#fanbases

[foraginkgo]

being in niche and small fandoms where the source material is so mid feels like this sometimes lowk

[rosencrantzsguildenstern]

that character does not need to be secretly hot

that character does not need to have been hot in their past life

manhwas are not an indication of reality

i am against the hot webnovel characters agenda in fact as an extension of this can we consider

this character described as hot is actually not hot, they're being described from the pov of an insane biased narrator

this other character described or headcanoned as hot IS actually hot, but is also fat/has acne/etc

[thatpollguy]

Would you consider doing a poll of everyone's favorite One Piece villain?

Thanks to @hurricanehiatus for the poll request! Keep 'em coming, folks!

Who is your favourite One Piece antagonist?

Higuma

Alvida

Buggy

Donquixote Doflamingo

Miss Wednesday

Bellamy

Miss Valentine

Spandam

Gecko Moria

Boa Hancock

Jaygarcia Saturn

Other antagonist not listed here (there's too many to list them all!)

Voting ended onDec 6, 2025

[smartsmears]

Chloe Carmichael is the most interesting character in Fairly Oddparents because the way Timmy misunderstands Chloe as perfect leading to him hating her played out in real life with the fans too. It's kind of tragically funny the way the thing making her miserable and alone transcended fiction.

Timmy and the audience are presented with someone who is the opposite of him and seems happy, and then learns that despite being his polar opposite, she's actually just as unhappy as he is. It's a nice story of not judging a book by its cover and being receptive to alternate experiences. Timmy becomes empathetic to Chloe after learning this, but the audience says no. Fuck you and Fuck off.

Interesting, I think, but also a bit tragic.

This take in 2024/2025 comes with the caveat that many more people have become receptive to her now which is good.

[chase-omega]

What's a fandom you love but still find difficult to defend?

Comment yours below.

For me, I love furries, but every now and then I'm reminded why I should love them from more of a distance.

[terrietont]

My favourite thing on the internet:

When a person who sees some petty fandom war going on and is either in both fandoms, one, the other or none at all and creates a depiction of fanart/fan fiction of both fandoms being super friendly with eachother and it brings people together away from the shit that is cringe culture, gatekeeping and general fandom toxicity.

The harmony of crossovers being depicted as not a ‘X vs Y’ but a “Nice to meet you I’m from X” “Nice to meet you too I’m from Y, wanna be friends?” “Yeah sure!”

It’s just a thing that needs to be done more.

Same as mixing genres from a more “serious” one to something funny, wholesome or silly.

Never had so much fun putting a xenomoph in a Sims alien bachelorette challenge and putting Samara Morgan in a house with two other ghosts and a drunk werewolf. Just 👌 lovely nonsense, I am here for it.

[thebsideofthings]

"Fan driven cancel culture as we've seen it for the last 10 years or so is changing. People are seeing it doesn't work because "deplatforming" only works if there is industry action behind it and often there won't be. Because it doesn't work, cancel culture as we know it online right now just feels more interested in trying to be The Most Ethical Consumer more than it feels interested in genuine safety or positive change. The tides are changing to reacting to that feeling, which I fear is destined to swing all the way to the other side especially as uninvested people watch big pop star stans have these emotional reactions.

It's kind of ridiculous to say people shouldn't have standards for the public figures they engage with. There is nothing wrong with wanting to see your values reflected in the people who make the stuff you like, but that is an active pursuit that has to do with you and your choices to participate in something or not. It's not something that can be found in demanding the stuff you like conform to what you think would be best morally or ethically."

- What Can we Expect by Miranda Reinert