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hi i'm iris ~ multifandom and some bands ~ my band's youtube ~ not spoiler free

[twinkricksanchez-deactivated201]

things bandom finds convenient to forget

- gabe saporta is a latinx immigrant. he was an illegal immigrant for 3 years - gabe’s also jewish. he posts about judaism regularly - gabe also was addicted to prescription drugs for a while, but he isnt anymore - alex suarez is spanish. his full name is alexandro fransisco suarez virta marroquin marciera (say that 10 times fast) - alex gaskarth was in an abusive relationship when he was 18/19 with a 25 year old married woman. - coffeeshop soundtrack and six feet under the stars are both about alex’s relationship with her - jack barakat is lebanese. his parents and he immigrated from lebanon during the lebanese civil war - william beckett struggles with anxiety and had anorexia as a teenager - william also has a stutter - gerard way relapsed during danger days, and had an ed throughout touring danger days - gerard had/has hallucinations and thats what maya the physic is about - mikey way & pete wentz & halsey are bipolar - brendon has adhd and one of the first songs he wrote was called ‘ritalin’ - patrick stump has adult onset adhd - joe trohman has mild ocd - joe’s also jewish

[nobutseriouslywhat]

-the Way family is Japanese and Spanish (so when people talk about Gerard appropriating Japanese culture with Danger Days, remember that he is Japanese) -Ray Toro is Puerto Rican and Portuguese -Josh Dun is Japanese -Tyler Joseph is Lebanese (seriously guys quit saying they’re white) -Josh Dun has anxiety and is open to talking about it -Spencer Smith is a recovering prescription drug addict -so is Mikey Way -Brendon Urie does not label his sexuality, but has admitted in interviews that he is attracted to multiple genders -Patrick Stump wrestled with alcoholism and depression during the Soul Punk era -He also has mild synesthesia

[padakinki]

As great as everything else on this list is, I wouldn’t really consider Josh Dun as Japanese since it’s only 1/32 of his cultural heritage (from his great great great grandmother). It’s so far down the line that Japanese/Asian culture isn’t an important part of his ethnicity. I know this might not seem like a big deal, but as someone who's 100% Asian and very intact with my heritage, I’m just sick of having to settle for Asian representation in people who don’t really identify as Asian. There are much better examples of diversity, but imo this just isn’t one of them.

[padakinki]

Mom, discussing a friend: I can't believe that she still thinks that her son is straight, I mean, no straight guy is that interested in theater.

Me, wearing three flannels on top of each other, listening to Hayley Kiyoko and reading a Batwoman comic: interesting.

[phantomrose96]

I would pay top dollar for a comprehensive, source-supported explanation of how Superwholock vanished.

Like……..that was the core of tumblr in 2013. Its tainted life-blood. Its fetid royal palace. Destiel this and Johnlock that. Tardis-in-the-impala-at-221B URLS. Bendydoot Cucumberpatch and long analytical debates of which doctor is best doctor

What caused the end? What destroyed it? What series of events sunk this fortress? I’m so. So curious. This was so much of what tumblr was. So unavoidable. It’s cultural history. I want. to know.

[theofficialvincenzo]

So I’m not completely sure but I think you can pinpoint the disappearance to the month following Dashcon. Like, the entire year prior, things were going fucking insane; The DW 50th anniversary, Sherlock returned after a hiatus, Dean became a demon or something I don’t remember. Point is, the fans were worse than ever. 

And then Dashcon happened: All those people got together for a nightmarish event in the ball pit (for anyone who doesn’t know what Dashcon was, look it up and read any of the news articles about it. I promise, you will not be disappointed). 

Now, I wasn’t too active on tumblr at that point because of school reasons, but I remember finding out that the new season of Supernatural had aired on TV, and I saw NOTHING about it on tumblr. Not a single post on my dash. It was a miracle, but I was so confused. How had the whole fandom just vanished like that? I still don’t know for sure, but it was very shortly after the Dashcon incident. 

Then Doctor Who returned. New doctor and a new companion. Same scenario. Nobody said anything online. I was still big into DW so that was kind of a bummer but it was still astounding.

I went back online more readily and started realizing that fandoms, as I had known them, were essentially dead after that summer. It was like everybody simultaneously realized how toxic those communities were after they all got together in person and proved themselves to be a disgusting bunch.

It was the fastest and most unsettling jump in internet culture I’d ever seen. Overnight it became an embarrassment to admit that you were in a popular fandom. All because of fucking

[phantomrose96]

“Superwholock died as a result of Dashcon” is the most fascinating theory I’ve heard in a while amazing

(And you know, seasonal rot and kids getting older and all that but s t i l l)

[rosencrypt]

My personal theory is it was because of hiatuses and competition!

- Hiatuses: Sherlock especially, but the long Doctor Who mid-season breaks didn’t help. People wandered off. Some of them to very similar shows, like Elementary, which fought initial fan scepticism to become THE Sherlock alternative.

- Fans became more critical. All three shows frequently come under fire for their treatment of women, LGBTQIA people, etc., and without new content fans had no option but to rewatch and reexamine the same episodes over and over again. Their flaws became more obvious on repeat viewings, and the comparison to new arrivals like Elementary didn’t help. I imagine there were other competitors too, but one would need to do more research to see how relevant they are here - cartoons like Steven Universe and Gravity Falls, maybe? WtNV? OUAT and OITNB? All of them are much more obviously diverse, so Superwholock starts looking bland in comparison. There’s also the quality-comparison argument (Doctor Who is not as good at plotting as a lot of other things), but I reckon that goes without saying.

- Fandom backlash! You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain. After events like the Mishapocalypse and the infamous FANDOMS GRAB YOUR WEAPONS post Superwholock became shorthand for the most obnoxious parts of Tumblr and fandom, so more people starting distancing themselves from it (see also: how Bronies killed the MLP fandom). And, yeah, it all came to a head with the Dashcon Clusterfuck 2k14.

- Fandom Backlash II: Your Fave is Problematic. Every popular figure from Joss Whedon to Taylor Swift is eventually the subject of text posts and screencaps dragging their name through the mud. Steven Moffat, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, and Jensen Ackles (I believe? It might have been Jared Padalecki. I don’t really follow Supernatural) have all had plenty of this.

IN CONCLUSION: there wasn’t enough new stuff being made. People found their own new stuff, which in many cases they found more appealling. People became less forgiving of the old stuff, its creators, and its fans. Eventually enough time passed that they gave up on the old stuff completely, so when it came back they weren’t interested.

(granted this mostly comes under the seasonal rot and kids getting older points but I didn’t notice that until I’d typed this out, and it seems a waste to delete it now :P )

[phantomrose96]

It’s like I’m reading the end-result of an assigned essay topic I handed out last night. I’ve forgotten so many things from the 2013 era you get an A+

[rosindubh]

this could be the topic of a dissertation

[good-omens]

I used to be one of the biggest supernatural blogs when this was at its height. I had easily over 25k followers. I was part of every network had a huge group of top supernatural blog friends. Made edits, typed up analyses of the episodes, you name it i did it.

Then I went to college and I started going on my blog a little less because I had way more school work than I had ever had before. When I came home for the summer and got on tumble expecting to pick up right where i had left off I was in shock. There were no supernatural posts on my dash, instead it was a lot of teen wolf, marvel, and shows like arrow / vampire diaries. I was in shock all my friends had changed their blogs or deactivated. 

I still have a decent number of followers and enjoy blogging about shows I like but it is nothing close to the level of devotion I had before all of this started. However I do miss the closeness of everyone on tumblr that we had before, I felt like every blog knew each other and knew what we were blogging about.

 The one thing i will say is that the superior level or art work/edits/gifs that came out of the superwholock era is unmatched by anything I have seen on this website since. 

[lilyprongspotter]

Less than six months ago America was outraged by the outcome of the Brock Turner case. Less than six months ago America collectively mourned the lives lost in the Orlando shooting. Less than six months ago America promised to change, to get better, to correct these injustices. Yet here we are choosing by democratic vote to perpetuate the hatred, bigotry and oppression that made those calamities possible. I’m speechless, horrified, frightened, ashamed.

[doctor-ryland-grace]

Praying for the non-white population all across the nation.

Praying for the LGBTQ+ population all across the nation.

Praying for all the women and men who have been sexually assaulted without their perpetrator facing the correct punishment for such a disgusting action.

Praying for the middle and lower class who’ll be effected, all across the nation.

Praying for all of those who are subsequently going to be terribly effected by the outcome of this election.

We deserved better.

[lonelytreestump-deactivated2018]

My girlfriend sneezed and I accidentally said shut the fuck up instead of saying bless you

[archangeles]

spn reverse graphics challenge | archangeles | prompt: impala

[anobviousaside]

this was for something and then, true to form, i didn’t finish it in time 

[rosetylr]

SAM WINCHESTER GRAPHIC CHALLENGE | rosetylr vs. always-keep-writing        ↳ Prompt: Monster - Skillet

It’s hiding in the dark. Its teeth are razor sharp. There’s no escape for me. It wants my soul. It wants my heart.

[roguejedis-deactivated20170921]

you know what’s fucked up??? gabby douglas is getting more hate for ‘not smiling enough’ than ryan lochte is for lying to brazil’s police officers and vandalizing a gas station

[stardustcas]

x

[chillsexual]

I found this and I’m literally so done with this fandom but sAME STILES SAME

[rhosegold]

who was i before i cared so much about my eyebrows???

[giantscottbakula]

Hello from the

[harrybowscolfer-deactivated2016]

Stop

[intoasylum]

why did i make this

[shwagerr]

LMAOOOOOOO

[fuckyeahpoussey]

NYC Pride 2016

[oneofthequixotic]

Guys I get being upset about the events of episode 12. We’re all upset.

But I’ve seen so many posts about how we should all stop watching OITNB - how they’re perpetuating media stereotypes about the fate of queer women. About how Poussey deserved better.

Seriously… that’s the fucking statement they were trying to make! OITNB has always used its’ voice for social commentary and this is a social truth. The victims of police brutality deserve better. Women of colour deserve better. Gay women deserve better.

The writers chose Poussey because they knew it would hurt us and this is something that should hurt. It’s hurting real people all around the world.

And I can understand making the personal decision to step away from a show that might be triggering for you but accusing the writers of employing the ‘Bury your Gays’ trope is just short sighted.

Of course Poussey deserved better - that’s the point.