my favorite type of dragon age headcanon is “varric lied”
anyways some of my personal faves are 1) varric and pro-mage hawke are hiding anders, 2) there is an original manuscript for tale of the champion and the one varric published was purposely changed up and exaggerated for hawke’s privacy, 3) varric’s nicknames started as another attempt at anonymity, and 4) the only reason merrill, the literal eluvian expert, is not skyhold’s eluvian expert is because varric is not about to put her in the same location as cassandra and cullen
my personal favorites that i’ve seen from other people are “he lied about orsino” and “all the dungeons look the same because cassandra has no imagination”
So not to be a fandom old about it, but you know how there’s that big debate over whether or not LGBT roles have to be played by LGBT actors? Many more of them are played by LGBT actors who for whatever reason are not ready to be out yet (or ever.) And it’s truly none of your business.
Adding to this, there are a ton of reviews for the film version of Hedwig on Letterbox that gave it 1 star solely on the premise that it “wasn’t written by non-binary people”.
Cut to earlier this month and both John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask have come out as non-binary.
Just because a person isn’t out, doesn’t mean they are cis/straight.
Wynonna Earp cast two cishet women as a lesbian/bisexual couple. Since then, both of them have come out as not straight (I don’t believe either of them have ever labeled themselves but their words seem like they’re both pan to me) and Dom is gender fluid and nonbinary. Both of them have credited their roles and the welcoming LGBT+ fanbase show as helping them realize they weren’t straight. Those roles helped them see past heteronormativity and explore their own identities.
Stop demanding personal information from actors and creators. If the representation is problematic, let’s talk about it. But if they’re doing a good job at portraying LBGT+ issues and people and relationships, let them live their lives in peace.
This is just like the situation with the short story “I sexually identify as an attack helicopter,” by Isabel Fall, a story exploring gender, sexuality and violence, which used the transphobic copypasta as a title in the same way many members of the LGBTQ community have reclaimed some pejoratives over time. The author didn’t give out much personal information and so the internet piled on, accusing her of being transphobic. The author was recently revealed to be a trans woman who stopped her transition because of how she was treated and spoken about by members of her own community and other critics on the internet.
Nothing like an upcoming convention (Harajuku, in Paris, that we’ll attend with @mariposa-nocturna and @nomnomsandwich september 14th and 15th) to spit out illustrations faster than ever, eh ?
This DA:O fanart has an ancestor from 2016, by the way, if you’re into that kind of anecdote.
Is the Pathologic fandom ever gonna get around to talking about how the guy who runs that blocklist and stalks people’s bookmarks for Fiction Crimes had underage porn in his own AO3 bookmarks for like 3 years
I mean, I personally don’t believe this means he’s a pedophile and the entire fandom needs to be warned preemptively not to interact with him for their own safety, especially minors – but that’s absolutely what he would say if he caught someone else with this content. Just like this fic probably has some kind of valid justification or what the fuck ever excuse fancops use so they can keep jacking off to the same shit they abuse others for, but that kind of nuanced consideration has never been a courtesy he’s extended to anyone else, so he won’t be getting it from me.
Also, if you’re feeling generous and think he genuinely doesn’t believe his behaviour is wildly hypocritical, this fic suddenly vanished from his bookmarks earlier this year. Given that he still has another M-rated part of this series saved (also marked Underage!), I’m guessing he realized how bad this looks for him and set the Explicit-rated part to private. Too late of course, but a good try.
Anyway, I may have a good 75% of the fandom blocked, but I thought the ones who are left would appreciate the schadenfreude
