Hoodies and Computers

Arrow. Olicity. Some Flash, LoT, Preacher, Lucifer and general DCEU goodies. That is all. You can call me Ami by the way. NOT spoiler free. And I liveblog -- a lot.

[hoodiesandcomputers]

Official Goodbye

I’ve been pretty absent for a good year, year and a half. Much of it is due to life getting in the way, personal issues, new job(s), new city, new responsibilities. But I’m also finding it increasingly difficult to enjoy watching Arrow when I find myself hating almost every character/writing decision. I don’t feel passionate about wanting to write a blog post defending the writing choices, or calling out the writing choices, or trying to find another blog post justifying/explaining my thoughts. And even though I may not agree with the majority of bloggers about certain characters/plots, I honestly don’t feel like writing my thoughts down anymore. It just doesn’t interest me as much. I’ve gotten tried of relying on everyone else’s analyses about why certain writing choices will pay off in the future, or me trying to make sense of it all because I don’t really see it happening anymore. 

(Side note: Really fucking tired of seeing Smoak Technologies brought up as a convenient appetizer for Felicity fans, but when Felicity needs a major arc this season suddenly Smoak Tech has disappeared. Smh.)

Anyway, the one thing I miss the most is interacting with all of you. I hate that I’ve been absent and haven’t interacted with other bloggers, but I’ve been drifting apart from this fandom for a long time now. I’m not sure if it’s because I was relying on likes and reblogs to make me feel better, or because I had created a set of expectations and it upset me when I didn’t meet those. Or maybe I’ve just gotten older, and the way I blog is more like me periodically writing my thoughts down then disappearing. 

So that being said, I think it’s time to officially say goodbye to the Arrow/Olicity fandom. 

It’s been a wild ride -- I started watching Arrow after S2 mid season finale because everyone on my dash was freaking out about THE Olicity hug, and I binged on Arrow by downloading episodes on kickass (RIP). Not long after I created this blog and rest is kinda history. 

I’ve had some spectacular shipper fights, hilarious conversations with other bloggers, said some pretty stupid shit, started shit, and apologized for said shit. Most of my college experience can be summed up to vigorously voting for Olicity in online polls while I completely ignored my own studying/homework (not that I mind), or staying up all night reblogging the hell out of the Olicity tag. I’ve written fics and seen my writing improve a lot. I’ve met some amazing people on this site and conversely there are some wish I hadn’t (yes, I’m still petty). I finished my first multi-chapter fic in years for Olicity, which is huge considering I rarely finish my stories.

I attended Walker Stalker Con (my first con EVER!) and got to meet real, online fandom friends -- something I was ashamed of admitting to be honest. I thought it was too nerdy to find a group of misfits who love the same thing as you do. I think there was a part of me that didn’t believe it was possible to find hundreds of other people who were as passionate about a show as I was. For the first time in my life, it made me feel welcomed. 

I was home.

The Olicity/Arrow fandom was the *first* fandom experience I ever had and I’ll never forget it. I’ll never forget the ILY at the end of S2 and seeing everyone freaking out, having Olicity kiss in canon in S3, and having them (literally) drive off into the sunset. Remember the polls, the antis, everyone telling us we were impossible? That we’re stupid fangirls/guys wanting stupid things? Look how far we’ve come!

But eventually, coming home also means leaving it, and now is the time to do so. I’ve outgrown this show and this fandom, and maybe even Olicity (ugh that pains me). I’ve gone multiple episodes not watching Arrow and I don’t realize I’ve missed it until I see it on other social media sites. I didn’t even watch the S6 finale. I’ve just kind of drifted away, unfortunately.

So... I guess this is goodbye. Thank you for the laughs, the friendships, for dealing with my crazy self and crazy posts. Thank you for showing me what it means to be in a fandom. Y’all were/are so supportive of one another and I couldn’t have asked for a better fandom to get started in. 

Thank you.

(You can still catch me on my other multi-fandom blog, @punishmejon, if you’re interested!)

[hoodiesandcomputers]

How tf did Arrow film literally 2 blocks away from where I work and I had no idea 😑😑😑😑😑

[hoodiesandcomputers]

Kind of digging this season of Arrow but I just know by the end of the season Oliver’s gonna make a decision all by himself, leave everyone on read and not be honest with them, and it’s back to square one. So idk.

[alwaysunnyonmtv]

Looking at this makes me so tired.

[synclaires-deactivated20181208]

Every year, multiple times a year, they convince ppl to fork out thousands of dollars and….literally nothing changes. There’s no doubt in my mind they’re pocketing most of this money lol

[nutheadgee-deactivated20190314]

Yep

[bihet-dragonize]

That’s what’s so wild to me. They’ve made exactly 0 changes other than adding the ‘Exclude’ tags and that def doesn’t take 130k.

[nonegenderwithleftbees]

You know if any of you actually bothered to click the link it’ll take you to their budget update and break down exactly what the spend the money on, over 70% of which is spent on server expenses, monitoring tools and system licences.

They also spent a good amount of the rest of the 30% budget on significant server overhaul costs. 

AO3 is literally a service you get for free and the audacity you’d have to not bother reading the very open budget plan they have, but to then bitch and whine about people donating to keep the site running is wild. 

https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/11192

[alexenglish]

reminder that AO3 

hosts millions and millions of fanfiction at no cost to site users

hosts millions and millions user accounts at no cost to site users

is an extremely high traffic site that rarely, if ever, experiences crashes

is an extremely high traffic site that could profit immensely off ads, but keeps the entire site free of ads

maintains a consistent and elaborate tagging system that allows users easy navigation through fanworks

maintains a simple layout structure so the entire site is easy to read, easy to navigate, and easy to understand making it highly accessible to users – especially disabled users

maintains and updates the budget for users to know exactly where their donations are going to be used in the future and have been used in the past

works with the legal aspects of fanworks in order to keep their site and their users completely legal, and therefore not at risk of being shut down, or sued, or manipulated by large media/companies

works with users when it comes to decision making, includes members in voting processes, etc.

literally hosts millions of fanfiction at no cost whatsoever and doesn’t subject you to ads, honestly those are the only two points you need but the other ones are there to show how much they’re doing 

y’all need to appreciate that – donations are completely optional and if you don’t want to donate then don’t, but spreading posts about how Archive doesn’t do anything for anyone and doesn’t do anything with all this money they’re getting is completely unnecessary and outright false.

anyway, donate to Archive of Our Own

[fuckfandomgatekeepers-blog]

SERVERS ARE EXPENSIVE, YOU DIMWITS.

[thetripbeginswithakiss]

Ffs donate if you can, promote if you cant

[hoodiesandcomputers]

Haven’t watch Arrow since like 6x13, haven’t been on this site in forever, and now I’ve come to find out there’s a very credible pregnancy rumor. 

[turtlejustice]

#Oliver ‘help me, Felicity’ Queen #Felicity ‘that was a close one’ Smoak #i can’t with these two # (◠‿◠✿)

[hoodiesandcomputers]

Honestly Black Siren Gone Girl-ing the whole situation in the last episode is iconic lmaoo

[zacksnyder]

Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

[felicitysmoakgifs]

[rumiinatophat]

#BlackLightningisback

[hollandrooden]

You’re the very best part of me. Felicity, I’m a better human being just because I’ve loved you.

[queensarrow]

3x01 / 6x09

[thinkolicity]

#mr. smoak & mrs. queen #ugh so pretty

[whoeveryoulovethemost]

Oliver and Felicity  I Irreconcilable Differences I  6x09

[dceumovies]

They taught me the world only makes sense if you force it to.

Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016), dir. Zack Snyder.

[smoaktech]

FELICITY SMOAK + her relationship with kids

[thoranda]

There was a case, a shooting on Palmetto Street where a cop was shot, and I saw it differently than pretty much everyone in my department, including my ex. And I stuck my neck out, and it backfired. And, uh, now no one wants to work with me.