Fandom Problems - Blog Posts

guys do we need to have the "sam wilson is not [insert romantic interest]'s therapist" talk again 😕? Because I'm seeing many fics about sam comforting bucky but almost none the other way around. Especially with karli literally dying in his arms yall the opportunities are there you just don't want to take them atp 😭 (btw if anyone could reccomend some authors that write sam being taken care of that would be much appreciated)

Lil vent

Something people never want to talk about is how bad the hate for bkdk gets to the point where shippers feel like they have to pretend they support other ships—especially Izuocha—just to avoid harassment. Like, do you realize how messed up that is? Imagine not being able to openly talk about your favorite ship without getting dogpiled, blocked, or called slurs, unless you throw in a “btw I also support Izuocha!” as a shield. That’s not normal fandom behavior, and it doesn’t happen at this scale with almost any other ship.

Bkdk shippers are constantly told they’re delusional, toxic, fetishizing, or “forcing a queer narrative,” and then when someone claps back with “if you’re homophobic just say so,” everyone loses their mind like that’s the worst thing that’s been said. Meanwhile, people have literally had to delete accounts, private their art, or stop talking about the ship at all just to feel safe online.

So no—it’s not that bkdk shippers “can’t handle disagreement.” It’s that they’ve had to build walls and disclaimers around themselves because the level of hate isn’t just “I don’t like this ship,” it’s targeted. And if you’re ignoring that reality and only focusing on one sentence in a post that calls out toxic fandom behavior, maybe take a step back and think about who’s really ruining the fun here.

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Don't you fucking love it when you go to lay down for bed and you get bombarded with fic ideas that you will never end up using? I got no sleep because I kept thinking about a Phineas and Ferb/ Animaniacs/ Pinky and the Brain crossover. Help me.

Most of the ppl who are anti/dislike Salvis and salash be like: i don't like this ship bc for me it doesn't make sense/is toxic. But i'll not harass u if you like it, just dni with me

Most of the ppl who are anti/dislike larrysher be like: "i hope you don't have siblings, you're weird. Lol", "that's gross asf", "if you ship it, you should kill yourself" (haha, harass)

Emphasis on "almost" because I don't know what everyone in the world is like (obviously), and I'm also not counting the old fandom in the post. Also, this is just the majority of the people I see (all of them tbh). Btw, all the things written in the second paragraph are actually things I heard lol

Today I found a video on Tik Tok of someone using a very well done fanart of Sal from here on Tumblr (and probably on Pinterest too) to exude hatred towards other people in the fandom because of the ships and opinions. I know this fandom was never the greatest saint, but I feel like it used to be better than this. I also know that I'm not exactly a saint on this subject either, but the difference is that today I'm trying to change, but that's still a bad thing, yk?

I don't know, I just feel bad because this fandom was supposed to be a place where I felt good and comfortable (even because SF is my favorite and comforting game) and seeing that nowadays this fandom is like this makes me feel bad. Idk, maybe i'm just too sensitive

Help! I've fallen down a fandom rabbit hole and I can't get up!

Literally though, I've been completely useless the past couple weeks🤦‍♀️

I don't have fictional crushes, I have fictional "children". I see a character that most people would simp for and I mentally adopt them. Most of the time these characters are WAY older than me (sometimes several centuries) but do I care? Of course not don't make me laugh! I see a character in need of love and support, a damaged and hurt bean and I say MINE! I have done this more times than I can remember and if I did tally up my many fictional kids I'd have enough for a substantial orphanage. I have taken the meaning of mom friend to whole new level.

self-gatekeeping, where I'm like 'I haven't been into this long enough/haven't seen all of this/don't know the people behind this -what if it's actually problematic', so I refuse to wear merch, or show fanart

I wanna contribute to fandom/s, but I don't wanna be involved with fandom/s, do you see my problem?