I’ve always wondered if God gets excited when we finally find the person He created us to be with. Or if He is watching and is like, “That was them! NO. NO. TURN AROUND! YOU MISSED THEM! THAT WAS THEM!”
“UGH, WHY ARE ALL MY OTPS WALKING BY EACH OTHER WITHOUT NOTICING!”
We are in a giant reality tv show and God and the angels are the fandom.
thunderstorms are nothing more than ship wars going on in heaven
(via ivyeyed)
A loving ode to tumblr, fandom, fanfic, and shipping, which I started and Moniquill pretty much finished for me. This is for you, tumblr.
This was a triumph
I’m making a note here: ASDFJK;LJfdsj
It’s hard to keep a lid on all these feels
tumblr fandoms
We ship what we do because we can
Any characters we want
Including ones that are dead
Cause there’s no sense crying over any sunk ship
Just ignore the canon, I will fix it with fic
Now the fanfic is done
And the flame war has begun
For the people who are still online
I’m not even angry
I’m being so sincere right now
Even though they killed my one true pairing
And tore it to pieces
And stomped on my broken, bleeding heart
As I flailed and cried and sobbed
I KNEW I HAD TO WRITE FIC.
Now the likes and reblogs make a beautiful line
Twenty notes already, that’s a pretty good sign
ETA, author’s note, it’s a sub, not a boat
For the shippers who are still online
Go ahead and scroll past
You horrible heartless empty shell.
This episode has killed me, I am ded now.
Ded like a ded thing.
My headcanon still gives me some hope.
Anyway, my fic is great
I bet your panties are moist.
Look at me still tumbling when there’s writing to do
Let me just reblog this— when’d it get to be 2:00?
There’s still fanfic to write
Guess I’ll stay up all night
For the people who are still online
And believe me I am still online
I’m browsing tumblr and I’m still online
I’m having feels and I’m still online
While you’re sleeping I’ll be still online
When you wake up I will be still onine
Still online
Still online#things that happen when you have been on tumblr for too long
WHAT. There is no such thing as ‘on tumblr for too long.’
(Unless it’s negatively affecting your meatspace obligations and stuff, of course.)
This is my letter to angry fanboys.
First, let it be known that I love most fanboys. When I go to a con, most of the guys there are respectful. They share a passion with me, and that’s awesome. We’re all on a rock floating through space with little connection to most of the people who surround us, so anything that allows us to bond is fantastic.
What I don’t love are angry fanboys (I wish there were a different word for them). I don’t love being scoffed at when I jump excitedly at finding a comic. I don’t love being told that, if I didn’t like something, it’s because it wasn’t “meant for chicks.” I don’t love the notion that I’m not a real fan because I have two X chromosomes and like to look at the Avengers cast. And I sure as hell don’t love my online interests (particularly shipping) being looked down on by the people who do this:
(Comment on a negative Rotten Tomatoes review of The Avengers.)
(Message in my inbox. Way to be an anonymous coward.)
(Comment on the the SHH boards.)
That last one’s fairly tame. It followed a (now deleted) comment that went something to the effect of this: “Tumblr is sick. I can’t even browse the Avengers tag because of all the fangirls posting porn.”
Well, you know what? I’m not sorry.
I’m not sorry my enjoyment of fandom is different from yours.
Maybe my time would be better spent bitching at reviewers and complaining that Black Widow made it to film before Ant-Man. But that’s not what I choose to do. I choose to draw. I choose to write fanfic. I choose to share podcasts and make comic book recommendations. I choose to be positive (when I’m not pissed of at people like you anyway).
I’m not sorry you sometimes stumble upon sexualized male characters.
You know why? Because of this:
(Zatanna’s new “costume”)
And this:
(Starfire)
And this:
(Heroes for Hire #13)
And, finally, this:
(Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Hawkeye, and TITS AND ASS!)
You get to ogle comic book characters constantly. You get to ogle movie characters constantly. And you know what? While I have a problem with the double standard in comics, that is your right. Women are sexy.
But if I want to put Iron Man and Captain America on the cover of The Notebook or pose them like Cyclops and Jean Grey, I’m going to do it. And I think I have the right to without being thought of as some sort of freak.
(Shameless self-promotion.)
How is the way I enjoy my hobby less healthy than the way you enjoy yours? How am I the one who’s inappropriate? I think it’s because I sexualize male characters instead of female ones.
I’m not sorry that makes you uncomfortable.
(“Leave the Avengers aloooonnneeeee!”)
(Wasp would never say this.)
I’m not sorry you’re a homophobe.
Actually, I kind of am. Exploring alternate sexual orientations isn’t “defamation of character.” It’s 2012, for crying out loud. I’m not a lesbian (or curious for that matter) but I can appreciate the Spider-Woman/Ms.Marvel pairing and the occasional Pepper/Natasha fic. The world of internet fandom has a lot to offer you if you let it.
I’m not sorry for shipping.
Shipping is glorious. I ship because it’s nice to think that these epic heroes have equally epic romances. Some of the fanfic out there is better written than a lot of comic books. Some of the fanart is better than real comic book art (looking at you, Rob Liefeld). Some of the things I ship are canon (Spider-Man/MJ). Others aren’t.
(Not canon.)
There’s a misconception that fangirls are only interested in male/male pairings. Some of them are, and who cares? That’s their right. But the assumption just isn’t true. There’s a reason Natasha/Clint is popular among movie fans. There’s a reason Tony/Pepper is popular. Those characters have boatloads of chemistry.
Then again, so do Loki/Thor, Tony/Bruce, and Tony/Steve. Don’t want ladies to overwhelmingly ship male characters together? Make a movie with more than one female lead. We can’t help it that The Avengers is a sausage party.
We are going to ship. We are going to ship loudly and proudly and there’s nothing you can do about it. I suggest you stop complaining and jump on the bandwagon. You might be surprised at how much you enjoy fangirls when you get to know us. We have a sense of humor. We have a sense of fun. We just happen to also have a strong sense of romance and a thing for attractive men.
So sue us.
(via chickwithmonkey)
Starting this with something I would never normally reblog because I know my followers don’t care, but
This is Gill and a rendition of the avatar I chose (called “Angela” or “Asami” because that’s her default name if you don’t change it) from Harvest Moon.
Gill just asked my on a date and we’re going to go to the Moon Festival tomorrow.
I am excited about this in-game development, so have some schmoopy fanart.
(via hellyeahharvestmoon)
enogitna asked: I'm totally guessing/hoping I didn't pick something outside your fandoms. choose between two ships: Harry/Hermione and Ron/Hermione choose between two shows: Dr Who and Sherlock choose between two celebs: actually I don't know any celebs choose between two characters: President Snow and President Coin
ships: Harry/Hermione and Ron/Hermione
Ron/Hermione. I was never a Harry/Hermione shipper. It’s not that I don’t see what other people see there, it’s just… how do I put this? In part it’s just that she chose Ron, and I want Hermione to get what she wants because I love her forever. And it part it’s that I love Harry to pieces and a lot of times I think he can be more sensitive and perceptive than Ron, but he’s also a lot angrier than Ron. He shouts and throws things and gets violent. Not that he would ever hurt anyone, but he lashes out in a way that Ron doesn’t. Ron says deeply insensitive and terrible things and can be kind of a dumbass, but he doesn’t really throw tantrums. And Harry needs someone who can hold up against that. Hermione often recoils; more than once in the series she went into some incredibly understandable retreating and sulking and biting her tongue when people were mistreating her (and just to be clear, I do not see this as a sign of weakness in the slightest. She was very brave). Harry needs someone like Ginny, who stands up to him more instinctively when he’s throwing a fit. With Ginny it’s clear that biting back is in her nature, whereas when Hermione bit back, it’s clear it was something she had to push herself to do. So I don’t think she and Harry are as a good match.
shows: Dr Who and Sherlock
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME?
OH MY GOD. I HATE YOU. THIS DECISION IS SHREDDING MY HEART.
I think Doctor Who might win here, despite the fact that I think Sherlock is a more consistently well-executed and just masterfully proficient show, in part just because there’s more of Doctor Who, and in part because Doctor Who has been around for me personally a lot longer, and mostly because Doctor Who treats women better (excepting the most recent season, ugh, Moffat we must have a chat). Doctor Who has a long legacy of really fantastic female characters, and they haven’t always been treated with all the respect they deserve, but it’s more than BBC Sherlock can say (and most adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, for that matter).
Let me put it this way, after campaigning seriously for John Watson in Fandom March Madness to get him to the top of the Drama bracket, the instant he went up against Donna Noble, I voted Donna.
President Snow and President Coin
Ahhhh, can’t I just hate them both? Actually, this one is a lot easier. President Coin, because she is a lady in politics, and because she has an interesting and disturbing moral ambiguity that is so much more interesting that President Snow’s.
I mean, I will always hate her forever because her actions led directly to the most awful, tear-inducing, oh-god-no-please-god-i-need-a-moment scene for me in the whole series. But she’s more interesting to hate, so she wins.
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by such_heights
fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
music: The National
characters: The companions.
content notes: none
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