“We as a fandom have to talk about-” No. No we don’t. You can talk about it if you want to. That’s fine, if that’s how you fandom then go for it. I hope it works out for you because I want you to enjoy your fandom experience. But if I’m in fandom for reasons that’s counter to, then I have no obligation to talk about it. I don’t have to talk about anything except what I want to.
“Okay but you have to talk about your fave’s flaws-” No! No I don’t! I have to be able to acknowledge those flaws when they come up. I have to be able to admit that my character has flaws, and accept when others talk about those flaws. But I don’t have to talk about them if I don’t want to. If I want to only focus on the better aspects of my fave, even if that means just shallowly talking about how hot they are, I can. That’s my choice, that’s how I’ve decided to enjoy them.
Fandom is meant to be fun. Fandom is meant to be a hobby. I don’t have to talk about any aspect of my favorite story or ship or character or writer or anything if I don’t want to. You know what’s not fun? Having to talk about the ways my favorite thing is bad every time I want to talk about it. Having to point out my favorite thing’s flaws instead of the things that makes me enjoy it. Having to disclaim before I get to sing something’s praises because “yeah I know it’s shit BUT”. No. I can know something is bad without needing to talk about it.
so i saw a discussion about feeling empathy toward children where an adult was explaining that they were worried something might be wrong with them bc they couldn’t feel empathy toward children and ultimately always sees them as “little adults” and didn’t want to comfort and nurture or protect them because all they saw was “someone who’d be an adult one day.”
and everyone went on reassuring them that nothing was wrong with them, they just weren’t a naturally parental person, which is fair and true!
but I didn’t see anybody making what I feel is the most important point, which is:
regardless, you still have to pretend empathy for the child.
No, you don’t have to have your own child, you don’t have to go out of your way to interact with children, and nothing is “wrong” with you if you largely find children annoying. you can tell your adult friends “I don’t have any patience for kids and prefer to not be around them,”
but if you view children as “little adults,” you HAVE to then logically say “but they’re not. they’re children, and I’M the ACTUAL adult, and it’s MY responsibility to treat them well and be nice when I’m around them.”
and I don’t want to see any comments like “must be nice to be neurotypical” on this, because I’m not, and there’s no mental illness that makes it okay to treat others badly, sorry. You have to be nice to children.
It’s just literally human decency. It’s one of the most simple rules of our species. Just be good to children.
But children don’t deserve it anymore, they’re literally small shitbag versions of their shitbag parents (mostly) so fuck em! (Not literally though since I know there are some fucked up bastards on tumblr)
It’s just literally human decency, dude.
Firstly: We’re animals first and foremost. This thing you called “human decency” is a social construct stemming from Morality (a very non-animalistic trait). Secondly: out of all animals save for herd animals were one of the only ones that feel it’s necessary to give a shit about one another’s young. Like fuck that not my kid not my problem. But there ya go kiddy, Gave you a free science and biology lesson. Now cmon on down to the real world, your high horse is getting tired. 😂😂
God if you’re going to be using that mentality please do us all a favor and just go live in a field
Why? Cause you can’t handle the truth as it stands? Pretty sure you people have places for this sorta thing 😂
tumblr user tibearius spews wildly inoccrect information about family dynamics in wildlife populations to Tumblr User and Wildlife Biology Degree Holder Vampirepologist, more at ten
When people call you a “snowflake” just remember they’re quoting Fight Club, a satire written by a gay man about how male fragility causes men to destroy themselves, resent society, and become radicalized, and that Tyler Durden isn’t the hero but a personification of the main character’s mental illness, and that his “snowflake” speech is a dig at how fascists use dehumanizing language to breed loyalty from insecure people.
So basically people who say “snowflake” as an insult are quoting a domestic terrorist who blows up skyscrapers because he’s insecure about how good he is in bed.
Kangaroos are animals that seem like they should be cryptids but it’s an entire species.
God: What if we just made a really horrible man? Give it. Give it lots of things. Tail leg. Belly sack. Talons. Abs. taste for flesh. Valid driver’s license. Fur.
the ability to beat the goddamn piss out of you.
and taunt you afterward
excuse me, this is an actual kangaroo? not a cunning-edit furry joke? you’re telling me this is what literal live kangaroos look like in real life?
yeah kangaroos are actually pretty mean looking. The cute ones are wallabies.
kangaroo^
wallaby^
kangaroo^
wallaby^
this is just so fucked up
As an Australian I can attest that our national symbol is indeed a jerk.
Kangaroos are fuckin terrifying
kangaroos look like they’d send me an out of focus dick pic at 4am with madoka magica scale figures on the shelf in the background that are badly hidden behind a tub of whey
“the actress for the Kim Possible movie looks too young!”
Do these people know what a 16 year old looks like or do they just assume all teenage girls have the face and body of a 25 year old victoria secret super model
what 16 year olds look like vs what y’all think 16 year olds look like
the Kim Possible movie, the She-Ra reboot and the Thundercats reboot are proof that if you make previously sexualized characters a little bit more respectable and age appropriate, horny grown men will have an uproar
Relatable FE Quote or Something 