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melolyves.bsky.social
it, instead of making an effort to go and search for things they like. I swear, there's every type of story out there in some form or another. And usually the people making it are incentivized to make more if it if you support them
January 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
melolyves.bsky.social
like...
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 AM
melolyves.bsky.social
idk it's just giving like, 'back in my day we used to be TRUE fans of the media we liked' or something and it feels like making up a guy to get mad at. performative even. the real guy we should be mad at are the mega rich who influence what trends and even what is marketed at all
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 AM
melolyves.bsky.social
like the idea that fandom has 'changed' now because it dies too quickly, with death being determined by how much fan content is being produced. and this might just be me being too cynical, but I wonder if furthermore it's determined by how much content is making it to one's own feed specifically.
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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roodypatooti.bsky.social
Wish I could internalize this
brightwanderer I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned "forever" into the only acceptable definition of success. Like... if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it's a "failed" business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don't actually want to keep doing that, you're a "failed" writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it's a "failed" marriage. The only acceptable "win condition" is "you keep doing that thing forever". A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a "real" friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a "phase" - or, alternatively, a "pity" that you don't do that thing any more. A fandom is "dying" because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things. I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it's okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success... I don't think that's doing us any good at all.
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
melolyves.bsky.social
punches the ground i miss them so bad...
January 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
melolyves.bsky.social
these are so gorgeous! absolutely stunning
January 1, 2026 at 4:33 AM