live and let live

be kind to each other

[akstzs]

I hope they’re having a good time in the infinite embrace of the arcane

[wetcatjayce]

if you love it, put a leash on it~~

[gilsart]

so what if they met as children

[haedyllic]

i promised you 🦋

(crossposting from x, bsky, & ig)

[midi-exe]

#jayvik

[disease-danger-darkness-silence]

[tronmike82]

I don’t mean to be rude; but I don’t think I’ve ever seen this, does anyone have any examples?

[darkshrimpemotions]

Supernatural

Doctor Who (Steven Moffat specifically)

Sherlock (Steven Moffat specifically)

Actually Steven Moffat is basically just this sentiment given human form.

A version of this happened with The Magicians, tbh. Though instead of expectation: men, reality: women it was expectation: smug nihilists, reality: mentally ill queer folks.

Arguably Game of Thrones.

If we broaden it outside of television…I think Star Wars falls into this, at least the sequel trilogy. Maybe the MCU as well. And I can’t help but think of every band that’s ever complained that their fanbase is mostly women. 5 Seconds of Summer comes immediately to mind.

In general, most white male creators seem to have this massively entitled mindset where they want–and think they deserve–the time, attention, and enthusiasm that creative fandom (i.e. the side of fandom more dominated by women) is known for.

They want our eyes for ratings, our word-of-mouth for free publicity, our metas for social media buzz, and our spending power for merch and cons. But they don’t want us. And they don’t really want the responsibility of telling a story to a thoughtful, engaged audience, regardless of that audience’s demographic makeup. They just want to be praised for whatever schlock they cough up.

And like any other spoiled brat, they will break their toys before they share them.

[pessimisticfanboi]

It goes all the way to the top for kids shows. Toy sales will crash a show. Makes sense, but if those toys are gendered for boys instead of the female viewers, they won’t usually switch up the marketing and move them to the girl aisle. They cancel the show outright.

Mind you it is perfectly possible to make the switch in marketing, but execs would rather throw it all out than have something that doesn’t perform well with male viewers. For example the Rey merch was not expected to be popular, for some reason, there had to be public outcry to get merch of one of the main 3 protagonists. A PROTAGONIST. The fact that she wasn’t a huge part of the 1st launch says a lot already.

And what happened when female fans got too invested in the Sequel Trilogy? The entire writers room didn’t necessarily lash out, but they sure forgot how to behave.

Young Justice

Paul Dini: Superhero cartoon execs don’t want largely female audiences

#WhereIsRey (initial)

#WhereIsRey (ongoing)

'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' owes its box-office success to women

The older, male generation of 'Star Wars' fans may be losing interest in the franchise, but female fans are stepping up.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was designed to be the opposite of The Last Jedi

[drunkenhills]

You’re all sitting on the hot take of the decade tbh

[vbartilucci]

And yet when they fond out that boys were watching MLP:FIM in droves, they had NO PROBLEM with it.

[jediorgana-deactivated20260403]

#SONS OF ANARCHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!#LITERALLY SONS OF ANARCHY IS THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE OF THIS LIKE EVER#kurt sutter wrote that show for MEN and ended up with an overwhelmingly female audience#because he’s actually a good writer and knows how to develop characters well and wrote excellent female characters#but once he realized that his audience was almost entirely women he literally took it out on tara and gemma in the show#but like tara specifically#he resented her character for being a huge draw for female viewers so he tore her development to shreds and killed her#in the most brutal gut wrenching way possible#kurt sutter you will pay for your crimes#i actually wrote a manifesto about this on one of my old blogs i should try to find it sldkjsldfjsdljf#long post (via@m-oonknight)

OMG YES. I LOVED Sons of Anarchy, especially the women and then I got to season 6 and it was like - everything was just tossed in the trash? And like, why did Sutter hate that Tara drew tons of attention? That should have been a good thing! He should have been like “Hey folks, this girl’s getting us more viewers, let’s put her in more scenes!” It just doesn’t make sense to me. MEN don’t make sense to me.

[geraltcirilla]

The 100 too. I’ll never forget how Jason Rothenberg would attacked female fans on Twitter and mock them in interviews, and then post links to male fan discussions on Reddit to praise and thank them. In his goodbye letter to the show he SPECIFICALLY thanked Reddit and it was so disgusting.

[annaknitsspock]

Star Trek from TNG on was also a boy’s club, even though the TOS fans were mostly women. Women, in fact, who literally created modern fandom with their zines. But after TNG it was all, “Women don’t understand Star Trek, only smart men hur dur.”

[help-help-i-need-an-adult]

I think it would be harder for us to find examples of when this DIDNT happen than when it did. It happens all the time.

[nova-arcania]

Doesn’t stop it from boggling the mind

(though it could probably start to make some sense if you follow the money past audience bases to maybe a couple of investors or like a rich patron … 🤔)

[ridleymocki]

Stooooop I just wrote a masters thesis on this shit. Media creation and distribution is a means by which dominant power structures consolidate their hegemony. Dominantly situated creators get upset when the audience they attract isn’t the audience they wanted, because they view the whole creation and sharing of the fiction as an exercise to sustain kyriarchal conditions that benefit themselves. When the audience is Other, they see it as a failure of those efforts and lash out.

Simply, they’re trying to assert a particular worldview via fiction, and upon getting confronted with something else, begin foot stamping. It’s not just men wanting male attention and gatekeeping. It’s that the fiction in the first place was an attempt to curate dominance and whoopsie! they miscalculated.

(anyway if anyone wants to read 35k words of philosophy about this, hmu)

[iliveinmyblanket]

Wait wasn’t the 100 based on a book series written by a woman and the main character is a teenage girl?

[midi-exe]

Its a bit confusing when suddenly my old art gets attention

[callmehopeless]

I made it

[galacticidiots]

It's been almost 7 months and I'm still heartbroken over what tros could've been. help

[cosmo-gonika]

I LIVE! Where are my Reylos at?

Hey folks, 

Making an appearance on this hellsite in the middle of the Coronavirus Global Shitstorm (further mentioned as CGS) to know how everybody is holding on in this galactic mess? 

For my part we are in quarantine here in Chile, Baby Cosmo was born on March 18 and I am struggling and enjoying (quite literally both) the joys of motherhood. Who knew that nursing hurt that fucking much? HUH! 

As for the fics, I keep having tons of ideas but no time to write for the moment. I will get back to them as soon as my brains clicks back on and the word “time” comes back to my agenda!! 

How is everyone holding on?

Has there been any fandom drama apart form the usual anti shit? 

@perrydowning @greyforceuser @nite0wl29 @pandoraspocksao3 how are you girls doing? 

[reysexualkylo]

I couldn’t be more devastated with the news of your passing. You are the sweetest friend and I’m so glad I was able to get to know you. I love you and I miss you. RIP Hal @haloren1st

[midi-exe]

Rest in peace sweetheart

[xenoren]

You’re  not  Alone

—- Let me casually post this at night so nobody ever sees it. Haha.

[jonismitchell-deactivated202410]

“if she cries, she’s too emotional, but if she holds back, she’s standoffish. if she has sex, she’s a slut, but if she never does, she’s a bitch. if she speaks her mind, she’s throwing a tantrum, but if she stays silent, she’s a coward. if she burns bridges, she holds grudges, but if she extends a hand, she’s naive. with all this considered, one day I’d like to see, what can a woman do without being torn apart?”

— On the Demonization of Taylor Swift (by Arden)

[dinagastuff]

I  still have not recovered from Tros….

[midi-exe]

Me neither...

[reylolujah]

I live for those edits with Rian Johnson. Here are my favorites, feel free to add some, let’s honor him on this post !

Rian Fairy Godmother Johnson by @emospacedarcyx

Rian Reylo Mhysa Johnson by @katarainspace

Rian Reylo Angel Johnson by @reykyloren

THE Gif

[skyawalker]

May I add:

[thefaultinourforcebond]

Bringing this back because rian

[reylomuseum]

The Reylo Museum 3rd Edition: Books

Part 2/2

Featuring Artworks by:

- Sibery

- @alhenacrimson

- @arbutus-blossoms

- @vanessa-ishikawa

- @abstractragedy

- @mrsmancuspia

- @ms-camucia

- @avamarga

- @auds-writing

- @persimonne​

- @fahrennheit

- @ngoc12thefangirl

- @arsanimo

- @aritou-stuff

- @firetigeraries​

Quotes by:

@politicalmamaduck​

Catalog designed and project by: @lastmouseleft

________________________________________ Download the catalog: PDF

See the catalog as a flipbook

>>> Part 1

[lueminous]

Yooooooo check out all the amazing art from the @reylomuseum !!!

[cosmo-gonika]

To all my lovely followers.

I regret to inform you that after TROS, I will leave the fandom and Tumblr as well as Twitter. I decided this last week in the wake of important and complicated events in my real life. However, after pondering, I decided to leave the blog intact, as a testimony of all the Reylo history, metas, art and fics. But I will not log on anymore.

I am indeed waiting for a baby Cosmo, who this time I hope will want to be born, and the fandom has been a blessing as well as the source of distractions but also some very complicated issues I will not get into here.

However, I do not intent to stop writing. I will most probaly write one or two epilogues for Here At The End, as well as finish Dystopia. Please subscribe to my user Ao3 for updates since I do not know if I will post here anymore.

Discovering writing has changed my entire life. I have been thinking of starting original work as well. I am forever and deeply grateful to all my wonderful readers, who have been so incredibly supportive and encouraging, and given me the tools to pursue this amazing hobby. You are all the best!

If you ever want to contact me, my email is [email protected]

I will come back this week to give my impressions on the movie. Then, next week, I will be out.

I especially want to thank from the bottom of my heart @perrydowning @kylorenvevo @nite0wl29 @greyforceuser and @pandoraspocksao3 for beings so incredibly supportive of my work and being real friends.

See you on Thursday night.

Reylo Lives Forever.

Your Cosmo.

[cosmo-gonika]

FYI: One more week here and I’m off. 

You can still follow me at @cosmos-musings​ but I’ll be out of the fandom for good.