#our fandom is insane

[frownyalfred]

Reminders for new ao3 users (in no particular order):

- filter your searches like you would on a library website or in an online catalogue

- don’t post placeholders, fic searches, or recommendations as fics. DON’T! It’s against ao3 TOS

- there is no algorithm. ao3 sorts by date posted/updated unless you filter with specific search criteria

- ao3 is a non profit. that means it doesn’t sell ads to make money — it only survives on donations. this is why it can show you so many fics without ever flashing an ad or pop up at you!

- report fics that break TOS when you see them (I.e., placeholder fics, searches) to help other users navigate better

- the tag “dead dove, do not eat” doesn’t equate to gore/awfulness automatically. it is a complementary tag that enhances current tags. E.g., if the fic is tagged “gore” and “dead dove, do not eat” the author really wants you to mind the gore tag

- most fandoms have a variation of “no beta, we die like (x character)” and they all link back to the “No beta” tag

- publishing a new fic sometimes means it won’t show up in the fandom/pairing tag for a few minutes

- subscribers receive update emails at different times, depending on when you update/publish your fic. there’s no good way to predict when an e-mail will be sent — it can be in 30 seconds, or two hours later

- some fics are restricted by authors to those with ao3 accounts only. if you see a blue lock in the upper right corner, that fic is only visible to logged in ao3 users

- you can block commenters now! this didn’t use to be a thing

- updating a fic just to stay at the top of the pairing tag/fandom tag is a dick move. unless you’re legitimately editing or adding chapters, this just annoys readers and fellow authors, and people will skip over your fic

#if someone else already has something like this lmk #but I think this bears repeating #ao3 #archive of our own #I keep seeing placeholder or search fics #and it’s driving me insane #fic #fanfic #fandom #fanfiction #new ao3 users #ao3 tos

[meep-meep-richie]

I just love that insane look (and his hair)

#especially his hair #he was so insane here #and i love it #ofmd spoilers #ofmd #ofmd s2 #ofmd 2 #our flag means death #edward teach #ed teach #blackbeard #ofmddaily #ofmd blackbeard #ofmdedit #ofmdblog #ofmd edward teach #taika waititi #ofmd fandom #our flag means death 2

[idkthisismyusernameiguess]

Could the Ace Attorney fandom stop pretending that Phoenix Wright or Miles Edgeworth or any of the main cast is white? Idgaf if the localized version is set in America. Asian Americans exist. You are consuming a piece of Asian-made media, not everything is about white people

#I need y’all to stop thinking of white people as the default setting #The amount of people in this fandom that whitewashes Edgeworth is insane #Surprise Asians can wear clothes outside our native cultures #Asian characters shouldn’t have to act explicitly or stereotypically Asian for you to acknowledge their heritage #This applies to other pieces of media too #Asian characters can exist in a modern setting they can exist in a Western setting #Please get rid of your orientalist lens because we are literally just people #Ace attorney #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #literally so done with how this fandom of an Asian game treats Asians

[ghostly-cabbage]

We need to talk about the worst thing about making AUs....

The fact that then when you inevitably think about crossovers you don't want the crossover with the canon you want it with your specific AU. Your brain worms, your circus, but THEN WHAT?

Oh, yeah, to understand this crossover you need to go read this entirely different fic/series? Girl help 😭 you can't do that

#high-key this post is about the genrex x dp crossover I started way back when and how I don't think i'll ever be able to go back to it #bc fae and I have literally put such a massive amount of work into f.h:s and fleshing out the world and how everything works and #the characters personalities and development that I genuinely do not wanna write something in the canon universe anymore #like f.h:s has become my default way of thinking about Rex in a creative capacity #we're here just to suffer but also experience untold amounts of joy you know #we're really lucky here in the phandom bc fanon is so prevalent that people are willing to get in on the ground floor with any #wacky crazy fun hcs you can dish out #and i love it here for that #but for the smaller fandoms its... you cant expect your readers to already have an understanding of your specific au and bible length hcs #anyway #in a low-key way this post is also about how #last month Fae and i went insane for several days about our gen rex AU version of Rex ina crossover with Murderbot and it was so fun but al #It was just for fun and for us YES but I keep thinking about and it's objectively hilarious to write something that is for a max of 4 ppl #When you really get to it tho it was actually for a max of 2 people and those two people are named Kei and Fae

[antichrists-plus1]

Watching the dynamic between bonny and read vs stede and ed in s2 ep4 was such a rollercoaster cause it went from me thinking "oh no they're just like stede and ed but if they actually ran off to China together and had a loving happy relationship" to me getting further into the ep and thinking "oh no they're just like stede and ed but if they ran off to China together and their relationship turned fucked up and toxic cause that's what happens when two traumatized pirates run of to live in isolation with eachother on a whim".

#I love the dynamic between those four it was so awkward and fucked up #They are literally parralells of eachother its driving me insane #It's also kinda nice in a way cause it offers a sense of closer knowing that them running off would've been a bad idea #And now that they've seen that first hand they're trying to work on their relationship slowly #I have so many feelings and thoughts that my brain has yet to process #And probably won't until maybe my 4th rewatch #Also bonny and read were so hannigram but that's another conversation #Ok rant over onto the fandom tags #ofmd 2 #ofmd #our flag means death #gentlebeard #ofmd spoilers #blackstede #anne bonny #mary read #antichrists thoughts

[rhiaarrow]

Dear our newest wave of Twitter Migrators,

A large portion of the QSMPblr community are Ghosties who migrated to Tumblr due to how the Twitter community was treating us.

If you do not like Bad or his community then PLEASE just block the tags related to him/his content

(you can do that here! If you block them all then you'll never see the Ghosties at all if you don't want to! Yippee! :D )

Please do not bring the toxicity and blatant misinformation about our CC or community here, alot of us came here to escape it.

Sincerely, a Ghostie who would really like to keep Tumblr as a safer space for our community <3

#qsmp #qsmp fandom #qsmp badboyhalo #badboyhalo #qsmp ghosties #we're also not gonna mention the insanity of the tumblr Ghosties #they're not ready for what we do to our cubito just yet

[aquateenpatrolsomethingshowshow]

THEY SAID IT THEY FUCKING SAID THE THING

#I WAS SCREAMING AND GOING INSANE WHEN I FIRST SAW IT #THEY FUCKING ACKNOWLEDGED THE FAN BASE #OUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED #🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 #also not my video #it was from a con in raleigh like a week ago- #and i just downloaded off the cons insta account #BUT ATHF FANDOM WE HAVE BEEN FED #and i FUCKING LOVE DAVES HAT SM #fun fact someone on insta who makes customs hats was contacted by daves wife like 2 xmases ago and made it for him :D #how cool is that?! #i wouldve loved to meet them hopefully i can sometime #i wouldnt be able to contact myself though especially around dave bcuz of meatwad and all lmao #athf #aqua teen #aqua teen hunger force #master shake #meatwad #frylock #dave willis #dana snyder #carey means #galaxycon raleigh #videos

[mantisgodsdomain]

He has canonically been boiled in oil before.

#we speak #dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims #we would apologize to our followers for The Madness but we're not sorry at all actually #it's great how much space anime fandoms have for being really insane over a character. really fun to be with #been a while since we've been somewhere it was so much more socially acceptable to just bark at a guy #we find that anime fandom in particular tends to have very little restraint in what sorts of shit you can just Say #and that is a double edged sword at times sure but we fucking love seeing people saying whatever comes to mind #we love it when people are unshakingly genuine in their stuff. forgot how nice it is to have some wild dogs in the space

[doll-elvis]

bringing this back because I’m still not over how he pulled the second girl in 😩

courtesy of dontbeecruel on twitter

#he’s insane for this #when will it be our turn 😭 #imagine him saying ‘c’mere…come to big daddy’?!? #excuse me while i weep #how these fans kept their composure is beyond me #elvis presley #elvisaaronpresley #elvis #big daddy elvis #70s #70s elvis #elvis fans #elvis fandom #elvis history #elvis concerts #elvis footage

[juneofbones]

Nothing unites people like ao3 going down. For a few hours, everyone puts down their fandom pitchforks and, instead of fighting with each other, we all come together in our mutual despair.

#edit: I’m going insane without anything ao3 so I’m feeling less united #ao3 #archive of our own #fanfic #fanfiction #fandom #ao3 down #fanwork #writing #writeblr #fanfic writing #blorbo #writers

[fromtheseventhhell]

Arya and Dany stans: *discuss the likelihood that they'll have a positive relationship given their parallels, foreshadowing, status as key characters, and being two of George's favorite characters*

Stansas: Is this Sansa shade?

I think it's hilarious that Stansas got mad at me for (accurately) pointing out that they accuse Arya and Dany stans of being motivated by Sansa hate simply because...we get along and like both of them lol. The idea of them getting along is about their characters and has nothing to do with Sansa. Just because they pit Dany and Arya against each other for Sansa's sake doesn't mean we're motivated by the same thing. Are there some conversations that bring up Sansa + Arya's strained relationship? Absolutely, that isn't baseless in the books considering they're written as foils and George has already said they have issues they need to work out. The "Stark sisters 4ever" fantasy they have is just that, and it's funny we never see this same energy for Arya being turned into a prop for her sister 🤔. Sisterhood didn't stop Sansa from siding with Joffrey, telling Cersei that Arya was a traitor (even though she had no idea where Arya was), or calling Arya unsatisfactory when she thought that she was dead so why are we supposed to pretend it's an all-important factor when discussing Arya's potential relationships with other characters?

#arya stark #daenerys targeryan #anti sansa stans #fandom forever talking about how the sisters writing is misogynistic but when we acknowledge that conflict it's an issue #yes Arya loves her sister but that doesn't mean all of their issues are going to magically disappear when they reunite and this is somethin #we were explicitly told by the author! guess we're supposed to just ignore what he said cause it doesn't fit fanon though #this idea that we're constantly thinking about Sansa and forming our opinions to spite her is so insane I can't #we can't even like two female characters without it being turned into a conspiracy theory 😭 #the real issue is that they can't stand that we talk about Arya as her own character and not just a prop for Sansa #cause where's this energy for the Stansas and /supposed/ Arya stans who come together to hate on Dany?? #or for the ones who erase Arya's entire story and mold her into a prop whose only purpose is to serve Sansa?

[oceanwithouthermoon]

Youre the reason autistic people shouldnt be allowed in fandom spaces. I thought they were joking about how shit your Saiki K takes are but they were so right. 💀

HELPPP WHATSVHWUAHAUS i know half the anons i get are just people trying to piss me off but this is the craziest one yet i think

#this is worse than the people calling me the r slur #you shouldve just done that #i wouldve been less confused #also im pretty sure autistic people are most of the people ruling fandom spaces #how do you think we obsess about our interests so insanely #what is this about btw i wish i had more context #ALSO WHO IS THEY. #should i know... #damn im such a creep im such a weirdo what the hell am i doin here i dont belong here #meows post

[michi-chelle-draws]

happy new year ❤️ i hope 2024 treats us well!

#izuru kamukura #hajime hinata #danganronpa 2 #danganronpa #fanart #as per tradition here is our darling birthday boy for my first drawing and my first post of the year <3 #also this blog turns 5 today which is actually insane #a big shout out to those who stuck around through my various fandom phases <3 <3 <3 #i hope i’ll have more time and space and energy to draw this year compared to last year #i appreciate all of your support #kamukura kamukura yas queen <3

[bowenoke]

we talk a lot about how current kids, teenagers, and parents never learned internet safety in this age of social media, but i think we also gotta be honest with ourselves that most of us, adults on the internet who participate in fandom, never really learned how to engage with young people without setting them up for disaster.

might be weird to say it like this, but it's important to leave people how you met them or better. like hiking or going to a nature reserve. if you are regularly talking to people on the internet, especially teenagers, you need to consider whether your behavior with them is how another, shittier person would take advantage of them, because you have no real way of protecting them if that happens. like if you're going into discords and saying 'hey i'm mom! let me help you with your homework and irl issues. also please feel free to vent to me if you have any mental health issues or problems at home" you have to understand that the next person who says that to them may be leaving out the end of their plan; "that would make you easier to abuse."

sometimes you have to say "you seem fun and have a lot of great ideas but you are also 15, so if you wanna talk fandom, here are the boundaries we're going to follow, because these are the boundaries other adults should be following with you." or just refuse to talk to kids.

you decide what your responsibility, is but what you can't do is build an illegal fire pit on the hiking trail, if you catch my drift.

#the last post i reblogged reminded me of my longstanding vendetta against fandom parents #and while i've held this opinion for years i think i can finally verbalize it in a way that makes sense? #dont get people used to red flags!!!! do not be the reason someone things red flags are normal!!! #this is not to say you can never be friends intergenerationally. just that like... #a lot of friendships i was in as a kid were like lightening. fast and strong and over quickly #and what i learned was that it was fine to progress to very personal details quickly. #dont be lightening. be a hiker. keep a reasonable speed and dont be afraid to say 'you're walking very quickly on an unknown path. slow dow #also just. to be clear. i dont think this is a personal failing i see this as a consequence of all of US having INSANE relationships too #like many of us are still struggling to figure out boundaries with IRL people after that. #and trying to do right by the young people we see in the same shoes now is a daunting and confusing task with which we can only do our best

[backhurtyy]

i miss zukka nation circa 2020

#that was the most insane time of my life i think #i wrote so many fics for them #like i haven’t been able to write that many fics for any other pairing or fandom because it’s just not the same #we all need to sync our hyperfixation again guys come on #zukka

[meep-meep-richie]

hands

#i'm unwell #the chest stroking #hand in the hair #it's so hot #and they are insane #ofmd 2 spoilers #ofmd spoilers #ofmd 2 #gentlebeard #blackbonnet #ofmddaily #ofmd fandom #our flag means death #ed x stede #stede x ed #taika waititi #rhys darby #ofmd s2 #ofmd season 2 #ofmd gifs #omfdedit #my gifs #gif* #gifs #tvgifs #ed teach #stede bonnet #ofmd #our flag means death spoilers