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[fandom] Okay everyone, repeat after me: "It's okay for others to dislike a character I like. It's okay for people to like a character I dislike"
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"But what if that character did-" no, stop. It's okay
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I don't care what a character did
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it's not real
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let people like and dislike what they want
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thanks for coming to my TEDtalk
wedding rose??
Yeah...
ℳ𝒾𝒸𝒽𝒾
YES, THIS
a space cocoon
hear hear
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also: I hate the word 'stan' in fandom
Infychu
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YA'LL REMEMBER WHERE THAT TERM CAME FROM RIGHT??? TYHE CHARACTER THAT KIDNAPPED A DUDE THEN DROVE INTO A LAKE THE MOMENT HIS IDOL WAS 'PROBLEMATIC'??
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YEAH LET'S REMEMBER THAT PLZ
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note in this context I mean promblematic in the more common mondern meaning
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ie: did something I didn't like, personally
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this is not me saying not to judge creators for doing legit bad shit irl
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the fact that I have to clarify that is depressing but better safe than sorry
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Catphones: and yeah that's fair, I doubt most people know it came from that music vid
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esp younger folf
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it's just ironic in that regard lol
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folk
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I just came off work my typing is worse than usual sob
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yeah i just
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i taught one of my therapists that song
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^ that video is my fave. XD
Phas|DippedOut
Man, there's stuff or characters where liking them can kind of feel like a red flag? But unless you're coming into my space being an asshole about it I don't care, you do you.
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yeah exactly- there's def characters I will legit be squicked by and not get why someone would like them
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but I mind my business, ya know?
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^
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yeah the song is like, what almost 15 years old now?
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so it's understandable
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GOD IT'S 20 YEARS OLD ALMOST
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fuck I'm old
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I wouldn't call myself a fan, but it's one of his better songs
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mostly cuz like, I was a teenager when he was at his highest so it's nostaligic for me
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it def has it's uses tbh
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but I'm always just /ugh
Awootumn
"people can dislike things you like" is an important one too
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there's so much sense of having to "defend" your characters or fandoms and...you really don't
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you like it, and you don't have to "stand up" for liking it
FIGHT KAY FIGHT
"but people are going to say I'm a garbage person for liking a character they don't!"
No, no and no. I know I think that A LOT, but the answer is in fact no. People hopefully have the maturity to understand that just because THEY don't like pineapple pizza, that isn't true for everyone else; it's okay to have different preferences.
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...And if they DO say you're a garabage person, you're either dealing with a troll, an anti, or a kid throwing a temper tantrum, and in either case you aren't obligated to give them anymore of your time.
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(honestly I want to just say "pineapple pizza" as short hand for this from now on.)
Awootumn
yes, this
Infychu
That seems like good advice TBH
Infychu
If anyone starts giving you shit, say "pineapple pizza" in response
Infychu
If they understand, they'll realize they need to chill the fuck out maybe? If not, maybe they'll get confused and leave.
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I am 100% okay with this as a secret "chill the fuck out" password. Even if it also makes me go "damn but I really want pizza now."
Infychu
It could be like the president's shoelaces thing on Tumblr
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