#it's so good and SO underappreciated

[yardsards]

the TRUE purpose of my blog is to serve as propaganda to make as many ppl watch infinity train as humanly possible

#eliot posts #intr #listen there are prolly at least like almost a thousand of you if we ignore all the inactive blogs following me #and a large chunk probably followed me for my toh posting #if you like serialized cartoons like that there is a decent chance you will like infinity train #of course not guaranteed bc tastes vary but #it's so good i prommy #if u can't find a way to pirate it on ur own then message me and i can hook u up #(bc hbomax pulled it off legal streaming sites and idk if you wanna str8up buy a series you don't know if you'll actually like or not) #it's so good and SO underappreciated #ik some of you HAVE seen it but i reckon most of you prolly haven't #if i can just get a few of yinz into the train show my blog's purpose eill be fulfilled lol #especially if you're the type to actually post or make fanworks abt stuff #pls the fandom is so so small and kinda dead

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies” #serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited... #i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest. #it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!' #'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members... #..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)' #anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language? #maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value” #and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs) #happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills) #and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on... #...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works? #beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

[stanford-cipher]

I wish Alex still posted to tumblr because I really need to share this Soos art he put on his story.

#also soos is so underappreciated #everytime i rewatch gravity falls i'm reminded about how funny he was and how good his lines were #i need more soos in my life #gravity falls #alex hirsch #soos ramirez

[technovillain]

Do you think the Aquatos do campfire stories? songs?

YESSS ABSOLUTELY.

I think that the Aquatos are totally "eat together around a table/fire every night and have long discussions" family. And a lot of that time is probably divided between Augustus and Dona talking circus business, Dona sneaking in long-winded stories about her childhood, and the kids secretly not listening and having their own crosstalk/squabbling. I also choose to believe that Frazie and Dion both have had phases of angst where they tried to eat elsewhere and be loners while the rest of the family is hanging out together, and they always felt guilty about it afterwards, especially with the loud yet playful ridicule of their absence from the rest of the family.

I think that Donatella would def encourage the family to sing together. Maybe sometimes they sneak a little music into their acts. Maybe as younger kids, she tried to get Frazie, Dion, and Raz to have a little act involving music and it....never went well.

I just knooooow that Nona tells scary stories. Her canon "stay away from the water!" statements are so strong and her personality is so funny like I just know she's sharing folk tales and stories of her own design to scare the children for her own amusement. Nothing too serious of course, just enough to mess with them a bit. Just enough to where there's probably a few made up creatures in the corners of their respective mindscapes, courtesy of Nona's campfire stories.

#the aquatos #ask #anonymous #hcs #.txt #psychonauts #i have so many good aquato asks in here. love them forever. #nona is so underappreciated frrrr i'm number one nona fan

[rox-of-iu]

no thought only MQF in brain* (*even more than usual yeah.....)

ok lads listen up. i love allllll Mu Qingfang designs ok? all the interpretations are cool and valid and dear ok BUT. whenever I personally try to draw MQF without a 'stache he just looks to me like a first-year med student ok hjdfhkfd

but anyway. when i was scrolling around and being completely normal about MQF i saw a lot of ppl say stuff like 'this is my 'mqf is actually pretty' agenda' and its alwaysss about peeled mqf SO I HAVE A POINT TO PROVE OK. mqf with a moustache can be also a prettyboy ok?? i can prove it 😭😭

so here are my qingfangs where i turned up the babygirl vibes to absolute max as i could hsdfjkhdskfh 💜

#mu qingfang #svsss #listen.......actually nevermind hfdjkhfk #im having. thoughts #hsjkdhkf #maybe ill also make a text post some time later because i cannot shut up im having lack of fics issues hjdfhfk #so anyway 🥰 hjkfh silly litol weary doctor amirite- #also some may have noticed that i have finally used the correct peak seniority for MQF aha well #(through gritted teeth) i have finally come to terms with the fact he is 8th its fine its whatever i like 8 anyway #it fits anyway of course the doctor peak is underappreciated smh smh smh smh #also btw if youve ever been influenced by my mqf design i have to let you know each and every time that happens i gain 5 billion years hjfd #<333333333 #it makes me soooooooo giddy that ppl like him enough that i change their perception of him lmao jdfhkd #nothing gives me more power points than when the moustache propaganda claims another victim FR HAGHJKFD #so yeah 🥰🥰 #wait also gotta mention that im not like bashing any other designs i want to make that super clear #i suck at tones i dont want this to get misinterpreted #all mqf good mqf 💕💕

[dewwshi]

BEAUTIFUL HORSE SONG MAGIC SPELL !!! 🩷🎠

#in preparation for junior year i binged both seasons of fh and with a week left before the first ep decided to also binge the seven #and i LOVED IT. honestly the funniest d20 season i've seen #and katja is my FAVOURITE #i love her so much her and zelda are the best maidens to me which is SO SAD because i feel like they're so underappreciated #this scene was everything to me it was so good #plus some extra horse practice is always good #probably will post junior year fanart after a some more eps come out but enjoy this for now #d20 the seven #d20 #dimension 20 #dimension 20 the seven #dimension 20 katja #katja cleaver #the seven #dimension 20 fanart

[krikidilly]

Still wolfs rain thinking but I think being pet like this could fix me and anyone else I mean it

#imagine your favs getting pet like this and it fixes all their issues simultaneously #.. you know what characters and or pairings im thinking of you simply know. #wolfs rain is soso good i think its criminal its so underappreciated #like. i barely hear ANYONE say anything about wr ... maybe i need to dig through twitter or smthn maybe im missing out on the hidden world #anyways.... #coughs

[aroaceleovaldez]

i mean it when i say we've gotta bring back askblogs. bring back making character chat posts with poor choice text colors over random backgrounds. bring back blogs dedicated to what outfits you think characters would wear.

fandom is an ecosystem, not a numbers game. these types of blogs/posts/etc still exist in concept, because people still want to make them and they're a great way to get your thoughts of an idea out in a simple format, but most people make them on like tiktok or instagram reels and that's where the problem lies. Those videos don't go anywhere. The format doesn't allow for the discussion to spread through the community and they're less likely to be engaged with in general. And to make them most people have to either show their face or figure out editing software, so the barrier to entry is higher (editing) and/or they have to forfeit an amount of privacy.

those types of posts/blogs are the first rung of the ecosystem. they're the perfect environment for younger members of the fandom to begin safely interacting with the larger community and putting their own thoughts and ideas out there. roleplay is the other major spot for that and those communities are diminishing as well, honestly (if you know of an rp forum board site, cherish it. and if you can make one, make one). they allow younger fans to begin engaging with the source material on a different/deeper level, but still at a very low barrier to entry, and begin conversations with other fans, which also helps them build skills which in turn may encourage them to pursue other avenues within the fandom (fic writing, other formats of askblog - which itself usually leads to art, cosplay, also fic writing, etc). Without those places to build those skills, they might feel discouraged from trying to begin when surrounded by curated people who have built their skills up for years.

And those conversations they foster also in turn help the community, by offering ideas to artists or fic writers to extrapolate on or building community jokes. And that text/blog format specifically is extremely beneficial, because it allows younger members of the fandom to remain anonymous and keep their privacy without concerning themselves with having any platform or having anything attached to them (very important for young fans figuring themselves out and navigating online community spaces for the first time, since they can remove themselves from spaces easily if they decide they don't like it and they're protected, rather than PUTTING THEIR FACE ON THE INTERNET). And those posts they make will spread a lot more into the community since they're in a significantly easier format to be reposted (few people are gonna be reposting tons of random short-form videos versus spamming their instagrams with reposts of 10 random fandom images yoinked from tumblr, or reposting to pinterest or something). Like, don't repost art, at the VERY least don't repost without credit, but also I am not ignorant to the fact that my art is not just the first google image result for "pjo pride" and related searches, but also the 4th, the 6th, the 9th, the 10th, the 11th, etc etc., and pops up in the search results before the official ReadRiordan does simply because people reposted my work more (most with credit, thankfully).

For fandom to be a community, it needs to perpetuate itself. There needs to be engagement with one another and conversation. If that bottom rung is cut off, then new fans won't be able to grow into the other niches of the fandom, and the fandom will be solely reliant on the source material and die out extremely quickly, and there won't be a community. There's no conversation! There's no reason to stay beyond the original material! But if you don't have points of entry for new fans, they won't have any way to build the skills needed to move into those niches, or engage with the community in a healthy way.

tl;dr: Bring back askblogs and character-based text post blogs. They are vital to fandom ecosystem.

#fandom #long post // #i know many people jest about tumblr posts being reposted often to other social media #but there's a reason for that! because few other social media these days are primarily text-based! and tumblr is a BLOGGING website! #we're built for sharing random essays! which means we have a LOT of word-heavy stuff #that other platforms can really only have in a different format - usually either image or video - due to character limits #and videos - even short form video - is far less engaged with because it takes more time to interact with #and short form videos of this nature ^ are usually only reposted in like. long-form video format compilations #which are pretty equally if not even less frequently interacted with #because most of those other social media platforms dont have good ways to easily share posts en mass like tumblr's reblog function #so even if those posts do get shared they rarely go far and even if they do they dont stick around #i also personally dont think it's coincidental that general fandom attitude shifts occurred circa 2016-2018 #around the same time as the major shift away from tumblr due to the bans #anyways if you run one of those types of blogs i respect you immensely #you are underappreciated but you fulfill an important ecological niche #also i know rp blogs are still a thing but theyre much more scarce and rp communities in general are drying up

[iclosedoors]

rewatched but im a cheerleader and i am so fucking shocked that there is like NO fan content around it. so here is my good omens au

more doodles below the cut :)

#but im a cheerleader #sapphic #good omens #this movie is so severely underappreciated please watch it i love them #but im a cheerleader fanart #but im an angel

[the-armored-shade]

Did you know @weeklyxero is making a Xero skin? No? You do now.

#myart #minimoth #xero is such a fun character #underappreciated so go give him some love #xero #Flame you are killing it #it looks so good

[shaunashoochiebae]

unpopular opinion maybe but the last dinner party is actually sooo good and sooo underrated like yeah okay nothing matters is pretty popular but what about caesar on a tv screen and my lady of mercy??? absolute bangers like!!!

#the last dinner party #nothing matters #caesar on a tv screen #my lady of mercy #bangers! #so underappreciated #and so good like #listen to them right now x #lesbian #wlw

[guardian-angle22]

911 lone star fashion -> every paul outfit

↳ 4.12

#911 lone star #911lsedit #paul strickland #911ls fashion #every paul outfit #his expressions in this dinner scene were I C O N I C #he's there to be supportive but he's also absolutely horrified at how flustered marjan was getting lmao #and then when the date turned out to be like That he was horrified for a different reason #brian is just so good at the comedic faces and i think it's so underappreciated tbh #(this scene was a nightmare to color/edit btw. this show truly kills me with all their dark moody lighting choices) #my gifs #queue it up

[sysig]

You’ve caught my Wandering Eye ♥ (Patreon)

#My art #Wander Over Yonder #Wander #Commander Peepers #Wandering Eye #I love them... #Two little guys in love #As is clearly evident from Peepers body language lol #Kinda deeply thinking about a series of Peepers ship/dynamics as maybe an excuse to draw him a lot lol #You'll recognise this one as the completed vector from a previous doodle set! :D Look what not-editing can accomplish! Lol #Honestly it was mostly running out of room for Wander's left shoe that even made me want to start this project in the first place #Who'd have thought something that small would make me want to completely redo it lol - but it did! I want a complete Wander hug! #Peepers is less convinced lol #I think their dynamic can be very sweet <3 Peepers is underappreciated! Wander is very appreciative of everyone haha #And he clearly cares about Peepers enough to know what would make him happy - again same as everyone lol #I mean I don't think Wander would be monogamous in the first place but I think he'd bluster in and make C. Peeps happy for a while #Who would of course be resistant lol - but just like Hater how much can you actually hold against honest affection #Wander is also a good choice to ship with everyone and I already do with Peepers - they fit together that way hehe #Plus they're adorable so there's that lol - I love that Peepers is shorter than than basically everyone including Wander #Wander is very tiny! But C. Peeps is tinier! Short King <3 #Wander was incredibly correct when he called C. Peeps too cute to stand - same with Awesome even if he was doing it derogatorily #Peepers is cute! He's very cute! #His silhouette is also still the funnest <3 He's so easy to express with I love his proportions <3 <3 #Cutest lads

[lunar-years]

They’ve been wasting Juno and Phil’s insane onscreen chemistry for too long, btw. Keeley and Jamie scenes make me feel so warm :)

#I’m allowing it because last night made up for it #but the fact that we only got that short hug scene between them all season is a travesty like they are SO GOOD #the scene where keeley tries to talk him down form his mountain was EXCELLENT #everyone’s always talking roykeeley chemistry and royjamie chemistry and they are correct but also!! jamiekeeley is sooo underappreciated #Ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #jamiekeeley #Jamie Tartt #Keeley Jones

[mean-scarlet-deceiver]

How about Gordon & BoCo for the dynamic ask? I can't remember if you've done them before but it's a dynamic I feel is incredibly fun, especially in the days of dieselization where it's Gordon who's the first big engine to come around to diesels.

Oooh, this one I've done before! (Indeed this is the first time I think I ever got on my soapbox re: a character dynamic, and I've been chasing that high ever since!)

In honor of the ask I've finally gone back and tagged my key posts on their dynamic as #4+d2, so I hope that link takes you directly to them.

#ttte #chatter #ttte gordon #ttte boco #i think i single handedly made a few people out and out shippers #... which wasn't my goal but which also wasn't... *inimical* to my goal? #I LOVE THEIR FRIENDSHIP I THINK IT ADDS SUCH A COOL AND UNDERAPPRECIATED DIMENSION TO THEM BOTH #it shows gordon's growth (he can make new friends and not at all the 'type' of friend - a branch line diesel! - you'd predict for him. #he just started off as so self-absorbed and insular but his bond with boco is such a good example of how we see him TAKING OFF.) #and boco's strength of character (as he is able to win the respect and trust of. well. mr grandest engine alive himself. #just by being his chill understated shrewd self.)

[shitpostingkats]

The closest thing to a complaint I can have against Neo twewy is none of the shinjuku reapers have wings :(

#was really bummed to learn how underappreciated this game is #because it is so so good like the gameplay is the vidja game equivalent of a stim toy. The writing is top notch. The STYLE is ICONIC. #So yeah this is my official endorsement: Play the twewy series. Theyre both such such good games #neo the world ends with you #the world ends with you #twewy #ntwewy #neo twewy #video games