#why can’t i be fictional?
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(Potential spoilers for some fandoms) You’re telling me that at my age:
- Harry Potter was on the run, broke into a bunch of places, rode a dragon, died, came back to life and defeated Voldemort
- Percy Jackson had already fought Kronos, became essentially invincible, was offered immortality, survived Tartarus, defeated Gaia herself, all the while fighting lots of monsters and many gods having a grudge against him — and he was still sixteen, at this point
- Katniss Everdeen survived the third Quarter Quell (an absolute bloodbath) and was the symbol of a whole revolution that overthrew the Capitol
- Thomas and the gang were on the run from an insane group of scientists in a world where people were infected by a disease that made them go so crazy that cannibalism was normal
- The Stranger Things group have faced Demogorgons, the Upside Down and many midlife crises and they’re not even fifteen yet
- Lucy Pevensie was seventeen when she died, meaning that she’d already discovered Narnia, been crowned a queen, fought in wars and explored a whole world
- Pippa Fitz-Amobi solved a closed murder case as an EPQ alongside her A-levels
I feel so unaccomplished.
#harry potter#deathly hallows#harry potter and the deathly hallows#percy jackson#percy jackon and the olympians#heroes of olympus#the hunger games#hunger games#catching fire#the maze runner#maze runner#the scorch trials#scorch trials#the death cure#death cure#stranger things#chronicles of narnia#agggtm#a good girl’s guide to murder#teenager problems#readers#fiction#dystopia#fantasy#why can’t i be fictional?#seventeen
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Bows vs Guns: when does it make sense for modern/ sci-fi characters to use guns?
This is just one example! For a longer breakdown (with some bonus history!), check out my YouTube channel.
And don’t forget there are art reference packs now up on Patreon!
#I will reblog this with a link to the full video#but I can’t rn because both posts are scheduled#but once the link is live I’ll do it#is this why people have queue tags#archer#archery#nerd#fantasy#sci fi#fiction#writing#queue didn’t see that coming
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kaito screencap redraw! plus my favorite panel from the scarlet return arc lol
I've been reading detco for like 2 years and the unhealthy obsession fanart motivation finally caught up
(no reposts; reblogs appreciated)
#my art#artists on tumblr#fanart#digital art#dcmk#detective conan#detco#case closed#kaitou kid#magic kaito#kuroba kaito#first pirates and now thieves#why is it always the fictional wanted criminals that get to me#although i must say#it’s objectively not a great time to get into this fandom#cousin gate…#i watched from up on poppy hill right after i found out about it and i was so scared lol#like please. you can’t do this to me twice in a row#been sketching a lot and not finishing anything lately (art block??)#so ty kaito for pulling through#guys i cant believe he stars in 2 shows#am i crazy or does he kind of resemble oikawa#oh and that last panel always makes me laugh#stay silly
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I’ve mentioned it before but I’m a fucking sucker for unhealthy dependent relationships. There’s just something about them that is so. Chef’s kiss 👌
Anyway I’m still thinking about how Law was so attached to Cora and was so traumatized by his death that he literally devoted thirteen YEARS of his life to revenge killing Doflamingo. Even though all Cora ever wanted was for Law to just be free and live his life happily. And Law spending all his time in a hateful revenge spiral is literally the exact OPPOSITE of what Cora wanted for him. BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE. If the thirteen years of endless devotion to avenging his savior wasn’t enough Law 1. Named his pirate crew the Heart Pirates in honor of Cora, 2. Covered himself in permanent heart-themed tattoos in honor of Cora, and 3. Fashioned his Jolly Roger to be a mockery of Doflamingo’s and ALSO to honor Cora. Homie is a walking memorial for a man he only really knew for six months and again crafted the most intricate plan known to mankind to murder Cora’s killer. Because losing Cora fucked him up THAT much. Because even though Cora set him free, the moment Doflamingo shot him Law was chained to the memory of a man who no longer existed. Law literally fashioned his entire life down to his own appearance after Cora and it makes me so insane. I cannot even imagine what went through his head after Dressrosa I mean how do you move on after a thirteen year grudge is put to rest. What is he supposed to do now. Avenging Cora was literally his entire existence, his entire reason for living for half of his life. He needs therapy probably. If Cora somehow ever did come back to life Law would lose his fucking mind. The dependency is SO unhealthy and I am SO here for it
#Anyway this is not me promoting unhealthy relationships irl#If you are that dependent on someone that you can’t bear to live without them. Get help! Therapy!! Actually!!!#In fiction tho it is a wonderful treat. Haha yes I love to watch my faves suffer.#One Piece#Trafalgar Law#Donquixote Rosinante#Donquixote Doflamingo#Doflamingo#Cora#One Piece Cora#One Piece spoilers#Dressrosa#Shima speaks#I AM SO. HNNGHHH. I AM UNWELL. I probably also need therapy. LMAO#Oda why did you do this why did you kill Law’s dad (again)#Law: Feel like shit just want Cora-san back#Also I didn’t even get into how much Cora influenced Law’s life VS how his actual blood family influenced his life#Flevance was traumatic as FUCK and yet all of Law’s notable trademarks are still Cora-themed…#(Bc Cora saved him. Bc Cora gave him a reason to live after he thought he’d lost everything)#Slams my head into the wall and howls
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as a native chinese, i feel like some of yall are taking the gods in lego monkie kid a bit too seriously. i understand why it feels iffy to ship / make silly content of deities that people worship irl (eg. nezha, sun wukong) but it’s a phenomenon on chinese social media too. c-netizens ship the fictionalized versions of these gods, which the gods of lego monkie kid are. they aren’t the actual gods people worship; they’re slightly tweaked versions of the book characters, just like any other chinese adaptation or retelling of jttw (and such stories like fsyy) also, no, nezha isn’t a child, in lmk or jttw or sometimes irl. just because he’s often depicted in child form doesn’t make him an immortal child. eros / cupid is often depicted as a winged baby, and he has a wife and kids. it’s basically the same thing here. nothing in lmk suggests that nezha is a child (his voice, his appearance, his personality etc. all imply he is an adult), and while he’s described as youthful in jttw, he’s already 1700+ years old by then and gods can shapeshift. people only think he’s an immortal baby because that’s a popular depiction of him, since one of his prominent myths is set during his childhood. but as long as you’re talking about the god nezha (fictionalized or the religious figure) and not the human child nezha, then that’s an adult [edit: the last sentence couldve been worded better. i would summarize it as “immortal youth nezha is a valid depiction and is popularized by mythology, but adult god nezha exists too and they are NOT mutually exclusive”]
#i’m not even here for shipping discourse ie. “you can’t ship nezha w anyone cuz he’s a child!”#i dont ship him with anyone that’s never been my focus#i just dislike misinformation#if you understand that cupid and eros are adult gods despite often being depicted as babies then why don’t you understand this#and in case i need to clarify i hate pr*sh*pping i dont support it#the fact is that any lmk nezha ship simply isn’t a pr*sh*p because he’s a full grown man#never once in the show does he act or sound like a child so why is this such a widespread belief??#i’d get it if the show was about him as a child going on his killing spree#but lmk is clearly set millennia after that#also abt the “dont ship deities” thing i understand seeing non-cn fans treat chinese gods like fairytale characters is frustrating#but to me since lmk characters aren’t very accurate to their real life religious counterparts they are not the same ppl#like i see swk fanart and think “swk the lmk character” and not “swk the daoist god” yknow#but that’s only my opinion i wont say i’m totally right i won’t argue if you’re daoist or buddhist and find it offensive#lego monkie kid#lmk#jttw#journey to the west#lmk nezha#lmk swk#lmk sun wukong#age discourse#immortal child depictions of nezha do exist that doesn’t mean the god is always a child#and in FICTION. yknow SHOWS and STORIES. not worship. if the story says he’s an adult then that’s what he is#so like. statue of baby nezha = baby#statue of adult nezha = adult. it does not mean every single depiction of nezha is a child#don’t generalize things and do not infantalize him
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how are the girls doing that have never been in relationships, but are too afraid to even get into any because they have a deep fear of getting hurt and cheated on but also struggle to even fall in love because they only want the real love. the kind you read about in books or fics, the kind that you feel for your fictional lovers?
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Seeing the way that pjo fans have jumped on any opportunity to nitpick and criticize the show has made me realize y’all really want this show to fail and you’re really not slick about why.
#because here’s the thing#if you went into the show with the desire to like it and understanding that it’s an ADAPTATION#then you’d probably have wayyyy less criticisms and you’d actually be able to enjoy the show#but y’all went into this wanting the show to fail because#and im going to touch your hand when i say this#you’re racist#you can’t stand that your fav fictional yt girl is no more#‘but i just have an issue with [insert thing that if you actually thought about you’d be able to understand why they did it]’#like let’s stop lying to ourselves atp#percy jackson and the olympians#percy jackson#annabeth chase#grover underwood#pjotv#pjo tv show#walker scobell#leah sava jeffries#aryan simhadri
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we're married in my head
#loki#girlblogging#let me live in my delusions#why am i like this#mcu shifting#delulu#im just a girl#loki laufeyson#fictional men#my bbg fr#delusional#this is a girlblog#loki laufeyson x reader#my husband#please support my delusions#my bbg <3#i need him#i love him#me and my husband#dr s/o#i miss him#I can’t wait to meet him
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I have a lot of opinions on fanon Tim. I am a fanon!Tim Drake anti. I’ve never been an anti of anything before, but I am very anti fanon!Tim Drake. He’s basically just a Mary Sue, but it’s worse because Tim Drake is a real canon character who is SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING. What the fuck did y’all do to him. Why can’t you just project your childhood trauma on a self insert like the rest of the internet. Look at him! You could replace him with a single packing peanut, and I couldn’t even tell the difference!
#personal#anti tim drake#same goes for the Angry Robin Dick Grayson truthers#I like angry angst teenagers turned depressed sunshine adults as much as someone who is very much exactly that can#but y’all can’t just slap an emotion on a character and make it their entire personality#same goes for Stephanie and Purple#give my girl back her personality#she’s literally my favorite of the bat clan#but they are what fan fiction is#fanon Tim is just The Worse because there’s like virtually trace of canon tim in there#it’s like y’all saw two panels of an event#then completely bs’d everything revolving around it#IM LOOKING AT YOU#DAMIAN CUT TIM’S LINE FIC AUTHORS#ACKNOWLEDGE TIM’S PARANOID HIT LIST YOU COWARDS#WHY DOES NO ONE EVER WRITE ABOUT HIM PUTTING DAMIAN ON A HIT LIST#DAMIAN FUCKING CRIED#HE IS A GODDAMN CHILD#dc
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I find it funny that even though I had an crush (and use to self ship) with Grim from TGAOBAM, I also remembered having a HUGE DAMN crush on Billy’s dad when I was younger too.
#I sometimes wonder about self shipping with him#I guess at first I didn’t because he’s canonically married#but at the same time… like I’m thinking about it lol#it’s the damn voice drop Richard does for him is so hot to me idk why sjdjhxj#it’s 4am and I can’t sleep#so y’all gonna have to deal with my weird taste is fictional characters again lol#💬 chy chatter 💬
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why do you hate Joshua Graham or Honest Hearts so much?
This DLC and character represents a bigger issue with fandom spaces I have but particularly fallout fandom in general.
Fallout tends to tackle a lot of topics controversial and not. The first two games it’s heavy cause they are the most satirical and direct with how anti-war, nationalism and etc… they are. 3 loses this as it’s very clear once you play or learn about all the games that Todd and a bunch of guys at Bethesda just liked the 50s post apocalyptic aesthetic and refuse to actually critique the ideals of the time period like the earlier titles.
New Vegas is the game that really gets back into it a degree it almost seems like it’s taking too much on. There are things done exceedingly well while other things are done horribly wrong . I’ve made posts about it before and plan to make a big series of posts (it’s a lot of writing) but my biggest gripe is with Honest Hearts and all the gross and white savior esque depictions it has of indigenous peoples. The entirety if FNV does not do the injustices faced by indigenous people correctly on any count. My two biggest complaints are with the Khans and the tribes in Zion but I’ll talk about the former on a different post.
Both characters of Daniel and Joshua are the most accurate depiction of white saviors I’ve seen and I hate how the DLC tries to justify and defend them. The DLC treats Joshua like this man who has repented for his past actions when he is just retracing his steps after his cruelty bit him in the ass. He was one of the worst parts of the Legion and it is all but explicitly stated that if you don’t force him to be non-violent he will turn the tribes of Zion into the legion 2.0. The Dead Horses and the Sorrows are horribly infantilized by both Daniel and Joshua who both use them for self serving purposes guised by religious duty. The White Legs are the horrible stereotype of violent and savage indigenous and I personally think a lot of their interlinking with Ulysses, his hair and Ulysses character in general are distasteful and very telling of how BIPOC or POC where involved.
But outside of the game it’s the weird obsession people have with these characters ideologies and trying to make them seem more interesting/philosophical than they are. Tumblr is an echo chamber and many fans of Fallout are not the people on this site. Many people are not educated in the issues these characters convey and how poorly they do or used these characters as a poor introduction for their takes. Contrary to what a lot of people believe in, fallout has a prediomeny white cis male fanbase. More importantly a large portion of the fanbase is white.
You can joke how FNV made you trans or see the numbers on post/fics or diverse headcanons but these are kiddy numbers compared to the millions that consume the franchise and aren’t in those more aware spaces or don’t engage in the spaces the same way someone like me does/has to. Their views shape a lot more than people realize and it’s exhausting to be in a space where people don’t correct the more subtle yet toxic aspects of it but also adopt them into some weird quirky view point on the characters or issues. Some people don’t realize and some people don’t care.
My main issue is just the idolizing of these sort of thing in this fandom space and people try to acts like a game like fallout whose tagline is “War never changes” and has never had a game not revolve around political or militaristic factions issues isn’t that deep or doesn’t relate to real issues. I think it’s mainly caused by how over powered you can become and how you can strong arm your way past these learning moments as majority of people who play this game do play it as a power fantasy where they can do so as they please (which of course, go ahead it’s fun) but never take in parallels or lessons in the story as if it was just another first person shooter.
Also like another personal gripe is Cazadores spawn like hell whenever I’m there and I have not found a mod that works to mod them out so I have to play Indigenous Racism the DLC while getting jumped by giant wasps WHILE helping Mormons. Like I cannot catch a break.
#I’m mostly silly or character headcanon focused on this blog#but sometimes I forget some people literally have never interacted with someone slightly outside of their ideologies or don’t learn about#philosophies that don’t pertain to their view point and actively block them out#and so I have like a meltdown and occasionally post about it cause like I see more people hate Danse for regurgitating BoS teachings than#hate Joshua Graham who helped found the legion participated in their practices and still has this weird bloodlust#like make it make sense why do you like this white man genuinly like outside of his aesthetic#I can say silly shit about them hit it’s always I think it’s surreal they even exist while others genuinely wish they did so they could fix#them and some of all don’t realize how quickly jokes lead people down rabbit holes and pipe lines cause ur not gonna see posts even pitying#that man in here#like when I defend Danse it is through the signs and events in game that show he is not stuck in his ways and possibly only adopted those#beliefs because of his tramatic events with super mutants and the bos being very anti anything not human#their are affinity reaction that concern this while Joshua like moans yes when killing the white legs and is always polishing his gun goon#pile like I’ve learned too much about him the Mormon faith and that dlc to be told I’m playing favorites he is not fixable or repentent#this fandom has one of the worst issues of he’s my fave so he can’t do wrong when some of this characters are literal unapologetic rapist#racists or individuals who condone or perpetuate like ideas and concepts like obviously I’m gonna not like them????!#like I still think it’s interest to dissect them and I try so hard to not be a hypocrite but sometimes it’s like the whole this is just a#fun thing for you but like be aware of what you are taking in and reflect like is so important fiction can slowly seep into your morals#I’m rambling and losing track of shit so imma stop here before I reach the tag limit but again dm and ask cause this is the stuff I will#blab about#horrible at normal conversation tho#fallout#fallout new vegas#joshua graham#honest hearts#ask#anon#fallout 3
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Twice this week I have received comments on Can’t Help Falling in Love critiquing my use of tags and I’m just like?
those “extra” tags have been there for four years? no im not going to delete them?? I think if it truly was a big issue one of my moots/writer friends would’ve brought it up to me by now???
I use tags to express my creative voice and personality. And I DO include lots of real tags.
if someone makes something FOR FREE and it’s not harmful maybe just say what you like about it and move on?
like? do yall like my tags?? have my tags dissuaded you from checking out my stuff??? because I’ve been posting on ao3 since 2019 and this is the first time anyone has ever brought it up :/
#not to toot my own horn but this fic has done far better than I ever could’ve anticipated#it’s one of the top phinbella fics on ao3 I don’t think that would be the case if tags were an issue#and it’s my pnf legacy#to have TWO people leave comments saying hey loved the fic but you did this wrong#why????#what is the reason!#what good does that serve?#ugh#maybe my personality is ‘too much’ if so oh well#ao3#cadence rants#can’t help falling in love#fanfic#fan fiction#an archive of our own#like if you frequent m account you might be able to guess I’ve had a bit o a rough week. fandom is supposed to be my safe space but#unfortunately it isn’t always. But MY fic is supposed to be my ultimate safe space. a place for positivity and discussion and expression.#take that man splaining energy somewhere else it is not welcome here
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My favorite old fictional men with beards 💚 (i have gone insane)
Starswirl…
…and Discord!
These two are literally so amazing I love them so so so much okay like RAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH me when friendship is magic
#my little pony#mlp#discord mlp#star swirl the bearded#i can’t stop thinking of these two in particular. ..why#Ô 181029292 years old sassy fictional furries with beards that do some sick wicked magic stuff#gotta be my favorite gender
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Another day, another “haha man get pregnant isn’t that hilarious?” trend popping up on my damn TikTok FYP.
The joke here—just in case anyone can’t tell—is that a man can’t get pregnant, so the punchline is the idea of a situation in which a man could get pregnant. Isn’t that hilarious, guys? The idea that someone who’s a man could get pregnant? So funny /s.
(Also, before anyone points out “can’t not” and tries to say that actually it’s affirming and agreeing that men can get pregnant, you can tell from the context that the intent is obviously not that, and it’s just the whole ‘funny when I mess up my words’ humor. If he’s saying that he can get pregnant, then the Impregnator Guy would agree with him.)
#transandrophobia#transphobia#idek what else to put in my tags#no rant this time#the video on my pfp was of a bi person who uses she/they pronouns saying it about a fictional man 😑😑😑#like you’re queer too!!! you should know better!!!#why is the idea that a man could get pregnant funny? haha butt baby. wow imagine if we lived in a world where men could get pregnant!!!#think about it really hard!#(also the funny being the idea of getting fictional men butt pregnant was a huge theme of screenies in a different post I have too)#also the other funny is that the audio butchers words and uses incorrect grammar… uh the same way that the entire internet makes fun of-#anyone with English as a second language who doesn’t know it 100% perfectly#or maybe I’m just the friend who’s too woke 🙃#sigh…#and you might say that 494 isn’t that many. but imagine 494 people in a room with you 👍#also even with the double negative it doesn’t make sense. if I say that I can’t not be sitting down it means that I’m sitting down forever
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me when people choose not to ship outsiders characters because it’s a story about the intricacies of friendship and brotherly love when you are pushed to extremes and changing it to romantic changes the connotation of the story 😁😁😁😁👍👍👍
me when people don’t ship the outsiders because “it’s the 60s.” (Gay people existed in the 60s and way before, believe it or not. Don’t be weird???)☹️☹️☹️👎👎👎
#Also I think the age gap between Johnny and pony is weird asf sorry.#Outsiders#johnny cade#ponyboy#the outsiders#Idk I do not rlly like outsiders ships but it’s very rare for me to like any ships so maybe im biased#But why are you acting like they can’t be gay because they’re from the 60s? Gay people have existed forever?#Sure they probably wouldn’t have been out BUT ALSO LIKE? It’s fiction??#The outsiders book
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Heat (ao3, 3.7k words)
Summary: Phil has eyes for a cute waiter. But Dan only has eyes for Phil.
#hiiiiiii i finally fuckin finished this beast#they need to stop telling us things bc#this is based off of so many things from the newlyweds video and a little from the first spooky week video#and i haven't even watched the new one.#ANYWAYS. this is fiction but we're all having fun here yk so#i realllyyyy hope u read and maybe even like :3#phanfiction#phanfic#ao3#dnp#dan and phil#phan#my works#also im so bad at titles I literally can’t think of anything else#they’re so ridiculous in the latest video I almost can’t take them seriously like in this#which is why I always gotta end it fluffy yk
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