#or shut up

[otrtbs]

y’all are so weird. if you hate the way i characterized regulus in ahb! then,,, stop reading it? no one is forcing you to read it?? you can just put it down,,, you know that right???? who has the gun to your head making you click next chapter??? you can just stop reading it at any time. no really, trust me!

[mandlovapusinka]

FFS!

The man has won THIRTY FCKING FIVE stages at the TdF. He is quite literally THE GOAT.

And yet, there are some, who frame his career with “he FAILED to add 36th”…

Like show some respect, you rotten eggs!

[colorisbyshe]

i don’t read sasunaru fic often but let me just say some of the worst ones are the stories where sasuke and naruto have actual communication skills

like the dysfunction is 90% of their appeal. the repression, the thick tangle of animosity and yearning, the animosity BECAUSE of the yearning, and all the words so caught in their throats it literally blew their arms off when they finally tried to say them…

that’s the point

“oh but it’s post canon and it’s how they achieve their happy ending” mm nope. the happiest ending they can have is having said the most important things said—i missed you, i love you—while learning to let most other things just sit. every confession and talk of the past, of the future will feel awkward decades into their relationship because they are so thoroughly fucked and have chosen to stay in the system that fucked them.

unless they leave the shinobi world entirely their best language will always be violence and thick silence. sorry. even their happiest ending has a grim tinge to it.

[call-me-strega]

Me when I see posts where ppl are complaining abt fanfic writers changing or altering plot points/characterization of character by asking if they’ve even read the source material and how what their writing isn’t in line with canon:

Like that's entirely the point. We saw what canon did. Cool, awesome, amazing, fantastic. What we as fanfic writers want to explore is what if it didn't.

We want to see what would happen if we had slightly altered things or if certain things worked a different way or if things didn't happen all together. Canon is but the source material for our manipulation and experimentation. And sure it can get annoying if things commonly used in fanon are innaccurate or misrepresent the spirit of the story but here’s the thing: you don’t have to read it.

If fanon bothers you don’t engage with it. If you want to see more interpretations similar to your own then make content for it and share it. Popularize the takes you wanna see by starting the conversation. The only thing you really accomplish by complaining is making someone else feel bad for enjoying exploring their imagination. Because nobody is going to stop changing canon however they please and making something they enjoy just cause you don’t like it as much as they do.

If you don’t want people to misrepresent characters, then write them how you think they should be represented. If you don’t like seeing certain tags, then just don’t engage with them. No one is forcing you and if you were unsatisfied, then do something about it other than complaining and making everyone else feel bad.

Can we just learn to tolerate each other more? Because no one is saying you’re wrong either. There might be people who agree with you, but wouldn’t it more productive to create some thing those ppl will also enjoy rather than to bring down the people who enjoy warping canon every which way?

tldr; A mostly vent post about how people complaining about fanfiction not reflecting canon or aspects of canon are annoying. Fanfiction is not meant to replicate canon but to purposefully fuck around with it. They don’t accomplish anything other than making people feel bad about enjoying stuff that they don’t like. If you have such an issue with it, then start creating content that you want to see and more ppl will join in bc that’s how fandoms fucking work.

[goldensunset]

[maudiemoods]

If life is a never ending loop of dirty dishes and laundry then that means life is a never ending loop of home cooked meals and comfy clean clothes

[mindboogling]

I love making a gag character for D&D, forgetting they’re just a gag character, and then take a step back to look at the original ref

[taahko]

i think some of you dont like narratives or stories or characters i think you just like fanfiction tropes

[mroddmod]

the queen of the disco or whatever

[hamletthedane]

I just found the earliest email I ever sent from my email address, and it’s the funniest goddamn thing I can possibly imagine a fourth grader sending her teacher:

(Context - my fourth grade teacher was on maternity leave, and the class had conferenced at recess regarding the poor state of the classroom goldfish’s tank. We decided to inform our (24yo, new mother) former teacher of the dire situation, and I was selected as the duly appointed representative for this solemn communication.)

[erros429]

roommate texted this to me……..

[stairset]

I'm sorry but I will never ever use goon as slang for a guy who jacks off a lot or whatever it apparently means now. A goon is a guy in a clown mask and purple tank top who sees a caped crusader swooping down to beat up him and his buddies and yells "IT'S DA FREAKIN' BAT!" and I will accept nothing else.

[regina-cordium]

Guy just walked in with a shirt that said “I don’t question my wife’s choices because I’m one of them” and frankly I’m obsessed

[everythingwasnormalhere]

pls rb if you think cuddling doesn't have to be s3xual

im tryna prove a point to my bf's mother help me out

[littlestfallenangel]

I mean, he quite literally said the Zero "represented one of the few things we Japanese could be proud of – they were a truly formidable presence, and so were the pilots who flew them".

(Well, I presume he said those words in Japanese, so not literally literally, but you get my meaning.)

I get what your saying, but Miyazaki is very much a warplane enthusiast and very much does have a sort of admiration for Horikoshi, calling him "the most gifted man of his time in Japan" (quote is in the same interview as above).

Media literacy isn't really relevant here. Miyazaki's own actual words from his own actual mouth shows that he admires these machines, which his country used to commit atrocities, and that's a little messed up.

That obviously doesn't make him a nationalist , but the first reblog 100% has a valid point, and I think y'all are way too dismissive of criticism of Miyazaki.

Baffled.