Honestly We Need To Please PLEASE Further Normalize Comfort OCs, Fan-inspired OCs, Fan-AUs, OOC Tags,

Honestly we need to please PLEASE further normalize comfort OCs, fan-inspired OCs, fan-AUs, OOC tags, etc.

I feel like what this becomes born of so often are people who get really latched onto some ideas and qualities they can project or add onto a canon inspiration, but they’re so darn afraid of distinguishing that extension as their own original creativity + the canon material. Of putting something out there that’s theirs and dear to them. They’re afraid of putting their own ideas out there without grasping at certain interpretations of [thing that is already popular] to somehow… validate it? And understandably there is an unfortunate sort of vulnerability that can come with that. But the double edge of that sword lends itself to the actual growth and self esteem development that can come from authenticity.

And in any sense, I’m all for mischaracterizing canon assets- in an honest and upfront way. Transformative art is still art in its own right and it’s a a common way for younger and inexperienced creatives to toy around with concepts or to try a hand at accentuating, deconstructing, or paying tribute to what traits of the source material they love.. or hate! Instead of clowning on the OP, hell, I’ll give them credit tbh for owning their personal divergence from the canon as exactly what it is without defensiveness, at least in that snapshot.

But honestly people on the large trend lately do severely overestimate the assumed originality of their blorbos themselves, and don’t often recognize that there’s both nothing usual about nor inherently “cringe” about building upon classical tropes. Same goes for inspired creations as long as you’re not like, legitimately committing intellectual property theft. But near all is fair in personal hobby and exploration.

That infinite chain of possibilities and freedom is a great deal of fiction and creation’s entire appeal as a concept, after all.

Yet at the same time, there’s merit and usefulness in not getting carried away to the point of changing the concrete material of the original works themselves. The enjoyment someone takes in media canon is neither above or below that someone can take in OOC concepts, so maybe it’s actually healthier and more fun for everyone involved to know which is which and where to find it.

And like maybe we can all stop being jerks to each other as well I think that’s a pretty awesome side objective.

Comic main Dib: Pretty much the same as Florpus

Zib The Ultimate Dib: There is an important distinction that must be drawn between the words “dissection” and “vivisection”. A distinction that would appear to be lost on this guy.

The difference between pilot, series and movie Dibs is just the amount of time they would hesitate before dissecting Zim (and would they hesitate at all)

I mean obviously not just that but you know what I mean

Obsessed with how Membrane picks up his kids and how unbothered they are by it

I don’t care who you are or what your overall opinion was of a Hero’s Tail or Spyro in general, this is still one of the funniest jokes experienced in any game I’ve ever played.

Almighty Tallest Purple @ Red whenever something actually major happens aboard The Massive and they have to step in:

My blood feels dull and heavy

There should be more here

Had all these plans for this place

I used to burn once upon a time

My veins miss the old poison

Strength enough only to drag my feet

Rattling chains, only my own Houses to Haunt

Held by the lungs and pulled

Bleeding time from a wound that won’t close

Hellish what I have to do

A charming tale about family, homemaking, and creation. Experience the matriarch’s realm for yourself here, alongside other cursed grounds.

lethargy hill, kitty horrorshow

from haunted cities volume 4 (2020)