#and it showed

[minu-moni]

When I entered into the Invader Zim fandom in 2015, I remember being absolutely cringe and annoying to ship ZaDr. People would complain when others would call out the romantic tension between the two and use the creator as some sort of weapon to defend their opinion. “Jhonen would be embarrassed by this” and “Good thing the creator isn’t seeing this” were things often said to discourage people from enjoying the ship, as if it was a crime to like a fictional pairing for a show that was already over. What would also happen is people would use the “they hate each other” card to try to force other people to stop enjoying their parings. That was one I had to see a lot.

At the same time, we had other shows and series with rivals who were canonically paired together romantically (Danny Phantom, Gravity Falls, Ben 10, Teen Titans, iCarly) not to mention all the movies that came out years before any of this shows who showed the same dynamic, essentially being: enemies to lovers.

So, what was it about these shows that made their pairings acceptable while ZaDr shippers were shamed for liking it? Everyone knows the answer by now. All the other pairings were straight pairings.

It was okay for you to ship enemies to lovers, as long as it was a female/male relationship. The second you make it a gay or lesbian relationship, “but they hate each other”, “the creator would be disgusted by this”, “people always make everything about ships” and so on and so forth.

This was something that plagued me and followed me for years, even after I left the Invader Zim fandom, and it annoys me to this day that there are people who feel like I should be ashamed for liking a pairing just because they’re a gay couple (not that they’ll ever say that’s the reason they’re shaming you). I remember being paranoid every time I opened a ZaDr fanfic on wattpad out of curiosity, and even backing up those hurtful comments in fear of being discovered and isolated for liking a fictional pairing.

I recently fell back into the iz fandom and, oh boy, am I glad to be able to enjoy my shit without dealing with those stupid comments. Although they’re still around, it’s nice to be able to write and read about ZaDr without seeing those same complaints every single time. Things changed a lot in recent years and I’m glad we don’t get those hateful comments as frequently anymore. It was really upsetting getting bashed for liking a pairing that had the same dynamic as thousands of other pairings like it was my fault for receiving hateful comments in the first place.

There’s still a voice in my mind that nags me sometimes, specially when I look at old iz content and make the mistake of reading the comments, but I’m glad to say it’s much better now. I finally feel like I can enjoy the ships I like without needing to be afraid of backlash.

#the 2015s was still a bad era for gay ships #and it showed #I always found funny how people hated ZaDr but shipped Dib and Tak when they didn’t even talk before she revealed she was irken #the hypocrisy #anyway glad things are better now #I feel way better after letting all this out #invader zim #vent #zadr #I’m a ZaDr shipper and I’m not ashamed of this #never will be #if you don’t like it fuck off

[au-where-spn-is-good]

have i told u guys abt how when i was in middle school my friends and i made what we called “supernatural headbandz” which was just a Giant stack of notecards with things from spn written on them (episode titles, character names, objects, locations, quotes, basically anything) and we would just go back and forth at lunch playing it.

one person draws a card and holds it to their forehead, everyone else tries to get them to guess what it says. we got so good at it that we had to impose a bunch of rules, like you couldn’t say who Said the quote, stuff like that.

it got to the point that we could get most of the answers within one or two words bc we had just memorized everything so we’d have to scour the show to think of new notecards to add in.

if anyone has ever doubted my supernatural cred this is my proof. this and the fact that i wrote a parody of la devotee by p!atd about supernatural

#(to the tune of la devotee) just another day for sam and dean! #i was autistic #i still am but i was then too #and it showed #supernatural #spn #sam winchester #castiel #dean winchester #destiel #john winchester

[catwouthats]

Dear DC,

Please allow Bart Allen to cross-dress again. he grew up in VR; he doesn’t understand social constructs. I miss it.

#or make him canonically gender queer or some shit #bro grew up in video games where he could choose his gender #and it showed #trans bart allen #bart allen #impulse comics #dc comics #dear dc

[tosahobi-if]

Omg you wanted to write an idol story?

i did! i think it was around 2022? i was just getting into coding and i made a three chapter cs demo i never released. it was a produce 101 type story where the mc was former idol trainee who got a second chance to debut via entering a survival competition! it had no actual romance and gigaaaantic plot holes so i eventually stopped working on it HAHAHA

#anon #maybe i'll revisit it one day! #but the more likely case #is that i write a tshb idol!au one shot #compared to tshb where i plotted the whole thing out #i was writing as i went #and it showed #JSFJSJS

[softpadawan]

Kanan: *spent the first 14 years of his life in the Jedi temple on Coruscant, training seriously for at least 7 years*

Kanan, after training Ezra for 3 years: Sometimes I wonder if I have anything left to teach you 🤔

#kanan jarrus #caleb dume #star wars rebels #correct quotes #this was an actual line #the writers really didn’t know what to do with him after season 2 #and it showed #they should have killed him off in the s2 finale like they planned #instead of pushing him into the background to rot #until they needed him to die for dramatic effect ofc #his character had already been ''dead'' for two seasons

[hollyhomburg]

Hii I'm a bit shy to ask this but your one of the greatest writers I know , I am writing my college application for the US rn and my personal essay is going shit ,any advice for my Confused little self :") I don't really have anyone to help me with my application .

I am not the person to ask advice about this, not because I didn’t write a good essay, actually- I told the administrators to fuck off in my essay. Literally. I think I said “how fucking dare you ask me to distill my experience as a human being into 700 fucking words all so that I can pay you for a subpar education at best. Fuck you.”

and yeah, I got in. Good luck though!

#technically my college was harder to get into and stay in than Harvard #and it showed #I graduated with a 2.6 💀 #do not go to college while recovering from a lifetime of trauma let me tell you #heal before you get into that kind of dept

[beardedmrbean]

#old but still funny #the discourse on this one was insane #almost nobody read the article #and it showed #since the daughter also thought it was funny as hell

[freetobeafcknriot]

so i read the 15x08 script and aside from the "in so many ways, i'm alone. except for you," which had me screeching a little what i gathered is that we really need to thank jabel for deciding that y'know what they're in love :^)

but also! also:

so this proves that adam knows how to make an apparition for himself too! but also, he's looking at michael expectantly and michael glanced across the room to him. wtf look i like the final scene but why did they cut this??

#midam #15x08 #jake abel thank you thank you THANK YOU for your services #truly #and he's the og adam/michael/midam stan #and it showed #no really the script in on itself is 🤷‍♀️😒 nothing to be impressed by and there are bits that i'm glad they cut out #but jabel? OOOOHH he went the extra mile adding his emotions and acting choices. thank you for this sir #shut up fran.

[shikakunaras]

my dad told me that when he and my mom left my brother and i home alone for the first time, they expected us to trash the place. like that was all they could think abt the whole time. i had to tell him it was really like that king of the hill episode where bobby and luanne think they fucked the coffee table up by not using a coaster.

#we were not the kids they were #and it showed #we only partied after 21 and even then we dipped before shit hit the fan #they still didnt trust us #one time they left and we just stayed in our rooms #we didnt realize they left until they came home with food

[ofhouseadama]

#girldad elim garak is just something that i feel deep in my soul

#but like mostly bc my dad had three daughters and Did Not have a good time #and it showed #so like... gonna just rewrite that story

[seven-dragons]

Did anyone else see the woman on Jeopardy get way too excited about Fitzwilliam Darcy?

#she was waiting her whole life for that moment #and it showed #fitzwilliam darcy #pride and prejudice #mr darcy

[cemeterything]

been thinking about fantasy/scifi rule systems and free will

#🐉 #human rules is you can go nuts show nuts but so can everyone else

[karlrincon]

Happy New Year 2024 from Korea.

Year of the 🐲🐉!

#Seoul #korea #happy 2024 #new year #drone show #drone #fireworks #amazing #video #viral #3d #technology #🎇 #nature #space #Star #night #earth #awesome #tumblr #hd #dragon #dragon year #chinese #tradition #art #love #moon #animal

[notbecauseofvictories]

A customer contacted our team with questions, and then finished their email with: "I am daunted by the complexities and unknowns." I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since.

#no wonder the company has to secretly manipulate you #(which is my career tag; it is a quote from a tv show fyi) #(there was some confusion about that! it's from better off ted. just. so you know.)

[greelin]

can you come collect your freak of a man please. He’s doing things

#everyone on here showing me Images

[ilona-mushroom]

Not socialist in a “I won’t have to work” type of way but socialist in a “I’ll still be working but I won’t be worried I won’t make the rent” type of way. In a “billions won’t be hoarded by one person” type of way. In a “janitors, fast-food workers, child care workers, preschool teachers, hotel clerks, personal care and home health aides, and grocery store cashiers, will live comfortably” type of way. In a “the sick and elderly will be cared for” type of way. In a “no child should work” type of way.

#socialist #socialism #communism #anti capitalism #the belief that we won’t work under capitalism genuinely makes me so mad #like #you realize the goal of social reform is to abolish imperialism right? #there won’t be good just showing up out of nowhere without slavery and/or imperialism