#tbh theres nothing wrong with complaining

[necrotique]

ppl on tiktok are so reactive, its actually so annoying and for what? the crime of being "cringe" grow up and focus on things u actually like

[strawglicks]

The reblogs on your post about ttcc stuff that makes you irritated/annoyed has been disheartening. This has kinda made me distant from my hyperfixation due to this, it isn't your fault of course, but that can of worms has made me want to leave the ttcc community. Cause it kinda feels like nobody can have fun without people getting irritated or annoyed over stuff others do :[

yeah, that last sentence is true. nobody can have fun without people getting irritated or annoyed. that has always been and always will be true and theres nothing any of us can do tbh

everyones gonna have their own thoughts and headcanons about characters. im sure i do things that annoy people too. i bet you theres people who DESPISE cathal and graham sibling headcanon but idc i like it so im gonna keep indulging in it. and they can keep hating it and we can all be happy.

sorry it was disheartening for you, i get what u mean. there are some reblogs that really have me scratching my head, but whatever, thats their thoughts and i knowingly made a post that is basically rooted in negativity and was prepared to deal with it LOL

i just felt like whining abt something and gave people a space to whine abt their own annoyances from the fandom too. it doesnt mean youre WRONG for enjoying those things or that you have to leave the community. that post wasnt targeted at anyone, it just gave people space to complain really. abt things that dont matter in the grand scheme of things .

dont let random peoples opinions ruin ur enjoyment of something that you genuinely love.

[lemmetreatya]

may I request connie x blk fem! reader really anything tbh, i’ve been having a brain rot of him recently

🧺 been watching sm of baby shelanda’s stuff over on insta and i cant help but think connie would be that typa parent 😭💖 🧺

“yo babe, babe!”

upon hearing connie shout for you from within the apartment, you automatically stopped what you were doing. seeing as it sounded urgent, you quickly jog to where you last left him before assessing the situation.

“what? what happened?” you frantically ask.

connie seems to have a smile on his face as he meets you in the hallway. instantly, your guards down, but you start to wonder if this was a milestone for your child instead and so you return his smile.

“come look at this.”

he says with a low voice, his hand softly clamping around your wrist as he pulled you into the bathroom to see.

upon entering, you were in fact, unamused.

“connie.”

you look back towards the man before hovering behind your daughter as she sat in the bath sink with a raggedy blonde two plait wig on. upon seeing her mother within the mirror in front of her, she babbled. only being the tender age of one, her speech was entirely limited, but you couldnt deny how the side eye she gave the both of you through the lopsided wig, was amusing.

“boy, what i tell you bout putting them wigs on my child’s head?”

you pout but your lips were on the brink of breaking out into a smile. seeing your light hearted reaction, connie grinned as he squeezed into the bathroom pass you and horizontally held your daughter underneath his arms, as if she was a piece of timber wood.

“but its funny, come on! she likes them too, don’t you bubba?”

he hypothetically asks. your daughter only gargles with laughter at the position her father held her in.

connie turns the child vertical so that she was sitting just on top of his arm. as the girl squealed in delight, the man occasionally kissed her chubby cheeks, bathing her in assuring and words full of love. he then held her securely by holding his other arm around her small milk filled stomach.

looking down at your kin in your man’s arms, you could only sigh. connie always liked to dress your daughter in such outlandish fits. you personally think he does it to try and push your limits but you’re not too fussed about it. as long as he don’t let her go outside looking like that, you’re okay with it.

for once, you decided to play along with it.

“woooow! baby, look at the new hair daddy got you! you like it?”

bending down to hold her hand, she surprisingly replied with a babble that sounded a lot like a ‘yeah’.

with a face of surprise, connie looks in your direction.

“ha, see i told you!” he cheeses, bopping your child even more.

you roll your eyes at the childishness of his antics but you primarily ignored them. shaking your head with a short laugh, you fold your arms over your chest as you nod your chin in the direction of the hairpiece your daughter was now tugging at the edges for.

“where’d you even find this wig?” you ask.

with a shrug, connie swaps arms he was holding his daughter in.

“dunno. think i found it in the hair shop when i was buying your lip gloss.”

theres was nothing wrong with his answer but concerning you now found out he went on detour missions when doing errands for you didnt please you. especially since most times hed be coming back home with only half the items you requested.

with a sigh, you take the wig off from your daughter’s head. she doesn’t complain, only watch up at you with her big curious eyes. it did however seem to not sit well with connie as he made a loud whiney noise.

“noo! the miss elsa wig!”

you can only giggle as you transition the wig onto connie’s head, the piece barely fitting. with a surprised expression, he doesn’t even have enough time to retort something back before his daughter is hysterically laughing at the predicament.

[thefootnotes]

scaled & icy live

an hour, huh? i best get comfy.

it's all under the cut xx

the graphics are kinda funky

OH IS THIS WHERE THE PANSEXUAL FLAG COLOURS CAME FROM OKAY

i can get hype about some pink blue and yellow fr

wait is this meant to be the dema morning show?? thats so fucking funny though. thats actually so fucking funny.

okay wait so in this dema universe, in the lore, twenty one pilots is still a band? tyler joseph and josh dun are still a band?

why is he sad :(

"is that. number 16 cotton candy" bitch ofc it is

YEAH JOSH WHERE ARE YOU

u good tyler

whats with the wookie noises

into choker tho is beautiful

THE STAGE AGH

sorry brief mention to how fucking good josh looks in this video oml

the stressed out bridge coming in there????

wait are these the bishops little minions or smth cause theres too many of them to be the bishops

this is a vibey little live version

man sidenote im so ordering merch this weekend

wait wahts the light thing at the back

is that supposed to be the nine towers?

oh into migraine?? was not expecting that

"depresS" everybody fucking freeze. "ive thoughts."

into morph??

its a little all over the place but in a good way?? does that make sense

wait no bring back tylers agonised screaming

"my personal favourite, mulberry street" i hate you but same

YES MULBERRY STREET

KEEP YOUR BLISS THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS FUCK YEAH

the murals. yes

josh just doin his lil bounce in the back tho

whats with the chick wtih the teddy bear

that guy was not there before was he???

and back to the piano. agh.

the little adlibs afkdlsjfdsklfjsld

see in my head all these dancers are banditos and i will take no argument

in two days i will know this mulberry street choreo by heart. just saying

when tyler and josh are looking for people for their next venture i will be ready. im telling you now.

that girl in the front in the skirt ate that

wait whos this girl

LANE BOY FUCK YEAH

whats with the gas masks? are you my mummy? /ref

wait where did josh's shirt go not that im complaining

anybody want to learn this choreo with me too

wait i wonder if i can convince my partner to do this at our wedding actually (long long way away but i picture it being Highly Amusing)

joshs hair is just so good in this video idec

joshua william dun was that a lip bite and a wink. god fucking damn

oh hello guitar

into chlorine?? okay this setlist is. wow

whats with all of joshs costume changes??

okay tylers coat is eating here now tho

shy away yessss

the set for this is so interesting too

shy awAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

his little dance is so cute stop

also side note josh ate that fit so hard

"it brought tears to my eyes" same, dude. same.

ok that was fucking weird

that shirt should be so ugly so why is he kind of eating

the outside yes

josh in the onesie wtf😭 he's so!!!!!

hey bud where u goin

just casually breakdancing in the street. ok

"shut uP!" lmaooo

the water into the night sky into the backdrop is beautiful

THE UKULELELLELELELLELELE

WAIT HEATHENS ON UKE??? THIS IS GORGEOUS

wait he's in a boat thats so fucking cool

the sets for this are jsut fucking brilliant

i love this being just sort of him and the ukulele. i love it.

torchbearers back yaaaaay

ohhhh jumpsuit???? and the set gives the mv vibes

and then immediately into heavydirtysoul???

tyler periodically turning into a velociraptor is feeding my soul tbh

why are the hosts gradually looking more and more demonic/dead

SATURDAY AYYYYYYY

the disco ball lmaoo

the vibes here are immaculate

wait???? is that jenna?????????????????????

her sweater is so fckn cute tho

him getting off the phone and just going "oooooooooooooooOoOooooooooOOOOOOooOoOOOOOOOOoooooo" is such a mood

the BOOMBOX yES

LEVEL OF CONCERN FUCK YEAH

oooooh the backdrop here is fire?? the colour palette fdjklfjkldj

the remixed vibes of all the songs are fucking slapping. are they available to stream or anything anywhere??

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!!!!!!!!

the visuals have been on point this entire video can i just say

also tylers shirt is so cool???

all the horn instruments are intriguing me

josh is so!!!!!!!!!!

car radio!!! car!!!!!!! radio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this song mostly just makes me want to cry actually. but

wait the mask!!!! the!!!! mask!!!!!

THE MASK IS OFF!!!!

well that was short lived

all the sirens and the freaking out and hes just like 🥰👉👈👏👏

NEVER TAKE IT

everythings on fire. again.

the little adlibs are so fucking cute tho

also i love when tyler just fuckin. screams

the three guitars in the one shot is such a fuckin vibe

the two in the back just clapping😭

and then there were two....

the lil dragon omg

oh look whos back on the couch

choker again????? yay??????

no tyler dont be sad :(

the overhead shot of all the sets>>>>>>>>>

yeah bitches you better clap for them

wAIT THEYRE CLAPPING FOR US

no cause josh and tyler at the end there kdfjfsdjfjdksl cuties

wow okay so much to unpack there im gonna go grab some chocolates and soda water

okay i've got the chocolates and soda water.

wow! so that was quite the experience. i can kind of understand how it all ties in with the clancy storyline, but it also feels like its not really *integrated* in the storyline. at least not for me at this point.

i really really enjoyed that whole video itself, regardless of lore. it was just a very interesting and cool way to present those songs

god i wish!!!!! there was a higher quality video. i couldnt find one on any of the sites i normally use, most of them said they were taken down, so.. :(

i dont really get what was happening with the woman and the man, the hosts? like i get that they were hosting but their whole vibe was off and they kept seeming to look injured/possessed/straight up weird. so.

im gonna take a quick break, maybe 15 minutes, to just draw a little bit and have some food and water and then i'll come back to the saturday video. i'm just sort of losing my focus and i need to do something else rq to kind of get my head back into it! so brb!

[casa-amor]

WHAT A VOLUME

SO MUCH DRAMA?? so many twists and turns..... i literally love this season and im not afraid to say it anymore. literally there is so much to unpack this volume its actually crazy

MOST IMPORTANTLY. RAPH AND DAPH GOT DUMPED. an incredibly ballsy move from fusebox that i really respect. it really increases the stakes this season knowing people as relevant as them could get dumped. dont get me wrong im gonna miss raph so much... its just so unexpected that it works. the safe choice wouldve been for one of the useless/irrelevant couples to be dumped (ehem.. bonnie and joyo) but they dumped one of the strongest couples of the villa. super ballsy

Estelle (LIs ex) making up SHIT so that our LI would sleep on the day beds. funny crazy and a little immature? yes yes and yes. entertaining? HELL YES. i know some ppl on r3dd1t will complain about this, but who cares, its a game, its a funny and entertaining. besides, our life with out LI has been literally perfect since casa, and im so thirsty for any drama. i love it. plus we get to clear up the drama and ofc make up sex bc lets be real weve had like 10 opportunities to have sex in the villa

ALSO RAFAEL SNOGGED MC IN THE CHALLENGE. I didnt want to choose rafael because i wanted to be "respectful" but he ended up choosing MC anyway... omfg i screamed.

UMA BEING UMA AGAIN. okay im 100% on her side. she has done nothing wrong ever in her life. i know this and i love her. but its literally so crazy that they didnt really give any indication that raph was rejecting uma's advances. implying theres more to raph than we thought...... hes not as loyal as he says he is......

BONNIE AND JOYO literally acting like kids (theyre coupled up in my game). it makes so much sense considering they literally have ZERO connection in my game. i love that not everyone is mature and Right all the time and that some characters.... literally do the wrong thing all the time

JOYO BEING IN LOVEEEE WITH MC. i love ittttt. lots of LIs have had "crushes" on MC in the past but its never been this explicitly acknowledged. i really love how it opens up another slow burn route with joyo which i will probably play in the future ... nyehehe

okay lastly something I found weird.. the game says whoever we "marry" has significant impact in the future episodes. does this mean we cant graft and couple up with anyone else?? that would suck but also.. eh. its a weird thing that i wish didnt really have much impact because its literally just like a challenge

okay this was much longer than i thought but i think after all these years and seasons, ive never had a volume impact me THIS MUCH. there was so much info and so much drama. im so optimistic for the next volumes although tbh i dont expect them to top this one....

[hellbubu]

I mean, if falling into a filthy river in front of the motherfucking queen happened to me (from an englishmen pov, of), in *high school*, I'd probably fall asleep every day for the rest of my life thinking about it lmao

OK, ok, I'll tell you xD SPOILERS: In the arc that follows the green witch, theres like a fortune reader on a music hall that's completely brainwashing people, no matter what anyone tries to prove he's not suspicious (the queen sent people before ciel but they all said theres nothing wrong BUT continued going to the music hall). Lizzy is involved, runs away from home she's so brainwashed. Edward calls for Ciel's help and he gets in on it. There's a whole bunch of stuff going on at the same time (this is a cover for the aurora society and they are stealing people's blood for the zombie puppets to 'live') but the thing is. The main atraction of that music hall??

The P4!!! In matching lil outfits, dancing and singing!! On the stage!! (I guess the job market is awful when you get bad press, even in the victorian era lol)

Ciel & Co. find out the only way for people to leave is by their own will (they rescue Lizzie and she scapes and goes back). Ciel's solution? Forming another boyband that gives them competition.

Cheslock, Edward, Clayton and Hartcourt (i think) and of course, himself will do very nicely.

(TBH, i think this was the final nail in the coffin years back, the thing i couldn't get over and I stopped reading there. I regret it now, tho, the idea seems hilarious to me now xDDD)

😂😂😂The thought that (if I were in their shoes) I fell into a dirty river in front of THE Queen would keep me up at night.

You're telling me that the Queen sent some people there and they kept going there almost compulsively? Like, no one suspected anything?? Jesus fucking Christ on a bicycle.

Honestly, now I want to see those outfits. Like, I trust Yana-Sensei's design choices but I do wonder. Are they all like wearing exactly the same outfit (something like this) or outfits that match each other while letting their personality shine (like this)

So, you're basically saying that that arc is a boyband! AU? Like, Ciel goes and says "damn, we need to create BTS a boyband to get people to not get their blood sucked dry"

Like, I'm not gonna complain as long as they release an album. I also want photocards and a light stick.

[parcai]

i honestly think yall just like to be haters, + not the funny kind, the SAD kind. yall just want to b miserable, like it's fucking embarrassing tbh...this is why nobody wants to adapt books bc yall can't STAND the obvious truth that an exact adaption would be a) fucking boring for all who know what happens + b) trash bc its a diff medium w diff needs entirely

s2 was really really good + i suppose you dont have to like it but all the complaining about what's not there is neither productive nor tolerable. nothing wrong w healthy criticism but this isnt it babes 😐 obnoxious "superfans" THERES THE EXIT 💯

[futureseaempress]

u gotta understand hs is one of those staple problematic™ medias and peoples shock at others still into it is largely that. cuz theres so much blatantly obvious shit wrong with hs it is kind of astounding seeing new or current fans. a couple steps removed from being as embarrassing as being a south park fandom mfer

I think I get what you’re saying?? I’ve been into homestuck since 2012. I know it’s a staple problematic media. I raise you: what media ISN’T problematic. DREAMSMP is everywhere at cons rn.

Homestuck is egregious given that a lot of it is “dark humor” “edge lord” “shock value bait” but it’s goofy to me to react like it’s the worst thing that’s ever graced the internet.

also no need to tell the homestuck fan it’s embarrassing to like homestuck I ASSURE YOU I KNOW.

I don’t buy that ppl are genuinely shocked being scandalized by my enjoyment of a thing.

making the same old jokes, that are actually their only way to “be in” on the fact that we both enjoyed homestuck at some point. by saying “IN 2023????” or “OMG IS THAT KARKLES?? AT MOMO CON?” “YOU STILL LIKE HOMESTUCK?????” They’re giving me the short end of the stick. Like we both know what it is and recognize it. Clearly they wanna draw my attention to the fact that they *know* why make the same dead joke about it?

There are some ppl who are happy to see homestuck cosplay and I am SO grateful to them and every time they ask for a photo I happily pause and take it— but I can’t help but feel like a spectacle as the ONE person asks for a photo, says nothing else, and walks away giggling.

also I wrote the post this ask is referring to roughly a month ago but I queued it so it only posted like last week and tbh I couldn’t even remember what I complained about… but if u care about that part

my OG post touched on this but what I was really talking about was that I was in a server for something else and there was a homestuck channel and I was excited to talk about the comic and things I enjoy and instead every day it was the same two people talking about what pissed them off or disappointed them with the games or the epilogues or hs^2 and their various productions and how much they wanted to play the new video games but weren’t sure they would ever be able to and the one time I was like “this is interesting” I got sent a VERY long blog post and the person wouldn’t engage with me any further than that. It felt very….. dismissive? Of me as an “actual fan” and when I would try and answer I’d ultimately get drowned out by them “knowing better” about these particular niches

After a while (probably two weeks) it started to feel like a vortex of negativity. Every time I opened the channel there were dozens of messages I couldn’t engage with. I thought I would be ousted as a fake fan if I talked about Davekat bc there’s almost a separate fandom dedicated to those two alone and I felt like enjoyment of any kind would be frowned upon so I ultimately left

[lostacelonnie]

Can i hear 5 and 25 salt for honky pls 🙏🙏

HII OF COURSE.... i love complaining ab my fav things

5. Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

KAY SO. HONESTLY. not really quite ruined a pairing bc i still do enjoy it but i deeeeeefinitely started preferring other ships over kiamei bc of some fans. NOW DONT GET ME WRONG the majority of kiamei fans are so sweet but theres this Specific type of them that just start bitching whenever they see someone ship kiana or mei with anyone else even if they do not follow, are friends with, or in any way engage with the person in question. LIKE GO AWAY LEAVE ME ALONEEEE

25. How would you end XXX/Would you change the ending of XXX?

now. its been said a million times and i will say it again. I HATE MOON ARC. I THINK ITS SO BAD. i cannot bring myself to truly dislike elysium everlasting bc i am EXTRAORDINARILY insane ab the flamechasers, and i. really do think it wasnt AS bad as some ppl say. like yes i absolutely agree that elysias character was Not Great in ee, that it impacted the following arc [and thats not a good thing], and generally was uuueueueghgh but i also kinda enjoyed it tbh. it had fun parts!!! yeah it was rushed and confusing and often lacked subtlety when fleshing out some of the characters [KALPAS'S DEATH SCENE. CMON. I LIKE HAVING LORE BUT NOT BEING SPOONFED IT] but at the end of the day i think it was. okay. BUT MOON ARC?? MOON ARC WAS SO BAD. NOBODY WAS WRITTEN CONSISTENTLY. NOTHING MADE SENSE. THE OPEN WORLD WAS SOMEHOW EVEN MORE BROKEN THAN EE. DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE INCLUSION OF LAMBDA AND PLAYERS?? FOR SOME REASON??? of course im not trying to push all the blame onto the writers bc i understand they were overworked and rushed to get the ending out but ahhhh. mihoyo. why. i DID like the ending of "on the name of the world" tho. bronyas transformation and her quote ab how at the end of the day, all herrschers are just people is one of the only things i remember positively. but thats enough hating 😊 salt snow arc is good so i forgive them

[t4tpumpkinduo]

1 25 and 13 for the ask game :3

HIIIIII tysm fr the ask smile!!!!! :]

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1. the character everyone gets wrong

WELL i feel like there are many such cases of this,,,though i suppose in any big fandom tht will be the case, statistically speaking. the dsmp probably feels so so extra bad in this department bcs it's a truly unique medium in the way ppl don't fucking watch or engage w it before making what the make 💀 which is well. yknow. idk if i can even pin one guy down rn because everyday i log on and it hurds so bad. ibuprofen img please just watch it w me please just search up a transcript. what about us. what about trust

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25. common fandom complaint you're sick of hearing

WHEN PPL GET MAD ABT "CTOMMY MAIN CHARACTER"ISMS, oouiirgrgjjkgh don't get me started i'll chase everybody with worms. first of all: every character has their own unique pov and you can literally just watch that instead of complaining sm other guy is "overshadowing them" by just existing. lol. other povs are crucial to a full understanding of the dsmp and it's context but to act like ppl are putting a gun to your head and not letting you like blorbo3 or blorgiC is ridiculous to me...was cbad not the main character of the egg? was cq not the main character in lnv? get real. and secondly: ctommy is such a "main character" for ppl because he's tied into many many many storylines 💀 he engages and talks to and matters to a lot of ppl/heavy lore hitters so that's why he's around a lot. so i feel if you complain abt him being a centerpiece to the story yr being 1. deliberately obtuse, 2. showing tht yjust hate tommy and could very well be watching the pov of yr character of choice w/o punching down at THE BEST CHARACTER. like him or don't like him theres nothing you can do bcs he's #1.

(and to be clear, there are actually things to complain abt with mc pov bias or other players getting ignored, specifically in the context of women or poc but. wow the convo doesn't ever seem to drift there and instead it's ppl getting mad ctommy has friends who like him. wonder why that is lol lol lmao.)

13. worst blorbofication

you know wht my blog is you know what i'm here t do yknow what i stand for‼️💥 fanon cwilbur is so so next level insufferable and unrecognizable that i donttttt even get. wht ppl enjoy abt him. if he is that horrificly divorced from everything he is. anything even remotely interesting or likable abt him is just. replaced or scrubed into this ihnm ass blob of character traits ppl Wish he had, this poor uwu baby and. man idk!!! i do think the people who portray him as sm conniving villain are ridiculous, he's clearly not supposed to be that, but then the fandom overcorrection of nooooo he's actually just a poor inoccent misunderstood wet cat 54 yr old minor who didn't do the things he on screen did who just needs his purse brown man to fix him 🥺 and his brother and son who he completely failed and abandoned and made collateral just need to get over themselves lol. wow 😁 . i hope the bum ass gas station he ran to explodes w him inside tbh w you

for worst blobgo cdrm is up there too obviously. he's not ur poor baby he's a blonde man and he deserved it srs. deserves. forever.

[sweetronancer]

not to vent on main but..... (tw? cw? idk)

i feel completely useless. theres nothing i can do! like i just sit around and i dont do shit all day and i feel burnt out and i dont even know what to do and my dads complaining about being the only one doing jack shit for our family and if he just let me get a job i could help out too and then he's all like "ah no its whatever" and then like he keeps complaining like okay wtv. and my moms like "im the only one who does shit around this house" LIKE YKW IF YOU TOLD ME THEN LIKE!!!! ID GET STUFF DONE TOO IF YOU JUST TOLD ME!!! my sister is just a bitch to me and then shes like "wait no i didnt mean it" after she tells me to kill myself and she makes fun of my mental stuff. and then i have my own issues, like i struggle to get out of bed and i struggle with hygiene stuff (mainly brushing my teeth because tbh i havent done that in like a few weeks but im okay about showering) and i just cant do anything for myself. i hate school but at the same time im literally nothing without it! i cant write for shit, like i try so hard to at least put 10 words down on a google doc and it doesnt make any sense and then i cry because i talk about so many different aus and stuff and i feel like im making empty promises and disappointing people because i said i was gonna write something but then i cant and i just freak out and i cant. im burnt out but what the hell do i know, im like 15 years old so im just a kid what the fuck do i know about being burnt out. i feel wrong for feeling this way. im a kid, i shouldn't have any problems but i do and i feel horrible about having so much mental baggage but i just cant do this anymore. i dont wanna live like this, i feel suffocated and trapped and i actually cannot live like this. but im gonna push through it anyway because ykw i am a literal child and ill get over it because thats how my family sees it so thats how im gonna see it.

anyway, i <3 wolverines

[outsidereveries]

i think the digitalisation of entertainment has ruined the simple enjoyment of entertainment for me cause theres almost too much of it now

do you think kpop overall will ever change its direction? i dont and never have really cared for tiktok challenges so its less appealling to those who dont partake in these choreographies of kpop groups. tbh I dont particularly know exactly what I like about kpop these days bc its debuting minors so much that im like ehhh its another pretty and young group so what? most often in that case i can just like them for their songs so it doesnt particularly bother me as such yet i feel like kpop still missing something or its been crazy with debuting recently yet groups are neither standing out too much or the members are quite similar to one another or its abt the images and concepts of groups rather than the songs themselves

do you ever think its taken it too far sometimes? like its never heard of less is more and some groups simply have too many members for me to fully care deeply abt each one is quite ridiculous. idk the only way i knew of kpop is through youtube so if we didnt have youtube rn i never wouldve heard abt kpop as they only seem to aim for america

so rather than other using platforms i dont even care if idols dating or no so idfk what exactly interests me much these days cause it seems that kpop is the main music rn and theres not much else that i particularly like abt music anymore so i kind fo have to like something so i dont die of boredom itself yet there isnt much for my age group to follow bc we already had our music phase

i feel too old to be liking whats current but not young enough to care that deeply for every trend or every internet fad there is. its weird to say but i often feel like i shouldve been from an older generation due to the amount of digitalisation of most media and entertainment being geared towards those who prefer online media yet theres nothing else to genuinely like outside of the internet bc its always seems to be centred around it come what may that or music and mvs are so flashy and fancy compared to what i had when i was these idols ages

even the fact that my age would be considered too old to debut in kpop is what is mind boggling to me but then id have to force myself to fit group concepts and whatever else even if they werent my taste so i probs would avoid doing kpop unless it had been from an older generation then id like to have seen more comparison bc there isnt much to compare from older kpop vs now where there is much more

i also think when older idols have said they had more rest time due to lack of internet or social media in general, i think many younger groups could benefit from more rest time yet the speed in which they are doing all these online extra things for their fans and even then they still can get negative backlash due to their fans toxic behaviour so it like they cant really win bc these groups grow up online nowadays but everyone need the internet and so much is done via a computer system so no one can truly escape needing social media either so even if their fans complain idols do too much why are they not more grateful towards what idols do for them?

esp since theres much more idols could be doing instead of being online or trying to go viral for every small detail they ever upload

these idols should thank their lucky stars with how much tool they now have and things like smartphones and whatnot or idfk instagram and other shit like that cause we never had those as kids and in a way i wish we never needed such devices cause again i dont care even if idols get into "scandals" it doesnt phase me bc its mainly that the internet overreact to such minor wrongdoings that often arent even wrong to begin with so thats an other thing i dont care for bc it always seem to want reactions from people or their fans hold it against the idols and make the idols suffer from the backlash that they receive due to people having too many means of expressing a thought or opinion online

i also think trends coming back again it doesnt surprise me anymore, like aespas cd player didnt surprise me so i didnt particularly care for it either, we had those, same for the way tech companies tried to modernise the flip phones that we also had it just aint truly wowing me rn whether it be their merch or even a few songs recently i think bc theres so much of it and its all only really accessible via our screens again maybe if kpop had been known from like before the 90s i mightve taken more of an interest but im like ehhh whatever

whats an even weirder thought is by the time these very young idols get married the internet is not only going tk descend into chaos but i will be long gone from this screen obsessed society, thank god

another thing i find useless to me is pop up shops seem so useless to me bc a) im either in the wrong country for them, im in the countryside thus its quite a trek to ghe nearest one and b) i just dont need to collect merch anymore even for western group i rather just like them for their songs these days than anything else

i think thats the only way to really like a group without getting overly attached to its members that and age gaps as well i find watching younger groups both give me fomo and existential crisis cause i never got to do anything cool like what they have and all the opportunities these groups are given is so so different and generally it all tends to be quite overly fancy and flashy but at the same time i dont know if i care enough tbh im just quite very bored of a lot of entertainment mainly bc its in such short formats tiktok and youtube shorts reels whatever tf theyre called again it only is going to get so much of my attention before i get sorely bored of it bc its not ever going to always be in person and its not something i would need anymore not like the good ole days of an internetless societh when we had cars that had cd players in them and you could generally find a use for some of the tech we had but nowadays it just seems like its load of nonsense geared towards needing our reactions or attachments in unhealthy mannerisms or behaviours that could be quite toxic for both the idols and their fans

if we needed albums then we all should still have cd player somewhere so albums dont go to waste or so they dont collect dust but no one going to be carrying around cd after cd due to smartphones so we dont particularly need a cd player if we can already access the songs on youtube and so on

even streaming ruin so many songs cause then it only matters if songs are getting the most views not whether they are nice songs or not or if they have good vocals or not non of that rlly matters anymore as per le sserras coachella performance it clearly doesnt matter if they are or arent actually talented cause so many groups just aim to go viral online

honetly i dont care how fucked up previous generations were id gladly take a time machine and go back to a non screen based society where entertainment seemed to be more lively and freer than what we have today where its so structured snd formatted mainly only for internet trends

sorry for my long ramble just wanted to get my thoughts out somehow about the way kpop has been recently it just seems much more toxic esp online, i kind of just have to like groups from afar bc i dont want to partake in it yet i also have to find something interesting enough to like and it only seems to be found on social media these days :/

sorry for responding only now;

to be honest, i agree that the entertaiment stuff being avaiable (basically almost) everywhere lost the spark of the entertaiment itself. because of it i really doubt the k-pop industry will be back like we used to know the entertaiment the industry has given to us so far, and this applies to all industires in my honest opinion. the social medias are definitely the main reason why the entertainment is overfilled in any genre possible (i am typing generally), like you said, the tiktok videos (challenges included)! i've never been interested in the content that involve promoting their song or anything else that will benefit the idol/s. this might be due to the fact i've never been obssessed stan to the extent i'll buy my ult group's merchandise (and reading what other stans've been doing, not only that..).

i also agree with your opinion related to the fact more underage trainees (boys, girls, doesn't matter) are debuting. i've always been casual listener of the genre, to be honest and even i've had some phases where i've been watching more content of some groups but that was it, you know?

the industry though has always been overfilled with groups and it's not from recently, most of them in the earlier generations (from 2nd onwards as far as i know) didn't work out either because of the majority of the companies were small or the groups didn't worked out. the paradox here is us, non-korean fans (mainly americans and europeans) give chance to more of the groups while koreans are picky, at least that's the impression i have.

related to the recent groups being the same, YES, YES, YES, I'M RELIEVED I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS SEEN IT! personally, from the 4th generation onwards i've sensed the transition from copying other groups' in one way or another to being TOO similar (and I am not saying that this is only about one specific group, I am typing it collectively). this might be due to BTS and BLACKPINK's popularity worldwide for which I am not suprised, to be honest.

the whole industry, not only k-pop, is taking too far with brainwashing us in one way or another through simple stuff (for example what are the friendship between member a and member b). okay, let's say we should have a position on an event x and y (and etc.) but have the majority of us (overall) looked into the alternative medias, the real life, the news? if you believe only the one side, have you ever seen what the other one looks like? nowadays it looks really favoritised for the most of the topics (sorry for switching the topic for a bit) and if you want to change the world and bring awareness, start with your local issues ffs (not cursing to you)! okay, i understand the underage fans who will bring awareness for events that are very important and impactful and i agree that sns for once can be actually useful but DO THE SAME FOR YOUR HOME PLACE, EYE TO EYE, or creating your own brand with an purpose that can change many people's lives! the issue here is that the influencers should be accepted LITERALLY, to have their own mindset, to think independently and to let their fanbase be aware of things they care about! almost all of them (i am including all famous people here in this group because more or less they're influencing us) are basically promoting themselves and the majority of their interests basically make me feel "is that it? your hobbies being too different from what's the reality surrounding you?" like, i shouldn't care at all about it but ALMOST ALL OF US ARE LIKE THAT, it makes me feel INSANE! i've learned about the genre through youtube/psy becoming viral too but the brainwashing stuff didn't become thanks to his song! maybe i've been realising everything just now but it had started in the beginning of the whole entertaiment industry, the k-pop isn't at fault for it, they just hopped on what should be done according to the americans and western europeans!

i also feel old to follow what's trendy nowadays so i changed my actual interests because if i still follow the k-pop often i'll become one of the many people, you know? the time and the generations have changed without a doubt and for some things it shouldn't happen like that, for that i am sad. (this includes the things you said, if i get more deep into the pointless stuff the k-pop industry have become it'll be just too long)

basically, i can relate with you. there are more things to do than following random famous people that will be more worth it in the end :)

[cielospeaks]

so bc i complain abt hating the series my faves are from im trying to think of why. so i can try and handle these problems

-dv: everything is so samey. the cafes always have the same characters, thats when i realized it. its what sells for the game too. angsty backstories where the mothers can never do wrong (even when they do), the attractive characters are always sexyman/sympathetic, and "ugly"er characters are always less sympathetic or villified. its so fucking boring. its like, if antonio and ricky weren't there it wouldn't be a thing id consume. itd be like, if i saw someone like geisha or wu chang on my feed id be like "oh neat" but nothing more than that. not to mention the fandom, their obsession with shipping and superficial things, and just their really like. "if you dont fit into xyz group i will harass you nonstop" nasty attitudes

g o: this one hurts the most but i feel like its just lost its magic to me. i skip events now more than not, i barely play except for logins. heck, like a "oh somewhat interesting" i will cling to bc its fucking hard to get invested in any character in this game. heck, this universe. they added a chaldean doctor character in the latest story and i just couldnt help thinking "why is her design so much more glitzy and showy than others and never given an in universe explanation". it just feels like it was a different game than i started playing. i played and followed this game for a fun, shenanigans story, but one that takes its characters, no matter who they are, seriously and its illustrators are allowed to give them love. now it just feels like a washed-up cash grab with no care for its characters except to generate more hype from a very selective audience. like i miss the funny sanrio collabs, the themed cafes with recent story characters, the lawson collabs? its just really....depressing i guess

g-f: i think the problem i have with this game is the same problem i have w a certain movie, the creators have too much of a bias against certain characters. like the fucking description will say "x smiled eeeevilly, theyre a villain, you cant like them wahhh" and its fucking pathetic. but its clearly whats making the big bucks and fan acclaim so theyre just doing more of it. that + the "oh player character you're so op" that happens in every event. esp the crossovers. i just feel bad for them bc they are such a bad representation of the actual series (coughcoughonepiececougcough). on ig a more serious note theres also the "funny character actually is funny bc of x trauma inserted to make them sexy" which is just despicable and disgusting on so many levels. i dont think it needs an explanation for why its awful but for some reason the fans love it

f-h: honestly this game is a really middle of the road meh one. i think its just meh. i dont like a lot of the "protagonist aligned" characters bc i find their actions really scummy and despicable (theres too many to name) but at the same time its still in bite sized enough pieces, and that kinda thing of supposedly sympathetic characters being nasty and uninteresting/uncompelling is mostly par for course for f-h tbh. i think if theres any big flaw its the fandom, but thats not necessarily the game itself. it is very influenced by the fandom unfortunately and "meme" interpretations unfortunately end up becoming canon (we dont talk abt the b2 retcon that was awful)

[just-a-simple-dyke]

What was the pacing of this episode.......

[magicalbluelightning]

I’ve been seeing a lot of bi-/aphobia on my dash lately, so here’s me saying if you’re an exclusionist or are against bi & ace & aro people in any way, this is very likely not the best place for you. The same goes for people who spend their entire time on tumblr dot com complaining about tiny things that ultimately have no overall impact on their lives.

Here we cultivate postivity & inclusion, not negativity & exclusion

[babevevo]

this day absolutely kicked my ass