#need a tag for consuming media

[tazmiilly]

i love this . "overnight research". in the bedroom?? researching how soft these blankets and pillows are. testing how much back pain this air mattress will give me in the morning

#need a tag for consuming media

[arcanegifs]

#BRUHHHHHH I NEED ANOTHER TEASER I BEG YOU RIOT #ITS BEEN THREE YEARS I CANT WAIT TO USE NEW CONTENT FOR GIFS LMAO #personal tag #dont look at me im just here to complain about content drought lmao its really not good in fostering a healthy fandom ngl #because ppl will just hyperfixate and consume media for like a month and then the fandom goes poof right after lol #i miss all the people scrutinizing media every week i miss all the essays pumping out when content arrives #these days its just.... nothing lmao i only really still have arcane in my mind because of fanfiction and a lot of fics have been inactive #ik we're getting new stuff in a few months #and ik we're not in canceled shows hell but like #i really hope that if theres season 3 we're gonna get it a bit more regularly #i really miss it when content was like weekly or every 2 weeks because ppl and the fandom are wayyyy more active during those times #binge culture and netflix sort of changed it lol #i miss it when fandoms were huge!!! i miss it when it was so CHAOTIC lmaooooooooo #I MISS WAITING FOR LONG ASS HOURS WAITING FOR CONTENT TO RELEASE EVERY WEEK!!!! I MISS IT!!!! that was like what 12 years ago LOL #I KNOW arcane is special with their 3 year drought because it takes time to make arcane #but like..... idk man i miss content lmao #iirc they took too long to make s2 bc they have no idea if s1 would be even renewed #so i hope s3 will be a bit more regular now #anyways im gonna go bye bye

[suddenlymicah]

thinking abt aus where its yandere x yandere

#killugon #saikechi #terusai #hisoillu #inogen #inozen #inotan #tanzen #saiouma #oumami #lawlight #mellodramattic #mellomatt #kurokura #yandere x yandere #ship dynamics #make sure to tag any more ships you think this applies to(i need more media to consume)

[agentark]

a purely self indulgent whatever this is about a vibe I love

there's just something about an eerie town, a few old friends, a slowly building sense of dread, radio static, an outsider, I think we're being watched, remembering

oxenfree 🤝 the fernweh saga

Aelsa Trevelyan - The Fernweh Saga, Book 1 // The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms // Oxenfree - Night School Studio // Paramore - Figure 8 // Aelsa Trevelyan - The Fernweh Saga, Book 1 // Oxenfree - Night School Studio // Trocadero feat. Meredith Hagan - Contact Redux // unknown // Aelsa Trevelyan - The Fernweh Saga, Book 1

#am I transmitting? is anyone listening? #I literally played through book 1 of the fernweh saga 4 times and went - dang I need to replay oxenfree #come get your loops kids #won't say what kind - time/physical/self inflicted/generational; could be one could be all #being trapped in a gravity well of a place is a true bonding experience #fernweh saga #oxenfree #web weaving #I wasn't gonna tag this but what if I convince someone to consume either of these pieces of media #there's something missing from this but it's probably better than adding 1400 additional photos #it's literally just self indulgent who cares if it's incoherent #I feel like bly manor could fit in here as well #the whole - she would wake / she would walk / she would sleep / she would forget bit #the 'it's you it's me it's us' #the ghosts being trapped at bly and the living always coming back

[kocch]

when I say that Will being canonically gay in stranger things is the biggest proof we need for byler it’s not simply because we know he is gay and that’s it - there is context that comes from being in fandoms for something like 12 yrs or more. 

first of all, I’ve started watching ST because of people talking about will and byler on twitter (in july), as a person who barely knew anything about it (I didn’t even know mike and el were a couple, so I was super surprised they decided to make it romantic in s1 when I didn’t really feel like it would happen). 

i was a sherlock fan who shipped sherlock/john. i’ve shipped non-canon couples for a long time (fandom spaces are queer spaces a lot of times). i know what it feels like to read things from a text that could imply things - a text that could be queercoded, depending on interpretation. i know what it feels like to have fun with fanon and ship things that are potentially there, but not textually canon (like steddie or ronance, imo). it’s fun and it’s mostly harmless, until the writers decide to use it as queerbait to make their fandom stay with them for a long time because they’re rooting for their queer ship (i think supernatural is the worst example of this, as they confirmed the one-sided love and then killed the queer character and sent him to hell LMAOOO). those are milking the fandoms, knowing the strongest core of a fandom is the hardcore ones (many queers) and not the casual public.

i’m a big fan of hannibal, yuuri!! on ice and she-ra, three shows that are mostly queercoded until they aren’t (and they confirm the queer ship to be canon). i swear, people CAN tell. you can see when there is a creator and writer and team who truly wants to tell a queer story/relationship, even when they can’t show it openly (like hannibal or yoi). as a person of the community myself, i’ve been able to tell it was canon. it’s different from fans just shipping things, or queerbaiting, there is care and intention and writing and parallels and romantic framing and so many things that make you see that it is there.

(now, for byler i hope it’s different. every straight couple in ST has at least one kiss and i think byler HAS to have at least one (dramatic, passionate, show-stopping) kiss because it would be totally unfair if they don’t. they have to be totally and utterly canon)

what is different about byler and stranger things, compared to sherlock or other shows for the straights? 

it’s will being canonically gay. bbc sherlock would never do that. bbc sherlock would mock feelings. he would laugh about love. he would probably be even a bit homophobic, just for the sake of it.

and it’s not just will being canonically gay, it’s his love for mike being canon. i’m sure other people have said it, but will’s love for mike is NOT JUST A CRUSH. it’s not ridiculed. sure, it’s used to forward a straight ship (that is sinking), but the story is not finished yet and i want to believe that byler is endgame and the writing in s4 was meant to 1) leave things uncomplete and unseattled between mike and will, between lies and non-confessed feelings; and will being in the middle of a relationship that is sinking. 2) mike responding to will’s feelings of love and to no one else, not even el begging for him to say he loves her. 3) making EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHERS feel sorry for will. cry for will. pity will. root for will. root for GAY WILL. (people who think he is straight and he loves el don’t count, those are morons) 

will’s love for mike is LOVE in capital letters. it is not a crush. it’s never treated as something to laugh about, or something like a one-sided crush like Dustin’s crush for Max or Steve’s crush for Robin, those feelings are clearly more superficial and you can see that they’re not gonna happen from miles away. will’s love is A LOVE THAT MOVES MOUNTAINS. it’s totally romantic. deeply rooted. it’s like those loves you can see between jancy or lumax or even more jopper in s4, a love that saves one another, that makes people do crazy things, a love that is inherently part of the character, that makes them FEEL and DO and LIVE and you can’t imagine them not being in love with that person. 

these writers know how to write that type of love. each canon ship they made (even s1/2 milkvan in some ways), i’ve loved it. they know what they’re doing, how to make it feel like it’s true love even without writing grand love confessions or making them kiss every other episode. it’s in THE NARRATIVE, the things the characters do and say and imply.

and even more, about byler... something i wrote in a fic i’ll never finish but imo it’s the biggest point we can take away from will’s love and confession in s4. WILL SEES MIKE. will sees mike for who he is and loves him anyways. he sees the best and worst in him and still loves him and knows him and grounds him to reality and tells Mike how he could be the best version of himself, pushing him to fight for it (you are the heart). will’s love is ancient and deep, it’s a love that we don’t even know when it started, it’s always been there, it’s always been part of will (and part of mike, because it IS MUTUAL). it’s like breathing. like the sun every morning, it’s just there. it’s not going away. it’s not even a choice, at this point, there is an helplessness in the love will feels - it’s too big and too much for him he would love to run away from it, but still he can’t deny his heart. 

and that’s why i think byler is endgame. because will is canonically gay, and he is in love, and no one is making fun of him for that. his love for mike is serious, profound, romantic, genuine. it makes you cry and root for him. it’s LOVE. the strongest of forces. and every byler scene is made with care. it’s never taken lightly, not even their fights, they always matter. there is no mocking in there. no sneer. it’s treated genuinely. almost like the creators are telling you: “look here, look at them, it matters. it matters to them and it should matter to you. there is something serious brewing here, and it is romantic love”

#byler #personal #mike wheeler #hello i'm a romantic #idk if i already expressed these things in other posts or tags bc i cant remember what i say in here and i waht i simply think and it's bee #two months of me thinking about them so i'm sure these idea have evolved with time and i'm still digesting them fjhrfijrh #but yeah. YEAH. #will byers #i just think will's love for mike is neat and mike's love for will is even more neat #this is probably me thinking and digesting 200 analysis posts i've read in weeks but also AHHH I NEED TO SCREAM #irbgrig9tu #me pretending to be media literate as a queer kid who has consumed and fantasized about queer ship for 2/3 of their lives #no but for real i finished watching st s4 and i felt: wow. this is differnet. this has the potential to be groundbreaking and the duffers #could become icons in mainstream media just for making them happen. wow will is canonically gay in a show that is THAT BIG? in a bro-media? #it's a bro-coded genre and they're gay??? ?WILL IS GAY??? WHAT IS GOING ON #i was a confused queer for a whole two days #My st talks

[whamss]

anyways top two tips for finding media with well written female characters! 1) consume media written by women and 2) stop consuming things written for adolescent boys!!!!

#talk tag #‘women just aren’t written well’ says mha pfp GET OUT OF HERE #honestly the second you stop watching shitty anime made for little boys the amount of well written women is overwhelming #sorry you have the media taste of a teenager but the adults are talking #not to be too mean it gets to me sometimes #but honestly even if you exclusively watch shounen anime (why?) it isn’t like there isn’t anything that writes women well #tpn and csm instantly come to mind #both manga that were/are massively popular during their runs in wsj #csm is up and down but the depth with which fujimoto writes female characters still astounds me #asa you are so special to me #but this is to say i still think that people need to make branch out more and maybe start having like #higher expectations for their japanese media #if they want to keep on consuming manga and anime #but seriously at some point i’m just going to assume you’re misogynistic no matter what if you refuse to look at female characters ever #people assume depth for male characters when there isn’t any and call every female character bland

[akkpipitphattana]

i find the people that claim topmew have never played games with each other and get mad at other people for saying that so funny because like my brother in christ their first date was literally a laser tag game where they were shooting at each other and talking about how to trick each other and ended with them not even being official anymore at the end. like what do YOU think that means

#and it’s funny cause they’ll be like YaLl ArE mEdIa IlLiTeRaTe like girl do you think taking everything at face value is media literacy. #like if you wanna engage mindlessly with something and take it all at face value go ahead #but you can’t get mad at people that point out symbolism??? #it’s just so odd and strange to me fr #like you are consuming a story jojo didn’t just choose a laser tag game for shits and giggles #it has meaning and purpose #i need to make my post about the laser tag scene when the show is over cause it really did pan out their whole relationship #only friends #topmew #ofts #my analysis #mine

[yousaytomato]

Oh, this? This is my emotional support soundtrack for a musical that I watched once 10 years ago and never since but know all the lyrics to

#woes of emily #i have. many of these #i wish other media had this #like. you feel like you're consuming the whole media but it takes a fraction of the time #and you can do it whilst doing other stuff. a sparknotes if you will #i won't tag everything but i think #starkid #needs to be said

[ghostbusterscantcatchme]

Hey!!! I wanted to ask what fandoms you're in? I think I know of a few, but I would love to see how many we have in common! I hope you're having a great day/night wherever you are <3

EVA!!!!!!!! HI !

I have so so many fandoms so here's a list of the ones I can think of right now. Not super active in all of them but, I do think about them a lot.

- Star Wars (currently rewatching all of the films and the clones wars in chronological order, Rogue One and Andor are my favourites though)

- DC (Batgirls, Teen Titans 2003, and Young Justice 1998 are my top comics but i’m slowly working my way through most of pre-crisis, also have watched Titans (netflix) and loved it (Brenton Thwaites did an amazing job of Dick Grayson))

- The Maze Runner (i could talk about the books and films for literal hours and never don’t think about them. my roman empire)

- Marvel (mainly mcu but also the ms marvel comics (Kamala is everything to me), also i watched the Hawkeye finale on xmas eve because its THE Christmas show to me)

- both Percy Jackson and Hero’s of Olympus of course (also Magnus Chase)

- Grishaverse (leigh bardugo is life)

- The Raven Cycle (everything about them i'm in love with and the writing is such an inspiration for me)

- Half Bad: the Bastard Son and the Devil Himself (all time favourite tv show, so mad it was cancelled)

- The Manifold Worlds by Foz Meadows (pretty sure the fandom consists of me and the author of the single fic on ao3)

- Outer Banks (it’s summer here so i’m thinking about them a lot, and also you were literally my motivation for finishing s3)

- the Hunger Games (ballad of songbirds and snakes is such a masterpiece and has transported me back to my hunger games self)

- the magnus archives (was really active last year but not so much anymore)

- a good girls guide to murder (I'm so excited for the show)

#i’m like 90% sure i missed some #my problem is that i am not normal about any media i consume #so i just end up thinking about all of them #of the ones you’ve written for i’ve also watched #the bear #and i loved it so much #desperately need another season #also i’ve watched the first season of stranger things and am waiting for my mum to catch up so we can finish s2 #used to be super active in the marauders but not really anymore #i’m in aedt so it’s night for me #hope you have a good day/night as well <3 #the only fandoms i've written for so far are a marauders fic that i started and proceeded to immediately become uninterested in #and young justice 1998 #want to do a batgirls fic tbh because i love them #asks <3 #most of the fandoms i'm in are tagged in my archive as well with fanart tags so i can find my favourites #about me #eva!!!

[kitkatabasis]

God I love when necromancers are gay...

#My love of queer necromancers wasn't the impetus for #Hamwip #But it wasn't *not* the impetus for hamwip #On that note. If you consume media with gay necromancers. Tell me in the tags or replies or whatever. I need More of them!!!!

[tazmiilly]

i used to have the idea that ford just let his car get eaten by steve and never drove again, but apparently he must've been getting a rental somewhere at least

#man rents a car just to get a speeding ticket #idk where you'd need to speed in a small town like that. but he's a busy man #need a tag for consuming media

[jtownraindancer]

Curl Up & D.I. Episode 2- Concrete summarised best as Burn Gorman spending 30 minutes buzzing like a bee & beatboxing while the rest of the cast mocks him.

#this show behooves and bemuses me #curl up & d.i. #podcasts #burn gorman #the media i am consuming because of you... #mr. gorman your influence... #the burn collection #man i need a tag for burn now fuck #chief concern 🐝

[flamboyant-king]

Shout-out to the folks that reblog my OC stuff. You guys get a special place in my will.

#even me a world renouned international superstar pugilist can appreciate the slightest attention original content can get #its hard to appreciate original characters because theres so much information you need to take in #whilst with existing media you can easily consume find wiki pages and discuss with others who have consumed the same media #original characters are a mess and a work in progress because IM STILL TUNING THEM im still refining them and thats difficult #when you want to make consumable and consistent media for people to appreciate because its everchanging #and im too afraid to start something because even i dont know every single detail that makes them who i want them to be #so one day everything im doing will make sense. so for now if you want to know about my ocs or at least what i brewed up #check my toyhouse or check the character tags on here and just deduce i guess #make your headcanons and run them by me and i will judge you and insult you and wring you dry and throw you out the ring #because at the end of the day. im still a world renouned international superstar pugilist #words

[volfoss]

also such a fun feeling to go into a media knowing ok theres some stuff handled VERY badly here but thats ok -> oh theres about 60 million things that have been handled worse that no one brings up ok...

#twist rambles #like... bana/na fi/sh was soooooooooo this. like i went into it knowing id hate it but had no idea just HOW bad it is. (redacted) is like #this too but im not posting specifics on here bc id behere for DAYS. but its very infuriating. like can we talk about more issues than just #what everyone else keeps regurgitating... its why i think reading stuff u know is bad + going in w a critical lens can be good bc u can spo #stuff that u know was really shitty and also well... be able to form ur own opinion on WHY it sucks. ive never had this go in the way of wo #i started this hating it -> loved it!! but i do think it can be important to consume stuff that sucks to analyze it and pick apart WHY it #is bad and what exactly the authors intent is in it. like thats why i like being knowledgable abt stuff i hate bc then i can have good #arguments as to why its bad. anyways god sorry long tags. but its soooo like ok cool i think we need to discuss misogyny in media more

[birthclod]

That robot in Venture Bros has the most tragic backstory in the entire series. 4 seasons of build-up from random one-off jokes that on rewatch make you go. "Oh." 😭

YES MY FAVORITE

#talk to the cookie #mutuals tag #dithorba #i need new media to consume i might get into it then

[ow-old-men]

wouldn't it be so cool if when the pve for ow2 comes out the story and writing of it all is so horrendously bad that it has a reaction effect within the fandom that kickstarts people making their own versions of the game's story and soon there's fan comics that are 20x better than anything bl*zzard could dream of

I know this is somewhat a joke question, and yes- on the face of it, it would be

But in reality, that would not be the reaction to canon content being bad. Spite can only support you for so long - and more importantly, people are already doing just that; creating. If PvE comes out and is horrendously bad, people will be disappointed, they’ll be angry, they’ll post about how they feared this but had dared to hope, I’ll make a very big and funny and time consuming post writing a fake job application to the blizzard writers or some dumb shit like that. And then some of us will leave and some will stick around and make the same shit posts and drawings and what have you not

It’s all already there, you don’t have to punish yourself waiting around for something you don’t want

So sorry for being overly sincere, but if you want fandom to thrive, you shouldn’t sit around and wait for canon to write itself off for good, you should go out and look for the amazing stuff people are already putting out. Hell, you should make your own! Community and enthusiasm and love will always make better stuff than bitterness

#overwatch #overwatch 2 #gen not trying to be shitty anon #but like yeah #it wil eat all your joy if you spend your time putting a lot of energy into Waiting and Hoping #also at some point you have to just … find better media #I’m not joking when I say I’ve only stayed on ow for so long because I also consume and think a lot about Good Media #you NEED to let it go at some point #I know this is tumblr and we love saying shit about being motivated by spite #but if you have the choice between spite and literally anything else TAKE THE OTHER THING #it’s a good security net and if there’s nothing else absolutely cling on #but wild geese blah blah you don’t have to punish yourself all the time #find something the soft animal of your body ACTUALLY loves as it is right now #and let it love it #(also I will just say it in the tags actually; this is a kinda weird thing to say to a guy who has an does and will write fic? #i *am* making content it’s just not comics cause that’s not what I do #if you want comics you should violently support everyone who does some kind of sequential fan art they are real people #not creatures who will spawn en masse at some point in the future #I am already doing my craft at the level I want to for this fandom; you either read it or you don’t #but it’s weird being in my inbox wishing for another type of art)