the guy ever

i think as adults it’s our responsibility to be nice to kids and treat them with the respect we wish we got at that age and im not kidding or exaggerating in the least

i think its really funny when people say they don't like political media and just want something 'cozy' and 'discourse free' then the media theyre talking about is like. miyazaki movies. or the moomins

tove jansson and hayao miyazaki were probably the farthest from being apolitical you can be in children's animated media it's just that you saw cute artwork and a pleasant setting/aesthetic and decided to put no further thought into the story you were engaging with

tell you what though it’s really really enjoyable when you feel your brain slipping towards increasingly detached fanonbrain interpretations of a character (because as much as i bitch about it i think we’re all susceptible to forgetting from time to time that the version of our blorbo who lives in our heads is filtered through layers of personal analysis and projection and sanding over certain fragments of personality for the sake of a gag or a good old fashioned whump rp) and you go back to the source material and you’re like ah!! THAT’S what my precious little guy is actually like!! it’s such a ludicrously satisfying and reinvigorating feeling. it’s like getting new glasses. replacing the broken screen protector on your phone. waking up after a cold and your nose is unblocked for the first time in a week. when you’ve done laundry and you put on your a list outfit for the first time in a hot minute. refamiliarising yourself with source material is a PLEASURE it’s like doing a factory reset on your blorbo thoughts and if you commit yourself to permanent and remorseless fanon brain you are missing out on a supreme brain-itching joy

to be honest there has never been a fictional character i’ve actually wanted to date. like. i want them to date each other. i don’t want myself as a person to be involved in this scenario whatsoever. what would i add to this narratively? what’s my thematic purpose in the narrative? immersion breaking. 

there should be a term for characters you personally don't care about but you defend them anyways because the way people treat them is really uncomfortable. like ok this is a very middle-of-the-road character for me but the fandom's either been super misogynistic, racist, etc. about them or harassed innocent people who try to genuinely explore that character warts and all, and i find that more annoying than the actual character.

Can we stop doing that thing where if a Parent character is even slightly complicated we decide they're an irredeemable abusive monster I'm getting so bored of this

I rmr like 10 years ago it was seen as a huge fandom no no to alert actors and writers to shipping culture for the sake of the thing itself. I vividly remember how ppl were seen as social pariahs for asking actors at conventions about fanfic, or fanart. It was seen as, like, a violation akin to talking about Fight Club. It's why it was exciting if people from the industry organically spoke about fanfic or fanart because there was a very clear line that in general was not crossed. Because shipping, fan art and fan culture in general is/was something done with fans by fans for each other - not for production companies or clout. I mean, the term queerbaiting was originally created to call out the maligned act of a production weaponising queer fan culture to promote a show with no actual pay off. If was a term coined to condemn the entertainment industry interfering with fan culture. But now that's not only normal but people *want* it for some godforsaken reason like so many people actually want fandom to be in the hands of the industry. I don't get why you can't see that doing so is selling your soul!!! you're ceding something community driven and made out of love to the greedy soulless hands of capitalism and for what??? for what??? because you need validation?? cos then everyone will clap? pathetic.

There's straight up no such thing as an apolitical fandom space btw, there are participants in fandom who are privileged enough to not notice the politics, and there are people who, if they speak up about bad experiences in fandom, are Making It Political.

Making the right choice is fully possible and will result in a better space where more people are able to have fun btw. You literally just have to stop babygirling the people who need it the least.

devastating: artist who has not practiced fundamentals enough to execute high concept idea eats shit

i think as adults it’s our responsibility to be nice to kids and treat them with the respect we wish we got at that age and im not kidding or exaggerating in the least

god the horrible urge to vague post is eating me alive but i must

someone wronged me once