if it feels like something has happened to the amount of content/participation/enthusiasm of a fandom you once loved, consider not WHERE the people went but WHY they left. maybe they got sick of the in-fighting. maybe the source material no longer provided them enough inspiration to keep creating. maybe they’d rather not live in a world where the only voices that are valid are the ones that subscribe to the One Pure Ship and black and white morality that fandom here now seems to hold as a crutch for exploring real issues.
maybe people are hiding on other websites because they’re just so damn tired of discussing fandom shit on tumblr (I know I am)
ok fam, let’s be honest here and say as a fandom we haven’t done enough to properly represent Lardo in live action graphics and edits. Lots of people are guilty of it, I myself have learned that the importance of fact checking other people’s casts before using them myself. We’ve fucked up, and now we know better.
However! Knowing better doesn’t mean that now you can’t use Lardo in edits at all. What it DOES mean is that we owe it to ourselves, our fellow fans, and fandom as a whole to do better in cast her.
And today I bring to you our solution:
Ngô Thanh Vân
her anglicized name is Veronica Ngo
Does she look familiar to you? She might, she plays Paige Tico in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
She’s a wonderfully versatile actress
AND in case it wasn’t already apparent. She IS Vietnamese.
there’s a lot to cover so grab some popcorn and peruse at your leisure
Tumblr Exclusives
Song Selections (more recs in the tag)
Love Like You, Come As You Are, Adele and Colors, Miserable, For Reasons Unknown, Rock Steady, Hollaback Girl, Call Me Call Me, I Haven’t Been Taking Care of Myself, In Too Deep, Syre and Sasquatch, Mary Go Round, Jackie and Wilson, Someone New,
Meta & Snippets
Cuban Nursey, SMH’s Favorite NHL Teams, Kent & Catholicism, Yale/Samwell Parallels , Lardo/Binary Opposition, The Hockey Prince and the Golden Knight, CP Moral Alignment, Kent & Lardo being bi, Jack & Szechuan Sauce, Punk AU bits (1 , 2 , 3), SMH & the 2017 playoffs, Nursey’s ‘Chill’, Semiotics in Fandom Texts, Farmer on NurseyChow, Chowder on ‘Asian’ cuisine/Food Network, Semiotics in Fandom texts (Parsepositive), Economics of Fandoms pt. 1, Kent/Recovery, Moving on, SMH Greek Life Parallels, SMH and going home, Dex on Kesha, BittyRans and studying, Tadpole Alter Servers (religion cw), Bitty being a gross college dude (or how I met @oluranurse), Foxtrot &Holster on fic, Let Chowder Make Mistakes,
Writing Meta
Tips & Tricks on Dialogue, Writing Style, Editing v Flinging, World Building and Characterization,
Pre-Pimmbits BittyParse, NurseyRans, Holster with amnosia, Ain’t Nobody Hurt You Like I Hurt You (Jack in GL), NurseyDex/House of Leaves, NurseyJack, NurseyChow, LardoRansom, Kent/Lardo, Kent’s Britney Breakdown (implied self-harm, ED mention), Zimbits, BittyParse (implied bitty/kent/jack/jeff, pregnancy cw), BittyParse (implied pimmbits), GoosePerry (ace off OCs), Troyson (disassociation), Troyson (dsyphoria, period cw),
Ship/World Building
BPD Nursey, Deximbits, Grand Larsony, Listen Up (RPF RP fic), Ace Off, Fake RPF Verse (prequel to Listen Up),
Bullet Fics
Adventures in Kit Sitting, JackShit Soulmates, GL Prequel (Lardo’s POV), Perry/Carter (ace off OC’s), Grand Larsony (bdsm cw),
Fic Ideas
AU Bullets
Friends (V 1.0) , Brooklyn 99, IT Crowd, Friends (V 1.5) , Ice Princess, Better off Dead,
Still Stirring (NurseyChow), It’s a Latin@ Thing (Nursey & Tadpoles), Turn Your Love (Nursey & Kent)
OMGCP Festival of Women
Just Feeling Low (Lamilla), WOCP Zine
Charmer Week
The Mixed Tape
Ransom Week
One Dance (Holsom), the same songs with the same old rhymes, And I promised I’d be there, with waves of this feeling (JackRans breakup), call me when you hear this song,
Kent Parson Birthday Bash
The People Who Leave Us (see below), Drive on through the Night (back home)
Dex Rarepair Week
Seriously Just Stop (DexHoltz), Drowning Slowly (Farmer/Dex implied self harm), Tuesday Afternoons with Dex (Snowy/PT!Dex post-injury), Where did that come from? (Whiskey/Dex/Tango), you sent this hurricane now it won’t go away, Follow Your Arrow (Farmer/Dex, implied transphobia), You Have a Sister Right? (poly d-men), Early Mornings (LardoDex), For the Life of Me (polyfarms), There is a Cost (deximbits), You are the Sunlight (DexParse), It’s not in the way we talk it’s in the way we feel (LardoDex), I admit that I was wrong and you were right (polyfarms & DexParse), Passionate from miles away (DexRans), What’s mine is Yours (DexRans), I can’t take this place (deximbits), Get out of my chair, Dillhole (DexHoltz), let me paint you a picture (DexParse),
Heartbreak Fest
You’ve Become My Ceiling (Pimms, past ShittyParse, MCD)
OMGCP Women Week
I’m crawling to your shores (FoxFarmer), Electric Feel (Thirdy/Carrie)
Chowder Week
Holdin’ Tight and Sleepin’ at Night (NurseyChow), His Mother’s Tongue, Frankie, Let’s Come Closer,
Swawesome Santa
a little less human, a little more real (ParseGoose, ace off OC)
Other one Shots
The Best Soy Latte You’ve Ever Had (and me) ~ BittyHoltz, 4.8k
Chasing Shadows ~ NurseyLardo, 1.4k
Maybe it’s Alright ~ BittyParse, 1.6k
Swear I’m Good at this ~ Foxtrot (gen) 1.9k
4 Exits (to your apartment) ~ BittyParse, 1.5k
Life Will Be Gravy ~ Polyfarms (trans Farmer, emotional hurt/comfort) 1.2k
Mouth Problems ~ Nursey & Dex, 1.9k
Scared of Getting Good ~ FoxFarmer, 1.4k
be with the one that you love ~ BittyParse 1.3k
You Whisper Like a Ghost ~ Pimms, 4.2k
The Distance Between Us (sharpens me like a knife) ~ LardoKent, past ShittyxLardo, 2.1k
Does the Mirror World Go On Forever ~ Holsom (pregnancy cw), 1.3k
Riding Your Fears ~ Nursey & Dex, 1.7k
You’re a part time lover (and a full time friend) ~ LardoTater (pregnancy cw), 3k
look, I love all the rarepairs. And I don’t want people to stop writing them.
But if you think Dex is the only white guy in the cast who needs to unlearn racism in order to be with a non-white partner, I need you to take a step back and think again. And then I’d love to see y’all acknowledge that more in your fics. It’s not the job of a COC to put emotional labor into teaching their white partner how to be a better person and/or validating them as “not being racist”.
2017 was really hectic, but I can’t thank my wonderful friends enough for making it one of the raddest years yet. You’ve all been so kind, supportive, and frankly hilarious. There’s lots of people that made my year, but here are the people nearest to my heart.
and to all of my mutuals, I hope 2018 is filled with nothing but warmth, kindness, opportunity, and growth for you! (Feel free to DM me whenever, I’m always happy to hear from y’all)
