#idk fandom is exhausting sometimes

[quadrantadvisor]

I feel like these days we get so much criticism of the dynamics in 2012 that the characters get kind of flattened by the fandom, so I wanna say that 2012 Raph is not just a one-dimensional bully character, he's got a lot more caring and emotional intelligence than he gets credit for. Yeah, he has an obvious protective streak, but even beyond that, he's always his brother's number one supporter, even when he disagrees with them.

He's highly critical of Mikey's desire to make human friends, but when Mikey goes out to do it anyways and it blows up in his face with Bradford, Raph is the one to comfort him and tell him he deserves better.

He thinks Donnie's crush on April is delusional, but helps him out at every chance he gets, removing Donnie from embarrassing situations of talking him up in front of April. When Casey comes into the picture, Raph tells him point blank that it doesn't matter that they're best friends, and it doesn't matter how bad Donnie's chances are, Raph's on Donnie's side in this.

And when Leo starts sneaking out to see Karai, Raph is the one who notices, tells him off, and tries to get him to stop. He doesn't tell anyone else, though. He wants Leo to make good choices, but he respects him enough to let him make bad ones without getting the rest of the family involved. They'd all be on Raph's side, but he doesn't need them to all gang up on Leo like that, even if he's not listening.

Basically, Raph cares about his brothers, including their emotional well-being, even when it's not obvious. And yeah we should criticize the writing and how harsh it gets and how there's no resolution to the ways certain characters are treated, but I get tired of seeing complex characters be villainized and sometimes I just wanna read fanfiction that is nice?????? So that's my thesis I guess lol

#i just love him and want better for him #everybody writes him so mean and he is fr my little guy #i guess this didnt need to be written so confrontationally and could just be a character study #but based on fandom shit i really do forget sometimes that Raph is a good brother! #everyone acts like he is exclusively an asshole and its legit exhausting #he was my first favorite in that series and i want better for him #idk ignore me #tmnt #tmnt 2012 #raph 2012 #tmnt 2012 discourse

[frozenhi-chews]

I don't mind projection onto fictional characters that much, heck I do it myself. (Aspec characters my beloved.) But sometimes peojection just turns into overly sanded projections of the canonical characters themselves.

Heck not even projection, sometimes they'll just do whatever to the character to the point they're barely recognizable. Making them sanded and flat to put in the most bare bones stuff for like, memes and other forms of projection. Thinking it's cool or funny to have them be that way when it very clearly goes against canon.

Idk I'm just tired of seeing characters dulled down for whatever headcanons and ships and whatnot just because people can't handle nuance and think of them deeper than a surface level interpretation. PLEASE go back and look at the characters in canon and study them for a bit. Build headcanons off of that. Sometimes they'll do things that you won't do and that's fine. Not everything is for personal projection. (Though there's nothing wrong in being a self indulgent a little)

#yes this is about what i saw on twitter regarding starlo #no hes not a big breasted always cool high-noon cowboy himbo people tend to make him out to be #like literally i found out why i didnt like so many of those interpretations. its not just the fact so many of those are of North Star- #-and not Starlo #like okay. i can see Starlo doing some of those things as North Star and being drunk #but that's not all he is?? #people on Twitter forget he's a nerd #hes a freaking NERD. a farmer whos a NERD #COME ON #North Star is a front. its a persona. it's not who he completely is #people literally just took him. gave him a cool himbo personality. and slapped a big chest on him and called it a day #with like. none of the nuance of him being the insecure (and even self loathing) farmer he was and grew up as. and still kinda is #idk. sometimes it's nice to indulge that side of him but it becomes exhausting to see that its ALL people see him as #for petes sake im gonna make yall draw him as a nerd farmer #the cake doth speak #fandom

[infriga]

Tumblr: check out this cool new thing everyone is into!

Me, still obsessed with the 5-10+ year old thing that I've been obsessed with for the past few years:

#Listen #I don't move on until I'm good and ready Damnit #By the time I get to the new thing it's usually old by then lol #New fandoms are exhausting anyways I remember my very brief stint in the vld fandom it was... Brief for a reason #Older fandoms are nice and chill and have lots of pre-established content #I enjoy new fandoms occasionally but older fandoms are where I'm comfortable #Random #Sometimes I avoid new things if I wanna ride out my previous interest first and I think the new thing has potential to be a new obsession #Like I don't wanna move on while I'm still enjoying the previous thing #With some exceptions for mini obsessions that can coexist with the big obsession #Otherwise usually if I get into something relatively new it's because I don't think I'll get obsessed with it #at least not enough to usurp my current obsession #Idk if any of this makes sense lol #The internal politics of my hyperfixations

[shikai-the-storyteller]

I'm so glad I like my boss and we get along well and I LOVE that she liked to share petty complaints and listens to mine. Genuinely love when people are like "Hell yeah, complaints are welcomed and ENCOURAGED!"

#i talk #job talk #I won't get into details but I work for a nonprofit #and man. Sometimes I just read / see the worst stuff while doing research for my articles and it makes me want to scream #I just talk about silly fandom stuff on here because work is hellish sometimes but I really do appreciate my boss #I've disagreed with her on some thinfs and she's #*things #but overall she's a really cool person and we had a really long discussion about capitalism and white supremacy and work culture #and it was really nice to vent #I love complaining and I love hearing other people complain it just feels so validating and like. cathartic #A lot of people dont get it but those that DO I appreciate so much #handshake meme or whatever #anyways tbd probably but man #everything has been so stressful lately #but I talked with my building manager and she helped releave a lot of my stress #and then we both complained about stuff which was nice #and idk. I'm still very stressed and exhausted and many other things but. it was nice talking to both of them today and letting it out a bi #even if I didnt talk about the big stuff stressing me out #** RELIEVE curse you mobile

[redrobin-detective]

One thing that infuriates me about modern life is, for how terminally online everyone is, people are terrible at answering messages. I communicate primarily through texts, show love through ‘thinking of you’ messages, ask important time sensitive questions over the phone. I don’t need answers back right away but when days past without response it passes rude into disheartening. Nothing infuriates me more than following up in person on a text I sent a week before and getting ‘oh lol sorry forgot’

#this is exclusively irl stuff #I know online friendships are weird with different time zones and in and out of fandoms #but people are Constantly on their phones #if I message you about an important work question I expect an answer within a day #if you're busy that second a quick 'talk later' will suffice #just being flat out ignored its mad and hurtful #still lowkey upset that I messaged a friend when I was Really bad with covid asking her advice #and she never responded back #like to me that is very tellin #my attempts to keep in contact with people I dont see every day with lil Thinking of You messages #also get ignored and then when I do see them its 'omg hi why don't we keep in contact more' #well I'M TRYING I guess it really is lip service #idk this has been an issue my whole life #I consider punctuality and consideration to be incredibly important #I dont care if it takes you hours or even a day or 2 to get back to me #but to repeatedly always be ghosted sometimes just exhausts me #like Im throwing my love into the air and watching it evaporate into nothing

[kof-xiii]

nbh and just a random thought that got my blood boiling all of a sudden but uh i think dedicating your online presence to posting how much you hate something is such an exhausting mindset, of course criticizing and nitpicking work and identifying the negative aspects to a media you like is a crucial part of media consumption but if you make it a huge huge huge point of your online personality blog/acc/etc etc to be bitter, is that not an indication for you to genuinely take a break and move onto something else you actually like....... shrugs

#it's also so tiring navigating the internet sometimes bc there are way too many ppl that are so damn angry for no reason #im just. idk exhausted bc my very first 'fandom' when i was little was a shitfest that consisted of extremely ''critical'' ppl that shoved #their opinions and hate down your throat and you were attacked and even fucking doxxed if you said one thing to oppose them and i have been #so damn vigilant since </3 #el.doc #this isnt in favour of proshitters btw go away but. yeah </3 im tired #but i do think if u also spend 24 hrs hunting problematic shippers down i think it’s kind of a waste of time #its really not worth it. USE THE DAMN BLOCK BUTTON

[dimitrscu]

Answer this on private if you want, but I wanna thank you for talking about ur ocs with me however long ago that was (I think it was during bloodborne or something?? idk). Your little ideas and hcs helped inspire me a shitton in regards to what I could do for my writing, especially when it came to dragons! Your ideas regarding the naming for dragons and how that thing worked, along with your idea of Lannseax having a little sister she looked after have blown my notes and troubled plot ideas into the right direction. You may not know it, but you have a brilliant mind when it comes to this stuff and I wish you luck with whatever silly scenarios you have cooking for your own little blorbos! (make sure you torture them and throw them into angst town >>>)

Have a lovely day and enjoy your weekend!!!!

Thanks, Bim <3

I’m glad I could help you out even though I’m not so good at opening up about my ideas. I’m so used to getting shot down whenever I try and talk about this stuff with other people it can be a little difficult to get my point across sometimes. But do I appreciate your message and thank you again for being so cool about everything.

#talking about ocs gives me anxiety sometimes for some reason #almost like i’m going to get shot for having an idea that others might not like #idk this fandom is a little exhausting at times that’s all #bimbomcgee #answered

[imwritesometimes]

why can't I be normal when I rewatch shows with old ships? why do I always have to open a new doc in my notes app? why am I jotting down ideas and dialogue snippets?

#I haven't written for this ship in 5 years and essentially swore off writing for them ever again #once I came across some fandom infighting and disc horse that I just.... never expected but also did not wanna get involved with at all #like I just stopped. basically all interaction at all w/the ship 😔 cause it was like #who the FCK wants to argue w/ppl on the internet abt blorbos?!??!?! #ESP w/this show like I'm def a ship and let shipper but esp w/THIS SHOW like?!?! all shippers should and do eat #idk I miss this ship. a lot. I had SO MUCH fun with it. but I just. hate how exhausting ppl wanna make stupid shit sometimes #erin explains it all

[sunset-unbound]

at a stage in my life i feel like i have to have a Thing i talk about with people, but instead wanting to Not have a Thing and just be a fully original person people talk to because they enjoy talking to

#like yes i love talking in fandom spaces and drawing Things. but i want to feel like a person outside of that #idk sometimes it feels like i have to make content so people pay attention to me #here! talk to me! i have opinions on characters! i have a story i made up! i have drawings i made! #i made content! i AM content! talk to me! #but i feel exhausted having to do it all the time to feel like im worth paying attention to #sun.txt

[sanchoyo]

Ik i don't talk abt bnha much anymore (I tend to wait to binge read stuff anyway and do go thru phases of being obsessed then completely ignoring stuff for months to years until I remember I Like It, but admittedly I've lost interest with it a lil bit regardless) but like. I get baffled when ppl lump bnha in with 'crazy fandoms' or whatever. yeah its a big fandom and im SURE theres discourse the likes of which i could never imagine (I am very good at blocking and blacklisting tho lol) but. it was genuinely, for me, one of the MOST positive fandom experiences I've ever had! ppl were always very very nice to me and supportive and I used to get so many nice ppl leaving comments or sending asks, and it actually makes me a lil teary to think abt bc. I am a very shy person tbh! and I always kinda worried the type of content I posted wouldn't be received well, but it was always met with kindness, and even when ppl disagreed with me they'd stay polite and thank me for explaining why and it always stayed very civil? so its hard not for me to look back on it fondly.

like for whatever problems I have w the series or direction its taken my experience was OVERWHELMINGLY positive and idk if thats just because I was firmly in the villains stan camp or what but. very grateful for it idk I'm just rereading old reviews and getting very nostalgic and happy if I could make ppl happy with it bc it made me happy too ;w; ill always be fond of the lov and a lot of the characters anyway. I still care for them very much. whenever bnha ends u guys gotta lmk if they get happy endings bc if not I'll be glad to write a fix it fic 👍

#to be FAIR. ive never had any super BAD fandom experiences either. i like to think im p good at being chill and reasonable and maybe that #kinda attracts similar ppl?? or. idk honestly but im glad for it lol #but bnha fandom overwhelmingly was supportive like. i had the nicest anons for it...i got the cutest merch sent to me for nothing?? that #was SO NICE I STILL HAVE IT BTW. i wonder if the person who sent it still follows me even tho i dont post bnha... #i mean i do every now and then when the mood strikes but ye #oh also danny phantom fandom was rly nice too abt my oc!!! my god she still has more notes than ANY oc post ive ever made #baffling how many cool ppl liked her and i got fanart for her too??? #im always like. ugly crying when i get fanart of any kind JKASDHKF or fan works!! #very very very cool and nice.... #sanchoyorambles #i want to write more fics sometime but i am STILL burnt out on writing from nano tbh?? it was SO EXHAUSTING #i HAVE fic concepts altho not bnha exactly #i do have bnha fics i could add to the wip comp that im never gonna finish but post regardless #altho tbh that wasnt received the best so maybe not... #:thinking: #there are some warm healer wips in there....i think #?? #would have 2 check #also very funny bnha fact my sister is also a lov stan and has spinner merch in her car lol #same hat. we r truly related #me and a friend were talking abt smth related to this earlier #i dont get into good/perfect media much #bc i have this need to FIX THINGS #bnha fits that. i could fix her #ive never claimed its the Best Anime Ever but I CAN FIX HER *with a sledgehammer*

[mieczyhale]

there is such a thing as taking "babygirlification" too far actually

my dude, that is a whole different character now

#i don't super love the concept in the first place but some people really will change the character in order to make 'babygirlifying' him #make any kind of sense #if that's what does it for you then you do you but i'm honestly so exhausted by the concept #yes this is about st*ve h*rrington #THE most 'babygirl'd guy i've ever seen #it verges on disrespectful sometimes bc some people mix that and making him super dumb for gigg;es or whatever the fuck #it verges on disrespectful too sometimes bc between that and some people loving to mix it with making him 'dumber' / making fun of him for #being 'dumb' like.. idk why these are things people are deciding to do but i'm not here for it #as always: i will never start shit with someone over fandom shit but i WILL vent on my own tumblr if i'm so inclined #and rn i am so SO inclined #mystposts #maison speaks

[bare1ythere]

Sick and tired of being overly sensitive. gonna eat rocks about it

#shut up me #vent #i guess? #i have a head ache so im sorry if this sounds weird #someone says something negative about a thing I like that I agree with and yet my brain shatters in two #ive been thinking a lot recently about taking a break from being so chronically online #but like.... 80% of my social interaction and 50% of my hobbies (fandom) are on here #itd be really tough #but man. I just cant take the negativity (even negativity i AGREE with) sometimes. It makes me so sad and its so frustrating #because I dont know how to handle feeling emotions. I just let them completely take over and its exhausting #fun when positive! but otherwise exhausting #i should be able to handle it but idk! brain no worky! #waugh

[thatlittlemouse]

sometimes i'm reminded that maybe i'm not made for the shipper life

#scrolling through px fanart and if one isn't babified the other is there's no escape #my fanon threshold is pretty low (or high idk what direction we're looking from) which makes fandom spaces exhausting for me sometimes

[codenamecondor]

I can’t be the only person who makes whole new accounts for new fandoms (or like groups of fandoms*) right? 😅

#*idk some fandoms go together in groups for me lol #i have like 4 ao3 accounts and idk how many tumblrs 🤣 #i know I’m limiting my audience doing this but sometimes I just need somewhere to be where I don’t feel as seen??? #fandom #maybe I’m just weird though #it definitely gets exhausting to keep up with 😫 #personal

[fishareglorious]

Hey, just wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading through your limbus "Liveblog(?)" Always entertaining to see someone's first time through a PM game

Thanks! I've been immensely enjoying the game so far.

#fish asks #i've been trying to fill in the hole another gacha game has left and so far limbus has surprisingly been good! #i've been liking the story and all the sinners have captivated my attention with what is going on with all of them #the gameplay is interesting and pretty fun even though i thought it wasn't my thing in the first place #the sxf and the music slaps so hard #i like the violence and murder. hehehe #and grinding isn't that tedious as said other gacha game #you can quickly breeze through the dungeons if you have enough enkephalin to spare and all #i still love genshin and i have nothing against it but the burnout has hit me hard #the back to back events and new stuff and lore every patch exhausted me i suppose #its a big game and trying to keep up with all the stuff- even the characters and lore im fixated on just got tiring to me #i still look into the fandom sometimes but its not exactly the forefront of my interests any more #limbus is a breath of fresh air to me because yeah its tied with the other project moon games i don't feel the need to parse through twelve #dozen contexts for why this is this and that is that idk #my deepest apologies this turned into a rant about my genshin burnout lmao

[flutterby5]

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#I know my blog is mostly just a skz blog now bc it’s been a while since I’ve posted non skz fandom stuff but it is still a personal blog #I’m so bad at organizing my thoughts and tbh sometimes I don’t even want to organize them bc I’m scared to see the all the negativity #in broad daylight yknow? but it’s just…it’s so exhausting to be alive/to keep yourself alive I don’t know how else to say it #do all postgrads go through this or am I just taking life to seriously idk like I like my job ish ish but my coworkers seem more passionate #about it than I am and I’m just like?? maybe I’m not passionate and I could be happier somewhere else but I’m also scared to jump..I think #a lot of this just has to do with the way I’m such a coward man…just I seriously don’t know how to talk about it but the corporate grind.. #the adulting..the chores..the trying to meet people but not wanted to get infected bc covid isn’t over but no one cares anymore…. #maybe I do have very low risk tolerance but it also doesn’t make sense to just accept that people are going to get reinfected over and over #and we’re all supposed to just be ok with that like there has to be a better way and maybe I’ll be proven wrong in a couple of years but #like…I want covid to be over sosososo bad I wanna do young people things without risking infection and reinfection and I hate being gaslit #and I hate that no one cares I’m so exhausted of all this I’m so so tired #if I move back home it’s the same thing like I just want to find people who share my values like birds of a feather flock together where #are my birds????? I’m terrible at making friends and all of this makes it worse but I just genuinely don’t know what to do anymore #random thoughts don’t mind me #I am spiraling #genuinely does it ever get better should I just trust the process and live in the present?? does life get better??? or am I just doomed