your friend, forever, wally

sarah she/her 18 tortured bengals fan | chronic rpfer | will byers akgae | birdflash brainrot

[calellon]

unfortunately i could never be nonchalant because i am not well in the head and also my soul is on fire

[wetdirtguy]

Me spending time with people: joy abounds, we are all connected and there is hope!

Me 1 day later: I need to be left alone to gather the pieces of Me together

Me 2 days later: there is something very rotten at my core and I will almost certainly die unloved

[hmmbarkbark]

a moment of rest <3

[avyaan087]

birdflashhhh! dick grayson vs gingers

[ishowdespair-deactivated2026012]

[eveninginparis]

Dana Toder

[cloversclub]

there should be an exam you have to pass before you're allowed to speak on jj mccarthy

[cloversclub]

you don’t even need the last three words

[notlayingroses]

in my opinion, the question isn't "Is RPF ethical?" but rather "Are you engaging with RPF ethically?" and even more importantly, "Are you being stupid about it?"

I personally hate any kind morality thought policing. I'm not Catholic or religious and I do not feel guilty over my thoughts. You are not an inherently evil person because you saw two athletes in an interview and went "Hmmm...... what if...." The Feds are not going to come banging down your door because you wrote about one band member dicking down the other and sent it to your friend.

Wondering about other people's lives is very human. Being nosy about their personal lives is very normal. People have been writing fiction about other people's lives since the dawn of time. Some people even manage to write New York Times Bestselling Books that are "historical fiction" or "alternate reality." It does not make you inherently bad to be curious about the details of someone's personal life. That's being human. Being nosy is kind of fun.

The problem, however, comes with the ways in which people engage with it, and involve the real people in this. Harassing an musician's real girlfriend because it doesn't fit into the RPF ship. Showing up at real sporting events holding signs about how certain teammates should kiss. Trying to get actors to sign art of them fucking their coworker. Flooding social media with comments using the celebrity's full name and speculation. There's a line, there's a fourth wall, and there's fandom etiquette.

I hate the question of "Is RPF ethical" because it feels like morality thought policing. Post your fics on locked accounts, censor someone's name when you tweet about it, blow up your groupchat with hundreds of "DID YOU SEE THE WAY THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER??" texts. It's not inherently evil to wonder what other people are doing when they're out of the spotlight. Kill the cop in your mind.

But just have some basic decency and do not involve the real people. Don't cross the line without caring how it affects them. This is basic fandom 101 and lately we have been flying too close to the damn sun! Everyone get more normal about RPF so major news outlets and magazines stop posting articles about "Is RPF ethical?" and blowing up our spot!

[balladofnomad]

spideywill collection <3

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shoutout to that one anon that pushed me to finally do this 🙏

(also im still working on the next part of the au, its taking longer cs its mostly just dialogue so = more faces to draw </3)

[life-on-our-planet]

"For the first time, a team of filmmakers capture an extraordinary behaviour never seen before: two tiger mothers sharing and caring for each other's cubs."

©BBC Earth

[needlesknick-knacks]

adding this to list of comic quotes i think about a lot. what's an angel, i think id rather be a woman....

[joeswildlifephotos]

Oak alone in the pines

[guiltfactory]

"for my own sanity, i'm going to stop thinking about this!" ← person who's going to think about it all the time forever

[nascar]

Rule number one of liking sports is being hypocritical and Evil

[detectiveforfree]

Politely, I need all of the hero merch you’ve drawn Wally and Dick in please, can we see some more designs??

i actually didnt have any more, that is until you asked if i had?? and its like 'huh i do actually have one or two that i would love to see myself' and ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ have these i guess

[detectiveforfree]

Birdflash confession be like arguing

wally: "BECAUSE I LOVE YOU"

Stunned silence

They kiss

it certainly can be do be like dat