#soph’s polls

[kalosbian]

alright im hopping on that trend

[sophbun]

i care about there friendship so much

[sophsicle]

i started putting this in the tags of another post and then it was too much so here we are but; i think one of the big problems with fic recs on tiktok is that fanfic authors have no control over how their fics are being presented or what other media they're being put in conversation with and this sometimes results in people reading the fics that were recommended and feeling they did not get the story they were promised. And when this happens the person they get mad at is not the person who recommended the fic but the author. it takes on this very transactional tone of "i did not get the service i was promised" or "you sold this to me using false advertising" which is a) yet another way fanfiction is being packaged and understood as a commodity and b) is not what happened, fanfic authors have no control over how other people present their fics to you or how the fandom has decided to talk about their fics etc. etc. etc.

another thing that fic recs tend to do, is come in list formats, very "top five fics you have to read" or "the best wolfstar fics" or "my favourite fics ranked in order" which creates a hierarchy that should just not exist in fandom. at least in my personal opinion. and lots of times, even if the video itself is respectful, the comment sections are not. and they will tear down the fics on the list that they feel like don't deserve to be there or should have been ranked lower etc. etc. which i think is just like, idk, in bad taste?? and fostering conversations and attitudes i don't think belong in this space. and not for nothing, but i personally hate it when people compare me and my friends and like, pit us against one another? like i know i'm being a baby but i can't help it. it feels awful and it makes me anxious. so it's like, yes, of course, i love it when people recommend my stories because it's so lovely and flattering and makes this feel like a big book club. but the flip side of that is i hate it when people present my stories as products that you "just have to buy" or make promises about them that i have never made, or use them to put down other fics. which i fear is almost an inevitable part of recommending fics on tiktok where the rec video itself is content that they are trying to sell, to get views and likes, so they need a hook, they need something to make it interesting, and fanfic authors a lot of the time i think, end up being the victims of that. which isn't me saying that no one should recommend fics on tiktok. or that people who do are somehow doing something wrong. cause i dont think either of those statements are true. but i do think that these are things that the people making these videos aren't necessarily considering, and that maybe, it would be good if they did????? I DON"T KNOW I DIDN"T REALLY COME UP WITH A CONCLUDING ARGUMENT I"M SO SORRY thanks for coming 2 my tedtalk

[flooftyfizzlebeans]

I have a theory on why the "Bugsnax Poll Curse" is so prevalent.

I propose that bugsnax, due to it's PS5 release, has a large amount of exposure to the general public through popular streamers, leading many to know about bugsnax, but not actually love it deeply. The fandom is relatively small for the reach bgusnax has.

Therefore it sits in the uncanny valley of popularity that lets it enter almost any poll tournament it that a character/creature meets the criteria for.... but not win a single one. Poll creators overestimate the size of the fandom due to only having surface level knowledge, or their own love clouds their judgment of how well it would do.

I only say this because I am also part of a different small fandom, except over the years, it's down to about 10 people if I'm being generous and including myself. That show's character never even enter the polls, despite my efforts, so no curse has ever appeared.

Add your thoughts if you desire. I'm just musing.

[cardboard-queen]

i know you follow me for my beautiful looks and charming personality (my horny tgirl posting), but would any of u be interested in the weird/queer sticker art I do??

[i-cry-over-fanfics]

Anyone else click on polls and when you font get the top answer you feel sad and dissapointed in yourself for not being socially acceptable by the majority?

[reflection-s-of-stars]

Ok fuck it

Doesn’t have to be your current blorbos, former blorbos work just as well!

[quintinh43]

on your poll you missed the variation of all three of em hating mushroomsssss 😭

FUCK I KNEW IT

And yk what I was like, "i wont forget all the then loveing/hating mushrooms cause thats so obvious"

Anyways

Don't mind me while I go remake the poll

[sophsun1]

Friend. We are losing. I know we’re a tiny fandom for a show that’s twenty years old (more or less depending on the season) but we are losing.

https://www.tumblr.com/queer-media-tourney/742765427556597760/best-piece-of-queer-media-queer-as-folk-paper

Get out the vote!

Hey, friend!

Lol, I'm not surprised given that no one seems to know what "qaf" is on this hellsite, but of course it's the superior option sorry i have no idea what the other one is but even so. So get out and vote if you're so inclined.