Being a fan of a side character in Ace Attorney is such a harrowing experience. You want them to come back in a new case but you already know Capcom took them out back and shot them and the next witness is going to be a drunk cowgirl named Sawda Merder followed by Wendy Oldbag on life support

I want to be very clear: I did not schedule this to post on Easter weekend.

I want to be very clear: I did schedule this to post on Easter weekend

I want to be very clear: I stumbled upon this on Easter weekend. It’s a miracle.

there’s a convo going on on twt about how there’s a kind of growing culture of bullying going on in fandom spaces since the pandemic and tbh I really think that’s giving covid too much credit lol. imo it’s the platform: it’s twt. i’ve been in fandom spaces since 2008 and there has always been bullying but i agree it’s getting much worse now and i think that uptick correlates almost exactly w twt becoming the fandom platform of choice. it’s a platform that discourages thoughtful output while encouraging quick dunks and ratios and the algorithm is constantly pushing people to look at content they dislike that they would’ve had to actively seek out elsewhere. ive said all this before ofc but it’s just kind of dumb that people are saying it’s bc ‘the normies invaded fandom w the pandemic’ like yes exponential growth will always make inherent problems bigger but the STYLE of bullying that takes place now is pretty unique to twt

like i think if outrage culture has taught us anything it’s that ppl like to be annoyed a little bit. they like to feel righteously angry sometimes, especially in a low stakes setting like fandom. but on tumblr and LJ, you kind of have to explain what YOU were doing in the tags of that thing you don’t like or on the blog of the person you hate whereas on twt that content is actively pushed beneath your nose and creates a sense of constant discord that constantly needs to be addressed and no one needs to explain why a larger percentage of their posts are oriented around fighting the takes the don’t like than sharing the ones they do