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Omg you're here again!!!! Ok but I agree tho

After my sudden disappearance from tumblr I’ve come back and stand by the fact that fandom was never a utopia for fans as people make it out to be. Especially in this site

It's because we're just being told what's going on. It's a common misconception that writers are their stories creators. We're all just historians of another world.

“i don’t make the rules” i say about the novel that i, alone, from my neurons, created

how’s that will graham fic going?

I forgot, I think you should know by now that the only exposure to Hannibal I have is from you. So it makes it hard to remember to make something that I have no attachment to.

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

I know two men who are currently single. One is 26, and the other is 38.

I’ve spoken with both of them at length about what they want in a woman, seeing as they’re cishet and white.

They both immediately went for physical attributes. Thin, but needs to have a nice butt. Boobs can’t be too big. One likes short hair, the other likes long hair. They also went into facial features for some reason. That was the part that made me really uncomfortable as I hadn’t expected either of them to have been that focused on appearances.

Aesthetics came next. Both want ‘alt goth / witchy’ women. It should be worth noting both of these men said their potential partner can’t wear too much makeup.

Lastly came personality and interests. They both said this is the most important thing to them, but they also ‘have to be pretty’. Oh, and they need to listen.

I have some single ladies I’ve also spoken with.

It’s the opposite. They rarely care about looks. It’s about chemistry, emotional connection, feeling safe, and sharing common goals / ideals.

While I know it’s not ‘all men’ it sure as fuck is a lot of you. Also both of these men think they’re part of the ‘good cishet white liberal men’ who voted for Kamala, despite one of them not voting at all.

He’s the 38 year old. To make things worse, he’s trying to date a 24 year old. 🤷‍♀️ His criteria for a potential partner was also under the age of 30 because it means less baggage and they’re still ‘fun to be around’.

You don’t want to know what he doesn’t bring to the table. Either of them, rather. 😅

We do have a male loneliness epidemic, but it’s not women’s fault. We don’t owe you anything. We’re not vending machines you put tokens into and get sex out of. Male culture made by men and perpetuated by men has made men this way. And it’s your job as men to fix it, not point the finger at us and say it’s our fault for not wanting to be with you. Some of us like myself want to actually HELP you, but you guys rarely want to listen. You instead want to complain to us about our gender and how unfair we’re being by not giving you a chance.

We don’t owe you anything.

On January 20th, 2025 and forward, they’re going to try to take our rights. They may succeed.

Men have to take from us because they’ve gaslit themselves into seeing us as the enemy, despite having driven us away by their own actions centered around self interest.

“It’s not all men. But it sure is a lot of you.”

PUT THOUGHT INTO YOUR WORK OR GIVE THE THOUGHT TO THE NEXT PERSON.

I'm so sick and tired of hearing about AI this AI that. AI is just recycling what people give it, it has no soul, thoughts, or feelings put into what it writes.

I shouldn't have to search an image, looking through it in an attempt to find out if it's real or not. I should not have to wonder if the story I'm reading is AI or not. Plagiarism checkers shouldn't need to have built in AI filters because so many people are using AI to do their assignments at school.

I'm not on the internet for a robot I'm here for what the internet was made for; To connect with and view the thoughts of others.

AI isn't magic, it doesn't have a brain, it can't think of original ideas.

I'm scared of posting my writings online sometimes tbh, bc I wonder not if people will like it, but if people will steal it and pump it into an AI. I want to do it though. But everyday I kinda wonder-

Is it even worth it if I'm just going to be phased out?

Yes, allow me to be pondered by wizards far and wide

I think I won't post for another six months

The pain of being criticized for your interests as a child really never subsides.

It's also harder to relate to others, esp if you were like this since childhood and didn't really find what was more popular to be boring. Like I never found Diary of a Wimpy Kid interesting, never liked Warrior Cats (But I read Seekers, by the same author and I loved it). A lot of the songs I listen to aren't that popular (I played a finish the lyrics game the other day and someone accused me of making up a song bc no one had heard of the song I used). And like yea, I understand a lot of people literally LIE about having niche interests to seem special. BUT IT'S NOT FUN. Sometimes it even feels isolating because even when I wanna try to get into certain things that are considered 'mainstream' they don't catch my interest. For example: A few years back I made friends with this girl who really liked Demon Slayer, to try to relate to her since I really wanted to be her friend I tried to watch it to. I got through the first season but a majority of the time I was zoning out because I just didn't like what I was watching, not that it was bad (I don't even remember what happened😭) but because it just wasn't my taste. Then she started ignoring me and we moved on, I don't even miss her anymore. But the fact that I took hours out of my time still makes me uncomfortable.

And I think that did nothing to help my issue with not having what are considered 'normal' hobbies... Or that I'm neurodivergent😭😭 And yes, I do have friends that I can yap about certain interests to and occasionally get to like what I like, (I got two of my friends into this IF game I've been playing and one of them even finished all the available chapters before me). Sometimes I also try to get into their stuff but there is that caution of "Am I gonna waste my time like I did back then?"

With the friends I have now there is less pressure of that though, we can all just talk about our interests without really being involved. Thanks to this point I actually have some basic knowledge of Stranger Things despite having never encountered anything associated to it before.

I honestly have been thinking about this since I played that lyrics game; It's not something I necessarily want to change about myself, but I'd appreciate if people didn't accuse me of literally making up a song to win a game. I'm not even musically inclined.

I think the point I'm really trying to make is that people shouldn't lie about their interests in an attempt to feel unique. But at the same time people who actually have interests that aren't the most popular should also feel like they're allowed to have those. I've been judged for the things I like to do by even my own parents since I was a kid, I don't think any of this has been healthy for my self expression.

On Having Niche Interests

Something cool about having niche interests: Ppl think you're cool and unique if they believe you

Something horrible about having niche interests: Ppl think you're a liar and are just saying that you have niche interests to make yourself seem interesting.

This... This is why I kin O!Ciel

babygirl the way you forsake your happiness on your relentless quest to vengeance, your complicated relationship with gender and the way you're covered in blood have bewitched me body and soul