I think on this fine Saturday afternoon it's a good opportunity to take a breather and remember that there are really no ethical paparazzi pictures. Every single one is inherently exploitative.
Just because photos were taken on a movie set, when someone is 'working,' does not make the practice any less invasive and creepy. Imagine just going about your day, doing your job and having some weirdo snapping pictures of you to sell without your consent for others to endlessly repost online.
There are thousands of pictures of your favourite actor online already. Plenty taken with his knowledge and consent. I'd really like to see more of them on my dash, rather than the creeper shots.
And don't get me started how disseminating these pictures directly leads to people going to said sets. What starts off as admiring how good someone looks has real world implications.
No, hanging around a movie set and disrupting people doing their jobs is not harmless fun or a way to show your appreciation.
If you hang around a movie set, you are a stalker.
Don't tell me that it's okay to take your online admiration for someone offline. You may admire him but he does not, and will never, personally know you. He will never be your friend/boyfriend/daddy. He is a stranger.
The only way meeting your favourite actor is going to happen is at a convention or maaaaaybe a movie premiere if you're incredibly fortunate. You know, places they appear specifically to meet fans (or not in the case of premieres, where the purpose is to promote a movie. Which is also completely understandable if actors don't stop. You are not owed an interaction).
Of course, you cannot help it if you randomly run into someone you admire in the wild. Even then, consider that they probably won't be all too thrilled to be approached in public by a complete stranger. It's up to you to gauge the situation, but remember there is a person at the heart of all of this.
Boundaries and respect are a kindness which deserves to be extended to each and every human being regardless of their looks/talent/fame/wealth.
Fandoms blur those lines a little too often for my liking and I think just scrutinising what you're interacting with, or what behaviour you could be possibly falling down that slippery slope towards is nice to do every once in a while.
I mean no malice with this post and it is not directed at anyone in particular. It's something I cannot help but feel strongly about because I've seen this destructive cycle time and again in fandoms over the years. It's not healthy and it makes us all a little bit more disconnected from our humanity for it...
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ever since the epilogue was posted ive been thinking of 24 hours on a 24/7 basis !!! its just so good and im so sad to see it end but so happy to have a happy ending 🎉🎉
i just wanted to see if you recommend any other authors that can possibly fill the hole in my schedule that was waiting for a new chapter of 24 hours im already reading simmer, the yes policy, and a few others but is there anymore you recommend??
ONCE AGAIN i am forever kicking, screaming, sobbing and forever in your debt for writing such a masterpiece like i don’t usually re-read stories but i might have to because i laughed, cried, and screamed during this read omg
oooo depends on what vibes you’re going for!!!
if you’re looking for some “quick” immaculate vibes, @loveshotzz Whatta Man two night series is amazing.
anything by @luveline just warms my soul.
Do I Wanna Know? by @hellfire--cult is stellar and soon to be finished so 10/10 recommends (even if it hurt this latest chapter).
i’m also personally diving into @munson-blurbs’s Trapped Under Ice, so if you’re looking for singledad!eddie and want someone (aka me 🥺) to scream about it with as you dive in… 😌
if you’re more into stunning imagery, gut wrenching vibes, and just overall painful beauty, i recommend @jo-harrington. she has her current series As Above So Below focused on kas!eddie, but her store manager verse and freaky friday series also hold special places in my heart.
also all of @lovebugism’s summer fics have finally gotten me to live out my romanticized summer vibes ngl. they’re gorgeous and a hit every time 🥰
and i have yet to dive in properly yet (be still my beating heart), but my love @abibliophobiaa has a beautiful series for eddie currently called daylight that i am so excited to have some free time to properly read (also… for my steve girlies… beyond is to fucking die for.)
this is just a few i’m personally reading tho!!! i’m forgetting so so many people because the amount of talent on here is just unreal. i could go on and on with more authors but i need to contain myself and not be annoying lol 🖤🖤🖤
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who are the two boys in your pfp?
Hoo boy!
They're Sergey Razumovsky (the redhead) and Oleg Volkov (the brunette), the two antagonists of the Russian comics by Bubble called Major Grom - they're also two of the protagonists in an on-going comic called Plague Doctor. They also play a big role in the movie "Major Doctor: Plague Doctor", and at the end of May there's gonna be another movie where they play a big role called "The Game", both are inspired by the comics but aren't a direct 1:1 reenactment of them .
Sergey is a very rich IT guy/CEO of the biggest Russian social media called Vmeste.
He also happened to be a vigilante serial killer called Plague Doctor which targeted specifically powerful bad people who do evil without repercussions (corrupt rich people and their entitled kids), and Oleg is his childhood friend who ended up as mercenary who can do anything for his friend from getting him out of prison to helping him take brutal revenge on the cop that got him in prison to begin with.
If you're interested in them I recommend watching the movie first, both of the interpretations of the characters are interesting albeit pretty different in some ways, but the movie is easier to access than the comics (it was on Netflix at some point, I'm not sure if it still is though). Also, the movie is just written better as a story and is also more politically self aware, like you shouldn't expect any criticism of the police in the first arcs of the comics/Sergey's queercoding originally came from a bigoted place. It gets so much better as other writers get involved though, nowadays pretty much everyone who's involved with the comics is either queer or an ally, it's not really out there for obvious reasons, but if you know what to look out for you'll notice many interesting details both in the later comics and the movie. Pretty much everyone agrees that they're gay.
If you're 18+ and have any more questions I can give you an invite to a discord server about the comics and the movies (I'm logged out of discord so I can't rn so send another ask), it has some of the coolest people I've met in fandom period, sadly I'm not sure if you can figure out the website without help like that if you do decide to read them, it's a whole puzzle to do that
Here's some more canon art of these two:
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21 27 and 25 for the end of the year writing ask game?
21. Most memorable comment/review
This is difficult, I've had so much amazing feedback from so many lovely people. I love the long comments going into detail, I love the short comments with just a little heart or giving me extra love.
But one, one I won't forget was on here actually. It was when someone figured out I wrote Unravelling, obvs with the difference in name across here and AO3 doesn't help, after I mentioned it on a reblog I wrote Sky Whump. I remember the full conversation it was very sweet.
25. Fic you've read this year that you'd recommend everyone read
Oooh, I can't pic between two fics, so you get both, Let me grab them.
Thou Shalt Not Fall - Chapter 1 - CatReginae - Linked Universe - Fandom [Archive of Our Own]
This is the Vampire War's AU written by @catreginae that you may have seen me go on about a few times. I absolutely love it. The way it is written the concept is just, yes. oh my god, I could hype about it all day. I love the way War's is characterised and it's such a different idea that I stumbled across one day and have just never looked back on. Catreginae writes it so damn well and if your looking for something a little different please go and give it a try.
And
Authenticity - Chapter 1 - Arecaceae - The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms [Archive of Our Own]
Now this fic has a special place in my heart. It's by @arecaceae175 and reading it is the most seen I've ever been. I love Wild in this fic. And I do see myself in him. And its just an amazing feeling to be able to read something where there's a perfectly capable hero who is kinda like me.
It's a fic I go and read over and over again, it's a fic that I read on days when I feel awful and it cheers me up. It brings a smile to my face every time and I just love it so much.
Please read it, please please, please. It's amazing.
27. Fave fanfic author of the year
Man you aren't making this easy on me, are you. There are so many talented people who I've come across this year. So many amazing stories by so many talented people and that's just in the 5 or so months I've been in the fandom!
To name a few, @illegiblehandwriting1 with Smoke & ashes, @skyloftian-nutcase with Elastic heart, @uniquevoidflowers with their Whumptober fics and @skyward-shade with Tis a curse.
But it's gotta be @arecaceae175. There are so many of your works I love so much. I've already mentioned Authencitiy, but there's In defence of honour, of blood and brotherhood and A touch of softness to name a few. That I go back and read when I need cheering up or when I just need the blorbo.
Thanks for the ask! :D
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