#so many tags jfc

[sugashook]

wade casually asking logan out at his new universe job

[fdrsamericanflagduckfloaty]

havent drawn FNaF characters in years, let alone Mangle, so this was my first try after so long.

[dissected-angels]

smiling critters but human

*hits the critter crew with the human beam*

I started this like a few months ago but forgor about it for a while that’s why it kinda looks like shit 😭

[walmart-icarus]

Guess what I got 😋😋😋

[duskstargazer]

[1964] “Well what’s behind us, then?” Demanded Monty. “It’s Thomas!” Said the foreman. “Hello, everyone!” Smiled Thomas. “Miss Jenny asked for me to bring you all some more empty trucks.” Monty and Max felt silly. They went a beautiful shade of red. “We know what Thomas’s whistle sounds like!” Monty snapped. But everyone else had a good laugh. The two dump trucks went back to work, feeling very on edge. They hadn’t brought it up, but the whistle they heard was very different to Thomas’s. “The light wasn’t even on the damn tracks.” Max whispered. “There is no One-Eyed Truck,” Monty grunted, trying hard to sound brave. But as they made their way through the trees, eyes darting all around, they could never be quite sure.

[enevera]

something in the distance is calling, are you going to answer?

[inquisitor-julia]

Potentially going radio silent for a while bc I am utterly despondent right now I'm gonna be honest

[momento-di-fratellanza]

'I was briefly a runway model.' Yeah, no doubt. This mf is gorgeous.

[kindahoping4forever]

Clips of Ashton performing Lose You live @ The Belasco - 18 July 2024

[quinloki]

Canon Characters vs OC vs x Reader

Disclaimer: This is just my two cents, and my perspective on things, and I'm not trying to lay down the law for everyone. I needed to just put this to words though, in order to sleep.

I was thinking about this because of a post I saw, and some, we'll say, kind of useless comments associated with the post. Mean-spirited stuff.

Normally, in one ear and out the other, but the vibes just kicked me off down a rabbit hole of sorts an I wanted to try to put some of my thoughts to words.

First, some style vibes:

Canon x Canon Canon/Canon stories are, to me, like reading an episode of that show. I'm sitting down in front of a TV or whatever, and I'm experiencing the story As A Viewer. I like this style because I don't really have to expend much energy and I just kind of roll with whatever's happening. Generally some sort of 3rd person perspective.

OC x canon OC/Canon stories are like being on a carnival ride. I'm sitting in a car on a roller-coaster, and maybe the OC is sitting next me. I'm experiencing the story more deeply than strictly canon stories, but my connection with the OC is no deeper than say, my connection with Katniss Everdeen when I read The Hunger Games. Sometimes 3rd person, sometimes first person.

Reader x canon Reader/Canon (or Reader x/ OC) is like putting on a VR helmet. I don't get much physical input about the "Reader OC" because I'm experiencing the story through their eyes. I don't expect the reader to be me, but there's a bigger feeling of immersion to be had. Some description might happen cause it's relevant to the story, and it's still a type of ride, I can't jump the rails on the roller coaster, after all. (Even with a VN you still follow the tracks). Sometimes first person, sometimes second person (I'm partial to 2nd person perspective, but that's just me).

I love Fan Fiction, I love it. All of it, and man even more than anything, what I love is that I'm going to dislike 80% of it. Because that 80% was written for someone who is not me. (Hell, that number's probably closer to 99% if we're looking at ALL fandoms, but I digress).

Second - The VENT:

What got me the most in the post that prompted this, was someone saying "Bring back the Mary Sue OCs!" and then they went on to describe something more detailed, and I just -

Look, respectfully, fuck you.

The point is, you're not going to be happy no matter what. Whether it's "mary sue" OCs, or x readers, or alternative universes, or a ship you don't like, you're going to find something to be unhappy about.

Cause people have been bitching about all styles of fan fiction since the first "You've Got Mail" chimed in 1991. And until 1998 and ff.net you really had to hunt for it, and until 2007 and Ao3 the idea of tagging a fic for any reason wasn't really a thing. Every click was a surprise! \o/

I just have seen the same song and dance a dozen times. It's exhausting. People become okay with OCs and decide x readers are the enemy, and before that OCs were *all* Mary Sues and cringe and people who made OCs were the enemy, and before OCs people who wrote even a little OOC were the enemy, and people who wrote AUs were the enemy, and you can write fan fic but it HAS to be Canon Compliant, and everyone MUST be in-character at all times - "They would not fucking say that" was the enemy.

Look, just please - please - in any capacity, stop it with the "All X style of story telling is crap" mindset. There's over a dozen different ways to do x readers alone. I know 20 x reader writers and I don't think any of us have the same style, preferences, or vibes.

I've had a lot of comments along the lines of "I thought I hated x readers, but I really loved this." on a few different fics I've written. Sometimes it's not the style of the fic, sometimes it's the style of the writer, and my Brother In Christ - you're going to have to read some awful shit to shuffle through the thousands of writers out there to find the vibes that resonate with you.

Ostracizing entire swathes of fan fic because you need something to be "The Enemy" so you can lift up something else, and then bitching you can't find anything new to read seems like a personal problem.

And I know y'all are scrolling by TONS of posts that don't interest you, every day, as a matter of course. So don't give me that "clogging up the tag" BS, because we deserve to be here same as anyone else in the fandom.

[statementlou]

okay so apparently the reason they cut to the drone shot in the stream during the You Are My Because moment even though it was literally THE TITLE OF THE THING and also even aside from that YOU SHOW LOUIS FOR THAT PART ARE YOU STUPID was that there was a lights project of the mexican flag colors they were trying to capture and they knew about it in advance, BUT LISTEN. FIRST OF ALL no, show it after even if it means using footage from a minute ago slightly out of sync, YOU SHOW LOUIS FOR THAT PART WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU but second, you knew about this in advance. You had all show to check out how the lights looked from the drones and make adjustments so it would work visually BUT NO. Mr fucking hack director couldn't even do that so YOU COULDN'T EVEN ACTUALLY SEE THE LIGHT PROJECT. A fail sir a real fail they should have fixed that too for the rebroadcast

[artaintfartwarriors]

The OG Girlboss B)

[missfangirlapocalypse]

They have gifts for youuu

[grif-hawaiian-rolls]

Funniest team dynamics regarding sexualities (to me):

- Locus is the only one comfortable enough with his own sexuality to know the label for it

- Donut is working on it, but in donut fashion keeps getting distracted by other shit

- Doc and O’Malley can’t agree on anything. O’Malley might just be doing it for spite, but Doc has the stubbornness to hold out until they reach an agreement damn it

- Lopez genuinely cannot be bothered to care

- Grif and Simmons are queerbaiting themselves per canon, and won’t acknowledge it even if you paid them

- Sarge doesnt have time for all that! He’s got a war to win! Against what? He won’t elaborate

The blues are like 20x worse

-Kai keeps changing her mind on if bi or pan fits better, bc she knows the labels best but she hems and haws over which grey layer flag feels more Her, you know? Also- prime source of misinformation on the other labels

-Tucker is a close second to having his maybe figured out. But he won’t actually label it (good for him) and just goes “if its hot, its hot, and if it’s sexy then I’m in. Bow chicka bow wow”

-Wash gave up after one (1) conversation with Kai when he asked her what the difference between bi and pan was and got a 4 hour lecture and still isnt sure (he thought he knew this stuff how is he more confused now?). It’s really not on his priority list.

-Caboose actually knows the alphabet soup uncannily well. He does not, however, think it applies to any of them and is best left for the people in Sarge’s soaps

-Carolina refuses to indulge the conversation, mostly because she’s still working on the introspection required for acknowledging how deep her daddy issues, mommy issues and her abandonment trauma run and she’s only got the emotional bandwidth for one internal search at a time okay

-Sheila probably would have figured her labels out if anyone in BG had actually known enough to explain them to her. Unfortunately, theyre all fucking idiots

- Church(Alpha) assumed he was straight bc Tex. Church (Epsilon) had the “yeah im cool with it but I’m out” realization of he’s maybe bi? But mostly it was Tex so. Uh. Hm. (Spoiler: i hc him as demi, so Texsexual is generally the best descriptor bc he tried to avoid getting that close to anyone else. He failed miserably, but he tried)

-Tex knew her labels. But if you asked for them, she’d punch you. Maybe she’d lie if you bribed her for them, but she wouldn’t actually tell anyone bc a girl’s gotta have some secrets, ya know?

[pondslime]

ELISHA CUTHBERT AS CARLY JONES IN HOUSE OF WAX (2005)

[mars-ipan]

god i cannot wait to be off these steroids…