I just don’t understand where this concept of ‘fake geek girls’ came from. Like, AT ALL.
Cus when I look for fandom related stuff like 90% of the fan art and the fanfiction and the meta, zines, comics, etc. Like 90% of the shit that I’ve seen is created by women & girls.
And all that stuff take’s a lot of work and research and critical analysis and staring at reference photos for hours.
We are literally the most well versed and invested group in the fandom. So, like, What the fuck boys? You mad you can’t keep up?
I saw an argument, and I can’t find it now, but it totally made sense, that there’s a gender split in fandom. Male fandom tends to be a curator fandom; male fandom collects, organizes, and memorizes facts and figures. Male fandom tends to be KEEPERS of the canon; the fandom places great weight on those who have the biggest collection, the deepest knowledge of obscure subjects, the first appearances, creators, character interactions.
Female fandom is creative. Females create fanart, cosplay, fanwritings. Female fandom ALTERS canon, for the simple reason that canon does not serve female fandom. In order for it to fit the ‘outsider’ (female, queer, POC), the canon must be attacked and rebuilt, and that takes creation.
“Male” fandom devalues this contribution to fandom, because it is not the ‘right’ kind of fandom. “Girls only cosplay for attention, they’re not REAL fans!” “Fanfiction is full of stupid Mary Sues, girls only do it so they can make out with the main character!” “I, a male artist, have done this pin-up work and can put it in my portfolio! You, a female artist, have drawn stupid fanart, and it’s not appropriate to use as a professional reference!”
In the mind of people who decry the ‘fake geek girl,’ this fandom is not as worthy. It damages, or in their mind, destroys the canon. What is the point of memorizing every possible romantic entanglement of heterosexual white Danny Rand if someone turns around and creates a fanwork depicting him as a bisexual female of Asian descent (thus subverting Rand’s creepy ‘white savior’ origins)? When Danny Rand becomes Dani Rand, their power is lessened. What is important to them ceases to be the focus of the discussion. Creation and curatorship can work in tandom, but typically, in fandom, they are on opposite poles.
This is not to say that there aren’t brilliant male cosplayers or smashing female trivia experts, this is to say that the need of the individual fan is met with opposing concepts: In order for me to find myself in comics, I need to make that space for myself, and that is a creative force. Het white cis males are more likely to do anything possible to defend and preserve the canon because the canon is built to cater to them.
Comment bolded by me because effing important that’s why.
This.
“I, a male artist, have done this pin-up work and can put it in my portfolio! You, a female artist, have drawn stupid fanart, and it’s not appropriate to use as a professional reference!”
Seeing this spelled out was revelatory to me.
This. Is. Absolutely. AMAZING
I never understood why guys have to test girls knowledge of the subject with trivial things that only those who devote their lives to would know or how liking mainstream things like star wars or zelda do not qualify people as real gamers though.
There are many routs to take and each one reveals more about the characters. Almost all the characters are endearing, they all have some sort of depth to them and it pokes fun at most RPG tropes. It does, however, punish you for using certain tropes. If you kill everyone, the game becomes somber and you lose controle of character. in the end, you don’t get to choose who to kill and who not to kill. You are no longer the protagonist in this empty game, you are the villain. and in the end, you have to sell our soul and can never make things right again.
I’ve been brainwashed by tumblr for far too long, and now that I’m not I’m realizing a lot of things.
- Not everything is fucking offensive
-People have different opinions from you. Fucking deal with it.
- It’s not okay to discriminate against gender, race, or sexuality. THIS INCLUDES STRAIGHT WHITE CIS MALES
- It’s NOT okay to tell people to go kill themselves, this includes telling republicans, cis people, white people, or anyone who differs from your ways to “go die”.
- 4chan is NOT the spawn of the devil and is actually really funny.
- Not everything is a trigger
- Not everything is ableist, transphobic, homophobic, or racist
- There is nothing wrong with being cis, straight or white
- Most of the world is straight and cis
- Double standards are stupid
- Dark humor can be funny
- Feminism is a good thing. But most of tumblr aren’t feminists. They’re extremists.
- It’s okay that you are not politically correct 100% of the time
-Treating people like shit and giving them hate because their opinion differs from you IS FUCKING WRONG!!!!!!
- Tumblr is sometimes really stupid and the only reason why I’m still on here is because of memes and artsy shit
IF ANY OF THIS MAKES YOU HATE ME IDC UNFOLLOW ME <3
My garbage can lid won’t close, so I now my gargoyle is now Keeper of the Trash
You must answer the riddle of the gatekeeper.
I can’t believe my Keeper of the Trash has fanart now
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@sweet-poni accidentally deactivated her account when she was trying to get rid of a side blog due to tumblr being complete shit. If you were following her before, you might wanna follow her again. And if you weren’t following her before, it might be a good idea to at least check her out. She’s very sweet and has amazing art. She’s always making pony adopts and is really good at what she does.
