I have a blog - why don't you come up and read it sometime -
Half-recollection, half-lament
https://fairypage.com/2021/02/14/i-created-the-aesthetics-wiki-no-its-not-easy-being-really-cool/
I have a blog - why don't you come up and read it sometime -
Half-recollection, half-lament
https://fairypage.com/2021/02/14/i-created-the-aesthetics-wiki-no-its-not-easy-being-really-cool/
okay but if you think there are 12-year-olds on this wiki (which goes against FANDOM's ToU) who are gonna be so easily influenced by an academia :sparkles: ~ a e s t h e t i c ~ :sparkles: :sparkles: that they're LITERALLY gonna go into debt because of it, where exactly do you think they're getting money from? like as someone who was once 12, i can confirm that you're not exactly making a ton of cash at that age, and i guess even if you were, you wouldn't go into debt because as a 12 yro you're most likely gonna be living with your parents? who should be able to provide for you financially? and if you're a 12 yro who's parents CAN'T do that, then i'm pretttty sure you're gonna try to focus on more important things than your :sparkles: ~ a e s t h e t i c ~ :sparkles: :sparkles: like trying to figure out a way to take care of yourself
if you really have such a problem with the new articles being made then lock the editing option on what you want to keep and delete the unnecessary pages. its kinda weird that you come here talking about your blogpost about why you think this wiki's gone downhill, when you, as the founder, hold a TON of power that could just basically erase whatever you don't want here. like you can just make an announcement like "hey guys, this isn't an actual aesthetic, im gonna get rid of it because it clutters up the wiki" and then delete whatever it is if it bothers you so much.
you're working on a degree rn aren't you still tecnically an "impressionable young person" or whatever. like idk, 19-24?? something like that?
WAIT BRO YOU'RE ACTUALLY 19 THATS HILARIOUS YOU'RE IN THE SAME GENERATION AS ME
I've known plenty of people who are more like 17-18 and want to go into academia because they like the sound of and supposed aesthetic of the degree more than the content itself - not talking about 12-year-olds there. Some of the 'studytubers' in my country are a great example although of course I'm not mentioning anyone by name.
Also yes I'm currently thinking about ways to cut down on existing pages and impose more rigorous standards on the wiki content. I know there are inevitably people who have worked hard and are excited about them and that a whole culture has built up here, so I wanted to outline my problems with the wiki first so this didn't sound unreasonable. I have deleted some of the worst pages here before.
As I've mentioned in the post I've been in online circles for years and years now and been part of some of the earliest Tumblr aesthetics - so yes I'm probably impressionable in some ways, but not in respect to online communities.
eyes see. very interesting.
okay one last question that i really want to know the answer to before i leave to do stuff: why were you trying to find your crush's livejournal from 2006? like isnt that stalking
Oh, I definitely get why you're jaded and I don't blame you for that. I am from the Lolita community and am also just tired of all of those complaints of the expense or nitpicking over finding shoes that match the exact shade of cherry on the border print. But after complaining and being in drama groups, I find that it's only going to toxically affect your mindset and make it seem as if everyone is incompetent and the fashion/aesthetic is just a source of bitterness. I find that if you just tune it out, think back to your childhood self, and put your head down and create what you want to see in the world, then everything will be alright.
I see this wiki as being in the part of the Breakfast Club where everyone is segmented off into their little cliques and thinking that their future is going to be defined by who they sit with at lunch. But they'll grow up and realize that they might just like tweed and hate Aristotle. I doubt that they will be majorly negatively impacted by a two-year fad, and they'll just know themselves a little better after the aesthetics are all done.
I do think that people need to go out and organically experience fiction and watch movies to discover themselves and their aesthetic, but I'd argue that this wiki is hardly any different from a catalogue or shopping mall. The sense of wonder is lost since the lack of information is lessening with each entry, but I'd rather that someone find their aesthetic now than find an aesthetic they'll love when they're 40 and the culture has died out.
As for the process of making an entry, I 100% agree with you on that. So many pages here seem kind of silly to me, like Cryptid Academia or Carcore. But again, it's just the contemporary equivalent of someone making up their own collage and pasting it in their copy of Vogue. Creative expression this way seems to come from the bottom up, which I don't blame them for. I am categorizing aesthetics to rectify this issue.
One of the problems is that the internet is just naturally ephemeral. I spent an entire day trying to find the traumacore before traumacore where everyone just tagged it creepy, cute, and vintage, but they all died in the tumblr purge. So we're all just left with wisps of memory and can't really make something as thorough as something on Wikipedia or TVtropes.
As for the Academias, I genuinely think that there doesn't seem to be a problem. I don't agree with posting out-of-context quotes and learning a bajillion languages on Duolingo at once, but they'll eventually be filtered out when they enter university and apply for research positions. Academia is not going to die because a few teens spend their time making moodboards instead of studying. In fact, I think it's actually good that people are made aware of Richard Siken and Greek tragedy in a casual and non-judgemental environment.
But all in all, I just think you're generalizing the aesthetic community too much and seeing it as a university student who already learned the intricacies of German Expressionism and Coppelia cinematography instead of as an insecure teen who just started The Dead Poets' Society. I am putting in a "Helping You Help Yourself" page, and that would honestly address a lot of points without lauding the fact that you have read Classic literature over people who don't know JSTOR exists. Stepping down from the ivory tower and interacting with the beginners fosters a greater sense of community and would be received warmly instead of the ok boomers you're getting.
Honestly - yes (although tbh it was publicly available information, she could have deleted or made it private if she didn't want people to read it, I couldn't have put her in any danger by doing so, and it was 3 am). Let's say no more about it
okay gotcha :thumbs_up:
@Graviphantalia idk why you think I'm being pretentious or judging anyone for not being into high art/literature - I'm just point blank not doing that. I have very little time to interact with people on this wiki as a full-time working student - it's not that I don't want to though. Have never said you need to learn everything to contribute - I would just rather people looked organically for 'their' aesthetics and at least tried learning more about art history in the process, I'm not expecting anyone to be an expert. I know my writing style comes off as kind of withering but it's also overdramatic and not entirely serious lol.
Thanks for making the page, I'm sure it will be much appreciated! And I do really appreciate your work on the wiki!
Also, there's no better time to go into the teen crisis of reinventing your identity and refining your fashion sense. Quarantine is on and we'll all have to wear black blazers and slacks when we're thirty. So it's better to buy the fishnets now than live in regret later. I am already entering a mid-life crisis as I have to pay off all my student loans and apply for internships instead of buying more lace blouses and baking layer cakes.
@Fairypage Sorry if I seem overly combative, but I guess that I also use turns of phrase from my Spanish teacher bitter over La Real Academia Espanola. But I suppose part of it is your references to Roman senators in your paragraph about Cottagecore and the fact that I have seen communities who purposely rebel against their creator when their tone is anything less than relatable and sweet. But yeah, thank you for creating this wiki and being our face.
What do you think?