#fandom musings

[neokamui414]

Venn diagrams are fun.

[transgwender616]

Making a post about a character and someone whose pfp is that character liking the post is better than having a 1000 notes. The #1 authority on blorbo agrees with my take on blorbo and I think that's neat.

[kareenvorbarra]

can’t believe it took me this long to start watching Xena. it brings together so many of my interests, such as

Women

romantic and sexual tension between women

cheesy 90s genre tv

female characters with storylines that are almost always given to male characters

Bulgarian folk music

[vhen-harel]

Reading some of the comments about Solas in the DA Survey is fascinating because the perspectives are so wildly different.

Group A: Solas is easy to get along with. You literally just have to ask him questions, which is a completely normal thing to do when you first meet someone and want to get to know them - or when you discover someone is knowledgeable about a subject that you happen to be curious about.

Group B: Oh my god, Solas is so egotistical! He only likes questions about things that interest him, he makes it all about him! You have to suck up to him because all he cares about is himself!

Meanwhile, nearly every question you ask the other companions is also about them and the things that matter to them. So I suppose they must all be just as egotistical too.

The contrast is so funny.

[scottxlogan]

I miss the days of fandom when fandom was a community. When I first joined Tumblr I met people from all over the world in the fandoms I was in who wanted to engage and interact with other fans no matter how fandom 'popular' they were or they weren't. Everyone was excited to be a part of their fandom community no matter how big or small it was. People wanted to talk about what they loved, what they were doing in terms of creation and what they were loving. Now fandom feels like being locked in a faraway place of isolation where no one wants to engage or form a sense of community. If they do, it's on a discord server that artists and authors know nothing about (or in the case of newer fans they aren't welcome) and it's become a very lonely thing. I know that life is busy. Mine is too and I'll be the 1st to say I have a constant string of 24/7 stress right now but oh I miss the days of fandom escapism where people actually wanted to interact and engage in fandom fun. Idk just been strange and I never thought that fandom would become such a lonely place.

[sistrgldenhair]

I watched the pilot episode live back in the day. TXF is my original fandom and it’s crazy to revisit some of these episodes. In some I had previously loved now I see some problematic storylines. Others I never bothered to rewatch are amazing.

I’m much more Scully-centric now. I mean I obviously always loved her but Mulder was the focus. Now I’m rolling my eyes right along with her at times.

I’m at the point in my rewatch where Fight the Future is next and while I didn’t find it in my stash of old media, I did find these old video tapes and book. I used to have all the magazine spreads too - I’m going to have to search for those next

[cutekittenlady]

The funny thing about Starscream, and that i think is an enduring quality of his character that's helped make him popular, is that he is both a cunning and competent threat AND a comedic butt monkey who is never as impressive as he thinks he is.

And that seems contradictory to some people but I think, when done in right combination, it makes for some of the best portrayals of his character.

See, I think Starscream is a character I could classify as having what I call Vegeta Syndrome™ named, of course, for Vegata from DBZ to describe a character who is smart and confident and is capable of being a real threat but whose personal vices (stuff like pride, ego, impatience, selfishness, etc) result in their own downfall.

Basically i think Starscream, in various continuities, is intelligent, cunning, has the public speaking skills to sway people to his side, and is a genuinely powerful fighter. All traits that make him a genuinely deadly threat. But because he's also narcissistic, cowardly, egotistical, and frequently impatient he frequently fails in what he sets out to do by his own hand.

I don't even think I'm the first person to notice this. I swear I've seen other fans point out that if Starscream had someone like Soundwave's personality he'd be a MUCH deadlier threat that was way harder for the autobots, let alone megatron, to put down.

But the thing is that him being like this is what makes him stand out amongst the other decepticons! He has a degree of bombastic personality that a lot of the typical members of decepticon command tend to not have. And as an antagonist, the fact that Starscreams failures are frequently self inflicted is oddly satisfying. LIke, you the audience know that if he had just kept his ego in check or been more patient or had been willing to brave a dangerous situation, he'd have come out on top. The fact that he doesn't is a clear character flaw that makes his failures feel deserved.

[byshayana]

When writers tell you that they write because they love writing, they're lying. I write because my ideas tear me apart like hungry dogs, and the only way to feed them is to make them bite someone else.