#normal Eminem fan

[cringyedge]

I don’t think you should ask about it…

[misskingshit]

𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘵 summary: where he has an interest in a certain pop singer, and he doesn't try to hide it. note: believe me or not i’ve been listening hip hop since Im like 15 y/o, soooo why not do an M&M’s fic?? Let me know if u want part 2! xoxo

The lyrics of Mr Eminem's new song being mostly about you? That was something you definitely didn't expect.

I get so weak on my knees

Lose all control

Damn, her silhouette

So hot

Fuck bein’ a gentleman

I'm going to fuck her instead

The red carpet at the Grammys has always been a dream for you, you had already won a couple of awards, today... you were excited to be the presenter of one of them.

Best Rap Album.

To say you were excited is an understatement.

You've loved this genre of music since you were a teenager, Tupac, Fifty, Snoop...to name the most classics.

The camera flashes were the only thing you saw, accompanied by many voices that stunned your ears just by hearing your name.

"Y/N! over here!" A reporter called you, without hesitation, you approached.

"Hey how are you?" you asked with a big smile.

"Incredible! How are you? I imagine you're very excited for tonight" he smiles.

"Don't even mention it! I can't wait to call the winner on stage!"

"Do you think Eminem is nominated? He's been on everyone's mouth lately with his latest song..."

Here we go.

"Yeah... well, I'm sure he'll be nominated, I mean, he's fucking Eminem, it would be like a sin if he wasn't, right?" You laughed a little awkwardly.

"What do you think about his last song, about his comments towards you? 50% of people are upset calling Eminem a degenerate..." you didn't let him finish speaking.

"Well...I really like him, I mean, I've always been his fan and it's an honor to be named in one of his songs. Plus I also think that...we all know how he's like, if you don't like his way to be, to think, to speak, the lyrics of his songs, just don't listen to it and that's it, problem solved, I don’t see the point in hating so much on something you can just...ignore" you laugh looking at the camera "Just take things more lightly, not everything is fighting and bad intentions."

You finished your conversation with said reporter and simply headed to your designated seat.

On the other hand, a certain blonde boy was also being attacked with questions regarding his controversial lyrics.

"She's here? Shit, I want to see her," the blonde rapper said, showing a small, very small, smile, turning his head around with the intention of catching some sign of the hot pop singer, you.

"Yes! In fact she will be the one to present the award for best rap album!"

"No shit! Damn man she's here" Em turned around and said to his best friend, Proof.

In a few minutes everyone finished settling into their seats and you both were surprised when you looked at each other, just a few seats away.

You were five seats to the right and three to the back, so you caught him every time he turned his head back a little to look and smile at you.

Until, soon...your moment had arrived, you got up from your seat to head backstage.

By the way, when you walked past the rapper, he didn't try to hide the fact that he couldn't take his eyes off you for even a second.

"And the Grammy goes to..." you created some tension "EMINEN!" You blurted out the name more excited than you should have.

The rapper's reaction might not have been very expressive normally, but he couldn't contain his smile when he knew who would be the one giving to him his award. The rapper and his friends got on stage and it was inevitable that you felt nervous as you watched him walk towards you, with a playful look, as if he knew what he generated in you.

"Congratulations," you whispered when he was close enough to you, taking the grammy as you felt the soft brush of his fingers against yours, he did it on purpose.

You didn't expect him to give you a hug.

"That's all I get?" He whispered back to you, keeping your faces close and your noses touching, his hands on your waist pulling you closer to him as if he didn't want to move away from you.

A great bustle from the public was heard, and it took them both out of the small cloud in which they were.

This was definitely going to stir the waters.

You both walked away, while you greeted and congratulated the rest of his friends (Proof winking at you in the process).

"Wow, shit, this is crazy, thank you so much to everyone who made the production of this album possible, Dr Dre, who always had my back, I will be forever grateful...and my god, damn, thanks to whoever the fuck is that put this beauty in that dress..." he turned to look at you and winked "Y/N Y/L/N ladies and gentlemen, the source of my inspiration for Heat Seeker"

Obviously, you blushed.

The entire audience was applauding, probably already starting to gossip among themselves about the little show between you and Eminem.

Like a gentleman he offered you his hand as he watched you walk down the steps of the stage with great caution. "Thank you," you whispered. “Any time” he smiles at you.

´Til the end of the awards you continued to connect glances from time to time, you also noticed how his friends bothered him every time he turned his head to look at you.

"Hey, Y/N! wait!" listen to yourself behind your back. "Hey," you looked at him softly, "whats up?" He shook his head quickly. "I just wanted to…I mean, normally I wouldn't give a shit, but, I wanted to make sure that the song didn't offend you, it wasn't to upset you…" You interrupted his attempt to apologies "Don't worry, I understand it was just the song, I didn't take it personally, actually, I loved it" you laughed. "You did? I'm glad you're not like the rest and laugh instead of being offended." His attempt to hide his smile failed completely.

It just slips away from him.

Just with you.

A few seconds of silence took over the situation, though it wasn't uncomfortable, your eyes connected and you didn't seem to realize that you had been staring at each other. "Uhm, I was about to go to my hotel," you pointed behind you, "I was gonna change for the afterparty."

"Can I go with you?" He asked you, but before you processed the fact that he wanted to go with you to your hotel, he interrupted your thoughts "I mean, just so then we can go to the party together, if you want" he scratched the back of his neck.

You didn't even need to think about it "Yeah, I would like that" you smiled.

The two of you walked together towards your limo, captured by several cameras, so neither of you doubted that tomorrow you would wake up to a bunch of articles about how Eminem and Y/N left the Grammy's together. But none of you care about it.

[genderisareligion]

While Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj are having very public beef and while I really appreciate Megan's talent for what it is I wanna take this time to spotlight my favorite unproblematic female rapper who's been at it 10+ years whose lyrical mastery alone deserves 500% of the fame Megan and Nicki have:

Angel Haze

Who also released new music this week and it's 🔥 as usual

Proudly bisexual but prefers and frequently raps about relationships with women, in a deep and meaningful way. "Back To The Woods" (2015) was written after a public breakup and remains my go to heal from heartbreak album

Proudly GNC and I've seen her up close IRL and can confirm she's hot as sin

Not gonna get too into my issue with dick worship in female rap which Megan though I love her is guilty of but Angel here is the much needed antidote. Zero pandering to sex appeal and constantly shitting on men for being worse than her but more famous (she's right). Like I still don't think I've heard her reference dick even once which is a miracle out here

Proudly Native American (Cherokee) and self taught in Tsalagi language

Took Eminem's "Cleaning Out My Closet" and turned it into a brutally honest manifesto about surviving CSA and religious trauma

Fantastic fine artist and painter (always does the cover art)

Can sing her own hooks and kills them

Chill/normal on social media, minds her own business and great to fans (liked several of the comments I've left her)

I really need more people to get into her music, part of why she won't ever blow up like Megan despite (no disrespect it's just facts) absolutely bodying her lyrically is because she's so GNC

If you have a few minutes check out "Gxmes" 🖤

[therealcocoshady]

POV : You’re Marshall Mathers’s girlfriend and he worships you

Author’s Note : Hi guys ✨. I feel like it’s been a while since I last published something on here. Enjoy this little blurb I wrote. It’s kind of random but I think it’s kind of cute still 💕.

Marshall Mathers doesn’t really enjoy being treated like a king wherever he goes. He knows people give him special treatment out of respect, because he is a huge fucking superstar, but he doesn’t really care for it. He’s just a normal dude at heart, you know ? He likes it when things are kept simple. He’s not a huge fan of the deference, of people practically bowing and curtsying to him because he is Eminem. It’s weird.

But when it comes to you ? People better treat you like the absolute monarch that you are. This man will not accept anything less for the woman he loves. You are his sun. His days start and end with you. You are a deity he worships day and night and people better put some respect on his lady’s name.

He is not giving you the princess treatment. No. This would be good enough for any peasant. If he could, this man would build altars and monuments for you. You are his religion. Your birthday and the anniversary of your first date are holidays he refuse to work on. Doesn’t matter if he’s offered hundreds of thousands of dollars for a ten minutes performance, he simply refuses to be away from you on those days. And if you so much as utter an « I need you », this man will drop absolutely everything. He’s done it in the past and he absolutely has no regrets about flying for five hours on a day off from tour to be able to surprise you at work after you mentioned it was « so hard being away » from him. He is usually mindful about climate change but for you, this man will turn into Taylor « taking my jet for a ten minutes flight » Swift. He literally doesn’t care about the world burning as long as there is a smile on your face. Marshall is not a big spender but for you, he doesn’t care about numbers. His goddess deserves the very best and, thank God for that merch money, he is able to give it to you. He’s not a diva but he demands the very best for you. He couldn’t care less about the water brought to him in his dressing room before a performance. But he makes sure it’s your favorite brand. Same for snacks. If he has to fly someone to another country to get something for you, he absolutely will. In his mind, it’s the least he can do for the woman who blesses him with her presence. He is almost offended when someone fails to greet you properly and he absolutely is when someone straight up disrespects you. If he could, he would fight duels in your honor. Somehow, you managed to turn this stoic individual in the utmost gentleman. When he’s by your side, you will never be caught walking on the wrong side of the pavement, having to hold your own bags. He’d rather die than have that. But you’ll never be caught. Because he protects you like you’re the most precious treasure there is. He’s never caught in your presence, because he doesn’t want to have you plagued by the media and harassed by fans and, yet, he manages to show you off. In private, he doesn’t even try to hide the fact that he’s head over heels with you. Your name is on his lips constantly, and the way he talks about you shows just how devoted he is. At first, people close to him got a little worried. Who were you ? What were your intentions ? It seemed like you were out of nowhere. Walked into Marshall’s life one day and, from then on, he was addicted. They had every reason to be suspicious. And then, they met you. And they understood. They got to witness the genuineness of your interactions, how your eyes mirrored Marshall’s devotion, the way he leaned into your touch so naturally and just how you seemed to heal the parts of him that had been left raw. For the first time in forever, they saw him at peace. Not merely content. Happy. They expected to hate you, because what kind of high maintenance brat has the most stoic man they ever knew act like a puppy ? Only, they couldn’t. It wasn’t quite clear how things worked out between you and Marshall and, in hindsight, it was none of their business. But they couldn’t hate you when it was clear as day that « Em » as most call him, had finally found a safe space. So you won them over as well, and they gave you the princess treatment.

[merlucide]

What’s their taste in music?

notes: playing around with sizing hehe-

characters: Barou, Sendou, Chigiri, Bachira, Reo, Oliver, Hiori, Otoya

barou shoei

classical music 100%

Cmon my dude mediates- how obvious does it needa be? I feel like piano would be his favorite but also really likes cello or other deep string instruments. He normally just puts on the default classical music playlists lmao. Though I do think he would like Red hot chilli peppers for some reason. Definitely hard no on metal or anything really with intense drums. He can’t stand the loud aggressive music, he thinks it’s unhinged and frenetic.

sendou shuto

sendou listens to rap cus he thinks it makes him cooler💀 I can see it so clearly omg- 

Listens to Eminem obviously, and his favorite song from him is rap god. His hype song is NEW ORLEANS by BROCKHAMPTON. He feels so badass listening to it lmao. Though what he really likes is pop, Brittney spears, Dua lipa, Lady Gaga, etc etc.

chigiri hyoma 

Okay I can see Chigiri liking a few types of music for like different moods yk.

I think he’d like XXXTENTACION, he listens to his more ‘intense’ songs when he runs. He likes YuNg BrAtZ, when he wants to listen to depressing music he likes Orlando. 

He’d like rock too, The white stripes and Nirvana would be his go toos.

When he’s getting really into his workout he puts on Disturbed and occasionally SlipKnot when he’s tryna push himself.

ALSO I CAN 100% SEEING HIM LISTENING TO SLEEP TOKEN?!? OMG YEAH???

(RIP XXX.)

bachira meguru

Hear me out okay.

Voicaloid. 

IK IK- I think Bachira would really like the fast pace and excitement in their songs. He just likes Hyperpop, it’s like an energy boost he don’t need anymore energy

His all time favorites are Rin Rin Signal and Poppippo.

ALSO THE LIVING TOMBSTONE. UGH HE WOULD LIKE THEM RIGHT???? Discord would be on loop 24/7 are u kidding me

mikage reo

I think that since he grew up classy n rich he’d listen to classical music and such. he really likes Violin/Viola. Listening to it brings him great comfort and peace. Reo really likes Jazz too. Obviously Reo explored other types of music to see what else there is .definitely did it as an act of ‘rebellion’ lmao-  He isn’t really a fan of metal or rock but likes Alt. I can see him listening to The neighborhood or Radiohead. He also likes Adele.

aiku oliver

likes the more chill stuff, like Noah Kahan or Big thief. He’s a pretty laid back guy and doesn’t feel the need to rage through music lmao- Though I can see him liking Chase Atlantic. And I know for a fact if you put on any cunty music he’d know all of the lyrics to the songs. Ayesha Erotica, Chase Icon, or even porn-ish singerslike cupcakke he’d know the words to em💀

hiori yo

..

death metal.

..

Like we talking cannibal corpse, the fallen prophecies, and on calm days, SlipKnot.

he gotta cope somehow ig😶

Like you could ask him what he’s listening too and expect him to listen to like Drake or sum and he’s like ‘oh I’m listening to Murderous Rampage by Cannibal Corpse’. 

.. 😶

Like dawg wut😭

otoya eita 

he’d listen to Drake, Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West without doubt. 

Pls he’s the most basic, generic, un-unique ‘frat boy’ ever, of course he’d listen to them. He thinks he all hot stuff jamming out to em, all dripped out in his basic ass fit, and ugly beanie, ew. Ugh I hate this hoe🙄 (jk he’s bbg 🤭) also I’m not hating on any of these artists, I like their music- DONT TAKS NUFFIN PERSONAL PLS

lemme know if u wanna pt2 or whatever mkay

made March 17th 2024

[storiesforallfandoms]

Masterlist 3!

Here’s the third masterlist for all of my works! If you want to check out more of my work, here’s the links for masterlist one and masterlist two Imagines marked * are smutty imagines! Imagines marked ` are requests! Imagines marked ⭐ are personal favorites!

IMAGINES

STRANGER THINGS small ~ jim hopper` dance with me ~ eddie munson ⭐ starry night ~ steve harrington* (part five) ⭐ at the hip ~ steve harrington` ⭐ triple date ~ steve harrington (part six) ⭐ the freak ~ steve harrington (part seven) ⭐ oblivious ~ eddie munson ⭐ jason doesn’t know ~ eddie munson ⭐ this is music ~ eddie munson` ⭐

SUPERNATURAL strange human feelings ~ castiel` cleaning ~ dean winchester`

HANNIBAL into fiction` sob story ~ hannibal lecter

THE BOYS obsession ~ billy butcher* ⭐ herogasm ~ soldier boy* ⭐ alone on christmas ~ billy butcher can’t get too close ~ billy butcher ⭐ change in a heartbeat ~ billy butcher ⭐ the bad room ~ homelander ⭐

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY life father ~ diego hargreeves` rescue mission ~ klaus hargreeves’ ⭐

THE LAST OF US (HBO) friendly neighbors ~ joel miller ⭐ too sweet ~ joel miller

BARRY attraction ~ barry berkman` treat him better ~ barry berkman

AMERICAN HORROR STORY late night sins ~ xavier plympton (1984)*`

VICTORIOUS lost dog ~ tori vega` junker ~ beck oliver

HEMLOCK GROVE i don’t ever wanna see you with him ~ roman godfrey ⭐

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES roses are red ~ damon salvatore` ⭐

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH captive ~ blackbeard/ed teach ⭐

PEAKY BLINDERS moved on ~ thomas shelby

FUTURE MAN winner ~ josh futturman* ⭐

GAME OF THRONES littlest lion ~ oberyn martell (part one) ⭐ freedom ~ oberyn martell (part two) ⭐

THE WITCHER destiny ~ geralt of rivia

DOCTOR WHO looks of a princess ~ eleventh doctor ⭐

BRIDGERTON by the lake ~ benedict bridgerton

THE GENTLEMEN the assistant ~ raymond smith ⭐

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN spirit of nature ~ jack sparrow`

THE MAZE RUNNER i’ll keep you safe ~ newt`

MARVEL how things are now ~ marc spector and steven grant` ⭐ kneel ~ loki* the most wonderful time ~ bucky barnes fast ~ pietro maximoff ⭐

1917 early morning ~ will schofield*`

THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT happy birthday ~ javi gutierrez ⭐

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S i need someone older ~ william afton ⭐ the ice cream girl ~ mike schmidt

SALTBURN new toy ~ felix catton ⭐ partners ~ oliver quick ⭐

THE SANTA CLAUSE santa’s sister-in-law ~ bernard the elf

8 MILE one of the guys ~ jimmy smith jr ⭐

THE FALL GUY the space cowboy and the pa ~ tom ryder

A QUIET PLACE i’d find you in any life ~ eric ⭐

GLADIATOR II betrothed ~ emperor geta ⭐

PETE DAVIDSON your gift` favoritism`

HARRY STYLES the perfect tree a star in the making` sleepy head`

MACHINE GUN KELLY baby mama` ⭐ my queen*` getting your attention*` all the mistakes` not what it looks like` can’t keep doing this*`

EMINEM may the best artist win*` too close for comfort` ⭐ when it’s wrong but it feels right` in the dressing room*` he’s acting different` we have to stop meeting like this` every inch*` let’s surprise the world` i’m sorry i let you down`

GOODGUYFITZ wake up call*`

CORPSE HUSBAND letting go` they forgot` ⭐

ASHTON IRWIN home life` cover me*`

CONAN GRAY pushing`

MATTHEW LILLARD accidental drunk confessions`

JOHNNY KNOXVILLE feeling good*`

ALEX TURNER more than a song*` ⭐

BO BURNHAM can’t handle this right now ⭐ look at me*`

KRISTEN STEWART special customer`

TARON EGERTON he already has my approval ⭐

ROBERT PATTINSON my favorite superhero

GERARD WAY good girl*`

GWILYM LEE history repeats itself`

RYAN GOSLING play date`

JOSEPH QUINN bad idea, right? ⭐

RANBOO fluffy haired gamer boy`

JACOB ELORDI height advantage`

MOTLEY CRUE she is mine ~ mick mars`

CHRIS EVANS not used to normal` ⭐

SWAGGERSOULS our next step`

JSCHLATT too far ⭐ the hotel room* ⭐

JOHNNY DEPP just for us`

TRAVIS BARKER the parent trap`

SHIPS

family reunion ~ hermione granger x draco malfoy`

HEADCANONS

showing pedro pascal fan edits ⭐ sitting on jschlatt’s lap ⭐

NSFW ALPHABET

rook (jp capellette)*` eddie munson* ⭐ billy butcher* ⭐

[zestylemonsz]

i havent interacted with the dazai anon directly but honestly they're fucking halarious from an outside perspective

someone: yeah Chuuya's cool

dazai anon: *insert weirdly long rant that's 90% insults*

someone: yeah ssk is cool / ssk is ok

dazai anon: that's toxic you're toxic fuck you

someone: Dazai's cool

dazai anon: you're not an actual dazai stan he's not your favorite character go fuck yourself

there's literally mo rhyme or reason to it 😭😭

also i fr saw them say Dazai's not someone's favorite character like. buddy. pal. how's that your decision??

also if i remember correctly aren't "stans" those really weird extreme fans. and therefore not even something fans should want to be

Yep. Their insults are all the same, too. It's normally "cunt" "pathetic loser" "seethe and cope" or something like that. They've recently been using "low media literacy" too.

Basically if you love chuuya you're not a dazai stan (even if you like dazai)

If you like dazai you're not a dazai stan

And if you like skk you're shipping a toxic and abusive relationship. This, however, isn't true. Skk may have some toxicity in it from when they were 15, but it isn't abusive. This is a fictional relationship so my opinions are different than if it was real.

Chuuya slapping Dazai wasn't abusive. It was pretty deserved. Considered Dazai basically said to Chuuya that his friends (now dead) deserved death. Chuuya acted on emotion. That's normally how he is.

Also this is Bungo Stray Dogs. Everyone has something negative about them. And the world isn't perfect in bsd either.

Also they're biphobic. Me being bisexual got them to call me disgusting and they told me they're "disowning" me from the community. (Hey. Btw. Bisexual is the third letter in LGBTQIA+)

And yes, stan is a way of calling someone an extreme fan. It actually comes from Eminem's song Stan, which is basically about a crazy obsessed fan. It actually is the combined word of "stalker" and "fan".

So no, you don't want to be a stan technically speaking. Being a stan of a group can be seen as different though. (Stan is typically used for celebrities or people.)

[cantsayidont]

It's no great stretch to say that virtually all popular music of the past 150 years is either fundamentally Black music (e.g., blues) or exists as the result of white artists and promoters appropriating Black music and distilling it for white consumption.

The first episode of the irritating 2019 Ken Burns documentary COUNTRY MUSIC, for instance, describes how country star A.P. Carter (uncle of June Carter Cash) would drive around the countryside getting Black blues musicians to share songs with him that he would then copyright in his own name (something the documentary presents as a perfectly normal thing to do, somehow). In A POCKET FULL OF DREAMS, the first part of his biography of Bing Crosby, jazz critic Gary Giddins makes a strong argument that Crosby — by far one of the most successful and influential pop vocalists of the 20th century — developed his vocal style by appropriating Louis Armstrong, of whom Crosby was a fan, and then adapting it to suit the audio parameters of the electronic microphone. Frank Sinatra, another of the 20th century's most influential pop vocalists, was strongly influenced by Billie Holiday, whom he admired greatly. (Sinatra's former valet, George Jacobs, told a touching if probably apocryphal story about Sinatra visiting Holiday in the hospital shortly before her death and trying, without any success, to help her score some smack.) And then of course there is Elvis Presley, whose appropriation of Black music is well-documented and much discussed.

Lines between musical genres are largely fictive and often exist in large part to enforce racial lines — the early episodes of COUNTRY MUSIC describe at some length (albeit with a frustrating lack of critical thought) the arbitrary nature of the distinction between "race music" (a.k.a. R&B) and "hillbilly music" (a.k.a. country) in the pre-WW2 radio and recording industries, and if you still think there's a quantifiable genre difference other than race, please listen to Ray Charles' 1962 opus MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC and try again. White artists have been trying to colonize rap and hip-hop at least since Blondie's "Rapture," but listeners (or radio stations) that make a big deal out of eschewing rap and country don't usually seem to think Blondie or the Red Hot Chili Peppers or even the Beastie Boys and Eminem really count; why do you suppose that is? (Use both sides of paper if necessary.)

So, when people whine that they don't like rap music, or that rap isn't really music, it's really just saying, "Oh, I can still hear the Blackness — I don't like that, can you take that out?" Which, given the above, is absurd as well as offensive.

[yvesdot]

Well, this is new! I watched the entire VMAs (just about) for the first time ever, and here is my official writeup—less so for Dots (certainly not a public-facing project), more for all my friends I want to gossip with. Here’s everything I’m going to be talking about for the next few days that happened at the VMAs, with helpful links to all the available clips.

Before anything happened, Kendrick released a new song on Instagram. This immediately trended alongside the VMAs for the rest of the night.

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Chappell Roan snapped at a photographer on the red carpet. It’s still frankly unclear to me what happened—in the video I’ve seen passed around, you hear a voice in the background say “shut the fuck up,” to which Chappell turns and retorts, “you shut the fuck up!” When they apparently protest, she shuts them down, saying, “not me, bitch!” It’s unclear whether the photographer in question was originally talking to her, or to another photographer, and also whether she was accusing him of saying anything to her. I’m not personally invested in finding out more.

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Eminem opened by performing “Houdini” and “Someone Save Me;” I showed up halfway through with the volume on mute and had no idea why that man was wearing the world’s worst blonde wig. I do think the obvious visual reference to his original VMAs “Slim Shady” performance is genuinely cute. It is unbelievable he still rapped the “If I was to ask for Megan Thee Stallion if she would collab with me / Would I really have a shot at a feat [shot at her feet]?” lines with Megan Thee Stallion hosting.

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Megan was adorable and an excellent host. She is so funny, so genuine, so easy to watch and so good at balancing being personable and competent. Honestly, she and Chappell gave some very similar energy tonight and it made me wonder if they know each other (I am not very aware of Chappell things��yet!) She was also, naturally, exceptionally well-dressed. The crowd absolutely loved her.

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Taylor immediately won the “Best Collaboration” award for Fornite with Post Malone, which began a streak of 7 awards won that night, mostly for that one song, despite the fact that her latest album has been one of her worst-received by fans and critics alike. (This is not a comment on whether the songs on the album are good or not, just on the relative success in comparison with her past work and the reception of other projects nominated. It’s surprising.) Her seven awards were the aforementioned Best Collaboration, Song of Summer, Best Pop, Artist of the Year, Best Direction, Best Editing, and Video of the Year at the end of the night. This ties her with Beyonce for most VMAs ever won. She also claims a number of other records, but I am not going to list all that. 

I will tell you that she opened this acceptance speech with “Waking up this morning in New York on September 11th, I’ve just been thinking about what happened 23 years ago; everyone who lost a loved one and everyone that we lost. That is the most important thing about today and everything that happens tonight falls behind that,” and then continued as if this had been a normal thing to say and/or she had not said it.

I’m still frustrated at the timing of her endorsement of Harris coincidentally last night. It feels too obviously set up to quell rising fan anger and ensure every award she won would be “untainted” by people’s criticisms of her.

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Megan recreated the iconic Britney-with-a-snake look.

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Sabrina Carpenter performed a lovely medley. She opened singing “Please Please Please” (with the “motherfucker!”) on a swing, descended to a couple of audio clips including the iconic Britney line about Titanic from her “Oops! I Did it Again” music video, performed “Taste” with an astronaut and an alien (she did kiss the femalien, though Britney Spears (!) commented she ought to have kissed a girl), and transitioned into “Espresso” with a few dozen astronaut backup dancers. I loved her outfit and especially the lipstick mark on her thigh (!!?!!), and I have to give her credit for doing this insane performance setup in front of both Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, about whom “Taste” was allegedly written.

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Katy Perry accepted the previously-announced Video Vanguard Award and performed a medley of tracks—in order, “Dark Horse,” “E.T.,” new track “I’m His, He’s Mine” featuring Doechii, “California Gurls,” “Teenage Dream,” “I Kissed a Girl” (rock version), “Firework,” and “Lifetimes.” You may notice that “Woman’s World” was nowhere on this list. Also, during their performance of “I’m His, He’s Mine,” Katy and Doechii scissored in a possible reference to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s 2021 Grammys performance of W.A.P., and MTV cut directly to Orlando Bloom in a likely reference to the Britney/Madonna/Christina VMAs kiss where they cut to Justin Timberlake.

In my opinion, it was a great performance from the choice of tracks to the aesthetic(s) to her voice. She clearly still has it! However, people audibly booed when her name was announced and several times as she gave her speech, which, side note, opened with ““I did that all too on the first day of my period, if you can believe it!” It didn’t help that she chose to—well, look, here’s the whole thing, bold by me.

Can you believe it? Thank you so much to MTV for believing in my weirdness from day one and for helping artists extend their worlds beyond a song. There are so many things that have to align to have a long and successful career as an artist. There are no decade-long accidents. (a long, meaningful pause, during which people booed) So I would like to acknowledge a few people: my team who have been with me for over 20 years, direct management, and my label Capitol Records.

Trust me, it takes a village of strong people, a lot of healthy discourse, and a lot of group chats. My parents and my family, the deepest roots I know. We don’t always agree, but what a lesson that those disagreements can still be full of love. Thank you to MySpace, Warped Tour, and all the bygone places where I found a voice, identity, and a community so early on. Thank you to the friends that were there when my Jetta was repossessed. My Katy Cats: You stood by me for a lifetime, and the LGBTQ community who I recognize I would not be here without and who show me that you can be both kind and [bleeped out—”cunt”?]. Thank you to Orlando for keeping me grounded, celebrated, and doing the dishes. And lastly for my Daisy [her daughter], the only flowers I’ll ever need.

I’m excited when I look around music today, and I see all the amazing young artists who are operating with confidence, agency, vulnerability and authenticity. I’ve heard a lot of “Do this, don’t say that, wear less, wear more now. Hey, don’t cut your hair.” One of the biggest reasons I’m standing here right now is I learned how to block out all the noise that every single artist in this industry has to constantly fight against, especially women. I just wanna say with my whole heart, do whatever it takes to stay true to yourself and true to your art. Turn off social media, safeguard your mental health, pause, touch grass. And do what you were born to do just like I was born to do this. 143 comes out September 20. I love you!

I probably don’t need to say it, but I find it incredibly upsetting and disappointing that she would frame the criticism of her, which has centered almost entirely on her working with Dr. Luke, someone whom numerous women have accused of being misogynist and generally abusive, as “noise that women artists have to deal with.”

Also, I don’t have video proof of this, but they played a truly bizarre intro to the award where they called her “the queen of camp” and said “she’s a mother and she IS mother” and I don’t know what to do about that. They did play the world’s briefest audio snippet of “Woman’s World” during that.

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Chappell Roan performed “Good Luck Babe” and nothing else, which nonetheless seemed to quiet upset fans whose shows were canceled with little notice last week due to the “scheduling conflict” of Chappell deciding to do the VMAs. I wish the mixing had been better; I could barely hear her voice! But the aesthetic was lovely (very Dorian Electra “Man to Man”) and the set was extremely well-used. She definitely seems unused to performing in this more regimented style, but there’s an infinite amount of time for her to either get comfortable with it or adapt it more to her usual performance method of running all over the stage.

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Tyla won Best Afrobeats for “Water,” obviously. Lil Nas X (presenting the award with Halle) could be heard saying “But we already knew, though, right?” as she approached the stage. She gave the world’s most diplomatic speech which acknowledged that African music is (obviously) more diverse than the label “Afrobeats.”

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Megan delivered an incredible medley performance: “BOA,” a sample of “Wanna Be,” “B.A.S,” a sample of “RATTLE,” “HISS,” and “MAMUSHI”—with a surprise appearance by featured artist Yuki Chiba, in a cool hat! And may I just say, for all-around stage presence, choreography, vocals, delivery, everything, Megan stole the show 100%. And that’s with all the ridiculous censoring she had to do! If you are not into Megan, you need to be, now. She is the moment.

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Benson Boone did a flip (1:29) while performing “Beautiful Things,” a song I found myself hearing for the second time ever. It is apparently the song of the summer to many people. That’s cool! I genuinely had never heard it in my life before this week. He’s clearly an exceptionally talented performer, so let’s see where he goes.

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Sabrina Carpenter won “Song of the Year” for “Espresso” and seemed genuinely shocked, somehow.

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Halsey did an absolutely gorgeous performance of “Ego,” a song I hadn’t heard before but found myself liking. I should get into Halsey!

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Camila, the other half (?) of the Camila-Shawn-Sabrina love triangle, with an album which underperformed (especially in comparison to Sabrina’s), faked out the audience (including her ex and his sometime-other-girl!) by pretending to play “June Gloom,” the closer from the standard edition of the album about why he runs back to her if he really likes Sabrina so much, and then cutting the recording off to actually sing “GODSPEED,” the closer off the deluxe version—and the latest single, dropped only last week. Apparently it’s the first track she wrote for this era, after a breakup with an entirely different ex. Point being, I give her a lot of props for just how much that moment rocked.

I suppose as a professional I ought to say all this is only allegedly what the songs are about. But, you know, we know.

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You know Glorilla rocked the house down. Having seen her in SF, I could tell just how much she’d improved since then, not just in her performing skills generally but in her confidence. You go, Glo.

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Chappell Roan won “Best New Artist” in a moment everyone saw coming a mile away and read her acceptance speech from her diary. She’s so cute!

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Video of the Year went to Taylor and she shouted out “my boyfriend, Travis Kelce,” in her speech. This is not news, but people screamed like it was? She also told people to vote. None of this is really important to me but you need to know that I went to r/GaylorSwift again after several months’ abstention as a result of the way people were talking about it. People chanted Taylor’s name. Also, Megan initially opened the little card upside down, which was adorable.

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Best performances of the night: Katy Perry, Megan Thee Stallion, and Halsey.

Most deserved wins of the night: 

Chappell Roan (Best New Artist)

“Espresso” (Song of the Year)

“Water” (Best Afrobeats)

“Mamushi” (Best Trending Video, though any pick might have been good)

“BOA” (Best Art Direction)

Biggest snubs of the night: 

“Not Like Us” (Song of Summer, “Fortnight”)

“Paparazzi” (VMAs Most Iconic Performance, “Roar” — a case where any other pick would have been better)

Sabrina Carpenter (Artist of the Year, Taylor Swift)

Glorilla & Megan Thee Stallion’s “Wanna Be” (Best Collaboration, “Fortnight”)

Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter (Best Pop, Taylor Swift)

“Too Sweet” (Best Alternative, “Beautiful Things”)

“Von dutch” (Best Cinematography, “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)”)

“Rush” by Troye Sivan and “greedy” by Tate Mcrae (Best Choreography, “Houdini”)

Additionally, “Espresso” was not nominated for Song of Summer (“Please Please Please” was), and Britney’s “Slave 4 U” was not nominated for VMAs Most Iconic Performance.

Here’s the full list of nominations and wins. 

Here’s my compilation of favorite outfits. Katy Perry wore a QR code tramp stamp which led to preorders for her album.

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Other thoughts:

LISA and Anitta and Rauw Alejandro’s performances were also great! I don’t know that this was the best intro to their songs (my stream was not excellent quality) but I’m glad I stuck around!

Ads for HIV medication and Kamala Harris played throughout the night. There was one ad of Camila’s “I LUV IT” playing while she did insane things and drank Bacardi that almost made me dislike the song.

Charli not being anywhere near this event was criminal. I know she has the Sweat tour to rehearse for (I’m going to see her! AHHHH!!!!) but I really felt her absence. People also expected Taylor and Ariana to perform, and neither of them did—Ariana wasn’t even present! Lady Gaga wasn’t, either, which is a possible reason “Paparazzi” didn’t win Most Iconic VMAs Performance; apparently the VMAs prefer to give awards to artists who are present so they can give a live speech. Meanwhile, they gave Artist of the Year to Taylor Swift for the second year in a row and didn’t air it because she was walking in and out. Make of that what you will.

I successfully predicted the results of 5 awards (Best New Artist: Chappell Roan, Best Afrobeats: Tyla, Best Direction: Fortnight, Best Editing: Fortnight, and Video of the Year: Fortnight). Next year I might just start gambling and put it all on TSwift; it seems an easy victory.

Let me know if you want more of this sort of thing! I've done it for presidential debates in the past, too, though that was Patreon-exclusive. Heck, if I wasn't on hiatus, this might have been, too ^__^

[antheiantics]

ENTJ Behaviours - Everyday things the Internet analysis don't tell you about - weirdly specific edition

Loud loud laugh. The type of laugh to make you go under the table. Happens roughly 2-3 times a day.

Shouting for no apparent reason.

Zoomies, yes, zoomies around the house.

Zoomies in talking - The point is to get it out fast and furious and go on with the day. Spoiler alert: 80% of the time I have to repeat myself, because people didn't understand my point delivered in Eminem speed. I'm fine, we're fine, it's fine.

Constantly forgetting people don't have the ability to understand with just one, maximum three words. Exception: INTX

Hating to be late and arriving early. Completing several tasks while waiting.

Having absolutely no tolerance on people who are late. Holding a grudge about it. Waiting for the day to just leave so the other person learns from it.

Abrupt style changes that shock people - going from casual business to grunge fairycore, not realising that people get confused with the vibe.

ENTJ procrastination is a thing - it's just procrastinating by doing other smaller tasks instead of doing the big looming one.

Being confident all the time except in a specific moment in which it's required to.

Ordering food at McDonald's because your extroverted friends were "too shy" to.

Waiting for those same friends to say "hi" to the entire planet while you try to look confident, pretty and approachable.

Being invited in the conversation in the span of one minute and hitting it off for the next 10 minutes.

Walking fast.

The boulevard is the runway and y'all are just peasants interrupting the strut.

Making detailed plans about being a successful company owner in 10 years, but forgetting to take in the sheets the next day. Short-term goals - a strong point, if forced. Day to day to-do list - not a strong point at all, unless written down (most of the time confident enough to remember our own tasks) (most of the time we forget to do several of them, or postpone them to shove three more that we planned to do after two weeks, but oh well, an opportunity arose - extremely specific, might not apply)

Patience. Monstruos amounts of it. Miranda Priestly was just fed up after so many years in the industry and I can see why.

Pet peeves are inefficiency and people who repeat the same mistake over three times, after it was explained to them by multiple people.

Strong opinions. Controversy. How are y'all dealing with Cruella (Emma Stone) and Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice) mix, type of person? Genuinely curious. Not asking for a friend.

As for the ENTJ men reading this - do you have like a list or diagram, with all the people that manage to keep up with your Stewie Griffin (South Park) , Kaz Brekker (Six of Crows) tendency to "invest" and Thranduil(The Hobbit/LOTR) type of beauty and pride, and how long is it? Again, genuinely curious.

Wrote the origins of criticism and invented self-criticism in the process, because emotional liability got invented roughly around the same time and apparently it was "too much" *side glances INFPs*

Crying only out of helplessness (not if you can help it, ofc) and anger.

Fan of stupid puns (extremely evident)

Might unintentionally ghost people or leave them on seen, because they messaged you while your brains were working overtime (happens too often)

Caffeine doesn't work, but it's a ritual of pleasure, not to be missed, unless the day is bound to finish in prison. Same could be said if you take tea instead of coffee.

Relaxing by watching documentaries about successful people.

De-stressing by drinking wine with that one close friend that you see once a month due to busy schedules and talking about life.

That close friend also happens to be the closest one to IxxJ type and thoroughly listens while we explain the nature of emotions and why we think that the normal emotion we felt is a terminal illness.

Flirting is a way of surviving not a way of life. Take it as you wish.

Inspecting and dissecting your crushes so you know what you're dealing with. Most of the time we "un-crush" them with a snap of our fingers.

Sometimes we "just go with it" and end in a semi-casual situationship.

When they tell you we are confident and undisturbed by flirting, they're probably lying or not competent enough about speaking on real (not psychology explained) life. We do. It's just not obvious. INTJs, INTPs and ENFJs might not agree, because they somehow just know.

Getting hurt over minimal details people mentions about us throughout a conversation but being unaffected by "the big ones".

Which is hilarious because we're major "big picture" people - details are the things we see last. Sometimes, we don't even bother to inspect them.

ENTJ: Ah, ah, okay, bye-

Other people: No, wait! There's-

ENTJ: I pretty much got it, bye-

P.S. "Pretty much go it." or "I'm gonna wing it.", but make it organised, are probably catch phrases by now. No matter what people tell you that's a major trait of XXXJ people.

When I told you we invented criticism, I forgot to mention we also helped ESTJ and INTJ invent sarcasm.

[vixkirksleftballsack]

Nischa headcannons/ individual headcannons because they won’t leave my brain (a lot of them are copy pasted from a server I’m in)

Mischa is a huge adult swim fan, liking shows like morel Orel, robot chicken, and all that

Noel is taller than Mischa, but Mischa refuses to go along with the idea that Noel is a normal height and he’s just short, so Mischa lies about his height sometimes and claims Noel is just a giant

Mischa has wrestlers ear

Noel knows how to play the clarinet

When noel laughs, it’s always one of those out-the-nose chuckles

Mischa says that he gets in trouble with the cops frequently, but like the worst thing he’s done is jaywalked and stolen things from gas stations

Noel’s natural smile is downturned

Noel and Mischa have a “romantic” playlist, but Mischa adds the most awful shit to it. Like Eminem or Macklemore all over the playlist

Before Noel and Mischa were friendly with each other, they hated each other. Like Noel thought Mischa was a stereotypical dickhead homophobic hockey boy, and Mischa thought noel was a Pussy fuck

Mischa has a pretty awful gaydar, and assumed noel was straight when he first joined the choir and thought that noel was with ocean. (Noel immediately shot that down)

Mischa would sleep in jeans or pants, and Noel would have specific clothes he doesn’t like designated for sleeping

Mischa had noel do most of his English work, and mischa helped noel get better at the things they were working on in P.E.

As a joke once, Mischa asked Noel something along the lines of “do you have a crush on me or something?”, Noel fired back with a comment about his height and Mischa didn’t talk to him until he confirmed it was a joke

Once when Mischa was high/drunk, he was rambling to Noel who was prolly his tripsitter, and he kept on talking about getting matching tattoos/letting him tattoo noel

While in class, Mischa randomly laid down across his chair a bit and put his head on Noel’s lap (staring up at the ceiling), and didn’t move until the teacher realized and yelled at him

They shared a lot of their classes together so noel could act as a “behavior buffer”, but it didn’t work and Mischa would just randomly talk random shit in the middle of their classes to noel

[raythekiller]

I have returned. Can I have this request?✨

These crp music taste!!!!1!1!

- Masky

- Jeff the Killer (MCR mf in my AU ☠️)

- BEN Drowned

- Nina the Killer

- Clockwork

- Ticci Toby

- Candypop

You can add ppl and get rid of ppl too!!! Have an amazing day Darling!!!!

🗒 ❛ Their Music Taste ༉‧₊˚✧

Featuring: Nina The Killer, Clockwork, Kate The Chaser, Jane The Killer, Bloody Painter

#Notes: didnt have any ideas for candy, m sorry. also, u can find jeff, ben, toby and masky here

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꒰⸝���₊⛓┊Nina The Killer

Kind of eclectic, likes anything high energy. Definitely into Mindless Self Indulgence, Avril Lavigne, Get Scared and Jazmin Bean. Blasts music from her room in the middle of the night swearing that others can't hear it (they can and they're super mad about it).

MOLLY mindless Self Indulgence

HELLO KITTY avril lavigne

WHORE get scared

SACCHARIE jazmin bean

XOXO (KISSES HUGS) 6arelyhuman

FAN GIRL ghost town

꒰⸝⸝₊⛓┊Clockwork

Honestly? Rap. Loves NF, Eminem and Lil Nas X, as well as the occasional Lil Darkie or Pink Guy if she's feeling a bit quirky. Refuses to listen to music without headphones on and carries them everywhere with her.

THE REAL SLIM SHADY eminem

THERAPY SESSION nf

MONTERO lil nas x

SHE'S SO NICE pink guy

GENOCIDE lil darkie

BLACK & WHITE juice wrld

꒰⸝⸝₊⛓┊Kate The Chaser

Doesn't listen to music very often, but when she does, it's normally female singers with a softer voice, like Billie Eilish or Lana Del Rey, also LOVES Cigarettes After Sex. Doesn't bother with headphones since she's almost always isolated anyway.

EVERYTHING I WANTED billie eilish

PEPPERS lana del rey

APOCALYPSE cigarettes after sex

COLORS halsey

I WANT YOU mitski

BUTCH 4 BUTCH rio romeo

꒰⸝⸝₊⛓┊Jane The Killer

Total trad goth. Evanescence, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Within Temptation, you name it. Super invested in the entire style in general, takes the alt community seriously unlike some posers (Jeff).

CANDYMAN siouxsie and the banshees

VAMPIRE LOVER lesbian death bed

BLACK PLANET sisters of mercy

DISINTEGRATION the cure

BRING ME TO LIFE evanescence

THE RECKONING withing temptation

꒰⸝⸝₊⛓┊Bloody Painter

Helen likes softer songs, as they help him focus on his work. Gigantic Ricky Montgomery and Matt Maltese fan. Also some Conan Gray here and there. Anything with some chill vibes is good in his book.

MR LOVERMAN ricky montgomery

IT WILL COME BACK hozier

THE STORY conan gray

CURL UP & DIE matt maltese

AS THE WORLD CAVES IN matt maltese

CUTTY LOVE milo greene

[lucancore]

on an Unrelated note is there a place i can learn about kpop fandom terminology or could you perhaps tell me about a few terms . for no reason . at all . /nf

i don't know everything but i can try 👍

also i'm going to avoid 'terms' that are fully just korean words (with a few exceptions) because they don't exist only in a kpop context

bias: favorite member(s) in a group

bias wrecker: someone else who catches ur eye but not as consistently as ur bias (i've also heard this one as someone you wish was ur bias)

ult: ultimate. A bias of biases; your favorite group/idol from your favorite groups/idols

stan: actually comes from an eminem song lol. It used to mean an obsessed fan but the term is used much more loosely now

casual (fan): not a stan but you listen to them

anti: someone who dislikes a group/idol and dislike them publicly and vehemently (like, I dislike some groups for whatever reason but I wouldn't advertise that yknow, it's just tase)

nugu (누구): literally translates to "who?" a group that's not very well known and/or underrated.

title track: different than normal (which would be the track with the same name as the album it's in), it means the track groups will promote with/the main focus of the album/ep/etc.

b-side: any song that's not the title track. Nowadays, some groups will also promote a b-side

comeback: any time a group releases. I consider a comeback to be when a group releases and promotes it (usually people don't promote digital singles)

promotions: include music shows, variety shows, talk shows, etc.

win: when a song ranks first on a music show. The first win is pretty important to a group. All kill means winning every music show the song's on.

fanchant: words/lyrics that fans can cheer idols with. The fanchant for be mine (infinite) is so famous that you can sometimes hear it from the crowd when other idols cover that song lol.

fancam: recording of a performance by a fan, often unofficial (like when people record concerts god bless them). Alternatively, an official recording of a performance that focuses on a specific idol or angle to show the whole group without fancy camerawork.

maknae (막내): the youngest member. In kpop it means of a group, but usually just refers to the youngest person in, say, a company or group of employees, etc. Any culture that has confucian influences will have age-related hierarchy, such as my family lol (viet).

[caligulatism]

are eminem fans on Pinterest allergic to being normal or something because the shit I see them say under pictures of Marshall and HALLIE, HIS DAUGHTER, are fucking disgusting.

[destinyc1020]

Anon is entitled to her opinion about Z fans but I don’t necessarily agree. I am a Z fan but I do find her fans (especially on twitter) unbearable. However, it’s not just her fans that act like this it’s just stans in general. The issue that people have with swifties is that a lot of the harm they have caused is tangible. I’m not going to place the blame on Z about the way her fans behave about the dumbest shit because all these young actors fans behave like this and harrass people that includes fans of Tom, Timothee, Sydney, Florence etc. additionally, there is nothing Z has ever done to encourage her fans to go after a particular person/group which is the specific issue people have with Taylor swift (I like Taylor though). Z does not interact with negativity within her fandom and she has never publicly aired out her issues with others maliciously that directs her fans to harrass people. Her stans just do it cause it’s been normalized in Stan culture and it has nothing to do with Zendaya herself. I hope what I’m saying makes sense.

However, it’s not just her fans that act like this it’s just stans in general. The issue that people have with swifties is that a lot of the harm they have caused is tangible.

I totally agree w/this.

A LOT of Celebrities have stans/large fanbases that can be unbearable at times. I can name some right off the top of my head:

Beyonce

Zendaya

Taylor Swift

Just to name a few! 👀

Like you said, it's not JUST Z's stans in her fandom who are like this, but it's a lot of celebrity fandoms. I almost feel like the more famous you become, the wackier your fans get. 🥴

People need to remember that the term "Stan" comes from Eminem's song "Stan" about an obsessed fan. So, a "Stan" is way different (imo) from just a "Fan" (which is more normal lol).

It's kind of disturbing actually.... 🥴

Z does not interact with negativity within her fandom and she has never publicly aired out her issues with others maliciously that directs her fans to harrass people. Her stans just do it cause it’s been normalized in Stan culture and it has nothing to do with Zendaya herself.

THIS. Stan Culture is crazy.

Plus, people have to realize too that sometimes, giving trolls or even stans attention and trying to tell them to "knock it off" only spurs them to do it even MORE. It might make some crazies try to get your attention in negative ways. Obviously, there are limits, but sometimes, certain things don't even need your attention imo.

I don't think Z will totally give up social media completely since I'm sure her team/studios NEED her to be able to promote certain things, but I can see her continuing to do what she's been doing, which is not being on social media much. I can't even remember the last time Z even "liked" something. 😭

She's definitely made a huge change. Having a stalker threaten your life during your press tour also isn't fun, and I'm sure that made her feel unsafe and not really wanting to be online much either.

[lantur]

notes,

Even more busy than usual at work last week and this week, feeling pretty overwhelmed and like the weeks are dragging on :/ there is no sign of any slowing down at work as the holidays approach. I've even had to have coffee for the past couple of mornings (I'm normally a tea person!) to keep me going through the day with work + workout

I'm proud of myself for finding the time to cook good recipes despite that - I made a sweet potato curry for dinner with @broomchickabroom tonight, paneer makhani for dinner last night, and honey-roasted chicken legs over the weekend.

I am almost done with How to Sell a Haunted House, by Grady Hendrix, one of my favorite authors. I highly recommend all of his books to anyone who likes horror. I am LOVING this book so much ad have enjoyed listening to it while I cook. I'm going to need to find some more authors like him. I have his one other novel that I haven't read yet, Horrorstor, to move onto next.

I got to see a play at my favorite local theatre on Saturday night with my friend Laura (who I went to Peru with) and that was lovely ❤️

I was SO happy that Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday 2 album dropped a few days ago. I've been a huge fan of her music since I was in high school in 2009 and she was just getting popular. And then I saw that her original Pink Friday album came out thirteen years ago and I felt SO old... I remember when that album came out. I'm so grateful for artists who have been active for a long time, like Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, etc. - it's been great to grow with them, to have listened to them in middle and high school, through college and work in my twenties, and still have them to fuel my workouts in my thirties. A lot has changed, but good music stays constant. :)