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You should always strive to give your followers an extremely warped impression of your favorite media

#fandom

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A 13 year old Zuko, waking up on a ship, far away from home. Iroh makes sure he’s not alone.

#atla

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HAPPY @jonsimsandcats DAY! I'd never miss it for the world

#the magnus archives

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I want more stories that explore the angst potential of unrequited platonic love.

Like:

‘You’ve always been like a brother to me but I’ve realised you only come to me when you want something’

‘My surrogate parental figure just sees me as another student/employee/lackey’

‘I raised you like my own child but you don’t even remember who I am’

And of course, the classic ‘You’re my best (and only) friend but I know I’m only one of yours’.

#storytelling

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One of my friends shared screenshots of the original Twitter thread on Facebook today, and I am reluctant to start Discourse over there (especially since I haven’t done any of my own independent research). However, I agree with Marzi that there is a lot to criticize about this theory and the general practice of presenting “fanon” theories about real people (as if they were fictional characters) as fact.

girl help someone is taking things out of context and ignoring the differences between 19th and 21st-century gender norms on Twitter again

specifically, some person claims they have Figured It Out and Louisa May Alcott was Definitely A Trans Man

(this person is insistent to the point of refusing to call her by her name, using instead her family nickname Lou, and using only he/him pronouns for her)

(and by the way, Lou was a common nickname for Louisa. it was not inherently masculine, and the fact that her family called her that is irrelevant)

like. dude. there’s definitely a discussion to be had about LMA and gender. as with many 19th century women who expressed desires to be men for greater social freedom and/or evinced enjoyment of presenting in a masculine way, we cannot be certain that she would still be a woman presented with the modern range of gender determination options

but like. she wasn’t. and given the options available in her day, she chose to continue living as a woman. which is still significant and cannot be dismissed with a mere “they had no choice back then,” because…some people did. there are known trans people from that era, who socially and aesthetically transitioned. that doesn’t mean  anyone who didn’t couldn’t have been trans, but it does mean that experiences have to be looked at with a great deal of nuance

take the quote they open with:  “I am more than half-persuaded that I am a man’s soul put by some freak of nature into a woman’s body.” sounds pretty trans- but the second half is, “… because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man.” in answer to an interview question about why she never married. which is a very Victorian idea: the conflation of one’s gender and sexuality.

is she saying she’s gay? is she saying she’s trans? and what are to we to make of a Victorian woman who calls herself “Papa” to her adopted daughter but nonetheless lives as her birth-assigned gender? who expresses a desire to be a man so she can join the Union army, but enjoys sewing and describes women’s gowns in lavish detail in her books? butch woman? artistic trans man? genderqueer? cishet but gender-nonconforming and a product of her time? like so many historical figures living on the edge of the rainbow, she evades firm categorization

that’s a conversation worth having, for certain. but in the absence of surety, all we can do is use the terms she used in life- and converse

however. if you have to cherrypick this hard, and ignore a lot of evidence that runs contrary to your theory, she is definitely not up there with Charley Parkhurst and Dr. James Barry in the ranks of For-Sure 19th Century Trans Men

#history #lgbtq

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“You have my sword” said the Ranger. “And my Bow” said the elf. “And my axe” said the dwarf. “And all of my guns” said the American.

#Dracula

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Unless you have concrete evidence, "The government did X thing to distract from Y thing" is conspiracy thought.

#the wider world

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Fanfic writers are like crows. If you give them treats (comments) they will bring you shiny things (fanfic)

#fandom

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writing fics be like

#writng

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Throwback Thursday, Fandom Edition: Putting Those Duelists In Situations

My friend @syncreticimage drew this fanart in August 2008, to illustrate my Revolutionary Girl Utena fic, Small Favors, which I'd posted on Fanfiction.net the month before, and on Livejournal several months before that. I was thrilled to see them bring the scene to life, and am still so grateful to have shared this fandom experience with them.

I've since added the fic to AO3 with its original summary: "In which Touga tries to seduce a new minion, Ruka considers his options, and at least one understanding is reached."

I did not include the author's note that preceded the story on FF.net: "Consider yourself warned for homoerotic innuendo." Fan creators sure did tend to consider same-gender content its own warning back then, even in relation to a show like Utena. I'm glad that we've mostly left that trend behind.

Also, yes, the caption on Syncretic's art is in LOLcat-speak, because that was also who we were as people.

#revolutionary girl utena #throwback thursday: fandom edition

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unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.

#libraries

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never ask a woman her age a man his salary your mutual how late it is in her timezone when she starts posting about that bisexual man

#Nevanna and friends

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being a fan of a friend's ocs is actually so humiliating....... like yes my favourite character rn is tragically doomed and a pillar of humanity who i think is relevant to the current world. you can find information about them on discord dot com and sometimes in late-night conversations with this guy i know. what the fuck

#fandom #Nevanna life #forever relevant

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Leaving aside OP’s use of social justice buzzwords and appropriation of real tragedies to push their fandom agenda, “anti-censorship” and “free speech” are actually not Soft Cutesy Buzzwords, they are pretty fucking important political positions.

Like, I’m not trying to be all “MURICA, FUCK YEAH!” here: I know that free speech is vulnerable to willful misinterpretation, but I would still rather it exist than not (and any threat to freedom of expression is a threat to marginalized people first and foremost). No matter the context, the reframing of anti-censorship values as antithetical to social justice, or — worst of all — as a dogwhistle for some sinister agenda, will always threaten to send me into a Librarian Rage.

Again, your priorities are seriously skewed if you’re taking the time to worry about what fanfic people are writing at the same time as you talk about irl tragedies

#fandom #fannish discourse

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"how can you like this objectively bad thing!" because i have bad taste. move on.

#all our faves are problematic

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you bottle Miette??

#funny stuff

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#Nevanna life