#this could be three separate essays about rep and ‘queerbaiting’ and ‘relatability’ and what tiktok and tropes have done to media but ANYWAY

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lots of vague but irritated thoughts about the state of fandom and the idea that anyone is ever owed or entitled to representation or the story they want like. that’s not how art works!!

#this could be three separate essays about rep and ‘queerbaiting’ and ‘relatability’ and what tiktok and tropes have done to media but ANYWAY #like i also say as a joke we deserved to see them fuck nasty but some of these terminally online mfs are serious #‘art should be tailored to me specifically’ ok make some. or use your imagination to relate to characters unlike you. wild. #the FUN of fandom is imagining beyond the limits of canon. can’t do that if it gives you everything you could ever want all the time #not even about him but for example the way people interact with neil gaiman is deranged #mine