#fandom critical

[shaneposting]

the myth of ‘consensual’ emmy nomination

connor storrie: i consent!

emmy nomination panel: i consent!

every joyless contrarian on this website: IS THERE SOMEONE YOU FORGOT TO ASK 😤😤😤😤😤

[yanderehighschool-confessions]

Im kinda sick of all the morality debates. i dont care if sam (the character) is pure evil or just misguided and mentally ill i dont care if hes good or bad because he is a character and not a real person. it isnt my job as an audience member to decide if a character is morally wrong and chastize them if they are, im just here to watch what happens

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[catdownthestreet]

I feel like people confuse liking an abusive character for defending them. which I can understand because I have absolutely been guilty of this in the past! but now that I'm the one who likes an abusive character, I find myself very frustrated with the confusion.

I like Jax. I think she is an interesting character because of how fucked up she is and what she could've been if she had let herself be vulnerable and grow. that doesn't mean I would defend an irl Jax. I absolutely fucking would not. I'm honestly very much like Gangle irl, I would be miserable around anyone like Jax. so like, I know Jax is abusive. I agree that she was a piece of shit, and I still like her as a character.

that doesn't mean I think abuse is okay. this is fiction, I can like whatever the hell I want. tbh if you somehow think fiction shouldn't be the place where people explore and enjoy morally questionable things, you need to think about what that means for society. if we can't explore our darker thoughts and impulses in a place that's designated for people to do that safely, where else do you think people will start to explore those things? do you really want people to just bottle things up until they become the monsters you admonish people for writing about? because I certainly don't.

if you want people to understand abuse and recognize it for what it is, being abusive to people who like abusive characters is not going to accomplish that. being hostile won't fix anything. keep having honest conversations about abuse, but don't bully or harass people for enjoying, relating to, or otherwise engaging with abusive characters.

also, ffs, just because I spend time defending Jax as a character doesn't mean I would defend Jax as a person. I absolutely do not think she is anything other than abusive towards others. but some of you are literally making shit up to be mad about, and I'm tired of it. me saying "hey this didn't happen, can we maybe hate on this character for things they actually did" is NOT the same as saying "nothing this character did has ever been abusive actually, you're just lying". also, implying that someone is dangerous or predatory because they like FICTION that is NOT REALITY is absolutely insane, and I can't believe this is something that has happened more than once in this fandom.

anyways. for obvious reasons, I'm taking a long break from the TADC fandom. the only part of it I will be engaging with is on AO3. at least there, people are chill about these things. I can read about Jax going to therapy in peace over in fanfiction land. Gooseworx is a saint for continuing to interact with the fans after everything. we don't deserve her.

[cultofeth0s]

recent internet culture is so fascinating to me.

"NO HARASSMENT!! YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HARASS ANYONE, HARASSMENT IS BAD AND EVIL!!!!!!!1! oh but i'm allowed to spam people aggressively and tell people to kts in various gruesome and uncomfortable ways uwu it's ok when i do it"

like the double standards are so interesting. how come harassment is bad but everyone's allowed to do it inexplicably? where has this trend come from? cuz it's not even just directed at "bad people" anymore, so that excuse is out the fucking window. it's directed at literally everyone that any specific person doesn't like. false accusations of all the worst crimes in the world have skyrocketed within the past few years, suicide baiting and encouragement is literally everywhere now, we've graduated to literally making up reasons to dox people, shit has become increasingly insane.

why is everyone so goddamn antisocial?

[eddiebloombug]

users on this site need to get better at going “yuck” in their own heads and then scrolling on and directing their energy to something more productive

[alaskan-wallflower]

apparently ppl are saying the outsiders isn’t political. the literacy crisis cannot be that bad, man 🥀

i don’t go here anymore, but almost everything in the book is commentary on the politics surrounding the government response to classism and racism? (the musical discusses the latter more but it’s all the same story). ponyboy’s whole motive is wanting to get out of tulsa because of how divided the world feels due to class. im pretty sure another huge part of the book is that people mainly cared about bob’s murder because he was a soc. if he was a greaser, no one would’ve cared about his death. just like how nobody cared when dally died (outside of the gang i mean). and then the anti cop propaganda in dally’s assisted suicide. literally all of it is political commentary about how the government doesn’t give a fuck about the greasers because they’re poor and how the greasers are all considered hoods and criminals, even though you have characters like ponyboy and johnny who clearly aren’t. you don’t have to be a fan of the musical, but listen to justice for tulsa and tell me it’s not political as FUCK

i know i’m being really mean here and i don’t mean to be but like…this is like saying 1984 isn’t political.

[fandomhellforever]

Tumblr really is a hellsite BECAUSE AFTER SEVERAL DAMN YEARS

no one knows how to use anti tags.