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[@gremlita]

wait as a former tumblr gif maker who graduated from the 2014 class of tumblr graphic design... the reason those gifs were so grainy and compressed was because... for the longest time, tumblr had a 500kb limit for gifs so we had to ruin the quality to capture a full scene and then we color graded it to shit so that the graininess could look *aesthetic* and purposeful

[@maddil394]

OMG MINA!!!! Did not expect to see you here

[@giu6712]

ngl i miss the weird color grading..... in a nostalgic way T_T

[@johannaelloso9418]

MINA LE?!

[@weirdhousewivesclub]

Please you just described my early aughts selfies 😂😭

[@kissesangel1996]

that unlocked a core memory for me I forgot I had

[@TylerOakley]

he WAS iconic & he WAS slay!! thank you for your kindness then & your kindness now

[@marieils]

Yes you are an absolute SLAY!

[@lrizzard]

omg slay former king of youtube

[@qwitchyy]

Hope to see you in Simmers Among Us again soon!! So fun 🖤

[@onemillionpercent]

omg ... u r iconique to this day hi

[@nyademattos7808]

tylerrrrrr !! 😂❤️

[@anti8545]

As a former Phan proofer I fully believe that teenagers should not be allowed on the internet. I am so sorry to those men

[@heyitsamyjay]

the way people hypothesized that they had a real apartment and a set apartment before they even revealed that...teenagers are terrifying and have too much time on their hands

[@luciana4075]

as someone who was in the phandom, i still can't believe how these men didn't lose their shit. so many ppl were being extremely invasive. it seems like they're living their best life rn tho, so good for them!

[@carolinemcgovern4488]

@@luciana4075Yep. I'm very happy for them that they're living their best life right now.

[@stevievaughan5096]

i literally remember at one point thinking to myself “why don’t the people who meet them just corner them and ask them if they’re dating?” not realizing how invasive and creepy that would be. i’m glad i’m over that fucked up phase

[@stevievaughan5096]

@@heyitsamyjaywait they did??

[@user-hw7kf3ki8q]

There’s actually a huge amount of academic study on why women like to interact with gay slash relationships, it’s mainly to do with being able to work through desires whilst detaching from misogyny and experiencing what they can’t actually have in real life due to the patriarchy. Henry Jenkins is probably the biggest writer on this currently

[@kekeshomevideos]

can i have a source? asking for a friend...

[@hambos]

so secretly every woman wants to marry her gay best friend?

[@Snackcrab]

There’s a book called Gil’s Who Like Boys Who Like Boys about this!

[@FileCode1459]

@@kekeshomevideos so i just threw henry jenkins' name on google scholar and he has a book called "fans, bloggers and gamers" and i suppose he may talk about that subject somewhere in the book but i'm not sure

[@hayleysmith3113]

Or they can’t handle the jealousy of men being with other women

[@anfisachern8570]

Carley reading the forbidden John Green tumblr post word for word wasn’t on my 2023 bingo card

[@uncarley]

im unpredictable

[@hannrkelley]

We all won, and lost.

[@cauliflower04]

The way I stopped chewing my cereal and stared off into space when I realized what was happening. I’ve never seen that post in my life but I’m now permanently traumatized thank you🫡

[@Reiiven]

I’ve genuinely never seen the full post. I feel enlightened.

[@brettboswell19]

Watching this in 2024 imagine my gd surprise

[@t.mutabilis2497]

you missed marina's electra heart era. she was THE tumblr girlie and all the iconic lore to this iconic album was posted there

[@itstheverve]

all she ever wanted was the world 😔✊

[@gnifel3841]

YES

[@_bebeboudeur_]

THIS

[@vortexofself]

GOD YES MARINAAAAA

[@lrizzard]

i love her sm

[@cresentecho15]

it is criminal that the oncler fandom is not on this list, because that whole thing was one of the most wildest things i’ve ever seen come out of tumblr

[@tabithamarie6481]

oh my god i completely forgot about the onceler fandom

[@earthtorebecca1290]

and the "Tumblr sexy men" in general

[@sughopemin8134]

Literally was just about to say this like that was a cultural shift for sure

[@fredhasopinions]

To be fair, “Biggering” fucking slaps

[@antoniav.w.3082]

The Marauders fandom being so influential that every single fancast actor of the main characters knows about it is just iconic

[@sabrinabecker9571]

omg no way😭😭

[@user-tw3rh9po4t]

Can we get some Doom fans in the chat please?

[@purplemusiclover1597]

The amount of times I’ve been called a homophobe for not shipping Larry as a bisexual gender queer person

[@save_bandit]

larrys are the biggest homophobes. the way they fetishize mlm relationships 💀…

[@andresboehmwald9171]

this is so real

[@uncarley]

we deserve an award tbh

[@user-qb1ht7fr3n]

I don’t ship them either , well I came to know of the band after it had broken up anyway so… I don’t know much about Larry But I think people often do stuff like this w a lot of other bands too ( nd even in 1D Zarry nd all , although Larry is the most famous…) I feel like if that was the case , surely they could have come out now ….nd if people actually think it’s true , then the only possible reason they haven’t made an announcement would be that they want privacy so the believers aren’t giving them that either ….plus I think stuff like this can harm friendships , they’d have to be more careful with everything…

[@agrv1999]

ik!!! just because we’re queer doesn’t mean we have to ship every queer pairing canon or nottt

[@hannahmisko1490]

I am pretty sure that multiple times as a middle schooler I genuinely complimented someone’s shoelaces and they said, “thanks I stole them from the president” and I just laughed and didn’t know the context until like five years later

[@uncarley]

oh NO

[@flovita]

omg

[@dumbledoresgotstyle]

I worked and Journeys shoes (the not like other girls of shoe stores) in my late teens and the amount of times people said “I like your shoe laces” AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY MEANT UNTIL TODAY. I’ve never been on tumblr so… oops lol

[@phoebehicks4260]

ok and also is anyone else still on tumblr (probably not) but they have a store with tumblr merch and they have branded shoelaces like the way i lost my absolute shit

[@yehyah4681]

Can you explain the context lol?

[@e-linamarie]

just as a testament to how dedicated the mauraders girlies are: i found out about “all the young dudes” bc i was on a plane and someone next to me had gotten it printed and bound as a paperback book for themself and i happened to be curious & look up what it was. it’s not a published book in print, this person just had it made for themself so they could have it as a physical book

[@benedetta8450]

i have it printed it out too.. just so you know i also havent touched the maruders fandom in years i kinda wanna go back but dracotok was scarring

[@stoopsquid]

my brother did that with a bella/alice fanfiction for a camping trip. icons

[@the-berries-and-cream-dude]

i did the same thing too with the book from twilight but from Edward's perspective back when it was leaked, still have it to this day 😂

[@weardgirl07]

As a marauders stan i truly need a deep dive into this fandom because the amount of content that came from literal crumbs is insane.

[@daisyallen4954]

like actual movie trailers and the fact that there is a set casting that is NOT disputed is truly amazing

[@frankiebrysonious9446]

NEED IT

[@vvitch-mist20]

I still use Tumblr and I refuse to get over how we all faked a movie with fanfiction, and fan art.

[@jordanmarshall6628]

Wow so you haven't seen Goncharov?

[@CaseyTyler357]

This was truly our finest moment. The fact that there were legit articles written about it and all the twitter users confused as to whether it was real or not.

[@papl20]

what are you talking about? Goncharov (1973) is the greatest movie of all time.

[@vvitch-mist20]

@@CaseyTyler357 I was fucking confused and I was watching it unfold.

[@vvitch-mist20]

@@jordanmarshall6628 All of us descended on this video like "Goncharov"

[@ashleynorton]

We can’t leave out when someone said “I like your shoelaces” you were supposed to respond “thanks I stole them from the president.” So random, so quirky 🤪

[@amyeddelman]

omg Ashley I love your shoelaces (and all of your videos)

[@PTheo397]

As someone who is still actively in the marauders fandom, you can't even imagine how much deeper the fandom goes like its insane. The babygirlification of barty crouch jr needs to be studied asap and characters who's names are only mentioned once across the whole seven books have been given the most intricate lore ever. I highly recommend looking into it if you're interested because whether for good or for bad it will change your life 😅

[@really-quite-exhausted]

Every so often I come back to the Marauders fandom, and you're so exactly right. I think the Jegulus branch of it weirds me out the most because like... somehow it works? I'm personally not a fan of it, but it amazes me how the fandom can still make a (totally fanon and zero canon) compelling relationship between them work. How? Fandom is amazing and kind of terrifying.

[@chloe.imogen]

I will never forget when I saw someone on Tumblr say their favourite Harry Potter character was Dorcas Meadows. Like, WHO?

[@noramartinez8520]

​@@chloe.imogen BAHAHAH i love the internet

[@danielacervantes5487]

Did that stem from him being played by David Tennant. He was(is) a real crowd favorite on Tumblr

[@really-quite-exhausted]

@@danielacervantes5487 Honestly I don't think so. In the 4th book, Crouch is painted in a much more sympathetic light than the movie as he is very young when he is arrested in the pensieve memory (after the Longbottoms' torture) and Harry/ the narrator assumes he's innocent and just got mixed up with the wrong crowd, and then at the end it's revealed that he obviously was involved and maybe just acting innocent. If you combine that with what you learn about his pressured relationship with his father and the description of young his appearance then you get a perfect recipe for babygirlification. E.g. "He committed atrocities because he couldn't get enough of daddy's attention 🥺 He was probably friends with Regulus Black (who the fandom have collectively decided was jealous of Sirius' friends and freedom from the Black family and bravery in a kind of sad pathetic and inevitably tragic way) so he's a cute pathetic uwu baby who is totally evil and manipulative

[@greenhouseghostie]

I think I was on a different side of tumblr lol. my iconic moments would be obama's "then perish" eyes, "surprise bitch, I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me", "they crave that mineral", and the pastel goth bruises and cigarettes aesthetic.

[@dreamingofthemoon]

I LOVE the "then perish" meme. And can't believe she didn't mention the "do you see the color of the sky" text post

[@annabellerose678]

THEY CRAVE THAT MINERAL WAS SO GOOD

[@convoswithkara]

obsessed with carley's mike's mic green screen ranking era, we are not worthy

[@mayas883]

This would be a truly unhinged collab that would literally solve climate change

[@avamorgan7860]

i need it

[@user-be3iu9vz4s]

NAUR I NEED THIS

[@uncarley]

he is the king

[@dainsleifmain]

@@uncarley and ur the queen

[@mateakalanj3988]

joined tumblr the day before mishapocalypse specifically to seek out other supernatural fans. i was not at all prepared.

[@uncarley]

oh no

[@Sadie-rai]

im sorry for bursting out in laughter at this

[@dothefoxtrot]

I took a Literature & The Internet class in college and we actually DID study why M/M ships are so popular in fandom, especially among queer femmes! These were some of the reasons we came up with: (1) The reason you yourself gave: it's sometimes less complex/confusing to fictionalize a romance when it is removed from yourself/your own identity. (2) F/F content can be fetishized by cishet men, making it riskier to engage with. (3) Maleness is socially perceived as the "default" and male characters often have more depth/complexity than female ones. (4) There are often way fewer female characters in these popular shows and when they do exist, they hardly ever interact with one another. (5) A sliding scale ranging from queer solidarity to M/M fetishization. Overall, it's a fascinating phenomenon in queer/gender studies. Yet, discussions should always be mindful of misogyny in order to make sure we aren't just pathologizing/demonizing queer femmes, since they are prone to being labeled "weird/cringe" for having interests!

[@m00nrac00n]

Interesting! I always thought the "forbidden" (not literally, but you know what I mean) aspect could be part of it. Men being sensible and emotionaly open to/and with each other which is still not largely encouraged by our society. That there is this desire for something still rarely seen, so it is more "spicy" than the kind of romance you see everywhere. In addition to that many of those M/M ships seem to consist of stereotypicaly "heteronormative-looking" (emphasize of "...") guys, not what the media usually portrays as queer men. I wonder if this adds to it aswell. I do think however perceiving romance content without having to be part of it yourself might be the biggest reason. Lastly, both potential reasons stem from some sort of "dissonance" to personaly lived reality. Much to think about...

[@maryn7097]

With Klaine you also have to remember that Darren Criss originally hit the tumblr scene when A Very Potter Musical went viral. As a Starkid alum, he had a special place in the heart of tumblr nerds and I think there were folks who went hard for Klaine out of pride.

[@blancaherreroespana5035]

i legit started watching Glee because I was a massive AVPM fan and found out Darren was going to be in the next episode so I bingewatched all previous episodes

[@darkarcades]

i was H E A V Y in the sherlock fandom back in 2012-2015ish. just hearing superwholock said out loud sent me into a full body cringe. no regrets but holy shit that was such a time

[@edenstar196]

I felt the same way hearing that😭😭💀

[@uncarley]

superwholock is culture

[@edenstar196]

@@uncarley always gonna be a part of me whether I like it or not

[@thebookishjulie]

the flashbacks I just got while hearing this word are unbelievable

[@JamesLawner]

I felt like I was forced into watching Sherlock, and even though I did like watching it at the time, I’ll never forget how I went on Tumblr and was bombarded with Sherlock S2 finale spoilers (biggest mistake of my life. I think that was how I got into the show, but when I got to that finale, it didn’t have the same impact like if I watched it for the first time. And this is why I take spoilers very seriously). Also, I absolutely HATED how the Superwholock fandom wanted a crossover with all 3 shows, and even at one point it became Superwholockavengers!

[@kwadhwa23]

just 30 mins of carley proving why she deserves a phd in tumblr

[@uncarley]

literally someone make me a certificate

[@ingrydjorgensen8110]

This is her dissertation

[@BaddeGrasse]

I want it noted on the plaque they put on the university building in her honour to note that within her prowess and knowledge is the fact that destiel were the two main characters of supernatural

[@whythenumber]

​@@uncarley on it boss

[@Blue-wz5um]

The degree is from tumblr university ofc

[@astridd4077]

don’t forget the ‘taylor swift wrote all the young dudes’ theories and fandom - THAT is something which deserves a whole video

[@l0v3lu1z4]

basically atyd has a lot of moments that coincide with tswift lyrics and the author, MsKingBean89 has 89 at the end, aka taylor's year of birth so as a joke people connected the dots lol@prettyshit

[@Jenniemae]

Another fun Tumblr thing from the Johnlock fandom was that Tumblr groupthinked so hard they created Sherlock and John's son named Hamish who became such a central figure in the fandom that I still have to remind myself that he does not exist at all.

[@franb0l]

around pandemic times the she-ra fandom did a similar thing when i started getting into it i really thought adora and catra really had an enby kid named finn

[@liana7010]

queen carley was so real for moving the marauders fandom to god-tier. also died at the john green part. what was that-

[@uncarley]

i have to put respect on remus lupins name

[@peanutbutrs]

I didnt have headphones on for the john green part 😭😭😭 i guess its my bad tho carley did say its a tumblr video

[@MonaToma]

The way u said "are you following" when talking about the marauders fandom.... I laughed for like five minutes straight we NEED you to do a full video on that if youre up to it. Im not even in the fandom i just want to hear what you have to say about it

[@uncarley]

the mauraders fandom is something else i salute them

[@neonxvices]

@@uncarley i would love a video on the marauders fandom

[@thatb1h855]

ME TOO😭THE MFANDOM IS FUCKING CRAZY

[@nijohn12]

@@uncarley carley pls...ive never read a harry potter book and I've barely watched the movie. I don't plan on ever needing this information but when i tell you i want that marauders video soo bad it sounds funny af because nothing makes me laugh more than Tumblr ships because they are truly pure undiluted delusion. Just like the made-up Martin Scorsese movie like ???? wow

[@myascott9648]

@@uncarley PLEASE WE NEED A VIDEO ABOUT THE MARAUDERS

[@amymiles5346]

The "not like other girls" one though 😂 People ended up shipping the blonde girl with the reading girl and there was SO much adorable fan art of the two of them. THEY WERE GIRLFRIENDS!! A great way that tumblr reclaimed a cringe and misogynistic post and made it sapphic ❤️🏳️‍🌈

[@sabrinabecker9571]

awww❤️❤️

[@pbkathleen]

the original art is actually commissioned kink art and not even meant to be a "not like other girls" thing 😭😭 it's reverse bimbofication art lmaoo

[@skincarewithaustin]

“You’re nothing. Do you hear me?” I’m sorry, but this made me audibly laugh. In your own words: “is it bullying? Absolutely. But sometimes.. bullying is funny.” Stay strong, Queen. ✊🏻

[@makkonen1]

im a marauders stan but ur right it is an absolutely unhinged fandom

[@uncarley]

unhinged and POWERFUL

[@bloofinntoonaa]

i'm in the hogwarts legacy fandom now and the way we make our own canon from the lack of content from the game is astounding

[@jamierichie8790]

she forgot the fact that everyone is convinced that taylor swift wrote that fanfic

[@eliseesbjornsson]

@@bloofinntoonaa omg I’ve been LOOKING for you guys r u on twt orrrrr

[@JamesLawner]

@@jamierichie8790 Seriously?! What’s the evidence?? 🤣

[@lidiabobrowska7046]

ngl a lot of folks who were "into shipping" back then as teenagers, now come out as queer adults bc it was also a form of self insert so there is some saving grace ig

[@uncarley]

thank god there's that

[@grammerincorrect]

John Green being back on tumblr is so brave. I asked him what he thought of destiel going canon and he like you was like I don’t wanna get into that lol

[@cur1ouscatf1sh]

Starting with miku binder jefferson is a bold choice and I applaud you for it

[@laurd11]

Johnlock being god tier and superwholock being "i wish i never saw this" is counterintuitive and also exactly right

[@frankensteinfan]

taylor swift: we were like the mall (tumblr) before the internet (tiktok) it was the one place to be

[@liana7010]

so real.

[@uncarley]

so true

[@Phoenix62442]

So, the best part of the "not like other girls" art and comics that were posted in "2014 era tumblr" is that a few years later people started creating alternate versions of them where, depending on the original, the "popular girl" and "weird girl" were in love or friends. In the case of the picking up the book one that you showed, the five girls are in a book club together. Highly recommend looking these up!

[@gnomeykins07]

I love those! There are a lot on r/gatekeepingyuri

[@2000seoulsonyosound]

I used to be in the Larry fandom... but I thankfully recovered when they started doing megathreads of why Louis' son was a fake baby 😭 like they would say it was a baby doll and the pictures were photoshopped 😭 There's nothing like teenage girls with freedom on the internet, we were insane.

[@lulaa123]

The worst thing is that a lot of people actually believe that stuff (just that now Freddie is played by his maternal grandparents son, so basically he is his supposedly his moms brother) and now they are grown women and at times even people in their 50s/60s/70s. It’s insane

[@eefaaaa8045]

@@prettyshitits truly tiring like i feel awful for both of them for desling with this for so long

[@blueserenity7]

I was in the Sherlock fandom and also just followed promo stuff for any other projects Benedict Cumberbatch was working on, and there were a LOT of people who made the same claims about his first child, and said so much horrible shit about Sophie Hunter :/ There wasn't even anyone else in the picture that he was in a "real" relationship with, they just insisted that things with Sophie were fake??

[@zaraamir9165]

I had so many friends around that same age group (14-16) who were completely obsessed with multiple gay ships and wrote many gay fanfics. They played my sexuality for laughs (I identified as bi back then) and used it to "get tea" about who I was into etc. because it was trendy and scandalous (its uncommon where I live). Then, at 17 I actually started dating a woman and they all cut me off and would be openly rude to me. So that whole obsession with queer people is just for drama, entertainment and objectification.

[@uncarley]

WHAT that's so awful im so sorry

[@mm-ll4zt]

this is sooo relatable

[@zaraamir9165]

@@uncarley It's all fine, thankfully I'm around people who actually accept me now. 💗💗

[@emmettler]

oh definitely this, the objectification was REAL and i'm so sorry that happened to you. i think that tumblr was kind of the opposite of "hate the sin love the sinner" because, within those shipping communities especially, the idea/possibility of queerness was much more recognized than queer people and their experiences.

[@kat19379]

I did take a literal university course back in 2015 that was a gender and women’s studies class on fandom and I actually wrote a paper on female characters who “didn’t reach their full potential” as a collective examination of gender and fandom…so I literally got college credit for being a Tumblr girlie and I don’t know how to feel about that now

[@uncarley]

i love that for you

[@foxja1]

Curious what college

[@bettyuncledrake2585]

A friend of mine is doing her literal dissertation on fandom (focusing on supernatural among other stuff) and she has just reached peak tumblr girl imo. Truly jealous.

[@luciana4075]

is the paper available to read somewhere? i'm actually v interested

[@kimwicks5540]

I was so obsessed with the marauders to the point i didn't even want anything officially made about them bc it would ruin the perfect dynamics built by the fandom lol

[@cariad]

as a marauders stan (and mostly a jily stan) who’s been on tumblr since 2011, i can’t explain how insane it’s to hear someone talk about how our fandom is based on nothing because i CHOSE to forget it. they’re real. and the og james potter is aaron johnson in the john lennon movie, i swear that changed my whole personality. back then, wolfstar didn’t exist and the fandom was mostly jily + sirius and remus with made up characters that were lily’s friends like dorcas and marlene.

[@chrisithedemon]

I just read your comment and I feel punched in the gut. Fuck it I loved Marlene! And Alice! Gosh I need to go read a jily fic right now! I also watched that john lennon movie because that was james potter right there!

[@swiftlyaswiftie]

The fact that Marlene and Dorcas aren't even made up they're just so rarely mentioned that there's absolutely nothing about them aside from their death and names

[@wjl3131]

The fact that there are two separate decades long well written stories chronicling the wolfstar relationship released within the last five years makes me so happy and cringe so much, you don't understand

[@uncarley]

that's power

[@daisyd6793]

Whats the second one?

[@jessburgess9211]

@@daisyd6793 “the cadence of part time poets” i’m guessing? i’m not sure tho

[@wjl3131]

@@daisyd6793 All the young dudes (sirius' perspective) and the cadence of part time poets

[@lucerosanki7920]

live laugh love wolfstar forever

[@ffaenger19]

the amount of power i felt when i told all of my middle school friends i liked their shoelaces was crazy.

[@uncarley]

you were playing god

[@thehappyrecluse]

Just a correction, Acacia isn't a mommy vlogger anymore. She actually got a lot of shit for showing her kids online, especially Rosie, and she does not post about them at all anymore. She is basically back in her Tumblr era and really focuses on fashion & aesthetic content. She really seems like she is in a better place. Edit: also Only Fans

[@m00nrac00n]

She started to give what needed to be given again...good for her.

[@statesofgracie]

I once had Larrys on twitter telling me that I shouldn’t assume their sexualities and force them to be straight (despite Louis publicly stating he was) and when I pointed out they were doing the same thing but for them to be gay they responded to me that they were just trying to “help them be their true selves”

[@TheJeannag]

The fact that this started out so chaotic from the first second is exactly what I'd expect from a Carley x Tumblr video

[@uncarley]

honestly thank you

[@ailistere]

the marauders being in god tier is so valid

[@uncarley]

thank you

[@marsbars7udhdjdjdj]

As a person who was in the onceler fandom I was almost offended that that wasn't in your video....but then I have to remind myself that I'm an adult and those days are far far behind where they belong

[@LisaHausi]

The obsession with Destiel was crazy and honestly concerning but can we all agree that Twist And Shout on AO3 is incredible and a literary masterpiece. That story changed me when I was fifteen.

[@danielacervantes5487]

" But I can't help falling in love with you" "Cas died on a Thursday" 😭😭😭

[@minztee0910]

she really is blessing us with a 30min video on this sunday. everybody say thank you mommy

[@uncarley]

you're welcome baby

[@tinaw94]

I remember the mishapocalypse so vividly I will never feel a part of something so strongly again

[@uncarley]

i feel like im right back there

[@yuuriontepidwater]

Superwholock was like. The closest thing I think I'll ever feel to having tasted a cult mindset. Loved every minute of 2013 tumblr.

[@rubykagamine]

I think the funniest part about that “not like other girls” image in particular is that the original context of the image was transformation fetish art.

[@papl20]

You can't call yourself a tumblr expert, a tumblrina if you will, if you're not in tumblr right now.... I've never left that hellsite, the cultural seismic moments still happen, to this day... can i get a shutout for Goncharov (1973)?

[@CaseyTyler357]

Exactly! This video is missing so many iconic pieces of tumblr culture. 2022 was a wild year on the hellsite.

[@papl20]

@@CaseyTyler357 when was the vanilla extract thing? This year right? Tumblr is truly... Something huh?

[@turtletechgodhead]

cecil from wtnv becoming the sexyman king

[@uncarley]

you are a warrior

[@CaseyTyler357]

@@papl20 I think it was January of this year but not completely sure. It wasn't long after polls became a big thing. And yes! Everytime I log in to Tumblr and see the most random thing trending, I just brace myself knowing it's going to be the most random and insane shit lol.

[@han-mg9eq]

I was a student at Columbine during the peak tumblr era and nothing pissed me off more than those sickos who idolized and wrote fics about the shooters. I remember there was a period of time where I’d go out of my way to berate and pick fights with those people on tumblr, they were so vile and made me so angry.

[@zarmz]

this brought back vividly skin crawling memories, i was in the arctic monkeys fandom being an outcast of 1975 and 1D stans because one could simply not be like other girls.

[@_bebeboudeur_]

a mood

[@jessi7405]

I was never a Tumblr girly because my parents were teens when I was born, so they knew what the internet had to offer. So watching these kinds of videos I get a alight feeling of fomo because I feel like I was left out of a pop culture moment, but also I had the confidence of a God all through out high-school probably because I didn't get indoctrinated from early KZbin, Tumblr etc. I remember people pointing out insecurities from these sites and me just not getting what was making people think these things were bad

[@sherbear27]

so glad we earn college credit in tumblr history directly from dr. carley 🤩

[@uncarley]

thank you for being in my class

[@fia365]

This was great, i remember so many of these things. But HOW is destiel itself and the 5th of November 2020 gay angel goes to super hell after confessing to Dean not part of this? Lmaooo I remember how so many 2014 former Tumblr users CAME BACK to the website for the sole reason to participate in the madness of destiel being canon.

[@uncarley]

i dont understand supernatural and wasnt sure if that was actually real or not

[@fia365]

@@uncarley hahahaha i mean after 15 seasons does anyone understand Supernatural? But yeah it truly did happen.

[@aname4700]

oh my god the meme template of cas crying saying "I love you" and then dean's part being used to communicate serious real-life news is one THE greatest things to come out of tumblr, for real

[@joocymangoes]

literallyyy, that made me remember i even had a tumblr acc, made me rejoin tumblr AND watch all 15 seasons of supernatural, truly an iconic moment in history, especially with the election that was going on at the same time and the rumours of putin resigning lmaoooo

[@MyDancingShoes]

@@aname4700 I have tried to explain this meme to friends and it took 20 minutes of history

[@RaetheSaint]

“Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner… in a big way” is something I didn’t know I needed to hear 🙃

[@thelexicon7294]

As someone who missed Tumblr's most unhinged era, let me just tell you how confused I was when I joined a writing critique group wherein 50% of the girlies wrote exclusively fetishistic sort of MLM stories, most of which were barely concealed Harry/Draco ships, but set in a modern-day contemporary high school and both have abusive dads who don't accept their sexualities and that just... kept happening. I vividly remembered googling "women only writing gay men trend" and getting negative helpful hits on google at the time. This provided a lot of context ngl.

[@miikamartin7026]

god the not like other girls image will never cease to make me laugh given its origin as bimbification fetish art. like someone just reversed the continuity of the image and it went from fetish porn to viral misogyny

[@uncarley]

OH MY GOD

[@GodmotherAya]

Lmao I was just gonna comment this , I can’t believe how many people were trying to push the “ not like other girls “ thing with edited fetish art-

[@rachelmayes3064]

I was waiting for her to mention this because the fact it was fetish art people took at face value was practically the punchline of the meme LOL

[@Kerosiin]

I can’t believe you forgot to include the fallout of someone allegedly peeing in the tumblr ballpit

[@tabithamarie6481]

you just brought back a memory i didn't know existed

[@danielacervantes5487]

An extra hour in the pit

[@Killixn_]

Every time I see those One Direction imagines, I simply lose consciousness. That Niall one is so fucking funny 💀😭

[@rynbliss]

the 'not like other girls' mindset sucks but what i love is when people take those 'me vs other girls' graphics and draw the two characters dating ❤ the 5 girls in the debimbofication meme are in a book club together, actually

[@FullNesi]

Destiel and Johnlock were my entire personality for a couple of years. Am I proud of that? No, but oh well 🤷‍♀️

[@uncarley]

that made you who you are today

[@alice2486]

I’m ashamed to admit that the only reason I did not ship Destiel was because I was delusional and also an active reader of Dean x reader fanfiction. I was basically jealous of a fictional character. What a time

[@EmiliaLou]

As somebody who never had tumblr, every time I come across something from the era it feels like I had accidently entered a masochistic and satanic group chat. But I knew about the marauders because wattpad became like tumblr 2.0 in 2016/17

[@uncarley]

NOT WATTPAD

[@ashercries]

I would love to see you do a video on the marauders. I only recently got into it (a few months ago) and it’s legit the most insane fandom I’ve even experienced. The way it’s entirely created from nothing is WILD to me. It so fascinating. Another thing is how most people, myself included, just completely exclude canon and pretend it like doesn’t exist. I was for giggling when you brought up Grant bc I legit fell in love with his character when I read ATYD….he’s legit barely even in the fic at all. And ofc how most marauders people absolutely HATE jkr (as we all should) and have basically scratched her name out of marauders to create something totally new. Never have I seen another fandom like it. It’s amazing honestly

[@looseleaflyra]

im a current tumblr user and a marauders fan (although not an all the young dudes stan) and you are so right. we are fucking iconic and so god damn delusional. like marlene is mentioned ONCE in the books but she has a slytherin girlfriend (dorcas) and shes a rockstar girly. like what?? and i kid you not, i can only think of ONE straight ship in the fandom-

[@galeperrier]

girlie we need a part two with modern-era tumblr chaos starring icons such as the ever given and goncharov (1973)

[@uncarley]

OH MY GOD YES

[@allbymyshelf4125]

Also the meme chaos that was such a mess it's just "the election" in my brain because there were like five iconic memes that came out of that. Including destiel canon, putin, and the actual 2020 presidential election. Truly the most insane time I've ever had on tumblr.

[@beetlebop9883]

The Evergiven, Goncharov, November 5th, Bug Race, Tumblr Sexyman competition (both the twitter and Tumblr one), Live Slug Reaction, Horse Plinko, Vanilla Extract, Blorbo Polls (Miette Sweep)! So many good ones that could be covered!

[@galeperrier]

how could i even forget to mention the absolute fuckery that was 5th november

[@arekushisu100]

I wanna see where the Bone-Stealing witch ranks

[@jessicapirnat]

“we’ll never know, will we” *misha collin’s name is literally on the screen*

[@uncarley]

sorry babe i cannot read

[@EzraSprouts]

Please tell your kids he was Mischa Barton though 😅 She's best known as Marissa from the OC and various Frail Sapphic Bambi roles

[@emilypalk_]

25:35 my favorite fact about the art used here is that it’s actually debimbofication fetish art :) also one of my favorite tumblr moments was the hamilton fic author who faked having hiv and being a sex trafficking victim (plus like a bunch of other things)

[@ribbitrally]

you: next is post editing me, knowing exactly what's about to happen: oh no no no carly no please

[@grace-4072]

THE FACT SHE READ IT OUT LOUD

[@CaseyTyler357]

As a tumblr user, can't over all the comments here referring to it in the past tense like we died or just vanished mysteriously or something lmao.

[@uncarley]

you are a true fighter i salute you

[@aname4700]

us: stop telling people I'm dead them: sometimes I can still hear their voice...

[@spiffygroove]

i felt the “i have to be an individual so i read a book from a deceased knight” SO deep in my soul. the way i was a terror to the superwholock fandom like “ummm actually the hounds of baskerville is not faithful to sir author conan doyle’s source material” GOD

[@leeh4669]

HELP this is so true i read the illiad and odyssey in middle school because i was a pretentious nerd and now i have to resist the urge to shriek “INACCURATE!!!!” everytime i read lore olympus

[@bookswithike3256]

@@leeh4669 To be fair, the Iliad and the Odyssey are just the versions of those stories that got written down. Homer did not invent those stories, and there's no saying his version is what every Greek believed. When we talk about accuracy in regards to mythology, we're talking about a loose collection of ideas and stories from many different writers, and they don't always agree with each other.

[@leeh4669]

@@bookswithike3256 oh yeah i know, i'm studying classics and law right now so i've definitely had to read past Homer. lore olympus is just some twilight-esque fanfic(?) about the Greek Gods which sort of creates its own mythology. less of a percy jackson thing where the author is blending motifs and characterizations from different myths but more that the author takes the base concept and then creates a totally new character from that. it's fun but i wouldn't recommend it if you care about modern authors following established characterization and mythology.

[@akir4979]

I haven't read Iliad and I don't know much about Greek mythology and culture (English isn't even my first language). But reading a description of lore Olympus as 'twilight-esque fanfic about Greek gods' is hilarious to me. You are correct. Gold star. 🌟

[@itsanoformethanks6277]

This is just nerdy “not like other girls” warring against each other

[@MarysMonster]

As a Marauders fan, the most popular fanfiction right now is literally a Hunger games Au in which James Potter dates Sirius‘ brother and Wolfstar ofc lmao

[@marooncardigan]

CRIMSON RIVERS LITERALLY MY BIBLE

[@siril5327]

this was an absolute masterpiece. as a hardcore marauders stan i am on my knees begging for an entire video dedicated to the power of the fandom. i honestly thing my life would be forever changed with an uncarley/marauders segment.

[@IamMe11200]

I was so obsessed with johnlock and the phandom as a 13-15-year-old. I logged into my old tumblr one day, and oh boy. it was all gifs of disney, dan+phil and superwholock, and ofc, so much fanfiction. now as an adult I am so embarrassed that I shipped real people so hard. but I kinda look fondly back at the other stuff, It truly was a simpler time

[@uncarley]

it really was a simpler time

[@kat19379]

I am now a full adult with a 401k but this unlocked deep memories for me. I can’t believe how much of this I still know about. But I will admit I’m still a huge fan of the Marauders and Next Gen, we definitely need a video on that!!!

[@uncarley]

oooo okay!!! on it

[@meganhulan4107]

you are so brave for reading the full john green textpost out loud

[@HoodtheJailbird]

As a currently-active member of the fandom, I am viciously humbled every time I hear someone explain the concept of the Marauders fandom out loud.

[@aaubreyy]

“sometimes . . bullying is funny” carley you have me by my neck 💀💀

[@almartin7]

Bless you for taking the time to hilariously explain the context behind every one of these I had blacked out of my memory

[@uncarley]

so happy to remind you

[@alessandralupo1017]

I was on tumblr from 2012-2018 and I am so shocked that you didn't include homestuck in this video...I was in the homestuck fandom on tumblr and it was truly something else fr

[@sorcellerie]

Tyler Oakley interview with One Direction being Carley's Pearl Harbour AND the best day of her life will never cease to be funny to me

[@giorgia.m]

It’s like you read my mind. I needed this deep dive into my trauma.

[@uncarley]

happy to help bestie

[@alyxually]

sometimes I’m scared we get a hinged Carley video, but then the sentence “I’m doing riddles now” drops and I can breathe again

[@uncarley]

dont worry ill literally never be hinged

[@ko379]

Girl I love it. I feel like if we’re ranking tumblr movements, hipster v. fandom blogs should’ve been on there

[@iwouldgiveyouthemoon_]

my best friend is in the marauders fandom and it’s insane. we were going through her notes app yesterday and she writes reviews/reactions of different fanfictions she reads, and she has (for one specific fanfic, a hunger games au) a 10,000 word review just there on her notes app. that’s the longest review but there are MANY others around the same length. she also makes canva slideshows about the fanfictions and designs covers for them, too. i love her she’s so insane 💗 also i have the no it’s becky shirt and i wore it when i went to the eras tour lol 😭

[@number1morbiusfan]

As a former Tumblr Girlie™️ I have to say...every single ranking was 1000% correct

[@uncarley]

THANK YOU

[@notnatural5781]

There is actually a video essay on youtube of why we were obsessed with gay ships. I remember the internalized misogeny, but there were many factors

[@uncarley]

oooo ill check this out

[@kanelives609]

Please tell us what it is, i wanna watch it!

[@Chronicallywitty]

Oo share please

[@kh-wp1mj]

that and fetishizing/dehumanizing gay men

[@oliviam.7703]

Sarah Z has a video on this topic called Gay Fanfiction!

[@pitalovr]

The reason so many ships were m/m is because the (mainly female) shippers were attracted to both of the characters and didn’t want a woman to be involved, since it was easier to imagine a fictional character you like being gay than in love with another woman. essentially “wish you were gay” by billie eilish. But in the process they ended up objectifying gay relationships as you pointed out

[@Lety-Ferreira]

still happens to this day, a great example is grace van dien who played chrissy in s4 of stranger things being attacked by steddie (steve/eddie) shippers for simply shipping her own character with eddie, which was literally implied in the show, so yeah, basically, misogyny

[@BrunaFurlanVideos]

the way this exact 5sos collage was my actual wallpaper for years 😭😭 so many memories unlocked holy shit

[@daisyxo1341]

i have only just introduced myself to tumblr, so i will be taking notes from this crash course. thank you Carley for sacrificing your time to educate uninformed peasants like myself.

[@uncarley]

you're in for a WILD ride

[@laurd11]

Best of luck to you 😅 -fellow tumblr user

[@margaret-]

Girl after that john green one there’s no way this is staying m0nitized 😭😭😭😭😭

[@uncarley]

TRUTH over money

[@neivilde.1242]

something that tiktok did is revive the marauders fandom in such a massive way, i am very grateful. i have never consumed any fanfic, but every time i get a tiktok I'm like yeah no this is so remus coded like wow lmao

[@_bebeboudeur_]

covid made me go to tiktok and the marauders were just all over my fyp

[@turgloo]

you said superwholock and a wave of complete anguish just erupted in me

[@annemariecretyknudsen7201]

This is gold. As someone who was just a few years too young to experience the “peak” tumblr era, but felt the aftermath on other social medias, everything suddenly makes a little bit more sense🤨🤨

[@julesthefish3167]

As a black person whose last name is jefferson, seeing the hamilton fanart made me feel emotions i didnt know existed.

[@LittleMissTotoro]

Obsessed with how little Supernatural impacted your tumblr experience. Save the minor inconvenience if the Mishapocolipse. 😂 Not even the Tuesday meme? Can't say I am sorry. The spn fandom is so weird and I adore it ❤ Hope we are around to be annoying in 15 years.

[@jacie7395]

PUhLEASE do a video on the marauders fandom one day. I have been in and out of it for the past ten years and the way the fans just rolled with it is my favourite thing ever. I read ATYD last year because I started seeing an influx in marauders content on my tumblr again and damn, what a fandom.