#we are z nation

[iamyourdailydoseofbi]

WHY ARE PEOPLE LEAVING FANDOM'S? WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT.

So, I have noticed that a lot of my mutual's for many fandom's ( TUA, TWD, Z-NATION, WWDITS, Derry Girls, HOTD, etc. ) have been dropping like flies.

[ I love you my beautiful friends, and I hope one day you will feel comfortable and safe to come back 😘 ]

It got me thinking, why? Why? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?! But, after talking to a few of my mutual's on other apps, it came down to mainly three common things with these mutual's. ( note, this is not for every fandom / fan, this was just the mutual's that I talked to, okay? )

1. The TV show ended, so there isn't much reason to stick around anymore. ( Umbrella Academy, The Walking Dead, Derry Girls, Z-Nation, What We Do in the Shadows, etc. )

Which is valid. If there are no more ( Ex. Sunday episodes for HOTD or Sunday episodes for TWD ) not many fans wanna stick around.

Then, after so many fans leave. It kind of becomes a 'dead fandom'. Where people sometimes goes back to time to time and be like, "Oh, I remember that show.." for nostalgia.

2. Their interests have changed.

Like any common trend, some people just say, "Nah, I don't like *insert show* anymore. I liked the 5th season and 2nd. But, I'm just not that into *insert genre* tv shows anymore." Again, valid.

Everyone had gone through one kind of phase before. It could have been books ( PJO, HP, etc. ) or fashion ( Skinny jeans, graphic t-shirts, etc. ) or music ( MCR, Blood on the Dance Floor, etc. )

It's fine to grow and change.

3. The fandom doesn't feel like a fandom anymore. This is a BIG one that many have told me.

People are clashing together, book vs tv show fights, character x character ships are constantly hating on each other, death threats are being sent to actors / fans / fanfic writers, you can't share your opinion without someone sending hate, etc.

The best example is HOTD. A fandom that I am in / write for.

Now, now, here me out! I have been very open about the hate in the fandom. You can check. I've gotten hate for writing about highly requested character's ( Aegon, Aemond, etc. ) and I have called out how fans are acting towards each other / actors.

What I don't get is this. We are all in the same fandom.

How did we go from, "Oh, Tom Glynn-Carney is really cute in Aegon's wig. It suits him.", "I have a fan theory that maybe in the next episode they'll do this part from the book because the teaser at the end of the episode it shows..", and, "I hope they put this scene in the show!"

To "Oh, you think Tom Glynn-Carney is cute as Aegon? Well you support r@pe and deserve death threats!", "Oh, you wrote a fanfic / oneshot / etc. for this character? Oh, it has a trope that it being used by a lot of other writers? Here's hate for that!", and, "Tom Glynn-Carney says that Aegon is a complex character...so clearly he supports..."

The main point is that this is why soooooo many of people are dropping out of fandom's. And when people call it out, they either get run out of the fandom as well or blasted for it with death threats.

Fandom's used to be places where people could go to geek out with others. A safe place. It's why there is comic con, etc. People want to know other fans, the want a safe place to go to.

Now, it's become a place where you have to mostly keep your head down low and not say a thing to avoid being run out because you share a different opinion.

In conclusion? I hope that fandom's can be kind to each once again so that people feel safe / comfortable to come back.

To all my beautiful fans who were run out / felt like they had to leave a fandom, I love you and understand why you left. I hope one day you will come back and find joy in the fandom that you once did.

To those of you running out fans / sending death threats. It's you that ruins the fandom. Fandom's were safe places for people, now you've ruined it for those people.

If you don't like a fandom / other fan, you have other options :

1. IGNORE THEM AND LEAVE THEM ALONE!

2. BLOCK A TAG / ACCOUNT YOU DON'T LIKE!

3. DON'T SEND DEATH THREATS!

4. FIND A PART OF THE FANDOM THAT MATCHES YOU AND STICK TO IT!

5. Block their account / tag, ignore them, not send death threats, leave them alone and enjoy the parts of the fandom that matches you.

It's that simple!

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hopefully i can get this out there. so i am tagging some of the bigger people i know / follow..

@lovelykhaleesiii

@danytar

@lady-ashfade

@targaryen-dynasty

@cayenne1

@perfinn

@two-white-butterflies

@youraverageaemondsimp

[sdwolfpup]

I need help responding to something.

From 3/11/24 here.

[campbluesky]

Pt;

I'm an optimistic old man with substance abuse problems and a younger person who I treat like a son in place of my real son who I abandoned

I'm a pessimistic old criminal who got convicted for postal fraud and got chosen to be the savior of the human race by pure chance and have many, many issues stemming from that

And together we are

[thunderboltfire]

Nie ma to jak odrobina urban fantasy do porannej kawusi.

[syfysource]

WELCOME TO SYFYSOURCE !!

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[ DISCORD SERVER ]

[harlstiel]

Warren: Is there anyone here who's actually straight?

10k: *raises hand*

Addy: *puts 10k's hand down*

[pernillecfcw]

The iconic jojo dance 💃🏼👏🏼

[pokemonruby]

i want volo to keep making recurring appearances in every legends game henceforward regardless of the time period and in every encounter he futilely attempts to take control of the token legendary and continues to get his ass floored by a teenager

[freshthoughts2020]

[minglana]

WIKIMEDIA HAS PICTURES OF THE OLD CHURCH IN OUR VILLAGE????? THE PART OF THE CHURCH WHICH IS NOW A SOCIAL SPACE?? LIKE THE SPACE THEY CLOSED OFF FROM WHAT IVE ALWAYS KNOWN AS THE CHURCH? (AND LATER REALIZED THERE WAS A WALL PUT UP??????)

THATS CRAZYYYYYY OMG😭

[poisontheglamrockband]

since y’all are starving apparently and i probably need to do a rewatch:

RANDOM CORE MEMORIES FROM THE Z NATION TV SHOW (spoilers ahead!)

Doc saying something like, “I’d drink my piss if any would come out 😖”

An episode where the gang is all trapped in a house for a bit? Specifically Addy is talking to someone in front of the door

Addy’s blonde boyfriend being stuck in a dark room with a bunch of zombies and Addy being too late to save him (last sight of him was him being nommed on by a bunch of zombos)

Roberta trying to mercy kill Doc (he wasn’t dead, he just got out of a bad place™️)

Murphy carrying Lucy as a baby and them being followed by walkers whom he tells to get lost

Lucy’s adoptive family and Addy telling Lucy that zombies are dangerous for non-blue people

Sketchy and Skeezy doing an election where one of them proposes that they create a giant hole for all the walkers to fall into

Murphy being put in a cage with a bunch of other zombies (this was first season, i remember ☝️)

A character that looked like/had the same vibes as Rick Grimes? but he died in the first season

The opening scene of season one being Roberta mercy killing someone’s grandpa (i think this gave me the perception that this world was safer?)

Having a BIG amount of gender envy towards Lucy (watched the show as a kid and being safe from zombies while having a killer jacket was epic to me)

Suicide cult in a gated community

Lucy saying she would scream if her captor didn’t do something she wanted (while they were clothes shopping) + Lucy getting her period in that same episode

Lucy’s death ☹️

I don’t know why but 10k also just exists in my head; nothing clear about him except that little me was waiting for him to make his first appearance (cause i saw my dad watching the show first which is how i got interested)

OH, ANTI-FERAL ZOMBIE COOKIES

and i think that’s all of my core memories bro, idk 😭

[ybcpatrick]

doesn't that freak have anything fucking better to do

[campbluesky]

I feel like the wide shot at 38:23 in S2 Ep10 of Z Nation perfectly captures how Murphy is in the group at this point. Ostracized. The group has treated him like less than, like a package since day one. They treated him poorly and he didn't fit into the group well to begin with. It didn't help that literally all of them except for 10k knew each other. Of course, theres the episode where they finally start seeing him as a friend, but only because he brings them supplies. And despite them saying that, their attitude towards him doesn't change. He is still Murphy. And of course, he slowly becomes more zombie looking, making the group ostracize him even further, except now they're treating him as less than human. They're treating him as a zombie. Despite clearly being something in between human and zombie. He gets even more disconnected from the group and slowly starts gaining a connection to the zombies. They stop going after him, he starts to see himself in the zombies, and he starts to feel bad about killing them. Then, he can stop them, stall them, make them back off. He can make them understand, he can teach them to play fucking patty cake if he wants, they would listen and understand. He sees himself in the zombies and starts to feel one with them. He feels deeply connected to them. He feels like they're his people, his flock. Hes deeply, deeply connected to them, feeling deep negative feelings about killing them and hurting them. And the group disproves. The group tells him that he is going to need to make a choice eventually. They justify the killing of his people by saying that it's just survival, not even willing to make a compromise. And they're still. Treating him like shit. He is not a part of the group. He is a prisoner. He is their cargo, their package, their cure. That's it. They have made that abundantly clear. He is not one of them. He is not a human. He is not a part of the group. He's just Murphy.

Green text = edited in after the original posting

[vanweezer]

my annabeth is black my maybach too and ill be goddamned if my diamonds aint blue

[freyawaves]

💫INTRODUCTION💫

Howdy! My name is Freya! I am 17 years old, bisexual, and my pronouns are she/they!

☆ I enjoy writing, I consider myself an artist, and I love films and television. I call Tumblr my "cringe-topia," where I post about things I like! I like a lot of things, so expect oodles of random crap on here. ☆

That's it! 😊

[zeb-z]

finale analysis later, brasso survived and that’s all that matters