I fought it a lot

I'm taking over my body, back in control | 24

[ryan-sometimes]

This makes me feel like such a boomer, but I hate it how all media has been TikTok-ified and algorithm primed. Songs are shorter, designed for short viral clips rather than a full listening experience. TV shows and movies are sloppier, dragging on and on, assuming you’ll be on your phone and have it only in the background. Even books have been chewed up and spat back out as easily consumable tropes, with bite-sized chapters and mannequins for characters. This late stage capitalism hellscape we’re in has made art into something you snack on rather than savor.

[ohangeleyes]

alright, i'll be the one to say it. ao3 and tumblr becoming "mainstream" did so much damage to the community and the writers. i have seen loads of videos and posts about:

1. people hating on writers and fics. writing is something we do for free and for fun. if you stumble upon a fanfic that isn't necessarily your cup of tea or you just don't like, scroll. dont read it. literally leave their page. you don't know if this could be the author's first work that they're so excited about, you dont know if the language they're writing in isn't their first language, you dont know that the writer could be a literal teen and loads of other reasons. fanfictions don't HAVE to be perfect. you write what you want to write because we do it for fun and enjoyment and we want to share that to the world. seriously, what is the wrong with that?..

2. x reader consumers getting WAY too entitled. the number of tiktoks i've seen that say "i run a strict program when it comes to reading fanfics." girl you aint running shit. this is FAN FICTION you're reading. F A N F I C T I O N. there is no denying that most fanfiction writes are beyond talented but just because you read one fanfic that exceeds your expectations doesn't give you the right to talk down on others that don't. people have their own personal writing style, their way of doing things and you talking shit on that isn't right.

at the end of the day, we are all humans, reading and writing is what we do and what we're meant to do. and for you to talk shit about a person WRITING is so insane. we are humans. not some robots that you can tell what to do so you can consume it.

i've seen so so many authors take down their fanfics and losing all motivation to write because of a hate comment. DONT LIKE DONT READ‼️

and to every author reading this, this community values your work and your contribution. we love u and, please, never let anyone's negative words have an effect on you.

[justlurkingmusicblogs]

I’ve been reading and (unseriously) writing fanfic on tumblr on and off since I was 17 years old (almost 32 now) and I really never have seen people this rabidly mean, entitled and self centered. While this is part of internet culture unfortunately and I’ve witnessed it from people who probably have miserable lives and are very unhappy with themselves, there are some other contributing factors that should be addressed.

Firstly, a lot of people are meaner because of frontal lobe damage from repeated SARS-CoV-2 infections. It’s super fucked up, it sucks, and also, people should be aware of this to combat further damage and also so that they can check themselves. I mention this as someone who masks in KN95s and N95s to maintain my cognitive function (WE DON’T HAVE A STERILIZING VACCINE) fully aware that hardly anyone will actually give a fuck. But it’s still WORTH mentioning because it’s absolutely relevant.

Secondly, as an auDHDer who doesn’t give a fuck what everyone else is doing (I only pay attention to what *I* like. I don’t scour the internet for things I hate because it’s a waste of time and that’s just not how I’m wired) it’s so fucking wild to me that people are taking the time to send hate, talk shit, etc, when they didn’t have to even consume that content. Grow the fuck up. Seriously.

When I say “grow the fuck up” I mean spend your time doing something useful. Why? Because you are exhibiting behavior that implies you’re egregiously out of touch with objective material reality and the plethora of current real world problems. For example, the new red scare in the U.S. with leftists (libs they’re coming for you too FYI because fascists are too politically illiterate to know that libs are right wing) being persecuted, attacks on disabled people + disability rights and LGBTQ+, multiple genocides occurring, concentration camps in the U.S., violent sanctions on Cuba, we kidnapped Maduro for fucks sake - on the grounds that he was kidnapped I guess any of our world leaders are also fair game for being kidnapped…but I digress. Take a break and pay attention to what is actually happening in the world! Stop consuming content you don’t like! Filter that energy into fights against systemic violence and oppression that is going to ruin your fucking life if you don’t. Fan fic is meant to be enjoyed, stop being an asshole.

P.S. if I call a fandom discord out for not being nice, for displaying lateral ableism, etc, that’s not “hate”, it’s just valid criticisms, and ones that weren’t unique to me - these criticisms were shared with others as well. So shut the fuck up and learn how to think critically, Jesus fucking Christ man.

[partywithponies]

Fascinating how what's considered feminine and what's considered masculine can change over time. The rebranding of being a horse girl into being a stereotypical feminine girly trait needs to be studied.

[partywithponies]

Look at classic children's novels. As recently as the 50s and early 60s, being obsessed with horses as a girl was depicted as strange and tomboyish, and the very concept of being obsessed with horses from early childhood and loving toy horses and desperately wanting your own horse being a "little girl thing" and not a "little boy thing" would send someone from the 1800s and earlier into a coma.

[partywithponies]

There's maybe a point to be made here somewhere about how when keeping and riding horses stopped being necessary to the functioning of society and became a more "frivolous" thing, it was rapidly rebranded as silly and girly and for women, but what do I know.

[dizzyghoast]

i wrote a paper in my masculinity studies class in college about this exact phenomenon, specifically about how high heeled shoes started as a practical way for Persian cavalry to keep their feet on their stirrups, then likely due to that association, became a popular fashion item and status symbol among the upper classes of Europe, before the Great Male Renunciation of the 18th-19th centuries, when men started shunning opulence in favor of utility, leaving them as a fashion item for women instead.

I've joked that the two genders are Aesthetic and Utility before but thats just kinda the case

[hexedvampire]

mutuals i'm coming over to be annoying and meow loudly

[adastrabbit]

[notahorseindisguise]

some kids came on the train and saw someone they knew hopping on yhe train at the next station. one of them goes "yo is that gay sam??" and im like ughhh. okay is that what we're doing. and then sam comes over and theyre like GAY SAM WHATS UPP and gay sam is like NOT MUCH IM GOODDD IM FRIED RIGHT NOWW and they were like classic sam. so. thats on me for assuming honestly

[fatartappreciation]

Phenomenal artist Annie Sieg!

[rozieramati]

[unscharf-an-den-raendern]

[official-german-gaming]

[gullethead]

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[unscharf-an-den-raendern]

[lawoftheclaw-deactivated2025073]

Maladaptive deeply held belief: nobody could ever love me. Im going to die alone

Positive counterthought: maybe someone has an exceptionally rare form of mental illness that would cause them to make the grave mistake of wanting to fuck me

[elucubrare]

i wish my brain were not full of gludge. i would like to be using it & because of the gludge i cannot do that.

[gaytanic-panic]

[bodhi-devotee]

“you’re such a ray of sunshine!” thanks! one day i chose to act happy and then i kept choosing it over and over and over and over until the neurological pathways formed like desire paths in the thicket. i dug and clawed my nails into the grooves of my brain and carved out joy. i retouch it every day.

[mybeingthere]

Angry cats by Léo Forest

"Drawer who lives in Paris".

What a relief - they are not cute!

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[quasi-normalcy]

I think that Elon Musk is an object lesson in moral philosophy.

Like, he's the epitome of self-interest; the closest thing real life can produce to a Randian hero. And by any reasonable standard, he's won at life! He's the richest man ever to live, and he's getting richer; he controls the channels of information and communication; the government of what remains the world's only superpower waits on his command. If capitalism had a victory condition, he would surely have achieved it. And yet...

He's empty. He's an absolute sucking void of neediness. His own children hate his guts. He pays professional gamers to run up impossibly high scores in every game under the sun because the pale glow of being praised by epic bacon chuds online is the closest thing that he can feel to love.

Like. I can't tell you what a soul is, but I think you neglect it at your peril.

[quasi-normalcy]

#He has such a vile anti-personality that even CONVICTED PEDOPHILES thought him insufferable

He has such a vile anti-personality that his own children would rather forego half a trillion dollars in inheritance than maintain a relationship with him.

[flameraven]

I never really thought about it until this tweet but I think Oates clocked him completely. He spends all day on Twitter posting and NEVER talks about anything he enjoys. He has an enormous family and infinite money and yet he seems entirely joyless.

[tatwaffel]

once this scheiss hitzewelle stops and i am not on the brink of a kreislaufkollaps schon um neun uhr früh it'll be over for you bitches

[damsel-understresss]

im so sorry i never participated in the reblog game you tagged me in i love you very much im just so tired