#fanon aside

[gavin-reed-is-gay]

The longer that I'm in this fandom the more I realise that this hate against Gavin is bullshit.

#detroit: become human #dbh #gavin reed #fanon aside #most of his actions can be rationalized #and delved deeper into #instead of “gavin said a mean word to my fave so he's evil” #like yeah he's not nice all the time and cheerful and wants to make everyone happy #but that doesn't mean he deserves to be shot dead #honestly fuck Gavin hate #mine #mine: texts #mine: dbh

[yardsards]

the dungeon meshi fandom is so real for seeing falin's canonical body type (medium but with soft features) and saying "actually. she should be fat"

#eliot posts #dunme #dungeon meshi #falin touden #sorry to her canon design but i like fanon more in this case lmao #like one thing that i wish for from this comic is like. a few more positive examples of fat people #other than like dwarves and whatnot who are just naturally broad as a species #sidenote there are lore reasons that make fat falin make sense too aside from it just being cool as hell

[kobitoshiningneedle]

AA localization is something that in most cases enriches characterization, but sometimes the context on the original Japanese script gives something really intriguing as well

We all know Manfred von Karma is a perfectionist, and in almost every his line we are reminded of it. He even set his ATM card number to 0001. So an ummovable object in terms of superiority complex

I like the Japanese version of this moment as well if not more, though. There, Manfred's card number is 4649 which by the rules of Japanese wordplay means yoroshiku or "nice to meet you". He also points that this is not an actual date (thanks). It makes him look like a lot more whimsical guy who just isn't 100% of time serious, which I'd personally take over the "hee hee I'm number 1" thing (because let's be real, it's not that funny and falls a bit flat)

It's a really minor detail, but where else people are gonna pick up some bits about Manfred's personality aside from being a perfectionist asshole? Even for a cartoonish villain MVK is often positioned as it's really interesting to peek into other sides of his personality

#i also remember seeing a japanese lawyer playing aa and gushing that mvk probably wanted to finish the trial in 3 minutes #because he wanted to play with his grandchildren #which adda oddly wholesome tones #all in all its interesting to step aside from usual fanon interpretations once in a while dontcha think #ace attorney #manfred von karma #meta

[cupid-tune]

THEY ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION.

TRICKSTERS ARE SO FUN TO DRAW HELLO??

#homestuck #homestuck fanart #karkat vantas #kankri vantas #trickster karkat #trickster kankri #trickster mode #I don't own these designs aside from a few minor changes #There are so many cool fanon designs I could never compete #Also please don't tag this as ship art!

[project-sekai-facts]

emurui arc ender (shocked face)

do you have everything about all of their parents? i for some reason can’t find anything about ichika’s mom, rui’s dad or emu’s mother (i may be blind, pretty sure emu’s mother was mentioned and ichika’s mom was aswell. i know she was mentioned in ichika’s introduction but i haven’t seen her in story yet)

The parents who don’t have physical appearances are generally less important and rarely show up or are mentioned (with a few exceptions) but we do learn some things about them from card stories and such. Here’s some stuff I can remember about the faceless/nameless parents

Ichika’s parents met because they liked the same song. It’s where her name comes from.

also her dad reads manga

We don’t know much about her mother. she's nice though.

Saki and Tsukasa’s mother is a piano teacher. Considering that she’s friends with Harumichi, she probably used to play professionally

We don’t know much about their father, but he has a tendency to spoil Saki (mentioned in Tenma Hinamatsuri)

Honami’s mother is a beautician (mentioned in an area conversation iirc) and her father is a hairstylist (mentioned in Petit SEKAI Episode 6)

Shiho and Shizuku’s mother is a koto instructor and their father used to be a guitarist in a band

We don’t know much about Minori’s parents but they show up in STEP by STEP!. They initially had concerns about her switching courses and being a full-time idol, but after seeing that Minori was prepared and determined to be an idol they let her go ahead

We don't know a huge amount about Haruka and Airi's parents either. Similar to Minori, we know they are nice parents and supportive of their idol careers and that's about it.

Haruka's mother is a nail artist. She was worried about Haruka when she was younger because she rarely smiled.

Kohane's dad is a photographer. He's also the one who bought Count Pearl.

According to Kohane, he has a penchant for coming up with weird names

An mentions in MEIKO's 1* card story that her mother, Yuka, is not a good cook.

I think it's stated somewhere that Yuka is a teacher but don't quote me on that

Akito and Ena's mother makes them eat their carrots because she thinks they should at least try to eat the things they don't like.

She's pretty laid-back and thinks her kids should be able to do whatever they want to do. She's meant to be the polar opposite of Mrs Asahina.

In Ena's fes card it's revealed that she kept some of the old art that Ena threw away in case she ever regretted it

Toya's mother used to bake him cookies a lot and that's why he likes them

She was also very overprotective of him when he was younger and basically wouldn't let him do any recreational games or activities in case he injured himself and couldn't play piano.

She taught Toya to play the violin. I'm assuming that she used to play professionally and that's how she met Harumichi.

We don't really know anything about Emu's mother iirc. She's mentioned occasionally but I don't remember her ever appearing off the top of my head. In Smile of Dreamer it's mentioned that she's abroad doing volunteer work in Cambodia.

Nene and Rui's mothers are good friends due to being neighbours. Nene even used to call Rui's mother "auntie" when they were younger. Her mother recorded a lot of her performances from when she was little.

Beyond that we don't really know anything. I don't remember Nene's dad ever appearing but he is mentioned.

Rui's mother is a biologist, as mentioned in Revival my dream. I have a theory that she mainly works in entomology (study of bugs), or maybe more specifically lepidopterology (study of moths and butterflies), because Rui talks a lot about a moth at one point and has books on butterflies in that event. He talks about some other bugs as well.

His dad is a robotics engineer, also mentioned in Revival my dream. He doesn't actually appear though.

Rui's mother had a very similar background to Rui. She was often called weird and eccentric because of her interest in biology and didn't have any friends until meeting Rui's father, who was really into robotics.

We don't know a huge amount about Mafuyu's father. He does push her to achieve as much as her mother does, but he seems to have limits.

We don't know a lot about Mizuki's parents either, but they are very supportive of them and were worried when they started skipping school

#parents who are very plot relevant in like one event are the ones we know most about. even if they don't have Live2D #* looks at Ms Kamishiro / Ms Shinonome * #asks #project sekai #i'm fairly certain that everyone has two parents aside from Kanade and all of the couples are married #(i say that because it used to be pretty widely accepted fanon that the shinonomes were divorced because ms shinonome was never mentioned. #i don't think it's really a HC anymore due to a new wave of fans coming in since she was introduced #but so many fics/fanart used that HC back in late 2021/early 2022 when i was new to the game so i still feel obligated to point that out. #if you've read any of the old stuff in prsk's ao3 tag and it mentions that the shinonome parents are divorced then there's your explanation

[boxesblr]

I'm not saying you're wrong if you "he would not fucking say that" @ etho fic dialogue because I've definitely read some Choice lines

I'm just saying that maybe he would fucking say that. I never know what this guy's gonna say and I've been watching for years. Yesterday I saw a clip of him saying "the fiery redheads are going at it!" and it wasn't in my top 5 most unexpected etho lines from this month

#fanon interpretation aside if you claim to know what this guys gonna say next youre Lying #except its probably gonna be a seinfeld bit #he was talking about gem and cleo for ref #ethoslab #etho

[scintillyyy]

i was thinking about various fanon & deaged stuff and y'know i think a lot of (at least my personal) dislikes and pet peeves when it comes to portraying kids in fiction and fanworks it boils down to two simultaneously true statements:

x age is not near as old as one would think it is

at the same time, x age is definitely not as young as one would think

#something something pervasive internet sentiment regarding infantilazation of older children and teenagers that seeps down from mom groups #culminating in the time i saw ppl on the snark group talking about a mom who was referring to her child as her six year old toddler #at the same time no they're not that old and would never act that way becaus they're young #sorry i'm having thoughts about 12 year old fanon tim here & how he's portrayed & what bothers me #(aside from. all the usual things that bother me about fanon tim)

[kittykatninja321]

#I need you to cast aside your idea of himbo fanon Dick and really think about this. Look deep into your heart #Feel free to cite comic panels as evidence #Dick Grayson #Bruce Wayne #nightwing #batman #dc

[daygabs]

Enjoying the new episode of Malevolent, and then peeking into the tag to see that people are taking the father/son thing so literally is like whiplash lmao.

#malevolent #granted I don’t ship john/Arthur so I don’t really have a horse in the race #do I think it will be canon lol no but fandom and fanon is a lot more fun when you take the things you like and ignore the things you don’t #while still realizing that fanon and canon are two different things and rarely do they ever merge #but also critical thinking is good lol like maybe put shipping and drama aside and look at what the scene is actually conveying

[cleromancy]

all else alside genuinely always baffled when people say "canonically when tim is sleep deprived and exhausted, he'll fall asleep at random/inconvenient places" as an argument AGAINST him drinking a lot of caffeine

#like putting aside the canon zesti thing & how adhd makes caffeine not ncs keep you awake #if this is what happens when hes not caffeinated most likely he is going to try something to remedy it. #also like theres a time when before bruce died hes getting coffee thinking about not becoming bruce and when u think about like. #other xhanges he made after bruces death esp stuff for his image as tim drake wayne ceo. #why is swapping out the energy drinks for espresso where u draw the line. #look sometimes ppl exaggerate it to the point it gets on my nerves too but #can you put some of that energy into defending jamet from the equally widespread way worse fanon that she was comically evil mayhaps. #dc #...*janet

[consistentlyinconsistentfocus]

Uraraka, Natsuo, and Hawks spotting each other at the LOV base like "...okay then"

#togachako #DabiHawks #natshig #natsushig #canon who? time is a social construct things happen whenever theyre most convenient and interesting #anyway the fact that villains are so consistently shipped with good people is kinda sad actually #in the sense that they have potential to be good themselves but cant for whatever reason #for dabihawks im going very fanon here canon dabihawks has a very different dynamic at this point #i just love it when theres more to villains than being villainous #i also love it when theres more to heroes than being herioic (that doesnt apply to natsuo obviously) #anyway minor character analysis aside these three ships would be so funny in the same universe #very much a 'why are you here you need to leave' situation for the non villains

[chenfordsource]

I’ve only recently started watching the rookie and i’m already hooked. I do have a question. I’ve noticed a lot of people don’t like Nolan, like at all. A lot of them seem to be Chenford fans. I haven’t even gotten to season 5 so I’m not even at the part where they get together but I already know I’ll love them. But I’m wondering why people keep saying that one reason they hate Nolan is because he took the credit for finding Lucy when she was kidnapped by Caleb. I forgot all the little details already so I don’t remember anything like that. Do you what people are talking about when they say this?

Wait, do people actually say this? 😅 I know what they’re referring to, it’s the hospital scene in 2x11 when Lucy asks Tim how they found her and Nolan walks in and says it was his genius policing skills.

Which was… obviously a joke. 😂 Nolan is nothing if not a source of levity for both his friends and the show as a whole. He was just trying to lighten the atmosphere and make Lucy laugh (which it does), he wasn’t trying to steal credit.

Anyway, TL;DR, Nolan made a jokey comment to Lucy to lighten the mood (and so the writers didn’t have to touch all of that just yet) and I guess some people just jump on that because they don’t like him?

#ask #anonymous #cs meta #q&a #i have more thoughts on this (and how fandom sets aside this friendship in favour of others in fanon) but am choosing peace lol

[wr0ngwarp]

human contradiction

a symbolic piece of jet set radio art that is so mired in headcanon/au stuff that the symbolism has no basis in canon and its halfway to nonsense. this is a picture of Beat

i actually had this art sitting around in my files for like half a year because i felt, like, Embarrassed to post this. but life is too short not to embrace the ouroboros of hypfix bullshit and i also want it out of my to post folder

bwaah

i dont even remember why i drew a bwaah of the Purely Metaphorical Cabbit Beat. whatever. bwaah

#jet set radio #beat jsr #jsr #jsr beat #FOR SOME EXPLANATION FOR TEH CURIOUS: #in me and my sibling's take on jsr (jet set radio paradox is wat we call it lol) #we ended up going with the ''beat is gouji's kid'' theory #(i know very uncharacteristic of me to just roll with a popular fanon theory like that. forgive me) #and like theres a lot i could say about that decision but whats relevant to this art #is that beat was doig a Lot of self-identity suppression until he ran away #he was like. worlds scariest 12 year old tbh. #ALSO weve associated beat with both rabbits and cats. so i guess Whatever. Cabbit #ugh beat of COURSE youre such a special boy you get to have a mythical creature fursona. #this is the second time a character has been assigned Cabbit for symbolic reasons. huh #Does this mean Gouji's secondary fursona (aside from a rhino) is a cat? Yes. I'm sorry #somewhere in the depths of pseud's files there is a gouji catboy drawing #this is such a low quality infodump but in my defense its been like 6 months since this drawing #there is more to this i do not remember how to put it into words. #the thoughts are not fresh in my mind. #i jast need to get this posted while im feeling brave so it doesnt rot.

[moe-broey]

I think if you taught Veronica about aromantism and queer platonic relationships it would change her life.

#fe veronica #THIS IS. ANOTHER THOUGHT. i have about lif and thrasir's dynamic. #like it isn't just me slotting them into siblings/found family the way fanon does sometimes #(in a way that really undermines the relationship between characters/each chara independently) #it's like. qprs can be fucking anything. that is the whole point of qprs. #the thought of romance/sexuality being a component between them DOES inherently make me uncomfortable #really bc when you get down to it alfonse was an adult/late teens if we're generous when he met veronica #and veronica when we first met her (after alfonse does/has an established Knowing Her) is either 12/13. #estimated from dress up bridal sanaki dialogue where she states vero is her age (sanaki is 13ish PoR) #like. ambiguous looking for an older brother figure aside. doofenshmirtz voice she's 13 #doofensgmirtz voice now 15. blows you up with my evil beam #so like. sibling-like qpr. where both parties are aching to have their other half back (other half in question being a sibling) #this is my belief.

[drewsaturday]

i've had such a weird relationship with making fanon things lately for a few diff reasons i think.

i haven't rly been inspired enough to take things beyond my thoughts and make an actual thing out of them. part of this is probs bc of my medication. the other part is that...

i don't have the time to dig too deeply into my favorite things rn. this means i don't dig up new parts to feel excited about, i don't feel Qualified to carry those ideas out bc my understanding of the source material is so limited and people expect waaaay too much quality from fanworks these days, and i feel like i'll never be able to finish what i start anyway.

lastly, i've been doing fandom so repetitively i'm just... tired? of the same thing over and over again. i work on a thing, i polish the thing, i post the thing, i wait for feedback that is either nice/mean/empty, rinse and repeat. the solution would be to just not post these things, but why go through all that effort to carry something up out of an idea stage then since that's what makes me most excited? and if i spend the time drafting, it feels like a waste of time since it's not going to go anywhere.

i do think a lot of this is medication, because it dulls Just how insane i am capable of getting about a thing. in the past i would have sooo much drive because i felt like if i didn't make a thing, i'd explode. i don't rly get that anymore, at least not in a big enough burst to keep me working on things very long.

i've instead been thinking a lot about diving into original content because... although i make everything for fun, i think original stuff has way less of the above issues attached.

there's no time limit. i'm not... "competing" for being able to get an idea done first, or trying to get a fanfic out while there's still hype over a show, or worrying about my work being ooc compared to someone else's, or worrying the fandom landscape i vibe with is going to change when people move on.

it's theoretically not as repetitive. i'm sure the things i'm interested in shows are similar to what i come up with from my brain, and i could just try to make different things for fandom than i'm used to. but i am kind of tired of my inability to do anything besides hurt/comfort oneshots for the same kind of pairing over and over again. this would force me to actually develop other shit too lmfao.

it's Technically something i could profit off of if i really wanted to, making it less of a waste of time. for fandom, it feels like a waste of time if i'm not putting a fanon thing out for other fans to see. it also feels like i put a ton of work into my own little understanding of a show--fleshing out backstories and worldbuilding etc. so if i move onto another fandom... it feels like it was all for nothing, esp if i don't make something from it all. ideally i would be doing it just for the fun but there needs to be some balance with what i consider pay-off. and since i usually don't stay motivated long enough to do these big huge projects, or people move on, or other people do the idea first because i work so slow, it's just gotten rly un-motivating.

there's like, layers of motivation imo. i like a thing and i get excitement about making stuff for it and exploring certain parts of it. and i can do that for myself, but to make it stand on its own enough to post for other people to see isn't something i currently get enough motivation for. and because of that, it makes the fun part feel like a waste of time i guess.

i usually stay away from my own original stuff bc i honestly just don't feel the level of excitement with it as i have felt with fandom in the past, and... it's just harder lmao? but i think it would be good for me to at least fuck around with it.

fandom started as a vessel for creativity for me. i wanted to make videos, it gave me footage. i wanted to draw, it gave me designs for characters. i wanted to write, it gave me a sandbox to play in. and i still find those things fun, but i guess it just feels like i'm limiting myself by only playing with other people's dolls in a public park for all to see. like i'm just not as connected to the Making part as a hobby or to the parts of myself i would put into it.

idk, i am just rambling and i think honestly if i Did have more time it would help take a lot of the above pressures and risks away and balance me out so that making silly little fanfics sometimes would feel more worth it because i'd feel free to do other things as well.

i also do sort of get glued to the screen when i'm in mode of making and posting things and i'd like to uhhh. do other things with my life too sometimes lmfao. part of this boredom does probably stem from being chronically ill and therefore barely leaving my house. i haven't been able to do other things beyond fanon creations in years. so no wonder i'd feel less inspired and more bored.

i also think i've gotten tired of watching things feeling like a chore. oh shit i need to write down this scene so i can use it on a fanvid, or make sure i take note of this piece of dialogue for this character's backstory, etc. i know i bitch about how i don't hate the word "content creator" bc it is just an easier catch-all for me as someone who makes lots of diff things, and i still agree with that, but i do think because of my own levels of perfectionism, mixed with honestly how weirdly expectant of quality fandom has become, it's become a chore to engage with source material.

another thing is i've always felt like i've needed a purpose in what i've made and that purpose tends to be justified by the community interactions. it makes me feel less lonely and it helps me feel inspired and like... it doesn't hurt to know you'll get feedback on something because you've found so many supportive friends in it. i rly just haven't landed in any new communities i vibe with a ton for the things ive gotten into lately, so there's less motivation there. that's not to say anyone's Bad, just... discord servers are too big, tags are too dead or all over the place, i don't message people to become friends, and the communities and friends i do have from fandom are all kinda doing different things rn, etc.

the other form of purpose would be challenges--exchanges, bingos, etc. this fanwork isn't just a random thing for fun, it has a reason for me to work on it enough to let it see the light of day. and i think i've kinda broken my brain a bit using those for motivation so much, but the alternative would be to never get anything into a publishable state, but without it being a publishable state and interacting with communities through it there's no reason for me to really spend all that much time on it in the first place, which means i'm really not getting to Create.

i think the biggest issue these days if every part of the creative process now feels like it's "for show" and original stuff that has literally no audience is the only way to kinda undo the amount of rules that's put on me and my creativity.

tl;dr i'm just not feeling the same fulfillment from making fanon stuff as i used to so i guess i need to experiment with making other things so i can still do the Making part and see where that lands me, and see if it can help undo some of the toxic mentalities being an exclusively fandom girlie for so long has kinda instilled in me.

i'm sure i'll still make fanon shit every so often--i honestly have been so busy that output won't be noticeably different from my usual once every five months contributions. i just need to get back into the right blend of circumstances for it to feel worth it, and until then i guess i need to dig out the dolls from my own attic instead of someone else's so i can have a less complicated vessel for creative hobbies because i'm fairly certain i'd still like to create.

#txt #this is just a v long ramble that im not sure makes much sense honestly or will be readable to anyone but myself at this point but eh #just needed to word it all out #...also just remembered another reason that causes that imbalance of fun #is chronic pain making certain art forms like drawing quite painful so although i've been wanting to learn art techniques #and practice generally in non-fandomy ways #i'm stopped by how it's more worth it to sketch a blorbo every so often #but idk i want to try figuring out better ways of going about that for myself and #since i can't have both fandom and original without pushing myself too far i kinda have to Choose art advancement #over stupid blorbo drawings #same with if i spend too much time typing etc #and that plus time constraints are why im making it out to be such a one or the other thing #but it also... is... #because i rly don't think i can keep doing fanon stuff without at least mixing things up somehow #if not moving to original stuff altogether #i do think that once im out of school and i have a more stable schedule #i'll be able to set aside specific free time each day as opposed to being all over the place #and that will help as well so i don't feel Guilty over creating things #when i should/could be doing something more productive bc i also do want to move my life forward rather than being SO escapist #and the guilt aspect gets in the way a lot more than it when i had more passion to beat it back with #that rly is my own fault tho for being in charge of my own schedule and being so bad at it lol #one last little note for myself is i think a lot abt non-fandomy hobbies i have like music #where yeah ive made some filks but for the most part idk what im doing #im just there to have fun and enjoy myself bc it's just... the entire reason i do it #and i dont rly get that from the things i also can use for fanon creations these days more readily

[the-everqueen]

wailing over how ppl in fandoms will bend over backwards to erase characters of color, esp. if they're women. yeah let's just make this bipoc woman a hype person for your white mlm ship. no you see it's progressive because she actually never experiences romantic or sexual attraction. oh no we can't let her be in an interracial relationship, that would be unfair to her. yeah she's a lesbian now. yas queen. werk.

#whoops the disc horse #tw racism #if you know you know #it's like fandom realized that hypersexualizing black and brown women is wrong #so now they've gone the other way #performatively cheering on ''model'' representation #while otherwise reproducing the same white-dominant narratives #oh and coopting black and brown slang in order to do so #disclaimer: this isn't against headcanoning characters as ace-spec or wlw #it's the specific phenomenon where woc get shunted aside for a white mlm pairing that fandom decides is canon #to the point where it becomes exhausting/difficult/impossible to find stuff outside that fanon narrative #regardless of the character's actual canonical status #it's about how black and brown woc are denied interiority or subjectivity #and become props in a story that's centered around white people and white desire and white queerness