#meta-ish

[dittobtch]

Pitch Perfect Fandom Stats

A visualization of how fics are tagged in the Pitch Perfect fandom on ao3.

Data from ao3 as at December 25, 2023 (Note 3).

Pitch Perfect Stats

Percentages are of the total number of fics in the Pitch Perfect fandom tag.

Total number of fics: 7,745

Specific Relationship Comparisons

Chloe/Beca: 5,153 fics

Stacie/Aubrey: 881 fics

Emily/Beca: 297 fics

The gray bar for Pitch Perfect is what that tag percentage is in the fandom as a whole.

Notes and Disclaimers

*Note 1: (Warnings) Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Underage, and Rape/ Non-Con were combined for visibility.

**Note 2: (Categories) F/F excluded for visibility. F/F percentage of the Pitch Perfect fandom tag was 92.8%.

Note 3: I don't use any programs to gather stats (I input data manually). So, some fics may have been deleted or created and backdated since. To minimize discrepancies, I tried to collect all the data in one sitting.

Note 4: I know tag wrangling is a thing however, I don't know much about it. That being said, I'm pretty sure that this data doesn't really take that into consideration.

Note 5: I am obviously an amateur (I failed my first year stats exam lol), so take that as you will.

Note 6: If you use this data for anything, please let me know and tag me in it. If you want the original excel file, just ask and I'll send it to you.

The Other Fandoms

Multi | The Wilds | Yellowjackets

#fandom stats #pitch perfect #bechloe #staubrey #bemily #ao3 #stats #self indulgence at its finest #meta-ish #ao3 2023 stats #my stats #btch talk

[digital-dhampirs]

VnC 58: the case study of astolfo

After a whole year of suspense, the Case Study of Vanitas is back with a bang and so is this tumblr blog. Time isn’t real, so let’s pretend that this analysis came out when I wrote it after reading chapter 58 rather than the day before chapter 59. Let’s go!

As always, although it’s been a while, this post will contain massive spoilers for VnC 58 and is intended for those who have read up to this point in the manga!

intergalactic tea party

Chapter 58 begins with (an absolutely stunning shot of Vanitas’s tarte tatin) a quick recap of the plot so far and where the main cast is at the moment— Domi and Jeanne tragically finish their conversation offscreen; Domi and Noé have an adorable reunion; and Jeanne leaves the hotel alone, likely to report on her successful mission to a worried Luca. Jeanne looks adorably carefree as she heads out and I pray for a flashback to her conversation with Domi in the near future.

Moving rapidly along, we cut to the Archiviste Noé caught a glimpse of last chapter, traveling through the border between worlds. We learn that she’s familiar with Comte and likely Luna as well, and she and Comte sit down to have a very Pandora Hearts flavored tea break. Comte says that mystery Archiviste hasn’t travelled to the human world in ages, making it very unlikely that she was there explicitly to see Noé, although it’s possible she was (like Comte) waiting in the shadows to intervene if the fair fight reached a certain point.

Mystarchiviste in turn reveals that Comte’s existence is “unstable���. The only context we really have for that term is Vani and Misha, artificial followers of the blue moon lying somewhere between human and vampire… Comte certainly acts like a vampire, but maybe he’s actually something much more in between? My half-theory half-headcanon is that his obsession with Luna stems partially from feeling commonality with another being who doesn’t understand their own existence…

Speaking of Luna, Comte taking their form has interesting lore implications (can he take the form of anyone he’s met, or is there another requirement that has to be met first?) and also interesting fanfic implications but let’s move rapidly onwards to the real meat of chapter 58.

the chasseurs are insane

A majority of VnC 58 takes place in an extended flashback, as Astolfo reflects on his past. This flashback confirms a lot of what past chapters have implied about Astolfo— he was consumed by self hatred and guilt following the vampire attack, to the point of attempting suicide. The whole flashback could easily read as yet another parallel to Vanitas, who, after finding himself as the sole survivor a second time in a row, turned to a path he knew would culminate in his own death.

We meet two fun new characters during this section of the chapter— a guy wearing an earring (I was half-wondering if this was a younger version of Olivier’s assistant, but their eyebrows and earrings are different, so he’s probably one of Gano’s homeboys) and Charles.

Earring guy is suspicious. He might have some sort of plot relevant past (cough cough, No. 7- [i am escorted off the stage]), he might be an average chasseur with a vampire related incident in his history, or he might just be your standard issue psychopath. My favorite Mochijun Flavored Detail this chapter is the panel where, under the guise of breaking up Mira and Gano’s brawl, he moves to block Olivier’s line of sight and path to Astolfo. It’s just so Mochijun and i missed her so much—-

Charles is neato, but he sort of has this vibe where he’s not meant to be the star of the panels he’s in. It’s like Astolfo isn’t fully looking at him. Even though Charles is trying to inspire faith in Astolfo here, the only light Astolfo sees is Roland. In his double-page introductory panel Charles is exclusively lit by light coming in through the door as Roland opens it. Roland, meanwhile, looks like a savior, the light behind him blinding, and Astolfo bursts into tears when he sees him. I’m so excited to watch their relationship collapse as this flashback continues..!

Through Charles’s conversation with Astolfo, we learn a very interesting piece of lore: when a vampire bites someone they aren’t injecting an aphrodisiac or poison with their fangs— they’re actively rewriting their world formula, and sometimes these effects are permanent. I feel like I should’ve been able to riddle this out, given the whole mark of the blue moon thing, but the fact that this happens so frequently throughout the series, and that Jeanne has rewritten Vanitas, is feckin shocking and feels like it has some very interesting implications for the series. Perhaps Archivistes are unique in that, rather than rewriting with their bite, they read what’s already there.

I honestly don’t have many other thoughts on Charles. He gets carried around and nobody’s allowed see him, possibly implying that he’s become sicker/ his existence has gotten more unstable ;) since he originally became a paladin. Maybe he’s the head honcho Roland and Olivier are working against, maybe he’s actually dead by the time we hit the main plotline. At this point, it feels like he could move in any direction.

interpretation, extrapolation, being wrong, that’s the mochijuncycle

Vampires rewrite the world formula when they bite others, often leading to devastating and permanent consequences for those they’ve bitten. Misha and Vanitas aren’t the only two unstable beings in existence— while we’ve never heard of VnC vampires turning humans with their bite, maybe once a human has been rewritten enough times they too become unstable. Maybe Comte, in constantly changing his name and shape, has been rewriting himself to the point of instability. Maybe Noé struggles to rewrite because, as an Archiviste, he was born to simply read and record.

But you probably shouldn’t trust me on any of this because, as always, this is 100% my biased initial interpretation of Chapter 58! I hope you’re all as hyped to see this flashback play out as I am, and I’ll see you (hopefully somewhat) soon for VnC 59!

#vanitas no carte #vnc #meta-ish #the case study of vanitas #vanitas no shuki

[ascendedheavenly6]

the descriptions of the fucking no.6 perfumes are so good and they might not even be going with the canonicity in like a conventional sense cause wdym Shion's vanilla perfume's description has things like "A fragrance that touches your heart, so gentle and warm that it makes you sad." and Nezumi's woody one is like "A fragrance that hides kindness deep within its eyes, which hold a vow like a commandment." and then they also put out other insane sentences too like for Shion there's "A powdery floral note to carry your entrusted wishes and move forward" and "Eventually, it mixes with pale musk and melts into a world filled with light."; Nezumi there's "reaches out to the light to face destiny." and "the area is enveloped in a gentle warmth that loosens up the inaccessible atmosphere." like bro??? There's so many novel ref or I'm just being delusional over character analysis...of perfume commercials...

#no.6 #nezushi #shion no.6 #nezumi no.6 #why am i going this crazy over perfume commercials #this has to be studied because they sound very very good #what consumption of no.6 does to a person #meta #meta-ish

[act-more-like-a-dog-sirius]

So everyone says Harry’s sneakoscope is whistling on the Hogwarts Express because of its proximity to Pettigrew (as Scabbers) but that’s wrong. If that were the case they would have heard it before they entered the compartment with Lupin. They were in the car with it, Ron was in the next room over in the Leaky Cauldron. It would have gone off long before that point if it was sensing Pettigrew. It’s going off because of Lupin… and I mean he is untrustworthy.

#hello here is another very salty take #remus lupin #sorry not sorry #listen i love my man #but he is a hot fucking mess and insanely problematic and flawed and absolutely not trustworthy at this point #salty hp takes #harry potter #harry potter meta #meta-ish #kinda #lmao #peter pettigrew #harry potter things #yes i'm being petty and tagging many things because i want validation #i only have like 12 active followers these days lmaoo #HP

[steve-thehair-mamabear]

No, you guys, listen.

Metallica - yes, THAT Metallica - loved Eddie. James Hetfield legit talked to Joe about bonding w/ his kids over Eddie.

Next, they let Joe jam w/ them which - name me ONE person who has not dreamed of being a famous band member at some point.

Lars tells Joe that he is so good that he fully offers him a job and the illustrious title of fifth member of Metallica. Of Metallica - arguably one of the best bands of the last 50 years.

Joe Quinn, 5th member of Metallica. WHAT!?

Now, let's talk about @Netflix, those greedy SOBs that wouldn't allow Joe take home Eddie's 'sweetheart' guitar. Despite Joe infusing Eddie with such crack-like charm the character nearly single-handedly earned the streaming platform countless new viewers and rabid fans, Netflix said no.

Metallica got together, said 'fuck that noise, kid deserves it' AND BUYS JOE THE SAME FREAKIN' GUITAR.

A guitar that they then sign with heartfelt personal messages, making said guitar an actual priceless item.

But wait, they like Joe so much that before he leaves they hand him an All-Access Pass. All-Access - anywhere he wants - at any Metallica gig.

ANYWHERE.

ANY TIME.

ANY GIG.

Last but certainly not least, during their encore of Master of Puppets, Metallica cast Eddie up on the live screen giving him the chance to live his dream, to get so much better than he was given.

THAT is what I mean when I say sobbing.

#stranger things #metallica #joe quinn #eddie munson #lollapalooza #lollapalooza 2022 #joe meets metallica #master of puppets #encore #i cry every time #meta #meta-ish #long post #compersion

[tears-in-my-tardis]

i’m watching bones for the first time with my roommate who kind of not really watched it when very young on and off with their mom. when we were done watching s3e15… i made a meme to demonstrate our reaction (a personal habit)

we knew eric millegan was no longer a regular after s3 due to mental health reasons, cause when zack leaves at end of s2 we googled it FEARFUL CAUSE ZACK IS LITERALLY FAV but we learned he stayed until the end of season 3

throughout the episode we both made comments on how it was like the “among us/the thing” trope and knew it was someone in the inner circle who had to take the hit for being traitor

somehow zack being the apprentice was like totally and incredibly shocking to both of us and neither of us suspected him at all. we even figured him being blown up was their way to get him off the show/off being a regular to ease his load or something lol

when they literally arrested him it was like “no it’s a mistake” until he literally confessed????? then it was like oh it’s zack we’re idiots

obviously now everything whatever zack’s guilt/innocent in the fuller context of the full show but it was like SOOOO shocking to us both

#bones tv #spoilers for bones s3e15 #meta-ish #actually autistic #man i’m awkward this is just a stupid meme i made i didn’t need to over explain i’m sure people understood but also #explaining is my favourite thing #so #zack addy #ALready here

[curiouscompanions]

"Excuse me, but not all chocolate bars with coffee fillings taste the same. I am sure I can prove it scientifically."

#ic #— cornelius #dash watching #meta-ish #/ lol good luck with that cornelius

[thebionicnarrator]

hey magnus what does the "bi" in bionic stand for x)

"What does the "parable" in neverendingparable stand for?" he retorts.

#ic #meta-ish #neverendingparable #lol

[mynameisemma]

@lisiya-gori (I can't tag your main blog for some reason) On 8 mysterious Rostov siblings:

It's never directly confirmed they're dead but it's the most probable reason. The child/infant mortality was high back then.

Quick Google search gave me this article:

«Во многих медико-топографических описаниях конца ХVIII — начала ХХ века приведены данные, касающиеся детской смертности. Так, в сочинении О. Гуна “Топографическое описание г. Риги с присовокуплением врачебных наблюдений” (СПб., 1804) отмечено, что бóльшая половина родившихся умирает в первые годы жизни.

Изучение детской смертности получило дальнейшее развитие в 30-х годах XIX столетия в деятельности Вольного экономического общества, объявившего в 1833 г. конкурс на работы по этой проблеме. В программе конкурса приведены данные по Москве: «...в 1832 г. родилось мужского пола младенцев 4954; умерло в том же году ниже года — 1081, 1 года — 213, 2 лет — 104, 3 лет — 54, а в дальнейшем возрасте и того меньше.

Эта ведомость ясно показывает, что наибольшая смертность между младенцами бывает во время грудного кормления...»

And this one (the article is non-available for non-registered users):

«Главными причинами высокой младенческой смертности были низкие культурный уровень и уровень жизни населения, недостаток медицинской помощи, а различия младенческой смертности у разных народов обусловливались разным уходом за детьми. Повышение уровня жизни и культуры населения могли бы снизить младенческую смертность, но этого долго не происходило, смертность начала снижаться лишь в 1890-е годы. По мнению одного из известнейших демографов С.А. Новосельского, одной из главных причин снижения смертности

был рост культурного уровня населения [Новосельский 1916].» (but the reasons listed here are applied to peasants which is a whole other can of worms)

And besides, Lev Nikolayevich and Sofya Andreevna had 13 children. 5 of them died in their early childhood

Пётр (1872—1873)

Николай (1874—1875).

Варвара (1875—1875).

Алексей (1881—1886).

Иван (1888—1895) (The oldest one to die as a child. His death brought great grief to the whole household)

So yeah Natalya having 10+ children is not that unusual (considered that she probably married Ilya at 16-17) and neither is the probability that quite a lot of them would not make it to adulthood

Как упоительны в России вечера (с)

#war and peace #meta-ish #i think it's too bold of me to tag this as history lol

[strangescientists]

“Ah my. ~I’ll take this as a yes.”

#replies #clickonmedotexe #meta-ish

[mythfiend]

Half the time I forget how old the bronze saints are supposed to be.

The other half of the time I'm hyper-aware of it. Seriously Kurumada, 13? 13 fucking years old?!

I know that age in manga can be wild with how they portray their target audience, especially pre-teens/teens (and let's be honest, entertainement at large is guilty of this not just japanese stuff).

But like? What. the. actual. fuck? You could have said they were 16/17 and literally nothing would change? Was having them just older by a few years that big of a problem for the editors/author? I don't think the main core audience (young boys) would have sneered at looking up at heroic buff guys even if they were a little older. And other than that, I'm having trouble discerning the reasoning here? Unless it's like misplaced admiration for innocence and youthfulness or something??

Out of curiosity I looked up Aiolos canon age, cuz in my head he always was older than the main cast, around 17/18/19 years old when he was still y'know- alive. And he's supposed to be 14 too?!

#saint seiya #king rambles #meta-ish #more like analysis of worldbuilding and the portrayal of male ideals but still #age in saint seiya is- wild #bronze saints #gold saints #txt #animated gif #cdz #knights of the zodiac #kotz

[dittobtch]

Yellowjackets Fandom Stats

A visualization of how fics are tagged in the Yellowjackets fandom on ao3.

Data from ao3 as at December 25, 2023 (Note 3).

Yellowjackets Stats

Percentages are of the total number of fics in the Yellowjackets fandom tag.

Total number of fics: 2,551

Specific Relationship Comparisons

Shauna/Jackie: 916 fics

Lottie/Nat: 768 fics

Van/Tai: 626 fics

The gray bar for Yellowjackets is what that tag percentage is in the fandom as a whole.

Notes and Disclaimers

*Note 1: (Warnings) Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Underage, and Rape/ Non-Con were combined for visibility.

**Note 2: (Categories) F/F excluded for visibility. F/F percentage of the Yellowjackets fandom tag was 90.0%.

Note 3: I don't use any programs to gather stats (I input data manually). So, some fics may have been deleted or created and backdated since. To minimize discrepancies, I tried to collect all the data in one sitting.

Note 4: I know tag wrangling is a thing however, I don't know much about it. That being said, I'm pretty sure that this data doesn't really take that into consideration.

Note 5: I am obviously an amateur (I failed my first year stats exam lol), so take that as you will.

Note 6: If you use this data for anything, please let me know and tag me in it. If you want the original excel file, just ask and I'll send it to you.

The Other Fandoms

Multi | The Wilds | Pitch Perfect

#fandom stats #yellowjackets #jackieshauna #lottienat #taivan #ao3 #stats #self indulgence at its finest #meta-ish #ao3 2023 stats #my stats #btch talk

[aufredpratt]

I'm never gonna get proper closure am I

Everyone else got an ending or a bit of redemption

and now I never will

fuck you cooperations who just want reboots

fuck you joss who thought it would be funny to kill me off on screen

fuck you amazon for caving

fuck disney

fuck

#vent post #meta-ish

[dalishious]

I think it's entirely fair to compare Baldur's Gate 3's rise in success to the Dragon Age franchise's downward spiral. Same goes for all other big name RPGs, for that matter.

What BG3 has just proven is that people do still love single-player, character driven roleplaying games. What BG3 has just proven is that studios do not need to fill their games with trash like micro-transactions, loot boxes, etc. What BG3 has just proven is that player-engagement can be used for the betterment of your product, and that people care more about feeling valued than potentially “spoiling” something.

But to circle back to specifically comparing BG3 to DAI…

BG3 has consequences to your actions. If you want to be evil, you can be really, really evil, and part of that experience is having the characters and world actually react to your wrongdoings! It’s so fucking refreshing to experience an RPG that has completely gone off the railroad track, unlike DAI which only offers what feels like the illusion of choice in comparison.

The way the player interacts with the all BG3 characters actually affects the course of their journey, as they all potentially change as people. I can only say the same for like, less than half of the DAI characters.

I think the biggest difference though, to me at least, is that BG3 has themes that anyone can relate to. DAI relies so heavily on the single theme of faith, without much else to offer, that it excludes anyone who doesn’t subscribe to that. But BG3’s multiple themes of trust, autonomy, power and corruption, etc. means that it’s far more likely for the player to feel personally invested in the story.

So, yeah. Baldur’s Gate 3 is everything Dragon Age used to be, and maybe that’s why it’s my new favourite game.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #dragon age #dai #meta #ish

[lenaellsi]

so you're anthony j. crowley, long-time exile from heaven and recent exile from hell, and you've finally figured out that the mess of overwhelming and infuriating and intoxicating feelings you've been harboring for the only being in the universe you've ever been able to rely on might, whoopsies, be something a little bit like love. but not love the way you remember heaven loved you, or the way they told you god loved you (they lied), but love like the humans do it: messy, and awkward, and incongruously infinite, and so, so fragile.

and, well. okay, you think. this'll be horrible. embarrassing for both of us, probably. but i'll tell him. you've never been a coward, no matter what the other demons might say. screw your courage to the sticking place, or whatever. macbeth. aziraphale loved that one.

so you talk yourself into it, you gather every scrap of courage and honesty you've got left, and you say, all right, angel, i've got something to say, only aziraphale's got something to say, too, and--

aziraphale doesn't love you back.

or. he does, but he loves the ghost of the angel you used to be, not the person you've made yourself since. he loves you, but he loves you like god did--loves you good, and quiet, and dull. he loves you without your grief, or your anger, without even that first bite of the apple. he wants you like that again, he says. defanged, like the Antichrist's domesticated hellhound.

(you worked for hell for a long time, and for god for a long time before that. you're intimately familiar with what it is to offer someone everything they've ever wanted, and then to twist it, to mutilate it, into an unrecognizable hell of their own choosing. you're not sure why it surprises you anymore. you're not sure why you keep letting the surprises hurt.)

and so you do the thing you've done since the beginning, because you've never been able to stop yourself: you push. you push hard, and you grab him, and he's so angry and you kiss him and you don't think about it, don't think about it, this is the most important temptation of your life, the only one that's ever mattered--

and he forgives you.

so you leave. at least that way you can do it before he does. you've always been a step ahead and to the left; stupid to think this would ever be different. stupid to think he might choose you, with all of heaven and earth spread out in front of him. nothing lasts forever, not even the stars.

he told you that a long time ago.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 spoilers #gos2 spoilers #good omens s2 #good omens meta #ish? #aziraphale #crowley #oh god. crowley #is that all the tags. i dont know. ive slept 3 hours in the past 48. #how we feeling. i for one would love if michael turned me into a pillar of salt.

[riot-of-robins]

Lots of jokes get made in modern comics and fandom about the pejorative double entendre of Dick Grayson’s given/chosen nickname for Richard, and it IS funny, but I want to give a moment of appreciation for the other, kind of brilliant, double meaning that’s unfortunately fallen out of common modern usage, but would have been way more common when he was first named in 1940.

He’s literally named “detective” you guys, there is no way the World’s Greatest Detective’s partner wasn’t named this way on purpose.

Add to this the way the fandom loves to explore the 21st century reveal/retcon of Dick Grayson’s Romani heritage, and the possible etymology of the word, and you have a goldmine of largely untapped, to my knowledge, discussion of thoughts from Dick Grayson and the people around him about the relationship between his identity, the life he chose, the things he chooses to honor/remember, and the persistence of a nickname that has fallen increasingly out of favor in most other modern contexts.

I love when it’s as simple as “it’s his name and there’s no reason to change it”, but I also think there’s just lots of room for him to also have Real Thoughts about it throughout his life.

#just something I think about a lot #dick grayson #dc #Robin #nightwing #meta #ish #the perjorative use also already existed when he was named btw. since like 1880 #people weren’t like. unaware. #lots of other uses were just still really common so that wasn’t the *first* thing people thought of the way it is now.