When You Enter Your Best Friend In The Fandom But She/he Is Shipping Your NOTP

How To Leave A Fandom 101

1. you can’t.

hey ao3 can you like give the extra $38k you made from this month’s funds drive to charity

I figured I will throw in my 2 cents about the 13th Doctor’s impending announcement because opinions and all that. 

I think the announcement is a terrible idea. 

Firstly, there’s the obvious reason of how disrespectful it is to Peter. I’ve seen a lot written about that on here, so I’m not going to go on about it. He deserves better. 

The second reason is, there’s no way for this to be a positive thing for the show. We’ve all seen the fandom make judgements about new Doctors and companions before we’ve even seen them in character. Sometimes they’re positive, sometimes they’re negative. But the problem is they’re opinions based, not on how good the actor is as the Doctor (or a companion etc), but they’re based on how the actors look: age, skin colour, gender, etc. Sure, maybe some people will have an opinion based on the actor’s previous work, but there are going to be a lot of judgements flying around based simply on what we see on the surface. (I saw a lot of people calling Bill the “best companion ever” before we even got a trailer which seemed very premature to me - funnily enough, I think she’s actually become my favourite “main” companion in new Who). People are going to be judging 13 before we’ve even seen them in character. We’ve then got 5 months until we even see the actual regeneration scene and then several more months before the next series. How many fans are going to leave during that time? How many wars in the fandom are there going to be over whether the actor playing 13 is “problematic”? How many people will be spreading hate about the show because the new Doctor isn’t the “right” gender (ie, what they wanted)? Honestly, I think the fandom is just going to be a nightmare. Can we not reserve judgement (negative or positive) until we actually see 13 on the show? 

Following on from that point, one of two things is going to happen: 

1. The Doctor is male. This will be followed by a large number of fans boycotting the show and trashing it online because they’ve demanded a female Doctor. 

2. The Doctor is female. Then we’ll get the “the Doctor should only be played by a man” gang taking off and complaining about the show being “ruined”. 

Either way, a significant number of “fans” (I’m using the term loosely here) are going to leave. That’s not going to benefit the show in any way. It’s just going to hurt the fandom and the show. There is literally no way for Doctor Who to come out stronger after the announcement this week. We’re going to have a fractured fandom. It’s a lose/lose situation. Whoever they announce, no matter how great they are, is going to be universally popular in the fandom. People are going to be disappointed no matter who it is. 

And then the boycotts start because the next Doctor isn’t their idea of “right”. And you can bet that will be starting from the Christmas ep. They will be starting the boycott now which I think, again, is doing a huge disservice to Peter. He deserves to have an amazing send-off, not one that’s boycotted because people are unhappy about the next Doctor.

Here’s what I think they should do: 

- Keep 13 a secret

- Film a scene (proper scene, not a quick “I’ve got new kidneys” type scene) with 13. Something that gives us an idea of what 13 is like. 

- Either put it in the Christmas ep or as a trailer at the end 

- Most importantly, give Peter the respect and appreciation he deserves. Anyone can see that man has given Doctor Who his all. Regardless of your opinion of him/his Doctor/the writing etc, he has given so much to Doctor Who, and he gets nowhere near enough gratitude. 

I’ll see who the 13th Doctor is, because it’s going to be impossible to avoid that spoiler, but I’m going to say publicly here right now , I’m not making judgements about them, I’m not liking or disliking them or getting involved in any discourse about whether they’re right or not and I’m encouraging you all to do the same. They’re going out of my mind until after Christmas.  

It’s still 12′s time and that’s what I’ll be focusing on. 

Peter is the man of the moment!

5 Things

As tagged by @ittybittypearlygirly I know it’s late but I have a job and am preparing for a mission so tumblr went on the back burner

5 things you’ll find in my bag(usually I have a jacket of some sort the number of pockets varies but things I will have include

3 pairs of wireless headphones (I got a pair from my boss and they are like 10ish bucks at Walmart so I use them more than traditional headphones)

A portable battery for my phone (it’s not used often but it’s always there)

Pens( usually have 2 or 3 stuffed in random pockets)

Pocket knife (I tend to walk home from work I’m just a little paranoid about it)

Wallet (never leave home without it)

5 things you’ll find in my room:

Various posters from all my different fandoms and memorabilia hanging as well(my graduation cap, and eagle scout scarf. Tickets for school dances an entire shelf dedicated to stuff I’ve built or designed (I’m an engineer so…))

A cup of pens and multiple note pads (writer)

Overflowing bookshelves

A radio or speaker

Stuffed animals (my favorite is a dragon my girlfriend got me)

5 things that make me happy:

My paycheck (a steady income is something I’m still getting used to)

Reading

Music (this explains the headphone situation)

My friends (I relyed on them a lot more during my mental health struggle and they are always there for me (over a year since last major incident))

Orange Soda and Andes mints (my comfort foods)

5 things I’m currently into:

Doctor Who

Sherlock

Girl Meets world fanfiction (most of which involves Rilaya)

Descendants (slowly writing a collab fanfiction may post it later :/)

Tumblr

5 things on my to do list (guessing this means bucket list but mine is always changing so currently)

Go on a Mission (something my religion really focuses on)

Get married

Go to college (I have half of my associates in engineering)

Have a family

Don’t relapse (TW:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx used to self harm as of Jan 14 2018 I’m over a year clean it’s worth it)

5 people: @jellobugg and any other people who follow me that feel like doing this

I wonder if there are any people who I haven’t spoken to in years who still have me listed as a contact in their cell phone.

hi im bitter about people not commenting on fics. im sad seeing all these authors get so discouraged because no one comments. it takes like 5 seconds! just do it!! dont know what to type? me neither! heres some handy pre-written comments for you! “I dont know what to comment! That was great! thank you for your hard work!” “That was lovely! I really enjoyed this chapter/fic.” “How dare you?” “AAAAAAAAAAAAA” “Extra kudos because one is not enough!” if you read a fic and dont know what to say, leave the tab open, come back later! see if theres a line you really liked! tell them if it reminded you of something dumb! tell them if your roommate saw you crying while reading it and now your roommate is reading it!!! SHARE WHATEVER. BE INCLUSIVE! everyone wants to hear SOMETHING. silence kills passion. show authors you care! show artists you care!!!! 

“we live in an uncaring universe” yeah dude and I live in an uncaring house. and I shit in an uncaring toilet. but do you touch an uncaring lover? do you comfort an uncaring child? do you guide to sleep each night a cold and uncaring self?

What does it take to teach a bee to use tools? A little time, a good teacher and an enticing incentive. Read more here: http://to.pbs.org/2mpRUAz

Credit: O.J. Loukola et al., Science (2017)

"Why can't the freaks on AO3 just go and make a site for all the gross stuff and leave AO3 alone."

Because AO3 is that site. Because AO3 was that site long before you decided AO3 was better than the sites you bullied us off of before, and I can promise you if someone somehow comes up with a fanfic site you like better specifically for the 'gross stuff' you'll try to bully us off that too so you can benefit from it.

AO3's specific core purpose is to preserve fanfiction, yes, but it was also instigated as a host site for the fanfiction that kept getting yeeted off other platforms like Wattpad. Its designed to preserve all fanfiction, not just the fanfiction you, personally, think is 'allowed' to be written.

AO3 is the site for all the gross stuff the freaks make. We've been there just as long as you. We've been funding it just as long as you have. AO3 has specifically said you have a place here. The timeline was literally:

Wattpad/FF.net/LiveJournal purge fanfics > AO3 is born > The people who's fics got purged moved over to AO3 > AO3 gains popularity as the best functioning site > The people who pushed for the fics to be purged off Wattpad move to AO3 > The same people try to push for AO3 to purge fics.

AO3's source coding is open-access. You go make a polished, strict, rigid site where nothing 'icky' is allowed. You go make a site where you can control what is hosted. We already have our space.

can someone please be proud of me like fuck I’m trying