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@lazarusthirsting
Taking a break from tumblr for personal reasons. Really enjoying the spn community revival and may pop back in here and there, but can't be as present, life is tough atm. Will be glad to peruse all the fun meta I'll be missing when i get back!
how to put the social back in social media: spn tumblr
first of all: very grateful for all the responses on my survey about reblog culture. it helped me a lot in identifying the hurdles and issues in this fandom, but also the things that do work and how we can do better.
i'll now attempt to briefly discuss the results and to keep it simple and not too wordy, i will try to stick to a “challenge - possible solutions” format for this post.
disclaimer: any and all suggestions are just that: suggestions. they won’t be everyone’s cup of tea and that’s okay. they’re comprised of survey responses and my own thoughts/ideas. (thank you to anyone who put in their two cents!! it was immensely helpful in putting this together)
clique culture*
unfortunately there is still a significant number of people (and i tend to agree) who say they still feel like there’s a clique culture on spnblr. while they acknowledge that friend groups will always form and there’s nothing wrong with that in and of itself, it can still feel exclusive sometimes and not welcoming.
solutions:
> tagging newbies/new followers in tag games and not just long-time mutuals -> they start to feel less like strangers cause you’re learning more about them and they feel more welcome
> “looking for new people to follow” posts -> either make one yourself stating your interests or share someone else’s and look in the notes for blogs you might vibe with
> ask games / sending people random asks (if someone’s ask box is open, it’s safe to assume they welcome this - but perhaps if you like receiving them, you can put it in your pinned post or bio to encourage that)
the vicious cycle of silence
the survey revealed that there are a lot of long-time fans who don’t have a lot of followers and some of them admit this is one of the reasons they feel less inclined to reblog things, since it won’t get seen by many people. this can be a vicious cycle, because when you rarely reblog things, people don’t get a chance to notice you popping up in their notes etc.
solutions:
> reblog and yap like nobody’s watching -> eventually community will find you
> follow more people yourself -> this creates a busier dash and more interesting posts to rb
> write your own comments/jokes/musings in the tags when you reblog or add them to a post -> fun interactions can lead to feeling more part of the fandom
blogs as a highly curated archive
a not insignificant number of people shared that they’re very picky about the posts they reblog because they want to be able to retrieve these posts very quickly. if you identify with this description and you still want to contribute more to keeping fandom alive, there are some very simple solutions:
> a better tagging system
> a sideblog
more info on that here
purity culture
my post about the survey didn’t really leave destielblr and i still got a handful of comments about this, so it’s safe to assume the problem is actually bigger than was represented. the thing is: the age-old set of ethics around “ship and let ship” and “fiction ≠ real life” is something that works and worked great in the past. in the last 5 ish years there’s been a shift in a lot of fandoms towards intolerance and gatekeeping. not that it didn’t exist before, but it’s more prevalent now and it’s concerning. none of this negates your right to create a safe space in fandom for yourself and set your own boundaries. you are capable of being responsible for that without dictating how other fans engage with the source material
solutions
> educate yourself on the Three Laws of Fandom** and its importance
> if you need to avoid specific triggers, block those specific tags or phrases. if you still feel triggered or uncomfortable by certain blogs interacting with you, try to be specific in your DNI (e.g. dni incest shippers). however, remember that it's not realistic to expect everyone to check every blog's DNI list before interacting. ultimately you are the only person responsible for curating your online experience in this way. use the block button where needed
confusion about tumblr and/or spnblr
some people expressed that it took them a long time to figure out how tumblr culture works or didn't know where to find the main resources in this fandom
> i attempted to make a navigation blog (@spn-lobby) that compiles a lot of the resources a spn fan on tumblr could need
*general note about the clique culture issue: there were some people who mentioned there being a strict view on canon/interpretations/headcanons among certain groups (nobody was mentioned by name, i think a lot of us are guilty of this) that is perpetuated in a way that makes it feel hostile to different ideas. sometimes vagueblogging is something that exacerbates this. i think we can do better and have to take responsibility in creating a space where people aren’t made to feel stupid or lame for having headcanons or takes that aren’t the most mainstream (or subversive in the “right” way) on spnblr
adding also a general call to action to be open to newer people in fandom or just blogs you hadn’t checked out yet, interact with their posts/reblogs and give them a follow. it has the added advantage of making your dash feel more alive
**archived link in case fanlore is in maintenance mode
I cant believe this tweet is how I find out
now all the things you guys have told me about american high schools are starting to make sense
holy shit.
You're not really supposed to say it this way, because its considered crass, but here in the US children are culturally and legally considered essentially the property of their parents.
Note that its considered more crass to point this out than it is to treat children as property in the first place.
babygirl you're so important to me
Do we have a franz kafka diary entry for july 1st, i want to know what he thinks!!!
happy too tired July everyone
the funny thing about the “did dean reciprocate” debate is that up until the confession itself, dean acts much more like the one who is in love. it’s blatant. it borders on embarrassing. he’s clearly very aware of it and trying to show/say it but falling short every time due to internal or external circumstances. “did he reciprocate” ??? and it’s somewhere between eight and eleven years of “i need you” and “im not leaving without you” and “whatever you did i forgive you and we can get through it together” and “i don’t want to live without you, i’d rather be dead ” and “when you’re gone all i do is search for a way to bring you back to me” and “deep down a part of me always knew you would come back because you’re the only thing in the world i have faith in” like be so serious
this is everything to me 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈💕
The other night husband and I were watching a documentary about the yeti where they were doing DNA analysis of samples of supposed yeti fur, and every one of them came back as bears.
Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.
So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.
Bears. They’re everywhere. Be wary. Anyone or anything could be a bear.
oh shit
As the OP of this post, I’m going to threaten that if this gets to one million notes by the 10 year anniversary on 1 June 2026, one year from today, I will get a lower back tattoo of the loch ness bear monster.
Y'all know what to do Tumblr.
something possessed me
The Ides of March, coming soon to a coliseum near you. Knives not included.
🔪🔪🔪
Free knives!!! Take one on your way down the dash!
happy holidays!
Mark Rothko, No 10, 1958, Oil on canvas
© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko_DACS 2018
my silly little jester costume for the play I’m in is so fire you all wish you were me
no one has ever jingle jangled like I’m jingle jangling now
post cancelled they de-belled my costume for sound design reasons
Neutered
I love this image of Sam and Dean cause it looks like they're setting up the Christmas tree, but they were actually trying to push it down to break the branches and use to stab the Gods
Dean Winchester's unbridled joy over Christmas decorations is special to me.
