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Pokémon!

SURE!

The first character I first fell in love with: Ash. Definitely Ash.

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: James from Team Rocket. 

The character everyone else loves that I don’t: IDK I don’t like Misty but I’m not sure that anyone really does. Actually, there are tons of really annoying characters all throughout the series…

The character I love that everyone else hates: Ash. 🙂 He’s so dumb. 

The character I used to love but don’t any longer: Ash’s mom?? And Professor Oak… actually, lots of people seem to be working against Ash. But I haven’t kept up on the series, so maybe this improves. 

The character I would totally smooch: Professor Sycamore. *COUGH*

The character I’d want to be like: Bonnie. Kehe. 

The character I’d slap: IDK… I don’t want to slap anyone. 

A pairing that I love: Jesse/James

A pairing that I despise: Ash/Misty

Crap. If this was pokemorph mush or something I could probably answer these with more confidence. :/

kimikomuffin:

femservice:

Here is the secret to fandom:

Give zero fucks about what anyone else is doing.

Seriously.  I mean it.  Because inevitably you will love something that no one else loves.  Or you will love something that everyone loves and people will shit all over it because it’s “so trite and unimaginative and done.” Or you will love something that no one else has ever heard of.  Or you will love something dark and edgy and or obscure and people will roll their eyes and say, “What, do you want people to think you’re dark and edgy and obscure?”

Alternatively, you will not love the thing that everyone else loves, and you will wonder what precisely is wrong with you that the sight of that thing is aggravating the shit out of you now when the whole world sings its praises as one.

People will irritate you.  They’ll irritate you with headcanons that make no sense and misinterpretations of canon.  They will make the same jokes 500 times.  They will overwhelm your corner of fandom with something you either are tired of hearing about or don’t care about.  They will post art that isn’t theirs.  You will meet people who think you are the greatest person ever and bombard you with messages  only to wander off when they find someone new or shinier; you will meet people whom you admire and who do not really seem to notice you exist. 

So give zero fucks about it.  Seriously.  Like what you like, blacklist what you need to blacklist, and ignore everything else.  Be friends, play nice, enjoy it.  And in the meantime, just do you.  Like what you like, love what you love, and to hell with all the rest of it. 

As someone who spent four years making a Create.swf comic, I can attest that this is the correct attitude.