"It wasn't a compliment"

James • 22 • she/they multifandom ~ fanfic writer ♡ my writing blog

[b-bradshaw]

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ABOUT ME: James (she/they), 22, USA. Fic writer. Autistic and aro/ace.

Hello! This blog is 99% reblogs and serves as an archive for all the things I enjoy. This includes any hyperfixations and all of the fanfiction I read (at least until I create a dedicated reading blog). My asks + messages are always open and everything important is tagged! (animated dividers credit to cafekitsune)

My special interests + hyperfixations: Top Gun (1986) + Top Gun: Maverick, John Mayer, Maroon 5, Zayn, story planning, OCs, writing/creative arts, and my fandoms + faves <3

LINKS/NAVIGATION

— @lieutenantfloyd: Writing/Second Blog — #Fics: All the fanfiction I’ve reblogged (not my writing) — #Faves: My favorite fics — #TBR: Fics I’ve saved to read later — #Cleaning Out My Likes: Self-explanatory — #Queue’ve Got The Need For Speed: things I've queued — #*: The catch-all tag

[grateful-for-zayn]

inzayn: pov you’re backstage w/ @ zayn before the first #KONNAKOL show. 🖤

[28.05.26].

[grateful-for-zayn]

Zayn on stage [TKT Manchester, 24.05.26].

[kenobiwanx]

Hello everyone! I'm ready to work with all of you again!

✨️ Here's the official 2026 commission announcement post! ✨️

Status: COMMISSIONS CLOSE! MAY (8/8) slots

June waitlist is Open!!

all prices have been updated and new info has been added to my terms and conditions. so please read before commissioning from me.

(also commercial works for books covers can be discussed via email)

If you like my artworks and want to have a drawing of your OCs, fictional characters, pets, self inserts and etc... commission me! I can draw any character from different universes ✨️ Feel free to share your ideas!! 🍂

you can contact me via email or dm. feel free to ask me any questions! ✨️

⬇️ all the info and the prices are in my carrd ⬇️

COMMISSIONS USD

commissions

Thank you! 💜

[hellboys]

MICHAEL IRONSIDE as Jester in Top Gun (1986)

[marisatomay]

I was talking about this with a friend but a really interesting cultural shift over the last ohhhhhh ten years maybe is that many people in fandoms view themselves as stakeholders and not audience members. Because of that, they think that the fandom should be running things, or at least have an acknowledged say in how something is run. And every reminder that they are not in control, no matter how small, bothers them.

[marisatomay]

This has always existed to an extent but it used to be very siloed and only noticeably prevalent in certain fandoms and everyone else in fandom spaces generally agreed that it wasn’t healthy to act like that. Now it’s seemingly every fandom with an online presence and it’s all happening much more publicly than ye olde Trekkie forum.

[marisatomay]

I do think that the increase in access to creatives through social media, extended promotional cycles where you do a thousand interviews and all of them get clipped for instagram and tiktok, and an increase in entertainment and fandom aggregate social media accounts which keep people updated on all of those clips and every second of the creative process has had a big hand in creating this sense of ownership that audience members feel. It makes us feel like we’re on the team because we think we know so much. But we are not and we don’t.

[writingdose]

give love to ongoing fics too. not just one shots or completed works.

while “writers write for themselves first and foremost” and “fanfic reading is a form of self care and no reader should feel pressured to kudos or comment on the fic they read” are both true, kudos and positive comments are still so appreciated. and as a fellow writer, I can tell for a fact that while I do write for myself and my own enjoyment, seeing lovely comments from my readers always motivates me to write more and write faster.

unfortunately some people choose to avoid ongoing fics because they either want to wait for the whole thing to get posted first or they’re afraid writers will abandon the works and leave those works unfinished. but the thing is that if you want long, multi-chapter fics, letting writers know you love and appreciate their hard works by giving them kudos and commenting nice things on their ongoing fics will almost definitely always motivate writers to write. and also, writing can be hard. I know writers who pull all-nighters doing researches on their fics. I know writers who put so much time, effort and dedication into their fics. the fics they allow people to read for free. please let them know you love and appreciate their works if you can, especially with the raise of bots (it can be super discouraging for a writer to see that the only comments their fics get are from bots and scam).

kudos and comments help writers write more fics. appreciate fanfic writers. appreciate fan artists. appreciate ongoing fics.

[skellydun]

hey good luck today with whatever u got going on. u got this. and i hope something really nice happens to u today. u deserve it. 

[yourentity06]

Bucky…?

[ask-anything-polls]

Your phone magically opens to a random fic on ao3!

Spin the wheel 3 times to find out what your fic is about! Put in the tags which fic tags you get!

Picker Wheel - Spin the Wheel to Decide a Random Choice

Picker Wheel is a wheel spinner for a random picker. Various functions & customization. Enter choices or names, spin the wheel to decide a r

Do you read it?

I’ve read this already!

Hell yes this is literally meant for me!

Yes but out of morbid curiosity

Maybe

No

Absolutely not!

Why does this fucking exist?!?!

Voting ended onMay 4

[caystar13star]

@tgmsunmontue I got funerals, nipple play, and grief, and immediately thought of You look like a bad idea 😂

[totallyprentiss]

the devil wears prada 2 (from the trailer) 👠

[alicent-florent]

The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) dir. David Frankel

[kennycrows]

[spraynd]

conan shooting some guns

[trans-girl-hank-hill]

who cares if you don't fully "get" the weird postmodernist novel on your first read, or if the experimental arthouse film is opaque to you on your first viewing? you are not being graded. you are not being scored. there is value in the attempt. every time i've read House of Leaves or watched Blue Velvet, I've gotten something new from it. the idea that you might not "get" something and therefore shouldn't bother with it is so silly to me

[girltalk]

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You don’t need to be perfect for good things to find you. Love, peace, and softness were never meant to be earned, just received.

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[capibuck]

✨Commission OPEN ✨

With updated prices in case you’d like to place an order.

Patreon members in the Baby Plum and Winter Children tiers receive a 30% discount on the total price of their commission.

If you’re interested or have any questions, feel free to DM me

→IMPORTANT: If you're going to send an email with the specifications and I don't reply during the day, please let me know by messaging me on my other social media accounts. Sometimes I don't receive email notifications.

I’ll be happy to help! 🧡