coastals

sidemen , rpf. i think this is my youtube fandom blog / 21 / sideblog btw

[fluorocoast]

daily reminder to watch ready or not on moresidemen

[fluorocoast]

chrismd in this latest pub golf vid is literally mr gay

[ministonk]

take one guess at who he’s looking at btw

[kexin0ff]

duckie

[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!

[fluorocoast]

beloved chest pat

[xix-vodka]

most normal behzerk pic

[ministonk]

lads we’re not even 3 minutes into the videos what’s going on

[fuckass-bird-blog]

[fluorocoast]

ok ab/jj fic in progress

[xix-vodka]

that one picture from side+ that has ethan pressing a gun underneath josh's chin and josh grabbing onto his hand as he's doing so

[xix-vodka]

@fluorocoast ask and ye shall receive

[halondrus]

[cutecipher]

can you put that thing on a leash?

[halondrus]

ok

[birds-in-posts]

American woodcock (Scolopax minor)

[fluorocoast]

so cute....

[rpfofficial]

nothing brings me closer to people than rpf hysteria

[rpfofficial]

top 3 rpf bonding experiences

experiencing in real time a reveal or discovery that adds a new layer to two people's dynamic

speculating about someone's sexuality & awareness thereof

coming up with a hyperspecific scenario where they might have had sex that is just about plausible enough to be completely real to you and the people who thought of it

[fluorocoast]

there is something so sensual about men flirting with each other under the guise of a sexy feminine voice and also pretending to be each other

[ministonk]

ill and fighting for my life rn but screenshots from TikTok! how cute are they

[fluorocoast]

hug..

[whimfxx]

mghfdsghf,,, hand size difference