#we can all agree to disagree

[destinyc1020]

"...I think way too many fans mainly focus on their relationship instead of the reason why they're in the public eye in the first place..... their ACTING."

I'm 50/50 on this take caus on one hand, we wouldn't know about them without their careers but on the other, some fans and blogs are here cause of the SM presstours and their chemistry, dating or not dating a the time. Also, when some anons ask you questions about their exes or sightings, I don't think that's in bad faith. Some are new fans or just curious/nosy, lol. I will say this: After reading Zendaya's recent interviews, I'm more reluctant to keep with her because it seems she just wants to make movies and then disappear. Tom, too, but he's currently on stage, so if he wants, he'd be disappearing too.

I think what helps me as a fan is that TZ is not the only celebs that I'm a fan of. I'm a fan of musicians and football players and other actors. Weirdly enough, they are more famous, but those fandoms don't worry as much as much TZ fans here do. It helps that they are on social media more, so the content never ends, but at the end of the day, it's about the music or the game or the movie that fulfils me more on their career trajectory. I'm not on anyone's payroll.

The fears ppl have existed because Zendaya doesn't post on social media anymore. Not even for leisure.

Wdyt?

I'm 50/50 on this take caus on one hand, we wouldn't know about them without their careers but on the other, some fans and blogs are here cause of the SM presstours and their chemistry, dating or not dating a the time.

Errrrrmmmmmm.......

I kind of beg to differ that it's just about the "chemistry" Anon. Idk if you were here during the Tomdaya "Breakup Period", but a lot of fans either took sides, stopped blogging much about them altogether, or didn't have the same "energy" about them unless it was about their relationship or a possibility of them getting back together.

Their "appeal" for a lot of fans is not just because they're actors, or have great "chemistry" together, but ALSO because they're in a relationship with each OTHER. There are fans of them individually of course, so they will follow whatever Tom and Zendaya decide to do no matter if they're w/each other romantically or not (I'm one of them), but then, there are others who definitely would not like it if Tomdaya broke up and Tom decided to date someone else, or if Zendaya decided to date someone else. Look at how much hate Tom got for being with Olivia! 🥴 People called him cheater, etc. Look at all the hate that Zendaya got (and sometimes STILL gets) for being with JE! 🥴 Look at all the mocking Tom got when Z was spotted out with JE. Some fans definitely take it VERY PERSONALLY if Tom and Zendaya are not together (or even when they ARE together) because they cannot separate them from their relationship, and that's what I mean by some fans make their relationship overshadow them as individuals and their careers. JMHO 🤷🏾‍♀️ There are some who wouldn't be as interested in Tom or Zendaya if they were to break up tomorrow. It's just facts anon. You can tell by the way some of them speak. Some are strictly just Tom fans and just tolerate Zendaya. And some are strictly just Zendaya fans who just tolerate Tom because she's dating him.

Also, when some anons ask you questions about their exes or sightings, I don't think that's in bad faith. Some are new fans or just curious/nosy, lol.

I disagree. I don't think most of those questions are in good faith at all.

Because neither of their relationships with other people lasted even a year, let alone YEARS. Soooo...what's there really to be "curious" about or discuss exactly? We barely even got ANY content with Tom and Nadia as a "couple" (not even so much a picture!!), yet people bring her up all the time like she and Tom dated for years (and they didn't!) even though the woman has long-since moved on to another man lol.

And you're curious about a fling/months-long relationship of theirs that was over 4 years ago? 🥴 Like I said before, their relationships with other people didn't even last years. It's not like Tom was dating Olivia for like 5+ years and THEN he went back to Zendaya. Same w/Z. It's not like she was dating JE for like 10 years and THEN went back to Tom. Those relationships lasted MONTHS and were nothingness lol. 😅

A lot of the questions these fans are STILL asking (4 years later after a breakup) are things that can easily be searched on when you look at other blogs. Some of the stuff I've even talked about ad nauseam in my own blog years ago. All you have to do is just search my archives lol. 😅

And as a "new fan", why are you caring about a fling or rebound? Why not focus on the here and now??

After reading Zendaya's recent interviews, I'm more reluctant to keep with her because it seems she just wants to make movies and then disappear. Tom, too, but he's currently on stage, so if he wants, he'd be disappearing too.

Is that a bad thing?? 🤔 That's what MOST actors do! 😅 That's also what most actors of the past did.

I think what helps me as a fan is that TZ is not the only celebs that I'm a fan of. I'm a fan of musicians and football players and other actors.

Same! 😊 I have a wide variety of actors that I like and appreciate. Always have. I'm a fan of MANY actors. It helps to have some variety.

Weirdly enough, they are more famous, but those fandoms don't worry as much as much TZ fans here do. It helps that they are on social media more, so the content never ends, but at the end of the day, it's about the music or the game or the movie that fulfils me more on their career trajectory. I'm not on anyone's payroll.

Yea, I've noticed that too. But part of me wonders if some are so worried about where TZ are all the time because of the breakup of 2019 that none of us as fans saw coming until it was already long since established. 👀

Either way, living in fear is no way to live imo. I also don't feel that fans need to "worry" about any celebrity just because they're not on social media and providing "content" 24/7. 🙄 What kind of life is that?? Fans should be able to be perfectly FINE with celebrities living a normal life out of the public eye, and off of social media (if they so choose) and just be happy when they have a new movie (or album) coming out and they are promoting. This constant need for fans to have to know where they're favorite celebrity is 24/7 or at their beck and call (or else, they'll 'lose interest') is just really weird to me. 🥴

We can all agree to disagree though.

[jemgirl86]

Guess I’m the wrong type of domestic abuse survivor, because I have 0 problem with victims getting revenge on their abusers even if it results in death 🤷🏾‍♀️

[snekdood]

"if we make america worse and more of a dictatorship that will be even harder to unravel and make it the way we want the country to be, maybe then everyone will join our Glorious Revolution!" bb girl you cant even be in the same room with someone who thinks you should vote, how in tf do you think you're gonna unite people to fight in The Revolution with you? it's gonna be you and your 5 friends, i hate to break it to you.

[castiellesbian]

Supernatural was on so long in the hands of so many people with very differing views on the story they were telling that there is evidence in canon to support almost any interpretation.

[lokiusly]

I think that deep down Mobius couldn’t prune the two kids because he subconsciously knew— he felt like it would be like pruning his own children. He was a father and will always have that instinct, no matter how many times he was brainwashed.

[nell0-0]

A bit of a controversial take, but-

Every time I get a comment saying "you should change the badly done fan art bit to good" or something like that, I cackle. You see, that's the point. I draw what I like and it doesn't need to be good, just out there.

It serves as a reminder to just have fun messing around, that I'm drawing for myself, and if I think a drawing ain't good enough, then no problem. The blog has its name for a reason.

I think a lot of artists would benefit from that outlook. It sure helped me with burnout and feelings of inadequacy. If it's not fun, then why?

[queenofmalkier]

Okay, I just have to say it to anyone feeling isolated or picked on or like the Main Character standing against Amazon's Wot-Show wrongs: nobody is mad that you don't like the show. People have different opinions! Different expectations! In a series this long there's dozens of things people will disagree on in terms of importance and that is normal!

You know what nobody likes?

The condescending, holier-than-thou attitude of some individuals who don't like the show who have decided that It Is Actually Bad And Terrible and anyone who likes it is Wrong.

Who constantly invade show-friendly spaces, who review bomb, who basically act like five year olds having a tantrum in the middle of Target.

People who I'm sorry to say don't seem to understand that there's no one way to adapt a series. Think of it like the works of Shakespeare and move on with your day.

The way I'd do it is going to be different than the way you'd do it, which will be entirely different from the way a third person will do it. That doesn't make any of us wrong - and YET you get mad when reasonable people point out that when you say the show is an Evil Bad Wrong No Good Bad Adaptation Without Question you are discounting those of us who think it's honestly not bad.

And then those same people wrap themselves up in a mantle of hurt and victimhood because everybody is being mean to them! Nobody understands!

Honey, we understand talking to you about the show right now is like talking down some drunk guy in a Denny's parking lot who is screaming at the curb. You aren't making rational points. You are Big Mad and trying to make it the problem of anybody who doesn't think the way you do.

I know I've made an effort to be understanding and empathetic about it, I've tried to explain my reasons for enjoying the show while seeing the point of others who hate it, but I'm tired of only receiving "that's cute you think that but Actually I Am Correct still" in return.

There's no growth, no learning, no further understanding. At this point it's bitching to bitch while pretending to be the only one knowledgeable on the subject. It's screaming about "that's not what I'm asking for!" while, actually, the complaints you're making are very much asking for a perfect 1 to 1 adaptation or some secret third thing that remains a mystery to me.

Either way, I love ya'll, I love WOT, I hope like hell this is a taken as the I Don't Know What Else To Do intervention, come-to-maker post it's meant to be but if it's not and you're angry maybe think about why.

[landinrris]

You win some: find out one of the undergrads in lab is into f1

You lose some: find out she's a staniel (and maybe a chirlie) within 30 seconds of speaking 🫠

[pinayelf]

my unpopular opinion within da fan space (not video games in general bc gamer bros are annoying) is that even tho I played all 3 games in order and was told extensive lore abt it beforehand as well as told that dai was the worst but ended up being my favorite

I get the critique and it's fair and valid but it's my favorite one. it's the most fun to play to me and I like the companions the best

it may be because I enjoy open world (I like running around) and I'm the most attached to immy but it is what it is lmao

[bleue-flora]

I'm pretty sure c!Dream wanting c!Tommys trust was just to get the disk from him. Dreams tweet about it "help him with his goals"

I'm sure he didn't anticipate for c!tommys mental health to break down that much in exile so there would be a little bit of empathy thinking about his talk with c!punz. But majority of exile was him pretending to be c!tommys friend specifically to get c!tommy to hand him the disk. He didn't want c!tommy as an ally. The way he treated c!tubbo during the arc was very similar, pretending to be his friend until c!tubbo gave him that disk. It wouldn't make sense for c!dream to want to be allies with either of the two because he knew that without the separation of the two and him watching over, they would revert back to harming him again. c!dream wouldn't try to make allies with one of his enemies out of thin air knowing that they have different goals. His exile plan stopped when c!tubbo gave him the disk, and the disks allowed him to continue with the staged finale plan. And for the anon that brought up that early era truce, c!dream has no reason to trust c!tommy, they were constantly scamming each other back in the day theres an hour long vod of the two making fake disks and armors out of thinking the other will scam. I had to correct some of your past anons because some of them do not understand the motivation of exile.

For sure, I really don't think he thought or intended for Tommy's mental health to take such a dive. I think he was manipulating him obviously, but I don't think he was trying to break him. (I mean for starters because breaking people is not a good way to get what you want and Dream seems to know this, and plus Tommy spirals a whole lot without Dream's help so it doesn't seem intended...)

Anyways... I don't think Tommy has a disc, does he? I'm pretty sure Tubbo has one and Skeppy or Badboyhalo has one or something. So I don't that reasoning works. I do think he was probably trying to get the disc from Tubbo, but also I think his actions can be multifaceted. If his long term goal is a peaceful server and a big happy family, which we know is true because he damn well repeats it enough til the very end. Then forming a peaceful relations with Tubbo and L'manberg makes sense. Becoming Tommy's friend so he stops terrorizing the server, specifically his friends, makes sense. Tommy doesn't need Tubbo to get up to shenigans, he causes a lot of problems without Tubbo's involvement. Sure, Tubbo enables his behavior by usually having his back in the aftermath of those, where consequences of his actions come into play. But Tommy hurts Dream a whole even during Exile, no Tubbo needed and I don't think Tubbo ever seeks out to hurt Dream without it being apart of one of Tommy's schemes. In fact, Tubbo is actually the smart one usually trying to tell Tommy not to provoke Dream or do bad things. Tubbo is actually a very reasonable character, one I feel like without Tommy (and Wilbur by extension) and then later Quackity, he and Dream probably would have been allys or at least friends, more so than even Sapnap. Tubbo just wants to build things and be friends, he's not one to start conflict. In fact, despite Tubbo actually being the one to kill Dream in the cave in the beginning of the disc saga, he says in Daedalus that Tubbo might be one of the people who hasn't really done anything. And I think he kinda believes that, that Tubbo's actions have usually been lead by others or were reactions to things. I also think there is a difference especially in Dream's mind of ally and friend, I think later he still thinks Sapnap is his friend even is Sapnap is not longer his ally, so it doesn't seen unreasonable to me for him to try and become Tubbo's and Tommy's friend to get them to stop going after him all the time. Not that he actually expected them to become his allies and help him. There is a lot neutral ground between friend, ally and enemy, where he was perhaps trying to get Tommy and Tubbo similar to how he did with Sam later in Daedalus. So, it's perhaps less of trying to turn his enemy into ally out of thin air and more of how 'bout y'all just stop coming after me, which obviously didn't work since L'manberg started plotting to kill him.

Regardless, I think Dream's Exile plan ended the moment he planned to put himself in the prison, a good bit before Tubbo gave him the discs. At which time, he says this and I think it's pretty telling that perhaps his relations with L'manberg was not all disingenuous.

I don't know, it just sounds real to me. It sounds raw and betrayed and we know he was part of the plan in exploding the community house, so it's not about that like he frames it for the rest of the server. I think it more so has to do with the Green Festival, where they were quite literally about to backstab him. Making me think that the discs were a piece, but they weren't perhaps the whole focus during this time. That they didn't become the main focus until after he felt it necessary to get imprisoned and planned the staged finale.

I mean, is it so unreasonable to think that layered within his manipulation of Tommy and Tubbo, there was genuine yearning for friendship there? Can he not be logical and emotional? Strategic but also hopelessly optimistic? Just because Tommy doesn't think before he does, doesn't mean that characters can't have multiple plans and variables at play. It is so truly so unreasonable that what ended up happening wasn't Plan A, but Plan B, C, D... that he didn't start out with bad intentions, but was forced to constantly adjust based off circumstances.

[sukifoof]

i think im just gonna start blocking people that engage in flowey age discourse <3 im not in the fandom for petty drama about nothing im here for analysis and art and its really irritating to be looking for art and all there is is arguments. i love uty dearly but the sudden uptick in pointless arguments regarding floweys character is infuriating. why can't we talk about how well hes written and that hes an extremely good example of ptsd why must we argue. if u disagree with something block and move on dont act like children

[unethicalexperiments]

is it me or is everyone on this website so fucking miserable about everything these days. about every show every movie every book every musician/band every post regarding social issues every art piece. actually not even just on this website on all social media type platforms. the sheer amount of posts/youtube videos i see titled “x is bad and here’s why”. y’all talk about people/problems that have never even remotely crossed my mind as a possibility of existing like it’s plaguing the earth as we speak. things that people act like are major problems in [x fandom] or whatever that i’ve straight up just never seen before. in circles i’m active in. not even in a “let people enjoy things!!!” type of way. just why are you so hung up on something minor clearly making you so upset. i’m a guy who loves to fight but like why are we fighting when it’s not even fun for either of us. and you know what i’m probably guilty of this too at this point but jesus christ. whatever. can we all just sit outside in the park and smoke a blunt and chill out like we used to.

[noodle-shenaniganery]

can we stop trying to bully people into advocacy, please?

can we stop making people feel personally responsible for issues they only just heard of and may not even understand?

can we stop yelling and berating people who aren’t putting all of their (probably limited) energy into researching something that has almost nothing to do with them and which may stress them out?

can we stop pressuring people who are already struggling to survive to limit their options on how they can live, what they can eat?

please?

please

can we stop

[dramaticallytrue]

having big "did anyone try the salad (the quicker fic)? i heard the salad (touching grass) is lovely?" feelings about the tag today

[gibbearish]

kinda frustrating how we've spent the last few months acknowledging how a lot of well intentioned but guilt trippy social justice posts are like specifically designed to worm into ocd ppls brains and then now every single post abt palestine is "i dont care how bad your mental health is, i dont care how bad looking at all this makes you feel, if you don't read every single post you see on this topic in full you are a horrible person and directly contributing to their deaths. 'waaaah my mental health' well at least youre not being bombed, did you think about that??" and its like. i absolutely get where youre coming from but you dont get to complain that guilt tripping is bad then turn around and use it anyways because you think the cause youre using it for is worthwhile. like. everyone thinks the cause theyre using it for is worthwhile, thats why theyre using it. but its still a shit way to do it

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

you know if we do accept the last epilogue-esque sequence as a sort of dream/wish of ted's and therefore not necessarily canon, very funny if we then simply go "yeah, trent's book is called 'the lasso way' actually. he didn't change that. nope."