#like i'm over a lot of it and just block

[vividxp]

The reason why I don't have a lot to say about recent IWTV discourse because it's old. It's the same shit over and over. *Louis voice* This show watcher is bored.

For example, the last meta post I did, I brought up noticing how white reviewers/reactors to the show really thought the show's handling of race was clumsy or irresponsible and how I think it's mostly stemming from discomfort and like two days ago someone on twitter went on a whole rant literally giving a textbook example of what I meant.

And now this discussion about gender roles, patriarchy, etc in Loustat relationship dynamic is literally one that has been going on for months. I've tried to push back on certain bad takes (at least we've seemed to move on from all the LDPDL is an uppity self-hating coon essays) but I just don't like repeating myself so I won't.

#iwtv discourse #like i'm over a lot of it and just block #i have another post about fandom gatekeeping in the drafts #but maybe i'll save that for another day #give it a few months and we'll have another #show viewers are naive babies that can't handle the books rant #from people who are whining about the show being too real and toxic

[lucienne-thee-librarian]

Just to minimize my chances of being genuinely misunderstood OR deliberately misinterpreted, and crucified for something I don't think, How Dare You Say We Piss on the Poor website etc...I'm gonna say this right up top. I absolutely understand why people don't like Thessaly as a character, if anyone does completely unironically stan her as some kind of feminist hero who Did Nothing Wrong uwu, I personally see it as a bit of a red flag. I don't like terfs real or fictional. In a vacuum, I could even completely sympathize and agree with the people who want her cut.

HOWEVER.

It's really something to me to see people clamoring for her to be cut, because she carries and expressed an ugly indefensible prejudice (transphobia) in words towards (1) person. Meanwhile Hob fucking Gadling enacted one of the most violent forms of antiblack racism I can even think of against thousands no, millions of people, the ripple effects of which still affect billions more today. Just a little light idk, profiting off the fucking slave trade and had to be told by someone else that it was bad...and he's a fan favorite.

People are saying Thessally being Dream's love interest reflects badly on him or is somehow endorsement by the narrative (?!?!?!?!?!? Didn't she (SPOILER ALERT AS IF IT MATTERS BY NOW) help participate in his extended assisted suicide? She's not painted as a great person to me just another character what are y'all SMOKING whatever fine. It's fine this is fine.) But shipping Dream with Mr. Former Slaver is not only not verboten or frowned on widely in the fandom but its THEE most popular pairing by far. So...why the difference?

Like where are the same fans who are saying Thessaly shouldn't just be more clearly shown to be wrong, she shouldn't even be in the show at all when it comes to Hobert's crimes??? Yes, transphobia is indefensible. Isn't racism?

And I hear the cries of "it's fiction!!!" Already rallying (if anyone who needs to hear this even sees it lol) to which I say:

HORSESHIT. I KNOW you don't, deep down, really agree because if you did, why get upset about Thessaly being included??? Why does what she said to one person matter if it's Just Fiction You Guyze. Fictional characters are allowed to do bad things and fiction isn't reality sweaty....except when you only apply that standard to fictional racists you like and simp for, but fictional transphobes you don't are SO HARMFUL they shouldn't even be portrayed in fiction.

Like. Give me a big fat BREAK. This looks like bullshit, no? I'm sorry, but I'd love for someone to try and give any other explanation besides one personally offended you or hit home for you, and the other doesn't.

And if that bothers you or you feel like it says something negative about you...idk what you want me to say??? You can't control how other people perceive you and that's how people outside this majority-of-the-fandom bubble see it. You don't need to respond, I just wish and genuinely hope this gives you a moment to think about why fans who ARE bothered by both (and not just paying lip service to being bothered by the one but railing against the other) are so frustrated with people saying everyone is welcome but in practice only bending over backwards for the comfort and emotions of themselves, and people they can easily relate to.

You don't have to like Thessaly (I don't. I find her an interesting antagonist, I don't stan her. And frankly that's not the point of her character) but you'll pardon me for feeling more than a bit cynical and side eying people's motivations for what seems a...pretty obvious double standard, on what fictional crimes related to real world issues matter to y'all, and which clearly don't. Either actually bring the same energy to the table for fictional people who committed atrocities, even if against a group you're not part of and thus don't feel the need to empathize with, or just carry on, but accept that you don't have the SLIGHTEST room to talk about cutting characters who do immoral things. And you also need to accept that you look like a hypocrite when you do.

#thessaly #wanda the sandman #hob gadling #I could've cried sexism!!! Problematic Male vs Female Characters except 1) I don't actually think that's the main reason *here* #2) there are WAY better examples of that particular double standard in this fandom #also i can admit when I'm a bit of a hypocrite or was. #i used to dip my toes into the dreamling stuff too early on #but idk. It just got too sour seeing ppl whitewash (lol I know I'm a comedian) #what he did over and over. And I genuinely had started to wonder #if the show hadn't included that particular crime and I'd just imagined it from the comics because #my memory is shit sometimes and I guess I was naive. I *wanted* to believe someone would talk aboutit #if it had made it in. but ultimately i went back and checked and no #and seeing how the whole fandom behaving affected my non-white mutuals some of whom... #like these are my friends man or ppl I just respect and I can't just. Ignore their feelings and their pov #and act like they werent making points or it doesn't matter #like it's all just fun and games for everyone on the same terms. And seeing how easy it was #for everyone to ignore was so unsettling. I couldn't keep pretending it was just fiction and didn't affect anyone real #Call me a bully a t3rf apologist (fuck you and for the record. no) #a puritan or a Fancop (actually stop comparing #people disagreeing with you online to what cops do. For fucks sake you just make it look like nothing is really real to you outside fandom) #whatever man. Whatever helps you sleep. I'm just gonna block you #if you're clearly sticking your fingers in your ears. engaging with you is a waste of time and energy then #Hell I have sympathy for anyone who doesn't like thessaly #especially trans fans. Especially rn. But lbr that sympathy for a lot of the white trans/queer fans only goes one way!!! #never gets extended to anyone else's issues. Like THATSthe issue. And it's shitty! #(sorry this post is not about me in the confessional lol that's why I put this at the bottom #I just had feelings to get out and yes its my blog but i didn't want to clog the airways)

[momentsofamberclarity]

If you're putting dni banners or bright dni wording on the bottom of all of your posts in 2024 believing this will actively stop people from interacting then we are on entirely different wavelengths and I'm automatically determining that you do not have critical thinking skills and blocking you regardless of your self-proclaimed stance on anything.

This is the internet. The internet is a free-for-all, always has been, always will be. People are going to interact with content regardless of their age, regardless of their stances vs your stances. In fact, the more you draw attention to not wanting attention the more troll attention you are actively inviting in.

It is up to you to curate your own online experience and use your block button when you are uncomfortable with people interacting with your content. And you are under no obligation to offer an explanation to anyone as to why you've blocked them.

#proship safe #paraphile safe #endo safe #tulpa safe #kink safe #okay to reblog #plus your banners are not accessibility friendly; and for a lot of nd people like myself they are just a huge eye sore to look at. #this is *not* about people with dnis listed in *one* place on their blog. (i.e. info or pinned) #that's called *setting a boundary for yourself* wherein you've made it perfectly clear to others what you will not hesitate to block over. #that's not what I'm complaining about here at all. #this is me complaining about people posting *all* content behind what they perceive as a purity wall by adding a dni banner image to it. #( I mean I also think dnis are *also* useless in the grand scheme but tomato tomahto. ) #ambers.txt

[svtskneecaps]

you know what i'll say it MIKE AND ROIER ARE THE ONLY ONES I RESPECT these fuckers will rock up and say FUCK english all my homies HATE english they are the only ones i trust and respect these fuckers are like you will hear me speak my language and you will LEARN IT OR DIE and i respect the HELL OUT OF IT dude THANK YOU FOR BEING ENGLISH HATERS brothers THANK YOU FOR NOT SPEAKING ONLY ENGLISH WHEN AMONG ANYONE NOT OF YOUR LANGUAGE GROUP!!!!!!!!

#qsmp #if there are others who also refuse to speak english that i didn't notice i will add them #this excludes the koreans bc they aren't strong in english so it's only half an option for them #(allegedly aren't strong i didn't see them around long enough to come to any real conclusions but i'm told they aren't strong in it) #and also hugo bc he didn't have much time on the server and some people who start out relying on the translations #will swap over to using their english however strong that might be idk his relative strength either bc like korea he wasn't online long 😔 #which i also respect because i'm glad they get to practice their nonnative tongue that's cool #but the first multilingual smp with live translation becoming the 'english in a group' server gives me fits #anyway for legal reasons much of this post is hyperbole and exaggeration #but i do love how mike and roier can be consistently relied on to just Not Speak English #block game brainrot #shut up vic #bonus shoutout to foolish who often insists spanish speakers only speak spanish to him #and tries to only speak spanish in return. he's not got broad vocab just yet but for only learning via this and duolingo he's doing amazing #and i have a lot of respect for him for it #(yes i respect everyone for reasons but this post is about the ones who can and do speak Not English on purpose) #(regrettably people like bbh and phil don't count although i still respect their efforts) #ANYWAY SLASH END TAG RANT THIS POST KNOWS WHAT IT'S ABOUT DON'T FIGHT ME

[bumblebi713]

pretending both my faves were in s3.....

#stranger things #steve harrington #kali prasad #stranger things 3 #stranger things fanart #steve x kali #myart #before anyone births a bovine over that tag...this drawing is not meant to be ship art #i'm just trying to reach the other people who like both steve and kali #however if you want to see it as ship/tag it as ship art i will NOT get mad/block you #i know this fanbase is utterly foul when it comes to shipping but i personally have nothing against these two as a ship #anyways i think kali should have become a main character.. she is way cooler than a lot of the other main characters in my honest opinion #but unfortunately not everyone can be as smart and correct as me #bumblebi713

[musical-chick-13]

So I guess ultimately my question is why are we assuming that Nayuta specifically meant “Denji belongs to me definitively, and you are trying to take his attention away from me?”

Aside from the fact that narrative misdirection is a thing and that I think it would completely contradict all the themes of the story thus far to just have her be Makima 2.0 and inherently evil...

We don’t actually know if she and Yoru recognize each other or not? Even on a subconscious level. If she does recognize Yoru (and, reasonably, knows how her powers work) calling Yoru a thief could have meant that “You are trying to steal Denji’s spinal cord to make a weapon” or even “You have stolen this random girl’s body to use for yourself.” (Even if she doesn’t know specifically that Yoru is sharing Asa’s body, she might still be able to tell that something weird is going on?)

She’s still a child, she might have just impulsively said the smallest amount of words that would sort-of convey what she was feeling.

I’m not worried yet.

Yet.

#I know people are pointing to the 'don't kiss me in front of her' as evidence of her posessiveness over denji but. she's also a child? #lots of children just don't like seeing kissing in general. especially involving family members. it's also possible that...idk they were #watching a movie once with a kiss scene and she made a disgusted face or something and denji just interpreted that the wrong way #I mean. I know creators like to troll people especially ones who are essentially human cryptids like fujimoto but...he did say that part 2 #would be different from part 1. idk he's not a stupid writer I don't think he would go this hard on Themes™ of love and connection and how #they enrich our lives and then backtrack on that? I don't think he would highlight how Things Will Be Different if it didn't mean anything? #MANY THOUGHTS HEAD FULL #I'm still sad we didn't get a discussion between yoru and nayuta about eating crayons I'm thinking too much about that one comic #nayuta #yoru #chainsaw man #chainsaw man spoilers #chainsaw man manga spoilers #csm spoilers #csm manga spoilers #csm chapter 119 #(I think that's all of the tags people might have reasonably blocked if they don't want manga spoilers???)

[0fps]

btw this will definitely be a very wuwa-centric blog for the forseeable future. i'm gonna wait a bit to decide if i want to commit to a sideblog for it but yeah if that's not your thing no hard feelings for any unfollows/blocks

#in general pls never feel weird about unfollowing/blocking even if its breaking a mutual i literally don't care lol #i think a lot of people initially followed me for hsr but i don't even play it i just think boothill and the ost are neat jadklfa #i actually had it blacklisted for a while bc i was super annoyed with all the gacha game comparison discourse #like i was genuinely having a negative pavlov reaction or whatever towards it just by seeing it mentioned AJDSFLKLJAF #but i'm over it now boothill made me normal #anyways. it's more likely i just kind of leave this blog as it is but also make it very wuwa focused bc its pretty dead otherwise #and having another sideblog would just overwhelm me honestly. but it depends how deep into this game i get #0.txt

[calamitys-child]

Was talking about this today but I really believe all health conditions should have a table of rough equivalents that you can swap between. Like, in terms of "relatively minor, will probably lay me up for a couple days and limit my activities for a couple more but will be recoverable within a week" I would trade every cold or sore throat I've ever had for a sprained ankle every so often. Tangible physical injuries I can handle naebor it's when the fuckin microorganisms make my everything go wrong I become absolutely miserable. You should be able to decide whether you get nausea diarrhoea or constipation based on which one you hate least. Blocked nose all day or blister on your foot. Do you see my vision here I want there to be a table of effects and I want to be able to choose which manner of suffering I'm putting up with in that category

#like im not trying to get out of it entirely i just want some agency #if im going to have a minor annoyance all day well if i need to walk lots today give me a blocked nose or a headache but if I'm going #to have a really nice meal ill take a blister or an acne flareup over having a blocked nose stopping me tasting it #equivalent exchange for better practical outcomes

[17yearcicada]

if someone has me blocked that's their business idrc but i think they should give me a little hint as to why or something. what did i do i'm really curious now

#this makes it sound like a lot of people have me blocked. to my knowledge it's like. two #and one of them i'm certain was over fandom opinions i just want to know what they were. how did i mischaracterize your blorbo tell me... #.txt

[roger-paladino]

Genuinely curious about this so I’m gonna ask you guys,

If you are/were a fan of TribeTwelve, what did you like about the series?

#tribe twelve #tt #you can add it to this post or send me an ask! and let me know if you don't want me to publically post any asks just put it in there and #I'll just read it over ^-^ #I'm just curious what people liked about it or even what critisisms you have! I love hearing about peoples opinions on media #for complete clarity I have not seen much of it at all outside of a few clips here and there #I personally can't get into it and I have a lot of critisims about the series (ive read a lot of the wiki to get context for things) #but like I said this is purely for curiosities sake and getting some opinions that aren't my own or my friends <3 #AND NO LIKE.. FIGHTING IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS PLEASE #And I don't think anyone will but no defending Adam in here either that's an immediate block. Im here to talk about media and not about #his actions. I do not support him and I do not like anyone that does support him. #.txt

[aeide-thea]

still thinking abt the tumblrinx i encountered a while back whose pinned post said they were transmasc… and also demanded that men dni

like—i’m not confused by the convoluted not-like-the-other-boys doublethink that gets you there, i can follow the chain of illogic just fine, but i sure am deeply wearily depressed by it!

#i know plenty of good men—good cis men even! gasp! #and i just think like. if we can’t move away from‚ like‚ cold gender war how the fuck do we move forward #fundamentally like. 100% block people who have behaved towards you in ways you didn't like. #but like. this whole thing where ~afabs~ preemptively self-victimize by conjuring up the creepiest cishet man they can imagine #and self-harm by worrying abt that imaginary guy jacking off to them #is just like. i understand how it happens but it’s like. you’re actively doing negative visualization #and‚ like‚ preemptively self-victimizing #ime it feels a lot better to move through the world unworried‚ in the knowledge that if someone says sth gross to you: you can block them! #anyway ultimately i’m pretty clearly making this post bc i'm overdue to unfollow the tirfiest blogger i’m currently following #like. yeah loads of cishet men are shitheads but ~misandry~ is so last decade #and frankly i don’t have a lot more time for the cishet women who have bought into the same system—like i have some sympathy but. #these people all get warped by the system into complementary fucked-up cogs whose teeth bite into one another #and i’m just not interested in biting back—i want to leave all the biting behind in the dust of the junkyard that birthed it #and like. i don’t want to dismiss the oppression that births this sort of rhetoric. it's super real and it's toxic and it fucks people up. #but it’s like. when people have bad dads and then are like Dads R Always Bad!!! #and i’m just over here like. i don’t know how to say this without sounding like i’m invalidating you but my dad was a fucking saint tbh #not perfect dgmw but like. a sweet gentle encouraging man who got ground down by my mother’s toxic heel along with the rest of us #so like. actually not only are you closing yr eyes to a better future‚ yr closing yr eyes to other ppl’s lived realities #like i personally managed to have a totally life-ruining mother without deciding Mothers Are Ontologically Evil Actually! #idk. obviously women remain *enormously* systemically oppressed! but surely we can acknowledge and decry that without #implicitly rhetorically closing off any possibility of a gentler queerer gender dynamic? #anyway none of this is revolutionary i’m just like. i KNOW the fascists want to cut off my toes and force me into the glass slipper #of viciously constrained femininity #that in turn makes itself feel better by sneering at men‚ critiquing other women who Do It Wrong‚ and exerting control over children #so i have strong personal cause to care about misogyny even if i didn’t care about it in the abstract #but i just think like. acting like traditional gender roles and dynamics are a fixed truth we can only bruise ourselves on #instead of a human construction that we can undermine and work to topple #is not actually the path to a healed world in the long run! #anyway. beta edition post (thumbtyped & not reread): may contain bugs.

[verraising]

me yelling at myself to just FUCKING level a tank already so i can finish the shb role quests

#have i unlocked every single tank class at this point? #maybe #maybe not #think i haven't unlocked marauder on myrri yet but i've played it a lil on an alt and i'm just hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn #not vibing with any tank class unfortunately #i feel like i've been whining about this a lot lmao pls squenix stop trying to get me to play tank #stop hiding the juicy lore from me #i'm also sure this is just a matter of Getting Over It as in i make this a bigger mental block for myself than it probably has to be lmao #but i get to be a lil baby about tanking for now. as a treat. :)) #i should get a text post tag

[wickedhawtwexler]

on god i AM going to write tonight

#i have legitimately not written in over a month. which is a super long time for me!!! #i did fake camp nanowrimo for a week then completely forgot about it lmao #where is that girl who was writing 2k a day. where is she #idk i've just found so many other hobbies that have been taking precedence over writing #quilting crochet karaoke violin piano etc. i've done some songwriting but i've had writer's block with that too #and i've had a lot of choice paralysis because i have so many projects and so many of them need fixes #what i need to do is take one (1) project and make that the only project i work on #and that one project is going to be my self indulgent camp new adult story inspired by my OG internet clique's shenanigans #and i'm gonna set the goal to write like idk. 3k a week. until i get back in the groove of writing #i need to get back into writing!!! i miss it so much. i miss my insane sci-fi series 😭 #that is way too complex for me to even think about right now lmao. i've opened the scrivener doc so many times + immediately closed it #m.txt

[singsweetmelodies]

🙄

#alright i was trying VERY HARD to post a lot of carlando things and only carlando things in which i am pro carlando #specifically to fuck with that one anon #because yeah i DID wake up to another positively bizarre ask in my inbox this fine wednesday morning #blocked deleted but anyway i DID think it would be incredibly funny to reblog loads of carlando just to fuck with them #HOWEVER #i am four (?) posts in and i can't hold it back anymore #my own agendas are getting in the way so much lmao #bcs it's like #i'm listening to that clip from the P1 podcast where they're asking him if it's hard to form lasting friendships with other drivers #and carlos goes 'yes it is' #well my FIRST thought in response to that was 'not for piarles it isn't <3' because MY otp is superior and they've been friends forever #anyways then carlos carries on to say 'it's easier with lando [than with charles]' and HA #my petty brain just immediately wanted to CACKLE #hashtag charlos is over party #SORRY LMAO #but it WAS my first thought #fuck 'em ahahahahahaha #anyways <3 hope you have a good time reading all this anon #🥰 #katie rambles

[wulvercazz]

pls why does Mr T think I want to see anti's posts 😭 gotta hate when socmeds think they have the ability to suggest posts, pls don't

I can curate my own space, alrightt, thank uuuu 🥴

#in this house we respect people's preferences regarding fiction #thank u very much #idc for the whole fight in the middle of it but #do know that if u think it's right to hate #or worse; attack / doxx / bully /etc anybody solely over fiction #then i don't like u and I don't want u near me #if u followed me on twt u know i block on siGHT anyone that thinks being mean online is some sort of hero work #i also block for lots of other reasons lol; I like to keep my online experience as good as I can make it #but this is the easiest way to get yeeted adasfds #just a heads up ig #for anyone following me here who might have not realized I'm all up for expressing yourself however the fuCK u want in fiction #lmaoo

[pillars-of-salt]

i know these are after 10 pm feelings but i truly am so sad that i don't have the motivation or time to draw as much as i used to and i'm sad that tumblr's culture has deteriorated so much bc now there's really no point in posting art here anymore even when i do draw

#i used to draw ALL. THE. TIME. it was all i did. and now i've stopped or go long blocks w/o drawing and a lot of my skills have deteriorated #i'm very bad at dynamic poses. or drawing anything in motion really. and composition and scenery and color grading. #and lately i've been very frustrated with where my style is and how it does not translate between paper and digital well #and i forgot how to draw FACES. of all things. that is literally ALL i draw man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i dont knowwww i don't know and even when i do draw i don't really want to post it anymore there's a bunch of stuff i haven't posted #not sure how to phrase this but. it's not exactly because my art doesn't get notes. it's bc even though i've always gotten very few notes #when i post art i'm fine w only getting a few notes because that's the hazard of only posting oc art #but a few years ago even when i had way fewer followers and less art experience people still interacted in ways that made it worth posting #it felt rewarding to be part of the creative community! it was really fun and a lot of people were making cool stuff #and now they don't bc the landscape of tumblr has changed over the years and it feels dead here man #and i wish that wasn't such a big factor in me wanting to draw. but man i just like my characters a lot and i wanna share them. #and i feel like i'm not doing a good job