Cant Stop The Muses

I love fan fiction. Writing and reading. And now, I share.

[cantstopthemuses]

[rederiswrites]

Dear longfic writers

If you sometimes feel like it was pure, ridiculous hubris that you ever started a story that would take so much work and persistence to finish, I promise you, you’re not alone.

If you feel like you’ve already been writing forever and the “good bits” are still ages away, you’re not alone.

If you’ve been stuck for days or weeks or longer because you know what happens later but you don’t know what happens next, you’re not alone.

If you’re desperate to squeal about your beloved OTP but you feel like you can’t, because spoilers, and it’s driving you nuts, you’re not alone.

If you feel like you’ll never finish and you’re bound to fuck it up somehow, you’re not alone.

If you wonder if you’ve sabotaged yourself because who’s going to click through to a 28 chapter WIP, you’re not alone.

If you feel like you’ve been pouring your life into a single story for ages and will be for ages still and you don’t know why anymore because hardly anyone seems to care, you’re not alone.

If you can hardly even plan the further-away parts of the story or even think about them because thinking about them reminds you how absurdly far you still have to go and you get massive anxiety, please believe me.  You are not alone.

[sabrecmc]

@angels-are-robots

[gitwrecked]

Dear longfic writers

I fucking live for your work. Like I love me a little one-shot or a medium-length fic but srsly give me that 100k+ (200k? 300k? yes pls) goodness.

I am constantly in awe of your ability to stick with your story, to keep your plot moving and your characters’ relationships developing like just damn.

I don’t judge if your updates are erratic. If you’re worried about too much time passing between updates, just know that I and so many others squeal with joy when we get that subscriber notification in our inboxes.

There is literally nothing more glorious than watching characters develop through a long-ass fic. Relationships, friendships, character growth? Sometimes after I’ve finished a longfic or I’ve gotten to the last update I’ll go back and reread the first couple chapters just to see how far my babies have come.

If you stop updating your fic for whatever reason, that’s okay. We as readers are just lucky to have been graced with your story as long as you chose to write it. You’ve been gifting us with time and effort for this long and we appreciate it.

As someone who has had multiple longfic ideas and either (1) got through two chapters and gave up or (2) was too overwhelmed by how much work it would take to actually write, you are my literal superheroes.

You are brave and persistent and creative and a gift to fandom, and if you ever need a pep talk I am here to love on you.

[silsfandomstuff]

Yes. All of this. God bless writers of longfic, you’ve been helping me survive winter for years now.

[artemisastarte]

This. 😢

[ettuinarcadia]

Bless this post 📚📖

[luna-orlha]

@backwardsandinhighheels & @kakawaifu

[taleasedubh-deactivated20191007]

@tilltheendwilliwrite

[tilltheendwilliwrite]

Dude… the feels…

[nomadicpixel]

@mycapt-ohcapt @theycallmebecca

[mycapt-ohcapt]

This is one of the most necessary mentions I’ve ever gotten. I’m apparently not nuts, and I know I’m not alone. Ty @nomadicpixel Yes to every single thing above. Yes to pushing myself to finish, even when I know it won’t see the light of day outside of anonymous fandom. It will feel good to have accomplished writing a book by the end. If it’s only read by the fandom and no one in my real world knows, I’ve come to be okay with that. @whostheblondegirlwriting @heather-lynn @princess-evans-addict @prplprincez @my-emotional-self @kirstie-lotr I’m sure you guys can relate to a lot of this too.😘

[whostheblondegirlwriting]

[fumbles over tabletop, hiding 80 chpt Echo under a plant]

Hm?

[drapes self on table edge, using an elbow to hide 89 chpt WIP Back To One]

What?

[eyes bug, seeing 66 & 46 chpt WIPs A Touch Up & Jack Rollins sitting out] [launches forward, shoving them off the table] [casually flips hair out of face and sits back down, clearing throat as if nothing happened]

I don’t know what you’re talking about @mycapt-ohcapt 😇

[princess-evans-addict-deactivat]

Oh my goodness, thank you so much for tagging me @mycapt-ohcapt

[cantstopthemuses]

So innocent.......

[wadey-wilson]

countdown to infinity war: the avengers of mcu (3/10)

⇝ clint barton / hawkeye

[clintfbarton-deactivated2025012]

[bob-belcher]

T’Challa plays Black Jeopardy. (x)

[the-writer-is-always-write]

The Russo Brothers: There’s a reason Hawkeye isn’t in any of the promotional material for Infinity War.

Me:

[omg-hawkeye]

What do you guys do during April Fools?

this is actually how Civil War started, don’t let anyone tell you different.

[cantstopthemuses]

“Clint’s eyes were on her, watching her expression. He must have taken his own comfort in it, because he still held her there and continued. “For the longest time, Erin, I didn’t have anyone. The last few weeks with you have changed that though. I don’t want to give up anymore, I want to fight. I want to be the best person I can be because you deserve to have the best of me.” the words he spoke mirrored the sentiment that was already in his eyes. “Before all of this, I was good at what I did, but now that I have you and I have something to actually fight for, I’m going to be even better.””

[deactivated-blog]

Clint: I failed the exercise test.

Natasha: How?

Clint:They asked me to run and I said no.

[clintfbarton-deactivated2025012]

[beardedchrisevans]

Dad to Dodger 🐶

[cantstopthemuses]

Clint felt that he should be congratulated or maybe even awarded a medal for the way he managed to block the entire file folder of bad shit in his brain over the next few days. It was very out of character for him to put any kind of threat, especially to his life and well-being, aside, but after he had woken up on Monday morning, Erin sleeping beside him, her hair still damp from the shower, he made a promise to himself that he wasn't going to think about anything but her for the foreseeable future. Probably not the wisest choice, in fact he definitely would have given anyone else hell for making the same decision, but he argued that this thing with Erin was too awesome not to acknowledge and embrace. For the first time in his life he had a woman in his life that not only loved him, but simply "got it". He didn't have to hold anything back from her (He still did, but he didn't HAVE to and that made a fucking difference). The few weeks that he had known her somehow seemed like long comfortable years of a relationship and it made every moment around her warm and unobtrusive. She worried and he knew that. She worried about the initial shit from Loki and his determination to stay away from SHIELD and she worried about that lost gap in time that he still couldn't explain after meeting Natasha on Sunday, but she comforted rather than lectured. Maybe she didn't know what to say? Clint wasn't sure that he would either if the roles were reversed, but he didn't argue with what she did with her silence....

[chrisevans-sexualfrustrations]

[cantstopthemuses]

[hashtagloveloses]

this is it. this is the purest photo in existence. reblog for 100 years of good luck

[shali-ka-aastha-deactivated2019]

I’ll need the luck!

[thelegendofclarke]

The 2nd Amendment is no longer the right to bear arms.  The 2nd Amendment has become the right to take lives. The 2nd Amendment is no longer aiding citizens.  The 2nd Amendment is now abetting murderers.

When the laws don’t work, the laws must change. 

[nomadactual-deactivated20171012]

Well, clearly you failed 9th grade Social Studies.

[thelegendofclarke]

You know… I honestly don’t remember how did in 9th grade Social Studies?

I did okay majoring in Political Science and American Government in undergrad though. I graduated summa cum laude so I figure I must have learned something?

Law school also went alright I guess? I did somehow manage to get an article about the constitutionality and modification of excessive force laws through out the 50 states placed in a national publication. And I also managed to pass the Bar Exam. 

But yeah it’s totally possible I failed 9th grade social studies tbh. I was a little shit when I was 15 and gave no fucks.