also everyone treating squid game like the latest fandom of the week and making aus and trendy videos and shipping and all that is absolutely missing the point. beyond salvation
it feels to me to be equivalent to making anime boy aus of an orwell novel or some shit like that like the only reason this is happening is because it’s a modern show on netflix that’s popular and gets clicks and no one who consumes media knows how to behave. no one in their right mind would be acting like this otherwise
At this point I just don’t think a lot of fandom genuinely knows how to engage with a work. I really don’t.
Like, they know how to imagine two characters fucking, and they know how to imagine the characters in a coffee shop, and they know how to make cute Cinema Sins style jokes about it.
But they don’t seem to know how to meet the work where it actually lives and listen to what the work’s actually saying. And trying to guide people that direction has just resulted in me being called a snob a whole bunch.
I don’t know what to do about it, to be honest with you.
It is fascinating to me to read these notes. Apparently for an awful lot of people now, “I’m a fan of a piece of media” literally only means “I ship characters and write AUs” and not “I enjoy examining what the media did and I like talking with other people about it.” It’s almost like the word “fandom” itself has come to mean “I immediately remix the contents of everything into a romance.” Like literally, a lot of people here seem to think that’s what “I’m a fan of this” means. It’s so bizarre to me as a fandom old - most people used to at least spend time enjoying the actual content of a story before immediately making it something else (and usually quite a lot of time.)
No wonder people seem to see “hey maybe actually engage with the contents of this show?” as snobbery if their actual definition of fandom is “I enjoy this by immediately making it something very different.” I wonder how we got here.
It’s because of the gentrification and fetishization of modern media. These people only see fiction as a form of escapism and thus they are unwilling to engage with other peoples’ works beyond how they can use them as vehicles for their own fantasies. It’s one of the most banal, selfish, shallow ways to engage with storytelling and I’m tired of pretending these people are fans of anything beyond their own ego trips. There’s a reason why the worst of this became more commonplace alongside the rise of social media and the sudden acceptance of formerly niche media in western pop culture.
1) a very simple and genuine “i like your shoelaces”, which tells me that you are either a lesbian or a very cool ally
2) “i like your shoelaces” followed by the pronounced grimace of one recalling their past sins, which tells me that you were a 2012 tumblr user. i now hold the power in this conversation and you are at my mercy.
if you know about 2012 tumblr how do you hold any power in any conversation
well, stucky fanfic url, the trick is to not let them know that you are also cringe
HOW ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THIS!!! HOW ARE YOU CELEBRATING. YOUR BREAD IS MISSING ITS BREAD!!!!! YOUR BREAD HAS NO BREAD IN YOUR BREAD!!!!
This guy says it has a “light and airy crumb” YEAH ILL BET!
@smallshrimphell
Like what kills me is that this is actually pretty impressive. Working with high hydration dough is difficult on it’s own but at 106%!? And to work it just enough to develop the gluten so it doesn’t collapse while also keeping all the gas is hard. Timing the proof would have also been difficult. Looking at that crust they must have a really good oven set up as well. Hot as hell. Probably done in a preheated dutch oven.
And all in service… of this. The texture of the bread must be terrible. No fluffiness to it, all tough, thin strands of bread. Crust is probably lovely, but a crunchy dark crust is only nice when it covers lovely light, fluffy, soft bread. It’s the contrast of those textures that makes it work. I like an open airy crumb as much as the next bread maker but this is ridiculous.
