#the fandom wont let me go

[fallentale4]

So we all know the meme of "watch you got there?" "A smoothie."

That is how garmadon (before he went completely evil)

(I say that lightly)

Reacted to morro brining Percy back to the monestary.

Garmadon: "Hey Morro. What do you have there?"

Morro: *holding a box of Chen's noodles while a smol Percy stands slightly behind him, munching on his own container of puffy pot stickers.* "Some noodles."

@ratherbeabrcharacter have a funny. I might hit ya with some angst tomorrow

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[kittykillsposts]

How have theyve been not arrested yet theyre literally the police

[seven-stars-in-his-palm]

i will not choose violence. i will not write a thesis about how everything the fandom uses as shipping fuel is actually thinly veiled abuse. i will not write about how even without the abuse bill has never will never love ford the way they seem to think he would. i will not write about how bill's backstory is not a justification for his actions. i will not write about how we shouldn't accept everything bill says at face value (because for some reason we dont already know this). i will not write about how fod has been reduced to this ship and it is doing a disservice to his character. i will not write

[arson-09]

How people are trying to change fandom (the rise of hatred against non-canon media)

This was inspired by the rise of backlash against the "Rhysta" ship.

Traditionally throughout the history of fandom spaces on social media, a very important factor has been creativity of course. Art and Fics by fans being the backbone of a fandom. Including non-canon ships, Aus, etc. And of course there was drama (when is there not drama?) BUT there wasn't as much hate because there was an understanding that it's not REAL. People in fandoms understood creativity and thinking outside the box (canon)

But something interesting happened in 2020 with the pandemic, people who weren't apart of fandom spaces started joining cause what else were you going to do? but there started the divide. These people wouldn't have joined fandoms originally because they didn't have that sort of creativity. Which isn't a bad or negative thing, everyone is different and that what makes the world go around, but these people were not used to fandom spaces and that divergency. To them, things have to be how it was written and non-canon things, ships or au's that can't hurt you or become canon, were blasphemous. Because why change the foundation if you liked the original media? this also ties into the "why do you read or interact with this media?" questions when people engage with media in their own way even if they dislike the majority of it. which is valid to do, I do it personally with acotar. I dislike the majority of acotar from the way it's written to lots of the characters, but I interact with a certain subset of the fandom that shares a love for the same characters as I.

But these people, these mostly neurotypical, TikTok people, intrude into these safe creative spaces and cause a ruckus over non-canon Aus and ships. for no reason! Ships like Rhysta are harmless, of course people who make and consume this media don't think it's going to be real, and that's the misconception! Making and consuming non-canon media doesn't mean you think it's going to happen or want it to happen, it's just existing. existing for the sake of existing and stretching creative muscles. You can't grow as an artist if you do not break from the mold, from the restraints of canon.

What you are doing by constantly harassing and posting shit about non-canon media is showing you lack a fundamental understanding of Fandom. Policing what people do is a fruitless endeavor. of course, calling out actually problematic creators is okay, when what they're doing is actually harmful and not them being creative or God forbid, a little weird.

There has been and still needs to be respect in the places. Filtering tags for things that upset you and blocking creators you disagree with is key to being someone people will actually listen to and respect. If you refuse to do that, no one you harass, or attack will take you seriously. and maybe that's not your objective but that means you're going to be blocked on main and made fun of. And this segment is somewhat targeted at someone who has been consistently harassing my mutuals, but I've seen so many people like this and it's a real issue. And its such an issue in Booktok popular books and shows, and media that becomes popular with the masses.

Fandom spaces aren't meant to follow canon to a T. People will have non-canon ships, opinions on how they think the series should have gone, opinions on characters, etc. Constantly harassing and targeting creators won't change that.

I know this won't stop this behavior, it will continue to happen but it's been bothering me and maybe this will change some people's minds on how they interact with the media they like, and they hate.

I love rhysta, I think that the dynamic is very interesting and that people are free to explore that and say whatever they want about how it could have gone in canon. None of that means i think its going to happen or that it should. Lord, people are just having fun. Like they should in fandom places.

[hitwiththetmnt]

Go-karting? Don’t mind if I do @irequirealobotomy

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

Cabin #7 (7Wonders of the Turtleverse)

[banesberry-anomoly]

Clef and Roth

[all-too-unwell-13]

So you know how Lockwood and Lucy got white/grey streaks in both their hair after visiting the Other Side together in TCS??

Something about that reminds me a lot of Percy and Annabeth getting matching grey streaks in both of their hair after holding up the world in Titan's Curse. And like, not just the streaks in their hair, but also the experiences and the aftermath of them.

Like, I'm decently sure both Lockwood and Lucy and Percy and Annabeth were around the same age (I think Lockwood and Lucy were like 15, while Percy and Annabeth were 13-ish), but that's not really important.

Anyway, the matching grey/white streaks represent a traumatic event in each of their lives; for Percy and Annabeth, this was holding up Atlas' world (in Annabeth's case, for over 24 hours). And for Lockwood and Lucy, this was visiting the Other Side, which was, like Percy and Annabeth's situation, something that neither of them wanted to do but had to. (And idk if it's important or not, but in pjo, it's Percy taking the world from Annabeth to protect her, and in l&co, it's Lucy's spirit cape breaking, and Lockwood helping her under his to protect her. Not super important to what I'm saying, but just kind of a similarity.

Also!!! Both of them (percabeth and locklyle) bonded over these experiences; Lucy says multiple times in TCS that, after they go to the Other Side, even though her and Lockwood had always been close, they were closer now. Like there was something unspoken, an unspoken bond type of thing. She mentions them 'sharing looks' and how she learns to read his emotions better. Which, though they'd been close before and she'd been able to do that well already, this kind of supported and added to that.

I don't really remember (because it's been almost a year since I read Titan's Curse 😭), but I am decently sure Percy and Annabeth also bonded over this!!! They, obviously, had been close previously (just like Lockwood and Lucy), but this made them closer. Like now they had something special to kind of cement their friendship (and later on, relationship!!) but it also makes me think of, when Percy says in Chalice of the Gods, that he'd never thought of being with anyone else because he and Annabeth had had such shared experiences.

And it's also clear that, no matter if Lucy chooses to leave Lockwood and Co in previous books, (even though that comes before they go to the Other Side) she'll always find her way back to Lockwood (and George) because of their shared experiences.

Obviously, Percy and Annabeth have very traumatic shared experiences (not just what happened in the Titan's Curse, but also just going to Tartarus), but the same could be said for Lockwood and Lucy; take the Annabel Ward case - George wasn't there when the house burned down (though of course that wasn't his choice or his fault), and a few more cases.

So yeah, both Percy and Annabeth and Lockwood and Lucy get closer because of these horrible shared experiences, and the matching grey/white streaks in their hair is really only the beginning of the similarities between Percy and Annabeth and Lockwood and Lucy.

[dimension20stuff]

Controversial take but blorbo tags are supposed to be hidden in the tags.

[mutteredmadness-ninjapanda16]

Random Idea

Based off the lovely reply from @gilbirda who kindly answered a few of my questions, again thank you! I haven’t done much digging into the world of dc x dp so I’m sorry if this idea is already out in the wild. 

An angst idea where a Future!Tim comes back in time from what was once a dying world that he and Dark!Danny viewed as their play ground. 

Key words was once because there was a tick and suddenly *insert names of characters he’s killed* are back. The smog that once hung over Gotham is back, covering the night sky once again (the night sky Danny worked hard to uncover). But more importantly Danny who he was just talking to is no longer standing in front of him.

Time hasn’t changed. It’s still the same date. Still the same second. Danny is just not there. And as he looks, he finds more evidence that Danny isn’t around.

Was never around.

Feats that Danny accomplished erased. Gone. Poof.

Eventually -as he steps over bodies of people who should’ve died years ago, blood dripping and dripping and dripping off his bo-staff, a bo-staff that isn’t his but somehow is because Danny got him his bo-staff and this one isn’t that one and- he traces Danny’s disappearance back to... Danny. 

A Danny from years ago, a small skinny 14 year old (15??) ghost hero, from Amity Park, who apparently, fought against Tim’s Danny and won. -There are pictures, there are videos, there are stories-

A Danny who was reported missing at the age of 16 and thus, never experiences the death of his sisters and two best friends. Never lived through the destruction of his home town at the hands of the government. Never travelled to Gotham. Never meets Tim.

It takes time, but Tim works out time travel, works out how to pass through it, how to manipulate it, how to walk through it without being seen -and if doing so includes ripping Clockwork apart? well Clockwork should know that messing with time has consequences, this was one of them-

Now Tim has a choice, he can either pull Dark!Danny back to the time he’s meant to be in.

Or.

Or he can take all the knowledge he knows about Danny -either found through his own means or pulled from Danny’s lips- and use that on this younger Danny.  

[kstarlitchaotics]

The ONE most important thing Snyder forgot to add to his Superman is that he forget to mention that Clark was raised by loving wholesome human parents he is shown 99% of the time that he is FOR the people of earth and how he up holds all of his morals of an good hero mainly a good being in general so people wouldn't fear him Snyder was so busy of making showing the God like side that only makes like 1% of Clark that he literally forgot was to give him a heart and humanity

[manofthepipis]

heyyyooo, just wanted to say you do amazing fanfics and I can't wait for the next chapter (don't push yourself bc burnouts suck to deal with)

Just wanted to know if you draw art aswell

thank you so much!! And also thank you for your art youve done! It means the world my fic resonates with people and its part of the reason I havent stopped it <3 but also ty for your concern! I won't, I only write when I have drive and time (its mainly at work lol) and also when I wanna have fun in this lil fandom (at least to keep back the beast of burnout)

i do draw! Just not often lol, ill post a sketch or two whenever and tag it under #my doods but writing for me is a little bit more enjoyable

[fallentale4]

So the ninjago Fandom has kidnapped me again. I revamped my oc and am now writing a dad morro au because homie deserved a redemption ark that he never got so let's just make an au where he never died.

Hurray :)

[day-mark]

this piece im doing for a collab is gonna look so epic in my head . i dotn know how to draw 9/10 of these things im including .

[doctorcanon]

"Let people enjoy things!"

Okay but have you considered that you annoy me?

[kirishwima]

it might be very last minute but I FINALLY found a dress to wear at my friends wedding aaaa

[bewitched-bullet]

Working title of new WIP: A Dance of Frost and Shadow

Excerpt:

Jack shifted, suppressing a wince as his ceremonial attire creaked against the back of the frozen crystalline throne. The weight of the winter crown felt heavier than it usually did, pressing hard on his temples. He resisted squinting against the beginnings of a migraine that was slowly building, forming a tight band of pressure around his skull. Suppressing a sigh, he gazed out across the throne room, the courtiers bustling about like busy ants, their voices a distant drone. His fingers twitched on the side arm of the throne, itching to pick at the restrictive diamond buttons that marched in a perfect line down his front. Three hundred and some odd years–or was it five hundred? Fuck, it doesn't matter, three hundred years and he still felt like a trussed up tuckey waiting for slaughter.

“Stop it.”

The willow fae stood at attention beside him with casual ease, arms folded behind their back. “You're not the only one that doesn't want to be here, your Frostiness.” Jack shot them a crooked grin from his seated position and leaned on his right arm toward them, cocking an eyebrow.

“Yeah?”

Twinetender's lips thinned, pinching them together to smother their responding smirk. Bark brown eyes glanced down to the side through their stands of silky black hair, meeting Jack's pure blue gaze.

“Resist the call to chaos, my tsísho….and we'll soon be free.”