#if you don't like the ship just don't write it wtf

[philtatosbuck]

samstevebucky is a wonderful ship and every ship within it is great in its own right but you absolute dogshits will not stop using sam as stucky’s therapist and therefore you don’t get to write it anymore unless you treat sam right

#the way y'all think steve and bucky would treat sam #vs how they actually treat him #it's uhhhh. transparent #if you don't like the ship just don't write it wtf #literally no one is forcing you to add sam #leave him out of it if you aren't going to treat him like he's in the relationship #samstevebucky #stevesambucky #stevebuckysam #sambuckysteve #buckystevesam #buckysamsteve #good lord. #sambucky #stucky #samsteve #also lol uhhh drop some samsteve fics if u have them maybe #i miss them

[mossmx]

Monk and the gang where stuck in the vault and the Captain picked the locked box just to give him Trudy's bracelet so Monk could have some relief ASDFGHJDLHFLIDuhguirahgiaurKLAHNRGKLHAHUIHAGUI

if someone says Leland doesn't love Monk I will bite them ;_____;

I'm crying so much

#detective monk #monk 2002 #leland stottlemeyer #moss text #the rewatch is slow #and the writers sometimes make the MOST STUPID writing #like #“oh we have to use the diamond bracelet to destroy a lock” WTF? #anyway #I'm still here bc of moments like these #;_____; #yeah the writing has gotten bad bad but these sparks of perfect interactions just give me life #and every time Monk goes to therapy he's so relateble too lol #<3<3<3<3 #my blorbo i will protect Monk with my life ;_____; #but I don't have to bc the Captain would protect him faster than me lol #it's like the mako mori fan club fanart #Leland is the FOUNDER hahah #wheter you ship them or not they are such good friends ;___;

[mrmcflowers]

Small rant in the tags!

#FUCK andrea wagner #like wtf??? #i know a few people are leaving the securitywaiter dreamtheory because of it #but personally I'm just saying nuh uh. I simple do not agree with Ness being a teenager. #He's literally played by a guy whos almost in his 40s. #so no. I am not leaving. I simply not going to look at that. #To me it's the mpreg in the fasbear frights. #or fucking fazgoo. #i simply don't vibe with it so I will not act like it exists. #also I don't know when the book was written but to me? It feels like Ness was changed after the fact to mess with the shipping. #And just. No. I do not agree. #I will ship these two middle aged white men. BECAUSE THEY ARE LITERALLY FUCKING MIDDLE AGED WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU ANDREA WFTUDYGUW #btw I'm not like /mad/ this is just.. #so fucking annoying! #Scott and co. didn't do shit when people were shipping adults with dead children in this franchise but now that there is #(Within the narritves people are writing) TWO CONSENTING ADULTS now is when you pull the plug? #(I do not BELIEVE that this is what actually happened but it is suspicious!) There (to my knowlege) isnt a reason for Ness to be a teenager #outside of all this #anyway. Wack. #merry christmas #securitywaiter #ness the waiter #dreamtheory #mike x ness #fnaf #five nights at freddy's

[hypermascbishounen]

The thing about a lot of the purity culture stuff is how it's also propped up by the anti-intelectualism. Which is how you get people earnestly Charlie-day-cork-board style arguing why anything they don't like has incest subtext, while insulting anyone who actually cares about analyzing real incest subtext.

It's also hard to do any serious analysis of the state of queer works, when the well has been so thoroughly poisoned between prople policing who gets to write/enjoy it, vs writers who see regular engagement with the premise of their writing as a threat.

#Like it's just surreal to read something with serious incestuous implications then go online #And it's verboten to even acknowledge it or you are evil - but reading the thing with incest subtext is fine bc it doesn't exist nope #Meanwhile the same fandom has wanked two unrelated characters into “like incest” but only if you ship them #And don't let my pfp fool you this isn't just about one fandom this has happened in every other fandom I've been in the last few years #I feel like I am losing my fucking mind lol #And yeah it does seem to be unfortunately related to how people see “representation” #Bc you will see people basically arguing that exploring queerness through fiction is inherent fetishization #Unless it's conforming to their strict Disney S&P department standards #And that this is to protect queers and stop the spread of ...degeneracy...yeah that is just 80's sex wars garbage lol #Meanwhile the primary argument made against this will be to claim that writing queer works is inherently radical #Regardless of context or quality or artist #And that they deserve praise and that criticism is just being a hater and those fags should be grateful to their genius actually and - #yeah that is just more conservative bullshit in a different hat #No you are not beyond reproach bc of your subject matter or identity no subject matter or identity are not inherently damning #It just feels like both of these “sides” are artificial and astroterfed so that we all lose either way #And I am so done with it lol like wtf why is everyone like this now

[girlyliondragon]

I DID NOT JUST SEE LIZBERT X FILBO SHIP SHIT ON AO3.....

I THOUGHT WE STOPPED THESE PEOPLE HOLY SHIT

They made her CHEAT with EGGABELL too?? What the FUCK and why is that here????!

#Bugsnax #ANYWAYS IF YOU SHIP THAT GTFO YOU FREAK #I don't care if people don't like me saying this Lizbert is his SISTER FIGURE and she is JUST HIS FRIEND NOT FWBS #why do people want to ship them so badly??? Lizbert is gay ffs! #AND they make her feel like shit for being with Eggabell as if she even liked Filbo more than platonic????? #Lizbert is not a cheater!! She's not a fucking cheater why would that person do that or write or post something like that???!!! #She would not cheat with Eggabell she loves Eggabell geuinely and Filbo is JUST a brother to her GOD #as if Lizbert and Eggabell weren't together FIRST. Let canon strictly platonic childhood friends stay that way! #Anyways I muted that person thank you AO3 for that function I do not want to see freaks like that in my sight #I don't even know if I should tag this because people have gotten on my ass for ship shit as is #even though we literally got on someone's @ss for doing this before #this one was literally a 2 year ago problem WHY IS IT RETURNING #This fandom really wants Liz to be a scumbag so bad they have to make sh!t up now. There I said it! Cheaters are scumbags. she is not #it would be so great if people can stop being weirdos about LizEgg in general. it's always SPECIFICALLY them too! Never any of the others! #If you want the person's name to mute then feel free to ask (Even if it's on the front fucking page of the tag *RETCHES*) #but if you're just gonna tell me to let people do whatever they want even if it's fucking wrong. Then piss off #I'd LOVE for anyone that genuinely defends that ship to stay away from me. Reminder We've been here before and dealt with it so wtf???

[salsflore]

been almost 3 yrs and i am still struggling with the whole mikachi first meeting thing. bye

#for zl its something simple. i just saw cute fanart of it with another ship [ p sure it was someones 2 ocs ] and enjoyed the idea #i lost my black umbrella irl but tbf it doesnt really matter because i always fucking forget to bring it anyways. so sometimes i get caught #in the rain. so idk zl lends me his umbrella bc. fuck! heading in the same direction and is like hey loser . . let me help you . . #cue immediate heart eyes bc handsome stranger helped her. like Wow Yuo Are So Cool... ♡ #afterwards she mentions this interaction to her friend [ yun jin or hu tao .. unsure but they are both so silly so its hard 2 decide ] and #then they are like wait i know that grandpa you're talking about! let me set you up lalala theres this whole thing i'm lazy #i'll write about it Maybe bc i do want to write for my platonic f/os. and also cover all the [ firsts ] in my self ships #its just: i don't like feeling obligated to stick to things (like a series or theme or whatever) so maybe not. would be nice though.. #nobody in this world is allowed to laugh at me i'll die #as for childe my plan was he breaks into her house and then shes like wtf who r u?!! they make eye contact and kiss + get married asap #no actually i truly dont know. zl's is slightly easier because he lives a mortal life. just chills #has connections with a lot of the liyue chars. literally just enjoying his retirement era now #ajax doesn't have many connections ( other harbingers but they dgaf about each other i think x ) and i just cant imagine that. idk #just fucking. bumping into him would lead to anything. maybe i should turn into a fish and have him fish me up and then i transform into a #girl and then we fall in love what do you guys think (losing my grip on humanity) #💭 #mika ♡ ajax #mika ♡ zhongli

[aenslem]

i hate the fact they shoot this scene at night without light how do i even gif it

#text #the boys #you know how the books do they tell you it is a night and you believe #you don't have to write 3 pages about how dark it was to make me believe #same goes here i have imagination #if you show me the moon in the brightest light #i will believe it is a fuckin night #i don't like TRYING to see wtf is going on #tbh i don't even care if it is a night #don't talk to me about ATMOSPHERE #it makes it dramatic #even dramatic light is added on butcher's face #which makes it twice harder to color #if i did not know there's madelyn in the room i would probably miss her on screenshot #it irritates #tRYING TO SEE #wtf is going on screen #maybe they just tried to hide there are different babies #are you looking at his dick home? even the infant is shocked stop it #no don't i ship you two #not the baby i mean bucthlander #anyway add some fucking light

[banannabethchase]

Hihi 😃👋🏾!

👀 could I double dip and ask for another promt if you are still doing requests? 🫣

From the kisses promt #15 lazy make out kisses- pjo wrestling cross over crackship Piper and Kris Straplander?

Thank you! 💖

More than a Woman

Piper swirls her finger over the rim of what used to be her rum and coke, the ice melting in the near empty glass. "So," she says, "um. Thanks for that, earlier. It would have been hard taking down those chimaera without you."

Kris beams at her. "Of course. Anything I can do."

There's a slight silence, not awkward but definitely not easy, before Piper speaks again. "Are you really an alien?" Piper asks. She can't help it. She has to know. "Like, I'm a demigod, so I've dealt with weirder. But are you?"

Kris shakes her head. "It's my gimmick thing. My character, you know. Just a woman, though my tag like is more than a woman."

"More than a woman is right," Piper says, and she'd meant to say that in her head.

"Yeah?" Kris says. "I could say the same about you." She takes the time to look Piper up and down, and Piper has to press her thighs together. It's been a while since anybody had looked at her like that, probably since before she graduated college a few months back. It's intoxicating. "I've seen some small women wrestle in my day, but I've never seen somebody handle a knife like you do."

"Not the only thing I can handle," Piper replies. She'd forgotten how easy it can be, when the conversation flows, when you're both on the same wavelength. She'd forgotten what talking to someone with an end goal you're both trying to reach was like. "You wanna get out of here? My place is right down the road."

Kris takes her hand as she drains her drink, and Piper slides twenty bucks across the bar. "That should cover our drinks and a tip," she says, anticipation building.

They kiss lazily as they stumble their way down the street, Piper's head spinning with it all, and Kris' hand slides under her shirt and pauses.

"Can I?" Kris murmurs against Piper's lips.

"I live, like, two doors down," Piper says. She hasn't felt this out of breath since that twelve year old Ares kid said she couldn't beat him at the obstacle course. "You wait that walk, and you can do a lot more than take off my shirt."

#McLander #I think you have accidentally caused me to fall in love with a true crack crossover ship #Kris and Piper would get along SO well #c: smoked ham a sword and a smile #wtf i like wrestling now??? #in which Sara writes #HoO #Piper McLean #Also you can always double dip!!! #If I don't vibe with a prompt I just won't answer it #But I'll take any prompt and if I like it I'll address it :)

[oldtvandcomics]

I got my first negative comment on a fanfiction today, and I’m absolutely Feeling Something. Mostly just excitement about trying to understand the reasoning behind the person who commented.

They... they said that they don’t like the ship.

Like, that was the whole comment.

On a clearly tagged fic I wrote five years ago. About a ship that has a whole total of 16 works on AO3, in a show that’s got like... 75.

I couldn’t make this shit up even if I tried to.

#personal #My writing #fanfiction #THEN WHY DID YOU READ IT?! #I mean given the show #it probably was because they read everything else they could find? #In which case still remains the question of why they are surprised that they don't like the pairing? #look I've read a pairing that squicks me out once #because old fandom thus rare pairing thus lack of fic #I DIDN'T GO AND TOLD THE AUTHOR THAT THE PAIRING SQUICKS ME OUT THOUGH?! #Like I made a very clear informed decision that my ship is worth the presence of the squicky ship #that was ON ME #and it can't even be a troll just there to be annoying #or they would have picked a pairing that like #has got actual content to it #WTF #I REALLY would like to know what was going on in that person's head.

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Silly, some youtuber is praising the heavens for p5d

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahjkWFn6Kns

Ok! *starts video*

*salt in a way I wasn't expecting incoming*

*person puts a heart over Kanji and Naoto literally seconds into the video* *I take it as them being shippy towards then* You know what, nvm their opinion doesn't matter. I think I can close the video!

*pushes forward regardless* *person puts a clip of PQ2 in the middle of his argument that most of the spinoff games don't understand their characters and mess up the characterization and has most of the heavy lifting is done by the original characters, THUS IMPLYING RIGHT NOW that PQ2's characterization writing is on par with Arena/Ultimax/PQ1 fumble* The one good thing about PQ2 (besides FeMC), really? Yes the boot licking is a problem, but everyone is in char.

*Says that P5S's character writing is SOOOOOO good it should basically be considered P5-2 because it's that good* Did everyone just play P5S with their ass? Cause the first dungeon itself (esp with Anne/Ryu) has me wondering if the writers understood at least ONE of P5's characterization of them.

*Says that-that's not the case for the Dancing games* You're pretty right on that (at least with P4D)... Man.... not even 4 min in and made made a number of points/claims you got possibly one good point in (I'm not going to bash P3/5D's characterizations until I've replayed the story part cause I literally forgot it, so I'm giving them that point). *drops video* (tbf fair I have to go to work so I probs won't be on again until lunch at best or the next day at worst. Maybe it gets better, but my first impressions are left to be desired and I don't want to watch something that might tick me off atm, esp if it means seeing more K*nNao)

Sorry for being bitchy (mostly to the person), the person is probably nice and probably makes good points later and everyone else should def watch it too. I'm just annoyed having to see like 3 things in his vid that I highly disagree with so early in the morning (and ones I didn't expect to see opening a P5D video to boot!), extra not in the headspace to listen to that right now. Maybe later, they deserve a fair chance!

#i really hate shipping kanji with naoto #I will take pretty much any ship for those chars over them together #it is my NoTP #'silly that's a little childish' hush everyone has a ship they HATE this is one of mine and i try VERY hard to avoid it like a real adult #'kanji tends to get ONE really great scene with any game he is in' could not tell you what that scene is in pq2 tbh #it's because he's barely present half the time (hey I said PQ2 had a lot of issues but when it comes to writing IN CHARACTER it's good) #PQ1 is still better than PQ2 because it had a philosophy of MAKING SURE CHARS TALKED (even Kanji/Shinji and others that wouldn't usually #talk) and wow PQ2 has better characterization (minus P5 bootlicking) but at what cost????? #silly answers #silly asks #silly salt #i know i'm probs not going to agree with the goro symbolism on a certain level #on what the games are TRYING to TELL me and force me to think about goro? probs gonna line up #what I see when I play and am like 'wtf is this writing????? you want me to BELIEVE *THAT*...fat chance' #but the way I tear down Goro and his char/role in the story and how it STILL makes no sense is for another day #same with me denouncing Kanji bc the fandom keeps overlooking his creepy tendencies (but only blast teddie/yosuke) #tho most kan's issues are in the base game (but the scenarios he's in P4/G are not in spinoff game so thats a moot point) #at least the character flanderization for PQ1 was ON PURPOSE because it had a goal in mind (make sure EVERYONE feels included) #tbf they could just LIKE kanji and naoto as chars separately but I'm following my gut on this I don't trust it #i'd go into my points more (tho I have on some of these before) but I literally have to go

[astonmartingf]

HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT ; MSC47

childhood friends to lovers! mick schumacher x verstappen!reader . . . when push comes to shove, you would never admit to having a crush on mick as you grew older. this however ends up with you convincing yourself that he would never love you outside the platonic relationship you built through the years, despite all evidence pointing to the obvious— he loves you, but you think not.

amgf this has been plaguing my mind, and after writing atrocious angst (ybom) i'm here to write a palate cleanser on my mind 😔 i also chose to write this instead of study for a chemistry exam, i keep making the wrong decisions but seeing as i made this was it so wrong??? i think not. enjoy like always 👍

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user1 and now what? what are we?????

user2 awww baby mick and baby yn are adorable

user3 the way yn is more attached to mick than max

user4 i remember in an interview where jos said when he couldn't find yn he'd look for mick since he was a tall boy

user5 wait where? when was this?

user6 in an old interview, idk when but it was with michael as well

user7 they're actually so adorable, oh my gosh

mickschumacher terrorizing the earth, one forest at a time, here's to more hikes in the future 💖

yourusername you bet i'll be there, it's scary how we aren't sick of each other yet

mickschumacher i mean it's you, why would i be sick of you?

yourusername as you should!!! i'm great to be with

maxverstappen1 mick is just too kind to kick you out

yourusername you're jealous we kicked you out!

user8 they're actually all that's in my head

user9 how are they not dating????

user10 because people of different sex can be friends?

user11 i get the shipping but they're good as friends so why?

user12 i mean they look good together, it's just wishful thinking

user13 oh imagine having a good looking childhood friend and not dating them, ofc they've been friends for so long wtf

user14 i mean, they are a good match so, leave people alone for shipping them

user15 they may be a good match but it's still weird so idgaf you're wrong

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user16 oh gosh please help them realize what they're made for each other

user17 i was so convinced they're just friends but then mick pulls shit like this

user18 i can't keep on defending you if you do this???? boy?

yourusername if you hadn't held my hand then and there i would've flown away

mickschumacher okay that's exaggerating, but as if i'd let that happen

yourusername because it was so strong, you were holding my hand tightly

mickschumacher are you complaining or thanking me?

yourusername thank you mick 🫡 you're the bestest friend ever

user19 they're actually driving me insane

user20 even the wind ships them

user21 don't you think that's the universe making a sign to both of you?

user22 "as if i'd let that happen" okay mick, wtfffff why is he doing this?

user23 they can't keep doing this and just pulling the best friend card at the end, they need to hold responsibility for us

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user24 bro max liked????

user25 what does he know? wym??? max oomf, why are you liking this comment?

user26 max is tired of their bullshit i know

user27 if max is tired we can be of help, i for one am volunteering out of the goodness of my heart and not because of my nosy ass

user28 okay yn and mick you can share it with the class

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user29 yn is with mick instead of being at a grand prix????

user30 you're telling me they're just friends? shut up actually

user31 i'm deluding myself and saying they're dating

user32 they're so cute (they're driving me crazy 😮‍💨😩😭😀😊🥹😠)

mickschumacher thank you for watching me hase

yourusername ofc!!!! i am your number one fan bärchen 💖

maxverstappen1 is this the important thing you have going on?

yourusername yes it is, it's not like you won or smth

maxverstappen1 wow... am i going to have to steal you from mick now?

yourusername bold of you to assume i would leave mick

user33 they're actually insane wtgfhfjg

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[look, it's a bear!] [jk it's my boyfriend hehehehe]

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user34 OH NOOOO

user35 is this MICK? hello? mick stand up??!

user36 what about mick 🥹

user37 a soft launch out of nowhere? wth????

user38 this is mick? it's Mick isn't it? please tell me tkzusbdkajdj I NEED TO KNOW!NNN

mickschumacher you're evil hase, what have you done

i want to have you to myself a little longer, is that so wrong 😠

mickschumacher i don't think anyone can have me like you do

YEAH!! that's right, i love you bärchen 💖

mickschumacher i love you hase 💖

#f1 smau #f1 fluff #f1 x reader #f1 imagine #mick schumacher smau #mick schumacher fluff #mick schumacher x reader #mick schumacher imagine

[scribbledghost]

i read some stories that like humans just making pack bonds with anything in space and I had an idea.

Just the Yautja coming back home after something and sees reader with a queen xenomorph or just some kind of xenomorph and they are all like "named her beth, don't worry she don't bite" and Yautja is wondering what in the snow white shenanigans is this. Plus I like the mental image of reader being carried around by the xenomorph like how some animals carry Cubs by the back scruff of the neck (but is readers shirt instead) but you don't have to write it if your no comfortable with this just a stupid idea I thought of but have a good day an drink and eat something good today

Note: Okay so I mentioned how Humans Pack Bond With Anything is my favorite trope so thank u so much for this. I hope you have a good day too and be sure to hydrate!!

Not gonna lie, it takes a lot to unnerve a Yautja.

Seeing a Queen Xenomorph carrying you around by the scruff of your shirt like a kitten is a real damn quick way to do it though.

He just. Freezes. There's a Queen, plus around 5 regular Xenos. In his house. Curled around his mate.

Trying to figure out how to wrench you away and carry you onto the ship and onto another planet somewhere without risking a knockout, to-the-death brawl with you in the middle.

Then you call to him. Tell him it's okay, that they won't hurt you??

You, pointing to the Queen: "Her name's Beth. It's cool, she don't bite."

Your Yautja having Hunt Flashbacks: "YES SHE DO"

All the young Xenos probably hiss and spit at him, the poor guy.

Like those little Spicy Feral Kittens.

But somehow you just. Calm them??? You're wandering around with a pack of Kiande Amedha like it's Just Another Tuesday wtf??

He's at least 70% sure he got hit in the noggin coming off the ship and he's just hallucinating.

Seriously he is completely torn on what to do.

Part of me feels like if the clan leader found out he's not only housing a litter of Xenos, but co-habitating with them, he'd be exiled.

Yautja hunt Xenos. Xenos kill Yautja. This seems like a universal constant.

Or at least, it was.

Now the poor guy's in the grip of an existential crisis.

Someone help him.

He wants so badly to kill these critters. It's in his blood, after all. It's pretty much what he was raised to do.

And yeah, one or two of the smaller (and angrier) ones probably go missing over the next month or so.

Listen, he knows you'll hate him, but he really is trying to keep you safe.

#yautja x reader #yautja #predator #predator x reader #ghost scribbles

[callmegaith]

The only thing ineffable bureaucracy showed me is how hyper focused this fanbase is at seeing one thing and one thing only and everything else is a result of that one thing

1) no, Beelzebub and Gabriel are not a straight couple. Nor is Crowley and Aziraphale a gay couple. Stop the non-binary erasure or go outside and talk to an actual non-binary person cuz clearly you have no clue what non-binary is "they're straight presenting" wtf? If you think that please give me your name so I can block you. Cis people, I fucking swear.

Reminder that Beelz used they/them pronouns btw. Sorry that Beelzebub doesn't "pass" for you, it doesn't make them any less non-binary. Not to mention it was stated and already IS CANON that none of them have genders. They're god damn demons and angels, bruh.

2) "it's Gabriel's and Beelz's fault that ineffable husbands didn't get their happy ending": no. It's their own damn fault for not communicating and Aziraphale's inability to accept Crowley as he is. Gabriel and Beelzebub put each other first. Y'all sound salty as hell cuz two people managed to work their relationship out and yours didn't work out. "But if they didn't get together---" y'all really saying shit like this??? Do you hear yourself? That's so sad. Wishing for the doom of one LGBTQ+ ship cuz the other fucked themselves over. THEY CAN BOTH CO-EXIST. And you know what? They will. Cuz Ineffable husbands is clearly canon, the story just wants time with them cuz they're the main characters, not like Beelz and Gabriel who were side characters so had their story summarized.

3) "that should have been ineffable husbands" no, cuz Crowley and Aziraphale aren't Gabriel and Beelzebub. They're different characters with different backgrounds, personalities, relationship structure, and different relationship dynamic in general. They'll get together in a way that fits THEM. And that way requires ups and downs that makes them finally understand that they're perfect for each other without the need for either of them to change.

4) Gabriel was such an asshole wish Crowley got his revenge and--- bla bla BLA : Crowley was happy for them. You hold a grudge over Gabriel that Crowley himself doesn't. Y'all worse than a literal demon. Smh.

Be happy for what we got and look forward to the future where ineffable husbands will certainly become canon and it'll be worth the wait. Don't tear down the LGBTQ+ presentation we got just cuz the main ship didn't get the limelight THIS TIME.

Let things cook, that's how writing WORKS.

But I'm just an Agender demi person and tbh? I would prefer if things took their time.

I love both ships a lot but I'm not gonna hold pitchforks over one ship getting a happy end and one still developing. Come next season, that happy end for Gaberiel and Beelzebub might not last. We DONT KNOW. Do we really need to sacrifice one for the other? Why can't we be happy to have both?

Just really think the vibe of the fanbase rn fuckin SUCKS and I'm not enjoying trying to go through the ineffable bureaucracy tag and seeing people complaining about how it should have been ineffable husbands or how it's their fault.

Okay? Alright.

After this imma start blocking ppl I swear. Just had to throw in my two cents.

#good omens #ineffable husbands #ineffable bureaucracy

[nanoland]

ofmd s2 incoherent rambling ahoy: about THEY THINK HE KILLED BUTTONS wtf wtf wtf O_O

guys i think this might be The Thing that broke the show?

BECAUSE OMG THEY THINK ED KILLED BUTTONS hey remember in s1 when karl the seagull was killed and there was an INSTANT mood shift?

suddenly, after all the slapstick funny pirate shenanigans, the crew had lost a member('s pet).

and there was this TENSION and You Need To Leave Now Mister Calico Jack. it was one of the big 'oh! these people care about each other' moments, and also one of the big 'stede cares about these people!' moments, when we actually saw him behaving like a CAPTAIN for the first time. he takes charge. he recognizes how serious this is. he makes the guy who killed Karl leave. it's one of the best scenes in the show.

AND NOW THE CREW THINKS ED KILLED BUTTONS.

BUTTONS!

THEIR ACTUAL HUMAN CREW MATE.

ED'S BEEN TRYING TO KILL THEM FOR MONTHS AND NOW. NOW HE HAS. BUTTONS IS DEAD.

the INSTANT ed stepped back onto that ship with stede and informed them that buttons turned into a bird and flew away it was so cool guys :), Jim should have jumped on him and stabbed him 70 times.

they make this whole huge deal out of 'here's this group of shellshocked people who just narrowly survived ed's abuse and all-but-murdered him in revenge'. how could their reaction to his FINALLY SUCCESSFULLY KILLING A CREW MATE be anything less than brutal?

and instead, they're just kinda..... annoyed. not happy about it. lucius flips him off. meh.

it's a really bad mistake, writing-wise, because it makes it feel like these people don't care much about each other. is it surprising they don't really mourn izzy when they didn't really mourn buttons?

(also it undermines stede, like a lot, because his whole arc in s1 was going from 'clueless newbie boss who treats his employees like toys' to 'loyal if somewhat inept captain who cares deeply about his crew'. there's a reason s1 ended on stede rescuing his crew. his character growth rested on how he learned to treat them better. and in s2, it feels like their well-being matters waaaay less to him than Ed's. which sucks!)

#our flag means death #ofmd critical

[kalfui]

been thinking about aroace alastor a lot, in the sense that ofc this is simply canon and i wouldnt even BE thinking about it beyond a simple "woohoo this is fun, let's think about how that might have affected him and his relationships both whilst alive and after his death and fic and art and the usual joy of character analysis" if it weren't for the fact that it seems to be a flipping fight to just. Have that canon be acknowledged, which is taking up so much energy that it's honestly hard for me to enjoy him as much as I wish, considering this rep is supposed to be For people like me

and I think that's so much of my frustration around all of this, which IS mitigated by just finding a few chill people to follow and focusing on that -- but even then most of my "suggested for you" for this show is alastor x [insert any random main character] shipping/sexual content -- is that this is an offering for people to learn something new and delve into experiences that they may not have thought much about and the ones who know what aroace means, and in particular within the realms of how this character is being written within this particular very-sex-heavy universe (so, not so different from real life), by and large decided to just go "nah." people aren't interested in aroace experiences, and it's weird from a "so you just don't like a large part of this character's canon traits then, do you like the actual character, or just the OC you've made up in your head that happens to look like them?" perspective, but mostly for me it's that a lot of the way people talk/write about this it's like aroaceness is something that needs to be Fixed Somehow, and thank Goodness there's a neat little loophole that we can utilise in the form of "well sooooome aroace people do want to have sex and be in a relationship"

so many of the things I can't help but see, block, move on from, and in the ao3 alastor tag (which, it's frankly wild to me that aroace alastor has to be a specific tag, because so much of it ISN'T that, and even then we have to sift) is either just the equivalent of going "lalalala if I don't think about the aroaceness it's not real" or the even more disturbing "now how do we fix this so that the ace character can still fuck somehow." it's really creepy, and very much how people talk about aspec people irl. it's just incredibly poor taste and shows that this community is still so invisible

people really ought to think more about why this is such an important hill for them to die on that they want to Fix aroaceness in one of the only genre-fiction characters to be canonically such, ON a show where every other character enthusiastically enjoys sex and most of them are in established relationships or various slowburns -- why is the character that is not interested the one that is shipped with every other character to such an extreme?

I feel like anyone writing an aroace alastor that mysteriously can be compelled into sex and a romantic relationship needs to give me a 3000 page essay on the history and philosophy of aspec identities with a special section on aroace representation in media

but ultimately it's just a "look. please be kinder. if you look in our sandbox we have barely any toys, why are you coming into this sandbox to take more of them and then rubbing our faces in it and THEN being rude to aspec people when we say it makes many of us uncomfortable to be sidelined like this?"

I keep thinking of that one screenshot that was going around tumblr of the person who wrote straight brokeback mountain fic that everyone was going WTF about. why is it alright to "headcanon" away canon aroaceness (and mock people who point out its canonicity), but it's largely agreed to be in poor taste to do so with other canonically established queer identities?

I get fandom's not activism, but it sure sometimes can be a yardstick for how much I'd trust people to respect me irl, when I cannot enjoy aroace escapism without being talked over/mocked/yelled at AND having aspec theories appropriated without any understanding of what they actually mean or how they apply -- this history and community is a part of my life, and it's like people are just traipsing mud through it with the lack of respect for it (as lucifer would say "you come into MY house bitch???")

(apologies this got long. you don't have to post if you don't want to, I get that it could be inflammatory and don't want to put that on you, I've just been needing to vent. I just feel like I'm going a bit crazy with how nigh-impossible it is to avoid this -- why am I the one who's having to make all that extra effort to enjoy a character written with my community in mind? don't y'all have enough toys???)

Don't apologize, I absolutely love reading how others feel about this situation, and I completely agree.

I think it's sad how people don't want to think about a characters aroaceness and how it affects them and instead just throw that part of them out of the window. I think it's even more interesting since Alastor canonically thinks that he's straight, but hasn't found the right one yet.

"Headcanoning" a canonically aroace character a different sexuality is so.. I don't even have a word it. Many people "headcanon" Alastor a different sexuality, but keep it canon when it's Angel Dust or Vaggie. Personally, I think it stems from aphobia. Just like you mentioned, people feel the need to "fix" aroace characters, like their sexuality is a messed up or broken part of them. It reminds me of when I used to hear teachers talk about how everyone will someday find love, and the ones who don't will have a huge gap in their heart and be empty. It's quite terrifying just how similar it is. The fact that he, as the only confirmed aroace character, is shipped the most, too, is quite saddening.

It's disturbing how they search and search for stuff to use as excuses when they ship aroace characters. "Aroace people can still date," "It's just headcanons," "Alastor is not canonically aro," and so on.

Ao3 scares me, especially with characters like Alastor. You don't even wanna know how many times I've seen people say, "I know Alastor is aroace, but we'll just ignore that" in fics. Most of the time, they even change his character completely, and he's so out of character.

It also kinda disgusts me with the stuff people say about Alastor, I can be scrolling on Tumblr and a post comes up saying how Alastor would fuck the living shit out of you and it's so fucking disturbing and graphic, I guess this is just how it is generally when people talk about fan favorite characters, but when it's an aroace character too, like.. no, he wouldn't do any of that.. It's so weird. This is what people care about, sexualizing. They don't even seem to care how much of a complex character he actually is, but only how he would be during sex, and it's quite disturbing that most of the time he is the victim to these type of comments.

And, with the amount of hate I've gotten from tiktokers in my comment replies saying how either Alastor isn't aro, how he's just fictional and it's not erasing any representation by shipping him, how aroace people can still date, how Viv allowed them to ship him, and even saying that it's okay to ship him because he's a stereotype and bad rep (???) and whatever else they have to say, I quite literally do not care. I'm not gonna be humiliated into silence, I'm not ashamed about the fact I'm trying to keep these crumbs of representation we have left. "Boohoo, you talk too much about Alastor being aroace," and I'll continue, I think that's a lovely and very interesting part about his character, especially from the time period is from, and the fact he's unaware too.

it's kinda sad how a lot of people don't even know that he's aro, I wouldn't either since all the fandom does with him is ship him. There are so many other relationships people could dive into, Husk and Angel Dust, Charlie and Vaggie, Vox and Valentino, and many more, but yet they go for the aroace character.. Also the fact that since the pilot the character he's mostly been shipped with is Angel, a character who makes a lot of sexual remarks towards Alastor which he very obviously feels repulsed and disgusted by, is kinda just.. where's the appeal when he's clearly disgusted? Is that part of it? I'm glad that there is a side of this fandom where people actually love him for his character and not just because he's attractive.

Other than that, I'm very glad the show itself knows how to show he can have meaningful friendships and platonic relationships with people, such as Rosie, and didn't make him an edgelord that hates everyone and doesn't have friends for some random reason.

Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts with me, I enjoyed reading through it, and again, I completely agree. I just hope the fandom could realize he's a lovely character and that him being aroace is just a part of him like it is of us.

#hazbin hotel #hazbin #alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #aroace #aroace alastor #aromantic #aromantism #asexual #asexuality #vivziepop #vivienne medrano #spindlehorse #angel dust #radioapple #radiostatic #radiodust #a lot of words for me #especially at 2am #i love when people tell me their thoughts in my inbox ugh its so amazing #im defo going to sleep now #aromanticism

[niuniente]

Wow, so many saying in the last kudos-comment-bookmarks post that they comment only if the fic was SUPER GOOD. 72,2%(!!!) said they NEVER comment! (wtf???????)

So you want to give support only for insanely good writers? No support, in a form of comments, for beginners and not so good writers? And 72,2% of the fics deserve no comment because what? You didn't feel like commenting?

You think beginners keep writing if they don't get any "I liked this! Keep going!" support? Yelling into the wind and hoping someone hears and replies?

That's a hobby, you know. Not a profession. You expect a professional level stuff from a hobbyist, writing on their free time a fic they want to share with you, because they loved the idea, the same characters, the same ship or/and the same fandom as you do?

I'm speechless.

I'm going to go Abe Simpson here and say that when I was young, the courtesy was to comment on every chapter on each fic you read. That was the norm. The bare minimum expected from readers was to leave at least one comment at the end of the fic.

THINK HOW MUCH MORE PEOPLE WOULD WRITE, DRAW AND CREATE IF THIS LEVEL OF COMMENTING AND INTERACTING AS A PERSON, NOT A FACELESS KUDOS, WAS STILL A NORM!

I don't really like the shift in the fandom where nothing is expected from those who enjoy the stuff others make, except consume them silently.

It is not that much to be asked nor that difficult to be polite, kind, and type; "I read this. Thank you for writing!"

No, I won't listen to "UWU you're forcing us to comment! I don't like it!" Learn some fandom manners and be kind to others. Have empathy to those who create to understand that things won't magically appear on their own to AO3 or anywhere else. Someone has made them. It's not too much asked and no level of anxiety can't be THAT BAD that you can't type - even anonymously - just "TY" if you can't muster up anything else. Or leave a little heart. Or thumbs up emoji.

Acknowledge the hard work of those who offer you free stuff of your favorite fandom. That's your basic courtesy as a member of your fandom and I promise, it makes the other person happy - and more inspired to create more free stuff.

#fandom #this is my pet peevee in all fandoms as an old fart #so many stories of people stopping writing or updating #and readers going :((( WHERE ARE U WHY DID U STOP? #well did you show your support to them? #did you let them VERBALLY know that you enjoyed their stuff? #btw this isn't personal as BOHOO NO ONE COMMENTS MY STUFF #but a general disbelief how entitled some fandom folk think they are #that free stuff just magically appears without any effort #and I don't have to pay any gratitude for someone's labor