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I agree and the phrase “fandom is eating itself” is a perfect explanation. It sucks but it is something I’ve noticed too. Not sure what to do about it than continue to carefully curate my own online space, I just wish more people would do the same thing

I have a theory that it’s about control. People feel like they have no control in their lives right now, so they’re going to seek out any way they can to gain control because it will make them feel better. And yeah, it does in the short run but it doesn’t help in the long run. The only thing it does is make fandom as a whole a war ground where the drama du jour is always super serious and we lose all sense of perspective. When everything becomes an -ism and everything becomes “bad” or “wrong” or whatever, how are any of us supposed to take real issues with fandom seriously? At this point I really feel like fandom has become a parody of itself. A parody and a battle ground where the small bloggers who just wanna chill out and enjoy themselves get eaten by the big fish who want things their way and their way only. 

The only thing I can think of doing is pointing out how bad it is and creating spaces where it’s safer and more positive. We can’t make anyone do anything, but we can be nicer to each other, more courteous, and more supportive. 

Alphabet asks! D, M, X 😊

D – A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.
For SPN it’s anything with Gabriel. I dunno, he’s just not my favorite and I don’t really like any of the ships I see him in. It does nothing for me. 

M – Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.
Sam Winchester. I mean, I definitely don’t want him as my enemy, but having Sam as a friend would definitely be a good thing. He’s compassionate and supportive and I’d probably have more in common with him than with Dean (on a personal interest level. Dean and I have more in common in terms of burdens and angst). 

X – A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.
Enemies to lovers. It doesn’t matter if it’s the watered down version where they’re business rivals who sabotage each other or actual enemies who want to kill each other, I love this trope. The character growth that can be achieved when two people who hate each other have to put that aside and realize they’re not that different after all is one of my favorite things. 

Thanks!

Alphabet asks! 

🔥(thoughts on different Supernatural seasons/storylines if you want a prompt for saltiness! Otherwise just go where the salt takes you ;D)

I don’t like the Dabb era. I just really, really don’t. I don’t see why so many people in a certain circle seem to think he’s some kind of genius when he drops plot threads all the time and bumbles his way through the B-plot and saves all the ammo for the end. Like… it’s just freaking lazy imo. Michael and Dean should’ve met waaay earlier in the season for the finale to have any impact. Yeah, we’re getting something we were kinda introduced to seasons ago, but there should have been more build up to Dean actually saying yes instead of it just happening right at the end. Jack’s storyline just kinda… fell apart. I get they wanted to go with a nature v nurture thing but they didn’t have the juevos to do it so Jack stayed pretty static and that was… meh. Don’t get me wrong, I like Jack, but he stayed a cuddly little baby and hasn’t grown. I wanna see him grow. Asmodeus was a total failure as a plot. He did nothing interesting and the poor actor got stuck chewing scenery the whole time. And all this doesn’t even touch the fact that they whole BMoL thing is still, technically, unresolved because congrats they got driven out of the country but they still exist and are still doing exactly the same thing they had been. Has saving the world become “saving the world only if it’s in America because anything else is hard and we don’t have the frequent flier miles”? 

So yeah. Not a fan of Dabb era. 

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Ask thingy! 25 and 30 – if you haven’t answered already about those :D

25. What’s your most popular fanfic?


Oh, that’s hard to measure. I’m honestly not sure. 
By kudos it’s This Is All Your Fault, which is a short smutty a/b/o one-shot.
By bookmarks, it’s Under the Surface. 
By number of rec lists I’ve seen it one it’s Night at the Fish Zoo. (And I mean serious rec lists, not part of Coldest Hits, which was what this was written for.)

30. What inspires you to write?


Lots of things. I’m inspired by music a lot, but I’m also inspired by random ideas that pop into my head and demand to be written. Mostly, though, I write what I want to read. 

Thanks! 

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