#cp fandom

[dokkvi]

𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐮𝐨 ✨

[vampiiu]

Bloody Painter x Addict!Reader

TW // CW: Referenced drugs, vomit, angst, strong language

What to expect: Gender neutral reader, no specific drug mention, raw pain, non-romanticized drug use.

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He came as soon as he got your call. He's known about your drug issues for a while, but he didn't know the withdrawal symptoms would appear so soon.

"(Y/N)!"

His heart immediately shattered when he saw your vulnerable figure laying on the couch. You were gripping your stomach, completely soaked in your own sweat and tears. He sprinted towards you, avoiding the puddle of vomit in front of the sofa. He grabbed your face in his hands as he placed a peck on your lips before asking a panicked 

"Are you ready to be picked up?? We need to get you to bed"

You nodded a relieved approval and wrapped your arms around his shoulders. He picked you up bridal style and carried you to your room. Helen laid you in your bed. At this point, he was sweating almost as much as you. He had never been in this situation before. He muttered a few curse words at himself before hurrying into the bathroom to get a small trash can before you puke again. When he got back, he sat the trash can on the ground.

Helen teared up. "I'm so sorry I didn't get here sooner," he apologized.

You panted a few times before you could get any comprehensible words out. "honey it's okay.. you.. you're h-here no-'' You interrupted yourself with a groan of pain and a fast hand to your chest.

Helen's eyes widened as he tried not to cry in front of you. His emotional barriers have always been strong, but he can't handle seeing you in this much pain. He sat next to you on the bed and held one of your hands in both of his.

Suddenly, you couldn't hold it in any longer. You screamed. Not at Helen, not at yourself, not even at your crazy neighbor who always gets on your nerves; just at the universe. At any god who is out there. Hoping whoever or whatever the fuck made withdrawal symptoms would acknowledge the agony they brought to so many people.

Helen couldn't conceal his emotions either. He bit his bottom lip and his throat felt as if it was on fire. It felt scratchy, acidic even, as he tried to stay strong for you. Unfortunately, he couldn't keep it up. He choked on his tears before seizing you into his tight embrace. Tears streamed down his face and his usually emotionless eyes had become a glassed over ocean. You sat in your bed, in his arms, sobbing and sniffling. Your head was turned upwards, you didn't want him to see you in such a horrible state. His head was tucked into the crease of your neck as he yelled a strained "IT'LL BE OKAY! YOU'LL BE OKAY!!" as he wept even more. He inhaled and exhaled heavily before whispering in your ear, "It'll all be over soon.. I promise. It's only temporary, and at least you're still clean," he kissed your earlobe before continuing, "You're getting better and I'm so fucking proud of you."

[peekbackstage]

hi, i was the anon who asked about bjyx being allowed to continue on for economic reasons bc the bjyx fandom is such a large part of the fandom. part of me thinks this isnt it because surely there are enough fans, especially for xiao zhan, that they wouldnt need to rely on cpn fans, but i wanted to ask what you thought. sorry that so many of your asks disappears, that must be so frustrating

Disclaimer: The following speculation is informed by my experience working in the music industry. 

In general, I usually try to avoid answering BJYX questions on this blog when it comes to any speculation about a relationship, but when it comes to questions about the actual fan community, I think it’s okay for me to respond. 

All the following is speculation.

The idea of a CP community being allowed to continue on for purely economic reasons isn’t unreasonable if that community were the primary target audience for the two individuals who are being shipped in the CP.

However, in the case of BJYX in particular, we can see that the market size is roughly 3 million. If we combine all of the followers across all platforms who are GGDD’s fans, we get a rough market size of around 60 million, give or take. 

3 million is only 5% of 60 million. This means that BJYX actually comprise a very small percentage of fans. The majority (95%) of fans either do not identify as BJYX or are not publicly supporters of BJYX. 

Let’s run a hypothetical exercise. Let’s say that each artist generates around $100M RMB a year. This will give us a combined total revenue of $200M RMB. Of that amount, 5% can be attributed to BJYX, or $10M RMB -- roughly $5M RMB per artist. In contrast, $95M per artist, is brought in by solo fans, or fans who aren’t open about supporting the CP. 

Would destroying the CP potentially lead to a $5M RMB loss per artist? Possibly, especially if 100% of the fans involved only support the artists because of the CP. (To those of you who are more familiar with USD: $5M RMB = $773K USD.) 

So, it could be potentially argued by some people that yes, BJYX is allowed  to continue thriving due to economics, if both artists’ companies are determined to hold onto every single penny they could possibly squeeze out.

The question remains if $773K USD is really worth the headache of having to deal with the constant in-fighting between each group of solo fans and the CP fans, as well as fielding rumors and other potentially image-damaging speculation that could hurt an artist’s marketability, and therefore their brandability. (In GG’s case this is absolutely a big concern, especially after everything that happened last year.)

As @potteresque-ire​ mentions in this post, generally after the promotional period ends for a project, a CP is forcibly broken.  

There’s a term related to the breaking of CPs: 提純 (“increasing the purity”). It describes the ultimate goal of breaking CPs: increasing the proportion of solo (”pure”) fans by breaking up the CP and having the solo fandoms of each lead absorb the CP fans. Because solo fans are *perceived* to be more loyal (won’t jump ship the next romantic drama comes along), less likely to draw criticisms (especially if the CP is M/M and/or affect the RL lives of their stars), and have more purchasing power (as CP fans have to divide their resources between the two leads and equally).

Technically, BJYX could have been shut down at any point. Of course, there would be some level of attrition and a slight economic hit - but either side would be able to absorb at least some of the fans. Even if they lost 50% of fans for breaking up the CP officially, that still leaves $2.5M RMB per artist on the table. 

Increasing the purity of the fandom seems to suggest more economic stability for both artists in question, especially as it means increasing purchasing power for one artist or the other. It would also reduce in-fighting within the actual fan bases themselves, as there would no longer be any CP fans, only each respective artist’s fans. 

Most importantly, it would get rid of any speculation of the artists’ sexualities, which may have actually prevented some more conservative brands from wanting to collaborate due to certain image standards that they have for their brand. (Which means, even more money could be potentially earned.)

However, it doesn’t look like either YH or XZS have any interest in actually breaking up the CP officially. (By shutting down the supertopic once and for all.) If anything, BJYX is still allowed to happily flourish without any interference whatsoever, even though their continued existence might actually limit certain brand collaborations and causes ongoing and very toxic internal strife within each artist’s fan base. 

As for why BJYX is allowed to continue - I’ll let you be the judge of that.

[ladyizunia]

Listen, Cyberpunk Fandom - I really love you all. I love your content and how you interact. I am so sorry that I am a goddamn shy bean and never know when to reach out.(Please, reach out if u want to, I’m just too fucking awkward, to) You are all so goddamn kind and lovely to me - and to everyone else. Thank you all for making the CP Fandom a save haven for me, to always make me feel like part of something. Guys, you make this fandom worthwhile. With all your content and OCs. You are all so goddamn cool! TuT <3 Pls u all - stay the way you are. Every last one of you make my scarce freetime so much more enriching.

[jeffrey-the-killer-ask]

Leyn: Su relación es... Complicada.

[witch0fdoom]

NOODLE RAT

[derpymidnight]

Ben: *eating*

Eyeless Jack, calmly playing with his scalpel: it takes eight seconds for your food to reach your stomach

Ben, visibly shaking: Why... why are you telling me that?