A Moment's Silence

"lock in" is probably one of the most important phrases to enter the public lexicon in the 2020s

Every once in a while I'll get engaged where a piece of media where one character has a highly specific and non-obvious speaking quirk, which I myself don't notice but another fan or friend far more unwell than me will catch onto and inform me of. And then it's like I'm part of the secret true universe and any fan content breaking the rule will, inadvertently and in ways I cannot fault them for, brand themselves an imposter.

Garnet StevenUniverse does not ask questions. Jax TheAmazingDigitalCircus does not curse. Probably 80% of the Homestuck fuckers have some flavor of this but I'm not unwell enough for that.

the more elusive and arcane cousin of "he would not fucking say that"

I live a very balanced life of noticing things nobody else does and not noticing the things that literally everybody notices

it's totally ok to dislike things. right?