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I’m tired, man.

Like I am well aware I’m preaching to the choir here because if you follow me you’re at the very least an honorary member of the anti-face eating leopard alliance but ffs sometimes I just need to bitch about it I guess lol.

Especially when it’s dumbasses willfully twisting the reality of the canon work in question in order to make it more gross/morally objectionable (or they’re just media illiterate enough to actually not realize they’re wrong). And yes, as with most things with me, this pertains to Obikin.

Can we. Please. Stop. Ascribing. Nuclear family dynamics. To the Jedi Order.

Anakin isn’t Obi-wan’s son.

He’s not his brother.

The Jedi do not permit attachment in that way; yes they say shit like ‘your my brother’ but they do not actually understand that dynamic in the familial sense.

He is his student and if that squicks you fine. Valid. There is a power imbalance dynamic there.

But you can also argue the opposite being true in that Anakin is the god damn chosen one and a MESSIAH FIGURE, at least to some degree, to the Jedi via the prophecy and Obi-wan’s literal sole reason for continuing to live via his promise to look after him that he made to Qui-gon.

NOTP: the opposite of an OTP (One True Pairing). It is a ship a fan strongly dislikes. The word is a portmanteau of ‘no’ and ‘OTP’ and thus is not a contraction of any particular phrase.

Squick: anything that is a deep-seated, visceral turn-off. Squicks may be shared by many fans or be specific to one; one person’s kink may be another person’s squick.

YKINMKATO, or kink-tomato: Your Kink Is Not My Kink, And That’s Okay: used to indicate support for fannish diversity and to distinguish between disapproval or kink shaming and simply having different taste.

DLDR: Don’t Like, Don’t Read: a phrase used to warn against complaints about an aspect of fic or meta. A “live and let live” philosophy of fandom, which places the responsability for avoiding content one doesn’t want to see on the side of the fanwork consumer, rather that on the creator’s.

SALS: Ship And Let Ship: similar to the above specifically about shipping tastes.

YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary: a phrase used to acknowledge that any given individual’s personal opinion on the topic at hand may differ due to their own tastes, standards, values, experiences, etc.

As the OP points out, all of these crucially imply no moral judgment of what they’re designing.

Also I saw someone saying they’d never use squick because it’s such a silly, made-up sounding word and I thought that this has been part of the problem. Fandom itself isn’t silly; it can be deeply meaningful (it has been to me!) however things can be deeply meaningful and silly. We (society) have got to stop acting like being childish is the worst thing you can do. Embrace silly whimsy.

Let’s bring back “Fandom Wank” as a term/tag too, because honestly calling it “discourse” is too dignified a word for the vitriolic circle-jerk melodrama and trolling that’s been going on. The flame wars never ended, it’s just sometimes wrapped up in therapy speak to pretend it’s more civilized.

And let’s be real about trollish behavior in fandom. Telling someone they are mentally ill, or that they deserve to die, solely because they have a different opinion on a piece of fiction than you, is fuckin nasty ass troll shit behavior. Sockpuppet accounts, sending anon hate, spreading unfounded rumors and straight up lies about someone, all nasty ass piece of shit troll behavior.

Kit Week day 2: wing(s)/reflection

some close ups under the cut