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Lynn's blog of Everything!
@alynnl
Hi, all! I'm Lynn! 30+, and my pronouns are she/her. This is my all purpose blog for fandoms, memes, photos, text posts and everything under the sun! If you have any questions, my askbox is open!
For those who are new to my blog, or those who haven’t talked to me in a while, here’s what I’d like to tell you about myself!
Username: alynnl
Nicknames: Lynn, ALynn, or “Sue” by some people
Pronouns: She/Her
Age: 30+ A Fandom Old still hanging around another day
Current Interests (as of March 2024:) Ace Attorney series, Discworld series, Sherlock Holmes Short Stories + Novels, Terry Pratchett’s Nation, Lord of the Rings + The Hobbit, Cozy Grove, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Final Fantasy series, Octopath Traveler 1, Tales of Vesperia, Golden Sun + The Lost Age, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Red Dwarf (UK TV series) and many more! (Just ask)
Hobbies: Gaming, Reading, Fanfic (reading, commenting, brainstorming, writing), Other fanwork (memes, live reaction posting, fan theories, observations/meta, mood boards) Listening to music, Youtube Viewing, Hanging out/chatting with others on Tumblr and Discord, Basic cooking, occasional baking, spending time with my two dogs
About my blog: This is my main blog and it’s a combination of my personal thoughts, posts related to my interests, and sometimes serious real life matters. It’s a variety blog with everything all in one place, because I don’t have the time or motivation to divide all my posts into side blogs. I will try and tag serious real life posts accordingly with #life in a dystopia and #life in a pandemic respectively, and my creative endeavors with #Lynn’s writing. Also anything about my life will go under #Lynn speaks and #life with chronic illness. For the most part though, I am just here to have fun in my spare time and share my thoughts with the rest of y'all!
As a society, we need to go back to understanding that strangers on the internet are, you know, strangers. I feel lately that I'm seeing a rise in 'An author I love blocked me because they took my comment the wrong way' posts on the ao3 subreddit, and then the comment is them calling the author a fucking bitch or something like that.
Don't do this. Tone doesn't translate well in text, and if you don't have a rapport with that author, they are not going to interpret, 'You're a fucking bitch' as, 'Author I hate you for being so talented and making me feel so keenly.' They're going to interpret it as you being an asshole. You can shit talk with your friends because you have an established relationship with them and can distinguish between playful banter and genuine anger. You do not have this with a stranger, no matter how much you like their fics. You will have a much more pleasant time in fandom and not get cockblocked from interacting with your favorite writers if you remember this.
#I don't often see comments like these when I'm reading a fic but there have been a few that made me raise an eyebrow#I don't know if I would block over someone calling me a bitch on a fic I wrote but I'd probs try to gently tell them it's not right#coz honestly I feel like this is an issue with younger age groups who are new to reading fics and might not understand fandom culture#or at least I hope it's younger people who simply don't know better 😬#otherwise... yikes
This isn't some esoteric niche aspect of fandom culture, strangers at the potluck also do not like being called a fucking bitch.
People in the comments like "you just need to add a /pos tone indicator to your comment!": strangers at the potluck do not like being told "You're a bitch!" with a smile and a thumbs up.
#when you set out for revenge dig two graves#unless you’re hamlet#in which case you’re going to want to rent a backhoe (x) YOU’RE NOT LEAVING THAT IN THE TAGS BUDDY
At the end of the day, my thoughts on job hunting are that it's incredibly stupid how every fiber of our current socioeconomic structure is screaming that you MUST have a job and nothing else matters because you MUST be working and that's the only thing of true importance so never forget that you MUST have a job, and I'm like damn okay so I'd like a job, can I have one? And the answer is No
there should be a term for characters you personally don't care about but you defend them anyways because the way people treat them is really uncomfortable. like ok this is a very middle-of-the-road character for me but the fandom's either been super misogynistic, racist, etc. about them or harassed innocent people who try to genuinely explore that character warts and all, and i find that more annoying than the actual character.
the term should by 'my client', like you're a lawyer defending your client that you are completely indifferent to but you are obligated by your job (or your morals) to defend
Once you start noticing how the incapacity to handle discomfort affects how people live their lives it's actually pretty shocking how it ruins pretty much every conceivable aspect of existence. Interpersonal relationships, romantic and platonic. Career and education opportunities. Your politics Your willingness to go anywhere. The kind of food you eat. The kind of art you expose yourself to and your ability to read it. It's never just one thing, it touches everything, and once you notice it it's like suddenly being able to see germs or something. Just this horrific catastrophe people look at you askance for screaming about. As I grow older and see what became of my friends and peers who could not learn to handle discomfort, the more I'm like. This is a genuine societal issue