#seeing it happen a LOT with popular characters rn

[jjmaybae]

I never speak of the obx drama because as a fan, I know where I stand. It’s their personal business not mine plus I don’t like that energy as someone with mild anxiety. I prefer hearing the happy things lol.

No matter how much is speculated, etc, fans will never know 100% of the story.

So I’ll just say my opinion once. Again… opinion.

I do think that people wanna ruin Rudy’s career (we’ve seen this in Hollywood before) as he is at the height of his popularity rn and let’s face it, he was the obx character so many loved. You can fight me on that but people have gone crazy about him in positive & negative ways.

Rudy’s character ate up the show the most. Too many fans got attached & for good reason. Despite them trying to make the character spiral, it didn’t work- a lot just loved him more & came to his defense. You can’t knock down a character like that plus you gave us a character with MAJOR LOYALTY. The reason I instantly loved JJ! His heart. He WAS the heart of the friendship as they say.

Even with how S4 ends, he’s still heavily loved & the most memorable one. He was a character who deserved better as we all know & say, and also a highly RELATABLE character to some of us fans which makes him extra special. His story & struggles gut me, hit home too & I was rooting for my boy to get a happy ending. There is an emotional attachment here and Rudy did an amazing job with JJ Maybank. Probably also because Rudy himself seems to have some of JJ’s personality. Cast members have said it in interviews.

I see 50-50, Rudy being very loved & hated. Though some of his haters seem to be a fan of JJ which lol. You don’t gotta love the actor but like, chill out? Did he PERSONALLY hurt you? 🤡 No, he didn’t.

Hating on someone you will never PERSONALLY KNOW is just beyond fucked. That goes for hating on Elaine (& others) too. Though so far, I see most of the hate on Rudy & Elaine. Let people be happy. Idk what’s with society and shitting on people who wanna be happy & do their own thing. I see it fucking everywhere dude.

Any mistakes made btw (if so)… we won’t ever know fully unless we were there ourselves (or someone like Rudy/etc comes out with it) and the past is the past. Move tf on. People change & grow. You do know that, right? & don’t act like you never fucked up plus it has nothing to do with you, a “fan.” Stay in your lane. I hate how it all gets dragged on. These are REAL human beings just like us.

I remember recently “fans” bullied Drew Starkey for his damn hair?? When he is known to have anxiety too… 🤦🏻‍♀️ Just why. Was it necessary to drag down a man for that? Even if it was short-lived. I just don’t get the point. It’s not hard to keep your thoughts in your head babes.

Y’all don’t learn from all those s*icide stories/etc just how much it can impact someone’s mental health. Nah, you all wait til shit happens then act sorry when it’s too late. You don’t have to love people (we all dislike some ppl, yeah) but you don’t go spread hatred either.

[nova-rogue]

nothing more insulting than purposefully creating a female character w really small boobs than to have someone draw her having a huge rack btw

don't do that shit

women out here exist with naturally tiny chests and are tired of it being deemed a bad or unappealing thing especially because it is neither bad nor unappealing and also 25% of men [sorry, no research for this on wlw unfortunately] who like women prefer small chests. there is nothing wrong with this as a body type and often when a character is created this way it's (: on (: purpose (: so (: don't (: change (: it (:

[magewritesstories]

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summary; some bnha characters dating a cool black-cat girl (bc i'm listening to the Ghost album by diljit dosanjh rn and thats the vibes it gives off) included characters --- izuku midoriya, katsuki bakugou, denki kaminari tw; none, it's literally just fluff note; if you want these headcanons with diff mha characters i'd write them! also i'm not a black-cat person at all so sorry if its not super accurate. word count; 909 words

IZUKU MIDORIYA;

He's so surprised first of all, like this poor baby is so in love with you but the fact that you love him back?! He's absolutely over the moon.

You might be surprised when I say this but not a lot of people are surprised at the fact that the two of you are dating—because of course the adorable dork who can never shut up pulled the chill, calm popular girl.

You're the first person to decode his mumble language, and just nod along like it's completely normal

speaking of his rambles, you just happily listen and let him rant until he realizes he's ranting and then he stops and looks at you so calmly smiling and listening and he almost passes out because he's overwhelmed by feels.

"I think that Kamui Woods would probably be the best match for her, you know considering the fact that he could use laquered prison to—" Izuku cut himself off when he realized he'd been ranting on about what hero vs hero matches would be cool to see and who would win.

You're sitting in front of him, the ends of your lips quirked up slightly as you swirl your favourite drink and look at him. "Something wrong, sweetie?" You ask, tilting your head slightly to the right as you rest it in your palm.

"I–I'm sorry," He quickly apologized, freckled cheeks tinting red as he felt your gaze stay on him, "I–I've been ranting, and–and you must be bored... I'm sorry."

"I didn't say that," You reply calmly, "I like listening to your rants—they're cute, and not to mention informative."

His already big green eyes widen even more. "R–really? I mean are you sure?"

You let out a soft chuckle and nod. "Mhm, now, will you tell me about how Kamui Woods would beat Mt. Lady?" You ask, giving him another soft smile.

Izuku visibly brightens as he happily continues his rant.

KATSUKI BAKUGOU;

How? Just how?

That's the first thing people think, because why would someone as cool and calm as you date someone as hotheaded as him?

Everyone around you is so confused (Denki literally brain-fries himself trying to understand.)

But then they see the way you stare down Bakugou without even flinching and manage to calm him down and all of a sudden it just clicks.

It's not really a rare occurrence—Katsuki's shouting his head off about some algebra equation Denki doesn't understand.

"What is so hard to understand, you damn dunderhead?!" The explosive blond shouts, practically jumping over the table towards Denki.

You're sitting in the library with the rest of the BakuSquad and have already been warned twice to keep it down.

"Katsuki, calm down," You say, looking up from your own homework.

He turns to you with an annoyed expression. "I'll calm down when this idiot stops being so damn stupid."

You match the glare he's giving you. "We're going to get kicked out," You reply, placing a hand on his arm to pull him back, "I'm sure Denki will understand whatever you're trying to explain to him if you just chill out."

Bakugou glares at you for a whole minute before huffing and falling down in his seat.

Everyone at the table stares at the two of you in disbelief. Katsuki just glares at them, as if he's daring them to say anything about what just transpired.

"So, Denki," You continue, turning towards your blond friend as if nothing out of the ordinary happened, "What is it you didn't understand?"

KAMINARI DENKI;

He's your polar opposite, and that's what makes it work

Kaminari is known for his cheesy pick-up lines and dumb flirting tactics, so when he tries one on you he does not expect it to work at all

but then it does??!!? (his brain malfunctions ngl)

Oh boy, he's drowning you with cheesy cards, pick-up lines, etc just to hear that cute little giggle again (he prides himself on the fact that he's the only one that can get you to giggle)

The bell signalling the second break rang ten minutes ago, but you're still sitting at your desk.

"Hey, Y/N," Denki's voice sounds even louder than usual in the empty classroom, "Watcha doin'?"

You don't reply, simply pulling up your geography textbook to show him the cover.

"Oh, we're covering the greenhouse effect right?" He questions, pulling up a chair to sit in front of you.

He leans his head on his palm, blonde hair falling in his eyes as he stares at you full of admiration.

"You know it's all your fault right?" He says, with a small smirk on his face.

You know your boyfriend well enough to know he's up to some stupid shit, but you decide to bite anyway. "What's all my fault, babe?"

"Global warming, it's your fault," He smiles like he didn't just accuse you of something like warming up the entire earth, "Because you're so hot."

You blink twice and then shake your head in disbelief. "You can do better than that," You reply simply, turning back to your notes.

Denki sees this as encouragement. "Oh yeah?" He asks in his most flirty voice, placing a hand under your chin, "Well, I must be a snowflake, because I've fallen for you."

Now, granted, this pickup line is even worse than the first one but it's just stupid enough to elicit a giggle out of you.

"You're an idiot."

"Yeah, but I'm your idiot."

[dekusleftsock]

I think that there’s a fundamental misunderstanding of what exactly is…happening with Izuku’s character. Specifically in regards to chapter 425.

I’m glad that a lot more people generally recognize that Izuku is not a character that can be read at a surface level, given that he’s both a repressed person with built up emotion of basically everything and also a very glaringly HUGELY unreliable narrator, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I agree with the ways I’ve seen this most recent chapter spoken about.

I see posts, comments, etc with ideas like “Izuku don’t suppress your emotions! Open up with people! It’ll be okay I promise!” When that’s fundamentally not what is happening here.

There’s always always ALWAYS been a distinct difference in character throughout horikoshi’s writing when he is showing that a character is:

A—Avoiding emotions, thoughts, ideas less than ideal for them. Not opening up when they probably should about their problems given that they’ve been handed the space to do so. Just genuinely not acknowledging, feeling, or expressing emotions that they don’t want.

B—Reflecting on the ways they feel about the world, themselves, or other people given their new perspective on a situation. Not outright reaching out to others to talk about these problems/feelings, but instead waiting until the moment they feel they have the most confidence to do so with their new outlook on their own life.

And genuinely, guys, to grab your BkDk attention rn, this is the exact reason why Ochako’s reflection on her feelings for Izuku and thereafter decision to pull away from them WAS NEVER GOING TO END IN OCHAKO EXPLODING WITH HER LOVE FOR HIM.

This was another common interpretation I saw of Ochako and Izuocha for a long time. That because she pushed these feelings away, they were somehow going to explode in this unbelievable way and she would “get the boy” because of it. That her arc would surround accepting her romantic feelings and that she can’t just push away how she feels for a career.

But yk. That didn’t happen. At all. Nowhere close even.

The same kind of goes for Katsuki, allmight, etc. They all had moments in their arc where it was spent genuinely reflecting, and the only reason we as the audience never connected it in the same ways we do ochako or Izuku was ALWAYS BECAUSE the narrative showed their inner thoughts while doing so (mostly because Allmight’s arc after losing OFA and Katsuki’s arc on what it means to be a hero were so intrinsically tied, both starting at the same time and ending at the same time during the final war. And because they were so tied this caused their own reflections, development, and thought process to be broadcasted to us frequently throughout their arcs… to each other. They also somewhat shared aspects with Izuku, but these were cherry picked more often than not, like dvk2 for example).

To us Katsuki never seemed to be.. idk, suppressing his anger in any way because we were always told what he was doing and why (side note: this is why I’ve always thought arguments against Katsuki were so weird, bc unlike characters like endeavor or Ochako he wasn’t like… hiding who he was and how he was changing. Ever. Like the audience knows at all times past basically season 3 what Katsuki is thinking and doing. Like how do you watch this happen, stare me dead in the eye, and tell me how much of a terrible and awful teenage boy he is. Like damn I didn’t think we were this dumb. This is also my theory as to why he’s most popular, his arc is very… in your face if that makes sense). Katsuki’s entire mini arc on reflecting his mistakes and his childhood and his future is spent TELLING YOU that it’s what he’s doing. (I’m referring mostly to the endeavor internship arc, the provisional license exam makeup, and basically everything in the war arc related to him leading up to bakugou Katsuki rising here)

And see, Horikoshi will stare you dead in the eye, tell you “this girl has taken into consideration that she doesn’t want to waste her time training her career focusing on a boy because he kinda caught her fancy”, and y’all will still say that this will explode in her face.

Y’all this is a series about learning how to manage emotions, maturity in relationship to one’s emotions, how to feel an emotion, but in a way that is helpful. Horikoshi isn’t telling you “go buck wild, feel everything all the time and always express it”, in fact he explores why you DONT do that! Through Toga or Shigaraki, they show how grief and anger can genuinely consume you. But he also shows why you shouldn’t just put everything in a box to never look at or acknowledge, or why you shouldn’t just let your grief destroy the world around you, or pretending that some emotions simply don’t exist.

I can’t say this enough, so let me say it now, mha is about the extremes of your psyche. That you should control something, but not too much. Everything can be harmful. Everything can be good.

Izuku is not controlling too much, he’s expressing just enough.

I LOVE shaming this dickhead at all times in all my posts. I love saying he’s an ignorant dipshit with a weird amount of distaste for a girl who just confessed to him. I’ve joked that chapter 348 is basically an entire chapter spent on Izuku calling Himiko a mean dyke. And yet I also believe he’s doing nothing WRONG here.

In fact, I’ll even say that this moment right here?

ISNT EVEN IZUKU DOING THE SOCIALLY APPROPRIATE THING ABOUT IT! But he’s still TRYING to reach out to someone he thinks MIGHT be able to understand. (And frankly, this moment is far deeper than what it’s being made out to be, to me it reads more like an unrequited friendship that Izuku both desires and has thought of them to have, while simultaneously showing the distance Ochako has successfully wedged between them for her own sake. Maybe it was always there though, maybe in weird, miscommunicated Horikoshi fashion, this is a representation of how Ochako always read all those “fun friend hangouts” as a little more than that, and without those feelings the friendship never really held any substance to her in the first place. Where Izuku saw his first real friend at UA, she saw little more than acquaintance)

Simultaneously, Izuku is genuinely reflecting on what it means for the world to change, to be a hero, to live after loss—and trying and failing to gain the connection he desires from individuals who can not and will not afford him that.

Izuku is ready for the world to change, a few select characters are also ready for the world to change (mirio, for example), but not nearly enough are. So maybe I’ll have to take this back if I’m proven wrong and I accidentally looked into this far past what everyone else did for no reason, but I genuinely believe with moments like this

And this

Aand this

That Izuku has come forward with that aspect of his character development. He’s reflecting on his new beliefs, not repressing his emotions for them.

[anxietyfluffy]

I dont try to make posts like this as it sucks all the fun n life out of the tags at points but theres a person in the tags rn who is openly homophobic and I feel the need to call them out on it. The user in question is @bradwongsgffrrrr . They change their name often from what i saw, so here is the post in question, which is a ship edit of Diego and Evie. Another edit of theirs gets mentioned a lot as well, which is an edit they did of Joe Warren and Louis Leroux

Here is the discussion that happened where they said some pretty gross stuff:

The reason me as well as others assumed the Warren & Leroux edit was a ship edit was cus of the fact people reblogged n replied to it saying how they loved the ship as well as the fact the audio used was a ship audio. Anyways, just wanna warn you all as of there are plenty of queer artists in the CC fandom, so seeing this kind of stuff is always sucky. I will also say, religion is NEVER an excuse for homophobia. Even if you yourself aren't comfortable with queer people, especially in a fandom like this you need to keep it to yourself as even the game itself goes against your beliefs with having openly queer characters. What you personally believe in doesn't give you the moral highground to sit there and judge others for living their lives, especially if it isnt hurting anyone. While there are also other suspicions me as well as others have noticed with certain accounts only reblogging and liking newer/popular posts in the tag and then this person's content, them being around the same time on the exact same date and being very obviously newer accounts with all similar writing styles and images that couldve been taken from google, Pinterest or Tumblr and easily can be accounts that were made for possibly botting notes on this persons posts -

-The main issue is just the homophobia and the doubling down on said homophobia, especially in a fandom as queer as this one. And its clear this person is truly just outright homophobic, it is clear when you read through the messages shown above that they at the very least have a distain towards gay people.

Again, sorry I have to make a post like this, i always hate posting drama-related things instead of fanart or content for yall but this is important as i know so many people in this fandom, esp people who make content for it here, are queer and i dont want people having to experience this. So, I recommend blocking them.

[hkthatgffan]

Do you think Hirsch should write more GF content? Or as some say, it's better to leave the series alone; there isn't a need for more books. I've seen people got put off by The Book of Bill because of the surge in Billford, for one thing

Personally speaking, I feel leaving Gravity Falls to rest in peace with the fandom keeping it alive through art, fanfics, memes and more is the best call with occasional content here and there like The Book of Bill. That said, I think Alex is in a place rn where given his Netflix deal is in an odd place, he might be looking at GF again to see the popularity of it and if it may warrant something more.

Of course, whatever that more is will not be a season 3 or spin off mega crossover extravaganza with Owlphibia but it could be something like a Sea Grunkles series (which he has said he has ideas for) or some anthology mini series to expand on undeveloped characters.

IMO, that's as far as it should go. Gravity Falls is not like Phineas and Ferb where a revival makes sense and can be fun. GF was always a limited run show and books like BOB are good, but should only serve as rare new content here and there instead of proof of more like others may wanna say.

Also, in regards to Billford, I think personally that comes down to interpretation. A lot of fans saw the book and assumed that while others like me see it more as a story about how toxic friendships and fallouts can happen and how to move on from people like that who hurt you. As someone who survived and escaped toxic people in my life who told me everything and left me empty, I see Billford as that rather than an actual relationship situation. At the end of the day, Alex won't confirm or deny anything, but as fans we can look at things and see them as we wanna. If some see Billford as a relationship, that's their call while those who see it as a story of escaping toxic people, that's their call.

I'd hope if nothing else, The Book of Bill serves sort of as Alex's way to put Bill Cipher's story to bed and allow us to explore and develop other characters or stories. Whatever he does next for Gravity Falls...if he does so, should be about that (or just beg Disney to make the fucking art book cause I need that so badly in my life). Give lesser looked at characters or ideas a chance. For example...

[your-unfriendlyghost]

Mason McCormick for the character thingy pls and thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Sweet, Mace! (Idk what my current design for him is but it looks like this rn lol)

How I feel about this character

  I like him! He’s a lot like Darry, but I find him more relatable because of the sarcasm lol. He’s had to grow up too fast, and he needs to get outta Oklahoma poor guy. I wanna give him…not a hug, but a pat on the back maybe. And a parental figure who’s significantly better than his father. I like Mason.   He’s like Darry if Darry got out. If Darry didn’t have Ponyboy, only Soda. If Darry didn’t have to stay so strong, I guess. Not that Mace isn’t strong, he’s hella strong. But idk, he did it. He got free and I’m sorta proud of him for that.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

No one really, but there’s no one his age he can really bounce off of in canon other than his buddy Robert Collins and I guess Lem. But he told Lem that he’d kill him if he ever saw him again, so…yeah, no, don’t think that’s gonna happen. If someone were to make a Mason x OC fic tho I’d probably read it even tho I don’t usually go for that kind of thing- idk I think I just wanna see Mason getting support and being happier lol

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Well, Tex, I guess. It feels like kind of an obvious answer, since their conflict is the story more or less, but idk. They’re brothers. They hate each other. They love each other. Mason needs independence, and Tex needs Mason. There’s no easy way out, and either way it’s gonna end sorta sadly. Not tragically like the Outsiders, but sadly. Bittersweetly. 

  “He’s my brother even if he ain’t your son.” ough. This line kills me in the best way.

My unpopular opinion about this character

  He ain’t super well known so all the opinions I have are unpopular kinda lol. I think he’s shy, though. Not around Tex, obviously (who’s shy around their little siblings?), but at school. He’s popular, even though he’s apparently not as good-looking as some less popular guys, and he’s cold towards people or at least cool. I think he seems stuck up, when really he’s shy. (Like how Bryon saw Ponyboy in TWTTIN)   He also seems kinda non-confrontational, maybe not outta shyness as much as…laziness? That’s not the right word exactly but I can’t think of a better one. But like how he didn’t warn Tex about having to sell Negrito, how he never once mentioned to Pop that he knew Tex wasn’t Pop’s son, how he wouldn’t tell Tex about why he was going to the hospital, and how he just lied about not wanting to go to the fair. (Ok that’s purely headcanon there. I think he wanted to go tho, or maybe he was lying to himself about not wanting to go.) I don’t think he likes delving into his thoughts about things if it takes too much effort, ig. 

  I also think he resents the fact that he’s from Bixby/Garyville (In the movie it’s Bixby, in the book it’s Garyville. Idk why.) and not Tulsa. There’s more opportunities in the city. I mean, Tex resents being seen as a country hick- I feel like Mason resents it just as much if not more. He likes being taken seriously.

Oh and idk if this counts as an unpopular opinion but I’m not that fond of the guy who played him in the movie. He did good, but he was not 18 istg. He was 31 and looked 31, which made it real hard to buy him as a stressed 18 year old. Not my Mason smh

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

Idk, it woulda been nice to see him interact with his peers a bit more, like how we got to see Soda and Steve being friends in the bg of Outsiders…Then again, maybe he doesn’t have any friendships like that. I dunno if I do, so someone cold like Mason may not. He’s friends with Robert Collins tho, so that counts for something? 

[nevermeyers]

regarding the whole jjk& gege hatespread movement going on rn, i think this is the perfect illustration of what happened when """trendhoppers""" (i really do not like that term) get into a popular manga because of the characters (fangirls) or the powerscale (..reddit anime bros?😭). and like, to some extent, that's fine!! fangirls are and will always be a big part of fandoms and are a big part of what keeps the community alive. i think the problem lays on the fact that jjk got a wide audience who is used to very binary good guys/bad guys representation in anime with same schemes repeated all over and never questioned their grounding bases. and some really don't like to be confronted to new characters paths or visions (especially if they do not accord to their own).

also the fact that people tend to move to the next shiny thing when the hype is over usually leaves the fandom with people who are actually interested in the story, whereas jjk never left the big screens. so i feel like a lot of the people who take a lot of place in this discourse are only there because they want to argue about who bodies who and "x could wipe the floor with y" and "x is so me guys" etc. they completely disregard the story and it's building, which is (besides interesting (and it is always good to remind it)) the WORK of SOMEONE who puts his time and effort into it.

most people treat work as content (which is bad)(coughcapitalismcough) and get angry when it's not presented in the way they want it to be☹️

You are so right anon!

And do you know what's the worst thing I've ever seen? Someone who said that Satoru couldn't die because the consumer (us, the readers) is always right ☠️ That take is so fucking disgusting, I don't even know where to begin to express the disgust I feel. There are people in the fandom who don't understand anything, they are the typical self-centered people who believe it's okay to throw trash on the school floor because there are hired cleaners. They are disgusting, I don't regret saying it.

The good thing about these chapters is that it's being shown who in the fandom are good people and who are narcissistic and ethnocentric wrecks who believe they have the power to decide on the author of the work. I've spent the last few months mass blocking these guys, ugh, I can't stand them. Worst of all, they live in their own delulu world where a sad ending (or//insert any ending they don't like) is not allowed. They really think jjk should have an ending where Sukuna is defeated and that is, again, self-centered. They say that, otherwise, everything would have been for nothing. Hmm? Since when does letting evil win undo an entire story? They are unable to value jjk for its history. They are doing the same thing that the jujutsu world did with Satoru, they are dehumanizing everything and they are so self-centered they don't even realize it.

People are literally dehumanizing both the author and the characters themselves, forcing their own vision of the narrative at the expense of whatever. Also, I've noticed that many of these profiles just spew hate, literally. That's their whole personality. You see a review in your dash, you enter the profile and surprise! that person hates everything they consume, they don't have a single good word in absolutely any chapter, they hate the author and claim that “Gege doesn't know his own characters” (as if characters aren't allowed to change and evolve in their views, ideology, etc, lmao)

These people are the worst, they spread super negative vibes. They seem very immature to me, because, if you don't like something, why would you continue consuming it? That's straight toxic, and I don't think they have a proper mental health if they're like this with the rest of things happening in their lives. They like to hate and they live off it, that is the only answer.

On the other hand, they are forcing “Gege has a bad narrative” to cover up the fact they are incapable of leaving the fandom and seeing the characters as characters and not their puppets, they force their fanon vision on them and then cry when they discover that they aren't like they expected. Shoko is an example of this. She was always certainly cold, but the fandom always painted her as Satoru's super hyper bestie, as a victim of Satoru's “selfisness” after the kfc breakup (god forbid a teenager grieving) and forced on her that she's a very good person when in reality she is still a doctor who passed her exams by cheating and who showed no empathy in lots of situations, when seeing, for example, Yuuji's corpse.

People also complain that the final fight is taking too long, lol, fights in shonen are like that, that's the point of the genre, babe, jjk is literally sold and promoted as a fight shonen. I honestly think that those who say that are people with a tiktok span of attention. (they would complain if the fight lasted for ten chapters too) Also, what a coincidence gege's narrative dropped when they started waiting weekly for a chapter, huh? What a coincidence they started disliking jjk when they started waiting, also all characters now seemed to be bad written after they started waiting another coincidence! Fast consuming has RUINED people's perception of media.

The moral of this is: enjoy what you consume, be mature about your consuming choices and have a good relationship with the things you like. Stay away from the negativity! And, most importantly, don't treat the author as your slave.

By the way, ik people have a twitter mentality so i'll say this for those. I'm not saying people can't have their own opinions, don't force that narrative on me lol It's the way you express your views that categorizes wether you're a normal person or an asshole. For example, I would have loved Yūta to stay out of this and leave Sukuna to Yuuji, since it was his time to shine! I think Yuuji deserves to have the spotlight and end everything (or try to), carry the final fight and all that. But I won't complain about it, nor drop the manga, because I'm not an inmature self-centered fifteen year old :)

Thanks for coming to my ted talk

[heliojip]

this is so silly and out of character but im wicked and re-animator fixated rn so hear me out! (this would be maybe 2005 bc thats when the tour began. also danbert is already dating)

what if au where herbert is a very very closeted musical theater kid (idk i just think he would be)

and i think dan listens to whatever's popular so he listens to the wicked cast album and was surprised to really like it! then he hears that they're performing at a local theater or something so he drags herbert with him and herbert ofc bitches the whole way there about how this will be a "trite stage production" but then he stays silent for the show bc he's not an asshole daniel he knows proper theater etiquette.

intermission comes after defying gravity and herbert is actually very moved but won't admit that to dan when he asks how herbert is liking the show.

act 2 begins and herbert starts to see himself in the character of elphaba, always the odd one out, outcasted for being different, going against whats normal/good... i imagine he claps out of respect at the end of each song but after no good deed he claps very loudly and very fast bc hes excited! and dan smiles a little at him and then herbert plays it off as "just showing proper theater etiquette"

and then for good happens and herbert actually cries. not a lot but he does, dan notices and reaches over to squeeze his hand just as glinda and elphaba hug for the last time on stage, herbert locks eyes with dan and then turns his attention back to the show.

after the finale and the cast comes out for bows herbert gives a standing ovation for glinda and elphaba and woops a little (dan looks at him fondly and herbert doesn't make eye contact/denies he did this later)

and then when the show officially ends dan asks herbert if he liked it and that he hopes he's not mad at him for being dragged to a "trite stage production" and then herbert surprises dan by taking his hand and sheepishly admitting that it wasnt trite and that he loves him.

dan beams the whole drive home and herbert doesn't let him let go of his hand :-)

[dotthings]

Going to lose my mind rn. Dean needs to show more emotion for Cas is a hell of a take from a fan and from Misha. I don't know whether to laugh or cry or maybe rock and back and forth quietly in the corner while a reel of Dean showing his feelings for Cas unspools in my head like a sizzle reel. In Misha's defense the question was a very leading question and the fan said Dean needs to show more emotion for Cas and Misha had to roll with it and fielded that as gracefully as he could and then made a valid point about how in your life it's good to tell people what you need from them and that's fine. I am still laughingsobbing on the concept that Dean didn't show enough emotion for Cas.

Let me lift this out of that tangle, though, to Jensen speaking Dean's pov and Misha speaking Cas pov, and we've seen how much emotion Dean shows towards Cas, about Cas, over Cas, it's a torment Dean goes through and audience sees and Cas should have seen but he really did close himself off from catching on, and so Misha speaking from Cas pov, Cas needed an anvil to fall on his head, and from Dean pov, Dean also missed a lot of the loud signals and Dean didn't know how much Cas cared about him, either. They were both dumbasses. That was the plot. The hitch in this though is that Cas did realize it and then Dean did too--after The Empty took Cas, when Dean was sobbing alone on the dungeon floor.

But mostly it works, with the discourse from Jensen and Misha as each of them speaking deep inside their own character's head.

For me, it's also the fact of how far too many people accept the idea Dean didn't show enough emotion for Cas and it's a highly popularized idea in the Destiel side and one that antidestiels weaponize on a regular basis and it's not...*grits teeth*...what...*clutches chest*...happened.

[enden-k]

it's so disheartening seeing big companies who have the funds for their own original stuff get their near-copied slop eaten up so much by the masses

but then I see storytellers like you and others here on tumblr who make their own comics and blurbs and share their ocs and their stories with the world without the predatory tactics and i gain a little more hope in humanity lmao

i mean its not bad if you take inspirations here and there, and lots of stories or designs end up sharing similarities of various degrees with one another, unintentional or not (parodies are a different topic, i love parodies lmao) i guess that just happens. theres so many works and creativity, ofc lots overlap or follow a similar pattern whatever etc english is hard, idk if ppl get my point

its smth else if its blatant rip offs tho, just like idk what game it was with gnshit years ago where they even got in trouble iirc, and i cant stand when its ppl intentionally copying others works and then claim its their own ideas (thats a constant fear i have, ppl copying my things) or when smth copied smth else and everyone goes like "ohh so cool so unique", not knowing abt the og (lit saw that in the hsr guy comments already, ppl screaming abt how good his design is and how hsr team outdid themselves EVEN THO MY GILGILMACHINE AND HIS UNIQUE DESIGN WAS THERE FIRST AAAAAA???????? cant wait for ppl getting into fate in the future and then call gil whatever that guys name was, just like how every single JJK fan does with any whitehaired guy ever. i saw a comment saying my bbg failwife gintoki looks like gojo and i think i cried a little inside)

ANYWAY. i dont wanna sound like a whiny bitchboy sorry oof just ranting here

thats why!!! i really enjoy reading/seeing other ppls own creations. ppl rlly follow their own ideas and dont bow to the masses or very heavily take inspo from existing popular characters to the point of copying 1:1, just to gain the same popularity or whatever (saying this in general, not accusing hyv here btw. idk what their deal is and idc tbh, ive got better things to do rn)

[taffybee]

not that anyone's asking BUT my hot take on giovanni is he should be retired rn. not from like a "the pokemon company should stop talking about him" (weeeeelll that's sort of part of it but. hear me out) kind of way BUT in a. he should LITERALLY not be doing team rocket shit in ANY canon universe anymore. and it would be TOTALLY in-character of him to do so if the medias still using him characterized him the way he should be. welcome to my ted talk let me explain myself

FULL DISCLOSURE: i like giovanni. like, a not normal amount i fear. all of that opening sounds like i don't but i totally feel stupid emotions about this guy. anyways:

GEN 1. gen 1 games are like... NOT known for their compelling dialogue. and in cases like archie and maxie in gen 3 getting remakes in gen 6, their characterization and dialogue gets (kind of subjectively but i feel this is a popular opinion anyways) Much Better. i think that goes for a Lot of stuff where they give old guys new dialogue in spin offs (gestures at masters ex which i think is Great for making characters Actually Interesting)

but i feel like with giovanni there's been a DOWNGRADE in character since his appearance because he no longer Progresses.

i WILL say masters ex does Some Work to try and make him Deeper than just "I'm Evil for the sake of Being Evil grahgghh 😈" but it's like. overshadowed by All The Other Stuff.

plus he IS rainbow rocket giovanni in masters and i'm like OBSESSEDDD with team rainbow rocket. but i also don't think it should. Exist. I'M GLAD IT DOES but i find it out of character for giovanni to do At All. I CAN EXPLAIN I PROMISE.

team rocket's goals as an organization are and always have been: make money via stealing or otherwise exploiting pokémon. that's all it NEEDED to be. because it was gen 1 and no one needed to be ripping apart the universe yet.

giovanni himself sees pokemon as a means to an end. that much has stayed consistent in all of his appearances. but what CHANGES things in what happens when he LOSES for the FINAL TIME in r/b/y:

I WILL DEDICATE MY LIFE TO THE STUDY OF POKEMON. that's like CRAZY sort of redemption. and you Could argue against me to say "well have you considered he was lying" and i Have but i think it's SO much cooler if he was being legit. if he was so Changed by losing So Many Times to a little boy who just cared So Much for his pokémon that he needed to experience that for himself.

I mentioned in my previous giovanni post that pokémon origins has characterized giovanni "right" and THAT'S because via continuously fighting red and seeing his passion for battling as well as his love of pokémon firsthand, giovanni rediscovers his lost passion for pokémon that he had when HE was younger, and he sees HIMSELF in who red is and decides to disband team rocket after their gym battle so he can turn his life around. i HIGHLY recommend watching episode 3 of origins if you haven't seen it. it's freaking Marvelous.

ANYWAYS. THIS is the characterization of giovanni i support the MOST because it's not terribly complicated but still has nice depth to his character that you could read into.

BUT if we're going by this characterization of him, he should. NOT BE DOING TEAM ROCKET STUFF NOW! he SHOULD have been retired storywise by game freak after that and retired job-wise. studying pokémon and touching grass.

but THEN. gen 2 happens. (... well, gen 2 and the first gens 1/2 remakes.)

gen 2 introduces the concept of "let's bring giovanni back". which i wouldn't complain about if giovanni wasn't ALSO trying to get back. WHY. WE ESTABLISHED IN THE FIRST GAME HE'S DONE. and gen 2 didn't DIRECTLY SAY giovanni was up to come back (as far as i'm aware, i did NOT play gsc, someone correct me if i'm wrong). but when frlg released, they Changed dialogue from the original to FIT this idea:

NOW "studying pokemon" has become "training". there IS no character development for him here, he JUST wants to get stronger to be a Better mob boss. and this is supported by the celebi time travel event where he's ABOUT to rejoin team rocket before you beat him

the big problem with this (and any giovanni dialogue in the time travel event) for me is that it frames everything that happened to him in gen 1 as "giovanni wasn't a good enough mob boss then but now that he's had some time to Train he's ready to be a Better Mob Boss" WRONG! THAT WAS NEVER THE ISSUE!! part of the pros of team rocket at its peak was that giovanni was Unknown to most and could direct operations in the shadows AND he could keep his business as a gym leader because NO ONE KNEW. but now EVERYONE knows and team rocket can LITERALLY NEVER REACH THAT PEAK AGAIN. the ONLY CORRECT thing to do in this situation is Disband and Do Other Shit (cough cough study pokémon and touch grass cough cough)

this seems obvious to me that this desire to keep dragging him back into things is the games way of being like "woaahh!! callback time!!" and then later down the line "woaaahh!! nostalgia time!!!" (because they wouldn't have retconned that final gen 1 dialogue if it wasn't) and while i can Appreciate it to a degree (because i am Not Immune to getting STUPID EXCITED when old blorbos show up) i think continuing to make giovanni show up to Be Evil isn't the way to go about it. or at LEAST not canon timeline giovanni.

and the gen 1/2 remakes for ME is like... the beginning of the issue, but as we've gotten Further Away from gen 1 in time, the more i feel they stray from where he ended in the original in favor of making him More Blandly Evil. he feels constrained to one-liners about how the worlds an EVIL PLACE and he's just playing the game or whatever alpha sigma shit he's on in the masters trainer lodge

rainbow rocket is kind of CRAZY to me because they take this mob boss who likes exploiting pokemon and scientists for money and they make him start. opening interdimensional bad ending au wormholes to take over the world with aliens. (also having him willing to share the power with all the other evil bosses, some who have in their universes Successfully taken over the world??? heeeellll no. not even my proposed toned down characterization of this guy would be cool with that realistically.) it all just seems to be Way Beyond what team rocket SHOULD be doing. they're The Mafia. making The Mafia open wormholes is CRAZY. but giovanni HAS to be the main guy because. Nostalgia.

idk how much sense i make when i say this but when you make team rocket less cunning and less focused on doing their work in the shadows and running their shady operations stealthily. you get. a more ambitious team skull. and there's nothing WRONG with team skull but it's NOT WHAT TEAM ROCKET IS SUPPOSED TO BE. they've got more of a reputation than that but modern depictions of giovanni and the organization as a whole water him down to "i love Causing Problems" and less "i love Good Business"

whatever. giovanni in modern depictions MAKES SENSE if you followed along the slow regression of his character in real time. but i feel like if you look where he is now and look where he Ended in r/b/y you have like. Two Different Characters. and i think having a redeemed or even kind-of-half-redeemed giovanni could be SO much more interesting in showing up again than having him be Generally Evil

AND IT'S NOT LIKE THAT REALLY POSES ISSUES FOR MASTERS EX. cyrus is half-reformed WITHIN the story. archie and maxie too (although they were already kind of like that). lysandre HAS an evil moment but he DOESN'T DIE like he does in canon and THEN he's FINE. he still "runs" team flare but he's NOT LONGER A THREAT TO THE PROTAGONISTS

what i think COULD'VE been cool in some hypothetical scenario is have giovanni come back for cameos but Not as team rocket's leader. have him Turn Down the rocket admin radio broadcast. hell, having him come back to help the player Stop Them if he feels particularly annoyed. LET THAT MAN GO ON VACATION. WHATEVER. there's SO MUCH you can do with him the way cameos are done for the Other non-evil characters and there are options where you could Still battle him as a Test Of Strength but THERE'S JUST. SO MUCH WRONG WITH HIM STILL BEING OVERTLY EVIL.

i understand keeping giovanni evil for nostalgia. i Get it i PROMISE i do. i just think it makes him a weaker character, and the companies sacrifice character development for sales. but if you wanted to have a bad guy who was JUST BAD and would CONTINUE to be bad if given the chance,

GHETSIS IS. RIGHT THERE.

that's the end of that for me i think. i'm SO down to discuss or debate this take for fun. i just think giovanni should retire and pet his cat because it's funny.

[angryplebianart]

I don’t wanna sound rude at all but I am genuinely curious as to why you ship 2doc? I’m not trying to like target you in particular or anything I’m just wondering in general why do people like it

This is gonna be a long one lmao

A little backstory: When I first got into Gorillaz I really hated Murdoc. My sister showed me a playlist of all the videos in order. The whole playlist I kept going on about how I didn't like Murdoc and my sister was like "well, just wait." By Lost Chord I was a bit sympathetic and beginning to like Murdoc, I loved seeing that he was helping everyone else escape before he did and I really liked seeing 2D save him despite everything.

I've always been a sucker for relationships with drama(even platonic relationships), for one, for two I love when characters have chemistry (even platonic chemistry) because of what they've been through together if that makes sense.

This was before I really knew much about the band at all besides what was shown in the videos and the first time I heard about 2doc I was confused and kind of weirded out that people would ship such a toxic and dysfunctional couple. As I learned more about the band and the characters, though, and as I dug into the lore, I found Murdoc to be a much more sympathetic character than I had originally seen. A flawed character, deeply flawed, but sympathetic nonetheless and with the inkling of a redemption arc forming. I also found it interesting that even after all that had happened, 2D and Murdoc still had this indescribable bond (that a lot of people label as Stockholm syndrome but I do not).

I was on twitter one day and stumbled across a discussion about the song Souk Eye and heard that in the live shows, every time the line "I will always think about you" was sung, Murdoc's face was up on the screen. I dug into the lore for TNN album and became even more intrigued with the ship. I saw a Souk Eye animatic that depicted 2D having these battling emotions over Murdoc being gone. That he really missed him but still resented him as well and by this point you could say I was dipping my toes into the 2doc waters.

I started looking for other signs that maybe it was implied to be a canon thing and found so much stuff thanks to a couple "2doc Daily" accounts on twitter (that really just regurgitated the same things the other account said, to the point that I didn't realize it was two different accounts for a couple months lol) that only posted canon evidence.

Maybe it's silly and a lot of people don't like it, but I really do like it. It's so fun to headcanon about the ship and their dynamic.

It really seems like 2doc has been somewhat implied since the beginning in the lore and some interviews, and even some of Jamie's art (them wearing each other's clothes, 2D with Murdoc's monogrammed razor hooked on his necklace, them sharing accessories like the little crown necklace and them sharing hats on PB, the original storyboard for the newspaper comic in Do Ya Thing, there's more examples but those are the ones off the top of my head rn).

Regardless of the ship's popularity, I've come to really like it and it just adds another layer of enjoyment to my love for the band! 🩵💚☺️💚🩵

Thanks for the ask! Sorry if this is rambly or doesn't make a lot of sense, I'm writing this right before bed lol

Edits: I separated this long ass wall of text into digestible paragraphs 😛

[musicalmoritz]

Why do u think that teru has a crush on aoi instead of Akane? I mean, I try to be realistic, but he doesn't seem interested in her and Akane is the one who he acts like he truly is. It can also be platonic, but I see more realistic that or even Teru would lie and he actually doesn't have a crush anyone that he having a crush on Aoi. I try to squish my mind trying to figure out how he can like her, but it's just no-sense. I've read a few analysis but they are too general, if teruaoi is canon would be bad-writed imo.

Other thing that I think is like, really Teru would fight for a girl with Akane? I know that most likely he doesn't have intentions to take away her from him, hes just kidding but... All his development and trust with Akane would be initially for a girl? Really?

Another thing I was wondering is what why would Aidairo make aoi's surname as akanes name and vice versa, I mean, if the joke was that Aoi would end up being "aoi aoi" if she marry him, wouldn't be necessary that her name was "Akane". Mainly the person who calls them by theirs surnames instead of their name is Teru, so would be like a foreshadowing that when he said that he likes Aoi was referring to Akane? It could be just a silly joke but idk I'm overthinking and being desilutional but I hope I explain it well sorry

I’m so glad you asked this, I’ve been meaning to explain why I think Teru likes Aoi!! I was shocked by my recent poll, I knew Terukane was popular but I didn’t realize so many people expect it to be canon. I ship them too but I’ve been trying not to get my hopes up

First of all, I am not AidaIro. Teru very much could have a crush on Akane, or he might not like anyone at all (though I do strongly believe he likes one of the Aois). I used to believe it was Akane, but the recent arc has made me change my mind. I’ll explain why

First off, a lot of fans point out Teru using Aoi to tease Akane as evidence that he cares more about getting a reaction out of Akane than Aoi herself. I initially believed this, but let’s look at it this way. Most of Akane and Teru’s significant scenes reference Aoi in someway. If they’re not talking about saving her, Teru is threatening to steal her away or Akane is talking about her. This is similar to how most Kou and Nene interactions mention Hanako or Mitsuba. AidaIro doesn’t want us to root for them as a ship, so they have the characters talk about their love interests to reaffirm that they aren’t endgame. When Akane and Aoi talk one-on-one, they don’t really mention Teru unless Aoi is trying to make Akane jealous (ex: the “you, me, and Minamoto-senpai scene). And when Teru and Aoi talk in ASHK, Akane is never mentioned

It’s also worth noting that this chapter happens fairly early on in the manga. Right when Teru and Akane’s dynamic is first being established, before they’re even close, there are hints of them fighting over Aoi

I say they weren’t close because in this scene, Akane was surprised that Teru came to save him. At this point in the manga, he only thinks of Teru as his sadistic upperclassman. I will say that Teru seems to have more of a soft spot for Akane, which points towards evidence of Akane being his crush. Again, I feel like it could be either of the Aois, but I’m talking specifically about TeruAoi rn so this ain’t about Akane. The Terukane dynamic has most definitely deepened throughout the manga, but at this point in the story Akane didn’t think Teru would bother to save him. Meaning that before Teru and Akane’s relationship is developed, we’re introduced to the possibility of them liking the same girl

And I hate to say it, but Teru and Akane’s rivalry is largely fueled by their mutual love for Aoi. There are other factors too of course, in general the two just love to compete. Then there’s the exorcist/supernatural assistant dynamic. But let’s look at my favorite Terukane scene. In this chapter, Teru felt totally defeated. He opened up to Akane about how he felt like he was wasting his life, and that there was no point to any of his efforts. And how does Akane motivate him? By bringing up Aoi. This gives Teru the motivation to continue fighting

They keep up the bit on the train, this time Teru is the one to bring up Aoi. Now, this could obviously be just two friends joking around, but consider that it started right after Akane pointed out Teru’s “genuine feelings” for Aoi. He came to the conclusion that Teru liked Aoi, and he used that to motivate him. In the end, it worked, which leads me to believe that Akane was right

This scene might be my strongest piece of evidence. The intention here was to draw parallels between Hanako and Teru, to point out their mutual hypocrisy. Hanako is trying to kill Aoi, and to make him understand how wrong that is, Teru threatens to kill the girl he loves. He calls him a hypocrite for being sad over the threat of Nene dying when he’s trying to do the same thing to Aoi. Really, Teru is trying to make Hanako see his side of things here. He’s trying to show him that it doesn’t feel so good when someone tries to kill the girl you love

Now let’s look at Teru and Aoi’s actual dynamic. We don’t see much of it, but the gag is that Teru is really fond of Aoi and Aoi doesn’t think much of Teru. She doesn’t hate him, but she’s indifferent towards him. He’s not someone she would willingly choose to hang out with. But in this chapter of ASHK, they do hang out- by Teru’s doing. He is introduced in this scene as being exhausted from a long night of exorcism, and yet he perks up the second he sees Aoi. He follows her around and tries to get her to hang out with him longer, despite his initial fatigue

And he’s so!! Excited about it!! He wants to make gummies with her. They are so cute to me

As for WHY Teru likes Aoi, I believe this scene explains it well enough. He understands her, which is more than most people can say. Both of them hide their true personalities to present a persona of perfection to the school. Teru sees their similarities and he finds comfort in that. Eventually, Aoi does too, as she ends up making gummies with him all night

We see in this bonus page that Aoi views Teru as a puppy-eyed, loyal dog. He seems to follow her around and try to win her approval during school, which confuses her. As aforementioned it seems to be very one-sided on Teru’s side, but this is canonically how he treats Aoi. Much like someone trying to earn their crush’s attention

Then we have the most recent arc, which is what fully sold me on Teru having a crush on Aoi. The last chapter firmly established that Teru doesn’t see the Aoi from the new timeline as Aoi. She is a different person with different life experiences, not the girl he knew before. He even criticizes Akane for treating her the same as the original Aoi

…Which would explain his discomfort during their date. He finally gets to be with the girl he loves, except she’s not the girl he loves. She’s someone who has lived an entirely different life, and on top of that he knows he’s not the one she wants. Teru would be happy with Aoi, but Aoi wouldn’t be happy with Teru. We already know that Teru is a very self-sacrificial person, he puts himself last when it comes to protecting the ones he loves. It’s no surprise that he’s like that with romantic love as well. If Aoi doesn’t want him, then he’ll do everything in his power to make sure she gets her happy ending with Akane. That includes making sure Akane stays determined to return to the original timeline, even when this new one is perfect for Teru (he has his mom, his dad is home, he has free time, and he gets to marry Aoi)

This is the panel that confirmed it for me. Teru is surprised that this version of him isn’t in love with Aoi. Why would that be surprising for him unless he’s in love with Aoi?? He says himself that it doesn’t make sense for a version of him not to be in love with Aoi. Genuinely wondering what TeruAoi deniers’ explanation is for this scene lol

As for the bad writing thing…yeah, it’s a little disappointing for a series that so heavily focuses on romance. If this were Naruto or Demon Slayer then TeruAoi would have enough content to be endgame, but for TBHK this is very unusual. That’s part of why I’m still holding onto the off chance that Terukane becomes canon instead. But keep in mind that TeruAoi likely won’t be endgame, AoiAoi has been set up since the beginning and Aoi doesn’t like Teru back. For a one-sided pairing I’m not too concerned with how it’s set up. It is annoying though since his feelings have been teased so consistently and yet we don’t really have anything for them outside of ASHK and a few gag scenes (up until very recently at least). I’m hoping that when Teru’s feelings get confirmed, there will be some sort of flashback to show when he fell for Aoi and why he likes her so much, beyond what’s already been hinted at

I’m not sure about the name thing tbh, I don’t think it has any purpose other than drawing a connection between Aoi and Akane. They’re so perfect for each other even their names match, or something like that. It could be foreshadowing, but only time will tell

I want to add that I don’t mean to discredit the Terukane theory at all here, you asked why I believe Teru likes Aoi so I gave all my evidence. I have already written an essay on TikTok on how Teru could potentially like Akane, and I don’t really feel like repeating all that right now lol. I see both sides, and I’m eager to find out which one Teru likes. Obviously I would prefer it to be Akane, they have a much stronger connection and that would be a much more gut wrenching plot twist. Teru liking Aoi seems a bit too obvious but it also seems to be the route AidaIro are going with the recent chapters. I’m hoping we’ll get solid confirmation of who he likes when he enters the Red House, seeing as it shows people what they want most. I’m always rooting for more queer rep so if Teru gets confirmed to be gay, I will happily cheer and stop shipping him with women. But for now it’s all very up in the air, I’ll be happy no matter who he likes but I hope this series surprises me. Also this explanation is nowhere near as articulate as I wanted it to be because I am very tired right now but I hope I got my point across

[kasaraku]

What the hell is happening here.

I'm seeing people mad and being overly weird with Tsukasa's popularity. I mean, sure, he's a boy and he's also cool, but to having to find out the fandom is misogynistic (I am too late for that), is downright making me want to just never know about this fandom at all.

What's wrong with people in PRSK rn??? I'm seeing Tsukasa as the least favourite in the fandom and always get into problematic things when they're someone who's a Tsukasa fan. I mean. Come on guys. Let peeps like us have fun. You leave our boy.

I mean, sure, I can see that people like Tsukasa because he's a boy, but the number of people I've seen that also likes to make Tsukasa a woman and wear feminine outfits are a LOT. Clearly, it doesn't make us falter about liking him if he were to be a different gender (maybe there's some, but I'm talking about those I've seen on the internet). Some say he wouldn't be forgiven if that's how he acts in the main story as a female, yet there's still a lot of people out there who still didn't forgive him as a male. They can get away calling their faves (boys mostly) ugly, annoying, 'hate', and other stuff, but girls not?? I've been calling my girls Mafuyu, Minori, and Shiho dying hamsters and dependant bitches, so seeing how people won't accept that kinda upset me.

Please, and I mean it, PLEASE, stop being a misogynist and actually try to learn about that character and why people like them. Don't just think about gender for ONCE.

(If there's a mistake, correct me.)

[autismasgore]

i'm leaving the fandom

so i already posted about this on twitter with a shorter explanation but after a long while of being in the undertale fandom, i've decided to distance myself from it. i'm not sure if i'll ever make a public return on any of these accounts, but for now i've decided that i feel this is what's best for me mentally.

i'm kind of surprised i haven't already, to be honest, but i guess for a good while i was able to focus on the passion and love i had for the game. nowadays, i've been finding it harder and harder to interact with the fandom as a whole - for a multitude of reasons really.

many of you are already aware i went through a stalking incident over asgore discourse, which lasted from late 2019 to 2023. it was the most traumatizing years of my life, and i don't even remember a time where i actually felt at peace with myself during those years. the only time i remember being happy was pouring all of my focus onto undertale even harder, just to try and cope with what was going on. it didn't help that at the time, my abusive family was blaming me for being stalked and telling me i was just doing this all for attention and that i loved the "drama" of it.

i really didn't want to do this, because it feels like such a huge betrayal of everything i've loved for so long (hi, i'm autistic and undertale was my special interest, in case you haven't noticed yet LOL) but at this point i associate too many traumatic memories with undertale, specifically the fandom.

since getting more into steven universe and browsing the fandom casually it made me realise just how toxic the undertale fandom is as a community right now. i mean, let's be real, it's always been this way, but i feel like it's gotten a whole lot more worse lately - more insane.

it honestly felt like such a huge breath of fresh air to go into a fandom tag that Didn't have any toxic sludge or people discoursing about liking certain characters (cough Asgore cough) and whether or not that makes you a bad person. it felt like total whiplash, seeing people discussing a show they liked and sharing fanart instead of seeing constant discourse about it.

i've also been seeing a lot of my friends go through absolute fucking bullshit lately, and it's honestly really stressful because it felt like my stalker incident was becoming a more popularized and public sentiment in the fandom. which... honestly is scary to me. people are becoming more openly hostile, more openly insane with their accusations. i've been trying to remain hopeful and optimistic about the fandom, but the more things that have happened, the less hopeful i feel.

i don't want to be in this sort of community. i don't want to be in a community where people feel glee in hurting others, tearing other people down and slinging around serious accusations because it makes them feel powerful.

i want to be in a community/fandom that makes me feel actual joy, and not a constant source of stress.

there's also another reason why i decided to distance myself online rn as well, and it's not really related, but it was enough that i feel incredibly uncomfortable going by the name "pixie" rn.

last year, a youtuber i knew decided to put me on blast and straight up called me an abuse apologist and that i should be avoided at all costs, all bc i quietly distanced myself from posting publicly about the situation and decided to avoid jumping to conclusions.

i don't entirely blame them, since there's definitely things i feel i could have done better, but a lot of what they said was already privately resolved between us, and they left a lot of that out in order to paint a false narrative about me. i mean they literally had saved hundreds of deleted posts from my deleted old social media accounts. i know this because they've done this before with other people. i also know that this comes from a place of hurt and anger, they're lashing out at a community they felt hurt by, but their way of coping with it isn't healthy.

because they had thousands of followers, i started getting a ton of harassment, from people saying i wasn't trustworthy and calling me an abuse apologist, and even private nasty dms i don't really want to get into.

i didn't say anything at the time bc i was worried i'd come across as attention seeking/manipulative but. i became straight up actively suicidal after this. i was convinced nothing was going to ever get better for me and that i was an active danger to everyone. my mum ended up dragging me all the way to the city literally just to buy me the macbook i wanted in order to try and cheer me up, and even then i felt so depressed that i felt like i didn't have anything to look forward to. honestly the only thing that really kept me going was my friends privately supporting me.

to put it short, it felt like a repeat of my stalker situation and i don't feel comfortable going by pixie anymore because i associate so much trauma with that name right now. i feel like so many people who don't have good faith intentions know me as that name, more than people i'm friends with.

i don't even know if i'll ever post on social media ever again, or at least not in the way i used to. if i do end up making a new social media with a new rebrand, you won't hear from me about it. i want to be more private now.

tl;dr if you're still reading this, thank you for sticking by me for so long. this ended up being a lot longer than i anticipated, but i think i'm done with the name "pixie", and i think i'm done with the undertale fandom for now.

i know i'll be able to move on into a better place once i move forward to this chapter.

thanks for the memories.