As the Night Reigns

writing as if my life depends on it •I have to articulate every single thing that comes to mind cuz primordial female rage and vibes •18f •welcome to my madness 🇵🇸

[asthenightreigns]

Memories

Walking by the sea side

Hand in hand, as the sun sets

Watching the waves crash

As all the worries, one forgets

Walking by the sea side

Four like the lucky clover

Feeling the wind in our hair

As the seagulls call over

Walking by the sea side

As we talk about our day

The day may end, but the

Memories shall forever stay

-As The Night Reigns

© Zakia Mustafa

[asthenightreigns]

Though my eyes are now dry

I won't forget a single tear I cried

You may think it was nothing

But don't you know mother dear

The axe forgets but the tree remembers

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

“this person texts like chatgpt, they must’ve used it”, “that author writes like chatgpt, they must’ve asked chatgpt to write for them”. that could still be because chatgpt was trained on how humans talked, wrote and created. it’s trained to mimic real human. and whether or not you like it, it’s getting better.

if you suspect a work was written by ai and if that makes you uncomfortable, you can always stop consuming said work. but—I am saying this with genuine respect—public speculation, where you make a public post to accuse someone, and witch hunt harm real people whose art and creations are entirely human-made.

also worth mentioning that people who are on the spectrum and people who aren’t writing in their native languages are often wrongly accused of using gen ai

[glitchedoutpxie]

How to use Em Dash (—) and Semi Colon ( ; )

Since the ai accusations are still being thrown around, here's how i personally like to use these GASP ai telltales. 🦄✨

Em Dashes (—)

To emphasize a shift / action / thought.

They're accusing us—actually accusing us—of using AI.

To add drama.

They dismissed our skills as AI—didn't even think twice, the dimwits—and believed they were onto something.

To insert a sudden thought. Surely they wouldn't do that to us—would they?

To interrupt someone's speech. "Hey, please don't say that. I honed my craft through years of blood and tears—" "Shut up, prompter."

To interrupt someone's thoughts / insert a sudden event.

We're going to get those kudos. We're going to get those reblogs—

A chronically online Steve commented, “it sounds like ai, idk.”

Semi Colons ( ; )

To join two closely related independent sentences / connect ideas.

Not only ChatGPT is capable of correct punctuation; who do you think it learned from in the first place?

Ultimate pro tip: use them whenever the fudge you want. You don't owe anyone your creative process. 🌈

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[asthenightreigns]

Yes.

[i-will-write]

how i sleep knowing i write shitty fiction but at least don’t use chatgpt

[harleyquillao3]

I may write dumb trash. But at least it’s MY dumb trash 🚮 🙃

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

I hate how bot comments on ao3 are making more and more writers disable their comments and lock their works so that only people with registered accounts can access their works (because while some of these bots are from registered accounts and therefore locking your fics won’t guarantee that you will be safe from them, a lot of them are commenting as guest users so locking fics helps a little), because there are so many genuine readers who read and comment on fics without having their own registered accounts.

these bots are not only annoying and harmful (if you fell for their lies and gave them money, an access to your personal informations), they’re also keeping artists and art from genuine audiences and destroying the community artists built with their audiences.

this is a post to say fuck you every bot out there.

WITH EVERY REBLOG THIS POST GETS, A BOT WILL DIE

also here’s how to spot and deal with bot comments

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

Anyone and everyone CAN write. The world’s most skilled writer didn’t start off skilled. The key is that they practice hard by writing a lot.

As long as you write, you are practicing your craft and you are getting better at writing. But you will never get anywhere if you let AI write for you.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[asthenightreigns]

And ✨ too!!!

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[asthenightreigns]

It looks like the diary of a person who ran from a mental asylum.

[formerlyluckymanticore]

Reblog if you will never. Ever. Use AI in your writing.

[shardlily]

Big thank you to all the creators out there ❤️

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

AO3 appreciation post!! reblog if you love archive of our own

[and-fishing-equipment]

in 2026 DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD

instead ask:

is it SINCERE

was it CATHARTIC

was it FUN TO MAKE

is it MADE BY ME

and don't forget to stay silly

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

Wattpad: pay me monthly 🤩 and we will remove ads for you. also free offline stories I guess as long as you keep paying me. but we have censorship so keep your kinks to yourself. what we don’t have is tagging systems, so good luck trying to find what you want or avoiding what you don’t want to read lol

meanwhile AO3: so everything is free in our house. read whatever you want offline. also no ads. no capitalism. no censorship. be as wild as you want with your fics. also we have tagging systems so you can search or avoid any specific tags, pairings, relationships or characters. whatever you want.

I’m sorry but if you’re still complaining, you don’t realize how good you have it with AO3, one of the last platforms on the internet that is free of capitalism and censorship. just artists and writers creating and sharing their works with the community for free and for fun. just authentic love between artists, their works, characters, stories and audiences.

[asthenightreigns]

I will be fighting anyone who spouts nonsense about our mother. Meet me at dawn

[nondelphic]

literary scholars be like "that metaphor is too strange" ok well so is being alive and yet here we are

[nondelphic]

you say "that sentence is grammatically incorrect" i say "it sounds like the internal monologue of a man unraveling in a fluorescent-lit hallway and that’s the point"