macheresin for the macherewin

Emily. 26. Jewish. Ace. She/Her. Member of the Top Gun Old Guard. Multifandom trash with way too many OTPs and a vague attempt at a tagging system. Header by @indifferentvincent. Icon by @articianne. Boasamishipper on AO3.

[pinkcadillaccas]

"it was bad on purpose" is always my favourite fandom conspiracy

[lucy-moderatz]

[boasamishipper]

reading any tim minear interview

[catbellybuttons]

writing the first half of a fic: yaaaay! wooo!!! 🌈💝 fun ideas 😊💖✨️~

writing the second half of a fic: I am in a fight with god himself and he is winning

[weremustelidae]

for christmas we're deleting the entire show. tally ho you teaboo shits

[the-tenth-arcanum]

my hot take is that tumblr should have a bookmark function as well as likes

[the-tenth-arcanum]

we'll never be the new pdf at this rate

[memorizingthedigitsofpi]

There are lots of reasons why fandom is "quieter" now than it used to be. Some theories are more compelling to me than others, and they all have a different scale of impact. We'll never know for sure, of course, but I like to think about it. Thus, this poll.

Of the list below, which reason do you find most compelling or do you think had the biggest impact?

New entrants to fandom don't know the old ways

fandom olds didn't teach the newcomers how to fandom

covid/surge in fandom due to quarantine and lockdowns

"antis" and other harassment campaigns against creators

creators posting complaints about comments (people worry about commenting wrong)

rise of discord popularity - fandom is walled off from each other

tumblr porn ban and other reasons people left the site

capitalism turning fandom into a passive "view and move on" commodity

rules from social media impacting fan culture (eg. don't comment on old posts)

general state of the world / burnout

social anxieties in an increasingly complex online culture

"surveillance state" worries and not wanting to be perceived

Remaining time: 6 days 18 hours

This is an incomplete list, so if your most compelling reason isn't listed, feel free to add it in the notes.

[duskdragonxiii]

I always forget Americans have sinks that kill everything

[pastimperfection]

It drives me nuts when people react to Platner lying about everything with, "Well, yeah, maybe he's flirted with fascism, maybe he won't be as liberal as we would like, but a moderate is still better than a Republican...."

No! The problem with feckless liars is that they don't give a shit, period.

He's not like Manchin or Sinema or even Fetterman. He's our answer to George Santos. He could start a cult tomorrow. He could shoot someone. He could quit. He could disappear.

People who lie constantly cannot be trusted in any capacity. They can't be given responsibility. They are at baseline not good people. They are not accountable to reality. They don't respect anyone or anything.

They believe that they can evade consequences for bad behavior by telling more lies. They become more volatile when they are under stress. They double down when the stakes rise. When it finally becomes clear that lying won't work, they melt down.

They even damage trustworthiness in general! They create a haze of distortion, because once they're part of the group people will rationalize their lies. "Maybe he didn't know he got a Nazi tattoo!" "Maybe he has worked on his marriage!"

Like fuck this guy, okay? I'm sick of nonsense about purity tests. His political career should have been aborted the second he tried to convince people that he innocently got a tattoo of a stormtrooper insignia. That's not implausible. It's sociopathic.

[pagecommando]

And he's boosted by the kind of people who go "Well EVERYONE had a Nazi phase right teeheee" No Kyle. Not everyone had a Nazi phase. Very few people in fact. Telling that you think so though.

[saggeses]

I’m gonna be so fr rn, yall gotta stop acting like women’s sports only contributions/offerings are 1) that most of the athletes are queer 2) some sort of “morally pure” version of the sport. you don’t realize that you’re doing it but you’re de-valuing them to a point of queerness + morality meter. which the latter is just insane when there are POS’ amongst women’s sports

[saggeses]

“Don’t watch the NHL, watch the PWHL! They’re actually gay!” why is that the only selling point to you

[saggeses]

there is no such thing as a morally pure sport

[lierdumoa]

Every time an author reassures readers that the smut is skippable I sigh a disappointed sigh. This is not a reassurance. Why would anybody who likes smut want to read smut that was only included as an afterthought and has no impact on the narrative? Insulting. Just don't write it at all if you're not going to make it matter.

[lierdumoa]

#on the one hand I understand that some people don’t want to read smut

Like 85% of tumblr users hate and loathe embarrassment based comedy with every fiber of their beings, but never in my life have I ever seen an author reassure their audience that the embarrassing scenes are skippable.

Lots of people dislike tragedy but never in my life have I ever seen an author reassure the audience that the death and grieving scenes are skippable.

Stop trying to pass off self-censorship as “accommodation.” Stop trying to pass off pandering as “inclusivity.”

Your audience can smell your fear, and it smells rancid.

[imtheiliad]

Shout out to fanfic writers that don’t get put on rec lists.

Shout out to fanfic writers who write short fanfics.

Shout out to fanfic writers who don’t write often.

Your fics are just as much a labor of love.

[limbel]

we have to thank our brave soldiers in fandom who write gen fics. we have to thank our brave soldiers in fandom who write character studies and stories with no focus on romance or sex. we have to get on our knees and thank the brave soldiers in fandom who write about minor characters and friendship and family with no focus on romance or sex. i know it’s hard to care about characters in a world that seems to only revolve around ships but i see you. and i love you

[liarsblade]

[isawken]

going over to my minimalist girlfriend’s house and she apologizes profusely for the mess and there’s just a single perfect, fresh pea on the floor of her living room

[bluelois]

Blue Lois

[isawken]

can i help you

[redmarge]

Red Marge

[isawken]

jesus christ. I Am Under Fucking Attack

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[isawken]

i deserve a medal for this post. not because i was particularly funny but because i survived an onslaught of nearly one hundred gimmick blogs in the wake of this post popping off, and the fact that i didn’t try to track any of them down and snuff them out with my bare hands is a testament to my immeasurable strength and should be rewarded. at one point i had “the official letter h” add on to this post. you wanna know that blog’s gimmick? the really funny and original and worthwhile gimmick the official letter h blog had? yep you guessed it they just gave me the god damned letter H and then fucked off. only jesus knows the suffering i endured over that harsh winter, and he wept for me

[bedupolker]

incredibly minor but still dumb side effect of late stage capitalism: ever notice how so many concert venues and stadiums just have the lamest names imaginable. Like ooooh Lady Gaga is playing at the..... Mortgage Stadium? Oh boy the finals are at the.... Chase Bank arena. Can't wait to catch a game at the Garunteed Rate field.

[bedupolker]

yes this exactly

[afurioushawk]

I am unironically enjoying the tweets from the foreign guests who are going around sightseeing and drinking their Big Gulps and eating their Wendy's and are just having fun.