#please say i am not alone in this

[hinamie]

inflict

[elderwisp]

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[girzapata6]

It's just you and me... Both going through a living hell. But we're going together and that's what matters.

I'm with you, and you're with me.

(I did the thing[?)

[mollypaup]

i think a really great aspect of oofuri is how much it gets mihashi's ass for being overly timid and dependent. it would be really easy to write off the way he and abe interact as being abe's fault because he is overbearing, and a lot of people do, but it has some really great moments of going "hey, you cannot hide behind abe or depend on him to make every decision. it's not good for you, or him, or the team."

[thevoidstaredback]

Sometimes I'll be writing a comment on a story on Ao3, and I'll just stop because I'll realize how long this comment is, and I'll think to myself, "Do they even want to comment this long? I'm basically psychoanalyzing half of the paragraphs in here! Would they be appreciative of this?" And then I realize another thing: I want comments like this. I love comments like this! I want more comments like this! And then I go on and continue to write a 10 page dissertation about why I love this particular chapter on [almost] every chapter

[xoxoemynn]

Hi,

I'm seeing a bit of a common theme in a lot of the posts today with people feeling hurt/lost/sad/you name it, all extremely valid.

I want to say that if you ever need somebody to talk to, my DMs are open.

And not just about this latest shit storm. If you want to talk about OFMD, a funny meme, a cool bird you saw. If you're just feeling a little lonely and would like somebody to talk to? Whether that's today or next week or next month, I'm here. I'd like to be your friend.

I know DMing people out of the blue can be intimidating and awkward, and honestly I'll probably be awkward the first few times we talk because that's kind of just how it goes, but that's okay. That's how friendships grow.

Nobody is alone here. I promise. 💗

[ladycauthon]

I gotta say; I relate so hard to Nynaeve's "That's just my face" line because Jesus Christ, I have to say that soooo often because I have real bad RBF

[wackywatchdotcom]

knowing pomnis favorite color is red makes me emotional and also slightly more in love with her, for some reason

[marragurl]

Dream I had: Brant (aka wuwa Jack Sparrow) and Aalto reenacting that iconic scene from the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie—y’know, the one where Jack and Elizabeth are stranded on a deserted island. I refuse to be the only one enlightened by this!

Brant smelling smoke: No! Not good! Stop! Not good! What are you doing? You’ve burned all the food, the shade - the rum!

Aalto: Yes! The rum is gone

Brant: Why is the rum gone?!

Aalto: One! because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete morons. Two: that signal is over a thousand feet high. Do you really think someone won’t see it???

Brant still distraught: But... why is the rum gone?!

Aalto: -_-

And then they kiss *gets shot*

[faaun]

said goodbye to him feeling weird!

[shikai-the-storyteller]

It's taking me ages to write this chapter because every time I look through old VODs / notes to check something, I come across moments like this that make me want to lie down face-first on the floor:

[Context: Pac commits to the idea of taking the Happy Pills so he can create a cure. He's about to write a note to Cellbit to explain his plan.]

Pac: If Cellbit puts himself in this position, it's worse for everyone, because Cellbit is smarter when it comes to coming up with strategic plans, so he is the thinking mind of the Favela Five group, so if he no longer has the mind, he’s not capable of solving this whole problem, you know? But if I put myself in this position to help Cellbit so he can get the cure... You understand? It's better if I'm the bait. Right? I can't- I can't carry things alone guys, I've already lost Mike [...] if I lose Cellbit and I alone had to carry things, I won't be able to. But I think Cellbit can manage better. He is more independent, and he has Roier. He has a husband. I'm trying to– to be lucid here, understand? That's all.

Date: September 11, 2023 || Timestamp: 03:10:10

[sleepy-crypt1d]

The belief of "if you like [insert ship] then you dont understand the characters" is baffling to me.

Because that's not what shipping is about.

I don't want to see these characters making out on screen, I don't want them to be made canon, I have no interest in the main story being changed just for a relationship to work. What I DO want to see is the what-if scenarios of how these people would end up together.

That's what shipping is, the what-ifs, the possibilities, the understanding that of course this is never gonna happen but what would it take for them to cross the line? What needs to happen to make him say that, y'know?

You can understand a character perfectly, can know them more than you're own brain and have never once strayed from their canon and still find the possible dynamic of them and a character interesting.

You can still imagine scenarios of 'what if he said this instead?' 'what if this went differently?' 'what would it take for them to mesh just right?' and you can do it ENTIRELY in character.

People explore ships and enjoy ships because they are a way to mess with different dynamics and ideas, not because it's what they want to see on screen, and not because they think it makes complete or perfect sense. They simply find the dynamic and 'what if they kissed' ideas enticing. That's all it is.

Fandom is for having fun, it's for relaxing and playing with digital dolls and writing fanfiction about if the dolls had trauma, and this weird elitism of 'well you don't get them like I do so therefore YOUR interpretation is wrong' is just. . . mean?

Trust me, I get not liking certain ships or HCs, I do that all the time but I also know that I don't live in that person's head. I don't know the dynamic they see, doesn't matter if they're 'in-character' or not. There are plenty of ships I have seen and haven't liked at first but then after seeing a person's AU or fic, I change my mind based on that interpretation.

Making the claim that 'you don't really understand these characters or the story' based on someone having fun with the source material is so strange to me. Not everything has to be serious 100% of the time. People will see things differently than you, and saying that they're 'fake fans' or 'don't get it' because of that feels so silly to me.

No one is lesser of a fan because they ship something.

I am so sorry for such a long post, I am just very passionate about this subject.

TLDR; people are still on their 'real fans vs fake fans' trip and I'm tired of it.

[candyriku]

I just posted my incredibly self-indulgent retired ballerina Soriku AU oneshot over on Ao3, so I drew this to celebrate! :)

Title: Pas De Deux

Rating: G

Words: 2,178

Chapters: 1/1

[ukitakejuushiro]

Aqua Timez - Sen no Yoru wo Koete / THE FIRST TAKE

[koppaiterocker]

Oh you guys have no idea how much angst this single comment spawned in my head... If I was a fic blog it would be SO over

[impostorsshow]

I'm actually so obsessed with him it's not even funny if i'm not listening to a TikTok or music directly related to him I can't focus free me free me

This is @/cherubpuppet's OC for a object show [au? pitch? wip show? How do I categorize this] and I've been destroyed by the fact that ruler art is infinitely superior [and 10x longer] and i don't have a good enough grasp on lip gloss's personality to make fanfiction so I am frozen in "want make fanart but fanart takes effort :["