#post-liveblogging

[lichposting]

I’m really enamored with the dynamic of two characters who work perfectly in tandem, like pacific rim drift compatible level, but they don’t like each other. It’s not even as strong an emotion as hate it’s just a very neutral-negative dislike, but they still act in perfect concert and their individual abilities are fully complementary

#text #alma’s liveblog tag #perso #i have unintentionally created this b/w nes and astarion #like they always share initiative. perfect for exploring bc both are rogues. great for platforming. ultimate sniper duo. #-3 approval. when I click him he says don’t touch me #the posts

[hermitcraftx]

did not expect grian entering a toxic codependent relationship w/the ocean this season 😭😭😭 “please ive been so good to you” “get this over with so i can move on with my life” girl run

#grian #hc s10 #hermitblr #hermitcraft #hermitcraft s10 #hermitcraft season 10 #jamies bad posts #jamie liveblogs #5k

[stjohnstarling]

Alright, so: I want to explain a little more about this connection between the Twilight fandom, Fifty Shades of Grey, and seemingly, the self-publishing industry as a whole. It's a lot, so I'm going to have to chip away at it a bit at a time, and I think the best place to start is by describing the scene in late 2000s Twilight fandom.

In 2009, Twilight was one of the biggest fandoms in the world, although it was nearly invisible to outsiders because it

Was about a straight couple, while most other fandoms were predominantly gay, and

Was conducted almost entirely on fanfiction.net among a group of people who had little other background in fandom. (x)

That meant for many Twilight fans, Twilight was fandom. It was all they knew, and many had no path out. That also made it a corked champagne bottle with the pressure building.

Because of these community dynamics and the declining quality of the Twilight books themselves, Twilight fanfiction evolved to be mostly AUs so alternate they were more-or-less original romance novels that used Bella and Edward as broad character templates. (x)

Seriously, Twilight fandom got really crazy big for a few years there. It was not totally uncommon to get multi-million clicks on a semi-popular story. It's weird looking back on it and calling it "Twilight fandom" because it was really more like "Romance Novel fandom". For real, for a period there, calling a Twilight fanfic author a 'Twilight fan' would be the ultimate insult. But they never stopped writing about Edward and Bella! It's so weird. (x)

If you were in 2000s era fandom, you're probably aware of the phenomenon of Big Name Fans and the various social-climbing dynamics that happened around them. The Twilight fandom took this social power game another level:

This wasn't even just an author thing. There were Big Name Authors (BNAs) but there were also Big Name Readers. These were basically like... full-time rabid fans of a BNA. They devoted so much of their time to helping out the BNAs, reviewing their chapters, making them fanart, promoting their fics, kissing their asses with cringe-worthy intensity, you name it. Which is why you saw what looked like BNAs having 'employees', such as Moi, tby789's Director of Marketing. (x)

It became apparent that these power games weren't just for fandom clout. The fandom was proving that that social power could be translated into real-world dollars. You see, the Twilight fandom used to organize charity auctions where big name authors would auction off custom fanfiction, and the money generated was substantial:

Mostly authors would auction off stories. So if you donated in my name, I'd write you 10,000 words of porn in my Tattward universe, or something new, etc. That's how it worked. The 2009 auction raised $80,000. The 2010 auction raised $140,000. The 2011 auction raised $20,00. [NOTE: this is likely a typo] (x)

A lot of these dynamics were not unique to the Twilight fandom, but it was the combination that created a perfect storm of opportunism. This would end up changing not just fandom dynamics but the publishing industry as a whole.

#original post #fifty shades liveblog #Working on the rest of this #Part one of not sure how many

[raystie]

what the hell did he mean by this

#yakuza 3 #liveblogging #rgg #ryu ga gotoku 3 #rgg3 #yakuza #girl what #he says hes kidding but like #why say this in the first place #i hate this game #i have to retag this to add banger post I guess #banger post #this post is muted now btw

[transboyhalo]

The feds propoganda trying to paint the islanders as the bad guys for pressing the island destroying button... girl why was there an island destroying button in the first place!!!

Guys please this post is about a fictional minecraft roleplay server. Hawaii has not been bombed. I am a mere fandom blog. This post has no relevance to real life events.

#text #liveblogging #qsmp #my posts dont usually leave my tiny little fandom bubble i didn't even think about clarifying #but yeah this server does sound batshit from an outside perspective #i'm so sorry if you're coming across this without any context. containment breach

[sparring-spirals]

i know its partly the nature of critical role as a whole changing for this third campaign, but its SO funny to me that "Dont Trust Anyone Not Even Yourself" Paranoid Chucklefucks The Mighty Nein were showered in kind and helpful guest PC's and ended up So Good at the Magic Of Friendship (threatening). While Bell's Hells of "time for therapy!!!!" "do you think they'll be our friend" "what the fuck is up with that game time!!" have wound up with a like. 40% hit rate for villains in their close friends. like this is a MASSIVE oversimplification and it makes sense but its mostly very funny to me. rip to early campaign m9 you would have loved all of your paranoid instincts constantly paying off in the worst way

#im writing this post very fast because i have to pop back out soon no one wring my neck over innacuracies #this is a mass oversimplification i know #critical role #cr spoilers #c3e63 #cr liveblogging #bell's hells #the mighty nein #party comparison post #shitpost #spar speaks

[astronomical-bagel]

and btw, grian's last stand against gem and the scotts? Insane. I cant help but replay the scene where he tells Cleo to get away over and over again, "You need to move out of the way, there's no trigger. I'm manually triggering it." because like. there's no way he really thought he was gonna get out of this. He had to be there in order for the trap to go off, the escape hatch was a pipe dream. What he was really saying to Cleo was, "Save yourself, I'll hold them back." He knows he's not going to get away from Gem and the Scotts, but he just wants to give Cleo a fighting chance.

And then I cant help but remember Grian's last words in Last Life, "Not like this! Not like this!". Ever since Last Life, his deaths have been... a little sad. Stabbed in the back while running away from Scott, killed by a warden through a wall, falling onto the very corner of a cobblestone block after falling off his tower -- right next to the water, too.

I think, in this season, grian wanted to die for a reason. he didn't want it to be an accident, a preventable goof, and more importantly he wanted it to mean something. He wanted to die protecting someone else. Outlive his teammates for a change.

Cleo still dies before he does, but he doesn't have any confirmation of that, just the distant sound of thunder, and he's too busy fighting to really process it. When he dies, he doesn't have any complaints. No 'I don't feel good"s, no "Not like this"s, no "I'm so sorry, Scar"s, no "Don't tell Tim"s. This time all he says is, "I did a lot of damage." He's satisfied with his death, proud of it, even.

And I think, even if he died, even if his sacrifice didn't mean too much, he felt his death was a lot more honorable than his other ones. He died on his own terms, he died protecting someone, he died fighting, and, just like Grian always aims to go, he went out with a bang.

#an mcr reference in MY traffic life post?? Its more likely than you'd think! #secret life #secret life spoilers #grian #zombie Cleo #astro liveblogs

[moon1ee]

rewatching the moment and oh my god. phil sees tallulah and smiles. "hey tallulah! what are you doing here, i told you not to come here." she jumps around. shakes her maracas. phil asks her again what she's doing here. she doesn't respond. his smile freezes.

#INSANE INSANE INSANE #qsmp #liveblogging #philza #tallulah #chayenne #og post

[punkclownfreak]

dadan is the realest mom out there. she literally ran into a fire for her sons, two of which she had only known for less than a year. when she found 2/3 of her sons she IMMEDIATELY asked where the third was, and when ace was stubborn and said he wouldn’t leave without a fight, she backed him up and fought alongside him. someone get this woman a gold medal.

#one piece spoilers #one piece #asl brothers #asl trio #one piece liveblog #one piece posting #dadan #curly dadan #ace d portgas #revolutionary sabo #monkey d luffy

[tubborucho]

We are not getting clingy duo divorce vlog Sadge

#liss writes posts #tubbo liveblogging #clingy duo #tommyinnit #tubbo

[dappersautismcreature]

oh my dear babies, my babies

#qsmp #liveblogging #too many emotions holy shit im ugh #just wait for an emotional post later

[darry-rules]

#slimecicle qsmp #qsmp quackity #qsmp tubbo #qsmp foolish #qsmp #qsmp liveblog #qsmp fanart #qsmp philza #qsmp text post #qsmp stream #qsmp clips #qsmp eggs

[hermitcraftx]

i will say going from grian and joels minecraft videos where they just went balls to the wall 74 tnt leaving a fucking moon sized crater versus going to iskalls where he's using five and asking ren and beef to make sure they're okay with this, as he can't unrig it and it'll leave a crater is just so funny. iskall's being so careful to make sure they understand the consequences of their actions and grian and joel are like GO GO GO GO GO IF THIS DOESN'T KILL HIM WE WILL JUST USE A CONSTANTLY EXPANDING NUMBER OF TNT GOD IS DEAD AND WE BLEW HIM THE FUCK UP

#iskall85 #rendog #vintagebeef #smallishbeans #grian #joel smallishbeans #joel #hc s10 #hermitcraft #hermitblr #hermitcraft s10 #hermitcraft season 10 #hc10 #hc 10 #jamies bad posts #jamie liveblogs #5k

[furbygoblinxiv]

Link HUMS Ocarina of time songs while cooking?? I just noticed on Zelda's lullaby but I'm pretty sure he's also done Eponas song and Sarias song???? This guy loves cooking so much he's unlocking memories from a past life but JUST in the form of music?? Is that what this is???? I love him

#loz #legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #totk #botw #im like one more cute construct encounter away from just liveblogging my playthrough of the game #i spend months where my only original posts are scum villain art #now suddenly everyone who followed me for whatever reason gets to see me lose my mind over this game

[theminecraftbee]

the vibes on this hermitcraft tour stream are VERY "the team goes out to eat to hang out after the big game". just. everyone is still excited and wants to talk. but they're EXHAUSTED also and ready to fall asleep onto their plates. you know?

#stream liveblogging #sorry for all the sports metaphors it'll keep happening i played sports in college #and the only big group events i've run since then have been online #......like this DOES has the vibes of 'post-sexyman energy' but that's a far less relatable feeling than 'post-big game' lol.

[tu-es-gegg]

love this image

#txt post #qsmp #liveblogging