#people will make more fanart and fics about it

[k1tty5]

sketches (and one not sketch but i didn’t want to post it by itself,)

[senseearly]

This will probably be the only time I'll speak of this hear but I'm convinced that this whole fandom discourse stuff is less about 'icky' ships that they think no one should support, and more about the hunger for views/clicks that this type of post/content generate.

I've been noticing that over the past years. Participation in fandom isnt about creating fic/art/works for a character/ship/specific franchise. It has to be accompanied with a specific amount of engagement otherwise the participation wasnt worth it.

Of course this is not to say that creators shouldnt expect a like/comment (as a creator, you want your work to be seen/acknowledged) but this creates the incentive for people in fandom to make the next biggest thing. How do I make something that would get me a lot of likes? Comments? You can make the usual positive fanart/fanfic stuff for a specific ship or community. But theres also the other route of hateful content because anger just clicks.

Then again maybe this is also just a symptom of people just becoming jncreasingly online and having a blurred distinction of what should be kept private and what should be kept public - because I see a lot of that stuff too. And when you depend on social media for social interaction, the lines become one. Its okay not to like ships for any reason, but it doesnt have to be yelled at the rooftop. Theres also this trend of looking at your ships/preferred tropes as a definitive marker of your morality, but I think thats because some people have adopted their social media personas as their personality.

Its actually a lot easier now to curate fandom experience because most people have adopted the tagging system (ffnet was a wild west for side ships and tropes). So there really should be no problem for people to filter the ships that they dont want and stuff.

TikTok hetalia fans are so new to fandom cause what do you mean "mass usuk unfollowing" "we are not bringing usuk into 2025 🙏🙏🙏🥶🥶🥶" I don't even ship usuk at all but just because you see them as brothers or father and son does not mean others do mkaayyy this is why Tumblr is better just move here and block the damn tag ohbmy god 💀

[stemmmm]

Don’t think about it. Don’t fall asleep. Don’t look. Not yet.

fanart for the latest chapter of Then It Becomes, It Becomes, It Becomes A Problem because holy shit

[bubblingsteam]

[fluffyartbl0g]

Someone get this man a younger sibling that ISNT like. Twice his height.

[moeblob]

Yeah! I haven't read any fics focusing on them but I have seen that they exist! And also there's like a five sentence interaction in a fic I read ages ago that lives rent free in my brain. I think about it all the time when I draw Sixty.

[meteor-moon]

there was a boy with stars in his eyes

[ywpd-translations]

We need more engagement in this fandom!

So, as the title says, because I was thinking about this - I love this manga with all my heart as you very well know, and the main reason I started translating is because I wanted more engagement in the fandom, which was pretty much dead. Well, it still kind of is, which brings me here lol

I tried to keep this blog translations only to keep everything more in order and make it easy to find the various chapters and all, and I kept all my theories and ramblings either in the tags or on my main blog, except for the times I got asks.

But I would love for this fandom to be more active! I wanna talk about theories and headcanons and ships and all that! I want this fandom to start living again :')

So I was wondering - would you people like it if I started also posting about that kind of stuff? Reblogging fanarts, posts, fanfics or whatever I see around? Would you like to engage more in the fandom? I'm asking because: 1) maybe you'd prefer it if this blog stays translations only, kinda like an archive; 2) maybe there aren't many people who actually wants to engage in fandom activities anyway lmao

I'm asking honestly! I just really would love for this fandom to be active again :')

[srtruth]

I still don't know how to improve the quality of my illustrations ksksksks

[peacockrulz]

I'm sorry to anybody who expected me to post smth normal but. /j

these doodles are entirely based off the text of the fic Cyn's Night Out. which is a part from a series of fics that I haven't actually read but!! this particular part of it I have so jdskfjsdkf

I dub these two,,, StillKicking (get it? because,,football?? and Cyn never fucking dies????) anway here slightly more sketchy doodles under the cut:

Your Honor. I need More Of This.

[thelemonsnek]

visuals i made for a real actual paper i wrote for my sociology class that my professor will be reading

[image ids: the first image is a black and white drawing of Ingo and Emmet, from some time after Ingo disappeared. They both look neutrally forwards. Ingo is bedraggled per usual in Hisui, and Emmet looks tired. To either side of them are triangles emphasizing what shape their goatee is.

The second image is a photo of a salt and pepper shaker. The Submas Sideburns are drawn on top of them.

The third image is an edit of Shrek. He gestures at Donkey, saying, "submas fandom is like onions. submas fandom has layers, onions have layers... you get it? we both have layers."

The final image is an edit of the Marge potato meme. She holds Ingo and Emmet up, saying "I just think they're neat!" End id]

[marikodraws]

Who wants to dig for clams〜? 🌊 ᕙ(˵ •̀ ᴗ •́˵)八(⸝⸝ಠ︿ಠ⸝⸝)八(ﾉﾉ︶￣)ノ🦪

[dollypopup]

i hope to god the 'penelope rejects colin's marriage proposal' trope isn't in the season. i hate the idea that he would completely break her boundaries after she says no. i hate the idea of penelope telling him something and him disregarding it when their whole thing is that he listens to her. i hate how this trope is a complete misread of his character. i hate the lack of recognition that colin respects penelope too much to go 'nah, she just needs some convincing'.

and i think the 'well??? are you gonna marry me or not????' scene in the carriage when penelope falls flat on her face from shock straight onto the cobblestones is cute, actually, and i will never be sorry for it

[tiredoftime]

Being a semi-polyglot really ruins some fandom content huh

[tittysuckersworld]

THE PEOPLES LIKE MINE ARTTTTT AAAAAAA

[megamagimugi]

What do you mean people don't do it anymore when I'm right here doing it for the third fic/writer in the span of less than 2 months?

Probably not the last one I'll ever do either.

Reblog this if you would not only accept, but welcome fan art, moodboards, etc. of your fics

All of these used to be so common for people to show their appreciation of different fics and authors, and I think it’s a shame people don’t do it anymore. I love seeing fan work for my fics!!