#series fandom problems

[somewhereincairparavel]

JASON GRACE PLAYS LACROSSE AND TENNIS. I CAN'T AND WON'T BE NORMAL ABOUT THIS-

[bluecrocss]

Adult PJO fans: "I can't relate to her if she doesn't look like me" "this is disrespectful to book!Annabeth" "I can't see her as the same character if she's black" "blonde, white women are soooo underrepresented in media. No one else can understand 😫"

Meanwhile, the actual demographic the show and books are for:

(@/walkersriptide_ on TikTok)

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Caveats in the tags.

[idolomantises]

Rewatching Adventure Time, I can't help but think so much Princess Bubblegum discourse would be non-existent if people actually watched the show to completion instead of randomly hyperfocusing on some of PB's bad deeds.

There's a very bizarre and commonly held belief that Princess Bubblegum did terrible things and got away with it, that nobody held her accountable. When the show makes a point, repeatedly, that Princess Bubblegum is well meaning but deeply flawed, and to some characters, straight up evil.

I see fans point to "The Cooler" a lot as proof that PB is an irredeemable character, and while it is her worst act in the entire show.... I think people forgot that that was the point. Near the end of the episode she stops spying on people in Ooo because it was an invasion of privacy. In another episode she's called out for exploiting some aliens and lets them go. She feels ashamed that her own people are terrified of her. She loses her entire kingdom, and realizes she needs to get her shit together.

I'm pretty critical of shows that are way too lenient on flawed female characters but Princess Bubblegum isn't one of them. She's awesome, and heavily misunderstood.

[relatablepicturesoffinnmertens]

THEY ARE FRIENDS

[xoxochb]

maybe I do need therapy or maybe I just need to be at camp half-blood

[readerconfused]

"oh no because the trio knows a lot of things in the series" Yeah, someone did their homework

Meanwhile i'm seeing a lot of you thinking Hades is so cute offering food to Percy... i'm not going to save anyone in the underworld

[orengejoshi]

Pregnancy as a kink makes me uncomfortable so man am I glad your pregg Flug stuff is explicitly not kink oriented!

yeah I... don't wanna judge anyone... but it's more than that, it's downright terrifying to me. Blame my hormones bc I'm expecting irl but wow... I'm very sensitive and it feels dehumanizing. but ig that is kinda the point of the kink(?)

it's so common in fandoms!

I'm completely vanilla anyway tho, so not surprising.

I've tried to pretend for a super long time that I'm into kink, but most of them are off putting and I consider them intrusive thoughts, not fantasies. I'm kinda fluctuating between sex-repulsed and neutral (aroace) even fictional... ig kink just isn't for me. I tried so hard to get over it. I know some people in my asks/requests are gonna be disappointed but I'm sorry💔

I'm slightly ashamed of how boring I am and I have serious trouble connecting to anyone in fandoms due to this actually🤕 feel like the most NT autistic person ever.

anyway here's a doodle!

[galedekarios]

i don't know how to put this into words yet so it makes complete sense so bear with me while i gather my thoughts, but...

i think a lot of the criticism i have re: decisions bioware made with veilguard are (at least in part) the company's direct responses to the (in my eyes) often unfounded and disproportionate hate that inquisition received from the fanbase.

[applecidersstuff]

Genuine question, why do people hate on artists who draw Nico pale? I've seen some people say that artists whitewash Nico when they just make him pale.

In case you didn't know(who am I kidding, ofc you knew that) Nico - our small emo Italian - not only spends most of his time in the shadows but also has multiple eating disorders, which results in him having severe lack of vitamins, the boy is prob anemic, SO HOW IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHER EARTH DO YOU WANT HIM TO STILL HAVE HIS OLIVE SKIN FROM TTC?!

Never in my time on the internet did I see any artist draw Nico with white skin. Most often, I see them use a sort of greenish-pale skin tone, and some people were screaming in the comments how - "They are whitewashing him!!" while the artists are just drawing this lil boy like he did spent last week sleeping at the infirmary after shadow traveling across the Atlantic to buy some pasta.

[loreartisan]

when the past few hyperfixations you get are obscure and it doesn't get any mainstream discussions/video essays/fan content :(

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem 4215:

Seeing people create character analysis for male villains and label it "a case study in toxic masculinity". But it's not even that. The villain is simply just an abusive entitled asshole. That's not exclusive to toxic masculinity or anything else. They're just a bad person.

[acomaflove]

Morrigan’s “Gift”

Feyre: Everyone keeps telling me you have the “gift of truth” but what does mean? Do you never lie or something?

Morrigan: No; my bullshit detector is just better than other people’s.

Feyre: In a magical way?

Morrigan: Nope. I’m just good at calling people out on their B.S.

Feyre: ……………?

Morrigan: Yeah I’ll be like “That’s super sus” when someone’s acting up.

Feyre: oh.

[unforgivablego]

Good Omens S2 without context:

[phoenixcatch7]

Loz fandom stop being angsty and give the daydreaming kids on big fun adventures with a cool glowing sword some actual whimsy and joy challenge

[sukirichi]

PLEASE STOP COPYING FICS ‼️

I am by no means gatekeeping concepts or tropes. We all know that it’s normal to see the same tropes or AUs be used differently, and that is not plagiarism. However, I recently found a fic that was oddly similar to my old (and discontinued) Gojo x Reader series, Reckless. The CEO! Gojo is nothing new, and neither is an accidental pregnancy trope. The only reason I am concerned is because this Gojo series I found has the exact same themes as Reckless that consists of: a playboy CEO Gojo with a very notorious reputation, a poor reader who is an employee and asset to the company (someone who works closely with Gojo), reader getting knocked up from a one night stand with Gojo, reader with a seemingly dead/absent mother yet still in contact with her father, Gojo with a very traditional family who does not like reader, and Gojo with an ex he struggles to let go of - which are all elements of Reckless.

The first chapter of that Gojo fic is also eerily similar to my first chapter with the same flow of: YN finding out she’s pregnant and her friend being there for her, Gojo saying he’ll take responsibility because ‘they both made the baby’, YN having to move in with Gojo to take care of the baby, and both of them coming to a mutual agreement that their ‘relationship’ will be purely for the baby’s benefit. The flow of events and specific details about the characters’ backgrounds are too similar to mine.

Again, I am not gatekeeping concepts, just as how I’ve had other writers ask me if they could write their own stories or takes based off of the NAOYA’S TROPHY WIFE COLLECTION or the BONTEN HUSBANDS EXCLUSIVE, and I’m fine with that. I’m even happy people are inspired by what I write. But being inspired is completely different from taking someone’s story and posting it as yours. Please trust your own creativity and skills in writing. You can write amazing stories and have people love them without having to steal from others.

It’s sad to say this is not the first time I, and other writers, have been plagiarized. It’s even more upsetting to know that a friend of mine who has also written a Gojo series (that I’m sure you all know and dearly love) experiences the same issues with the same person. The fact that this is happening to many writers out there is disheartening. We work hard and pour a lot of love in the stories we create. None of us are getting paid for this, and we simply want to share our passions with others. So please, let us be kinder with one another and show love and support the right way. If you love a fic, you give feedback and rb/comment + show support to the writer. You don’t steal their ideas and play it off as your own because you liked it.

[xoxochb]

thinking about leo valdez and his daughter of hades girlfriend who’s always sneaking into cabin nine or forcing him to sleep in cabin thirteen. because hades kids run cold and leo is so warm— “a walking furnace” you nicknamed him, and you weren’t going to miss the opportunity to cuddle up to your hot (and in both senses of the word!!) boyfriend. he loves it though, absolutely adores when he falls asleep alone and when he wakes up you’ll be laying peacefully in his arms, practically inside of his skin at this point. or at campfires when you’re wearing one of his sweatshirts but you’re still cold so you climb onto his lap and wrap yourself around him to keep yourself warm. even if you are a tad clingy leo adores it