#superwholock era hello again

[emotinalsupportturtle]

Guys seriously Merlin being on trending has forced me to revisit my most long lasting teenage, codependent, homoerotic friendship.

She is a big fan and now we are back to frequently chatting and fangirling over Merlin (mostly her). We are really back in 2011 huh?

[g0nta-g0kuhara]

Hello! :] I saw your post recently regarding the pervasive feeling of shame in newer fans re: Danganronpa, and it really resonated. I wanted to offer my two cents as a fandom old/armchair fandom archeologist that's hopefully a little heartening:

I remember back in 2012/2013 when Danganronpa was beloved, during the height of the SomethingAwful TL days. It was a genuinely fun time to be into things, especially as people were getting excited for an EN release, something that I do think the fandom deserves a little credit in making happen. I was there for the UDG release, DR3 anime, and the lead-up to v3's release, and unfortunately, I think the fact that all three of those entries were in some ways polarizing effectively memory-holed a lot of people into believing Danganronpa was never "good" to begin with, which makes it a lot easier to pick out its flaws and give it a bit of a weird reputation now.

(As a tangent, but some more context that might help: Danganronpa also got really big on my neck of the woods in Tumblr during one of the big Homestuck hiatuses. Back in the day there was a lot of fandom crossover, which I don't really think is the case nowadays, but I think for people that were either in both fandoms and had negative experiences, or people outside who disliked either/or, they've been inextricably linked together as part of a particular "time" in Tumblr/internet history that isn't remembered fondly. So, I have a theory that a lot of secondhand Danganronpa disdain comes from misplaced disdain for the other Big Thing at the time.

This also overlapped with the tail end of the big SuperWhoLock era to my memory, which is usually much more focused on which discussing Tumblr history. Which is a shame, because I feel like this particular transitional era of Tumblr "fandom" history has been underdiscussed because of it!

None of this is excusing some of the things I've seen said about DR fans and the ways people have been iced out for liking it, but I find trying to understand the factors at play always helps my mind figure out how to process these things.)

However: time moves on. This isn't permanent. Having gone back and re-experienced the whole series some 5+ years removed, I was able to find joy in parts of the series that, while I was in the thick of a shift in fandom attitude, didn't appreciate as much as I think I should have. I didn't absolutely love everything, but I had so much fun, it almost felt like I was experiencing things again for the first time.

I want to believe the same thing will happen as we get some time removed, as people get nostalgic for things and get older and understand that you can love something flawed, criticize it, and not feel shame for it. I always welcome fresh faces discovering something for the first time, but I think that some day, a lot of older fans can come back and embrace it as well. Sometimes you need time and life and a few extra years on you. I'm living proof of it! :P

Of course, this is just one person's perspective from one slice of the fandom. But I remain hopeful. There really is nothing else quite like Danganronpa for me, warts and all. You don't have to post this publicly or anything if you don't want to, but I wanted to offer a little hope to go with your thoughts. :') and I hope you have a great day!

Oh man, I really really appreciate this message. I am really interested in the perspective of fans who have been here for so long, and I always feel a little out of my depth talking about old (read: 2018 and before) DR fandom because despite seeing a Lot of it in my blog-diving, I still wasn't there. It's genuinely wonderful to hear that it was beloved like that, even if only fully for the first two installments.

I HAVE noticed a weird amount of homestuck/dr crossover in my searches, so that totally makes sense! Hell, my first exposure to DR on tumblr was a homestuck blog I followed back in 2017/2018ish (for the artstyle, I haven't read homestuck) that also posted a lot about Kazuichi. That's super cool!

While I feel like today, there is at least a little bit of fondness (even if it is a little ironic) for superwholock days, I see very little talk of homestuck. And when I do, it is usually with the same flavour of "Wow that fandom was so crazy" as old-DR.

I think there is usually this reactionary retrospective on site-wide popular fandoms to some degree after they start to wane in size. I saw it when I was in the TMA fandom. That thing was a monster, and over all I felt more stressed there than I ever feel now with DR. And after it ended, and really even During those last few episodes, you could feel a level of distaste for the piece of media growing. Although it never really reached critical mass like DR.

Maybe its even more apparent with something like Steven Universe- when it was actively coming out there was so much disdain for it (from some people) and for the fandom. I was there, on the sidelines, but I saw it all and it wasn't fun. But after its finale and a couple years of silence, people now seem to have come around and realized, whoa, so much about all that discourse was way overblown. I feel like a couple years ago there could still have been this sense of "cringe" posting about steven universe, while today its a lot more neutral.

Of course, it's kind of weird to compare DR and SU, and the nature of outside of fandom perspectives on them is not the same. The level of disdain for people posting SU never reached the point of DR either. But if it's anything to go by, I feel like there is hope eventually for people to stop having an immediate knee-jerk reaction to it. To look back and realize, "hey, that was actually pretty good," or "I didn't really appreciate this the first time." Or even just "It's fine actually to have nuanced take on this piece of media I don't like that concludes with them still liking it." I feel like we already got a mini-version of that in 2020, but since that's when I joined I can't speak too much on it.

Small tangent aside, I really appreciate this. I also hope people can come back around to it, or at least appreciate that it made them or other people happy at the time c:

[whataboutyouisamascot]

*knock! Knock!* Tis I again haha! 23, 42, 80, and 95 to enable the procrastinating 💛

Hello Tonee! You're always welcome to come back, consider the door open 🌿

23. How long have you had Tumblr?

The account that this is a sideblog of has been around since 2021, but I want to say I first started on Tumblr in 2016? Somewhere around there, peak 2010's emo era, Superwholock was finally quieting down a touch, you get the gist

42. What's your favorite physical feature about yourself?

Woof, that's a more difficult one I'm going to have to say my facial structure (not exactly a single feature, but the individual ones wouldn't work without each other), it's the one physical tell I have to show my Native heritage

80. What was it? (In regards to illegally downloading music or movies)

The Princess Bride! And I'd do it again!

95. What's the first book you remember reading?

I actually do not know, I don't have a good memory, especially from before I was a teenager. That's all sort of one nonexistent fog. Not the best answer, but it's the only one I got, haha

[daughter-of-sapph0]

Hello~ I hope you're having a nice evening!! I wanted to ask you about tumblr eras because I've seen you mention them a couple times now. I've been on tumblr for a while now actually but haven't seen anyone else refer to tumblr eras, and I was wondering if you could explain them? No worries if not!!

of course!

so, I'm probably one of a handful of people who actually uses tumblr eras. I use it as a shorthand to describe when certain events happened and the people who joined before or after those events

Era 1 is from the beginning of tumblr until dashcon. this was from 2007 to 2014 and is the longest era so far. it's notable for the creation of superwholock, the mishapocolypse, oncelercest, and more. it's the first thing people thing of when they think of classic tumblr

Era 2 is from after dashcon until the community guidelines change in late 2018 (aka the "porn ban"). this is actually when I joined (I was originally an undertale blogger). this is notable for the more popular fandoms of tumblr, and some incredibly famous posts like the bone stealing shit or John Green's cock post. it ended when the community guidelines changed to ban "female presenting nipples" and a lot of people left for twitter

Era 3 is honestly when tumblr was at its best. it's when most of the inside jokes were created (eebby deeby, horse plinko, Goncharov, etc). even though tumblr wasn't insanely popular at this time, it had a real sense of community and togetherness that can't really be said about any other websites.

Era 4 is the newest era and the one we're currently in. this was started when elon musk bought twitter and tons of people left and either rejoined tumblr or joined for the first time. this was also the same time tumblr started trying out a lot more new features like tipping, blazing, tumblr blue, and livestreams. I have no idea where tumblr will go from here. I hope that the new users can embrace tumblr's weirdness and that the staff won't introduce a bunch of useless features that kill the site. we'll just have to see.

me and some of my friends are currently making a timeline that will showcase all these eras and most important tumblr events from the start of tumblr to the modern day.

but again, the concept of tumblr eras is something I made up and isn't that widespread.

thank you for asking. I hope that makes sense.

[420technoblazeit]

more of them but there were so many that i had to set it to redirect to a google sheets file

So like wtf am I right chat

yo the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have some serious trauma that no one talks about :(

not an answer, but the person who put 'the barbie cinematic universe' as their fandom

i cannot believe dan and phil, undertale, and superwholock weren't on that list. i swear to god like 2/3 of us are ex phannies smh /lh

During my Dungeons and Dragons session, I adopted the Milk Demon and now they follow me around like a puppy and I feed it milk everyday and I named them Alistair and they are my child and I love them with all my heart and I will annihilate anyone who tries to harm them or take them away from me

the person who put an almost incomprehensible infodump of harvest town and their merman boyfriend

actually im personally offended u didnt include anything from 1. pttm arc or 2. anything from merle in the taz quotes section /lh (i did put something from merle!!! it was the 'kiss my ass, you sanctimonious bastard' quote)

I was awake until midnight and now desire to create a long furby after rewatching the same youtube video 5 times.

lego men are pog but they made the robot one make me cry anyways lego ninjago. never thought if be interested in that again. legos go brrr I guess

the one person who infodumped about their homestuck dream smp au. idk what a heir of space or knight of mind is, but i think they both sound poggers!

the person talking about the ethics of a love potion vs. truth potion in the world of harry potter

I wish my friends would stop tapping the glass of my enclosure :/

whoever wrote about black friday but in horribly cursed ways, i showed this to my friend who watched it and he said, and i quote 'i hope this person's newborn child looks at them in disgust'

If tommy doesn't get a therapy arc soon i will r i o t-

the person rambling asking how the hell everyone knows about homestuck, no i don't know either. it eludes me

i had a dream that Ranboo, Eret, Technoblade, Wilbur, and a bunch of other people all changed their names on twitter to 'Gender Envy" because they give everyone gender envy

this quiz took two years from my life. also hotline miami and hm2 have possibly the best soundtracks of any game. like. ever. believe me.

op it is vital that you know i was eating a bagel while eating this and i almost fucking choked when i read “choose a taz quote because fuck this you this is a uquiz now”

If I had a dime for every song I know about going into the forest and decaying, letting the bugs and scavengers eat your remains and being at peace, I would have two dimes, which isn’t much but it’s strange it’s happened twice. I am now going to name those songs In A Week by Hozier and Thus Always To Tyrants by the Oh Hellos, both top notch (i have both of those on my playlist! they're v good)

AAAAAAAA IM MAD ASF ABT TUBBO APOLOGISTS EVEN THO IM ONE OF THEM LIKE STFU THE BUTCHER ARMY IS THE CIA AND YOU ARE ALL BOOTLICKERS

i highkey miss when gravity falls was first being aired and i wish i was older during it. i never truely appreciated the codes and hidden clues until more recently when i got back into ciphers. i just never had a talent when i was younger and i would love to experience it again for the first time

i think this lowered my reading comprehension, have a good day :)

you need theoropay but thats okay

my head is so empty rn im free i got nothing i got nothing , actually . okay i do have smth but i dont have the words so i got nothing , my head is empty i have nothing

Qué acabo de leer, yo solo quería llenar formulario extraño que encontré en Tumblr, aunque siendo honestos sabiendo que era un formulario de Tumblr debió haber sido la razón por la cual no debí haber entrado aquí en primer lugar, bueno eso es todo espero que tú almohada esté caliente en ambos lados. (thank you, funniest curse i've ever been placed under)

Too sleepy to think My friend gave me those sponge capsule things that expand into dinosaurs the other day though? That's rad.

this made smile so hard I shit myself

Hi op i love thsi and i love you lets become friends i am adore (:0 send me an ask, whoever u are!!!)

Bees of different species, if put into mixed colonies, can learn each others dialects of waggle dance, which is the dance they use to communicate food sources and threats.

caw caw mfer /lh

the person who told me about the tea dragon society!!! that sounds lovely ill look into it for sure

the person who said they wanted to click all of the answers on the second last question just to give me validation for my adventure time infodumps, you're very sweet thank you!

I HAVE UNLOCKED BRAIN COMPARTMEMT THAT HELD ALL MY LOVE FOR THE PODCAST WOLF 359 AAAAAAA ITS VERY VERY GOOD GAYS IN SPACE GAYS IN SPACE AAA

i think you need to see a psychologist

⊑⟒⌰⌰⍜ ⟊⍜⋏. ⏃⌿⍜⌰⍜☌⟟⟒⌇ ⎎⍜⍀ ⏁⊑⟒ ⎅⟒☊⟒⌿⏁⟟⍜⋏, ⏚⎍⏁ ⟟ ⍙⏃⋏⏁⟒⎅ ⏁⍜ ⋔⏃☍⟒ ⌇⎍⍀⟒ ⊬⍜⎍ ⌇⏁⏃⍀⏁⟒⎅ ⍀⟒⏃⎅⟟ (FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU /nm)

i would pay several goats for your hand in marriage. banger quiz mate

the person writing a dream smp star wars au and would prefer to remain anonymous, you're valid

op you are such a fucking mood i applaud you for your lack of self-control and fear o7 in other news how the fuck did you get all my previous fandoms. wait no i know why everyone else is in those fandoms nvm

How dare you remind me of warrior cats. I fucking roleplayed as a cat with strangers at a random school that I was visiting one day. Just seeing the words warrior cats triggers a flight or fight response. it was all I talked about for years. I had nearly forgotten about it.

@eighth--wonder your card game anon sent me a response i'm not entirely sure what they're doing but it sounds cool

head empty only bee duo. they’re so in love it hurts dude, littol man and tall awkward half enderman husband yessir. i love gay people

fuck you its 11:46 pm and im doing this shit you piece of shit.

I cannot fucking believe Wilbur Soot got me back into SOLITAIRE of all things. I used to play that all the time in high school but the interest kind of faded out a little. Then I saw some cool and funky-ass card motifs pop up in fan art for Alivebur and now here I am playing solitaire for like 4-7 hours a day at LEAST. I mean don't get me wrong it's an oddly calming thing and if you have nothing better to do it's not bad, but WHAT the FUCK.

The FitnessGram PACER Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The test is used to measure a student's aerobic capacity as part of the FitnessGram assessment. Students run back and forth as many times as they can, each lap signaled by a beep sound

Shoko was really cool and it's the only Adventure Time episode I remember and really liked. Adventure Time is a cool show but I don't remember it's episodes well but like it's concept and stuff speaks to me.

This was very confusing but I enjoyed it. SO TAKE THAT. YOUR MINDGAMES WON'T WORK ON ME. HA

idk what just happened man i clicked by accident on the link while scroling tru tumblr and now im scared but at the same time im intriged yuh get it i guess?

Luigi from mario shoulda been here somewhere, I simply think he is small and green

twitter sucks except for when dream is live and the shift in atmosphere should be studied by climate scientists

the person who asked if i was the dilfza blog, no but im glad i have that energy

, nlk.n .n.

With each day dream smp becomes more homestuck. One day you will have to face the truth. The red vines are just the red miles, complicated life system, tommy is literally karkat, dream went through a similar arc as ult!dirk, "oh let me draw quackity with an 8ball as an eye" you just made vriska. Speaking of a vriska, I would say that technoblade is this fandoms vriska. We got the vilification and making him a flat abusive villain, completely twisting his character and ignoring all nuance, the fandom either loves or hates him. He is a vriska.

this was actually really funny and now i want to talk abt cecilos and bee duo????? bro someone please make an au????????

the person who pasted the start of the bee movie script. why would you do this

whoever started writing a fanfic in the response, you are very poggers and i thought it was really good! i could really feel the disassociation

the person writing an apocalypse au, go for it! i'd read that

genshin impact and arknights are the best gacha games purely because of how much gender they contain.

fuck you for making me admit the warrior cats thing. also they do explore the mirror thing i can write you an essay if you like-- (i would like that thank you)

gay,,,

the person who just found out that they're minor nobility, congrats i guess? damn

the person who started talking about eret's impact on the lore, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WILBUR'S DOWNWARD SPIRAL WAS VERY IMPACTED BY THEIR BETRAYAL thank you @its-fledge

2 of you infodumped about true crime so uh. ok

I need everyone to know that canonically, because of the way that salmon sprites look like in Minecraft (green heads, red bodies and hooked mouths), that means their real-life equivalent are spawning sockeye salmon. Nothing wrong there, right? Incorrect. Spawning sockeye salmon, compared to normal silver-bodied sockeye salmon, are inexplicably more horny. We all thought that Wilbur was the horny sodomite, but we never considered if Sally was as well. We've been duped this entire time. I am sorry for sharing this information with you all.

WHAT’S UP GAMERS, here’s my new google form thing on which other fandoms are most common among dream smp fans (+ some fun bonus questions) it would be poggers if you checked it out