#sometimes gatekeeping is good

[apesoformythoughts]

It kinda gears my grinds when people use a word (the word Catholic) without respecting its meaning (cf. “Catholics For Choice” and those “Catholic saints” polls going around with santa muerte as an actual option).

[unscharf-an-den-raendern]

Nicht jede Band, die auf Deutsch singt und Synthesizer benutzt, ist Neue Neue Deutsche Welle und vor allem nicht Bilderbuch, die völlig andere musikalische Einflüsse und komplett anderen Vibes haben.

[motherofbottoms]

people shitting on the repeats style of itabags calling it boring and elitist and lazy as if it isn’t the purest rawest and one of the most traditional and common form of itabags💀 seriously put whatever shit you want in your bag, it’s YOUR BAG, do whatever you want w it. irl no one will fucking come up to you on the street and start dissing your bag lmao and if anyone does they’re an asshole. but don’t barge into this subculture space and then shit on one of the most popular and common styles of itabag that btw embodies the very essence of itabag culture.

the point of making itabags is to show your love and dedication for your oshi; and since japan highly values showing support to the original work and author through buying official goods, 99% of them use official merch and yes a lot go the extra mile and buy repeats. HUGE emphasis on official. making can badges with screen caps is considered copyright infringement and is quite frowned upon in the japanese community. there’s no strict rule against using doujin/fanmade items in your itabags but again, it would kinda defeat the purpose to THEM since they perceive anything doujin on a completely different plane than official goods. they want the money to go to the mangaka/game developer’s pockets; that’s a big reason why they purchase official goods.

you can style your own bag different, and there are no strict rules dictating anyone on how to make their itabags. but don’t fucking shit on the repeats style as if your way of doing things is in any way superior to how it’s traditionally done. don’t barge into a subculture and then shit on its mainstream traditional way of doing things just because you don’t like it lmao. if the repeats style makes you that fucking uncomfortable then just don’t go to events where you might see it, block tags or idk fucking leave???

[cairoscene]

Brian David Gilbert on Sad Boyz

feels fandom relevant.

[ID: A series of screen captures of Brian David Gilbert speaking on a podcast: "The thing that you invest your time in can feel so important to your identity that occasionally you feel, like, you need to close it off from other people in order to keep it safe. And I think that's where a lot of nerd culture, all that gatekeeping stuff, all of the toxicity stems from that thing where it's like, "In high school I didn't have a lot of friends or connect with a lot of people, but I did have this comic book, and now this comic book is super popular, but these people don't like me. That must be because they're not real fans."" End ID]

[tvckerwash]

I like to think that during pfl (using his s9 characterization, not s10) wash is the guy you go to when you want to know something (ah la a line in the fall of reach novel I believe where chief says the enlisted personnel always seem to know stuff bc wash is clearly enlisted).

he's in a position where he's privy to information from the higher-ups, and he's friendly enough with the lower rungs that he knows the gossip going around. as a bonus though, wash ain't no narc, so if you want that information you need to offer him something of equivalent exchange (consequently fueling the 'guy who knows things' thing). for example, north had to tell him about using equipment in the field in order to get him to tell him what his meeting with internals was about.

wash isn't the only guy who knows things, of course, but he's the guy who has the widest base of general knowledge. ct is also someone who knows things, but she's a lot more specific, and what she lacks in scale she more than makes up for with how in-depth her knowledge is. wash is where you learn about something from, ct is where you get all the juicy details (to the point of it almost being tmi). she also has an equivalent exchange policy, but people tend to be a bit more reluctant to get information from her because of what her knowledge is (and the borderline 'insane conspiracy theorist' energy doesn't help either).

florida? well...you don't wanna know what he knows. the cost is simply too high.

[v0id-echoes]

just found out Scarlet and Violet are rerunning the Walking Wake and Iron Leaves raids AGAIN soon

first off, here are the times for anyone who still hasn’t caught them, hope you can get them this time :3

but also since it’s clear they care about making these two accessible (surprisingly) given that this is the second time they’ve redone this event, why the hell weren’t they made natively available in Indigo Disk? you could’ve just added them to base game Area Zero with the update, problem solved, wouldn’t that have been easier 😭

[i-eat-mass-blog]

emo elitists who say emo-pop/third wave emo is valid while calling MCR "pop punk with an emo aesthetic" are crazyyyy

Like, tell me what's the difference between Deja Entendu by Brand New and Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge by My Chem besides the fact that MCR in general is more mainstream (ignoring how Emo-Pop in general is pretty mainstream compared to the other styles/waves of emo)

[stinkrascal]

Could you upload vlad 😭? I've been doing everything in my power to make him look hot and he looks... like he likes boys. istg i'll pay atp.

"he looks like he likes boys" anon im giving u the benefit of the doubt but idk if you should say stuff like this😭😭 if we're mutuals i will send him to you but tbh i don't want to put my sims for public download for random ppl to use, that's just my preference. i hope u understand!

[cheezestixk]

"Go to hell" is basic. "I hope your favorite emotionally devastating song about girlhood gets put in a Some Fucking Guy™ playlist" Is a very possible threat. It's scary. It happened to me. It can happen to you.

[batemanofficial]

hello upper middle class northern usamerican tumblr user. i want to play a game. you will notice that you are in a super america convenience store in rural kentucky - you have three minutes to purchase a snack and drink of your choice and make normal small talk with the cashier. however, if you use the word "cryptid" or generally make reference to appalachia and its inhabitants as "wild", uncivilized, or lacking restraint around alcoholic beverages during your time here, i will personally tie you to the chassis of a four wheeler and tip it into the river. live or die. make your choice

[blkkizzat]

hello, i love your "that's not my jjk man" concept, do you mind if i also use the same concept but with a different show?

ofc! i say in my rules that if anyone is inspired by what i write to go ahead and write it just credit/tag me so i can see. however in this case i certainly don't own the tnmn crossover concept as a whole, its so generic and so many things can be done with it. so unless you are inspired by something more specific/unique to my individual fics theres no need to ask nor credit tag! (unless you want me to read it, id love to see tbh!)

[a-flickering-soul]

people cannot be openly asking for other peoples' mushrooming spots like this. have we no dignity? no respect? you cannot come into my house and disrespect me to my face like this. i have to laugh.

[mobydyke]

not to vaguepost but not everything is a symptom of ADHD or autism! some things are just normal human experiences!! get off of tiktok and have a conversation with irl people!!!!

[raindropsandseahorses]

The angry people commenting on Pedro’s post are giving me life. Tell me you don’t know anything about him without telling me

[lastonthebrakes]

we as the motogp girlies (gn) should try to prevent whatever the hell jorge and aleix (and rins) have going on from breaching containment tnx for coming to my ted talk

[sadisticyouko]

this is a totally random psa but !! one thing to keep in mind about me is that im always gonna support ur guys’ selfships and ocs and regular ships and etc !! I love to see yyh content in general and I love to see how u guys interact with the world too ♡