answered this question here :)

top ask sender is back at it again (carrying my blog on ur back LMAO)

19. You’re mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like…

I don’t feel angry or ashamed or horrified that I like anything cuz I’m not catholic LOL jk I actually was raised in the church so I’m horrified I like any character with religious affiliation. How’s that for an uno reverse?

Characters like Hidan for example are a bit of a doubled edged sword to be obsessed with for me. Getting hyperfixated on characters who have or could have religious trauma sometimes gets a little too close to home. Makes me angry sometimes that I relate to them when they’re a character who’s concerned with reconciling or being good enough for a god or people serving a god. Makes me feel grossed out, like I should know better, but it’s a hard feeling to abandon when it was all I knew for almost 20 years.

Anyway, all things good to those who wait, so next time I get into Hidan or someone else who was horribly mangled by a religious fixture, maybe I’ll feel mad but maybe also I’ll iron out a little more of that trauma myself :)

24. Topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

In the naruto fandom, FOR ME, it’s totally conversations about parents/parenting/parental figures. I am so pissed off how much people brush over the fact that naruto is at least partially or was at some point a narrative about how children are affected when they’re given very adult responsibilities. In this case, it’s killing and deciding how to keep people from dying. They’re literally put in charge of people’s lives before they’d even fucking be graduating high school. And there is literally no place these children can go where they can be free of that burden or not hear about how important it is to be ready at all times to defend your nation.

Anyway, I’ve already written about that ten thousand times, what I’m talking about here is how some people are fucking stupid about it. The level that some motherfuckers are at in the disregarding children’s rights olympics which apparently exists on this website is fucking astronomical. Like the average tumblr user’s ability to spot emotional or physical abuse and neglect is alright when it’s Gaara, whose father tried to kill him repeatedly and then forced the only caretaker Gaara ever knew to kill themself in front of him. We do alright there.

But whenever I want to talk about how Fugaku was a bad dad, suddenly there are people appearing out of the woodwork to make an argument like the ONLY scenes we have with Fugaku aren’t him emotionally neglecting and pitting his sons against each other. And imagine how it would go if Fugaku was just a little bit hotter.

You don’t understand how livid this makes me. People can like whoever they like. I like Spirit from Soul Eater, THE worst most pathetic horrible bare minimum father who exists. But I say it. I am SICK of people thinking to like a character, they have to be good. You have to defend them or it means something about you. Just fucking say he’s a bad father, whatever reasons you like him are your own business, it isn’t hurting anyone. DO NOT LIE AND MAKE A GOOD FATHER OF SOMEONE WHO COULDN’T EVEN TELL HIS KINDERGARTEN AGE SON HE WAS PROUD OF HIM.

Fucking purity culture is just making a bunch of us into apologists who don’t know how to appreciate complex media, it’s not actually doing whatever the fuck they want it to do (make people like bad people less?? idfkkk) ANYWAY everyone needs to stop saying Fugaku is a good father and Jiraiya was a good mentor and the 3rd Hokage was good for naruto or they’re gonna have to put me on the no fly list.

That’s what I like to hear fuck yeah thanks for the ask!

25. Common fandom complaint that you’re sick of hearing?

I talked about this a little bit in a previous ask for #6, but I’ll say it here again. I think it’s really annoying when people come into a fandom space and complain about something they don’t like IN THAT SPACE. Most common example is people who hate shipping coming into the SHIPPING TAG and being like I hate shipping. THEN GET OUT OF THE SHIPPING TAG. There are plenty of spaces in the fandom to go where there aren’t gonna be things you hate. It is YOUR responsibility to curate your experience. Block, follow, block again, block MORE. Do whatever the fuck you need to do, as long as I don’t have to HEAR about it. Get the hell out of the bread aisle if you don’t like bread, there’s PLENTY MORE GROCERY STORE fucking christ

Other than that, I’m sick of seeing people complain when creators don’t make things for a specific fandom anymore. People are not machines. They are not “content” generators. Their interests, energy, and inspiration will fluctuate. Every time I see an artist apologize for being inactive, I kill another influencer. WHO taught you you exist for others’ entertainment? This is YOUR blog. It is your space where you put YOUR things. It is other people’s PRIVILEGE to see what you create. They are on your blog because you have kindly given them the opportunity to see what you create. Who taught you that something you’ve vulnerably given to the internet to enjoy can then be digested and used to make you guilty for not making more. Stop making people feel guilty for not making more. THIS IS THEIR ART. FFS it isn’t FOR you. hello van gogh would you please fucking paint more flowers, I miss when you painted flowers. *van gogh, crawling out from under his bed where he’s been dissociating for eight hours, already making a post* sorry I’m van gogh I’ll make more paintings soon sorry for being alive LOL SORRY THIS MAKES ME SO ANGRY I can’t even talk about it coherently.

everyone just remember that if you’re tempted to tell an artist to draw more or something like that, you are a guest on their blog and you might never have gotten to see ANY of their art if they had never posted in the first place. This is sharing, it isn’t a fucking obligation. Artists don’t owe their audience, they are doing their audience a favor by sharing their beautiful, funny, amazing creations. I am serious. No part of this is a joke

Thanks for the ask!! shy tumblr-users unite (u n me lol)

17. There should be more of this type of fic/art

Tbh I’m pretty easy to please when it comes to art (using this as a blanket term for fic, drawings, edits, whatever anyone makes). Or it might just be that I curate my experience on here EXCELLENTLY LOL. I think the things people create are splendid in many different ways. I consider myself pretty good at appreciating something even in works I don’t find personally intriguing.

But anyway I do wish, among the content I see, that there was more variation. I follow lots of artists who have interesting, unique, dynamic art, writing, takes in general, but there are so many I see who don’t. Not saying everyone has the ability; they don’t. More what I’m saying is that lots of people who get into media are really concerned (subconsciously or otherwise) about their art being palatable. It makes what they create very conventional, probably unintentionally. I’m sure they have weirder/more nuanced ideas somewhere inside, but society is just really mean.

I just want more cringe man! ya know?? put your humanity into these fucking vessels for creativity. Make that character have your mental illnesses, have your identity, have your struggles!! Make them fat, make them a POC, make them shallow, make them deep, make their problems REAL, make them ace, make them angry, unattractive, DO WHAT YOU WANT DONT LET THE MAN WINNNNN why does everyone need to be kissable fuckable relatable to the majority morally black and WHITE

anyway I want weirder shit. I want to see real people in people’s creations. sue me

Hi, cowboy :) thanks for the ask

6. Which ship fans are the most annoying?

I block anyone I find annoying, so the fact that I’m actually able to think of several groups of people kind of blows my mind lol. First would be the fans who take shipping way too seriously. They hate on other people for deviating from their version of canon, start insane discourse, sometimes even harass creators of the show, etc. Idk if I even have to explain why that pisses me off. It’s just in really bad taste. Quit bothering people. Fandom is for enjoyment, don’t spend your fandom time telling people how much you hate them or why they’re wrong. Chill tf out

Then are the fans who don’t participate in shipping (this is the okay part) and THEN talk about how stupid shipping is and how inherently annoying it is. People are entitled to their opinions obviously. I understand (especially as an aroace person) how shipping can be reductive and how people get obsessed. But at some point you have to take responsibility for curating your own experience. Don’t like shipping? That’s great. Block everyone who posts ship and only follow people who don’t. Problem solved. Don’t whine about how annoying shipping is IN THE SHIPPING TAG. Just fucking braindead, I can’t

In the naruto fandom specifically, I think the shipping that pisses me off the most are the above types of bloggers, as well as people who ship things I find personally repulsive. Like *nc*st or p*do shit. Lots of that in the naruto fandom unfortunately.

13. Worst blorboficiation?

The most impossible naruto question challenge LMAO where do I even fucking start. This fandom beats the absolute shit out of good characters at the drop of a hat. Some of it is fine, I get it, I’m guilty of it, but other times it’s hugely reductive. If character assassination were a crime punishable by death, I fear we tumblrinas would be having this conversation while we waited in line for the electric chair.

There are lots of characters I see blorbofied beyond recognition: Madara, Hashirama, Kakashi, Gai, Lee, Tsunade, Obito, literally anyone in the Akatsuki- I could go on and on. I think though, the one who sticks out to me is definitely Itachi. I see SOOOO many depictions of wet, crying, pitiful Itachi when he gives absolutely no hint of any of that on screen. Am I saying he doesn’t cry? Doesn’t feel? Absolutely not. But there’s a thousand different ways to make a character emotional. I barely ever see in character portrayals of Itachi, in my opinion, especially when delving into who he is behind closed doors, what he thinks about his clan/upbringing, how he feels about Sasuke and the massacre he committed. I could mop the floor with him he is so sopping wet in all of this fanart. It drives me up the fucking wall. I’ve written a lot of detailed notes analyzing his character, and I myself appreciate how he was a victim (along with many other things), but most of the time I feel people stop at just the victim part. Idk why they want him to cry so bad. Idk what makes them think HE would think he deserves to grieve or be forgiven. Idk why they oversimplify his motives or make him out like he doesn’t understand what he did and why. makes me actually insane. ffs there are beautiful flawed characters here with winding, painful, morally grey journeys. appreciate the nuance jesussss if i see one more big doe-eyed teared up itachi sniveling to kisame i’m going to be on the news