One Big Thing I Think People Outside Fandom (like, All Fandoms, Fandom In General, Not Any Particular

one big thing i think people outside fandom (like, all fandoms, fandom in general, not any particular one) tend to misunderstand is they know it's a subculture of people who are weirdly deeply invested in fictional media, and they hear about drama caused by people in those subcultures being unhinged in not-fun ways, and they think the unhingedness comes from the fact of being overinvested in works of fiction.

which is a natural assumption, but in my experience that's not really the case? like in my experience the drama llamas in fandom are usually not the ones who are just genuinely very deeply into the fiction. i've known people who are basically thinking about star trek or x-men comics or supernatural pretty much 100% of their free time and ime that type of person is usually very nice and surprisingly functional in their regular life. when someone's a constant nexus of fandom drama it's usually not that they are obsessed with the actual work of fiction the fandom is about, it's at least one of the following:

what they're obsessed with is not the source material but their unhealthy parasocial relationships with one or more of the people who created it

what they're obsessed with is not the source material but some elaborate shared-universe subset of fanfic about it that's only barely related to the original at this point, and/or an esoteric reading-against-the-text reinterpretation of the source material (often if the canon is active and ongoing this leads to becoming actively hostile toward it for its inevitably increasing failure to conform to their preferred fanon)

what they're obsessed with is not the source material but the fandom itself and gathering clout within it, so that the source material basically only exists to them as a tool for scoring points in increasingly arcane fandom disputes

and very often you get the same person doing 2 and sometimes even all 3 of these, and that's where the trouble really starts

More Posts from Astralspen and Others

4 months ago

Can we get some art of Narinder interaction with his kittiebitties (Aym and Baal), pretty please 🥺🥺🥺

Can We Get Some Art Of Narinder Interaction With His Kittiebitties (Aym And Baal), Pretty Please 🥺🥺🥺
Can We Get Some Art Of Narinder Interaction With His Kittiebitties (Aym And Baal), Pretty Please 🥺🥺🥺

the face of someone that doesn't care about his kits (he's a lier)


Tags
1 year ago

Ok this is kinda random but please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks black sheep from Scott pilgrim fits skk so well


Tags
10 months ago

okay so twice recently i've seen random people in the wild like "yeah people don't eat rice around here." so i think we need to have a poll on rice consumption

if you're a no-ricer maybe say where you're from/other explanation because i would like to know................................


Tags
9 months ago

They were exhausted. They had had so many fights all one right after the other, and it was beginning to feel like there was no escape.

Atsushi and Akutagawa had been bickering the whole time, pushing blame onto the other, yelling out orders, and calling each other petty names that in the whole never really mattered. Atsushi could feel the tiger getting tired, he could feel it in the way he couldn’t move as fast, how his healing was slowing, how every single time he moved, he felt pain shoot through his body.

AKA Atsushi and Akutagawa are pushed to their limits as they fight with abilities they don't know

Prompt 2: Trust Issues Prompt 3: Set Up For Failure


Tags
1 year ago

Anyflip links to complete bsd light novels

dazai’s entrance exam - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/vpeu/

dark era - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/pcxl/

untold origins - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/ghzd/

55 minutes - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/ppxc/

dead apple - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/wvkq/

beast - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/vaqg/

fifteen - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/msym/

stormbringer - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/gbxf/

i got a hold of these while z library was still in it’s full glory and thought i’d share! the translation on these is by yen press, if you want a site where you can download them dm me, send any complaints to my ask box :3 i also recommend checking out @/bsd-bibliophile’s website for fan translations 

2 months ago

Could you maybe reblog this post if you think respecting trans peoples' names and identities is a basic right and not a political opinion?

No pressure. Just seeking some validation of my sentiment. Due to some. people

2 months ago
Made This Zine Earlier This Month And Prepared 20 Copies For Distribution Yesterday! Super Exciting For
Made This Zine Earlier This Month And Prepared 20 Copies For Distribution Yesterday! Super Exciting For
Made This Zine Earlier This Month And Prepared 20 Copies For Distribution Yesterday! Super Exciting For
Made This Zine Earlier This Month And Prepared 20 Copies For Distribution Yesterday! Super Exciting For
Made This Zine Earlier This Month And Prepared 20 Copies For Distribution Yesterday! Super Exciting For
Made This Zine Earlier This Month And Prepared 20 Copies For Distribution Yesterday! Super Exciting For

made this zine earlier this month and prepared 20 copies for distribution yesterday! super exciting for me, this is the first zine i've made for distribution and i can't wait to share it around :)

as the back cover says, this zine is ok to photocopy/print and distribute yourself so long as you keep the credits to me! if you do decide to make your own copies, i'd love to see!


Tags
5 months ago

Hi. Good morning. I just woke up. Thinking very intensely about Mal du Pays being """comforting""" towards Siffrin. Aa one does directly after waking up


Tags
5 months ago

The amount of people who can casually drink soda baffles me as someone who absolutely cannot handle it. Everyone just drinks these for fun????????????? It's not the most miserable sensation on earth for the average person??? I really like spice so you'd think it'd go hand in hand, but no


Tags
  • mertensia
    mertensia reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • scouting4zen
    scouting4zen liked this · 2 months ago
  • super-egg
    super-egg liked this · 2 months ago
  • 5gsugar
    5gsugar reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • crytyping-cryptid
    crytyping-cryptid liked this · 2 months ago
  • yesterdaysallknowing
    yesterdaysallknowing liked this · 2 months ago
  • majoraofmask
    majoraofmask liked this · 2 months ago
  • cephlopodman
    cephlopodman liked this · 2 months ago
  • maggotknight
    maggotknight liked this · 2 months ago
  • sketch-wolf
    sketch-wolf liked this · 2 months ago
  • abiding-by-the-laws-of-color
    abiding-by-the-laws-of-color liked this · 2 months ago
  • doofisconfused
    doofisconfused reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • ozzyuncia
    ozzyuncia liked this · 2 months ago
  • candaru
    candaru reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • candaru
    candaru liked this · 2 months ago
  • moss-on-a-log
    moss-on-a-log liked this · 2 months ago
  • beepbooptruman
    beepbooptruman reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • energyjrink
    energyjrink liked this · 2 months ago
  • eternal-savvy-blog
    eternal-savvy-blog reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • eternal-savvy-blog
    eternal-savvy-blog liked this · 2 months ago
  • vixonimus
    vixonimus reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • vixonimus
    vixonimus liked this · 2 months ago
  • neatangent
    neatangent liked this · 2 months ago
  • justkeepscrollingscrolling
    justkeepscrollingscrolling liked this · 2 months ago
  • triplea-batt
    triplea-batt reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • triplea-batt
    triplea-batt liked this · 2 months ago
  • a-random-fish
    a-random-fish liked this · 2 months ago
  • bonemarroww
    bonemarroww liked this · 2 months ago
  • eyes-inthe-dark
    eyes-inthe-dark reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • plantwalkingamongstmeremortals
    plantwalkingamongstmeremortals reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • lost-butterfliies
    lost-butterfliies reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • ghostprince
    ghostprince reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • parad0xymoron
    parad0xymoron reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • parad0xymoron
    parad0xymoron liked this · 2 months ago
  • foxwarlock
    foxwarlock reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • final-girlboss
    final-girlboss reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • fallencrowkarma
    fallencrowkarma liked this · 2 months ago
  • yuzuleaftea
    yuzuleaftea reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • yuzuleaftea
    yuzuleaftea liked this · 2 months ago
  • frog-fairy
    frog-fairy reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • competitive-potato-farmer
    competitive-potato-farmer reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • competitive-potato-farmer
    competitive-potato-farmer liked this · 2 months ago
  • mothbeasts
    mothbeasts reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • va-nila-bean
    va-nila-bean liked this · 2 months ago
  • tiecladartist
    tiecladartist liked this · 2 months ago
  • tiburme
    tiburme liked this · 2 months ago
  • heywizards
    heywizards liked this · 2 months ago
  • aerialworms
    aerialworms reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • ta-bajna-cerna-okybaca
    ta-bajna-cerna-okybaca reblogged this · 2 months ago
astralspen - Astral :v
Astral :v

BSD and ISAT brain rotting rn multishipper :P @astralspensreblogs if you wanna see the random stuff I like

368 posts

Explore Tumblr Blog
Search Through Tumblr Tags