"Too Normalized" Is A Weird Way To Describe A Thing (having Kids) That People Do Much, Much Less Nowadays

"Too normalized" is a weird way to describe a thing (having kids) that people do much, much less nowadays than at any point in the past, and also a thing that people must either do or wind up dying alone and decrepit in a ditch.

"And also a thing people must either do or wind up dying alone and decrepit in a ditch."

Hm. Hmmmmmm.

Almost like you're proving my point. How insane is that.

I had to make my main ship in a rp server that I just found out being run by antis being both 20 years old

I only staying in the server because: A. Keeping an eye if the mods & owner decided to gaslight everyone into saying that all proshippers are pedophiles (& other bs) again, and B. It's the only good rp server in the fandom in discord

You could always create a server yourself, although that does come with a lot of responsibility which I do not suggest taking on without preparation and certainty that its something you want to do presumably for the long term.

Unfortunately fandoms often fall victim to having one or a small, select few options for suitable or dominating spaces within them. It can be hard to dig the fandom out of that hole and introduce/expand/improve upon the options available.

In terms of the gaslighting, there are plenty of resources available on the true nature of proshipping and its history if you do want to offer alternative information, although you should be aware countering their argument will likely result in you getting banned from the space.

People love to discredit things like this as a conspiracy and people doom fretting and such but... The reality is that quite literally globally the rich and powerful (particularly the men) want to return us to a world where they are the only people with freedom, resources and control.

"You will own nothing and you will be happy."

PROJECT 2025 MUST BE STOPPED 🛑

Vote Accordingly.

hi, sorry i'm looking for help w an ao3 thing and the subreddit is closed and you seem fairly knowledgeable so hopefully you don't mind me putting this in your askbox haha

is there a way to search for fics with relationships involving a certain character? obviously you can filter for specific relationships, but if you don't particularly care *what* the pairing is as long as it has character x in it, is there a way to do that?

my problem is i'm stuck in ensemble character hell, and so often fics tagged with that character feature them only in the background. whereas (generally) if a character is tagged in a relationship then it's much more likely that they'll be in the main focus.

so is there a search function that will turn up fics tagged x/y AND x&y AND x/y/z and so on?

This Reddit thread may be of some use to you.

Currently there is no surefire way to search specifically for all ship options involving one character at once, but there are several ways you can somewhat navigate the search function in order to achieve something similar. There are some instructions for this on the thread, but there is also the AO3 Hidden Search Operator Cheatsheet.

They're currently on sideblog #2 spamming my inbox with DMs about how I'm nothing but a pathetic anti hating on JK Rowling because she's a hard working female. Do with the ask as you please, but over-all I think its pretty clear to anyone who looks at my blog that I am definitely not an anti 😂

I do keep blocking them, but I will commend their persistence.

Anyway. Left hand on the Bible for all its worth, not an anti. I do clown on idiots if they start it, but I do not condone actual harassment or genuine targeted bullying. I give what I get to a certain degree and that's all.

https://www.tumblr.com/myfandomrealitea/762256382837833728/why-are-you-harassing-people-little-bro-the-main?source=share

am i misunderstanding this? are they calling disagreements and arguments inherently harassment?

Pretty much. Its a troll account undoubtedly made after I corrected someone or clowned them for something they said. I've received a multitude of asks and reblogs from them today. Pretty pathetic but nothing I'm not used to, and it gives me the opportunity to have a pretty good laugh.

But for the general record: it was mostly a meme. Kpop has somehow made its way back onto my Instagram feed and I was reminded how unhinged the BTS fandom can get, especially if you actually engage with them.

Replicating a celebrity's tattoos and personal, custom jewellery is incredibly weird, invasive, parasocial and disrespectful.

People should not have to beg you not to copy tattoos they got to honor their dead parents or copyright jewellery they made for their significant others. People should not have to constantly cover and hide their bodies to prevent people from copying their personal body art.

Its not cute. Its not harmless. Its not sweet, or a way to connect to them, or be close to them. Its not 'whatever.'

Its creepy. Invasive. Disrespectful.

Imagine you go through the process of losing a loved one and designing a piece of art meant to represent them and mourn them and continue their life on your body and one day some random stranger comes up to you and shoved that same tattoo on their body in your face and brags about how they got it done because they just love you so much and thought it was so cool.

If you still think its just a harmless little way of showing love or something, I really don't know what else to say to you. Its fucked up. Its gross.