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At some point "fanfic can be as good as professional writing" became "fanfic should be as good as professional writing" and that's caused major damage to fandom spaces.

Things Duke and the girls do when fanfics forget them:

- Treason

I swear I’m not a “you have to read all the comics before you even TALK about this character” purist, but it does break my heart a little when someone is like “yeah I tried reading [this specific comic] and I hated it so I’m never touching a comic again.”

Because guys! Guys!! Comics aren’t a genre, they’re a STORYTELLING MEDIUM! Maybe the medium isn’t for you, but you shouldn’t swear it off just because of one shitty story!!

Like. Imagine if the first movie someone ever saw was Morbius (2022), and they walked out of the theater and said, “well that sucked, I guess I hate all movies.”

Like no dawg!! Come back!!! They’re playing Barbie right next door, you gotta at least try Barbie!!! Not every movie is Morbius, I SWEAR!!!

#also hot take but I think if you’re trying to get into comics as a medium DC is the worst place to start #not because they’re bad but because it’s like getting thrown into the deep end your first time #try a self contained non dc or marvel series #like papergirls. papergirls changed my fuckin life.#and you don’t need ANY context for it. totally self contained. just crack it open and get started #and it’s got lesbians and time travel #and you can get used to the storytelling techniques comic artists use without being bogged down by all the context needed for dc and stuff #I don’t know if I’m making sense I’ll elaborate if you want me to #anyway tag rant over #brainrot yapfest #dc comics #comics #comic fandom #dc #comic fans #what do I tag this actually #comic books #fandom

Love how when you are a comic fan for long enough you always eventually have one ‘obscure’ character, which can range from a side character that almost no one but you has ever heard of to like an average b lister hero with a consistent ongoing book, who you are delusionally convinced just needs that one good mainstream adaptation and they would become universally beloved and acclaimed overnight.

#all this to say #arrowette cissie king jones you could be the icon you could be the moment! 😭😭😭#comics #comic fandom #comic meta #superheroes #dc #marvel