MERLIN | 3.18
The Eye of the Phoenix
pov: you’re shopping for potatoes during the apocalypse and you see a woman with lightning titties kiss her corpse girlfriend in the produce aisle. the corpse girlfriend then starts confessing to a murder. literally what do you do with your day after that
pov: you’re taking your potatoes home after the mysterious illusion gets dispelled by the guards when an elderly gnomish man darts past you on all fours. a faun is leaping after him. do you think you just give up at that point
The curse of modern fandom is that it has allowed fans to get even closer to artists, but they won't view the artists as people.
Human limits, human mistakes, human feelings, human needs, are never ascribed to artists, and when other fans rightfully point out, "hey, humans are making this, maybe don't harass them or demand they cater to your personal tastes," it gets shut down under, "uh, people who make popular mainstream things are automatically Public Figures who are also probably rich, so eat the rich and destroy artists over every perceived minor fault. <3"
Even though there's, y'know, a really big strike currently going on because those artists are very much not rich or influential or in control of the bullshit.
The more friends I make in the various facets of the entertainment industry, and the more widely my own art gets shared, the more I realize that a lot of y'all genuinely don't see artists as human beings if they meet some arbitrary standard of Being Known Online.
There is no amount of online fame that makes someone subhuman and a valid target for blatant disrespect and harassment.
Contrary to popular belief, you do not actually own and control a piece of art just because you like it a lot. The artists are not subject to your personal whims and tastes. They owe you nothing.
Wow that was FAST. Check out this YouTube ad I just got trying to hire scabs immediately.
The fact that they're advertising it as hourly pay is so telling that they're hoping to just hire random people off the street. They're trying to prey on desperate actors who don't know that $180/hr for a fucking GODZILLA movie is the hugest rip off anyone could possibly pull. No rights, royalties or residuals but hey at least you'll get paid fucking nothing!
Also since actors won't be promoting their movies during the strike, companies are going to try to pay influencers to promote movies.
The actors union has made it very clear that any influencer that promotes the movies during the strike will not be allowed in the union later.
Which means that promoting the movies during the actors strike is scab behavior. I'm sure that they'll offer a huge sum of money. Don't do it.
We don't support scabs on this part of the internet.
-fae
"arthur is gay" literally gwen is right there. have some respect for your queen 🙄
#Yes!!!#I feel the same way about Merlin!#Like did everyone forget about Freya???#And how it looked like he thought Morgana was all that and a bag of chips when he first saw her (which she is)#And he had a total meet-cute with Nimueh#Even though she was faking#And Sefa too!#Sorry I know this was about Arthur but I see more people saying Arthur is bi than I do saying Merlin is bi and it bothers me :/ @tangledupwithmerthur don't be sorry, you're right and you should say it!! 💖