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⌈ Secret Post #5693 ⌋

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Petty fandom annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

In my current main fandom, I ship A/B, who are by faaaaar the most popular pairing. There are a handful of others that fic/art exist for, but people have never talked about them much. But recently, C/D has started to become super popular and they're pretty much all the fandom wants to talk about these days. I still love A/B and have zero interest in C/D. I really dislike both C and D but both characters are extremely popular for reasons that I don't get at all and I'm really annoyed they're taking all the attention away from A/B. I wish they'd both leave the show, honestly.

This is first time I've ever been so annoyed by a pairing that didn't interfere with my ship and I really don't get it. I realize how stupid this is (and before anyone says it, no, I'm not going around telling C/D fans that their ship sucks or anything like that because that would be mean and immature but I just really, really don't like the ship.)

Re: Petty fandom annoyances

[pantswarrior]

Maaan I'm sort of on the flip side of this right now. I'm in a fandom that has a juggernaut pairing, and I like the juggernaut pairing, but I also like literally all the other characters... and there is so much fic, most of it smut (which I'm not interested in) about the juggernaut pairing - and almost nothing else. So now I'm honestly tired of hearing about them outside of canon (where I still very much enjoy them) and am focusing on other characters. Primarily at the moment, a crack rarepair for a couple characters who I really like, and I've found a handful of other people who are into it and we're all cheering each other on to write/draw more of what we want to see.

But oh how I relate to the "I am not interested in seeing more of the thing fandom is obsessed with and I'm not going to bash them for it or anything but it's still frustrating" feeling. Yeah, it's petty, everyone should have the fun they want to have with fandom, but those feelings are just still... there.

Re: Petty fandom annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, I feel this. I'm in a similar situation. I've always been into the juggernaut, and being on the other side is actually painful. My A/B have great chemistry and are super attractive, and C/D have barely there chemistry and are ok, I guess. I don't dislike C or D, but they're not interesting. I don't get it. I have to stop and remind myself that I've been privileged not to encounter this before, and go do something else when I get frustrated.

Re: Petty fandom annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

I just want some more gen fic in my fandoms. I ship A/B and C/D like everyone else, but sometimes I just wanna read about all four of them hanging out as friends or just A hanging out with D without B and C getting jealous.

Re: Petty fandom annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

My breasts are so sore from breastfeeding.

Re: Petty fandom annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

This sounds like it could be about one of my fandoms, but I'm on the other side. I like A/B fine (except the fans have always been super obnoxious) but I'm loving all the C/D content.

Re: Petty fandom annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

Man, I just wish I could find fic that really strikes all the boxes for me. Shirt of commissioning it or writing it myself... WHERE ARE YOU???!!!

Re: Petty fandom annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

In my fandom the more popular fics/genres/tropes for ships I like all lack something for me so I can't really enjoy any of it. I don't like being a Debbie Downer so I'm not active in the fandom currently.

Re: Petty fandom annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

I'm in one where A/B is the perennial ship, which I lost interest in-- A started out my favorite character and I thought the ship was cute/potentially promising but never got serious about it, and things developed in a way where I didn't ship it at all. But my current faves are my fandom's E/F, so I'm excited to see them share the spotlight.

My fandom's C/D, though? HATE it. C could be interesting solo, or just focusing on platonic relationships in the ensemble, and doesn't need a romance storyline to be fulfilled. D is just one of the WORST characters, has no chemistry with C and does nothing interesting, and the only reason I don't actively want them to break up is because if they do, A) they'll have more screentime devoted to their Feelings, and B) C/E becomes all the more likely as endgame, and even without a competing E ship, I think they're bad for each other and would undo a lot of their personal progress as individuals if they were a couple.

So I get it-- usually if I hate a ship, it's because it argues with my OTP, but this one actively keeps my notp from happening and I still hate it.

Re: Petty fandom annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

There's a popular ship in my fandom. And I get it, I get why people ship it, it's cute and the characters have great chemistry and I like the characters individually and I like their friendship. But I just can't get behind it as a ship at all.

What's frustrating is that I can't even figure out why! Every reason I think of that I don't like it applies to a different ship in the same fandom that I do ship.

Too popular? It's the second most popular ship in the fandom, second only to my ship.
Shippers assume everyone ships it because of its popularity? Also happens with the ship I ship.
Shippers make everything about their ship? Yeah, but they do that with my ship too...possibly even more.
I ship the characters with other characters instead? I do, but I'm no stranger to multishipping, so that's never been an issue for me.

It doesn't really matter of course, but I just wish I could understand what's not clicking for me.

Re: Petty fandom annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

theres this character thats canonically a cis man but I like imagining him as trans anyway because its fun lol. but theres literally only 2 fics on ao3 featuring a trans-version of him and its very annoying. so basically the only content I get of it is just the banter between me and my friend about it.

Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

Because ISTG if one more person closer to the elevator door than me does the, "Oh no go ahead!" thing I am going to snap.

I know they're trying to be polite (I guess?) but just fucking get out of the elevator! You're in front!

Re: Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't been granted access to the printers at my new job yet, so I need to ask my coworkers to print for me and it's driving me crazy.

Re: Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

Think I'm coming down with COVID for the fourth time. Sigh.

Re: Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

Anytime I hear someone request for decaf coffee when there is only one public coffee dispenser sitting out a vein in my forehead pops. Like, mate, you are not at a coffee shop, the coffee sitting there is free, and ain't nobody gonna brew a pot exclusively for your delicate stomach.

Re: Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, I definitely relate re: the elevator thing. It’s an ongoing frustration with my father, actually. I know that he’s just being polite (and he’s actually pretty chill on most of those “chivalry” things), but I still struggle to let it go at times.

In addition to the elevator example, he often gestures for me to go first in situations where I don’t know where we’re going. Or he’s the one who should ultimately be in front (e.g. visiting friends of his, going to the till at a shop when he’s the one who’s actually paying/buying something).

Re: Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

My breasts and uterus are sore from hormones. Sometimes I really hate being a woman.

Re: Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, my father is frustratingly polite and will do stuff like this. Or the classic "holds the door open for someone who is several meters away, making them feel like they need to hurry" thing. The thing is, he genuinely doesn't expect or even want them to hurry. He does these things because we wants to, because he's almost pathologically considerate. But of course, the person he's doing it for probably doesn't experience it that way.

I try to be considerate. I have given back cash money when I saw someone drop it. I have helped my non-english speaking neighbor carry her stroller up the stairs when the elevator was broken despite the fact that it was a bit awkward to convey what it is I was proposing we do, because ultimately it was clear she would need the help. I can absolutely be a bit brusque at times, but I am mostly a fairly benevolent person who believes in being considerate of others. But I find small, totally unnecessary helpful acts that actually create confusion or awkwardness to be just plain annoying.

Re: Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

I want to make it clear this 100% a me problem, but I get so annoyed whenever I have to reorder water for my workplace. Again, it's a me problem, but my first thought is why are all of you so thirsty, so wasteful?!!!! Water, water for tea, water for coffee, stop being wasteful by drinking the water and preserve it for when you need it! I acknowledge this is my fucked up way of thinking about it (realizing right now that the implication is that you're being greedy by drinking so much water). But it annoys me.

Re: Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

I hate when a headache just kind of lurks in the corners of my awareness even after I've taken pain meds.

And since my headaches tend to be caused by weather and hormone changes and the weather is hot and muggy and I'm on week two of one of my fucking awful post-covid periods that last for weeks, I've spent the last oh, ten days feeling like someone pierced the bridge of my nose and maybe whacked my temples with a hammer.

Re: Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

I have a cut or a bump on the inside of my lip that is tender and super sensitive when I accidentally rub my teeth against it. 🥲

Re: Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

And when I've thought that I can speak with my father like we are normal human beings, he is starting to try get a rise out of me. Worst of all, of course he is succeeding, parents always do.

Re: Petty Real Life Annoyances

[(Anonymous)]

Work evaluations. Especially the kind where you have to evaluate yourself. I'm like, why? Yeah, I get they're supposed to be super positive and uplifting, and it's supposed to generate good vibes across the company so we all work together better or some shit. But answering dumbass questions like "WhAt AcCoMpLiShMeNt ArE yOu MoSt PrOuD oF" is such bullshit and I can't imagine anyone who isn't privileged as fuck didn't come up with a question like that. You're fucking assuming I accomplished anything remotely meaningful, much less that I'm proud of anything. I'm not. Sorry if that doesn't vibe with you. I'm here to do a fucking job and get paid. And I just spent the last three goddamn years adjusting to changes thanks to a fucking pandemic that could have been handled better and I have zero trust in humans, and this is on top of already being in survival mode in a world where everything is getting more expensive and my wages aren't keeping up. And I don't know how to further my education to justify an increased wage without spending the money and time I don't even have on a degree I should have had years ago.

But I acknowledge that this is just a personal problem of mine and that I just need to get over it. But that's going to involve a lot of lying on this stupid form and I hate lying but it's not like I can be truthful either.

Favority celebrity houses

[(Anonymous)]

Inspired by that secret last week: which celebrity (feel free to interpret that loosely) has a house that makes you go: "Great taste, A+"