light in the loafers

95% reblogging. 5% wordless screaming. 100% self-indulgent posts about fandom, food, and feelings.

[adz]

reddit is having a glitch where it puts the wrong captions over photos and it’s the only thing i care about right now

[dietspam16]

[naphthalen]

in fanfiction one must sometimes ask ourselves not if he would do that but under what conditions would he would do that

[morkaischosen]

#he would only do that under duress and oh boy I'm about to pile it on (@ravnervn)

[ashstfu]

idk but when i discover new books and music i’m just excited to be alive again. yes a bit dramatic but that’s how i feel when i discover them

[anticurses]

[food-in-the-morning]

[should-be-sleeping]

Fix me fancy little pastry with fresh berries on top. Fancy little pastry with fresh berries on top, fix me.

[calmsmedown]

☕️ tatiana_gruzin on instagram

[weepingwidar]

Anthony Hurd (American, 1975) - You Have This Hold Over Me (2025)

[berdymane]

[dastmalchiansnose]

Incorrect quote from the MacGyver (2016) episode, Murdoc + MacGyver + Murdoc.

Source: Shrinking (2023), Full Grown Dude Face.

[fictionalgod]

[psych0n0rmal]

He's a menace (affectionate)

[espresso-lovers]

[theambitiouswoman]

[magz]

ID: “Finish something. Anything. Stop researching, planning, and preparing to do the work and just do the work. It doesn’t matter how good or how bad it is. You don’t need to set the world on fire with your first try. You just need to prove to yourself that you have what it takes to produce something. There are no artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, or scientists who became great by half-finishing their work. Stop debating what you should make and just make something.”

[agnes-nielsens]

you're telling me this hole is significant to the plot?

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

“you cannot ship these two fictional characters because—” actually I can because they are not real people. they are just toys I play with. you cannot apply real-world morality to fiction or how strangers play with their imaginary toys in their imaginary sandboxes.

you can, however, curate your own internet experience by minding your own business, muting/blocking/scrolling past what upsets you but does not hurt anyone in real life in any way, shape or form.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

“ship whatever you want except xyz. there is a limit” so you miss the entire point of what I just said 👌🏻

there is, in fact, no limit. I may be uncomfortable with it, I may even find it unpleasant/disturbing, but my personal feelings are not rules that can be applied to other people, and they absolutely do not justify shaming or harassing other people.

[teridax-the-467th]

Day 30: Vacant

[overthinkingao3]

We write for ourselves, but we post for others.

(this came out of a conversation in the comments on a previous post about an author threatening to stop updating a fic because of lack of engagement)

So there’s this idea that fic writers should write for themselves and not care too much about stats or engagement,

and i totally get the sentiment behind that. if writing becomes entirely about stats and external validation, something important does get lost - creative freedom and joy, conviction in your own writing

but i also think:

“i write for myself, but i post for others.”

because posting fic is not only self-expression. it’s social. ao3 is called an archive, but emotionally it often functions as a community space.

people post for connection, for participation, for others to bear witness to their pain and trauma and grief,

and i don’t think most people are asking to be admired so much as acknowledged. there’s something deeply human about wanting another person to encounter something that mattered to you and go:

“ok, yeah, I see what you were trying to say. I see you.”

especially because fanfic is often people processing very real feelings through fictional characters at a safe distance, one step removed,

and then uploading that deeply personal thing into a shared archive and hoping somebody else might connect with it.

And i think that’s why it hurts so much when you summon up the courage and post a fic into the void and you get nothing back,

and then it’s like,

does anyone see me? does anyone even care?

[hypotenussy]

the number 1 rule of fanfic is have fun and be yourself. the number 2 rule is the average healthy adult male can lose roughly 2 liters of blood before dying.

[thecharmingquirksofothers]

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