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Me walking out of a room with a suspiciously stobotnik-shaped item in my throat:
#yeah this is a shift in fandoms#consider this a warning#cod to sonic is very weird I know#I might write I might draw#weāll see!#stobotnik
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I always make an effort to look at paranatural through the ~2013 era lens it was conceptualized from, back when it was at itās most subversive, in tandem alongside its contemporary lens. Because thats what Paranatural was, for those who arenāt aware ā paranatural played off of & against the common shonen & cartoon tropes and character expectations that were prevalent in that age: the wise and just mentor, the prejudiced bully, the action girl implemented to pushback against sexism + the subversion of the action girl, the excited rare skilled selfless battleprone protagonist, etc.
most new fans will likely see the comic and take it at face value ā why shouldnāt they? ā when in reality thereās so much more of a dialogue happening underneath the hood. There is so much underlying, forgotten context that makes paranatural, paranatural
#paranatural#i would give like anything to talk to a pnat fan who was around 18 in 2013 and knew all of this from the get-go#iāve taught myself it through independent research and studying media trends of that period (plus being a fan circ 2015 but i was on the#younger side.) now everyone in the fandom seems to be younger than me. so if i dont know it then they DEFINITELY dont know it#by which i mean āif im not old enough to remember then they definitely arentā#but yeah thats why pnat - especially early pnat - is chock full of so many anime gags and references. like goku dying so much.#whereas now those references have become moreā¦. integrated into the text itself rather than a callback or satirization#thise fans would be in their 30s-ish now and Im not sure how id find them in todayās internet climate. but i so badly want to understand#paranatural as it was conceived as instead of only what it has become#i want a comprehensive understanding#analysis#this is also kind of why i dont think that interpreting pnat through a 2020-2025 cultural lens is going toā¦ā¦. recognize the comic as well#like yeah the audience does have more information about the plot and characters and world and such. but the contexts they were created#within are more or less gone. or theyve shifted to something completely different. the shows that zack created pnat around arenāt popular#in the same way that they were back then; so instead of refracting against those stories in a dialogue people - usually new fans - take the#comic as it is
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You know, itās funny how these two are both considered iconic versions of their seriesā characters, meant to be cool and evil and intimidating
But in reality theyāre kind of pathetic losers who canāt get over their exes and are way too obsessed with killing their rivals, to the point where itās honestly detrimental to their causes
And they both came out around similar times too
#to be honest I wasnāt sure whether to post this here or on Twitter but I figured more people would see it here#the thought only crossed my mind because I was thinking about how maybe Shredder could be inspiration for a Transformer#I donāt remember who specifically#but yeah I feel like these two are weirdly similar#they can aura farm and trick you as a kid but later you realize theyāre kind of losers#and I mean honestly neither of them needed to get involved in the plot they couldāve left the heroes alone#like the Autobots were stranded on Earth which no one knew was secretly important while the Cons have a ship#and Hamato Yoshi was living as a rat in the sewers of America he couldnāt have threatened the Foot in Japan#they literally could have left them alone and be relatively fine#but no they have to kill Optimus/Splinter and so they die#I think in universe 2012 Shredder is called out for his behavior more particularly by Karai#but as far as Iām aware in fandom TFP Prime is more mocked for his behavior#probably because of shifting opinions on Prime#idk how good 2012 is considered in all honesty itās been a while since I was into TMNT#anyways yeah wanted to point out this connection#I should get some sleep#transformers#transformers prime#teenage mutant ninja turtles#tmnt 2012#megatron#tmnt shredder#random stuff
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Vivienne is not pro-templar as many would think. She is just using the resources she has in hand in order to work with a system that would rather throw her and the rest of the mages into an inescapable pit. Vivienne's insistence of using the templars is indicative of her awareness of the dangers of magic but she has made it clear that as much as magic serves man, templars serves mages as protectors. She does not trust templars as much as the average mage but knows that there is no easy solution to the weak Veil and the lack of protection the mage rebellion has brought upon other Circle mages. Vivienne does not hate or look down upon other mages as her efforts are clearly to support the mages if she is made Divine. Additionally, her quest was initially supposed to be about collecting phylacteries in order to keep mages safe from templars and mage hunters. She cares about mages enough to chain the templars and if you have a good relationship with her, allow the College to exist.
#dragon age inquisition#dragon age#vivienne#I WILL FIGHT GOD AND THIS DAMN FANDOM FOR VIVIENNE!!!#i wont call myself a vivienne apologist cause SHE HAS NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR!!!!#im so riled up for her#seriously my friends know i can write a whole essay about why vivienne is realistically the best choice for divine#YEAH I STAND BY THAT#BECAUSE GUESS WHAT! IF THE CIRCLES ARE ABOLISHED THAT STILL DOESNT STOP THE ANTI MAGE SENTIMENT NOR DOES IT PROTECT MAGES FROM THE DANGERS#OF MAGIC OR PEOPLE!! MAGES NEED A SYSTEM OF PROTECTION AND SUPPORT BEFORE THOSE CIRCLES CAN BE ABOLISH! THEY NEED SOCIAL POWER!#i am insanly pro-mage but mages will not be able to integrate into society if the circles are abolished in part how will they be able to#survive? Vivienne is giving mages more power in the social and political world#giving mages freedoms and power they would not even be able to have without the circles#like yes circles should be abolished and i can see thay happening in the future with Vivienne especially if her relationship with the#Inquisitior is good. PLUS A MAGE AS THE DIVINE IS A HUGE SHIFT IN THE ANDRASTIAN FAITH!!#That is a monumental change that will create ripples in the society of southern thedas#okay okay ill stop screaming in the tags but understand i will FIGHT for vivienne
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#yeah I think it happened#I entered a new TF2 phase#here it comes#is this like the fourth one?#the fifth? idk really but I love it every time it happens#and I think this time my focus shifted from Medic to Sniper#I love RED Sniper/BLU Spy ship btw#I drew them once in 2022? I need to do it againā¦#I have 150 hours in this game itself but I have 9999 hours in the fandom#letās go#team fortress#team fortress 2#team fortress sniper#tf2 sniper#tf2#sniper tf2#old men yaoi#yeahā¦.#I KNOW HEāS LIKE 28 BUT COME ON HE LOOKS ANCIENT
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I'm late to the anniversary of the first chapter, so I'll have to make do with the anniversary of the final chapter.
Thank you so much to everyone who has read WtST and left kudos, comments, or even just taken a peek at it for curiosity's sake; I know I haven't been posting much for it lately, but it still remains one of my favorite AUs to think about, and it's been so so much fun to share Emmet's suffering with you all
Much, much love to you all, and thank you again!
(*ĖįĖ*)/įµįįµį¢įµ įµįµįµ*
(program: krita; time: about 4.5 hours)
#submas#subway boss emmet#hisuian typhlosion#wtst#eggin creatin'#pokemon fanart#been incredibly distracted by gf lately#but submas was the first fandom I really actually poked at#kirby I kind of stay on the outskirts of#and really fandoms in general I try not to get too involved in#but submas has been on of my longest fixations#and I've met so many lovely people that I've just loved seeing around#even taken the plunge and made a genuine friend outside of tumblr#so it's been really wonderful here#I'm not saying that I'm leaving the fandom or that I won't make anything submas anymore#I still have projects even though the fixation has shifted and the flame has simmered down a bit#so all that being said yeah it's mostly gf right now#but I still love submas and I still love wtst#and I hope to finish pandemonic paradise this year#and post blind to all but gold someday too#so thank you all for being here and supporting me and my shenanigans#emmet surely does not appreciate you all encouraging me to torment him but I sure do!#I hope 2025 keeps treating you all well#thank you so much for everything <3#(*ĖįĖ*)/įµįįµį¢įµ įµįµįµ*
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7:30am on the train to work headphones in eyes shut thinking about gay sex
#specifically Buck and Tommy gay sex#specifically living together Tommy getting home after a long shift immediate sweaty I missed you sex#(sweaty bc Tommy walks in and goes āI really need a showerā and Buck goes āyeah you doā with 100% lasciviousness)#fandom tagging this in order to spread my vision to the people#911#BuckTommy#mine#*work is actually med school but by this point itās essentially unpaid work#and thatās snappier
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The difference in tone between Emergence and the other two singles is so jarring when you listen to them back to back. On one second you're ascending to the 9th realm with Miss Gabi Rose's sax solo, on the other you're clutching your chest on the floor like a wounded animal of prey. Fun stuff.
#I've been purposely avoiding new sleep token these days to not over saturate my ears before the album drops#so it's always a bit of a whiplash listening to them. especially now after Damocles#even in the overall fandom tone. Emergence came and we all gathered enthusiastically. doing analysis. conjuring possible new lore#but now it seems everyone is on their own little corner going thru it. which yeah. i know *i* am#it's odd. not in a bad way because being introspective and sitting with your own sadness is so necessary and normal#but there's this silent layer of fear? uneasiness? looming over and below us that seems to grow thicker as we approach the release date#we new this album would be a viral point of sorts. a new era#new label. new heights etc etc#but not to this extent. or at least not quite like this.#and this isn't to say i'm no excited or anything for it! quite the opposite in fact!#but we can't deny that the shift in tone isn't going to be reflected in the way we engage with the music#it's a bittersweet feeling i suppose. like i'm preparing to face waves of grief and melancholy like i haven't in a while#while also dancing along with everyone. a party at the brink of the apocalypse sort of#idk what i'm saying tbh. kinda of a rant kind of thinking out loud#oh well#sleep token#even in arcadia#(ignore the typos i can't be bothered to rewrite the tags)
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itās lowkey sad to see how far this fandom has fallen so quickly on this platform. I left for personal reasons but it was always gonna be a temporary thing, what I didnāt expect was for this fandom to be drier than a desert after only 2 months of departure. Iāve made a post on this before and ironically it got ignored which just kinda strengthens the point further. There is no support in this fandom anymore. Artists,editors and ant other creatives are taking to different platforms because you donāt get acknowledged here. I feel awful for small creators just trying to share their love for a movie and getting literal dust in return. Unless you have a large group of loyal mutuals people donāt support creatives in this fandom. like I didnāt think so much could change so fast but wow you guys really just donāt support others unless theyāre in your circle and that exactly is what kills peopleās excitement to post.

#encanto#encanto disney#disneys encanto#mirabel madrigal#disneyās encanto#isabela madrigal#like itās actually insane how fast the vibes shifted#anyways thatās my 2 cents#before u go to harass me in asks again Iām not bothered checking dealt w that too many times#just a rant on how I miss the āgood ol daysā#2022-2023 encanto tumblr fandom my beloved#yeah Iām mourning that era 5ever
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sneak peak of an animation!!

I havenāt been posting drawing lately because Iāve been working on this animation that for some reason itās been going super slow even tho itās so simple. Im almost done tho so yay! Iāve also been working on a comic and comic take a while for me to make becauseā¦Iām lazy. But Iāll try my best to pick up the pace and deliver more content soon! Stay safe <3
#Yeah sorry guys#Iāve also just been busy#And art block hits me like a truck every time I pick up a pencil#But Iāll do my best to make you smile#Also I went to a Mets game yesterday#We left before it finished but I think the Mets lost against the braves :(#>:(#idk ill have to check#Ok bye now#fnaf#fnaf au#fnaf fanart#fnaf fandom#fnaf 3#fnaf 2#phone guy#five nights at freddy's#fnaf foxy#the night shift FNaF
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Looking back at the initial reaction to the MLP fandom in 2025 is kinda crazy because I remember back in like 2010/2011 when people first heard about the Brony fandom and most people were like āw-whAT?! B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-butā¦.thatās a show for LITTLE GIRLS?!? And youāre telling me that GROWN MENā¦..actually enjoy it?!?! ABSURD! BLASPHEMY!ā and now Iām pretty much exclusively in online spaces where people in their 20s/30s regularly watch and enjoy stuff like Bluey and Lazytown and Sofia the First and I think thatās beautiful
#if you want an idea of what Iām talking about#watch the fine bros teen reacts to my little pony#and yeah I know that this perception is partially due to Bronies opening the door for online spaces around kids shows for adult fans#and also the online spaces Iām in have shifted#but I donāt know itās interesting to me#MLP#mlp fim#brony#brownies#brony fandom#my little pony
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I do kind of hope a series gives us a Megatron and Optimus with a āstrangers to respected enemies/rivals to potentially more (at least in the fanfics)ā sort of dynamic
Because I feel like that doesnāt really happen, at least not to my knowledge. I feel like if Megatron has a respect for Optimus, itās usually due to their long, shared history, not something that develops over the course of the series
And I know some people say thatās what happens in TFA, but no, it really doesnāt. The two never reach the ārespectā part, with Optimus hating Megatron for being an evil villain, and Megatron seeing him as a nuisance at best and never bothering to learn his name, only calling him it once like 2 minutes after being told it earlier in the fight, which I think in context doesnāt really count for much
I just feel like itād be neat to properly explore, especially since Iām realizing we seem to have it fairly consistently be that they were āold friendsā for a while now, letās shake it up a little
#sorry another late night thought I had to get out before I go to sleep#I wonder if some of these āI want this to happen in a future seriesā posts come from me not knowing whatāll come next#like I havenāt been in the fandom proper long enough to see a new iteration of Transformers yet#since it was the release of Transformers One that brought me here#and also while there is a series currently happening#the series is kind of tainted by its Season 2 shift#like just objectively thatās one of the things itās known for now#so Iām waiting for a new fresh start at this rate#and thereās also a new series we know will be happening soon but there isnāt much info yet#so maybe all this comes from that#and when a new series does come out Iāll calm down#but anyways what was I saying?#yeah letās shake things up a little more#I think strangers to respect would be neat for the two#you donāt have to add the āpotentially moreā in there I just did because shipping and fanfiction#I probably need to branch out my shipping fields for these two#anyways#transformers#megatron#optimus prime
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Hey, doesnt that Inkling look familiar?
#YEAH GANG I AINT LEAVING MAGS DESPITE THE FANDOM SHIFT I LOVE HIM#kirby#magolor#splatoon#splatoon fanart#character design#kirby fanart
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manifesting mr sad wet kitty poopy baby mort gets smited by lightning by the gods
#watching from the sidelines gives me whiplash#punch!!!! punch him!!#am i posting this because im bored sitting outside my office? yeah#redacted audios#redacted roleplay#redactedverse#redacted asmr#redacted fandom#redacted audio#redacted rp#off shift#detective nickola
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arendaes -> bewitchingbloom
#aristocratic witterings#<- gonna have to change that at some point too#anyways yeah hopefully not alarming anyone but#my shift from a fandom-specific blog to a fandom-general one was inevitable#it's still a pathfinder-related url/username so not even that big of a change#been pulling out my hair trying to think of a new one before i remembered the bewitching bloom tattoo#which ariadne would definitely have if i ever play her in 2e lol
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you know britpicking? like where an american writes a fanfic set in england, or with an english character, and they get an english friend to look through it and check through it to see if the terms and phrases are accurate? (eg. flat instead of apartment)
well i propose there be such a concept for star trek
because people in star trek talk differently than modern humans. they use different words, different slang, phrasings. yes, they can speak casually but mostly it isn't like us. watch any of 90s trek and you'll see These People Do Not Speak Like Us
and, no disrespect, a lot of fic does not reflect this. and it irks me. they just speak like modern day people instead of... star trek characters. i personally think part of the fun of writing trek characters is writing it out to how they speak and how they would think
hell, this isnt even a fanfic problem. modern trek has this issue too. i think outta laziness. they have their people talking (and when in casual wear, dressing) like 2020s people and it pisses me off
its part of why strange new worlds feels like a high budget SNL skit
annnnyways. i propose this idea be called fact trekking
#i came up with that pun literally just now and im so proud#im fucking pedantic okay#i understand that fanfic is transformative works but#it makes my eye twitch when they dont talk like star trek characters#i'd be lenient and allow swearing! even though use of the word ''fuck'' makes me flinch in moment trek. use it in fics. fine#an interesting little example is that trek characters rarely if at all refer to their job as ''work''#you ever notice that? they tend to say ''i'm on duty'' or ''i have a shift'' or something like that. never ''i have work''#uhm. chronometer instead of clock. they use 24 hour time instead of am/pm#and they say it way more than regular 24 time users#like. i use 24 hour and i still say things like 3 pm#but a star trek character would call that ''fifteen hundred hours''. even casually. this is ALWAYS the case#another one thats been BUGGING me: guys. i promise you. trek characters use minced oaths#they say ''oh god'' or ''oh dear god'' or ''oh my god'' and variations upon. they dont have cultural christianity but its still a thing#they just never use ''jesus christ'' as a minced oath. never ever. but i promise you a trek character can say ''oh my god''#they do it lots of times in canon. so its baffling and annoying#how often in fic i see trek characters saying ''oh stars'' and ''oh my stars'' ????? what the fuck guys. thats not a thing!#yeah most characters in trek are agnostic or athiest but that doesnt mean they cant use god as an exclamation#that doesnt apply in real life does it. and the ''stars'' thing is just. not a thing at all in canon. shut up#you wanna avoid religious reference so much it makes you look stupid. comes across as immature and petulant#its the ''religion doesnt exist in the future'' crowd i just know it is. but i digress#ohhh and not even just phrasings. theres also when theres just shit that doesnt conform to how federation society people would think#trek itself has this problem too because modern thinking sneaks in but OH MY GOSH THEY WOULDNT HAVE COMPHET#WHY WOULD THEY HAVE COMPHET AND SEXISM AND HOMOPHOBIA. it doesnt! go with! federation culture!#julian bashir has not felt internalized queerphobia a second in his life. why would he. what would cause that#sorry. that shit is a trek fandom peeve of mine. can y'all remind yourselves these people are from the 24th century#and their culture and way of thinking would be different. im saying these to actual trek writers too. sigh. have some imagination#julian has other serious issues. but having issues with being bi would not be one of them. you're making stuff up with no sensible basis#reading some fic or watching some trek like: ...okay does this writer even wanna write for trek#notice im not talking about treknobabble cuz that shit is over my head. i mean day to day manner of speech and certain ways of thinking
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