#sam rants

[tomsgreg]

I think we as a society need to be pushing for a more realistic and sympathetic wide spread analysis of Holden Caulfield. Everyone thinks he’s either some profound intellectual or is just some whiny kid. Holden was emotionally neglected, and it was implied the teacher that he’d trusted SA’d him. That kid wanted to help and protect other kids from the harshness of the world. He was a CHILD. He was whiny because he was a teenager but he had every right to be jaded and hate the world, but he still held out hope that kids could be protected from the harsh reality out there. He was a BABY. He didn’t know where the ducks in central park went when the water froze over. He hired a prostitute and spent the whole night talking to her. He needed someone to protect him. Catcher In The Rye is about a kid that the every adult in his life failed. Throwing money at a kid and offering them no warmth breaks them. Holden was a spoiled bratty kid, but he was just that. A KID. He needed someone to look after him.

#I remember being 17 HATING him bc ‘we all have problems’ #but as I got older I realized how YOUNG he really was. I teach kids his age. they’re babies. they need to be cared for #catcher in the rye #holden caulfield #sam rants

[randomgamefan]

There is nothing quite like the modded multiplayer experience of outer wilds. me and my buddy sitting around playing doom on the spaceship's computer before taking a casual stroll over to the dark bramble where the anglerfish make a vine boom sound at me instead of attacking. The sun will explode in 22 minutes.

#outer wilds #outer wilds spoilers #shitpost #sam rants

[antisociallilbrat]

I hate when gay men take over sapphic trends and more importantly when they change the lyrics of sapphic songs written by sapphic women to fit themselves into the trend that women who love women are participating in bc the original song of the trend was for them.

The lyrics are “she likes a boy, she likes a boy, she likes a boy, and I’m not a boy, I’m not a boy, I’m not a boy”.

The amount of times I’ve seen an edit for a mlm ship to this trend bc the editor changed the lyrics is honestly nauseating. And if the editor is not a gay man, it’s still a shitty thing to do honestly! Regardless of who’s doing it!

Let sapphic people have the things intended FOR them. No im not interested in arguing. Yes unfollow me if you disagree bc I don’t see how this take is unfair.

#my first post on this blog in a while and it was the rant #honestly tumblr updated the dashboard for desktop and fucked it up so much that I don’t like using this site now #whoops #Sam rants #sapphic #mlm #wlw

[tateisntcute]

Jegulus - an Unserious Critical Analysis

My two cents on the Jegulus ship. Dead dove, do not eat, shippers.

In my opinion, Jegulus (the James Potter/Regulus Black ship) is the culmination of about two decades of the general fandom practice of ignoring all other characters in favor of shipping two white men. This isn't a new phenomenon, we've seen it in every fandom since the beginning of time (time started when fanfiction was invented, right?).

On its own, there's nothing wrong with crackshipping. It's someone looking at two characters that don't interact or barely interact in canon and thinking, "Hey, wouldn't it be crazy if they smooched?" And that's not inherently (sorry in advance for using this word) problematic. It's just for fun!

But then a trend starts. You start to notice that all these ships are between men, and almost always cishet white men. And again, not inherently an issue, but it's weird that that's the overwhelming majority of crackships and even regular ships, right? Anyone who has taken a look at the AO3 yearly statistics knows what I mean. Most ships in most fandoms are between two white men who are canonically cishet. Less ships are m/f, fewer are f/f, and most of the POC in these ships are headcanoned as such or paired with a white person.

So: Jegulus. What is this shit ship? We don't know all that much about the 1970s era of Hogwarts aside from a handful of characters and the fact that four of them were best friends. It's an era of the canon that is primed as a playground for headcanons, fanfiction, and fanart. It's been a popular era to speculate and write about since the third book came out. James Potter is the father of Harry Potter (duh, no one that's read this far is unaware of that). Regulus Black is his... best friend's little bigoted brother. They never interact canonically.

In canon, James is in love with Lily Evans. It's kind of the main thing we know about his character. His job is just... loving Lily Evans. And their relationship is, arguably, the single most important romantic relationship in the entire series. Without them, we wouldn't have a series. There would be no story. Their love quite literally saves the world that they inhabit.

And no, that doesn't mean that nobody is ever allowed to ship either of them with anyone else, ever. But... Regulus? Really? It seems to stem 50% from the "best friend's brother/brother's best friend" romance trope and the fact that Timothee Chalamet has become a popular fancast for Regulus.

And what do we know, canonically, about Regulus? Next to nothing. The main things we know are that he's Sirius's younger brother, he hates Muggleborns, and he sacrificed his life to steal one of Voldemort's Horcruxes. And while him being Sirius's younger brother is an interesting tidbit for fanfiction purposes and sacrificing his life is noble, it's kind of hard to overlook the fact that Regulus Black was a fucking Death Eater. But I guess if you can overlook that little factoid, it's easy enough to ignore the Muggleborn character James's whole character is based around and ship him with Timothee Chalamet a Death Eater instead of her!

After decades of fandom, we have finally found what I believe is the most egregious example of the "ignoring a woman in favor of shipping two men" trend. In a move that is both darkly hilarious and objectively cringe, the new young wave of Marauders fans have decided that the best possible ship for Harry Potter's father is a man who hated the fact that Harry Potter's mother existed. A character he has no interactions with, a character he only knows by proxy of being his best friend's brother, a character that is part of a group that is an allegory for Nazis, a character we know nothing about besides the fact that he was a Death Eater who drew the line at Horcruxes. Everyone give yourselves a pat on the back, it doesn't get better than this.

In conclusion, would this be the worst thing on its own if it wasn't part of a long and storied history of fandom spaces ignoring women just to write smut for two random men? Not really. But if Regulus can draw the line at splitting a soul into seven bits and hiding them in historical relics all over Britain, I think I can draw my line at erasing Lily Evans from the narrative of James Potter's life.

#anti jegulus #anti regulus black #pro jily #sam rants #i put in a cut off and warned yall if you see this and get mad thats on you atp #marauders era #lily is one of my favorite characters and i just hate to see her treated like this

[kaeyassam]

this whole ao3 being down thing is actually driving me insane i think i’ve read every fic of my faves on here, tried to replay fics i’ve already read before in my head, went back on fanfiction.net and i’m tempted to go as far as looking through wattpad— i’m not okay yall idk what to do w myself it’s been 15 hours since ao3 has worked for me i will keep y’all posted on how long until i lose what remains of my sanity

#fanfic #ao3 down #ao3 #arcane #sam rants #fanfiction #i’m being dramatic ik but still #vi arcane #how am i expected to live laugh love in these conditions #archive of our own

[safetypin-louis]

man 5sos is one of the best bands of our time right now and they’re so slept on because people still think they’re the underwear song band from 2014

#like that was 8 years ago and their growth is incredible #5sos #sam rants

[hoeforhao]

I'VE BEEN LOOPING THIS 4 SEC CLIP FOR THE PAST 40 MINS NOW! LORD MY HEART WHY IS MY LOML SO FLUFFBALL CODED🥺😭stop hao my heart will burst lord my smol haobean🤏🏻

#random random #random rant #sam rants #xu minghao #seventeen xu minghao #minghao #minghao fluff #hoeforhao rants #rant post #ranting #personal rant #so smol #cute frogs #svt minghao

[sam-loves-seb]

see in my head i fully believe that over time i'm gonna go back and write all the days i've skipped in my whumptober series, it might take months but in my head, eventually, they will all get written. will this actually happen? who knows! but i am never short on ideas, only fuel and motivation, so we'll see what the next few months bring

of course i actually have to make it to the end of october first, but that's entirely besides the point

#mind you i'm taking a fat nap and a break after october ends #but eventually #i do want to write for all the skipped prompts #it'll probs be a slow process #but maybe i can fill them all in before next october #but also i have so many other projects i wanna work on #[big bang fic stares menacingly at me] #[other undisclosed project mocks me from afar] #so like who knows where my writing will go next #all i know is that i'm never lacking in gallavich brainworms #they consume my every thought #sam rants

[sams-blog-of-randomness]

I'm worried my dm is going to kill off my dnd character lol

I got turned into a vampire spawn a few sessions ago and we were talking after the game and he's like, this won't be forever and I'm like yeah I know his ultimate goal is to find someone to cast wish/true resurrection cause he hates this, but like what does he mean by this won't be forever?

I really like this character so I don't want him getting killed off, the npcs are already making it very clear they don't trust him so like I can see someone trying too? Ugh I'll be upset if he actually goes through with it

#sam makes random posts #sam rambles about random stuff #Sam Rambles about TTRPGS #sam rants #I know in the grand scheme of things its just a dnd character #but he's already survived one adventure #So I'd be sad to lose him now

[samstronomy]

the brain worms are getting a little out of hand guys please help

#this is abt one piece btw #one piece #OUUUGHHH #FUCKING OEN PIECE #i can’t think of anything else #it’s so bad #i haven’t been this insufferable since i was an undertale fan in middle school #i’m still an undertale fan but i dialed it down guys i swea-💥💥💥💥 #sam rants #sam talks #text post

[tomsgreg]

Yung Gravy just has a certain magnetism to him like idk what about him gives him such CHARISMA but GOD it just works

#he gives off vibes that he’d actually fw plus sized women without making it weird or that we should thank him for giving us the time of day #yung gravy #sam rants

[randomgamefan]

SCREAMING THIS FROM THE ROOFTOPS

Trans people are valid, no matter if you are on the gender binary or not.

Trans lesbians and trans gay men are so welcome in their communities. You are so valid.

Being nonbinary or any other gender is so cool, and so are neoprouns.

Bi/Pan people can both exist and are not erasing each other, and both can love non-binary people and trans people.

Black LGBTQ+ people have done so much for our community and deserve so much recognition. Black Lives Matter, and always will.

Aromantic and asexual people are so so valid and I'll punch anyone who doesn't agree. You belong.

Trans men belong in men's sports, TRANS WOMEN BELONG IN WOMEN'S SPORTS.

It's okay to be in the closest for your own safety.

It is so valid to be out of the closet and screaming it from the rooftops!

It's okay to not know who you are yet.

It's okay to change when you find out new things about yourself.

Love each other, and love yourself. You deserve it.

TERFS/LGBTQ+ phobics can go eat dirt. I hope you step on a Lego.

All lives matter/blue lives matter people need to consiter eating a raw lemon. Brush your teeth than drink some orange juice.

And of course,

Gay gay gay gay gay - say gay.

Oppose anti-lgbtq+ legislation all over the world.

Hope this helps. I know this isn't my usual type of post but I've seen a lot of negativity around and I want people to know they are supported and valid on my blog, even if I'm small.

(oh, and fuck you if you support NFTs)

#sam rants #lgbtq+ #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq positivity #transgender #trans #bisexuality #biseuxal #bi #pansexual #pan #blm #black lives matter #aromantic #aro #asexual #ace #fuck terfs #nonbinary #fuck nfts #thats all for me today folks #angry rants aside #love y'all #you're safe here

[antisociallilbrat]

Ya know I love the It fandom bc I can literally post about any ship and I won't get comments or reblogs that's like "Omg they're besties!".

We all know they're dating. Who's the 'they' you may ask? Idk take your pick from the Losers, mix and match if you will.

#side eyes the whole stranger things fandom #where rare pairs go to die #also ofc Bev and Eddie are the exception to this post #is this a rant? #idk ig it can come off as passive aggressive #even though that's not my intent #just tired of seeing by/clair and el/max stuff that's posed in a romantic light #and the comments are !! Such best friends!! #sam rants #i tag that to be safe #okay im done posting for the day #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrack #mike hanlon #ben hanscom #beverly marsh #stanley uris #bill denbrough #it 2017 #it 2019

[samissobsessed]

I am feeling John Roberts starved.

#romance club #rc theodora #rc theodora avery #rc john roberts #rc almoret #today i was staring at his pictures for 15 mins #sam rants

[kaeyassam]

helloo!! my name is sam and welcome to my page! i’m 20 and use they/he pronouns and i’m a non-binary lesbian

on here i’ll mostly be reblogging stuff but i hope to start actually posting stuff too! some of my interests/things you’ll see on my page are:

- buffy the vampire slayer

- arcane (my main obsession atm)

- sanrio

- witchcraft & spirituality

- i might repost some genshin art once in a while but i don’t have interest in interacting w the fandom at all as of rn

- sprinkle in a bit of bojack horseman & spiderverse and

- a hell of a lot more that doesn’t come to mind atm

i prefer for whoever to interact w me to be 18+! also i try to stay mostly sfw on this acc w the occasional thing here or there but most things that idk if it should go here will go onto my other blog @kaeyasjusttired instead

dms are open but id prefer mutuals only to dm me as of rn

if i do talk abt some stuff i’ll try to tag it under #samrants !

#sam rants #bojack #bjhm #diane nguyen #caitlyn kiramman #violyn #willow rosenberg #arcane #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs s4 #sanrio #willow x tara #buffy fandom #nonbinary #lesbian #kuromi #across the spiderverse #spirituality #new mutuals #mutuals #looking for mutuals

[safetypin-louis]

i finished the all of us villains duology and i am empty

#I LOVE GAVIN AND ALISTAIR OK #i wished they kissed more tbh but i loved everything i got from them #and i love that they got a happily ever after #all of us villains #sam rants