THE GRINCH. WOULD NEVER. And that quote is from when he's hating on random Whos he never met, from the phone book, unfairly. It's a sign of his trauma. Do they not watch movies either?

Yes. Charlie should have more people tripping over themselves from sheer ♥️ she's the only no-strings-attached nice person in all of Hell! Love her FFS

I WAS A SAKURA FAN. The HH fandom has been giving me THE WORST flashbacks to those days. I'd argue it is even more whacked with Charlie, who's been written as kind from the start, whereas Sakura was written to be a little unlikable from her intro to Sasuke Retrieval arc. Otherwise though, same 🪳

Yes. I came near quitting every fandom space I was in over this. I did in fact quit Emily fanspaces over fans going SHE BETTER THAN CHARLIE HUR HUR SHE PERSUADED SERA CHARLIE FAILED WITH VOX HUR HUR. I am too old for this level of blind misogyny.

I had scarfed down said shiitake mushrooms before I figured a pic tax was in order

It makes me a very sad cow to hear this. It shouldn't happen, and yet it does. And of course, the fandom. I truly hope things develop more positively over what's left of the year. I can promise you though that fandom hangovers get better, at least.

That said, this year hasn't been good worldwide and outside the Charlastor clique, the fandom has been disappointing. Recovering from Season 2 and its fallout has been like a hangover.

Please feel free to tell me to fuck right off, but when you feel numb rather than emotional, and think it might be depression, it's a great idea to call your friendly neighborhood therapist. Just in case.

(I am a therapist in real life)

I've been wanting their 1920 selves to dance since 2024 and they kept getting sabotaged by culture and society. Outrageous! Look at everything poor Al had to do to get his dance! Oh, but he is getting revenge in the next chapter. Big time.

AO3 allowing AI fic has been one of the shittiest things.

What, you didn't see it? Applesauce became canon halfway through!

Ha! Well I stand corrected then. There was ass-slapping, but it did not involve Alastor or Charlie.

He did? How did I miss that?