Tag: fandom

Two male characters: *constantly angry at each other, insulting one another, only sometimes working together as part of a team*
Tumblr: thats it!!!! they must be gay!! definitely 100% pure gay canon gay¡¡!! they! are! gay!
Show writers: Um actually that’s not–
Tumblr: So the creators are queerbaiting by making us think these two characters would be together and here’s an entire dissertation about how they should be ashamed.

I’ve seen so many people being put down or made fun of for being involved in fandom, but I’ve learned so many things from my fandoms that it’s a little insane. I know how to appreciate the small things and to praise people for their creativity instead of shaming them for it. I learned to be more confident in myself and have faith in the things I come up with. Fandoms and the people in it are truly amazing and I don’t think it’s right for anyone to feel like they should be ashamed of that. 

deans-prostate:

shadowen:

all-the-ships-from-all-the-shows:

realhunterswearplaid:

just-like-we-dreamed-it:

licoriceplease:

angelmojo:

do you ever notice how like, we have our own language for fanfic that only readers understand?

for example

“36k wip destiel hs au on ao3”

I can’t believe I understood all those words

oh my god

this is so legit

there’s only one real word in that sentence.

Fun story! 

My friend and I once did a presentation in a linguistics class about language in fandom. There was a question about a particular concept, and we turned to each other for a second to discuss it in fannish terms before we could explain. When we turned back, the class was sort of staring at us like 0_0. The teacher just said, “And there’s a good example of code switching.”

“Code Switching” is when speakers who share fluency in different languages flip between the languages during conversation, thus confusing the hell out of everyone else.

I’m sorry but the funniest part is that the “one real word” in the line is “on”