorites, it was built on badly written X reader fanfics. It was built on some bored 16 year old making an inaccurate college AU.

But they just can’t fathom that, because fandom for them is just conventionally attractive cosplayers, edits,(short form AMVS in my opinion) and fanart which fit the art TikTok “like”.

I’m not saying if you joined fandom culture during the pandemic, you will know less than someone who joined before the pandemic. You probably will know a lot if you go into spaces that actively focuses on fandom more (like tumblr, DeviantArt, and ao3). But for the love of god. Fandom is cringe. It is a place where nerdy teens and young adults came to giggle about their favorite musical or funky 2000s 3d platformer. Fandom is a place where people make stuff together, not just watch while you bake.

Many people who say they’re “into fandom” but would dislike the things that make a fandom, a fandom. Would probably stay away from a theatre kid.

[red-racing-cars]

I'm not ready to see the 'no beta we die like charles in formation lap' tags on ao3 😭

[rubyroses222]

could you stop mentioning all our injuries pls

[hischierswhore]

this was a personal attack

[mebiselfandi]

Why’d they have to show a Ney ad after the game☹️

[sweetlittlevampire]

Just reblogged some fan art over on twitter that had me gasping in awe, and I thought to myself: "I want to make art that makes others feel the way this ia making me feel. The colours the light, aaaah!"

And then I looked at my own drawings. 🫠

I'm just not feeling comfident about anything creative I'm doing right now.

Writing? Could be way better.

Podficcing? Sounds horrible.

Drawing? Mediocre at best.

It just doesn't spark joy. Nothing sparks joy.

[kywylovelybeadvt]

We know

hold on hold on wait a minute

[siginari]

Thank you, Duolingo, for reminding me...

[queershakespeare]

still thinking about this whale sign i saw in cologne's old town....

[katsinspats]

Thematically appropriate comic for Make a Terrible Comic Day!!

I saw the original post this morning and it made me get out of bed to make something, so thank u Pseudonym Jones mission accomplished

[invisibleoctopus]

Your moral ocd is lying to you and tumblr is lying to you. you do NOT have to reblog any post you dont want to and you dont need to justify it and youre not prejudiced against a certain marginalized group if you dont reblog an Upsetting Post about a Current Issue said group is facing

[proxi-n]

Its something, I am absolutely terrible at taking photos T□T

[bethanydelleman]

One of the things I loved about The Wild Robot from a writing/world-building perspective was that it was clearly set in a post-apocalyptic world, but the details were very vague, and you don't even know until about an hour in:

"Beautiful shot," you think, and then it hits you that the whales are swimming over the Golden Gate Bridge.

Abandoned, crumbling satellites and a sunken city. And then when we do see the human city, they freak out at the sight of geese:

Animal-derived plague? Global warming? We don't know. We only know that something has happened. But like the general theme, whatever bad has occurred, the natural world is thriving. An unexpected positive from a history of tragedy.

[persicipen-archive]

[original-punks]

What what by Samwell

Watch the video on YouTube, thank me later for the amazing song recommendation.

[blackkatdraws2]

[Toon x Mobster] A tender moment.

[Animation timelapse here!]

[AUDIO USED:] Chet Baker - Almost Blue Sound Effects edited by me!