#I'll probably make some more posts abt the anniversary! lots of feels

[birb-tangleblog]

I'm seeing the 'happy anniversary' posts roll in, and fans lamenting the show's writing shortfalls in retrospect-

And if you weren't in the fandom when the show was airing and only watched it after it ended, I really can't understate how optimistic the fandom was at the time?

If you go back and look through the old bingo sheets, you can see a snapshot of what the prevailing theories/predictions were and what fans expected. (I have tags on both this blog and my art blog, #tts bingo, but I wasn't able to RB all of them- digging through '#tangled the series bingo' in the search will pull up more.)

People were eagerly looking forward to returning characters (the Brotherhood, ZT's disciples) in nearly every tentpole episode, rematches and fights, flashbacks, cameos, for Cass to redeem herself by the midpoint of season 3 so ZT could step up as the big bad- so many interactions and plot threads that never resolved to anything.

I think a lot of this is the product of a normal airing schedule with (mostly) weekly episodes and long hiatuses, but it also speaks to the show's potential and how frustrating the lack of follow through on the setup of seasons 1 and 2 was.

Special shoutouts to:

Fierce debate on if Cass or Adira would be the traitor in 'Destinies Collide'.

Adira and Hector working together to get the moonstone back after dedicating their lives to protecting the world from it. (nope)

Fans thinking that Quirin would appear and have a role in the episode where Varian gets kidnapped. (no)

Surely Cap will show up after 'Islands Apart', or share a heart to heart with Cass in the finale. (F)

Cass rejoining the main group and redeeming herself any episode now... annnyyyy episode now.....

#I'll probably make some more posts abt the anniversary! lots of feels #I rly do encourage you to go look at old bingo sheets #it's a walk down memory lane and a bit trippy in hindsight... we were so hopeful lmao #and not in a bad way either it's just interesting to look back #text post #my post #tangled the series

[natashasbitxh]

Okay so for people in diff timezones, it's around 4am on the 13th April for me, so the 11th was about two days ago

But I've been meaning to make a little post

Thursday marked the year anniversary of Smosh's tntl with Starkid. Now I know to some that means absolutely nothing, but to me it's a little special because this means I've now been a proper smosh fan and on smoshblr for around a year now☹️

I would say I REALLY became apart of smoshblr around November when I became shaynse anon and I don't want to sound cringey but I actually believe that I have changed quite a bit since then blogwise and even personalitywise even though its been a couple of months

I guess I just wanted to make a post to say from the bottom of my heart thank you, the mutuals and anons I've gained the past couple of months is a lot compared to me pre shaynse anon. I really found my footing on tumblr and gained a lot more confidence all thanks to this little community 🙂

I will never forget shaynse day, its still CRAZY to me that even one person thought of me, never mind multiple. I remember when that happened (people reaching out to me), I was giddy for days and I was ready to explode because I had nobody in real life to talk to it about😭 So thank you SO much

To anybody that has even liked or reblogged a post of mine, thank you. To anybody that has clicked on my blog and had a little look around, thank you. To anybody that has given me a follow or sent in an ask, THANK YOU. I know it seems small, but even a little interaction truly makes my day. I love this little corner of the internet☹️🫶

Theres a few mutual that I absolutely HAVE to thank, because you guys truly are such a big part of tumblr for me.

(Now, please understand that these are people specific to SMOSHBLR🙏)

@jovenshires, hi bestie🙂 you've genuinely done SO much for me since I sent that silly little ask to you, indirectly or not. I definitely don't think I'd have my little place on smoshblr without you, shaynse anon was A MOMENT. I still think about the Christmas gift you gave to me daily, it genuinely warms my heart sm that you'd think to create something for me☹️ AND YOU THOUGHT OF IT WHILE I WAS STILL ONLY A LITTLE ANON☹️ Thank you SO much for helping me be welcomed into this space🫶

@lilac-hecox, I don't think we've directly spoken a lot? But we interact with eachother quite a bit, and ur blog?? OBSESSED. Anyway recent memory on April 1st I just remember booping the HELL out of ur page and u booping just as much back😭🫶

@wallpaper-inside-my-heart, I genuinely think about the smoshblr december asks SO MUCH. That was such a sweet thing for you to do and I rlly think it brought the fandom sm closer, and it was so kind how you acknowledged like almost everybody's posts almost EVERYDAY. It was so fun talking to you abt our interests🫶

@ancientvamp, hello to my shaynse SOLDIER OMG🫶 We both fill up the shaynse tag SM and I LOVE IT😭 Ur like my no.1 shaynse blog probably, like sometimes I feel we are SO on the same wavelength. I just think ur rlly neat!! 🫶

@bomikalover, HELLO TO ANOTHER SHAYNSE SOLDIER!!! My shaynse bestie!! Your edits are SOOO iconic, and I'm so happy to have been able to let you know chanse saw ur edit, that was literally insane and I was so happy for u☹️ ur just so 🫶🫶🫶

now there are SO MANY PEOPLE I'd LOVE to tag, but I thought I'd narrow it down to just a few that I've properly interacted with. To any mutuals that see this, please don't take offense, not my intention AT ALL!!! In fact, HI HI HI!!! If you'd like, PLEASE reach out or interact with me!! I'd always love to communicate, whether that's in reblogs, comments etc!!

I do actually have a project I want to do as an almost celebration, but I kinda had to scrap and restart my whole idea because it wasn't going how I wanted😭 so bear with! And also I'll probably do something for the anniversary of shaynse day, cause why not🤷‍♀️

ANYWAY, long story short THANK YOU to all and to smoshblr for being such a welcoming and sweet area on the Internet when everywhere else is often not🫶

-love, shaynse anon

#Eww not me getting sappy #Can't help it #I'm genuinely so sentimental😭 #I just thought you guys deserved some thanks! #Never harmful to give a little thanks🫶 #shaynse anon #nat talks #shaynse #smoshblr #smosh

[hitomiheart]

i need to rant abt men in kpop ❤️

first of all i am not a fan of any boy groups and know very little about them in general. thankfully this isn't twitter so i don't think i'll get shit for making a post on my blog with my own opinion butttt just in case ! my intention is not insulting or speaking ill of any boy groups. if i ever did (lmao) it would be because of their music (sorry) and not them as people because, again, i do not know anything about them !

that said:

i'm fairly new to kpop. i got into it in 2021 so there's a lot of ~history~ that i wasn't part of - whether that is fandom dynamics or kpop events etc. so, to my understanding, girl groups weren't always as popular as they are now. and i can fucking tell. there are two main things that annoy me when it comes to people's reactions or behavior towards girl groups: 1. fans making everything about a male idols and 2. men in the industry itself making everything about male idols. i know number 2 is a nuanced situation but i just wanna talk about my personal pov, as what i stated above: new to kpop, gg stan.

1. fans making everything about a male idols: pretty self-explanatory. i consume kpop content mostly through youtube and twitter. it drives me insane the amount of people constantly bringing up boy groups when they are NOT the topic of conversation lmao i know bts are hugeeee as well as their fanbase and i know that is an issue between fandoms but godddd these ppl drive me insane lmfao. i'm mentioning bts bc i know how big they are so it would make sense for them to be brought up by fans more often but it is also the case with other groups that i won't mention bc i already got my point across. given the competitive nature of the entertainment industry this is bound to happen but i can't help but feel like girl groups are constantly being diminished for not being as great or cool as the big boy groups are. one example is a very recent one: it was the first year anniversary of lee chaeyeon's knock, posted by the ggs anniversary acc on twitter which had around 3k likes last time i checked but someone quoted the tweet with a video of chaeyeon dancing with a seventeen member. dino, i think it was. no problem with the video itself obviously, i always look forward to seeing chaeyeon interacting with other idols especially if they are good dancers. point is, this tweet had double the likes the original one lmaooo and people were making chaeyeon's important step in her career about a male idol. i know fans probably don't mean to do this, to intentionally steal the spotlight in this case from chaeyeon but as a fan it just annoys me deeply. i also know people can be multi stans. but still. it's just something that personally throws me off. there is nothing i can do about that except this rant lol. nothing against seventeen btw i think they are very talented and it's one of the groups that i respect and sympathize with!

2. men in the industry: this is a tricky one bc the point i want to get across is based on the hybe game caterers thing lol and as i mentioned before it hasn't been that long since i'm a kpop fan and stan just a few groups so this argument is merely based on a specific situation that bothered me. ok, so. obviously i was watching this youtube series (again) bc i love le sserafim and fromis_9 <3 and it is through these videos that i actually got to know from the bgs and i was like you know what,,,, these gentlemen aren't so bad ! lmao. if you know what videos i'm talking about, you'll remember that the three finalists of the random play dance competition were eunchae, seoyeon and soobin. towards the end of the competition there's a bit where some male idols were gushing over how cute soobin is, how good of a dancer he is, etc etc (which i agree with! adorbs). basically leaving all the compliments for him and barely talking about eunchae and seoyeon lol. and not only that! during the majority of the game all the comments were about yeonjun, because he also knew all the dances. like damn, even with women being 2/3 finalists the attention is still all over soobin? 😭 i do have to mention that i gained hugeee respect for seungkwan, who was hosting along na pd, because everytime this happened he would actively redirect the attention towards the girls, complimenting them. love him. he was funny, witty, respectful. 10/10. now, this is where the nuance comes: i'm aware interactions between men and women in the industry are a touchy subject. idols are careful not to cross any boundaries and whatnot to avoid dating rumours/scandals. but either way the situation over all seemed so unbalanced lol and i'm glad seungkwan came through. a true ally. on the other hand, this a sort of major scale situation, a big event where 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation artists come together, which could be an indicator of this being a common ocurrence. and we do live under a patriarchy after all.

so yeah i think that's all. it's a bit frustrating seeing your favorite women being constantly swept under the rug, even when they are the ones ruling kpop at the moment.

if anyone gets to read this, let me know what you think. have you thought of this before? do you think there's been a positive shift in men's behavior towards women in kpop? can you think of other examples? am i being crazy and need to go outside? i'm open to discussions 🤍

#hopefully i'm not forgetting anything #i know this is very chronically online of me but i am unemployed and emotionally dependent on my girlies #and a raging feminist #and a hater #so. #i mean i don't think anyone's gonna read this anyway 😭😭😭 #maybe that's a good thing ! #discourse #kpop thoughts #can you tell i have a degree in a humanity field #i hope the bg stans don't find me