Sometimes you read tumblr and realize that the only reason some of the people on here aren’t Kathy Bates in “Misery” is because their favorite content creator hasn’t had a car crash outside their house
Me: Some people are so entitled and self-obsessed that literally the only thing that’s stopping them from kidnapping and torturing the people whose creative work they enjoy of is the fact that the opportunity hasn’t fallen into their lap. This is a bad thing. Those are bad people.
Now-blocked people in the notes/tags: Called out! This post is about me! Relatable! Random chance is the only thing stopping me from becoming the sexual sadist and serial killer described in this post! So quirky! Don’t crash your car on my street 😉 [Kathy Bates gif] #FandomLife #RespectMyHeadcanons
People actually took this post as a compliment?
Welp, there goes my faith in humanity.
That’s fucking disgusting.
OP: Some of you are so obsessive and psychotic you would literally kidnap and abuse content creators and mutilate them just to make them cater to your specific needs.
bnhas good but it kills me when ppl say shit like “izuku is a groundbreaking shonen protag bc he cries” as if my boy naruto wasnt the og shonen crybaby
respect my snotty crying son
ANYONE that says Shonen magazines don’t have enough boys that cry simply doesn’t read shonen magazines. Shonen Jumps’ entire ethos is based on effort and friendship, and the characters tend to have really strong emotions. Deku cries, Naruto cries, Luffy cries, all the fuckin JoJos cry, Kenshiro cries.
And that’s just from Shonen Jump, there are so many other series that are very mainstream with this same level of emotional maturity.
It is not at all uncommon for a character to massively break down and the other characters support them and communicate that it’s something that needs to happen, the emotion need let out.
There are a lot of iffy elements in shonen magazines but the emotional maturity of the protagonists is a constant.
The real originator of this was Hokuto No Ken / Fist of the North Star’s Kenshiro, all the way back in 1984. He showed readers that in a world that was ruled by gangs and villains trying to do more evil than each other, that it was okay to cry for those who were hurt.
Couldnt find an exact picture but bobobobo cries a ton
Safe to say most people who don’t actually watch shonen anime and only know that it’s got action and violence and big buff men screaming and yelling are pretty ignorant of what goes on, hm?
I wish people would give VIXX a bit more credit for their achievements and influence. They sell out their concerts in minutes, have good album sales and their unique approach got them invited to perform for the IOC, they fought with the broadcast stations to allow colored contacts and introduced chockers into Kpop. Yet they are rarely given credit for any of it and constantly have their ideas, songs and performances being copied.
I’ve been around for a really long time in various fandoms, and no one ever writes this stuff down. I’ll start. Please add to the list. We can’t expect people to follow “rules” they don’t know exist.
if you like something, reblog it. Help the artist get their work out there in front of more people. Share the joy that it brought you.
if you want more of it, support it. This can be via commissions, reblogs, recommending the artist to other people, shouting in the tags, or sending the artist asks/messages.
if you hate it, keep scrolling. Keep the hate in a message window with a friend, not in the artist’s notes.
if you want to use it, ask permission. Artwork is beautiful and you want to show it off. But please ask the artist before you throw it into your header or your icon.
if you use it, give credit. And not just a post where you say “Do you like my new icon? X made it!”. Put it in your blog description, that way when someone rolls around your blog three months from now, they also know where your icon/header came from.
if you appreciate it, don’t repost it. Reblog the artist’s post instead of making one of your own. Let them see all of the excited tags in the reblogs and replies or commentary that people add on. If you come across something on a google image search, try to trace it back to the owner. If someone tells you who the artist is, credit them – but also try to find and reblog their original post.
Fanfic
if you like something, reblog it. Help the author get their work out there in front of more people. Share the joy that it brought you.
if you want more of it, support it. Kudos are great, but if you want more of the thing you like, you should comment. Subscribe to the story or the author. Send them a message about how much you like what they wrote.
if you read it, kudos it. Or give it a thumbs up. If you want the author to write more things like that, let them know – even if you can’t comment!
don’t demand content. Be patient. Stories take time. You can encourage without being demanding. Show your love for what’s there without telling them to post more often.
be gentle with criticism. Some people want it and some people run away from it. If you don’t know what type of person the author is, it’s best not to go there. “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything.”
Fandom
ship and let ship. You love your ship and other people love theirs. No one needs to “win” when we’re all going to end up in tears anyway.
if you hate it, stay out of the tag. This has two meanings: 1) don’t deliberately put hateful commentary in a tag and 2) if you hate a tag, don’t go and read through that tag just to make yourself angry
if someone makes you something, appreciate it. Read and comment the fic. Like and reblog the artwork. Pimp it out and tell them how much you loved it. It’s a gift, treat it like one.
if it’s a gift, put some effort into it. You signed up for that exchange three months ago and now it’s a week before you have to send the gift and you don’t have the time or the inclination to do the thing. Well too bad. Someone out there has been working hard in your gift, so you should do the same for them.
none of us are “better” than anyone else. We’re all trash for our particular show/film/book/ship/artist/what-have-you. My fave is no better than yours and yours is no better than mine.
actors are not their characters. They are people. Treat them like people.
Fanfiction : These two people HATE each other, cant stand each other’s company and keep arguing whenever they run into each other.They are basically enemies.
Me, an ace : Okay
Fanfiction : But they are also sexually attracted to each other.Almost all of their fights end up with them in each other’s bed.They dont have feelings for the other but only want to have sex.
People who like to crap on the original Fullmetal Alchemist series, just remember which series garnered enough critical praise and subsequent cash to fund Brotherhood in the first place.
M/MA/R/18 Rated Franchise Fanbase: generally gets along pretty decently, minimal shipping wars, teenagers into it are either edgy idiots that get mocked into oblivion or are surprisingly funny and mature. Jokes casually and memes about horrifying events in story. Generally friendly with the original creators/actors/artists. Closely examines and philosophizes about the themes. The weird, disturbing, transgressive and taboo porn is casually passed around and consumed with minimal drama. Make a mixture of mature, dark and silly fanfic. Generally a relaxed community.
Children’s Series/Broadly All Ages Fanbases: bake needles into cookies given to fanartists, harass creators and actors when they do the wrong ship. Sexually harasses actors and cosplayers. Obsessive policing of even the most vanilla porn. Fanfic is frequently edgy to a self parodying degree. Discourse over EVERYTHING. FICTION IS REALITY. Rancorous screaming about the themes. Teenagers are all horrible, adults are even worse. A tense environment where nobody wants to speak openly lest they incur the wrath of the Big Fans.
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