it's the swedish sadness

Chaotic neuroqueer, kindred spirit, confirmed humanities trash.

[tramontane-fire]

Reblog if you are Bad Queer Representation.

[kuttithevangu]

Kelly Link said she tells her students to list two things before they start writing:

- what are the books that would make you the happiest to be compared to

- what are the story elements that keep you reading even when the book straight up isn’t good

Because you’re aiming for the first one. But during the process you will be writing something that isn’t great, probably. So what elements would it need to keep you going even if it isn’t great.

I like that a lot. I was like I’m gonna make a list now. But in my head the list was just like

1) when there’s a character who is gavroche

2)

[stonelionhearts]

sometimes i wonder if we have forgotten that sharing creative work is, fundamentally, a bid for human connection. like I'm not posting art or fic for 'engagement' i'm posting it looking for other sickos to play with! i'd be making it anyway for my own gratification because there's something wrong with me, i'm sharing it hoping we can have something wrong with us together <3

[bluedalahorse]

Sharing out the gift I received…

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

@scottishgremlin wrote me this gorgeous character study of August, Nils, and Vincent that absolutely made my week! It goes into the heads of all three of them and their particular thought processes and hang ups and what Hillerska means to them and… it’s so good? The prose is so tight and specific to each point of view and packed with tension and I don’t think I can describe this fic without absolutely flailing everywhere.

Please go and give it a read if you haven’t already. This fic does exactly what I want fanfiction to do, and comments on canon in a way that is so, so perfect.

Aren’t we lucky to have @scottishgremlin in our fandom?

[specialagentartemis]

Also picking up new books you’ve never heard of before because the premise sounds neat or the cover is pretty or it’s on a themed library display or you’re just trying to read your library’s entire catalogue of 90s cyberpunk is just fun. Sometimes it’s not your thing but you get to mull over new ideas or the diversity of people and opinions and thoughts in the world. Sometimes you discover your new favorite book of all time

[bluedalahorse]

Original story idea, poking at my brain tonight. Maybe I write it down or maybe…

[darkbluetennessee]

we're over halfway through 2026. what are everyone's most beloved books of the year so far?

[wilmon-my-lovelies79]

This is an appreciation post for Felice who is iconic, an absolute queen and a true friend! I love her so much!

[georgecuntanza]

american library association’s READ poster ft buffy cast

[cabinetduo]

so many popular examples of fandom racism are barely actual brand fandom racism bcs white ppl (and honestly too many non black ppl) need outright in your face blatant stuff as proof to shocked and appalled by. most of it is the classic "I'm not touching you style" that's easier to gaslight around which is what a majority of racism is, gaslighting. slave fics a tortureporn of characters of color are awful but that's like individual weirdos who it's easy to mark off as obviously racist. The attention and outrage surrounding these little incidents allows everyone to feel better because of how exaggerated and one off they are, bad eggs in a good batch etc.

Real fandom racism is watching the darkest characters get boxed into the specific outsider pov trope over and over despite them being a core member of the cast. it's watching everyone have in depth headcanons for every character but them, denying them the complexity their counterparts get. It's them getting written out of their own plots, receiving little to no audience sympathy when they ARE complex, and, most importantly, watching them get cast in the same exact role when shipping comes in

but all this isn't loud, it's quiet and unnoticeable unless you've had to watch it play out with every favorite character you've had ever since you were ten and started engaging with fandom. it's repetitive, uncreative, infuriating and worst of all NOBODY WILL LISTEN WHEN YOU POINT IT OUT because you're just imagining it and they're not touching you. I've been making my own content and I've seen how people will go out of their way NOT to engage or engage specifically only to discredit a character of color.

it's not a one off thing or even a small pattern, it is what fandom culture is BUILT on, picking the palest skinniest most pathetic looking man in the cast, projecting onto him and ignoring literally everyone and everything else whether that be fanon over plot or the interesting female or darker skinned characters and masking racism behind fanon tropes

[illuminatedeon]

Claudia et Madeleine

[kosmogrl]

[amailboxlemur]

[gellymace]

war time Claudia has to be my favorite

[oneterabyteofkilobyteage]

original url http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/5092/

archived on 2009-04-28 08:52:11

[guanuji]

based on "Achilles bandaging Patroklos"

[bluedalahorse]

Hey does anyone need some delicious, delicious teen angst character study focused on August, Nils, and Vincent?

Someone sent me three’s a crowd as a gift, and I’m marinating over how absolutely perfect it is. I’ll probably manage a more formal recs post later, but in the meantime, *screams incoherently.*

Thank you to the team at @youngroyals-events for organizing this exchange!

[youngroyals-events]

The Young Royals Gift Exchange 2026 collection is now live! Go check out all the works here and give the creators some love.

We forgot to say this earlier, but if you want to change the date on your work to make it appear in the first page or two in the fandom tag, that's fine with us.

The works will stay anonymous for one week before creators are revealed next Saturday. After that you can post to Tumblr or anywhere else you like as normal.

There's no points to be won this time for hiding your identity so go ahead and leave comments/kudos! As long as you're not announcing which work is yours anywhere publicly, you're fine.

Any questions, let us know!