the deeper i get into fandom the weirder it is to me that Whedon-style nerdboys ever managed to convince people that the True Fans™ are the people who memorize shit and lord their knowledge over other people. like ok you know the exact dimensions of Batman’s cave penny. sure. but did you survive the HP ship wars? do you know how to customize your Ao3 search to filter out all the creepy and/or poorly tagged shit in the massive fandoms? have you ever gotten in a fight over SuperWhoLock? would you last more than ten seconds on _coal or FFA? have you felt the burning pain in your fingers as you scramble to bang out just a hundred more words before the exchange deadline comes down? can you do research to make your in-universe artifacts accurate? can you vid? can you edit .gifs? can you sew costumes and do makeup? like yeah ok you love Jace Beleren enough to know his backstory and all his stats but i’m sorry did you personally stitch what looks like over two hundred eyelets onto your stockings so you could cosplay Liliana Vess? fake geek girls my ass. get back to me when you can do something with the worlds you love other than memorize them.
If you can relate your OTP to the song King and Lionheart, chances are it’s a damn good OTP
If you can relate your OTP to the song A Thousand Years, why the fuck are you doing this to yourself, get out, right now, there is only pain ahead for you. Abort the ship and save yourself.
My head canon has been that the equerry in asib is Mycroft’s boyfriend as they are dressed alike. Thinking about him instead as a possible date for John works too, as they are emphasizing his similarity to Mycroft. And Mycroft is clean-shaven (hence gay) in tab, therefore the equerry is gay.
This changes the palace scene from male gaze, isn’t lesbian sex exciting, put down your teacup John – to discretion is necessary, you understand why the princess may want to remain closeted, queer solidarity.
