#is this a callout post? Kind of

[itsmemaryk]

Hi! I just want to say that I'm a huge fan of your stories so I'm sort of confused as to why you want to leave the fandom? If you don't mind me asking : )

Hi! First off, thank you so much!! It really means a lot <3

I'm not exactly leaving, just taking a step back and keeping my distance. I just won't be posting as much.

There's many ups and downs to being part of a fandom. In my experience, I've seen far too many people shit on other fans for simply doing what they love, whether that's making art work or fanfiction. There's only so much shit talk you can listen to before you start to feel bad when you see someone with actual feelings and a personality become the butt of the joke. I mean, these people are just having fun! And though it's not everyone's cup of tea, as long as not problematic and/or harming anyone, I don't see why someone would screen shot someone else's work and completely tear it apart behind the creator's back.

It's not just this fandom, obviously, but I'm just trying to keep my distance. After all, no one wants to their fanfiction or fanart to end up in a group chat with 5+ people talking shit about it and/or you.

Another thing to remember is that the TOH fandom is mainly composed of teenagers. I'm 21 and my childhood was lost to situations I will not disclose lol. However, I'm alright with admitting that I'm a bit on the older side and obviously won't always be on the same mental level as your regular fan. That's fine. But I'm pretty sure you're supposed to learn about basic human kindness at an even younger age?

Idk tho.

#is this a callout post? Kind of

[drowsie341]

@gontagokuhara-week Day 1 - protector / gentleman

V3-4's tricky for me to talk about for one or two reasons, but one thing I can say is that Gonta intentionally throwing away his dream of being a gentleman - something he ties everything about himself around - in order to protect everyone from the truth... to me that's one of the most underrated yet coolest things in V3.

It's still technically his birthday where I am, but this feels a smidge dark for that, so there's a more celebratory birthday variant of this on my twitter!

(I can only do a bit of Gonta Gokuhara Week, but I should hopefully have some stuff for the last two or three days ^^)

#danganronpa #gonta gokuhara #own art #i don't mean to say he's morally right for his actions in 3-4 #but i admire his resolve to take drastic action to try and make things better #there's a kind of strength there that makes me think “wow Gonta's one of the coolest DR characters actually” #also... it's been a while orz #i know i've missed at least one callout - sorry!! #the last time i posted... ooof

[pleuvoire]

actively disappointed in y'all. i saw the "cohost mod is into cub porn" post reblogged uncritically on my dash a few times and was like hmm seems kinda flimsy so will not be reblogging. but to find out that the main target of the accusations in that post is a trans woman and that the accusations were really as unsubstantiated as they seemed... now of all times, in a conversation about leaving the site that was precipitated by spurious claims of sexual deviancy against trans women... i'm sorry but you simply can't be holding onto the whole "reblog warning posts about so-and-so being a sexual deviant" mindset even if you claim "oh but i won't reblog the unsubstantiated ones against trans women" cause clearly thinking that is not protection against actually doing it!

#between this and the toonimal warning doc that ticked off every item on the ''how NOT to report on csa'' checklist + #+ i'm thoroughly disillusioned with the entire practice and concept of this kind of post #just seems to do far more harm than good even when the person in question /is/ a sex pest #well ig there's some exceptions but they're few and far between in the realm of tumblr callouts

[uncanny-tranny]

Every time you think, "Oh, I don't have [x condition], I'm basically cured!" that is the devil talking. You aren't cured, you are likely going through periods of your symptoms waning. Don't cease whatever you're doing to help yourself, like medication, for instance, because it's likely you still have the conditions or symptoms, even if you aren't noticing them as frequently or severely.

#disability #this is a callout post about myself #i genuinely thought my GAD was cured because my symtoms had lessened significantly since i've transitioned #turns out my anxiety is just as killer and awful - it's just muted slightly #i am currently laying down with my brain convinced that i'm About To Have a Heart Attack #(and not in the fun demi lovato kind of way) #(that song is a little over a decade old... what the bingle) #anyway please don't do what i do whenever i experience ANY level of symptoms getting better because it will shock you... #...when those symptoms come back and remind you that you Do Indeed have [x condition] #i now know how a wolf girl feels when they say they are Actually Feral because that's how i feel rn 💀 #even I'M not immune to the idea that the things i suffer from are things that can Disappear Magically 😭 #it's wishful thinking and almost like... imposter syndrome because you're *so* desperate to prove to yourself you're Fine or A Faker #and you become hyperfixated on picking every tiny little waxing and waning of symptoms like you're a fortune teller #and honestly it's really stiffling and it's a lot of work to kill the cop in your head that says you are secretly Not All That Affected... #...that you're either exaggerating to the Extreme or you're just a bored faker who's trying to Get Attention (bad somehow)

[volitioncheck]

does near every single post-canon DE fic out there need to be tagged ‘Sober Harry Du Bois’? i’m getting so tired of it.

do i expect every single piece of fan content to have to fully delve into the often-depressing always-complex topic of addiction? not really. sometimes you just want to write/read a silly fluffy romance one-shot, whatever. i get it. but i think my issue is specifically with the fact that for nearly every sillyfluffy au out there, there almost must be a ‘sober harry du bois’ tag. and it does feel very slapped-on more often than not.

i think to me it is an unconscious statement that nothing *good* can ever happen to harry du bois until he is completely and permanently sober. before solving the next big case, he has to be sober. before quitting the force, he has to be sober. before falling in love with kim, he has to be sober. before accomplishing anything, starting any sort of recovery, making any life improvement, he must first be sober.

sobriety as a goal, as a journey, and honestly as a concept in of itself is not as cut and dry as so many people think it is. and i think it would serve a lot of people well if they did some introspection on the implications of how nearly every single post-canon fic that isn’t dealing directly with harry’s addiction have him as completely sober instead.

if the plot of the fic isn’t going to touch directly on harry’s substance use (and again, i’m not demanding that every single fic should), why does that mean that sober!harry must be the default?

i think i am just tired of reading a casefic, a smutty one-shot, a fantasy au, whatever, where it almost seems that before getting on with the plot, the author feels obligated to first assure us that the harry we’re reading about is a Sober Harry. it’s established with a couple lines in the exposition, probably about his improved appearance, a tag up top, and then never brought up again; a checkmarked box. like the societal image of An Addict has completely prevented people from being able to imagine a person just, continuing to live life, while still struggling with addiction.

life happens, with all of its backslides and achievements, mundanity and changes, to people with drug addictions just as much as people who don’t. is a post-canon harry who isn’t sober not worth writing about?

i think so. i think the game we all played thinks so too. in fact i think that sentiment is woven into the game’s very core. i just wish i saw that reflected in our fan content more.

#i really hope my point is understandable in that it isn’t that i think that stories where harry *does* become sober aren’t also valuable. #or that i want every post-canon harry to *not* be sober. #but rather questioning why there seems to be a subconcious necessity for harry to be sober to have kind things happen to him. #disco elysium #harry du bois #also obligatory because i am putting this in the main tag: #this isn’t a callout or vague on any one person/creator/group of people in particular #it’s more of a prompt to discussion on a very broad trend #one informed by insidious biases that live in all of us because we live in a society etc #that none of us are immune to but all of us have a responsibility to acknowledge #if there is goal to this post it’s to provoke introspection. not individual attacks #anyways i love quietly consuming fan content until something annoys me enough to make my own post about it #i do wish i Participated in fan communities more tbh especially this one i’m just shy lol #most of the time. #me talking

[aq2003]

i hope fantasy high junior year happens so that murph can turn to the camera, say "riz gukgak is aromantic and asexual", then unhinge his jaw and swallow the camera whole

#riz gukgak #dimension 20 #d20 #fantasy high #do it for me i'm dying out here #one day i'll make a salty post explaining the sheer degree to which hes canon aro but i kind of want to reel in my insanity a little #what's up i just checked the fh tag and this managed to slot itself above a post saying the #EXACT opposite thing i'm not deleting this but i want everyone to know this wasnt a callout i just woke up and posted this i promise

[rizaposting]

One thing i wish more people would consider when watching shows/reading comics is "if the narrative doesn't treat this seriously, then maybe neither should I"... Obviously there's some nuance to it, but people forget about slapstick and asides to the audience and if I have to see one more person in the year of 2024 claim that "Winry is abusive" for lighthearted wrench visual gags I'm going to lose my mind.

#crystal convos #delete later #maybe #waiting to see someone make a callout post for Tom and Jerry for supporting abuse or some nonsense #winry slander in 2024 how about i throw up and die instead #there is a difference when the physical comedy is happening outside of the continuity and has no consequences #you don't have to like that kind of humor but can we please use our brains a little bit #im sure there are some examples out there of authors in bad faith trying to make light of serious topics but that's still different

[recursivetransformarray]

Marauder Film has purchased the cinematic rights for Primordia, which is really cool, but to my dismay the promotional poster they showed for the announcement is, to mine and a few friends' observations, AI generated: the art style and anatomy is heavily inconsistent and there are a lot of nonsense details / artifacting. It doesn't look like WWS is aware of this, either:

And WWS' coder denying it, I'm going to assume out of ignorance:

I also looked a bit into the studio (initially to figure out whether this was a running trend with them), but frankly it's really difficult to find any concrete information on them at all; most of their website is made up of dead links and profiles that haven't been updated in at least two years. Even the link to Primordia on their "projects" page has been there unchanged since at least 2020, according to the Internet Archive. That isn't necessarily a problem, considering the purchase of the cinematic rights is just the first step and I assume WWS will keep in contact with them, but from a layman's perspective it's weird how this studio doesn't have much(or any) presence film- or social media-wise. I'm very excited to see what comes next from them, but I'm also hesitant. I'm really hoping Primordia gets the adaptation it deserves.

Here's a breakdown of a few AI tells I noticed in the poster art:

#original #primordia #don't want this to sound like I'm trying to make a callout post bc I don't know if anyone's really trying to be malicious in this situation #just kind of cautious atm. and I think it's worth noting because I haven't seen anyone else mention it #this has been beta-read but I'm down for further corrections

[cemeterything]

Op of the self care notes post said it was a joke that breached containment type of post, so they didn’t have those intentions, but I think they said it was a positive experience to see how many people actually cared even if that wasn’t what they had set out for originally.

i respect that completely and, like i said in my tags, i don't assume any ill intent on op's behalf, however i do still think it's an irresponsible, unsustainable and unhealthy way of seeking support or recovery. i genuinely hope that op does recover and receive all the help and support they need, and wish them nothing but the best, but i also disagree with the method used and don't think it should be encouraged or normalized for reasons i've already stated (that social media attention is very superficial and unpredictable, and that creating the impression that complete strangers are in some way responsible for your mental health without their consent, regardless of whether that was your intention, isn't really right).

#like me disagreeing with that 'ill practice self care if this gets 666k notes' post isnt a callout for the op #and if youre the kind of joyless cruel husk of a person who decides to send hate or attack op for it then im disgusted by you and want #nothing to do with you #but as someone who has personally experienced the detrimental effects of tying my mental health to social media attention #regardless of how good your intentions are i cannot agree with it on principle because it fucked me and countless others up #far more than it ever helped

[ramenwithbroccoli]

tbh it sucks so much we're limited by language barriers and other stuff. there are so many things and themes i'd like to mention, but only a bunch of people will understand. if a classic is written in a language different from english it's a hassle to get people from other counties to read it. sometimes it's translated without a care, sloppily, from a language that wasn't even the original one. sometimes it isn't even translated at all, left in obscurity

#this post is about wanting to talk to people here about literature but realising that nobody would know what im referencing #also translating can ruin stuff so bad. the callout in the middle is for Ferdydurke. that got its translation 24 years from the original #AND IT WASN'T EVEN TRANSLATED DIRECTLY. IT WAS TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH FROM FRENCH GERMAN AND SPANISH VERSIONS #IT GOT A PROPER ONE ONLY IN 2000. 63 YEARS. #sorry i just wish we had more diversity about the books we read. but im kind of a hypocrite aren't i #even i probably have more books in/translated from english than everything else. and i don't even live in english speaking country #eh #ramblings

[biomic]

you want friends, don't you atropos?

#hhghghughuhguhughghg what a turn of events #feels like kind of a stretch on rinne's part but i appreciate the callout #kendrix morgan died for our sins #kamen rider for ts #gotchard posting #skillz don't look//

[insomniac-ships]

Callout posts are absolute bullshit.

Callout posts made about teenagers is extra bullshit.

Callout posts made about teenagers BY teenagers is extra MEGA bullshit.

Look guys. Everyone says and does stupid shit as teenagers and young adults. We all fuck up. We all learn. We all grow and change.

Y'know what callout posts achieve? Nothing. Let's call it what it is: it's bullying. Hard stop. That's what the majority of callout posts are. I lived through the hell that was tumblr's callout blog days! I saw the stalking, harassment, and abuse firsthand! I saw how the people subjected to this shit spiraled into paranoia and fear! And guess what? None of it ever did an iota of good. All it did was serve to hinder growth, isolate and traumatize people, and make a huge public display of personal shit that could have, and should have, been dealt with and discussed privately.

Callout culture is disgustingly toxic. This obsession with "receipts", the nitpicking and pulling apart apologies to see if they're "genuine" enough, the intentional twisting of words, the assumptions and accusations, the willingness to throw people under the bus to make yourself look morally superior... You may as well set up the pillory while you're at it, since you seem so keen on public humiliation.

Look. Are there some situations where a PSA is necessary? Maybe. But when it's teenagers making long, detailed callout posts about other teenagers? Absolutely not.

Learn to communicate! Accept that you're going to make mistakes! Respect each other as people! Be willing to make reasonable compromises! Be honest and straightforward with your feelings! Set firm boundaries!

It's okay to have disagreements! Just don't go airing out dirty laundry in public spaces just to feel like you're proving a point.

#t.k. rants #proship #im so sorry #this has been bugging me since yesterday #i hate callout posts #i hate cancel culture #i hate that people feel like they need to make personal/private matters big public issues #you have no idea what kind of damage you're causing

[solradguy]

Whenever I see someone being transphobic on twt in a bridget thread i reply with three pictures of my mains: ky kiske from ac+r, ky kiske from rev 2, and ky kiske from strive.

it self selects for people who actually play the game. it’s canon that he’ll fight off transphobes with the blade. and if they actually played guilty gear they’d get the underlining messages

While it can be really funny to bully these guys back, please keep in mind that nothing you can say or do to these people will hurt them or waste as much of their time as what they say will stick with you or waste your time. It might be funny to send them a bunch of Ky pictures, but what they're doing is laughing that the only response the people they hate can give them is sending a bunch of pictures of anime boys.

The only thing that works is blocking them. They've turned being an asshole into a recreational sport and getting any sort of response in return is a victory for them.

#asks #Unfortunately I was an asshole on the internet once (not a vicious transphobe just a basic internet asshole) #I know exactly how these people function because I was there once... #When you don't take the person you're arguing with seriously it's very easy to laugh at every single thing they do #Which is what these guys are doing. It doesn't matter how well thought out the counter argument is. They don't care and they won't care #All you can hope for is that they're young and they grow out of it (I did) #I feel bad for them because I think about what led to me being like that decades ago. Are they going through the same thing? #I was like that because I was in a hopeless situation and hated myself and hated everyone else #People arguing back just proved my point that everything sucked and my hate was justified #It's an awful feedback loop. People being kind to me felt disingenuous. Why should they be kind? I hated them. They had no reason to be nic #I had to get to a point where I was willing to help myself crawl out of that pit before I let anyone else even get near me emotionally #I still remember the day when I realized I was being a fucked up little shit to everyone lol #Early June 2011. It was sunny with no clouds and there was a cool breeze. I was listening to In This Moment and I realized #'What the hell am I doing? Do I want to be like this forever? Get your shit together man' #It was a slow process from there but I did get out of it. Slowly. Very slowly. #There's a lot I did that I regret and can't ever apologize for because it was so long ago and the names and faces are gone now #Apologizing at this point would be selfish and only for my benefit anyway. I can only hope that what I did didn't hurt people permanently #Anyway. I've never talked about this on here before because it's the kinda shit that gets put on callout posts out of context #So. I am laying my naked soul bare and raw for the sake of underlining my original point: Internet trolls don't care

[oedipushansen]

tiktok is obviously awful about aging & tries to make any physical sign of it seem like a bad thing. but some tumblr users are also very weird towards anyone in their 30's (or older) & make it out like having fandom interests or just. being on the internet past your 20's is Cringe & somehow makes you into a child predator

#tumblr users have kind of an uppity attituide when talking abt other social media users #when rlly the users on here are not that much different from assholes on tiktok or twitter or whatever #the difference is on tiktok they'll bully you for looking your age but on tumblr they'll make a callout or vaguepost implying that youre a #child predator bc you're 33 & have hobbies #they say they love milfs & dilfs & make a somewhat poetic post abt the beauty of aging then are rude to ppl for being over the age of 27 #but then again ive only seen like. unnecessarily rude ''kinblr'' ppl & those my chemical romance oil painting icon ppl who call themselves #pretentious & blame declining literacy rates on ao3 fanfiction do this #txt

[vulcan-moon]

im of the opinion that some of the original criticisms posted on tumblr were legit worth thinking about but to hear that it just turned into a complete dogpile on twitter is really disappointing :/ why i dont use that site ig lmao

yeah, i've just seen so many of these callout posts inevitably end up as a dogpile. no matter how much you label a post as "do not harass this person", the action of making the post in the first place, putting it in front of an audience, condemning actions as morally bad rather than thinking of them as mistakes someone can learn from, it just. doesn't ever end well, especially not when the person making the callout post views getting blocked by the person they're calling out as "winning". so often, this shit is seen as a way to gain internet points rather than as a way to actually open up any kind of a dialogue with people.

it creates such an atmosphere of fear where people are afraid of fucking up - and they shouldn't be! nobody is ever going to handle something perfectly, and no group of people will ever agree on what the right way to handle something is. people should be allowed to fuck up and be told it in a way that isn't instantly hostile. it primes an environment where people are so, so quick to distance themselves based on any allegations without reading into the motives of the person making them, all out of fear of being associated w that person and so called out themselves.

and it's got to the point with those kinds of posts now where such heavy fucking terms are misused and it waters down any actual accusations that people make. bc there's stuff like what happened in the last week w silvercistern that could have been handled in private or by distancing from her if she didn't take criticism well, vs like genuinely horrific shit that should be called out like the whole ukulele apology video situation.

#asks #thinking of the suicide baiting comments i got in response to the callout post made on me. that the op liked lol #like i hope essie is doing okay. i know what it feels like to be on the other side of that kind of shit and it's not fun #it genuinely feels like the end of the world and it triggers a lot of self hating spirals of “am i an evil person” #also god we've got to stop viewing character pov as the author's honest to god thoughts. we're not in the victorian era anymore

[capnsoapy]

i still don't know if "i want to have straight sex at the gay pride parade" is a real taylor swift lyric or not. and if anyone tries to tells me i simply will not trust them

#taylor swift looks like the kind of person who would call me 'dude' and then burst into tears and write a callout post if i told her not to