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WHAT BRANDON ROGERS VOICES BLITZO AHAHAHAHAHA BRB IM GONNA WATCH THE EPISODES AGAIN

I wasn't aware of this up until now, thank you for sharing this

okay you know what? i’m gonna say it.

i appreciate akimi yoshida’s work as a writer and i love banana fish. that being said, i think some of the shit she’s pulled is absolutely deplorable and i won’t stand for it.

for starters, she’s sent out this awful message that trauma survivors are always going to be confined to their past, which we’ve seen being conveyed through her reasoning behind ash’s death. for those of you who don’t know what i’m talking about, she’s basically said that there was no chance that ash could have had happiness, mainly because of everything he’s been through. (fuck that, by the way. if you’re a trauma survivor, know that there is happiness in store for you, regardless of anyone else’s opinions.)

secondly, we have the bury your gay trope, as many people have already pointed out. that’s just deeply homophobic. i don’t think i need to go into detail with this one, we all know how banana fish ends. 

she also villainized her main protagonist, claiming that he was nothing but a “murderer,” and going by the eye-for-an-eye ideology. she said that if he killed, he deserved to be killed in return.

next. she paired up a 30-something-year-old with a 20-something-year-old. now you might think that’s okay, but it’s not. why? because said 30 y/o knew said 20 y/o when the latter was a child. is it still okay? yeah, didn’t think so.

yoshida also used substantially racist caricatures similar to the anti-black portrayals of black people in the media.

then we have the absolutely horrifying spectacle that is the official art of blanca x ash. the main theme of banana fish is the effects of pedophillia and child sex trafficking, and how appalling the whole concept is. we’ve seen throughout the storyline how big of an impact it has had on the main protagonist. despite this, yoshida published art that depicted blanca (a full-grown, adult male) and ash (a child, at the time) being intimate. there have been no official comments made as to what exactly was going on in said art, but fans have speculated that it could be symbolic. we won’t go into detail of that right now, but i think we can all agree that this whole situation is extraordinarily self-contradictory.

i think yoshida is a good writer and i love this incredible story she’s given us, with all these amazing, complex characters. however, i do not agree with any of her reasoning and quite frankly, i think it’s disgusting.

feel free to add on if you have any more points

Yet another AO3 bot situation - please spread the word!

Hi, it's me again, the person who wrote that viral post about fanfiction plagiarism! Today I'm here to warn you about abuse perpetrated by bots who have stolen AO3 usernames.

There's currently an epidemic of bots going around leaving (apparently random) horrible, hateful comments on people's fics. This isn't the first time bots have invaded AO3, but the big problem with this wave is that they're using real AO3 usernames to do it.

I learned about this when another writer contacted me after receiving the following comment on their story:

Now, while that is my username, I DEFINITELY did not leave this comment (and anyone who would leave something like that on a fic should be slapped! What an awful thing to post). This fic is in a completely unrelated fandom that I have never participated in, nor has that author participated in any of my fandoms, so the probability of it being some intentional fandom drama thing to make me look bad is also low.

The writer whose fic the comment was left on enlisted the aid of some friends and tracked down other guest comments with unrelated usernames attached, which is pretty strong evidence that they are being left by bots at random.

The TL;DR: If you receive a cruel comment from a (Guest) with an actual AO3 username attached, it's most likely from a bot. Please do not lash out at or dogpile the AO3 user who owns that name, and who in all likelihood has no idea that their name has been hijacked for evil.

If finding this kind of comment on a fic, even left by a bot, is likely to upset you, I would recommend changing your comment settings so that only users who are logged in can leave comments. To do this, edit your story settings, and under "Privacy," select the radio button that says "Only registered users can comment," as shown below.

Please spread the word to other AO3 users! And if you see mean guest comments on other fics, maybe let the author know that it's probably from a bot and not a real person who thinks their writing is bad.

RANT RANT RANT!!!!

New episode(ep 33) of Valdemar route wasn't loading at all!!! so I kept closing and opening the app then I reinstalled it as a last resort!!! But!!! my!!!! account!!! lost!!! all!!! data!!!

hearts that i collected from logging in daily so i could donate it to Ronelle!!! GONE!!!

the new Valdemar episode that I wanted to play!!! LOCKED!!!

ok so while writing this I checked my account again and thought REALLY HARD cuz when you have an account your data is saved automatically.....but mine's gone....so it's possible that I didn't log in at all in the first place?

was about to blame it all on dorian but nvm

THIS AO3 AUTHOR IS TOO SWEET FOR THIS WORLD

The author of this fanfic I was subscribed to took a break and I left comments on every one of their chapters because it's just THAT GOOD and this is one of their replies to my comment after their break:

I covered my username cuz I feel it will ruin the overall wholesomeness of the message XD anyways, maybe it's cuz I'm mentally exhausted but I cried akdasjkd they left such sweet words😭 they leave sweet replies like this to every one of our(readers) comments btw, they deserve everything (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)♡

OMFG

I MADE SOMETHING TERRIBLE

Why Mikannie? a thread;

GOTHCASA AND ANNIEPUNK= EMO/GOTH POWER COUPLE

ENEMY TO LOVERS ANGST FLUFF NEED I SAY MORE

Bottom vibe but Top Mikasa(she is often portrayed in anime as submissive to eReH but NO in the manga Mikasa is a badass woman who deeply cares for her friends I won't accept any arguments against my claim thankyou very much), Top vibe but Bottom Annie(duh)

They both had a traumatic/sad childhood involving their parents, that's why they can understand what each of them has gone through, and hence find comfort in each other.

They're both often seen as cold, unemotional, and apathetic but NO they are SOFT INSECURE CUTIEPIES WHO CARES SO MUCH AND NEEDS REASSURANCE and badass women who can speak for themselves when needed. Perfect fucking match, I tell you.

Mikannie living together BYE tell me that's not cute and perfect I double triple DARE YOU

whew anyways ship Mikannie for good vibes have a good one bitches

I just wanted to remind y'all that Hange likes cats.

Te cutest thing you're going to see today

Credit @/levi_Ackerman on instagram

I made a miu404 quiz if anyone wants to try hehehehe

When your hyperfixation is so specific you can only squeal in excitement internally when all you want to do is talk about it to someone who's a fan too (⁠´⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠.̫⁠ ⁠.⁠ ⁠`⁠)