#tag yourself sjm

[starfallkaz]

I will not be taking any questions at this time :)))

THRONE OF GLASS ENERGY ALIGNMENT CHART

#i’m telling you #Sarah j maas #sjm #tag urself #tag yourself sjm #throne of glass #ToG #throne of glass characters #aelin ashryver galathynius #elorcan #rowaelin

[booknet]

tag yourself as concepts — the courts of prythian.

night court: ripped jeans, tattoo-covered skin, mini dresses, dancing all night, crystal chandeliers, lipstick stains on wineglasses, counting stars, dark eyes

day court: bright eyes, flushed cheeks, wild laughter, crooked grins, impulsive decisions, adrenaline rushes, fireworks, fast cars, amusement park rides 

dawn court: pearl earrings, ribbon stockings, flowy dresses, the first ray of sunlight, fresh sheets, golden jewelry, braided hair, freckles, taking long baths

spring court: flower crowns, soft laughter, talking to animals, picknicks outside, long hugs, rose petals, fairylights, cheek kisses, pink blush, sweet tooth

summer court: the sound of the ocean, talking walks during the sunset, beach parties, roadtrips with friends, camping, swimming at night, competitive sports

autum court: golden lights, falling leaves, drinking tea by the window, the smell of old books, scented candles, oversized sweaters, roasting marshmallows

winter court: light snowfall, fairytales, round glasses, cold hands, misty mornings, hidden glances, soft whispers, neat handwriting, poetry books

#acotaredit #acotar #a court of thorns and roses #tag yourself #sarah j maas #sjm #*ours

[sturmmhond]

“He’s all the guys you’d meet at a bar at uni” 💀

The amount of times he said “it’s your choice” or your decision. I just cringe.

Omg can I just mention about the trials in ACOTAR. Bruh. Bruh. They made no sense at all. What kind of an antagonist was Amarantha.

What is the point of a story if main protagonists always win, what impact does it create? The stakes are always high in this series but they always win. Rhysand came back to life, that girl who’s really old I forgot her name and she’s feisty or some shit and eats raw food and came out of the cauldron as fae.

high stakes are high for nothing if they don’t come along with great consequences, if they don’t drag behind them loss and grief. they don’t feel earned if all the cast of characters has to do is fight for like five minutes and then spend the rest of the book “strategizing”.

again, nothing against you liking these books, honeybees. me not liking them really shouldn’t affect you because i like what i like and you like what you like and that’s why this world is so vast and varied and has so many options of media designed for so many different people.

#răspuns #nonnie #anti sjm #anti rhysand #anti 90% of those books i guess 💀💀💀 #PLEASE do yourself a favor and block these tags if you don’t want to see our lukewarm takes on this series #thank you #long post

[death-devourer-of-worlds]

Tag yourself I’m fayruh

#acotar #acomaf #acowar #acofas #sjmaas #sjm fandom #tag yourself

[itsspookyolive]

Your fae scent is now the last food you ate plus whatever soap is in your bathroom. Mine is chicken nuggets and grapefruit- I’m sure all those fae males are just drunk off my amazing chicken grapefruit smell... EDIT: @spaceshipkat asked me to make this a post so I’m updating, the last food I ate was a rolo so my fae smell is chocolate caramel and grapefruit!

#anti sjm #anti acowar #anti feysand #tag yourself

[profqlasses]

Bonus:

#han geng #hankyung #hangeng #zhou mi #donghae #super junior m #super junior #sjm #suju #ahaahadhsdfjds #tag yourself #i'm donghae #xD #super junior gif #suju gif #gif #mine

[acotag]

tag yourself: Throne of Glass places

Adarlan - red lipstick, leather jackets, ambition, chilly mornings, narrow streets, big ballrooms, gold rings, blasting your favourite song in the car, loud laughter, smoke, shopping, driving around the city at midnight

Terrasen - stargazing, huge quiet libraries, drinking in a crowded tavern, running around halls barefoot, dancing, feeling lost but at peace, violin playing, climbing snowy mountains, unforgiving wind on the top of highest mountain

Fenharrow - the sound of raindrops on window, warm fireplace, messy braids, loving hugs, warm hands, running on a cold morning, endless fields, cup of tea, cloud-watching, petting a dog, old dusty books

Melisande - champagne, perfect hair, high heels, brutal storms, feeling trapped in time, crying at night, music boxes, hidden motives, quiet with a deep gaze, sound of coins being dropped to the floor, old trinkets

Eyllwe - gold bracelets, water fountains, water lilies, laughing with friends, sun on skin, feeling of acceptance, braiding your loved one’s hair, learning a foreign language, taking pictures of beautiful scenery

Doranelle - long flowing hair, discipline, waterfalls, music coming from everywhere, the sound of piano, cobblestone streets, neat cursive handwriting, glowing skin, mixing gold and silver jewellery

Wendlyn - tall buildings with flat roofs, freshly baked bread, sour wine on a warm summer evening, the sound of waves, drunkenly stumbling through streets at 4am, naps after lunch, kind and curious heart

#tag yourself #throne of glass #tog #places #acotag #sarah j maas #sjm #adarlan #terrasen #fenharrow #melisande #eyllwe #doranelle #wendlyn #tag urself #throne of glass aesthetics #aesthetics #aesthetic

[unclecassian]

Tag yourself: Cadre Edition ™

#sjm #tog #eos #throne of glass #cadre #rowaelin #nessian #acotar #acomaf #acowar #feysand #com #sarahjmaas #sarah j maas #koa #kingdom of ash #tag yourself #hof #qos #tod #rowan #aelin ashryver #maeve #aelin #rowan x aelin #rowan whitethorn #fenrys #cairn #lord lorcan lochan #lorcan salvaterre

[heyheyheylemonade]

Acotar characters as things kids in my highschool I know do or have done

Feyre Archeon: my friend who rolls in the grass at lunch to get close to a bird and feed it bread

Rhysand: the kid who throws up after every run we do in PE

Cassian: I accidentally spilled salsa all over my stuff and had a break down over it

Azriel: the girl in my friend group who always just listens to the convo but unleashes her inner savage every now and then

Amren: the kid who calls everyone a peasant in the hallway unironically

Mor: the girl in my PE class who is always happy and never lets her home life get in the way of her goal to just laugh every day of her life

Nesta Archeon: I accidentally closed the locker of the girl next to me in the locker room and she closes my locker everyday out of revenge

Elain Archeon: the girl who bought gifts for the people who weren’t participating in Secret Santa just because they deserved it

Tamlin: the girl who made fun of my friend a lot a few years ago but came up to her this year and apologized

Lucien: me always saying straight up wrong answers confidently

Ianthe: the teacher at my school who is so hated that someone set her classroom on fire (no joke) (i know she’s not a kid but the fit was just too good)

#acotar #acomaf #acowar #tag ya self #tag yourself #a court of thorns and roses #a court of mist and fury #a court of wings and ruin #sjm #sarah j maas #sjmaas #throne of glass #feysand #feylin #nessian #vamren #elriel #elzriel #elucien #nesta archeron #elain archeron #feyre archeon #cassian #azriel #illyrian #rhysand #amren #mor #the morrigan

[sjmkinkmeme]

welcome to the sjm kink meme

What is this?

The SJM Kink Meme is a judgement free place for fans to express their creativity and curiosity. You can request works from anyone in the fandom or, as a creator, you can use this as a place to get inspiration for your own creations.

There are NO RESTRICTIONS on the genre that you may request or create. That includes fanfiction, fan art, podfic, headcanons, moodboards and more.

There are also NO RESTRICTIONS on the content you request or create. Whether it’s a flower shop AU or involves torture and dubious consent, if you request it or create it, we will make it public. 

Our #1 rule is that we will tag content appropriately. That’s it! 

Your mods are @bookofmirth, @separatist-apologist @ultadverb and @symphonyofbleedingshadows.

How it works

If you want to make a request:

Send us an ask or submit a post and we will include it on the appropriate sheet.

Your request can be sent anonymously or you can include your information (e.g. tumblr name, AO3, Wattpad, or other account). If you leave your info, we will let you know your prompt has been filled.

Here is a post with a list of suggested information that you can include in a request. It will help your creators out a lot!

See the spreadsheets below for what a request looks like once we’ve entered it in.

If you want to fill a request:

Peruse the current, open requests at the links below.

Send us an ask or dm letting us know if you are working on one so we can mark it as “in progress”.

Once it is done, contact us with a link (e.g. AO3, fanfiction.net).

If you want your submission to be completely anonymous, let us know! We can post it here without author information. (There’s also a way to post work anonymously on AO3 if you would prefer to post it yourself and still remain anonymous).

If you want to browse the completed works:

We will add fanfics on AO3 to the SJM Kink Meme collection.

See the links below. We will keep links updated and try to reblog creations here as often as possible.

The sheets:

Each spreadsheet has separate sheets for SFW, NSFW, and hardcore NSFW/triggering prompts. Be sure to click on the sheet you want in order to find the content you are looking for, or to avoid content you don’t.

ACoTaR

Crescent City

Throne of Glass

Crossovers/Multiverse

Completed requests 

More questions? Peruse our FAQ or send us a DM.

#acotar #tog #throne of glass #crescent city #sarah j maas #sjm kink meme

[starfallkaz]

Tag Yourself SJM Readers Edition

#Pls don’t let this flop #this took so long to make #sjm #Sarah j maas #maas #maas musings #sjmaas #acotar #throne of glass #a court of thorns and roses #crescent city #tag yourself #tag yourself sjm #ya books #ya fantasy #rowaelin #feysand #acosf

[starbornvalkyrie]

ACOSF USA BOOK TOUR NOTES

Hey y’all! I just attended the LiveTalks Los Angeles event with Sarah J Maas and Eva Chen!! I took lots of notes so I wanted to share them with you all! They’re a little incoherent on the page, so it might seem a crazy, they jumped topics a lot. Feel free to chat with me about what she talked about! But first.

MY RULES:

NO SHIP OR CHARACTER SLANDERING. I know that we all may have different opinions. I will not offer my opinions here, this is purely informational for those of you who did not have the opportunity to attend this event.

PLEASE NO ARGUING IN MY COMMENTS OR ASK BOX WITH ME OR ANYONE ELSE WHO COMMENTS

Acknowledge that I am not perfect and may not have written down everything perfectly. I did my best while still trying to enjoy the event.

I AM NOT SARAH J MAAS AND CANNOT INTERPRET WHAT SHE MEANS

I’m tagging this with #acosf spoilers and #acosfspoilers just in case.

If you understand and can abide by these rules, keep reading below the cut, and enjoy!

SJM said it was weird doing this event from her living room where you might be able to hear her dog in the background or her son trying to get into the room.

ACOSF started as a passion project while she was writing ACOWAR! It was never anything she thought she was going to publish. (more on this later)

About reading and writing growing up

in middle school, she read a lot of fantasy

in high school, she didn’t read as much, but wrote A LOT. it became her fixation, almost an obsession.

in college, she only really wrote on vacations (she had a very healthy social life hehehe) but her junior year is when she found her balance between schoolwork, writing, and socializing.

there was no plan B for her!! it was always to be an author. if it didn’t happen right away, she was going to find a job that would get her by until plan A could come to be.

her favorite author growing up was Garth Nix. She longed for books about badass women. She got to meet him and write a blurb to be on one of his books! She cries when she meets her favorite authors.

Talk about character names!

her character names come from everywhere and nowhere

sometimes she’ll just hear a name in her head and think “that’s it!” (Rhys, for example)

she needs to know the name to write the character

if the name doesn’t immediately come to her, she spends a lot of her time on baby name websites and makes lists until it clicks

sometimes the names just... connect. sometimes she doesn’t mean for them to.

it will always be uncommon. never “Frank” lol

Writing about Nesta!

on a “surface level” she loves writing when Nesta comes out to fight. for example, her favorite scene in this aspect to write was the bog scene. As soon as she got to it, it flowed out of her. The final product was almost identical to the first draft. She wrote it in one session, from the terror & tread to the “who am i?” to when she emerged--she went YES. MAJOR Mic Drop moment for her.

going deeper: definitely her overall journey was one of the favorites she’s ever written. From the dark place she’s in at the beginning to the very end. 

Writing about Nesta meant so much to her because of her own mental health. She channeled a lot of her own feelings and went on the journey with Nesta.

it was a lot of “how do you face mental health in a fantasy world without therapy and medication”

it was easy to get into Nesta’s mind but emotionally intense.

ACOSF’S BIG MESSAGE: LEARNING TO LOVE YOURSELF AND OTHERS. YOU ARE WORTH OF LOVE.

YES there is a book planned for Elain!

As soon as Nesta and Elain came onto the page again in ACOMAF, she knew they’d get their own journey.

Nesta grabbed her by the throat in book 1

She was originally contracted for only the first three books but realized there was more she wanted to explore. Essentially the “what comes next” after ACOWAR in this new world with out the wall.

FUN FACT: while editing ACOMAF/writing ACOWAR, she drunkenly told her editor at the time, “hey guess what happens next?”, and it turned into a two hour conversation about everything she wants to happen for Nesta, Elain, Mor, Azriel, etc. TWO WEEKS LATER, she gets a call saying they want to buy the stories!! Obviously, she said yes.

This allowed her to start planting the Easter eggs for these stories in ACOWAR. She knew she did not want Nesta to be sympathetic at the beginning of the book! But she did not want people to hate her.

She always has one eye on the horizon for future books.

If she could visit one court for a day, which and why?

She LOVES the season Autumn, it’s her favorite. “BUT EVERYONE IN THE AUTUMN COURT IS AN ASSHOLE”. She would want to visit the Autumn Court when no one is there so she can enjoy the beauty of Autumn.

But also she would want to go to the Summer Court because she has a thing for Tarquin but only if it’s not gross and humid.

She would ALSO want to go to the Day Court for Helion and all his libraries.

ESSENTIALLY she would want to go everywhere but Spring because Tamlin sucks and is an asshole lmao.

BEAST FORMS

SJM’s beast form would be something totally not cool or majestic like a sea otter.

Nesta’s beast form would be something terrifying and beautiful like a snow leopard/dragon hybrid, a griffin, or a sphinx. **WANTS SOMEONE TO DRAW THIS**

FUN QUESTIONS

Nesta’s favorite smutty book would be JR Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series. She reads these books for the distraction, of course, but also for the comfort they gave her that everything turns out okay for the characters.

Nesta’s Starbucks order: cappuccino- something simple, nothing with too much sugar or whipped cream. Elain’s would be a Frappe- something delicious and sweet. SJM’s is a flat white, iced or not, but never after 2PM.

SJM usually listens to classical music and movie scores while she writes, but she’s gotten used to write in silence so that she can listen for her son’s shenanigans with Josh.

“Stay Together for the Kids” by Blink 182 semi-inspired the scene when Nesta and Cassian go back to her family’s cottage. She can hardly explain why.

WRITING ADVICE

Write what you love, not what you think you should be writing.

Give yourself permission to suck. Her first drafts are shit and are usually accompanied with an email that says “I know I need to fix this, this and that” lol.

WRITE THE DAMN THING. Vomit on the page!

YOU CAN’T FIX A BLANK PAGE.

Her least favorite part about the publishing process is the first pass of copy edits, those last minute checks and balances. But once it’s off to the printer, it’s not her problem anymore.

She’s every publisher’s worst nightmare because she sends it off to the printer at the LAST possible minute.

For reference: Throne of Glass was finished almost... a year and a half? ...before it hit shelves, but ACOSF was finished this past fall.

MAIN CHARACTER TALK

All of her heroines have a piece of her.

SJM’s personality is a hybrid of Bryce and Nesta.

Feyre and Nesta got most of her in terms of learning to be empowered.

She has to have a connection to them in order to write them. It’s an out of body, method acting experience.

MISCELLANEOUS

She said “CC2 is a year from now.”

She started writing ACOTAR in 2008 before she published TOG.

She loves the story and dynamic of Elizabeth and Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. Cassian is Elizabeth. Nesta is Darcy.

And that’s all I have, folks! Thank you for reading, I hope you got something out of this!

#acosf spoilers #acosfspoilers #nessian #nesta archeron #cassian #sarah j maas #live talks

[weavemeamyrtlecrown]

First Line Tag Meme

Rules: List the first line of the last ten (10) stories you published. Look to see any patterns you notice yourself, and see if anyone else notices any. Then tag some friends.

Tagged by @aadmelioraa, thanks! I haven't seen a tag game like this one, and I'm interested to see if there are any patterns...

I sorted by date posted, rather than updated

1. For the Record-- ACOTAR, Feysand Olympics AU

Feyre should have known better.

2. The Second Son-- ACOTAR, future fic with OC children, starring Vesriel, my sweet angsty child

Something in Vesriel’s chest ached as he watched his family.

3. where the love light gleams-- ACOTAR holiday secret santa gift, Nessian

The world was a blur of white, speckled with greens and blacks and greys.

4. Our Savaged Souls-- ACOTAR, something that started innocently and morphed into a "how sad can I make this" project. Feysand endgame tho

Feyre Archeron is born in the Spring Court under the shadow of the Wall.

5. to take, to worship-- ACOTAR, smut for Liz's birthday lol

It was the feeling of being rolled that woke Feyre up.

6. june in her eyes, in her heart january-- ACOTAR, smut for the kinkmeme

It takes a while for Feyre to recognize how ruthless she has grown in this Court.

7. miracles-- ACOTAR, a fic partially borne from salt at how SJM handles pregnancy in ACOSF

“You did a very good job at shielding.”

8. therapy-- ACOTAR, more Feysand smut

Rain had been flooding Velaris for three days.

9. smooth-- ACOTAR, the first Feysand smut I wrote!

Feyre stared at the nondescript building in front of her.

10. a little complication between sisters-- ACOTAR, slightly ACOMAF divergent, Nesta and Feyre have a talk

“I need to speak with you.”

Jesus christ, y'all, I swear I used to write for other fandoms too lol

If there is any pattern, it's that I think I tend to start with short, simple, declarative sort of sentences. Sometimes I do dialogue, especially if we are sort of diving right into the middle of a scene or want to get the action rolling quickly. But yeah, all the sentences are rather short, and I wonder why my brain works that way, haha. Challenge for my next piece, can I write a different style of sentence?

tagging @mmvalentine @feyrearcherons @littleloric (i know you have SOMETHING brewing, this is an excuse for a sneak peek) @arrowmusings @the-lonelybarricade

#tag game

[bookofmirth]

Regarding your anti fandom ask, it’s not just limited to the sjm fandom! I’m in a couple other fandoms and it’s been going on for a while, a few years even. I suspect it’s only recently become more prominent in the sjm fandom because of how big the ship war has gotten. There hasn’t ever seemed to be a large scale disagreement of this size in the fandom before, we all generally got along and liked mostly the same ships. Even when we disagreed, there wasn’t as much hostility as there is now. I don’t like lysaedion and I remember posting about a koa scene I took issue with in the tag, but I never got slammed by lysaedion shippers trying to convince me to like them or giving death threats. Now though? If I were to post anything critical of any acotar ship or character - nessian or feysand or elain or lucien or azriel - I doubt anyone in the fandom would be willing to engage in a respectful discussion where we can both try to share our views even if we agree to disagree.

Like on one hand, I do like that the tagging system allows us to curate our own fandom experience. I don’t particularly like looking in the tag of my favorite ship and being bombarded with posts from people who hate it. On the other hand though, it seems to detract from actually engaging in discussions and analysis with people we disagree with, instead sheltering everyone in their own little ship bubble. Idk it’s complicated.

In my other fandoms, I’ve noticed anti tags becoming more common with the anti shipper and pro shipper wars, which I feel like is also on the rise on the acotar fandom. I’m sure you’re already aware, if you aren’t I’d highly recommend looking it up yourself, but basically anti shippers believe in policing content that they view as morally depraved and problematic, while proshippers believe everyone is entitled to make the content they want and if you dislike it you shouldn’t engage with it. The issue lies with the ambiguity of defining what is considered “problematic” content. Incest and pedophilia, sure, but what about when it’s fanfic of a 17 year old mc of a ya fantasy novel who falls in love with an immortal man? Should that be censored because it’s pedophilia? What about fanfic writers that venture into dubcon and cnc territory? Are they influencing young readers and promoting rape culture, or are they merely exploring kinks and adult fantasies in a healthy manner? How far should writers be allowed to go in their writing under the excuse of it being a coping mechanism? Are platforms like ao3 promoting racism and misogyny and homophobia by refusing to censor works that contain this content through a favorable lens? Antis seem to always lie on the side of censorship to protect others, while proshippers believe you should be responsible for curating your own experience and blocking content you dislike as you see fit.

Most of the time when people use anti tags they aren’t referencing this large scale debate, many proshippers even advocate the use of anti tags so you aren’t exposed to content you don’t want to see. But I do think that this argument between the two sides of the tumblr content war is contributing to why tagging things appropriately is becoming more of a social norm in fandom. And I’ve also noticed many people in the ship war using anti language against the opposing ship - for example, gwynriels saying that elriel is problematic and toxic and would send a bad message to readers about romance, and elriels saying that elucien is problematic and misogynistic by taking away elain’s agency. In both of these scenarios, shippers are co-opting buzzwords to give themselves a sense of moral superiority over other shippers, without looking at the nuances of both sides. It’s hard to distinguish between the two when you don’t know if people in the anti ship or anti character tags are using those to say “here is why I dislike this ship/character and I’m using this tag so fans of this character/ship don’t have to see it” vs. “this is why I believe anyone who supports this ship/character is a terrible person.” It’s getting even more confusing since anti sjm blogs use the same anti tags - so if you look at the anti nesta tag, for example, it’s filled with a mix of people - some making respectful criticisms of how her character arc was written, some claiming she’s a horrible person and anyone who supports her is an abuse apologist, and some claiming nesta should just burn the inner circle to the ground and how they think sjm ruined her.

Anyway, it’s a very confusing, complicated issue that extends beyond just the realm of this fandom. I hope this made at least some sense, lol I’m sorry it’s like a full on essay, feel free to ignore it if you don’t feel like reading it all (I wouldn’t blame you lmao).

I meant to answer this the next day and that was five days ago!!!! Between the two of us, anon, people are going to be scrolling for days.

it’s not just limited to the sjm fandom! I’m in a couple other fandoms and it’s been going on for a while, a few years even.

Hmmm... I have mixed feelings about this! Very mixed. It seems like what was once a good way to make people aware of the type of content they would encounter, or to help them avoid the content they want to avoid, is now being used to create extreme echo chambers.

it seems to detract from actually engaging in discussions and analysis with people we disagree with, instead sheltering everyone in their own little ship bubble.

Yeah that.

I'm still working under the assumption that if you're in the fandom, you generally like the thing. If I tag something #azriel, I don't feel like I need to specify whether I am being Nice or Mean about him, because... it's more complex than that? Or if I tag something #elucien, that doesn't mean that I can't say something critical of Elain or Lucien. There just isn't a way, imo, to categorize all opinions or content in that way. What if I say that Nesta is a bitch and she's also a badass. What would I tag that? What if I just tag it Nesta and assume that people interacting with my post can decide what to do from there. Block me if you want, idgaf!

I find this all super interesting, and yes I agree with everything you said about anti fandoms, and it's why I am never going to be an anti. Not in the traditional "I'm going to spend my life shitting on this thing and trying to convince other people it sucks and they should hate it too" style. I have plenty of stuff I don't like, but idgaf if other people like it.

Even when we disagreed, there wasn’t as much hostility as there is now.

Absolutely. So funny story, but a bunch of us got an ask yesterday about someone supposedly "infiltrating" the fandom, and then a blog encouraging that behavior, and blah blah blah. I will make a separate post about it. Point is, this person supposedly assumes that because they like e*riel, the fact that gwynriels follow them is super funny?

But whoever this person is... did they know that we can like nessian, or cazriel, or whatever, and STILL BE MUTUALs. Surprise bitch, but I don't agree with every single opinion of every single mutual that I have! I don't expect my followers to agree with everything I say either! Okay that's all I will say on that because that's a separate issue, but related to the hostility you mentioned.

I’m sure you’re already aware, if you aren’t I’d highly recommend looking it up yourself, but basically anti shippers believe in policing content that they view as morally depraved and problematic, while proshippers believe everyone is entitled to make the content they want and if you dislike it you shouldn’t engage with it. The issue lies with the ambiguity of defining what is considered “problematic” content. Incest and pedophilia, sure, but what about when it’s fanfic of a 17 year old mc of a ya fantasy novel who falls in love with an immortal man? Should that be censored because it’s pedophilia? What about fanfic writers that venture into dubcon and cnc territory? Are they influencing young readers and promoting rape culture, or are they merely exploring kinks and adult fantasies in a healthy manner? How far should writers be allowed to go in their writing under the excuse of it being a coping mechanism? Are platforms like ao3 promoting racism and misogyny and homophobia by refusing to censor works that contain this content through a favorable lens?

Sorry this quote is really long that I am highlighting but ALL OF THIS. I've been looking for posts about anti fandoms and you made me realize that really what I should be looking for are my posts about AO3 and censorship, because that's what all of this comes down to. When I say I am anti anti that means I really, really don't like anti fandoms, and that's why I started the tag sjm critical (which I have noticed has gained traction and I appreciate that).

For example, people who are anti rowaelin (which caused me to unfollow the tag years ago) don't just dislike the ship, they don't just think it's abusive lol, they think that sjm is a horrible person for writing it and that the only valid ships are those which are healthy and perfect. They don't like age gaps, they require explicit consent, they relationship must also be social justice-worthy. In other words, the only good ship in these contexts are ones that meet this insane standard of "have never done anything even slightly negative ever and if they did, then they immediately atoned for it and tried to teach the audience a valuable lesson about being a Good Person".

Also, re: anti rowaelin, when I was encountering a lot of that content there was no ship war, they were canon, they were together, and so the only reason for people to post anti rowaelin content wasn't because there was an actual, viable debate around it, like we are currently seeing with the e*riel/elucien/gwynriel ship war. People just didn't like rowaelin and were spending their time intentionally hating on something that was already fact. That's why it's different from antielriel, or anti elucien or anti gwynriel.

However... There is overlap between anti talking points (in the "I hate this thing and you should too" way) and the current ship war. They are, as you said, "policing content that they view as morally depraved and problematic". They will be "anti elucien" because the mating bond takes away choice (even though the series doesn't actually bear that out). They are "anti gwynriel" because of the (non-existent) power imbalance. It's not enough to have a valid reason to dislike it, they have to turn it into a moral purity contest.

And so when people use "anti character", that's why I'm like y'all... do you realize the baggage that comes with that tag? With the concept of being anti? Is this really the stance you're trying to take, or is this just your personal opinion or squick? There's just a much larger fandom history and context that is loaded into that phrase "anti", and I don't know if people always realize that.

I think that's the thing that I hate the most, and the thing that idk if people are intentionally wading into. Ships don't have to be healthy or pure or even consensual. They could be abusive and have age gaps and whatever. Acting like shipping makes one (real) person better than another is what drives me freaking crazy, and that's what anti fandoms bring into the discussion.

It’s hard to distinguish between the two when you don’t know if people in the anti ship or anti character tags are using those to say “here is why I dislike this ship/character and I’m using this tag so fans of this character/ship don’t have to see it” vs. “this is why I believe anyone who supports this ship/character is a terrible person.”

Yeah and that too - I use antielriel and censor the name because I don't want people to find content that they won't like. I have zero interest in changing anyone's mind, though. And while I find the ship potentially icky, that's my personal opinion and I don't think that says anything about the people who ship it. I have my share of "problematic" ships so I am definitely not out here trying to convince anyone to convert to the But Is It Moral way of thinking about ships.

I think another confounding factor is the way that ship names are used interchangeably to refer to both the ship, and the people who ship it. Yeah it's a quick easy shorthand, but when I say "e*riel would bring out the worst in one another", I am making a statement about those characters, not anyone who ships it. And yet, I guess people think I am shaming them or something.

This is why occasionally I'm like "FICTION VERSUS REALITY" or "fictional characters are not real!" It's mainly to remind people that when I make a statement about a character, it has nothing to do with people who like or dislike said character.

From a discourse community perspective (in the linguistics sense) it's really interesting to see how people take control of the ways in which we communicate and access or restrict content. I definitely appreciate that people have created these tools for us to curate our experiences online, and I use them so that other people can do what they need with my content, and so I can find things myself. It's just when the tags are used ambiguously, in ways that don't seem to account for fandom history or where those tags came from, that I'm like but wait. Are we playing the Who Is A Better Person game, or are you just trying to be organized.

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[calenhads]

personal survey

tagged by the lovely bestie @montliyets 💖💕

tagging: @trvelyans @steelport @esmeralda-juniper @avallachs @lvllns @twinwitchbolt @pearlsandsteel @scottsclarke @commonbard

name: meaghan or whatever nickname you can think of

age: 19 (may 9)

height: 5′6″/168cm

zodiac sign: taurus ♉

where do you call home: my bedroom in my parents’ house, preferably with the cats

any tattoos or piercings: just my normal lobe piercings! i do have a couple of tattoos planned that i just need to find time to schedule, but i’m happy with the piercings i have currently

last song you listened to: cold cold cold by cage the elephant

last movie you watched: howl’s moving castle!! i watched it with my roommate :3

last book or fanfic you read: both of these options are so cringe actually i’m embarrassed to admit to either of them 💔 i will say the last book i read was queen of shadows by sjm and i’m not particularly proud of that fact 😔

do you collect anything: not really?? i have so many sets of dice for d&d though, even if i’ve mostly calmed down with getting my grubby little hands on every pretty set i see. i think i had around 30 sets at my last counting?

morning person or night owl: 100% a night owl, it’s physically impossible for me take wake up before 9am, but noon is more likely

are you an optimist, pessimist, or a realist: probably an optimist, but i definitely have my pessimistic moments 💔

a quote you live by: the entirety of wild geese by mary oliver (the poem, not the whole book)

are you an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert: introvert, easily. i like hanging out with people, but my social battery is so weak

do you believe in an afterlife or not: i’m terrified of what the afterlife will be and even more terrified that there will just be nothing. hope that helps 💖

a weird or fun fact about yourself: i almost always have super vivid dreams, and i can lucid dream fairly easily! nothing beats having a chase scene in a dream and using the youtube skip forward ten seconds button to avoid the stress of being chased

if you could have coffee with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be: ALL THE OF MUTUALS!! we’re having a besties day at [insert coffee shop here]

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[dvarapala]

❝i left home, back home, but the universe just keeps on going.❞

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