I Cant Stop Thinking About This Recently But Imo I Think That There Is Indeed A Misguided Or Straight

i cant stop thinking about this recently but imo i think that there is indeed a misguided or straight up incorrect way to interpret media

but fandom has corrupted audience culture so much that now we have stranger things erasing the scene of jonathon taking creepy pictures of nancy because the creators didn't want fans to be "mad" and we can't have anything invoke negative emotions at risk of making someone uncomfortable as if storytelling isn't frequently used as a device to spark discussion about injustices and other similar topics

fandoms want ships and fluff and quotes you can put on a t-shirt and memeable scenes and absolutely zero (0) discomfort and of course there's nothing wrong with that, that's why we still have cartoons and romances and that's why we talk about bad movies and why we want to see ourselves as these protagonists. but it just drives me nuts how fandom continues to insist upon "stop shaming me for my ships end cringe culture" while also in the same breath saying phantom of the opera is a romance

like. fandom sees media through a singular lense. when media is often more than just one idea, one thought, one storyline. media exists to challenge your thoughts. some media exists to be mindless fluff. others exist to intentionally discomfort you. some exist to present a bizarre scenario and ask you "wouldn't this be fucked up or what". the whole spectrum no matter what has the capability to change how you think in one way or another. since when did we start insisting that debate and conversation through art was problematic

edit the nancy picture thing was false, but there's still a change being made to continuity which is still like, stupid, who actually gives that much of a shit

reblog to squish your mutual. until small

I MADE THIS BECAUSE IT'S TRUE

screams forever also thinking about how the cop slowly followed my partner from the laundromat parking lot into the grocery store parking lot last week… just fuckin drove right by him when he parked though, just staring at him… they are letting us know we aren’t safe here and it’s getting hotter every day and we live in a smelly hot barn with no running water and our car is falling apart so we can’t even get out!! it’s not safe and we CAN’T GET OUT

"I can fix him" this "I can make him worse" that Pathetic. I can love him so much that it changes the course of the entire narrative.