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You Couldn’t Make ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ in Today’s Woke Culture (thehardtimes.net)

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[–] IonAddis@lemmy.world 56 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

The thing that makes me cackle about this movie, as a Fandom!Old, is that it's basically written as the crackiest crack-ship you could ever find on AO3.

And yet...it's had one of the biggest box-offices ever.

This brings me no end of glee.

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 80 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Fandom!Old = one who has been in a certain fandom for a long time.

Crack-ship = Shipping is a romantic and/or sexual pairing of two fictional characters. A crack-ship is a ship that makes no logical sense, as if it was conceived with heavy drug use, or made "on crack".

AO3 = Archive of Our Own, a website for fanfictions, fan art, fan videos, and other fan-produced content for various different fandoms. One may find many crack-ships here.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you kind internet passerby.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think a ship between deadpool and Wolverine makes a lot of sense though. At least from the perspective of it being a piece of entertainment media. They have experiences they share exclusively, as well as personal, natural ones. They have a lot in common, in terms of interest, history, social circles. They also have very divergent personalities. It is perfect ship material.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago

They also have the same superpower

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

you should bottle up whatever you just said and sell it to the kids as new slang.

[–] MagnyusG@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

it's already old slang, the kiddos wouldn't buy it.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

just say it's post-ironic meta humor they'll lap it up

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 3 weeks ago

Don't sell kids crack!

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

What is a fandom!old, crackiest crack-ship ao3?

[–] Sesudesu@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

I’m pretty sure AO3 is a fan fiction site. And they are saying that Deadpool and wolverine are just an absurd ship you would find in the craziest fanfic.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Fandom!old means he is saying this as an elder member of the fandom

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

I immediately recognized “ship” and “ao3” but I still have no idea what the rest of it means

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Some weird Zoomer lingo, I assume. \s

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This has an extra layer of amusement for anyone who knows where your name came from.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

It is pitch black in here.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Cringe as fuck, that’s what

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 14 points 3 weeks ago

I’m with the other dude. I got no idea what this means. Lmao