I Hate Them. They’re So Adorable

This is a slow fandom zone

None of that "Oh no they bomb-dropped all the episodes in a week 1 month ago, I'm late!" "The tag hasn't been active all week is the fandom dead?" "I only got a hundred shares the first hour no one cares about my art"

Slow down

Take a deep breath and slow down

Fandom is YOU. And me and everyone. If we doodle stick figures for a show that ended 30 years ago we aren't "late" or "doing too little", we're playing dolls in our own time and having fun with works of art that mean a lot to us

You can literally watch and engage with something that aired in 2004 as if it aired yesterday

If the tag hasn't been active for 14 months guess what? If YOU post there, it isn't dead. Literally you can talk about anything you want whenever you want there is no weird law against watching things that people aren't actively talk about

Let's be deranged about stories together

I think a lot of what pro-AI people are really wanting is stuff that already exists but they don't know it's out there like

can't format a work email? templates

don't know how to write a resume? templates

writing a thank you card or a condolences card or a wedding invitation? templates templates templates

not sure how to format your citations in MLA or whatever format? citationmachine.net

summary of something you're reading for school/work? cliffnotes.com

recipe based on ingredients in your fridge? whatsintherefrigerator.com

there's a million more like, guys, we don't need AI, we never needed generative AI

- Your words loop, like whispers -

POV: you’re Drakken and this is her expression only you get to see (˶‾᷄ ⁻̫ ‾᷅˵)

Justin of the Timber Lake: A mythical figure revered in the early 21st century as the Harbinger of May, thought to be the name of a deity, or possibly some sort of messianic figure

Excerpt from A History of Pre-Contact Earth, published 2903

Can't believe I'm finally here! There is some technical difficulty for people from my country but I'm glad I made it🥰 I watched BBC's Sherlock 8 years ago but didn't fall in love with this adorable couple until this year when I watched it again. Then I just couldn't stop looking for more wonderful fanfics. I know it's a little late but can you please recommend some fanfics for me? Like your favorite stories on Archive of Our Own or some other platform🥹

really love dynamics that are like 'it honestly doesn't matter if you view them as romantic or platonic, the point is that they love each other. the type of love is inconsequential, all that matters is that it's there'. gotta be one of my favorite genders.

His Valkyrie

As I've discussed several times on this account, there's a high probability that Sigyn (with the "Sig" in her name, with the Victorious Woman/Friend of Victory, and the association with fetters, among other things) was a Valkyrie.

And as you know, Valkyries came for brave warriors on the hour of their deaths, to take them to Valhalla. So in this piece I commissioned, the amazing @boomdafunk depicted Sigyn welcoming (MCU)Loki after his death at Thanos' hands.

Narvi: How did you meet mother, dad?

Loki: Well, the day I died

Vali: ... Of course you did... ^^'

The pose from this ilustration was inspired by another of my mythological OTPs, Psyche & Eros :3

In this piece, I guess the roles are reversed, with the winged lover being Sigyn :3

i’m going to hold your hands when i say this and i am only going to be kind about it once: ai does not belong in fandom spaces, ever. not in writing, not in art, not in video, not at all. it does not matter how bad you want to see your favourite characters kiss, or how much you need a bit of help finishing a chapter, or whatever.

make friends with artists. commission somebody. learn to draw yourself. ask for a beta read. try a writing partnership. fandom spaces are communities, so engage with them! it is about the journey and the fact that we all love something enough to create and build together about that thing.

spending 30 seconds to kill a tree and get an AI to push out some soulless empty piece of “content” is antithetical to the entire point of being engaged with fandom, and if you’ve taken to doing this you should really reconsider if you belong in these spaces with the rest of us.

“Fyp” we don’t do that here. I mean, Tumblr the app and website tries, but we don't do that here.

“But then how will anyone see it?” peer review.

“How do you get engagement?” by talking and engaging with other people. Or making a devastating typo. Either way.

“But—” Listen, you’re not doing solo stand up anymore. This is a group improv class being held in a SAW dungeon. Good luck.