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ugh i am not okay about this ship, i am well on my way to having watched War of Faith twice in a month plus several eps that are just so good you literally rewatch them twice in a row, this show is SO INCREDIBLE? Like we really all thought yibo was gonna put us through some boring communist banker show and it turned out to be this riveting, utterly gripping, intense, incredibly well-written show full of rich characterizations and non-stop action and possibly the most subtextually queer character dynamic that i've ever seen, between shen tunan (wang yang) and wei ruolai (wang yibo). we frequently say in the shenlai server that the ship is the whole show and it's not even a joke because THE WHOLE SHOW IS SHENLAI. with a side of communism but even that gets so fully subverted by the subtext that you're just left in awe of how a show that goes this hard can also have this much to say about power and corruption and also how intensely two people need to fuck about it

i've been screaming non-stop to everyone i know about this show since march so i guess now it is my turn to scream about it to tumblr.

See also @sarah-yyy's mini ship manifesto!

Pleeeeeease watch this show and then come scream with me about how Wang Yang and Yibo and Li Qin all deserve every possible acting award and how unbelievably soulmated shenlai are and then please please please write fic, my crops are dying, i'm begging

War of Faith, ep 34.

after everything that has happened since ep 10...

...they are still looking at each other like that.

(and i am rapidly becoming obsessed with wang yang, who put his everything into shen tunan and made some Acting Choices while at it. this man is a treasure.)

#war of faith #shenlai #o hai tumblr #otp #wang yibo #wang yang

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reminder not to do what i almost did just now and tell tumblr what your high school mascot is/was just because someone made a fun poll about it, because that's a SECURITY QUESTION ON A BUNCH OF YOUR PASSWORD-PROTECTED PLATFORMS

#o hai tumblr #cybersecurity #data privacy #data protection #don't get hacked fam

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Was looking in my phone for something else just now and ran across this, from 5 years ago.

"Lost In the Waves" is a beautiful song about grief, based on the composer's real father and the real way he died, and Elliot clearly knows Jonah would sing it with profound understanding, and who am I to argue.

#shenanigansverse #oh elliot #jonah/elliot #my stuff #our stuff #Youtube

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So a free tool called GLAZE has been developed that allows artists to cloak their artwork so it can't be mimicked by AI art tools.

AI art bros are big mad about it.

#art #ai workaround

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Reblogging just to add this:

NEVER FORGET that Stargate: Atlantis was canceled midway through a successful run — its ratings had actually been increasing over its recent seasons — mainly for two reasons.

1) its producers wanted younger, newer fans that they planned to reach with Stargate Universe, a plan that went horribly (SGU was canceled after 2 seasons).

2) They wanted to maximize the profits from selling SGA dvds to "an audience much broader than the fanbase." What was SGA's fanbase? Almost entirely middle-aged women. The producers devalued women as drivers for the show's success so greatly that they decided they'd rather cancel the damn show even though it had a steady viewership and increasing ratings than continue to cater to a fanbase of primarily women.

#fandom #misogyny

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Hikaru no Go fic rec!

My beloved forever fandom just got a HELL of a new fic drop thanks to Yuletide!

Touya/Shindou, 20,000-word slow burn post-canon BEAUTY. Absolutely spot-on characterization, smart, layered extension of all the themes of canon, brilliant approach to the existential angst at the heart of the show, a perfectly lovely, simmering, true soulmate love between Hikaru and Akira.

Truly just about as perfect as hikago fic gets.

#hikago #hikaru no go #yuletide #yuletide fic #fic recs #recs

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Yuletide rec!

My Yuletide fic this year is an absolute GLORY. I requested two different fandoms, Hot Fuzz and Murdle, and my Santa combined them into a glorious crossover

It is 17,000 words and involves a full-on murder mystery complete with LOGIC GRIDS I MEAN LOOK AT THIS

It's so smart and interesting and the homages to both Hot Fuzz and Murdle are so well done!

Please go read if you're into either of those fandoms or just enjoy really cool Yuletide fics!

#yuletide #yuletide fic #hot fuzz #murdle #a gift for meeee! #fic recs

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The second screenshot is correct. "From the river to the sea" is a phrase that has been used by both pro-Palestine supporters to support a free Palestine and by extremist Israeli politicians to support the settlement movement.

People who are sympathetic to the settlement goals of Israel frequently claim that this phrase is solely and exclusively about calling for the eradication of Israel as a state — ie that it is only ever used as an expression of antisemitic extremism — but this claim is simply not factual. In the current context of widespread pro-Palestinian protest, the phrase is most frequently used as a hopeful expression of support for Palestine, nothing more, nothing less. There's no evidence that OP is using it for some other purpose.

I hope this volunteer can get an apology from the org and their role back, if they still want it.

just got a second official warning for my use of "from the river to the sea, palestine will be free" on the OTW volunteer slack

people are also currently asking board to ban saying that the founding of israel was colonialism—equating this to saying racial slurs—and were complaining about my status back when it was "palestine will be free", too

suffice to say, fuck that place, don't give the OTW your money, and don't fucking volunteer there

(the second screenshot is from the warning I got a few days ago)

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Stumbled upon your blog a few days ago and are you still in to A/E? Got a question for you if so..

I am always into Arthur/Eames but I haven't been active in the fandom for many years. I am however always thinking about hopping back in, because there's just nothing like inception 💙

#never leaving this fandom #asks #inception

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AO3 Top Relationships Bracket- Semifinals

This poll is a celebration of fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

#loving these reblogs just gonna keep reblogging #wangxian

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AO3 Top Relationships Bracket- Semifinals

This poll is a celebration of fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

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Ahahaha EXCEPT:

"Wuji," the wildly popular theme song of The Untamed (the TV series based on MDZS), is LITERALLY named after Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian. THE SONG THAT'S NAMED AFTER THEM IS THE *THEME* SONG. OF THE SHOW. IN WHICH THEY ARE CANONICALLY A MARRIED HEA COUPLE!

(Duet version below!)

AO3 Top Relationships Bracket- Semifinals

This poll is a celebration of fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

#wuji #wangxian #the untamed #find any metric and wangxian will rise to it! #they're rly epic that way #ugh feelings #Spotify

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It will be truly epic if the ship that invented the concept of "slash" winds up going head to head with the ship that invented the term "shipping," but you know what?

Wangxian >>>> them both tbh, VOTE 4 MARRIED QUEER BADASS JUSTICE-FIGHTING SOULMATES WHOSE MASSIVE POPULARITY ARGUABLY ACTUALLY DID SPAWN MULTIPLE REAL-WORLD CULTURAL RESETS!!!!!

AO3 Top Relationships Bracket- Semifinals

This poll is a celebration of fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

#WANGXIAN #polls #vote for wangxian 2023 do it for the gays we deserve this #and for all the trans and nb ppl reading wwx's shapeshifting as trans allegory YOU ARE ALL VALID

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Wangxian was not only a canon ship WITH A MARRIAGE AND A KID, but it was also literally a cultural reset to the extent its actors became instant megastars, millions of fans became abruptly obsessed with c-drama and chinese BL novels, and the communist party had to ban yaoi lol, while supercorps (disclaimer I love supercorps but these are just facts) was a trainwreck that ended badly, had no hope of becoming canon, and caused fans to accuse the writers of queerbaiting, all while they basically ignored the show's other *actually* influential, carefully introduced and developed f/f pairing! These things are not the same!

AO3 Top Relationships Bracket- Quarterfinals

This poll is a celebration of fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

#wangxian #polls #wangxian married and had a son #it's more than a meme it's truth #and i do agree about the kink-shaming in the tags #wangxian all about embracing kinj and sexual exploration #it's inherently queer at the level most CW shows can never be because of corporate restrictions #also people were downvoting other ships for being too white well wangxian ain't white just saying

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#omg #fanart #wangxian #cql #love

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Wangxian was not only a canon ship WITH A MARRIAGE AND A KID, but it was also literally a cultural reset to the extent its actors became instant megastars, millions of fans became abruptly obsessed with c-drama and chinese BL novels, and the communist party had to ban yaoi lol, while supercorps (disclaimer I love supercorps but these are just facts) was a trainwreck that ended badly, had no hope of becoming canon, and caused fans to accuse the writers of queerbaiting, all while they basically ignored the show's other *actually* influential, carefully introduced and developed f/f pairing! These things are not the same!

AO3 Top Relationships Bracket- Quarterfinals

This poll is a celebration of fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

#wangxian #polls #wangxian married and had a son #it's more than a meme it's truth #and i do agree about the kink-shaming in the tags #wangxian all about embracing kinj and sexual exploration #it's inherently queer at the level most CW shows can never be because of corporate restrictions #also people were downvoting other ships for being too white well wangxian ain't white just saying

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Wangxian was not only a canon ship WITH A MARRIAGE AND A KID, but it was also literally a cultural reset to the extent its actors became instant megastars, millions of fans became abruptly obsessed with c-drama and chinese BL novels, and the communist party had to ban yaoi lol, while supercorps (disclaimer I love supercorps but these are just facts) was a trainwreck that ended badly, had no hope of becoming canon, and caused fans to accuse the writers of queerbaiting, all while they basically ignored the show's other *actually* influential, carefully introduced and developed f/f pairing! These things are not the same!

AO3 Top Relationships Bracket- Quarterfinals

This poll is a celebration of fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

#wangxian #polls #wangxian married and had a son #it's more than a meme it's truth #and i do agree about the kink-shaming in the tags #wangxian all about embracing kinj and sexual exploration #it's inherently queer at the level most CW shows can never be because of corporate restrictions #also people were downvoting other ships for being too white well wangxian ain't white just saying