Yoyo Went From Irritating Me To Being The Only One Making Sense Regarding Coulson. She Was The Only One

the wicked movie teaches important moral lessons like "be bisexual in college" and "don't trust politicians" and "if you push someone who's in a wheelchair without their permission, someone might throw a bench at your head with their mind"

APOTHECARY DIARIES MY POOKIES MAOMAO AND JINSHI AND PINK HAIRED CONCUBINE OMFGGGGG

"Cait is a bad person!!" "Everything was better without Vi!!" "Jayce was wrong!!" "Vi was a bad big sister!!!" "Jinx is a bad person!!"

Oh my god. Every single character is flawed. Because everyone as humans are flawed. Believe it or not no single character in that show is entirely perfect or entirely evil and that's why it's beautiful.

I was thinking. Chloe Gong would fucking EAT UP a prequel

Put Mel and Caitlyn in the studio and you're getting Peggy by Ceechyna

put vi and Jayce in the studio and you're getting a 13 Yr old boys first rap on SoundCloud

okay so I'm a chronically online teenage girl who loves analysing anything and everything and recognizing patterns with people. And there's several things I've noticed as of late. and this may be all over the place because it is late but I need to get this out of my head and put it somewhere. this is also a long post I'm so sorry

The rise of Whataboutism, fandom spaces becoming main stream and how it ties to the internet. (I fear this may be already talked about but wtv please let the other analytical people find this and discuss with me)

So there's this phenomenon I've noticed on TikTok (please don't come for me but I've noticed it's largely Americans too) with Whataboutism. I'm going to use a more literal example that I've seen with my own two eyes. Someone will post a recipe and it will contain coriander. Someone will comment "what if I don't like coriander?" (I've noticed this especially on non-western recipes too) Or someone will draw a beautiful ship fanart and someone will comment "love the art hate the ship!" Or "imagining this is x ship"

And it drives me (and others probably) insane because just scroll, don't comment.

ANYWAYS how does this tie to fandom spaces?

Well recently since around 2020 I have noticed fandom spaces growing larger. (I have been in fandoms, using wattpad since 2018 I believe HP girlie's unite) And it makes sense everyone was inside so we could only engage with others online and therefore already established online communities would grow larger. However this also meant that people who have never engaged in fandoms are now joining. Which means fandoms are becoming largely mainstream. Even "mainstream" fandoms becoming more mainstream like marvel, DC and Harry potter.

And this isn't only limited to fandoms I've noticed this with reading now too.

I started watching MHA back in 2020 and let me tell you the fandoms were shit. Then in early 2021 I discovered the dreamsmp and oh my god that was another shit show. Everyone was online and that meant everyone was in this vacuum of "contraversies" it gave me a headache I remember literally only using discord and YouTube bc of all the drama.

okay sidebar done sorry.

What does newer fandom members mean? Well it means people who haven't engaged in fandom culture are now reacting in a new way to this new community. Which leads to ship wars blown out of proportion and people getting wayyy too involved. And people posting spoilers. Yes fandoms spaces are a fun way to engage with other people who have similar interests as you especially if you don't have many people who share the same interests. But this also means people live in a bubble where you are only engaging in like minded individuals and not talking to others who oppose your thoughts and opinions. Which is important to grow as a person. (I know fandoms are meant to be fun but if you're critiquing media you have an opinion and opinions can change)

this is sounding so pro conservative IM SORRY I'M SOUTH AFRICAN I'M NOT AMERICAN NOT PRO CONSERVATIVE I'm just trying to say listen to other people in fandoms with an open mind when they talk abt why they may ship or dislike a ship. That relates to anything and everything too regarding opinions, theories etc.

As we know the internet is a vacuum and algorithms mean you will see content you like. So you will only engage with like minded individuals. So you will not generally hear thoughts, feelings, opinions of other fandom members unless you go searching for it. It's a similar phenomenon to the gym bro/trad wife to alt right pipeline. So on top of your internet being directly curated to you. Meaning you essentially live in a bubble both online and in real life. You're also becoming increasingly individualistic. Resulting in shit like "Well I don't like this ship so this doesn't concern me" okay fair but babes scroll. Like it genuinely confuses me why people don't just scroll, even when I was even more chronically online than I am now I would just not interact with shit I didn't fuck with? wtv I wna touch on reading spaces since I've been into reading since birth

Also there was the "reading isn't political" bit a while ago. Which is so fucked. I think fandom culture and generally "nerdy" hobbies and interests becoming mainstream due to online spaces growing in 2020 did a number on already troublesome fandoms. Like the does it contain smut thing on TikTok. People liked reading smut as a relaxer which fair, so they joined online communities to find more book recs and other people. Which made reading as a hobby grow and dark romance grow in popularity. This then led to a once relatively small portion of the overall book internet community growing into something much larger. And because the internet is a vaccum this meant they were only being recommended smut books or they just enjoyed it. But didn't consume in moderation so obviously they got a bit addicted. So now they were in other spaces within the book community. I understand that reading for some is a form of escapism however you cannot turn off your brain while reading, this is not a show. I actually cannot relax in any way while reading or watching a show because I am analyzing and paying attention. Reading will always be political because in some parts of the world you weren't allowed to read because you are a woman. ALSO I understand these communities existed beforehand and I'm not trashing smut (I like reading smut as much as the next person) But now because of the overwhelming popularity of these different spaces and as well as these people living in vaccums it's becoming a tad insane.

I'm losing braincells I'm so sorry I feel like I'm rambling.

OVERALL

living in a bubble is bad for your brain. Give your brain a break maybe indulge in other hobbies where you can switch off your brain. like baking or running or gardening. I also think this has ties to seratonin and being stuck inside making us all sad so this stuff gave/ gives us our dopamine hits so we get too emotionally involved. But even though I am in a biology elective I am wayyy too uneducated to delve deeply into that. Anyways touch grass and realise nothing (regarding fandoms) is ever that deep and in a few months/ years you'll wonder why you were so high strung abt this stuff. If you like reading take a break from the smut, read a whodunit, (me personally I love Hercule Pirot) and touch grass.

Also if you thinking reading isn't political crack open a history book about a topic but from opposing sides and tell me its not political. Read a poem.

SPOILERS FOR APOTHECARY DIARIES S2 EP16/17

YOURE TELLING ME

I WAS FUCKING RIGHT?

I KNEW IT I KNEW ITTTTTT

If I'm right again, I'll be so happy. Because it can't be a coincidence that Suisi started to "work" there around the same time as concubine loulan came to the rear palace

ALSO ALSO ALSO

you're telling me (bangs table) YOURE FUCKING TELLING ME THEY BAITED US WITH THE SISTERLY TRIO AND IT WORKED??

I'm so like AGAGGAGAG because it feels as though Shisui does not want to do whatever they are doing

JINSHIS REACTION TOO? His real genuine self coming out? AGAHAGGAGA IM GNAWING AT THE BARS OF THIS CAGE IM IN. He's genuinely concerned and right to be because MAOMAO IS KIDNAPPED. I hope he figures out its related to the attempts on his life because is it not such a brilliant coincidence that there seems to be a foreign envoy in that village. What was foreign recently you ask? THE GUN USED TO SHOOT AT JINSHI IS WESTERN MADE

Ohhhhh MY GODDDDD

ALSO, Gyokuyou's pregnancy? Is she giving birth, and Maomao won't be there? Im stressed for her omfg a breach pregnancy back in those days were rough and haveing a cesarean meant the mothers life is at risk.

GUYS IM STRESSEDDDD

Feeling very opinionated tonight (when am I ever not feeling opinionated)

Stranger Things began to flop when they decided it would be a good idea for fans to have to wait years in between seasons AND split up season 4 into 2 parts. Like what show does that. (I also believe this format will be the downfall of netflix in a few years' time)

Also, I think season 1 stranger things was its peak. It's gone downhill (story wise and quality wise) since then. The Duffer brothers should have kept it as an anthology series.

"Mel is a bad person she manipulated jayce"

Ekko, at the unripe age of 10/11, scammed him, and Jayce still didn't make the connection years later when meeting Ekko again.

ALSO, SO WHAT? She is a politician. That is what they do. They manipulate people to achieve their own agenda. Luckily, the outcome was mutually beneficial for both of them. It was mutually beneficial. Meaning it was not a parasitic relationship like ambassa and cait, for example.

Jayces whole characterisation is that he is an idealistic genius. Yes, he's intelligent but in the field of science. He had not spent his life navigating the realm of politics like Mel had. He is a gullible person. That is what they showed us in the very first episode when ekko scams him.

Mel manipulated jayce yes HOWEVER that does not mean the relationship was manipulation, too. TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE.

Also, most likely, if Jayce failed again, Mel would also be risking a lot. She would most likely lose credibility among the council and even lose her position as Counciller. Granted, she is intelligent and thought the reward outweighed the but still. She was also risking her position by backing him.

That's all i gotta say. I'm so tired of the Mel hate the only valid hate against her is her not doing anything to help Zaun.

Daniel Molloy has never been more relatable than when he visibly has the slow-sinking realization "Oh no, this man is about to forgive his boyfriend for all of it"