#this post is like kicking a hornets nest lol

[ssaalexblake]

jodie ‘method acting’ whittaker growing another heart to play the role of a two hearted alien is what puts her at no.1 in the doctor actor competition and that’s that. 

[sarcastic-clapping]

is this a safe space to admit that i actually never forgave wwdits for the marwa plot and my enthusiasm for the show never fully recovered or are we not ready for that conversation yet

[fadejumper]

ooh the Dragon Age subreddit decided to make separate spoiler labels for Act 1 spoilers, Act 2 spoilers, and Act 3 spoilers — tumblr is definitely too decentralized for us to make that a thing, but it’s nice to know I won’t have to completely finish the game before checking out posts on Reddit :)

[eternal-echoes]

I remember someone on here complaining about how toxic Naruto fandom is. I'm not really active in Naruto fandom since I run a Christian blog but seeing how many different possible ships there is in the series and your fave ship not being canon, I can see how that can happen.

I can't help but think that maybe shipping non-canon ships is due to how people tend to see friendships as somehow lower and less significant than romantic relationships. So when one character does something nice to another, we automatically assume that they'll become a couple rather than seeing it as deepening their friendship going beyond acquaintances.

But a kind gesture doesn't have to lead to romance in order for it to be meaningful.

Tho back then, I use to ship Neji and Tenten so I am somewhat contradicting myself here lol. But looking back, I think one reason I got into that ship was because Neji is a tsundere kind of guy and I'm always a sucker for seeing that type having a soft side and falling in love lol

But in getting back into the series this time around, I'm not as emotionally invested in them anymore.

[aiqingdemeimiao]

i liked that new doctor who ep (much better than it's been in a LONG time) but it was hilariously neo-liberal in a way where you can tell the writers think they're being progressive. like why the fuck are you asking an alien it's preferred pronouns 😭😭😭😭 surely the vast majority of aliens must come from planets/worlds where gender either never existed or has been eradicated. gender isn't naturally occurring! it's an axis of oppression that only exists in patriarchal societies! why would aliens have it when animals don't?!?!?!

[catofoldstones]

The thing about arya fans' argument that arya comes before sansa in the line of succession because robb disinherited her because of her forced marriage is the underlying misogyny and victim blaming of it, and their assumption that grrm thinks the same. We don't have jon [you know the actual person robb chose over sansa, and i think its time we start talking that the will specifically was about sansa and jon and that shit means something narratively] asserting that winterfell belongs to sansa despite everything and him not falling to the bait of stannis calling her a lannister, to just assume that according to grrm what robb did was OK. If people actually think grrm wants to show robb was right and girls truly are not important and thus his disinheritance of his sister's rights will be upheld, then they need their heads checked. Its not like he showed us that jaehaerys's sexism was what led to death of the dragons and downfall of targaryens even though grrm considers him a good ruler. Ultimately, catelyn will be validated when brienne saves either sansa or arya with oathkeeper and sansa will become lady of winterfell/qitn DESPITE robb's will. He [and arya fans] can suck it.

Hi soulmate anon,

Before we start, I have to let you know that one our previous posts was screenshotted and circulated in the arya stans circles because “we’re spreading our agenda on a neutral public platform” or something along those lines. Idk if you’ve seen that or not but I had to let you know before we go off kicking another hornet’s nest lol.

Anyway, that out of the way, to the Arya stans who are so hellbent upon removing Sansa from the Stark succession, Robb declared Jon as his heir, pushing Sansa further down the line (not disinheriting her jesus fuck) because through her Tyrion may lay claim to Winterfell, landing it in the hands of the Lannisters, exactly what Robb and Cat are trying to prevent. Robb didn’t “disinherit” Arya because he thought she was dead. Hope that helps.

WAIT!

the will being specifically about Jon and Sansa and that we need to start thinking about that narratively

SCREAM

Okay, I have now moved on (I have not). Though please feel free to talk about this more, I wanna know more. Guess I’ll now have to add jonsa tag to this answer hehe :P

I mean Robb did come from a place of “authority over the female members of his family” here with the will and that’s exactly the kind of thing we have to side eye. Taking it at face value and uncritically thinking about it is not a fair way to engage with the text I feel. You’re right when Jon himself reiterates Sansa’s claim over Winterfell, we are supposed to think twice whether Robb’s action was equitable or not. Stannis calls Sansa “Lady Lannister” to coax Jon into staking a claim over Winterfell so that Stannis gets a good reason to march to Winterfell and attack the Boltons (which he will anyway, but Jon’s, a member of the Stark family, support would mean political backing and reason). If we fall in the trap that Stannis thinks Sansa is now a Lannister, and therefore she is now a Lannister with no claim to Winterfell, then we’ve lost the plot and are coming from the same misogynistic hypocrisy (he wants Shireen on the throne if he dies but calls Sansa a Lannister, how does that work old man?) that destroys Westeros (your Jaehaerys example). And are no different from a crusty medieval era middle aged man btw.

It’s so fucking funny when the readers start emulating the same sexism that the author wants them to critique, and then start calling themselves feminists because they’re supporting a woman’s rights! Which woman’s rights besties? Because the one that clearly has them, you’re actively against her staking her claim. Wait till they read the books with their eyes open and realise that Arya comes at the end of the heirs to winterfell list, despite Sansa getting “disinherited” lmao. And I love Robb, he’s just a boy trying to do his best, but he truly made mistakes, especially with not listening to Catelyn. We also cannot deny the undercurrent of misogyny and chauvinism that Robb demonstrated with the will. Re Sansa’s rights and Jon’s decision to be with the Nights Watch. I will patiently wait for Catelyn to be validated and Sansa to be the Lady/QiTN not only because that subverts reader’s expectations and Westerosi patriarchal standards but because I want to see Sansa antis have a grand old meltdown.

[thcscus]

fic author q&a <3

tagged (kinda but i wanted to join bc it looked fun lol) by @zannolin the beloved

why do you write fanfic?

because it's so so so much fun. because i think about the characters too much to just not Do anything with them, you know?

but mostly, it's a case of, "I'm writing this because I want to read this."

which of your posted stories do you think of the most even though the story is "finished"?

i mean, technically, passerine because I have a copy of it sitting above my study desk so every time I look up I think "oh damn yeah i wrote that. insane"

but, creatively, i think about the challengers series a lot because i feel like i have one more story out of me for it but i just don't know What yet

if you could give yourself fic advice from when you first started writing fic, what would that advice be?

hmmmm i don't think i have any because my relationship with fic writing now is the same as my relationship to fic writing then. it's all just fun :)

what's your relationship to fic stats?

eh i don't really care about them. i generally don't look at kudos and hits. but comments and the little notes people put on bookmarks? now Those i will refresh for every time

is there a pairing or scenario or friendship that you miss writing? if so, why? if not, why not?

how do i answer this without kicking at a hornet's nest. i guess if you know, you know. That Era really was a great time to be alive as a genfic writer. unfortunately, *waves vaguely*

what motivates you to write?

the fact that when you finish writing, you get to read it. and it's tailor-made for you, with everything you want from a fic, because YOU put it all there!! it's like serving yourself a plate of eggs done just how you like them

also, i look forward to comments every time just to know i'm not the only one going insane over it lol

why do you write for the fandom(s) you write for?

no other reason than i want to, i guess. i love the story. i want to expand on it. and that's how the insanity starts, baby

if you're stuck writing a WIP, what do you do?

just put it down. inspiration will find me eventually. i'm not in any rush :)

what do you wish people knew about comments?

when you quote the exact lines that made you feel something. THAT. that could be your entire comment and i'd still be twirling my feet kicking my hair. genuinely when people quote my lines in their comments AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA <- me going crazy

maybe there's a question you wish had been on here. what's that question (and answer)?

The line you're most proud of.

"... to be able to love something enough to also love what grew from its ruins," is still so beloved by me because it was genuinely something i'd felt in my personal life for so long but could only put into words when i was writing it for the fic. it was a lightning bolt of an epiphany that wouldn't have been possible if i hadn't been writing. writing fic saves lives, folks!

tagging literally anyone who sees this because i want to pick at everyone's brain

[crispylilworm]

last i’m posting about this xoxo sorry about the watcher spam recently but i feel the need to put my 2 cents in since my opinion on this doesn’t align with the vocal majority on this site

gotta admit my first youtuber drama experience was a 0/10 not because of what the creators did but solely because of the insanity of the fandom. because…wow. i have never seen a group of people throw around demands and accusations of betrayal in such a dramatic way lol. maybe i’m in the minority here but i felt the majority of responses and criticism just were any lacking basis at all.

my first thoughts with the announcement were literally “oh good for them new streaming service, i won’t be going for it, but maybe after a few months i’ll consider paying for a 1-time sub to catch up on everything”. sure some disappointment i wouldn’t get regular updates but overall excited for the new content this pay structure would give them the flexibility to create.

maybe because i didn’t get into youtubers until the pandemic when watcher was already it’s own independent thing i don’t have that same (*cough cough* parasocial) level of connection, just really enjoy the videos they put out. maybe because i go through subscription-of-the-month stints of paying for a patreon or twitch or other creator channel and rotate what i watch, this didn’t feel outrageous to me. i hate the subscription world we live in so i go out of my way to never pay more than a strict budget limit per month because that’s my ability and that’s my mentality on this. i thought at best maybe i’d consider rotating this in when they put out more.

don’t like the idea of it? you don’t have to pay for it. can’t afford it? i understand the disappointment from this aspect but creators don’t actually owe you anything for free - even if it was free in the past. overall and for whatever reasoning you have: it wasn’t that deep.

if anything i am in a way thankful that they rescinded on their decision because that means me & others will continue to enjoy videos for free. but overall i’m disappointed that this means they’re sacrificing their own creative wants and financial needs of whatever they had planned. we won’t actually know the extent of what, if anything, this prevents them from creating because y’all wouldn’t even let them attempt to try this next phase out.

fans saying “well we don’t want high-budget content” well maybe they want to explore more than what they’re currently able to do? maybe they want to create more beyond their buzzfeed-format videos they know will rack in views from the nostalgia-obsessed side of the fans? i, too, personally love their humor and would just enjoy them chatting and being silly, but i do also think this holds them back. remember those hilarious self-made commercials from their most recent videos? that's probably just a glimpse of what new flavors of content they’re able to think up.

this whole fan response was just disappointing (and pretty scary ngl) to me, and i know saying that is like kicking a hornets nest but i really think if they continued with the plans from their original announcement it would have been ok. i actually think it would have been more than ok! but the response imploded so hard i’m sure we’ll never see them try something new again lol.

my personal thoughts are that if your opinion in any way revolved around something they “owe” to fans, feelings of “betrayal”, thinking they’re “sell outs” for wanting to transition to paid content - i think you really need to take a step back and reflect, and i mean that with zero malice. watcher is a business, not your friends, not “the boys”, not your guaranteed source of a specific type of content either. ultimately they made a business decision that they thought would help them grow that would have either succeeded or failed, that's it. for better or worse, we wont get to watch that play out.

i will continue my quiet enjoyment of their videos, and happily move on past what i frankly think was the most unnecessary internet drama i’ve seen in a minute lol. the takes overall were dumb but tame, i only blocked a handful of accounts for posting things i thought were totally out of line that i won't get into but i'm sure you've either seen or heard people discussing.

i didn't even get in to my hot takes lol like how this plays into the dangerous trend of the expectation of art to be free....and the overall devaluing of creatives and why AI is thriving in these areas...but ill defend that thesis another day lol. y'all aren't ready for that.

[but-thats-its-own-love-story]

But-That's-Its-Own-Love-Story's

Hall(f/)oween Trick-(f/)or-Treat etc

Hi everyone. For a number of reasons I haven't really been active for a couple of months now; I promise I'm not going anywhere, but sometimes lurking is all I have time or energy for. And that's fair enough, but I really appreciate you all, so tonight in honor of Halloween I'm tearing myself away from the clingy grasp of my cuddly F/O's and breaking the rules again...

For a limited time, anyone who reblogs this post will receive a drawing of your F/O wearing a costume you pick out for them.

Reblog this post with:

-Reference image(s) of your F/O

-Reference image(s) of a costume for them

Optional:

-Name/reference image of your (or your F/O's) favorite candy or preferred Halloween knick-knack (plastic vampire teeth, sticky hand thingy, etc)

-Name/nickname/pet name/etc of your S/I

-Pose reference, if you've got something in mind. Not making any promises on how it'll turn out but I'll give it a shot etc

Rules:

-You don't have to be following me. This isn't a promo, and if you're like me and your selfship blog is a sideblog that wouldn't really work out too well anyway

-One F/O per reblog; one reblog per blog. I don't have a ton of followers but if this breaks containment I don't want to get overrun etc

-Your F/O can be romantic, platonic, familial, etc. While it won't matter much for what I have in mind, if your F/O is not romantic, please specify just in case

-Costume references can be stock Halloween costumes (like example photos from a costume store) or cosplays (i.e. another character's outfit; in this case please specify which is the F/O and which is the costume etc)

-Sexy costumes = OK (I might be kicking a hornet's nest with this one, but I'm already breaking my own rules by posting anything I draw online. If for some reason you pick something too explicit for me to post, you get the Censorship Nettie)

-Furries/Robots/Nonhuman F/O's = OK (I'll give anything a go as long as I have references)

-OC F/O's = OK (I mean all my F/O's are OC's so it's only fair. Again, as long as you give me enough references. If I can't look up the character I can only work with what you give me etc)

Disclaimers:

-I'm not a professional, but even by my standards I make no guarantees of quality for this one

-Level of detail may range from a quick sketch to as intense as my executive function will allow, depending on how into a particular drawing I get. (The trade-off is that if it's more complicated it'll take longer etc)

-Not sure how many of these I'm gonna get, but if it turns out to be an avalanche gimme like a week lol (I'm gonna do some tonight, and I'll keep going until I get through them all etc)

-I can't imagine a scenario where someone picks a character I won't draw a halloween drawing of, but my apologies in advance if someone does manage to pull it off

-I'll leave reblogs on for several hours; if you can still reblog the post, it's still open

-Just because I haven't stated it anywhere else, all drawings, regardless of complexity or any extra effort I decide to put in at my own discretion are absolutely free

[kickingthehornetsnest]

KTHN - Common Mistakes 2

Number One. camera tapes? Surprisingly expensive, given how vintage they are. No one has that much memory on their phone. Do not give Apple your money to film this. It's not worth it. Besides, who the hell still has working handheld video cameras in 2024?? Point is, You don't need "proof" because you don't need to "prove" shit to anyone. There will always be those of us out here in the dark of night ready to hear your stories and support them. That's why I started this blog, reader, to hear your stories and to try to save who I can while I still can. Next, let's talk about the obvious, will just list them off fast in bullet points. If you need these explained, message me or ask away in the replies and I'll get straight on it. -Do not look the faceless guy in the face. It’s just… really bad for you. You will get sick or hurt. I’m sorry. It’s just common sense. -Do not invoke HIS name and ask for help. He's not going to help you, and he might have answers but the cost of those answers aren't worth the price Evan and his friends paid.That would be considered kicking the hornet’s nest, and it is not something you want to do. I did and I’m suffering for it.-While I have no evidence of any entities from other countries, do not assume you are safe and this is just an America problem. The Operator/The Administrator was a German based mythos before he was spotted anywhere else. Most entities, including but not limited to The Operator, can travel through interdimensional spacetime. An ocean will not stop them. -If you have questions about any of the known proxies, ask and I'll try to answer, the two I'm most familiar with are Kate, and Patrick (who I'm not convinced actually works for 'Stick-in-the-mud', seeming to co-exist tangentially alongside him, much like HABIT.) (Is it typed with all caps? Have we all agreed on this?) There are other lesser known individuals who work tangentially to The Operator but I'm not clear on the details. -Calling him by his name will not inherently doom you. The internet made him a joke for a reason. Stopping the spread by ignoring it rarely works, so all you can do is laugh about it. - on that note: Just avoid the entire east coast lol (obviously this is a joke. if you live in the east coast i'm sorry, it's too late for you lmao) -While he is commonly associated with biblical imagery, I believe this to convey his age and how long he's been recorded existing for, rather then actually being some form of 'god'. Then again, humans sure like slapping the word god on anything bigger then them that they don't understand sheerly because a being has power. -The knife was never recovered, nor was it ever successfully used, and as far as I know no one else has attempted to complete what HABIT and Vinnie started. -and finally, for now, do not just start telling everyone you know what you saw, unless you genuinely truly think they will: A) believe you, and B) be able to help. (i.e. through public spaces, and company, not that they can truly help you.) Now that that’s dealt with. I think the next order of business is to discuss symptoms! Be ready for that, because hoo boy, that’s gonna be a long one. I might have to start breaking these up into multiple parts just to post them. When did Tumblr start limiting post lengths?

[persephonesfill]

Honestly, the st*cky/Team Cap, side of the MCU fandom are SUCH yt Americans filled with American exceptionalism (that they’ve deluded themselves is somehow moral and progressive) I can see them doing a jan 6 if they had like, any ability to do anything but be annoying

(stuck as a ship was like the prototypical 100% were u queerbaited or did you just ship it? question they have never asked themselves lol. At least most other MCU ships were based on actual chemistry not a story that ended up being about Steve wanting to save the last piece of his old life who he then immediately abandoned to actually go return to said old life, didn’t even take bcuk just noped out of there, so much for devotion lololol turns out Steve did it all for mental a pathological inability to let go and move on it was never even bout buck as like a person it was about Steve’s untreated PTSD lol)

((I’m being mean because stickies are SUCH assholes, it would be an ok ship but fuuucccckkkkk they suck);

no LITERALLY

ship and let ship but don't be an asshole about it

also i have Thoughts about the way bucky was written especially in relation to steve but that's another post and i do not feel like kicking the hornet's nest

[steepedwonders]

“it will never calm down because Brandi doesn't like to be ignored. That's why she mentioned Whisper's real name. She knew that would kick the hornet's nest again. She's proven this time and time before. She is terrified of irrelevancy, even if it means her name is being torn to shreds.”

i agree with this. even when it quieted down with the mgsquad (lol) she would post anons shitting on them and then go “i just post what they say, i didn’t say anything” knowing well enough that it would cause some reaction. im just happy people are now seeing her true colours. she’s worse than i thought.

☕︎

[caribouv]

rewatched the original godzilla, then went to see godzilla minus one. one of the absolute best remakes i've ever seen, without a doubt. just a solid and phenomenal movie, all around. shot for shot remake, expanding themes and better developing them. 10/10.

imperial japan was absolutely ruthless. i know i know nazi's bad, but holy hell the imperial japan was FUCKING VICIOUS across southeast asia. it's constantly ignored because they became the usa's closest ally in the pacific. and then, imperial japan just looked at its populace as numbers and said fuck it YOU DIE, YOU DIE, YOU DIE - FOR THE GREATER GOOOOOOD. the movie touched on this very well.

the movie captures post-imperial japan in a big way. the post-war reckoning, trauma, etc. godzilla being a stand-in for the mindless destructive capacity of nukes, on and on.

i was randomly reading about pearl harbor last week. seriously... i don't know what the fuck those idiot state planner in imperial japan were thinking. they weren't, clearly. what an absolute strategic blunder. just suicide all around.

the goal was the cripple the usa's navy in the pacific to buy time to establish a better defensive front and strategic control of the west pacific. the PRIMARY GOAL was to sink the usa's aircraft carriers.

THE NUMBSKULLS DIDN'T SINK A SINGLE ONE. THEY WEREN'T EVEN FUCKING THERE.

all it did was piss the usa off, make the usa hyper-racist against japanese people, and made the usa enter the war. it's like kicking a hornet's nest but you're naked, tied up, and allergic to bees.

like did the fascist state planner idiots really think they'd outlast the usa in the pacific? usa was a world power, arguable the industrial center of the world, etc. what the fuck was imperial japan? a tiny island nation with some industry and barely any natural resources. LOL GOOD LUCK YOU DUMB FASCIST CUNTS.

i've said it before and it merits repeating. the nukes were genocide. the surrender terms offered and accepted were the same before, during, and after the nukes. having said that, fascist governments are so fucking stupid and literally can't do anything effectively except kill their own populace.

[anothersebastianblog]

so do you genuinely think all of his best friends agreed to not post him just Because? / I know this has been discussed before but I think it's a combination of things. I do think he encourages his friends not to post as much now but for their benefit not his. I think they don't post him because of the harassment they get from fans when they do. To me that, more than Seb asking not to be posted, is why they don't anymore. Look at the Greece trip. Most of the pics we got of him were from people who were new to posting him like Sasha. She had no idea what a hornets nest she kicked by posting him.

Lol yes this makes sense

This is why will said noooope and quickly deleted that video, not because he want to bait

[alteredphoenix]

So it’s been two years since I made That Post (which I’ve since deleted quite a while back) and kinda showed my ass to W*Wblr...but that’s to be expected when you make a critical (and not anti) piece.

I still think about it sometimes. I think about how, if this was any other popular F/F pairing (crack or canon) in another fandom and I did a crit piece like that but with the ship names swapped out, I’d probably get fucking butchered. Even now, I’m surprised I didn’t get doxxed or gotten death threats right then and there over what was basically me asking questions in good faith. It’s why I don’t play Fuck Around And Find Out with the more extreme shippers anymore, because I really did think, back then when I made That Post, I kicked more than just a hornet’s nest and was in some serious, deep shit. As in, If I said this in another fandom somebody will come after me IRL for it. (And honestly, the fact I haven’t gotten shit for not liking - not hating - L*oM*che at all in my current fandom is surprising in and of itself - but then again, that just goes to show how ideologically different people in two different fandoms from two different IPs are what beliefs draw them in).

Kind of weird looking back on it now, too, as I’m kind of-sort of-but not really in the fandom anymore; it just got to be too much to handle. I’ve said some stupid shit over the years (and I think about that other user on W*Wblr who mentioned me unnamed in one of her inbox responses to another person and mocked some comment I made about *rth*s and misandry - which, again, if you look through my blog, you might find it buried away; it’s pretty old) and I’ll probably keep end up saying stuff that’ll come out looking stupid in the future. Usually when I reflect on things like that that I put on the blog, and at the fact that no matter what the Internet will never let you Live It Down, I think to myself I guess I’m not allowed to make mistakes, huh? and just kind of. Accept it. Because that’s how people can be sometimes, and for me that’s what makes interacting with fandoms so daunting.

I suppose there’s something more to be said about discourse, but. Well. This got longer than it should have lol Just wanted to put some thoughts out there into Ye Olde Void. Have at you then :V

[kiefbowl]

everyone, rightfully: weeaboos are cringy as hell for interspersing japanese phrases they learned on the internet into their typing

europeans: me saying regional american colloquialisms i learned on the internet is perfectly dignified and not at all silly, actually

"how else should we say a plural you?" like okay sorry english isn't your language I guess lol