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My name is Jay! | Writing: @turtles-alphabet| 20

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Focused too hard and locked in on some gym influencer au with Shane & Ilya!

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Surprise, fanart! Loved Spider Noir so much but apparently chose the wrong characters bc there’s very little fanart😞

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Some old Pokemon Fanart

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Psyduck, my goat! (Colors once again🗿)

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A Beyond evil drawing I did for my Mom as a gift. she really likes this character (as do I) so I had a blast drawing him.

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Once again hitting it with the color ✨

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Some painting exercises

30 min each

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So much color and yummy texture 💥

[dawnfelagund]

101 Comment Starters

I began working on this last summer. Like many veteran fanfiction authors, I lament the decline in commenting that I’ve seen in my fandom, the Tolkien fandom. I’m also a humanities teacher, so I spend a good part of my day teaching young people how to write, and one lesson I’ve learned the hard way is that each type of writing involves unique skills that have to be learned. And commenting is a unique form of writing and one that comes with added stresses around social expectations and public performance. My research on the Tolkien fanfic community confirms this: Many people want to comment, but they simply don’t know what to say.

As a teacher of writing, I often use  sentence starters or mentor sentences. The writer uses these to jumpstart their thinking and writing, until they become comfortable enough to begin working independently. “101 Comment Starters” is built around this research-based strategy of teaching writing.

Some of the comment starters are simple enough that they can be merely copied and pasted. Others require filling in some blanks or providing some elaboration. In some cases, a because can be dropped if the reader isn’t comfortable providing that level of elaboration yet. In other cases, a more experienced commenter can add the because and elaborate more on their comment.

They also differ in their level of praise. They range from simple statements of how the author made the reader feel to compliments around an aspect of the author’s writing or their work in general. I’ve tried to limit words like really, very, and so as much as possible, except when it made the comment feel wooden. You’re welcome, of course, to add those words in if you feel they more accurately help capture how a story impacted you.

If you’re just starting to comment, please keep in mind that the vast majority of authors will love to hear from you! They don’t care how long or elaborate your comment is. They don’t care if your English is perfect or if you’re a little awkward. They just want to know that you’re reading and enjoying their work.

Finally, please feel free to reblog and share and add your own comment starters!

ETA: I’m officially declaring these in the public domain. If you want to use them in something, while I won’t turn down credit, don’t let the inability to give me credit for them to stand in your way. Share them, make stuff with them, whatever you want to get the comments flowing!

101 Comment Starters

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Needed this bc I’m a lurker. Going to start commenting shamelessly now bc I have to get over the fear of being perceived 😭

[malkogromit]

I've been thinking a lot about the different shades of Steve Rogers we've seen on screen. This piece explores how they would each take the initiative—Whedon's Steve vs. Russo's Steve.

For Russo's Steve, the Tony in his world gives me a feeling so deeply resonant with one of my favorite Stony fics, "Celestial Navigation"—that specific blend of vulnerability and stubborn resilience against a sprawling, cosmic-scale fate. (And yes, I took the artistic liberty of giving this Tony his beard—a small fusion of timelines that just felt right for the soul of this character as I see him now.)

While working on this piece, that connection felt stronger than ever. It's a happy coincidence that I discovered the author of "Celestial Navigation" is active here on Tumblr! If you ever see this, I just wanted to put this out into the universe: Thank you for writing such a masterpiece.

On a slightly personal note, posting this feels like a full-circle moment. Years ago, I was a passionate baby fan in this fandom, expressing my love through making graphics and edits. Now, I'm trying to channel those feelings into my own drawings. It's all just different ways of screaming into the void about these two, I guess. Grateful for this journey and for this community.

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I really love this, so sweet and really captures the characters in a way that touches my soul. Here’s to ppl who contribute to fandom in any way they can, we owe you🥹

[leggywormy]

It's end of May, yall know what that means

[aria-greenhoodie]

DTIYS - A celebration of Fan Labor and our Favorite Characters! (Read details below!)

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So, I’m in an art history class that focuses on discussions of art in context of copyright law, derivative work, inspiration vs theft, pop art, etc etc. For my final project, I could do an art piece with a three page artist statement attached. I decided (thanks to @kitcatia for giving me the idea!) to do my project on Fan Labor and Fandom. That little guy there represents the characters, franchises, and stories that inspire us, and that big guy is us! The fans, the writers, the artists!

Kit had another great idea (they’re carrying me for this project lemme tell ya) to turn this into a DTIYS!

SO LETS GET TO IT! DTIYS RULES:

- keep the general same pose and composition. You CAN make edits as you see fit, though!

- It doesn’t have to be as heavily rendered as this. Hell, it can be a scribble in ms paint if you want!

- the Big Guy is supposed to represent You/Your Persona, but if you have a funnier idea I’m open to it!

- the little guy is supposed to be a fandom character, but don’t be afraid to do ocs too! You can also do MULTIPLE little guys should you so choose!

- open to any fandom, and any creator!

- Please let me know if it’s ok to use your work in my final presentation of the project, and if yes, how to credit you if at all!

- @ me! And use the #FanLoveDTIYS

DEADLINE: APRIL 20 (This deadline is only for those who wish to appear in my project. Feel free to continue the dtys for fun afterwards!

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Might do this😋

[hannibal-lectotype]

Something the Hannibal television show does phenomenally, that the books and movies don’t really do at all, is showcase how well he actually blends in.

In the Thomas Harris works, every scene that Doctor Lecter is in manages to make it very clear that he’s dangerous, and everyone else is basically Damocles without being aware of the blade. He’s unsettling even when he’s charming, and the audience is always aware that he is the lion in the room. We can see the swords dangling by the hair over every other character.

But in the show, Hannibal is just a guy, maybe pretentious and nerdy, but charming and kind for the most part. We are taken in with him, just like the other characters. Then, when he does lash out, moving like the predator he is, we’re left absolutely shook, almost ashamed that for a moment we forgot who he is. In the next scene, he’s as soft and charming as ever, and the deception begins again. We slowly fall under the spell again, because he’s just that good. We experience what the characters do, even though we’re granted the behind the scenes knowledge that he’s the villain of the story.

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THIS!!! I’ve tried to articulate this feeling and this is it!

[nervousyoungrabbit]

hello!!!! painting that took me 16 hours!!!!! mostly wnated to study color and clothing but it ended up as a full painting w my own artistic liberties added in

[novacorps]

if you find yourself in times of trouble just remember that cap has a tactic where he basically throws himself in some guy’s arms while fighting

[etharei]

I WANT TO SEE HIM DO THIS WITH THE WINTER SOLDIER.

Except the Winter Soldier is actually able take Steve’s weight (especially since if Steve does it like in the gif it’ll be the metal arm getting most of it)

and the two of them just freeze

Steve slowly realizing he’s being carried bridal style

Bucky the Winter Soldier blinking like MY PROGRAMMING DID NOT COVER THIS???

and there’s a bunch of camera sound effects as Natasha flips past with her phone out

[toodrunktofindaurl]

Steve won’t stop hearing about this for weeks… or months

[nifflerdream-blog-deactivated20]

me as a writer: Oh no I can’t write that, somebody else already has

me as a reader: hell yes give me all the fics about this one scenario. The more the merrier

[obsessivewriter]

This one is so hard to accept. Reblogging to knock that into my brain.

[primarybufferpanel]

Me as a writer: I feel like I’m repeating myself, I’ve already used that theme, I’ve already written that kink, that other character uses that speech pattern so this one in another fandom can’t, I feel like I’m writing predictable things, is this different enough from that other thing I wrote, are people filling out bingo cards by my work? :sobbing:

Me as a reader: oh hell yeah this hit the spot exactly, I hope this writer has written 20 more just like it

[deelaundry]

As one friend said when I felt I was reusing a theme too much, nobody ever says, Did Agatha Christie write about murder again?

[caledoniaseries]

I actually laughed out loud at the last one. A very good point.

[giraffeter]

“I love this, I hope there isn’t anything else out there like it!” Said no one ever

[dragonflies-draw-flame]

Sometimes you just really need other people to point out the obvious to you! Thanks, guys.

[dancinggrimm]

I remember being in a tiny fandom and reading every story a particular writer had written in that fandom, and then every other story they had written for good measure. Probably around 30-35 stories in all.

In every single story they wrote, one of the main characters either had, acquired, or considered adopting or buying a Bedlington Terrier. Always that one type of dog.

I never got tired of it. By about story 7 I was reading along thinking ‘when is the little lamb dog going to show up?’ and it didn’t even blip my weirdness radar.

Do your thing over and over again, friend.

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This is why I’m so afraid to write 😭

[fictionalhub-deactivated2022010]

men

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Fictional men

[ruinedchildhood]

[stuckyfingers]

*Achilles claps (Patroclus)*

[boudicca]

"comrade in arms" yeah i bet he was in your arms. every night. fruit

[yet-still-more-banched]

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Certified fruit cup. Bet he was in something else too😏

[cowsabungus]

A guide to designing wheelchair using characters!

I hope this helps anyone who's trying to design their oc using a wheelchair, it's not a complete guide but I tried my best! deffo do more research if you're writing them as a character

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Reblogging to save