Some Idiot: "Why Are You Reading Your Own Fic, That's Shallow And Stupid"

Some idiot: "Why are you reading your own fic, that's shallow and stupid"

All fanfic writers and writers everywhere: "Who the fuck do you think I wrote it for?!"

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1 week ago

Fanfiction is great because you can see so clearly how people learn to write.

Some people, it's clear, learned almost entirely through absorbing the world around them. Grammar and punctuation will be all over the place, spellings are approximate, but the voice of the narration will come through so clearly. You can hear the dialect of the people around them as of they're telling the story. It's not a written story, it's a transcription of how they talk in their day to day life.

Some people learned through reading a gazillion books as a kid. Grammer and spelling will be rock solid, formatting occasionally based on the single tab of physical books rather than the double tab of online scrolling, but dialogue is often stilted and overly formal. You might notice a lack of contractions and very rigid rules they made for consistency that actually have a lot more flexibility than they think. They tend to have a fantastic grasp of sentence flow, though.

And other people formally learned how to write. This could be anywhere from taking school classes seriously because they enjoyed writing stories as a kid to literal certifications and jobs in the field. Grammer is flawless. Punctuation is triple checked. Foreign words are in italics. Characters have distinct voices. But their self indulgence is tempered by perfectionism. They know precisely what they want from a fic. Authors notes often feature mutterings about their happiness with the chapter. Kaomojis often appear! They seek a style to their writing, and it makes for some wonderfully clever plots! These are the ones most likely to get fun with formatting!

And some people.... Some people examined it all. They dissect dialogue, people watch, cross reference behaviours and compare characters to people irl. You can tell almost immediately who had formative experiences with Terry pratchett and/or ghibli, because it's these people. While others see writing as fun, expression, craft, they see it as art. Plain and simple. Sure, the grammar is occasionally sacrificed on the altar of creative freedom, and the occasional sentence might miss a full stop, but these people seem to self reflect on themselves as part of the art making process. On occasion, these people have the most masterful grasp of dialogue and invocation and hand sewn characterisations. Formatting is pretty standard because all the focus is on the actual words. These fics can be edited to the moon and back!

All of these can vary wildly in forethought and quality, and betas can often catch individual problems before they hit post, but just. Isn't it so cool? What's that one Oscar Wilde quote about every mask just being another fragment of yourself?

Did you recognise yourself?

2 weeks ago

why am I so far :(

au where everyone becomes their pfp go

1 week ago
Hey Guess What?! I Sketched Bucky Again :3 (and Then Threw It Into Procreate To Polish A Bit And Add

Hey guess what?! I sketched bucky again :3 (and then threw it into procreate to polish a bit and add colour!)

Close-up, pencil sketch, and reference (he’s genuinely just shaped like that😵‍💫…) below:

Hey Guess What?! I Sketched Bucky Again :3 (and Then Threw It Into Procreate To Polish A Bit And Add
Hey Guess What?! I Sketched Bucky Again :3 (and Then Threw It Into Procreate To Polish A Bit And Add
Hey Guess What?! I Sketched Bucky Again :3 (and Then Threw It Into Procreate To Polish A Bit And Add
1 week ago

Ao3 does not need an algorithm, you're just lazy

Ao3 does not need a 1-5 star rating system, you just want to bring down authors writing for FREE

Ao3 does not need automatic censorship, it is an archive, therefore anything can be posted

Writing or reading about something illegal does not mean the author nor the reader condones it, if that were true, you could never read a story involving anything negative

Purity culture is ruining fan culture and you all are fucking annoying

1 week ago
Steve (and Friends) + Text Posts Pt. 18/?
Steve (and Friends) + Text Posts Pt. 18/?
Steve (and Friends) + Text Posts Pt. 18/?
Steve (and Friends) + Text Posts Pt. 18/?
Steve (and Friends) + Text Posts Pt. 18/?
Steve (and Friends) + Text Posts Pt. 18/?
Steve (and Friends) + Text Posts Pt. 18/?
Steve (and Friends) + Text Posts Pt. 18/?
Steve (and Friends) + Text Posts Pt. 18/?
Steve (and Friends) + Text Posts Pt. 18/?

Steve (and friends) + text posts pt. 18/?

1 week ago

you read stuff on wattpad for shit and giggles where most of the fics there are reader-inserted ones written in 1st person pov where y/n is a barely legal white girl with blonde hair and blue “orbs” who’s so smol and fragile that she’s dependent entirely on this morally questionable guy who’s killing people for a living but for some reason happens to have a soft spot for her.

you read real actual literature on archive of our own where it’s two middle aged men, who are each other’s sworn enemies, with tragic past, trauma and strong homoerotic tension. and while they’ve made each other bleed, killed each other’s friends and loved ones out of jealousy / possessiveness, lied and betrayed and manipulated, the rawness, depth, complexity and slow burn will keep you up all night, haunt you during your day and possibly change your life forever. and also the sex isn’t just smut. the sex is poetry that puts Shakespeare to shame

1 week ago

Also, anybody correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't a vial of insulin only cost about 5-7 dollars to produce?

This Is Why I Have Zero Sympathy For Brian Thompson.

This is why I have zero sympathy for Brian Thompson.

1 week ago

pick-me-ups for writers

for the self-conscious beginner: No one makes great things until the world intimately knows their mediocrity. Don’t think of your writing as terrible; think of it as preparing to contribute something great.

for the self-conscious late bloomer: Look at old writing as how far you’ve come. You can’t get to where you are today without covering all that past ground. For that, be proud.

for the perfectionist: Think about how much you complain about things you love—the mistakes and retcons in all your favorite series—and how you still love them anyway. Give yourself that same space.

for the realist: There will be people who hate your story even if it’s considered a classic. But there will be people who love your story, even if it is strange and unpopular.

for the fanfic writer: Your work isn’t lesser for not following canon. When you write, you’ve created a new work on its own. It can be, but does not have to be, limited by the source material. Canon is not the end-all, be-all. 

for the writer’s blocked: It doesn’t need to be perfect. Sometimes you have to move on and commit a few writing sins if it means you can create better things out of it.

for the lost: You started writing for a reason; remember that reason. It’s ok to move on. You are more than your writing. It will be here if you want to come back.

2 weeks ago

Why the fuck does self-doubt have multiple health bars

Like babe I’m just writing here

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