#I've seen stuff like this in other fandoms too

[tommykinard6]

I don't mean to pile onto your bad day but I've been seeing a lot of creators on tiktok complain/compare the bucktommy and henren tags/fic count on ao3 because there's almost more bucktommy fics then there are henren fics. The number one claim is always that bucktommy writers are racist because we don't write for henren. But like, that's not correct at all? People can write fanfiction for whatever they want to. If they want to see more henren stuff then they can write it on their own.

We can coexist without fighting each other. I'm just tired of people screaming about how bucktommy is anti this or anti that, when we're just vibing by ourselves and don't want the drama but the drama finds us anyway because Sucky People are loud and get heard the most.

You’re good, anon. It actually gave me something to think about during work.

As a quick disclaimer, before we begin, I’m not a POC. I am not speaking for anyone in the Black community and am not attempting to speak over them. My following thoughts are as a queer woman-ish who is also a writer.

I think it must be noted that Hen and Karen have been overlooked since day one. The fact that Buck coming out made it the “gay firefighter show” when we’ve had a beautiful canonical lesbian couple since the very beginning? Is only proof. Is this proof of racism in the fandom? Maybe. Quite possibly. I would argue that it comes from a misogynistic point as well.

If you look in any fandom, regardless of the color of their skin, any wlw ship is horribly overlooked. I’ve done some tag searching on ao3. Straight and mlm ships battle for dominance while there are canonical and fanonical wlw ships that have a drastic difference in numbers. This isn’t a good thing. But it’s an experience that spans fandoms.

I find it sad that BuckTommy has almost more fics, with only two episodes under their belt, than Henren with 7 seasons. However, this isn’t a reason to hate on BuckTommy. The ship didn’t do anything wrong. Comparison is the thief of joy and it’s also rage bait. I think that some creators simply are using anything they can to hate on BuckTommy. Which that makes it sadder, that they aren’t concerned about Henren other than pushing their own agenda.

This isn’t to say all creators who are speaking about this are doing this, but I guarantee some are.

Now, let me speak as a writer.

As someone with 62 published fics on ao3, I write almost exclusively mlm ships. This isn’t because I hate women. And as a queer woman-ish, don’t even start about homophobia. But for some reason, I find it so much easier to write men than I do to write women. This is true for straight and wlw ships and also just in general. I love Henren, but I don’t have the faintest idea about how to write them.

It’s hard enough to write as it is and I’m already writing on ships that are easy for me. I try to write women and it just hasn’t come out right. I want to challenge myself, branch out, and maybe I’ll write for Henren to do that. But I say all this to point out that for some people like me, writing some ships and demographics of ships are just a little more difficult.

That leads me into something else.

I, as a white person, worry about accidentally writing non-white characters wrong. And this was reinforced not too long ago when we had that whole thing on ao3 with deliberate racism in 9-1-1 fics. If anyone has resources or advice for writing non-white characters, I would love to hear that! The last thing I want to do is cause any harm.

I feel like I’ve spoken a lot about me, but that’s because I can’t really speak for anyone else. I can only speak from my experience.

We already have a ship war between BuckTommy and Buddie. We don’t need to pit more people against each other. I think we can love BuckTommy while agreeing that Henren needs to be seen and appreciated and treated equally.

End note to say: I tried to speak as delicately and as sensitively as I could, but if anything came out wrong, please feel free to point it out (kindly). Again, I speak for no one but my very little section of the world. I’m interested to hear what people of other backgrounds have to add!

#911 abc #911 show #9-1-1 #tommy kinard #bucktommy #evan buckley #lou ferrigno jr #911 season 7 #tk6 answers #oliver stark #henren #henrietta wilson #hen wilson #karen wilson

[vynnyal]

Unga bunga these take 3 hrs to make

#Artfight #Art #Hollers into the sky I'M MAKING AAART #Glad I still got it #Also was on vacay for the first two weeks of AF so thats. Great #Is it update time? Sure here's a quick life update #So I work at this tiny mom and pop shop right. Because they were so small they liked to take advantage of their workers #Aka me and literally 2 other people ever. I've been here for a year lmao #I always knew they were suspicious but it really came to a head when they accused me of stealing money #Btw they issued me a 1099 (the wrong tax form) so they already stole from me #I talked to the bank and had the delightful experience of slapping their account across the face with my guilt free hands #Metaphorically unfortunately #I'm gonna quit this week. I'm tired of these people. The drama was fun tho #Let's see. Ah! I just passed 1 1/2 years of Sky the other day! #More than the game itself I've become engrossed in the modding community hahaha #It's the weirdest little cranny of a fandom I've seen for such a large project #It's basically ONLY passed via word of mouth. And there's all sorts of fun drama happening within the discord(s) too #Idk this is just so funny to watch. Might get banned sooner or later but oh well. I've spent hundreds #It's their loss 🤪 and mine. Mostly mine. But also their loss 🤪 #.... You know. My blog is small enough that I could post some funny stuff that I don't dare post anywhere else #Hehehuhuhu I just might. I have a lot of videos #OH SPEAKING OF VIDEOS I'm thinking of cleaning up all my old vids and publishing em to youtube #Apparently I just never did that #May as well dust off the ol' tube of yube and my handful of subs #I'll just post the unfinished ones unlisted as well. Why not! #Till next time. Hopefully soon

[nateriverswife]

google how do you delete your tumblr account without actually deleting your tumblr account

#I just want to hide it from everyone #even my moots #but I don't want to lose my account #because I wrote some stuff that I want to mantain #and maybe I'll change my mind and get back to this fandom #because as of right now #I've seen so many takes that are so popular that I just cannot wrap my head around them #like do y'all actually believe that... did we see the same show? #some people should really stop try to compensate ohba's poor writing with the most absurd takes ever and pretend they are canon #I feel like I can't even talk about some things because the fandom sees them in black and white #you know there are other shades....... #I'm really getting back to my teenager self #she too felt drained by the fandom #this is not targeted to anyone specifically #it's just a general feeling #because I left my circle made of some moots that understand me #I'm sorry for whoever sent me asks (E.H. specifically) - don't know when I'll enthusiastically come back #also I seem whining about different opinions but it's not just that #there are other stuff about this fandom that I noticed that I just cannot stand lmao #won't get into it

[babacontainsmultitudes]

[just venting a bit into the void you understand you understand 😌] Lately I've been feeling very caught between "I have a lot of thoughts on Sparrow and Normal and all that with the ending and teen talk and feel like I need to get them out and voice them for my own piece of mind and resolution" and "I am lacking the strength and energy to actually sit down and write it all out and kind of really just want to fully move on to other things (AUs, fics, anything else)" but my brain can't seem to commit to either and that's quite frustrating cause it's just left me very restless. *Sigh*. Idk! Just needed to complain about that a bit ig, it's silly but this is what has been ailing me as of late.

#Then there's also a part of me that's like “does anyone even care at this point? haven't I already talked about them too much?” #but I have seen many a take that irk me... #and perhaps at the center of it all nagging at me is that persistent conflation of love and pride #Less about that in Normal's mind so much as in Will's and the fandom's 🤔 #Also that reoccurring issue of the fandom going ''Normal thinks this therefore it is The Truth'' though I believe I've discussed this befor #And... Hooks Will could have grabbed onto but didn't... Quite a few of those... #And the double standard/negativity bias in fandom of ignoring that Sparrow says both that he loves and likes Normal while doodlerized #But not treating those with the same legitimacy we do the pride thing. And ignoring Sparrow's demonstrations of love and change... #And what the love wolf scene actually implies about Sparrow (as I see it) with his own explanation of the pride thing in mind #But also!!! Also on Norm's epilogue and how despite everything taken at face value (i.e. no teen talk influence) I don't actually hate it #and I think it's plenty salvageable #And gah also that like *regardless* of how things turn out with Normal and his dad- #Well I haven't listened to much of the teen talk just the directly Sparrow-relevant clips #so I don't know quite how cynical Will is or isn't about Normal's future #But like. UGH. What I'm trying to say is even if things didn't find resolution vis-a-vis his dad #(which tbh I could go either way on- it's the meta misinterpretations of Sparrow that Bother me not so much Normal's) #(Well that's complicated. Again it comes back to the love vs. pride thing gosh this is so vague of me lol) #With all the positive influences in his life (and just the fact that life is long? and therapy is a thing?) I just don't see Normal- #being Miserable for the rest of his life. Like. I mean I won't elaborate here really but damn it no he can absolutely turn out alright stil #blugh #BUT YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF AND THAT'S ONLY VAGUE RAMBLINGS ABOUT *SOME* OF IT #Like I'm proud of a lot of my essay posts (which I'm hoping to eventually compile in a masterpost eventually actually) but they take a whil #And if my heart wants to do other things... Ah idk... #ANYWAYS a vent to vent a vent to vent

[quipxotic]

Ship characters or don't, either is fine, but don't fool yourself by thinking intense, lasting love and loyalty is only possible in romantic or sexual relationships. Friendships can be like that. Family ties (chosen or by blood) can be like that. If you haven't personally experienced either, that sucks, but it doesn't mean it isn't possible.

#ahsoka series #critical role #This is true for all fandoms but I'm tagging those two because I've seen similar sentiments in the tags for both recently #Sometimes I am too asexual for this straight and gay bullshit of putting romantic/sexual relationships above all others #Why would anyone deny the characters they love the chance to be loved and cared for by a community of people and relationships #Why would you limit your narrative options to just one story told the same way over and over again #Oh just me ranting in the tags again #quipxotic stuff #It's like painting everything the color red - I LOVE red in fact it's one of my favorite colors #But I don't want everything to be red all the time - that's boring and limiting #And to constantly see people insisting red is the only color that exists feels bizarre #Because I can see it isn't true - it's obvious with just a little bit of knowledge of life and relationships and stories #Like 'You're aware there are other colors right? No? Just red again? Okay sure I guess...'

[feroluce]

I've been put into a poor mood by work and need to yell so anyway Irida just casually seating herself in Ingo's lap and nearly killing him ☆

It's not even like something she does for no reason, literally the first time was only because the two of them were waiting somewhere with nowhere to sit down. Irida finally gets tired of standing around, Ingo can tell because she's trying to shift her weight foot-to-foot to keep from getting sore. So Ingo sits properly on the ground, saying he'll make a spot for Irida too, because he's also tired and his back is fucking killing him.

And what Ingo means is that he'll sit down and fold his coat next to him, so Irida doesn't have to sit on the cold wet ground and get mud and frost all over her bare legs and caked in her shoes. He's a polite gentleman.

What Irida thinks he means is that he'll literally just let her sit on his knees so she doesn't have to sit in the grass and hey, if he's offering and it means she doesn't have to wash stains out of her white shorts later-

Poor Ingo is just trying to get his coat off and suddenly he has Irida sitting on his lap without a care in the world. It's not even like in a sexy way, she's facing away from him and is sitting closer to his knees than his hips, Ingo is just a shy maiden about it. XD

Irida, nonchalant and not even paying attention: You're very kind, thank you Warden Ingo.

Ingo, trying to pull his cap over his pink face without accidentally smacking her with his elbow: N-No problem, my lady...

(Emmet either hears about this or sees Irida do it again after he eventually Falls to Hisui, too, and makes a point of making very direct eye contact with Irida while throwing himself into Ingo's lap. Ingo is mortified. Irida has no idea what he's doing and thinks they're both Fucking Weird BSLKSLSKSMSKD)

#blankshipping #nobokai #ingirida #pla ingo #pla irida #I love them so much they're so fun #i deeply enjoy Ingo being slightly more on the pathetic side when I have him around Irida skjzksks #Emmet being a little jealous of Irida in the beginning even when there's nothing to be jealous of is so fucking funny too #like they become really close but at first they butt heads occasionally #that's *Emmet's* lap to sit in! he called dibs like 20 years ago!! nskzjsjzk #i hope? it's ok to tag this as ship?? #if for no other reason than I've never seen any ingo × irida in western fandom and i feel like people must be starving out here #plus it helps me keep track of my own stuff as well #I've considered more traditional ship names for them too #someone suggested frownshipping which is *adorable* with Ingo and Irida both having resting bitch face #I like blackpearlshipping too #but tbh I find traditional western pokemon fandom names annoying because they're INCREDIBLY vague #so #nobokai and ingirida #submas #ingo #warden ingo #irida #emmet #hisuian emmet #nobokuda #Edit: I found ONE other nobokai on this godforsaken site and it's already been queued ☆ #I'm disappointed there's only one- but at least it's a really good one ♡

[theofreakingbell]

I think the issue I have with a lot of taylor swift's fans is the same issue I have with a lot of MCU fans, which is that they act like they are incapable of liking something unless they consider it Objectively Superior to other things. it's not just 'oh this is my favorite album' it's THIS ALBUM IS THE BEST ALBUM IN THE LAST YEAR/DECADE/WHATEVER BEST SONGWRITER OF HER GENERATION and if anyone has a different opinion they pounce on them as if someone not sharing their opinion is bullying them. it's wierd and creepy and imo not healthy to be so on edge about someone or something's supposed greatness and perfection that you attack anyone that says or thinks otherwise even when they do it in their own space or are just responding to a question you asked. (i.e. 'do you like the MCU?' and they say no)

a lot of you need to fucking chill and find out why you find other people having different tastes in music or other media so personally threatening because it is normal for it to be varied and it's not normal to expect everyone to like exactly what you like or think it is Superior to other things

#THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON HER BTW it's a. criticism of some fan behavior #I don't even hate her? I like some of her music lol I just don't like her as much as other people #and I've seen some stuff in that fandom that makes me uncomfy and it's. it's a wierd way to treat anyonr #y'all are going to put her on a pedistal so high the air is going to be too thin in the atmosphere at that height and she will die /j #anyways yeah that's my thoughts #blurb

[justalittlebluetiefling]

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#i think the stranger things fandom is the worst i've seen in regards to keeping shit out of tags that doesn't belong there #like #i will just rely on my dash to give me the content i want #because they're too busy arguing about ships #i mean this is worse than the 100 fandom was with that shit #i get being invested in your ship and also being squicked by a ship #but this is like a whole new level of being shitty to each other #if i was even considering participating in st fandom stuff #well i'm not because this is enough to turn me off to it

[wereh0gz]

Mmmm not liking the bluey slander I've been seeing

#ramblings #look i get it's a show for little kids but like. come on #adults being into kids shows is not a new thing #plus from what i've seen of the show there's actually like. substance #there's stuff i can see adults enjoying #and it doesn't treat kids like they're stupid #also the artstyle is quite nice #it's not really something i'd be really into but i can respect it #and i respect fans of the show because. it's genuinely good #what i don't respect is people making fun of it and the fans when they haven't even watched it #like shut up it's so annoying #i've seen it from sonic fans too like do you realize how hypocritical that is #as a fandom we get made fun of for being 'cringe' all the time #we shouldn't turn around and do the same to others #fuck man. i'm actually kinda mad about this #like just leave people alone lmao it's not that hard

[welcometogrouchland]

I'm on hiatus from thinking for the next while. Discursive and analytical fandom practices I love you so so much you are in everything I do, including the silliest of headcanons and comics but FUCK I am not equipped to think about. Anything right now

#ramblings of a lunatic #tbh my art muscles are exhausted too so i think I'm just gonna. be a bottom feeder for a little while. #like a deep sea creature letting plankton drift into it's mouth on the ocean floor yknow #hard to do when half your dash is about stuff u are not a part of and the other half is abt the fandom that's in hiatus #and approaching it's finale (and the end of a show should NOT be the end of a fandom it should NOT but. i know how these things play out) #and i can't just rewatch the episodes bc I've literally seen them too many times now #and watching them is like. oh hey episode! blink. it's over #bc everything is MEMORIZED AT THIS POINT #the obvious answer would be to go watch something else rn but i keep TRYING AND IT'S NOT WORKING. I ONLY WANT THE SPRINTEREST RN #but i also don't if that makes sense. i want the spinterest to be new but also comforting and different but also the same #aka i want a new episode to release bc i dislike the quiet fandom during hiatus BUT i don't want it to air bc then the show is over #so I'm just kinda. sitting here. frustrated #sitting on all my art and text posts bc I'm in a funk rn and none of them feel Right™ #bc (CIRCLING BACK AROUND TO THE ACTUAL BODY OF THIS POST) they're all my usual hc/analytical fair #but i like to always have a good sense of character when i make those but those require REWATCHES FOR ME and i CAN'T REWATCH #BC OF ALL THE ABOVE THINGS I MENTIONED #oh man. i feel a bit better writing it down though. getting it out there somewhere in a semi-articulate way #I'm not done with my current hyperfixation- far from it depending on how the show ends- I'm just pre-bummed about the finale #and how it's gonna impact the fan environment that normally supplements my own fan activities like rewatches fanart etc #ohhhh my god that felt good to explain #it's to no one in particular but it felt good. this talking about your feelings shit actually works man #anyway please pray for me that i go to sleep some time tonight bc i slept for 5 hours in the middle of the day #after staying up the previous night #and i do not wanna throw my sleep schedule too far outta wack #(i think..i need to watch more movies? less commitment than series but distract me for a good bit. send reqs ig!)

[glimmeringtwilight]

Hi I was wondering is there any character's you don't write for in your fandoms? ( also glad to see your back , hope your doing ok !💜)

Good question!

So, nothing comes to mind for the general broad list of fandoms except for MHA (I won't write for Eri nor Mineta... I think most people can understand why).

I'm honestly kinda impassive on most of the characters that aren't teachers/pro heros/villains anyway, but I can't think of any others I wouldn't write atm. I'm also incredibly behind on the plot and learn most of it through word of mouth, and given that most of the blogs I follow now are Genshin oriented... I don't get much of that anymore either lol.

And as for Genshin, I won't write for any of the children (Diona, Klee, Qiqi, etc). They might appear in fics as like... background characters but they'll never be the focus and there won't be anything more than platonic/familial relationships for them.

There's a few characters like Xiangling, Xingqiu, Chongyun, Bennett, Razor, Fischl, Barbara, and Collei that I won't write for either. Personally, I don't have a problem with aging up these characters, and the ages of almost all the characters are purposefully vague in Genshin so I don't see any point in condemning people if they write for these characters. I just won't write for them because I just can't see them in any non-platonic light.

This doesn't mean I dislike any of the characters listed btw! Fischl is actually one of my favorite characters and my main on my EU account. I just wouldn't feel comfortable writing for her as anything more than like... a background character.

And tyvm! I'm glad to be back <3 I was honestly surprised I still had so many followers after like two years of nothingness JHFHJFHJG Hopefully the ones that stuck around like genshin, but I never hold it against anyone if they don't like my current content and move on. Better they go in peace than not ^^

#I'm only really including MHA and genshin bc I'm likely to drift back to MHA eventually #there's characters for overwatch and undertale that i also won't write for BUT i'm not sure if i'll ever write for those fandoms (again) #so it seems kinda like a moot point to make this post longer than it is including those #if I change my mind and decide i'll write for those fandoms i'll maybe make a list of characters i won't write for in my rules #currently the ''full'' list of fandoms is included there so people know they can talk to me about certain fandoms and I won't be like #''what is that.'' #my only active fandom is genshin atm. BUT that doesn't mean I'll never return to multifandom writing #it'll just... be a while. trying to write what /I/ want to write so I don't go on another hiatus #i think the format i've seen other writers doing is also helping a lot too #where people can send in suggestions/ask for stuff but they don't force themselves to write for it #since coming back like 70% of what i've written I think has just been stuff i started on my own #it also helps i finally have like a discord with other writers where i can brainstorm freely about dark content stuff #ngl without that i would have likely lost steam by now i think qwq. so it's really nice #a lot of them are also super sweet people #anyway #gt rambles #asks #not writing #i'll stop chattering in the tags LMAO #also. i'm not saying all of those characters are minors bc i don't honestly. know their actual ages #again. genshin is purposefully vague about a lot of character's ages and i've seen conflicting information on many of them #some say xingqiu is 18. some say 16 #i don't really know honestly and i'm just not very interested in writing for him regardless.

[tkbrokkoli]

:3

#not fandom related #personal log stardate #trans stuff #1 month on T now! 😁 i def got the most surprising changes #my voice changed a teeny tiny bit. after just waking up and when im putting in effort it's in the androgynous range now. #it doesnt pass as male at all tho. period is reduced to light spotting. i got some bottom growth but i did not feel that at all #so no sensitivity or anything. i just discovered one day that ive had bottom growth #none of the 3 h's (horny hungry hot) for me. in fact i was worried at first my dose was either too low or high or im not absorbing the gel #well bc i didn't notice anything at all. but nope. changes are happening! #now to the bad stuff. had a thrombosis scare last week. i already have a raised risk and T raises it even more and then i had weird pain in #my calf last week. it went away again tho so maybe it was from working out or smth idk. i probably should've seen a doctor just to make #sure my blood levels are ok and i don't have polycythemia. maybe ill do that this week #also. atrophy 😬 #i did not know you could get this like. instantly. i thought this was smth that happened after years on T #anyway. my junk is irritated. i don't do anything w it and the mucus outside is irritated just like that #it is basically almost always uncomfortable. sometimes worse sometimes barely noticeable. idk if it's just a pH change from starting T or i #it'll settle into smth long term. ive now bought a moisturizing cream for down there. haven't tried it out yet but what I've tried is #just putting some lube there over night and it did reduce the symptoms. let's see how that will develop in the next few weeks #i know there's estrogen cream but you need a prescription for that i think. ill try that if the other stuff fails #so anyway my changes are kinda unlike of what ive read usually happens in the first month except for bottom growth #im not complaining (except abt the atrophy) #also shout out to my doctor for putting in my chart that i want to be referred to as a man and also actually referring to me as a #man. only one nurse is actually paying attention to that though and she's also the one who handled my paperwork once where it said im trans #she just uses my last name w/o anything else which is fine for me. i don't pass yet so it would be awkward if i was sir'd in front of other #patients. also i know one of the other nurses from my private life (she's an acquaintance of a former colleague of mine) so she only knows #me pre-transitioning and it again would be kinda awkward idk. i think ill have a talk w the nurses abt what i want to be referred to when i #a little further along in my medical transition. for now its fine being misgendered in front of other patients bc i dont pass anyway #but it's nice being respected in private ie when im alone w my doctor or a nurse #oh btw i had my first exam this week ugh. i was not as well prepared as i should've been but i don't worry abt it too much #bc this is only the first exam and there are many more to come so now i can learn from my mistakes and prepare better/more efficiently

[the-sky-is-my-home]

making use of all the xreader content in the tags by replacing y/n with the name of whatever character I ship the tagged character with rather than my own name

Adapt. Improvise. Overcome.

#seriously I've seen posts multiple times complaining about too much xreader content in the tags #like wth guys #more fandom content is never a problem #who cares if the xreader people are thriving #they're having fun #post more of your own stuff if you feel there's too much you don't like #post your fic here! #make shitty doodles if you can't draw! #post meta or hcs or random ramblings about your blorbos! #you can reduce the prominence of xreader content without actually removing any content that other people enjoy #shitting on one type of content doesn't make you a better person than the people creating it it just makes you an annoying prick

[unforth]

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

#unforth rambles #this wasn't really prompted by anything #I'm just sick and tired and distractable #or i should say it wasn't prompted by anything recent or that happened now #like no one has disrespected me #but as i hit the point that it's regularly taking me an hour plus every single day to queue things for the danmei art blogs #i just think of all the times people go WAIT YOU RUN ALL OF THOSE??? BY YOURSELF??? #like i just don't think a lot of people realize how much work it is to really do background fandom labor long term #and i appreciate places like rec blogs and networks and events and just everyone #y'all are awesome #thank you so much

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

“Doesn’t your fandom have a kill count?” feels like the fandom version of any (usually British) non-American citizen making a joke about our school shootings. Like the fuck???? Why are you using a real life tragedy as a “gotcha”???????

#so have other fandoms they have kill counts too but you don't see anyone else whipping that out #cause it's a freaking tragedy (I won't list the fandoms cause it really is just.......not related to the mediums) #plus it's gross #tw death #tw school shootings #trigger warning #silly salt #rant #i don't care who started the discourse or what (I know someone is changing their wiki to start drama) #but why would you resort to that????? #why do you think that's funny???? #this is a fandom I'm rocky with (not the fandom so much as the game) but it's still like wtf???? #i'm sorry I've seen this comment one too many times (and again it's just in passing I'm not going out of my way to see stuff from this fando #the american thing is too common too it's very tiring #you make fun of a british accent and that's what they go for like????? we have so many accents you can make fun of too wft TT0TT

[ladycrimsonandblack]

I love how, despite Luffy consistently being the most popular character, we as a fandom go through great pains to avoid writing from his POV. If you check any other fandom on ao3, you'll find that most fics were written from the favorite character POV, or at least include it. But not One Piece. We've collectively decided that the mindset of this dumbass who literally blurts out his every thought is a bit too hard to get into. His inner voice is the same as his outer voice, but making him the narrator is the stuff of nightmares. Luffy goes through 1000 chapters with his every thought and motive out in the open, and you would think that would make it easier but no. He's one of the most straightforward characters I've ever seen, and trying to think from his perspective is like looking at everything a bit sideways. Man just doesn't make sense, and it doesn't even matter that, canonically, his head is empty. It just makes the situation even funnier.

#one piece #brought to you by the fact that i'm currently working on my time travel fic #and writing from luffy's pov is kicking my ass