kal

Self depreciating blog description canceled! Im the coolest person on the planet and off the planet too (he/they/it)

[spacepersons0]

I don't want to read deltarune fanfiction until after the whole story is told but that leads to weird situations where i was watching a tier list video and it dawned on me that the guy talking had read more deltarune fanfiction than me.

Like in every other fandom i watch YouTube videos inim the one eating and breathing ao3 like damn.

[ameamedraws]

I am not immune and my brain chemistry has been rewritten by them

[columbaclown]

fuckkkk man. it’s about I (identity). It’s about ai (love). It’s about a.i. (artificial intelligence). it’s about eye (ball)

[tainebot01]

Remind me again why I have free will

[beneathsilverstars]

at this rate i’m going to end up going by pure it/its just because one week of fanfic binging has made it the default pronoun to my beautiful mind

[spacepersons0]

me a month ago: oh yeah i mean im always going to be happy to listen about people's theories but when it comes to the ralsie is a trans girl one the evidence has the potential to be about multiple other things and I think that while there is a chance for it to happen I know how strongly theories like this make me feel and transness is such an important topic to me that fully thinking it is true could hurt me emotionally in the long run if it was false.

me after playing chapter 5: 🤔 huh

[hallware]

I just realized Akane Kurashiki and Eva Strat are the exact same type of person. They will save as many people as possible even if they have to put people they care about (and themselves) in the Torment Nexus to do it. They run the city of Omelas out of love.

[spacepersons0]

oh no... i thought the wings and the 4 star were going to decide which banner i go for... robot ballerina 😭😭😭 those are my two favorite things.

[kaftofi]

never finished this and unfortunately it might go on the burner forever so ill post it

[monsterblogging]

On the topic of videogame romances; I can understand why some people would be put off by romance sim elements in a game like FF7,what with the whole "Aerith vs Tifa" debate.

Because Square do kinda play up the "love triangle" angle and maybe it feels like the game is just forcing you to pick and some people just don't wanna engage with that and have their own preferences,which is fine.

Like thats not something i'm into,but when people get unecessarily hostile/aggresive about shipping is when I tend to back away,and I see this with fans of both Aerith & Tifa.

It makes me wonder if some people would have a much more positive experience in fandom if they weren't so laser focused on just shipping and nothing else.

Personally, I wish the game gave you a path where Cloud could come to grips with having feelings for both Aerith and Tifa, and/or give him an option to let either one/both down gently. I don't like where your only options are "be an asshole to one of them for no reason" and "ostensibly lead one of them on." 😅

(To me, Cloud is a polyamorous man who doesn't know how to deal with that as a result of growing up in a society where healthy polyamory isn't a recognized, much less talked-about thing.)

I do think that a lot of misery comes from people taking unhealthy approaches to shipping. I think the biggest issue is when they think their preferred ship must objectively be the best, and that there must be something terribly wrong with any perceived rivals. So they distort the story and characters in their minds and come up with a bunch of complete nonsense, which is naturally going to lead to a lot of arguments once they start putting it out there in public spaces.

Another problem I see is people thinking that ships should be based on who "deserves" whom, as opposed to what you find interesting to think/write about. Like, it's fiction. The point of fiction is to explore things that interest you and/or serve the narrative. That's it. (Also, treating relationships as rewards instead of things that people sometimes decide to get into is pretty objectifying, if you think about it!)

So IMO, it's not that these people would be happier if they focused less on shipping; but rather that they'd be happier if they changed their fundamental views on shipping. Because the thing is, their unhealthy views are also going to come into things that aren't shipping. They'll be doing mental gymnastics trying to prove that so-and-so is the "real" villain of the story and getting super mad that so-and-so wasn't punished enough. And other such things that will make a bad time for everybody.

[altocat]

Remember, kiddos:

Sephiroth is a nuanced, tragic villain

Cloud Strife is not a template dudebro badass

Cloti and Clerith are both quality, valid ships and liking one over the other doesn't mean we can't be civil with each other

The Compilation is Canon

Sefikura is toxic and that is 100% the APPEAL for some shippers.

OG FF7 was often humorous and whimsical

Flawed female characters can still be sympathetic and compelling

FF7 is about the bonds between found families

It is ultimately a story of hope, love, and sacrifice

Everything has layers. There are no absolutes. When you think in absolutes, you deny yourself the vibrancy of this world and these characters.

[beneathsilverstars]

maybe i should stop reading really sad fanfiction when i’m already feeling bad. this could possibly be contributing to me continuing to feel bad, vs if i got up and did something to address the situation i feel bad about, or even read happy fanfiction. but i’m busy. reading all these sad ones

[awesomebutunpractical]

"He wouldn't say that" has a beautiful cousin, and her name is "That's Not What This Story is About".

[neenarchive]

tragedy fans when their fave characters do not make it

[iwilleatyourenglish]

a great tragedy of this world is that many things that are bad for you also look very sexy. smoking. riding a motorcycle. that crazy shit they did to saint sebastian

[asooffa]

a polos (and other nonsense)

[spacepersons0]

The first 7 volumes of the yugioh manga are a trap to make poor horror fans watch YouTube videos about real life card games.