#the fandom isnt small

[arachine]

the internal struggle of wanting to write for a fandom that is still really small but knowing that it will get no engagement is killing me 

[lara635kookie]

[moeblob]

Me, too, Blade. Me. Too.

(I am taking donations to buy a gigantic $250 stuffed cheeseburger. It's giant. I want it. I will never obtain it. I saw it in a shop window and..... wow. Big.)

[nho-jungle]

i like to keep most of my thoughts between myself and one or two friends on discord who r not in the fandom but .... i gotta say, i think the way a lot of yall approach jrwi is very. demanding?

i understand being attatched to a certain story, but that shits difficult. this constant need for new new new while ignoring.... the other stuff they're putting out? it gets tiring.

its no fun looking thru the tags to find new art or discussion to share and instead being met with constant (often hypocritical) complaining.

there are plenty of other ttrpg channels out there. if you find yourself upset at jrwi not having what you're looking for, maybe try looking elsewhere.

hell, I'd love to recommend some of mine and my friends favourites, for anyone looking for specific vibes!

[insufferablemod]

Kinda insane realizing that a lot of my favorite homestuck art that influenced me the most has like.. Way less notes then I thought... And these are from back when the fandom was Active which makes it even weirder

[rebornofstars]

hello!! just wondering whether anyone would be interested in a September-based art & writing event focussed on celebrating the female characters in the LU fandom?

i've been thinking about trying to organise something like this for a few months now, but i'm finally speaking up, because this morning i had an idea...

we could call it:

✨Sepfember✨

anyway, if you'd be interested in a september event, let me know!

[empressofthecherries]

Behold, my masterpiece 🐍

[reginamillls]

some of you have only shipped really popular, big fandom ships, and it shows

[somethingoranother7]

What, people are writing selfcest, woundfucking, noncon and gore in a podcast that put a strong emphasis on iteration relationship and violence?? Can you imagine?

If you don't understand don't like don't read, you shouldn't be getting involved in fanfiction at all.

If you can't grasp that not all fan created content is going to be tailored to your liking and you cannot handle stumbling upon something that you don't want to consume, then don't interact with fandoms. Especially small ones.

I get that not everything in the woe.begone ao3 tag is going to be up to everyone's tastes, but you can just write your own fanfiction if you don't like it.

[lilacandladybugs]

the how many followers do you have poll is making me realize there is no one on this platform. most people dont have many followers and most of the ones who do have accumulated them over a long period of time / they're inactive. i dont think anyone has 1 million followers. we are like the prehistoric internet in a bubble

[layzeal]

i absolutely eat it UP that one of the reasons wwx is so hesitant to believe lwj has feelings for him is that he can't tell if lwj treats him with so much goodness and kindness because he's simply that good of a person or if there's ~something more to it~

and!! here's what gets me: he's 100% right to question that. because from all we know, lan wangji would still have protected and done everything he did even if he wasn't in love with wwx. it all comes down to his beliefs, and standing up to them by protecting him. wwx is afraid to jump to conclusions because his fears are genuinely very well based!

[mewtillidae]

@zalgoid the implicating footage of how an average morning frost fan truly operates

[good-beansdraws]

Finally finishing my Lukas-Fuuta swap art -- I was really happy with the original armor switch and thought some alternate outfits could be fun to go full-out with :3 I was so tired of drawing the uniforms so just have my sketch for that and the resplendent alt 😅

[milfygerard]

ok making these tags a separate post just so i have this like. on my blog bc its been in my head for days since a blog i was following posted a pretty nasty rant about "fetishist creeps" who talk about gerards gender and it messed with me.

[tootalltech]

okay. i feel like theres still Some People who may check the land of stories tag on here the way i occasionally do i know theres some fans of the series here at least. since a while back i wrote out an entire paragraph to briefly explain why im insane about lloyd bailey to my friends who dont know tlos, i figure, WHY NOT POST IT ON HERE where people who also know the series (and therefore this character) might see it <3 its at least a little funny to see how i try to explain things in tlos like the hall of dreams briefly with little to no details. this is also kind of like a brief summation of everything we know about lloyd AND JOHNS childhood which is interesting. see below.

sits down. let me set the scene. lloyd bailey is the younger son in a set of two. his mother is a very powerful fairy (#fairygodmother) who’s kind of like the chancellor of an entire kingdom. lloyd and his older brother john both very much have magic in their blood because of this. lloyd’s father dies when he is very young. he is “not the same” afterwards. he thinks his older brother john, who handles his fathers passing arguably “better”, is the favorite child. john is happy and cheerful and everyone loves him. lloyd sits in his dark room and reads books like the iron mask all day. lloyd’s mother does not know how to get to him. she figures out how to make a potion that can bring books to life, since he likes to read so much. she offers it to him. he turns her down. she goes into this magic little hallway (infinite space) where she can see what people truly desire. lloyd the 11 year olds desire (i don’t know how old he is.) is to take over the world. hm. a bit concerning. his mother takes him out into the forest on a nice walk, chains him to a tree, and drains his magic from him. lloyd is not a fan of his mother for this. he tells her that she never would’ve done this to john. his mother considers her action stopping him before he wreaks havoc on everything. lloyd considers this having his “birthright” stripped from him for “a crime [he] never committed” (direct quote). lloyd despises his mother. he runs away from home not long after. he considers the potion his mother made his. he only comes back home to try and steal it. he fails. he is sentenced to life in prison. his mother gives him a mask to wear so no one knows he’s her son. john moves to the otherworld and starts a family. lloyd rots in prison. lloyd’s son who he doesn’t know about is born. lloyd rots in prison. john dies. lloyd rots in prison. his mother loves john’s children and starts to train one of them in being her successor. this could’ve been lloyd. lloyd rots in prison. he doesn’t escape until his niece and nephew are teenagers and his niece is about ten times more powerful than him. because she has the gift that was ripped out of his hands. lloyd hates the world he lives in and its people and seeks to destroy it as soon as he’s out. i wonder why. in conclusion. im normal about him.