... And now the thrilling conclusion.
Most favourite geeky pursuit?
Complaining. No really, I’m just so good at it. If there was a Whiner Olypics I wouldn’t get the gold, but I’d win the hearts and endorsement deals of the public.
One of the best things about being in fandom is that it taught me how to analyze things on a whole new level. The symbolism inherent in the way two characters look at each other, reading over the Harry Potter books over and over again in the desperate hope that Sirusisokayandhe’slivingonatropicalparadiselalala, or just pointing out why the death of Stephanie Brown was so many different flavors of sexist. You can’t get anything past fans.
It taught be to be proactive. That if there’s something wrong in the world you don’t have to sit down and take it, you can stand up and complain until someone listens. Write letters, hold signs, tell the people what you think. That there is power in opinion.
I’m always pretty fond of conspiracy theories, the sillier the better. ‘Every white haired pretty boy in anime is related’ style.
Oh, oh, talk about people marrying anime characters.
I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS. Ffff.
See I think this part of people that wants to marry fictional characters comes from a healthy place. We get to see into the minds of these people, we understand them in a way that we can’t understand each other, because we don’t read brains. That’s just rude.
And when you’re young having crushes on fictional characters is perfectly natural. Lets be honest here: when you compare Robin from Teen Titans to the boys in your homeroom he’s not the one that’s going to come up short. There’s a girl who goes to my school that is writing an epic crossover fanfic between Labyrinth and Harry Potter, where everyone is related to everyone else and she is clearly Sarah. And that’s healthy too. The boys grow up and so do we, we figure out that the things we love in fictional characters are not what we want in partners; we find our balance between the real world and the fantasies.
But we’re not here to talk about healthy are we? In theory I have no problem with the fans that want to be in love on the astral plane: It’s the same part of me that supports restraining orders against space aliens. It makes the person happy, so why not?
Except while the man with the space aliens might be fine framing his restraining order and going on with his life the average anime marriage needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Everyone in the whole Internet has to know that ‘Insert-Pretty-Boy-Here’ is theirs and that anyone who stands in his way is just a sissy jerk. Their interpretation is the right one- and that’s where I get miffed. The forcing your own interpretation on others, the stalking of the voice actors, all so many different kinds of not okay.
Gods. Just, do what you want sure fine, just don’t be a dick about it. You can love Snape and still be a functional member of Internet Society. Really.
42.
6. 8. 2. Um, have I mentioned I hate Math?
Strange things seem afoot. o.O
That is not a question. It’s also not wrong.
A time you would've loved to live in? :D.
I love this question, but I also really suck at it. I want to keep looking forward and I'm terrible at picking favorites.
Except Mad Men has me craving a crazier, squickier, and less equal time that is the 1960s. Really I just want to be Peggy Olsen. I would love to be able to fight for my place in a job I love. To have a job worth fighting for.
Pretty people.
SO MANY.
If I started posting pretty men folk we'd be here all day.
Complaining. No really, I’m just so good at it. If there was a Whiner Olypics I wouldn’t get the gold, but I’d win the hearts and endorsement deals of the public.
One of the best things about being in fandom is that it taught me how to analyze things on a whole new level. The symbolism inherent in the way two characters look at each other, reading over the Harry Potter books over and over again in the desperate hope that Sirusisokayandhe’slivingonatropicalparadiselalala, or just pointing out why the death of Stephanie Brown was so many different flavors of sexist. You can’t get anything past fans.
It taught be to be proactive. That if there’s something wrong in the world you don’t have to sit down and take it, you can stand up and complain until someone listens. Write letters, hold signs, tell the people what you think. That there is power in opinion.
I’m always pretty fond of conspiracy theories, the sillier the better. ‘Every white haired pretty boy in anime is related’ style.
Oh, oh, talk about people marrying anime characters.
I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS. Ffff.
See I think this part of people that wants to marry fictional characters comes from a healthy place. We get to see into the minds of these people, we understand them in a way that we can’t understand each other, because we don’t read brains. That’s just rude.
And when you’re young having crushes on fictional characters is perfectly natural. Lets be honest here: when you compare Robin from Teen Titans to the boys in your homeroom he’s not the one that’s going to come up short. There’s a girl who goes to my school that is writing an epic crossover fanfic between Labyrinth and Harry Potter, where everyone is related to everyone else and she is clearly Sarah. And that’s healthy too. The boys grow up and so do we, we figure out that the things we love in fictional characters are not what we want in partners; we find our balance between the real world and the fantasies.
But we’re not here to talk about healthy are we? In theory I have no problem with the fans that want to be in love on the astral plane: It’s the same part of me that supports restraining orders against space aliens. It makes the person happy, so why not?
Except while the man with the space aliens might be fine framing his restraining order and going on with his life the average anime marriage needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Everyone in the whole Internet has to know that ‘Insert-Pretty-Boy-Here’ is theirs and that anyone who stands in his way is just a sissy jerk. Their interpretation is the right one- and that’s where I get miffed. The forcing your own interpretation on others, the stalking of the voice actors, all so many different kinds of not okay.
Gods. Just, do what you want sure fine, just don’t be a dick about it. You can love Snape and still be a functional member of Internet Society. Really.
42.
6. 8. 2. Um, have I mentioned I hate Math?
Strange things seem afoot. o.O
That is not a question. It’s also not wrong.
A time you would've loved to live in? :D.
I love this question, but I also really suck at it. I want to keep looking forward and I'm terrible at picking favorites.
Except Mad Men has me craving a crazier, squickier, and less equal time that is the 1960s. Really I just want to be Peggy Olsen. I would love to be able to fight for my place in a job I love. To have a job worth fighting for.
Pretty people.
SO MANY.
If I started posting pretty men folk we'd be here all day.