#ibiohexacrypt

[notasithlord-blog]

ibiohexacrypt replied to your post “star wars fandom: we love hero/villains ships like rey/kylo and...”

i'm sure the bor gullett/bodhi fandom is thriving somewhere

t*ntacles will never be as sexy as cassian/the texture of jabba 

[jedihafren]

@ibiohexacrypt she totally hates him. He's always cheerful and impossible, even at five am and nobody should be that awake at five in the morning if they don't have to be. And he always goes out of his way to talk to her, and why is her life like this?

[haydennation]

Young Hayden is 80% hair, 20% boy. 👦🏼💇🏼‍♂️

LMFAOOOO, I’m screaming.

[captainofthetidesbreath]

ibiohexacrypt

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“Generally, I also don’t understand how broadly, it’s acceptable to...”

I don't really produce content that has ever gotten criticized in this manner but from what I understand, the feeling among these fans is that any criticism always comes with the implied that they have to take their work down etc. which is why it's so closely linked with anti-censorship. I.E. as fans you don't have the power to force published authors to burn all copies of their work and never write again but you can run fanfic writers out of fandom.

Frankly, it does happen that published authors are pressured to never write again. Professional creatives do often never produce again because of severe backlash against bigoted views in the content they produce. Real people become pariahs because they’ve argued on behalf of toxic and bigoted views. It happens all the time. It does actually happen. Their first work still exists, but they never produce anything again.

And, really, there is a difference between criticism and calling for persons to remove their work entirely. I’ve no advice on how to get around the feeling that all harsh criticism is an implied call to take down a work, because there’s no way around that. But they’re just simply not the same thing.

I do understand the fear that people will be run out of communities because people think all content should be pure or whatever. I do understand it. I do understand the idea that certain content is unacceptable has been used to oppress persons. I know, I know, and I don’t support that. But, as I always say, there are certain bigoted and harmful things that are unacceptable and that we should agree are harmful.

But, I’m mostly worried about this line of argument allowing the worst kinds of people and beliefs infiltrating and thriving in fandom spaces, because of the idea that you cannot under any circumstances criticize people for what they produce. At what point do we sacrifice the health of the community to protect a single content creator who writes something virulently racist? At what point do we force people to allow those who promote open homophobia to thrive in their communities?

It’s difficult to say it without sounding alarmist or unreasonable or whatever, but frankly, there are honestly some things that do deserve a response as harsh as being turned out of the community. Should we be running people out for silly things, definitely not, but for example, if you write a series of works that are blatantly racist and homophobic and supportive of abuse and you don’t respond or change to any sort of criticism, becoming a pariah is a consequence. To say that nobody ever can be turned out of a fandom space for any reason, no matter how toxic or harmful they are, only endangers the entire community.

[hezenkoss]

61, 44, 8, 12, 33

8 and 12 answered

33. What species is your type?

Fun colored aliens! Chiss, Twi’leks, Pantorans, Togruta, (red) Zabraks, etc.

44. If you were a Droid, what Droid would you be?

Probably some sort of protocol droid who likes absorbing way too many useless facts

61. On a scale of 1-10 (1 being very little, 10 being an absolute know it all) how well do you know the Star Wars universe?

Ummm, maaybe a 7? I’m docking points for knowing pretty much nothing of video games that aren’t kotor/swtor, having read very few legends comics, and the fact that I’ve still only read maybe a quarter of Legends books. But hey, if we’re talking new canon, then I’ve pretty much got it all covered

I definitely know more than the average Star Wars fan (by…quite a lot, I’d say, if by average Star Wars fan you mean “person who’s only seen the movies”), but still not quite all the way there

okay so. because i was having trouble figuring out a scale, something like this? in which case i’ve bumped myself up to an 8? although the jump in actual time devoted from 9 to 10 is the same as the jump from 1 to 9 so this scale’s decidedly wonky, and of course some people will go after games and books and comics before tcw/rebels. but still, vaguely this

cultural osmosis only

seen one or possibly more movies, but years ago, barely remembered

seen only some of the movies, not all, but liked what they saw

seen all the movies

watched some of tcw and/or rebels and/or read a book or two

watched all of tcw and rebels

read a few books and/or comics and/or played a video game

has done multiple of the above

has read/played at least 50% of everything out there

consumed literally every piece of star wars media

[hezenkoss]

@sapphfoes replied to your post “my favorite thing about from a certain point of view being announced...”

ive never seen griffin mcelroy write fiction other than the adventure zone? but so many of the writers in that anthology r. v unexpected in a good way

i don’t think he has? not published, anyway. but there’s definitely an interesting assortment of authors in the mix, and i’m very curious to see what sort of stories we end up with (and also maybe some poc will end up writing novels for star wars? because that’s something they’re woefully lacking in right now)

@ibiohexacrypt replied to your post “@cassiansfuzzyjacket replied to your post “my favorite thing about...”

I'm excited for Nnedi Okorafor. I've read Who Fears Death and it was so good.

i’ve never read anything by her, i’ll check that out! i’ll probably grab some books by a few of the other authors, too, just to see what they’re like

[dazedclarity]

ibiohexacrypt replied to your post “I simultaneously worry that my reluctance to use the bisexual label is...”

i feel this struggle in my bones tbh. i like women a lot but i'm a textbook 'doesn't have the sexual history to back it up' kind of bi and i often feel like just being that way makes me harmful to other bisexuals and the struggle against biphobia by claiming the title. it's a mess. which is why for a good decade or so i just was like "i'm just a straight girl who is really into the idea of sex with other women, haha"

I’m sure you don’t need to hear this from me, but you know what they say...ya don’t have to have the action to prove anything about your sexuality!

And some of this adds to my confusion. I have made out with girls on my own volition (which is as far as I’ve been with a dude). But I don’t know how much of it was “lol drunk straight girls making out” or if I’m just socialized to think of it that way. I don’t feel that strong of urge towards women on the regular, it’s pretty individualized (but not in a demisexuality sort of way, ya know?). But in a sense my attraction towards men is that way too? Just that I am way more likely to be attracted to a man? idkkkkk

I just wish I could “be” and take what comes instead of feeling like I could be discrediting a label by taking or not taking it. 

[notasithlord-blog]

ibiohexacrypt replied to your post “Spoiler Shot of Finn and Rose Infiltrating the First Order Under...”

as....marty mcfly...?

And Dr. Brown. 

Look FO fans care more about cats than they do characters of color, it was the smart choice!