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Do you ever imagine that all your favorite characters, who have absolutely no connection to each other, just chill in your head when you’re not actively thinking about them?
For me, it’s like: Leonardo from the 2003 iteration of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sam Winchester from Supernatural, and Obi-Wan Kenobi from the Star Wars prequels all sitting at a table sipping tea. And yes, they’re totally aware they’re in my head:
Leonardo: [staring at the mug in front of him] Is it just me, or does everything feel... jittery today?
Sam: [rubbing his temples] Oh, it’s not just you. I think she’s had, like, three cups of coffee already this morning.
Obi-Wan: [raising an eyebrow] Three cups? Amateur. During the Clone Wars, I once drank six cups in one briefing just to stay awake while Anakin explained his ‘perfect’ plan to flank a droid battalion. It wasn’t perfect. I ended up digging us out of a crater for three hours.
Leonardo: [sighing] No wonder I’ve been feeling like I should be training non-stop. The energy in here is buzzing.
Sam: [grinning slightly] Hey, at least she’s somewhat productive when caffeinated. Sometimes it’s just doomscrolling and procrastination.
Obi-Wan: [calmly setting his cup down] Perhaps we should find a way to encourage her to hydrate. Tea, perhaps?
Sam: [shrugging] We can try, but she won’t listen to me about drinking water. Dean’s been yelling at her from somewhere in the subconscious for years.
Leonardo: Maybe if we say it’ll help her focus on writing, she’ll actually consider it.
Obi-Wan: [thoughtfully] A clever suggestion. But I suspect we may be at the mercy of her next coffee run regardless.
It's true. Dsmp is the most unique Fandom I've ever been in. The sheer variety alone is astonishing!
We can compare most fandoms to rivers. Branching out from the source material but still streamlined to some degree.
Dsmp is the FUCKING OCEAN! There are mini fandoms within this Fandom. You've got dnf, sbi, ALL THE FUCKING DUOS! It's insane how vast it is. If you don't know what you're looking for going in, you'll never come back out!
Not to mention the amount of ways you can consume content. Fanart, fanfic, animations, original music, and that's all without touching the original content itself! Then there's the mini genres within those categories. Like in fanfic for example you have superhero au, royalty au, modern day au, vampire au, ghost au, fucking DRAGON AU AND SO MUCH MORE!
For all its faults the dsmp Fandom is truly an amazing space to be in. The creativity, talent and passion on display is really inspiring and I'm glad to be apart of it.
Dsmp fan content carries btw
Sometimes you run into takes that are so bad that you can’t help but roll your eyes, then you run into one so idiotic and clearly in bad faith that you can’t help but wonder if someone like Lily Orchard decided to make an alt so she can hijack a specific fandom in secret.
I run into these situations way too often for comfort and still people often wonder why I get so misanthropic. (At least sometimes)
If there’s one thing I’ve seen more in the Sam and Max fandom than any other, it’s seeing people draw the main duo in the most well-drawn cutesy lovey
situations and right there in the words above or beneath them is “I Hate Them So Much” like yeah I get feeling conflicted over their questionable morals while relating so hard to them. (So feeling morally torn ended up mattering less and less to me the more I thought about it) but hating them? (Although if it’s an affectionate hate, that that’s valid and I feel ya. I just think it would be way better if you put a heart next to that message or something.
Take this all with a grain of salt, I’m just spit-balling.
I agree. That’s exactly right. You can’t dismiss some character’s pain and trauma to ennoble your favorite. IMO its disgusting. But come on, Tony’s fans do it all the time! If it angers you all so much then stop doing it to other characters. Many times I’ve seen these completely dismissive posts about Steve, Natasha, Wanda, Bruce, etc and for some reason nobody reminded authors about human decency. I think it should be applied to every character not only Tony
I don't get why you baby Stark so much. So his father neglected him? He was too busy to tuck him in or hug him? Yeah that's shitty as fuck but Howard loved him in his own way. Clint Barton, abused by his own parents and then abused in the circus before left for dead. Steve Rogers, bullied and beaten his entire life pre serum, sick constantly and only family his best friend who he LOST. Natasha, I don't think I need to elaborate on her past.. Wanda&Pietro, fuck of their story isn't awful.
Wow.
So by your line of reasoning, only the Avenger who had the worst childhood is worthy of love and/or respect. I guess that means Bucky isn’t worthy, since his childhood was the best out of all of everyone. But no - in your eyes, Tony is the only one whose abuse can be excused.
Well let me tell you something, anon. I am fucking appalled by the fact that you are literally excusing child abuse by saying that “his father loved him in his own way,“. As if that makes it okay. There is no excuse for child abuse. Ever. Period. It doesn’t matter if it’s emotional neglect or physical abuse or whatever, there. is. no. excuse.
In addition, abuse, especially child abuse, is not a competition and I can’t even put into words how upset it makes me that you’re implying that Tony is not worthy of being “babied” just because you think his abuse wasn’t as bad as the rest of the team. As though there is some sort of ruler by which we measure abuse, and Tony isn’t making the cut.
Finally, I’m gonna let you in on a secret. Fandom is a place where everyone gets to like whoever they want to like. I will “baby” Tony as much as I damn well want to, and you can fuck right off.