Shoot from the confessions

As the name suggests, this is a place to submit confessions, headcanons, questions, theories, hot takes and whatever you seem fits!

ASKS ARE NOT A REPRESENTATION OF MY OWN OPINIONS.

If you have confessions about Roll From the Hip, there is a seperate account for that I highly recommend checking out: @rfth-headcanons-confessions

Blog runs on a queue!

Rules under the cut:

https://www.tumblr.com/sfth-confessions/791641023057215488/i-would-never-say-this-off-anon-because-i

AND this post:

https://www.tumblr.com/sfth-confessions/817917929627828224/once-again-complaining-about-the-closed-captions

(Yes, I came back almost a year later to complain about CC again 😅 I’m consistent!!!)

I just want to say thanks to everyone for seeing why it’s a problem, both the CC and SFTH not paying captioners (although that bit was surprisingly more disagreed on than the former. I hope those that did please reconsider seeing CC as less necessary than editing! Accessibility shouldn’t be an afterthought, or worse, seen as a ‘bonus’!)

I do want to clear up what I’m saying, because of a few comments. Yes, I do mean including the bits where it says “[pigeons cheering].” I don’t remember if pigeons was in quotes, I think it might’ve been. It doesn’t matter. If someone didn’t understand the joke, blinked and missed it, or paused right after and resumed later, they wouldn’t know what that meant. Disabled people shouldn’t have to earn accessibility via understanding a joke. [This isn’t what the commenter was saying, by the way. Absolutely not. Their comment was very nice and mentioned the pigeons bit, that’s the only reason I’m saying this!]

Another thing that I should’ve mentioned is that captions shouldn’t describe things that can’t be heard. So, if someone’s miming typing, the captions shouldn’t say “[Typing]”, because we can see that. If the improviser is making typing sounds with their mouth, then “[Typing sounds]” or “[mimicks typing noises]” etc. would be perfect.

Anyway, that’s all. I really thought I was going to get made fun of/criticised when those were posted, so I’m happy it didn’t go that way <3 I may seem like a nitpicker at this point, but please know, the critiques mentioned above are, like, step 12… Step one and the complete priority is the payment of closed captioners!

Thanks y’all <3

https://www.tumblr.com/sfth-confessions/818370885248532480/every-time-people-imply-the-guys-didnt-enjoy-or

I hope you’re talking about people posting publicly, but I also hope people don’t do this…

anyway, when people complain about those things on blogs like this, they’re just complaining. people are allowed to complain. this isn’t some mailing system that goes directly to SFTH. someone here could literally say “X member clearly hates Y member and I think Z member is obviously laundering money” and I would be like ‘okay, clearly wrong, but glad you said it here.’

you can’t go on an anon confessions account and get mad at people for confessing… I mean, you can. But in the right way. Like you can comment on the post and say Anon’s a fool or ridiculous or rude or whatever, but you shouldn’t be actively thinking about it later to the point it works you up that much.

If someone has a (subjectively) bad take about SFTH/RFTH/any media really, it’s 10000x better for them to say it on confessions accounts than somewhere intended to reach that group.

Or even not on confessions accounts— even if they’re posting on their blog in the main tags, just block them, Anon… at some point you’ve gotta curate your own internet experience. That point is every point. You might wanna block confessions accounts too if things like that legitimately make you that angry

Why are emojis bad to have in captions? I understand if they are super frequent, and how that might be distracting or hard to read, but the very occasional ones? If anything, it helps me with tone or emphasis, so can someone on the other side of the fence help with why it would be bad?

Thanks for any responses!

If an audience member shouts out something when it’s not a suggestion during the slotted suggestion time, or even if it is but it’s inappropriate/awkward… I literally have to mute my volume. If I’m watching a livestream and a fan’s donation says something my brain deems as weird, parasocial, over sharing, awkward? I literally have to skip forward in the video.

I think it comes from the fact that I’m part of the group that is “Fans” so the fact that another fan is doing it somehow implicates me, is what my brain sees it as? But I get this even when I’m not a fan of a group/person.

Am I the only one? I don’t think I could ever go to a live show because at some point someone will shout something and I’ll like, get a shovel and bury myself in the theatre right then.

Also I know this sounds like I need therapy but nothing in my life caused this 😭 This is probably just an intrusive thought example. I swear I don’t have some traumatic past of being shouted at by an audience or something, I am just. You know how some people think they’re empaths because they know when people are upset? Well, I’m like the useless and mildly irritating version who doesn’t actually know what people are feeling but instead projects my own emotions onto others and just takes it as fact.

(also i think this is my first ever ask!! pretty new to tumblr also)

sorry but why does 90% of their content have to be behind a paywall. It’s a shame - I think maybe if they put a bit more of their BTS stuff on YouTube it’d draw more people in to purchase the Patreon and see MORE exclusive content.

like sorry what is the point of having Patreon-exclusive improvised plays? Basically giving an inside joke to half the fandom if u ask me

and don’t even get me started on this new ‘Patreon post-longform Q&A’ thing. It’s dissapointing really. Something that used to be fun for all fans to watch (tbh I disagreed with them only taking paid questions anyway) is now locked behind another paywall

I’ve loved SFTH for months now (joined the fandom in December) but as someone who can’t afford the Patreon I just feel kind of excluded from a space that seems like you HAVE to be in to be classed as a proper fan

there was especially a moment in the longform where tom, playing a man from literally a time where women were not ‘equal’ (they still arent but yk what i mean) and the audience was so loud that tom literally had to shush them like they were five. and the individual consistently yelling out was so recognisable that i could tell instantly who they were, and honestly im not surprised, they never think theyre in the wrong.

these four boys are PROFESSIONALS, and these shows are not just in a small venue anymore, youre not in a comedy club, youre in a theatre. theatre etiquette is genuinely so poor and its so sad to witness it in these videos where the content is SO good yet the audience just doesnt stop interrupting.

if any reading this was in that audience and didnt shout out, thank you. and if you did shout out pls just be more considerate cause the longform was such a hard watch and there were points where i wanted the audience to be muted so i could actually enjoy and take in what was happening

everyone it felt like was like "helloooo sailor!!" for maureen but then after ep 1 and 2 I heard people saying "I don't like how she is being played", "it feels like she is being sexualised" etc etc. (which I have no opinions on cus I haven't watched lock stock) but then it felt like everyone was sexualising her design before that ??? idk it just felt like an odd double standard- and this isn't me saying you can't appreciate a characters design or find her pretty- but people I know were doing an equivilent of cat calling her then turning around and going "I feel she the boys are accidentally sexuslising her"