Writing with A.W. Tuscany

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[ultyso]

I’m not familiar with these guys? Maybe Missing Link people or these new peeps? The black haired one just looks like Vanitas with short hair lol

[doki-doki-universe]

Today is the only day you can reblog this

[stubbornness-and-spite]

This user supports AO3

This user is anti-censorship

This user believes in “don’t like, don’t read”

This user believes in “ship and let ship”

This user believes that fiction tastes and preferences do not dictate moral character

[balimaria]

the people wanted more KH4 shenanigans (I'm people)

[overheardbyjiminycricket]

Even: Ienzo is at that very special age where a boy only has one thing on his mind. Braig: Girls? Ienzo: Homicide.

[artemisdesari-blog]

A writer friend told me something that broke my heart a little bit today; they're going to quit publishing their fanfic.

My instant thought was that they had been trolled or attacked or that something terrible had happened in their life because this person is so passionate about their writing. It wasn't any of that. Engagement with their works has been going down, as it has for many of us. Comments are like gold dust a lot of the time, and just looking through the historical comment counts on old fics on ao3 demonstrates this trend very clearly. It was not simply the comments dropping off which caused them to decide to stop posting, however.

My friend came across a discord server for their fandom (I should point out here that their fandom interest and mine diverged a couple of years ago, we stay in touch but don't currently read each other's posts because I'm not into their fandom and they would rather gouge their eyes out with a wooden spoon than read anything Star Wars) and specifically to share fic in that fandom. They joined, because we all love a good fic rec, only to discover that their latest multichapter fic, which has almost no comments and very few kudos, is being hotly discussed in this server as one of the best stories ever. Not one of these people has bothered to say this to them on the fic. When they asked, none of participants could see the point in telling the author of the fic they apparently loved so much that they love it.

This discovery has absolutely destroyed my friend's love of sharing fic. They share because they love seeing other people's enjoyment, and fic writers do that through comments and kudos/reblogs/likes because we don't get paid. There is no literary critic writing a blog post/article about how amazing the story is for us to copy and keep/frame. There is no money from royalties. All we have are the words of the people reading our works.

Those people on that server could have taken five minutes of the time they spent gushing about how amazing my friend's story was to other people and used it to tell the one person guaranteed to want to hear that praise how much they loved it. They could have taken a moment to express their opinion to the person who spent hours upon hours plotting, writing, editing, and posting those chapters. Instead, they deprived my friend of thing that keeps them sharing their writing, and in the process have killed their love of it. My friend now feels used and unmotivated.

I won't be sharing a link to their fic, they said I could share their experience but not their identity. I know they plan to post one final chapter. I know they intend to express their hurt at being excluded from the praise for the thing they created, and I know they intend to announce that as a consequence they will not be posting for a long while, if at all.

So please, I beg you, don't hide your love of a story from the writer. It's just about the only thing we have.

[quillfulwriter]

Here I thought it was just me seeing the decline, oof. I've been all over the place with ship and fandom, so I chalked it up to that.

If I write just for the joy of creating, I think people don't realize that I can also just keep it to myself. I don't need to share, and neither does anyone else. What's the point of a creative community if you won't support the people who make it happen? C'mon, people.

[risingoflights]

this happens all the time to art and i do wonder about the thinking behind it too.

if you really enjoyed eg a fic and then didn't comment, would you mind sharing your reason/s why?

'i'm shy' and 'i don't think my comment is worthwhile' are reasons i see most often.

what then would make you more likely to comment and share your joy with a creator?

[kingofdoma]

Another random poll, cuz why not

what are your feelings on gummi ships in kingdom hearts (in general)?

friggin' love 'em, they're sweet af

i like them! they're cool!

i am neutral on the subject

eh. not really my thing

ugh. they should have cut them, they suck

Voting ended onDec 4, 2024

please fight in the comments/replies/tags

[awtuscanywriting]

I feel like people forget or don't know MoM calls Luxu out as the traitor. Instead people's theorize it's Ava. When MoM tell us directly it's Luxu. He sends the dude away and then also gives Gula the task of tracking down the traitor???

When the traitor isn't meant to be around??

Talk about setting them up for failure...

UX my beloved I wish they didn't remove you from the app store.

[purplemay21]

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[shrimpleandclean]

My piece for @chilltobember and the first prompts Wind and Magic! A little Ven doing a bit of heart magic - maybe to save Sora? Who knows

[decompose1]

thinking about aus for ocs is so funny. like i already put this guy in a situation but what if i put them in another totally different one

[empyrealen]

Little Flower

[goldenchocobo]

I already did this kind of thing with the Union Leaders, so I thought I'd try the Dark Road Classmates too!

VERY inspired by Alphonse Mucha.

[kingdom-hearts-dark-dealings]

Available Character List:

Sora

Kairi

Aqua

Lexeaus

Xaldin

Saix (Isa)

Ephemer

Streltitzia

Brain|Blaine

Invi

Aced

Ira

Master of Masters

Xehanort (Old)

Xehanort (Young)

Eraqus (Old)

Eraqus (Young)

Vör

Urd

Hermod

Baldr

Bragi

AND MORE

Feel free to message to ask about characters not listed or join the server for a full list!

Premise!

Join!

[cellspex]

Normalize this response

[writing-prompt-s]

The avatar of death looked down with frustration. "A sacrifice? That man was meant to have children, as were his children, and theirs, all who would end up in my realm when they died of NATURAL causes. Do you see what you've done?"

[kingdom-hearts-dark-dealings]

ALSO

The peps already in the server have described it as KH meets Silent Hill so if that sounds up your alley maybe come check it out? Everything about the town characters are getting dragged into is unsettling and slightly wrong and it's creating a uniquely spooky and fun vibe.