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I'm Rin. they/them - pan - transmasc - nonbinary I'm a person doing things in a place. I've lived in a lot of places. I like video games, anime, music, hiking, cycling, and a poop tonne of tv shows. You'll notice I type and presumably speak in proper non-Webster English. I have an accent. If you want to contact me, always do so. I'm relatively friendly. I'm also intensely nervous around people. I don't quite get social interaction, so I WILL be awkward and probably make us both uncomfortable. Somehow people still talk to me despite this, though, so I encourage it.

[dankmemeuniversity]

[elderitchblaest]

I love that this post is here to dunk on logan paul and the flat earth society

[greenbergsays]

children, let this elder fandom auntie tell you a thing:

if you take the time to comment on a fanfiction but your comment is some variation of “this story would’ve been better if ______” then perhaps, in this one case, it is better to Not Comment At All

like, I am a disillusioned, emotionless fandom native at this point, so your comment will be met with mild annoyance and some form of dumbfounded laughter as I share it with my friends and baffle over the fact that you took the time to say, “this is cute but i would’ve liked it better if you had written a completely different story than this one”

but some people who write and post fic have not been in fandom as long as I have and therefore they have not built up an immunity to This Shit, so perhaps take their feelings in mind and wonder how it will affect them emotionally and mentally for you to essentially say the story they wrote wasn’t good enough

aight? aight

[kiriei]

For fucking real.  How many times do we have to say this shit?

[immoralq]

What about comments like:

“This story would’ve been better if you’d explored that plot point you created in more detail.  It was really interesting. Are you going to do that in another story?”

“This story would’ve been better if you’d given more time to the OC you created, you did a good job with them. They are really relatable.”

Are these kinds of comments acceptable??

[greenbergsays]

No, I would suggest saying something like this instead:

“I’d love to hear more about ____! It sounds great / interesting / [whatever word you like].”

“I could read a whole fic just about _____!”

It gets across your point without making the author feel as though they have failed miserably.

Here’s the difference, right. Saying “I loved this part, I want to read more about it” encourages the author to create more.

Phrasing it as you did – “this story would be better if” – is inherently critical and makes it seem as though you think the fanfiction was a failed experiment and perhaps if they had done this differently, it would have been marginally better.

Your phrasing is discouraging, whereas the alternative phrasing is encouraging and gives the impression that you would like to read more by this author.

Does that help?

[ladykittenfair]

I’m of the opinion that unless someone literally asks for you to tell them how to improve their fic, that’s not your place. Or anyone’s. Even betas, it depends entirely on what they’re asking you to read for. If I want to know about grammar and I didn’t ask about story content, don’t. At best, you will annoy the writer, at worst you will deliver a blow to their confidence that may keep them from creating - and they might even delete the story.

If you want something written a certain way so bad, feel free to do it yourself. Otherwise, just be glad they shared what they did do. Ao3 is a platform for sharing creative content, not a writing workshop.

Sorry-not-sorry for sounding so harsh, but as someone who literally stopped writing any of my own ideas for a couple years because of unaskedfor criticism when I was less confident in myself as a writer, I have no patience for this.

[bendingsignpost]

For those who want to know how to ask for (more of) what they want, here are a few helpful phrases (ymmv):

Have you ever considered writing X? Because I would LOVE to see your take on that! (aka, here is X thing I want, and I’m saying that YOUR version is important to me, because I like you and your stuff)

Oh man, that little bit you did over here on Y, I could read that for days. 

I know Character A was only a minor character, but they were so fleshed out. Would you ever do more stuff focusing on them? 

Your world looks so solid even though we only see a little of it. Can I ask you some questions about your worldbuilding?

This scene over here was so interesting. What was going on in Character B’s head during it?

When I read your story, my imagination was gripped with thoughts of [The Thing I Want To See Instead of What You Actually Wrote]. Congrats on getting my brain to write fanfic of your fanfic!

Remember: chastising stops behavior. Praising encourages behavior. 

[evieebun125]

[noahnomore]

[stimmyvillainarchive]

[nieloxychen]

[justsomeantifas]

jeff bezos: now that i’m the richest man on the planet with a net worth of over 100 billion dollars

jeff bezos: how about i create new ways to fuck over my employees and underpay them

jeff bezos: i’ve got it, i’ll legally not pay them while they’re still on the clock, and i’ll get the supreme court to agree with me

me: 

[invaderxan]

Jeff Bezos currently has a net worth of $133.2 billion. 

It’s remarkable to me that he could personally afford to fix Puerto Rico’s critical infrastructure, and still be among the top 10 billionaires in the USA afterwards. He could afford to completely repair Puerto Rico and still have enough money to be in the top 20. 

Jeff Bezos could afford to personally end world hunger for a year and still be among the top 10 US billionaires. He could feed the entire planet for 3 years and still be in the top 20.

If you had $133.2 billion in a savings account with an interest rate of 0.06% (the average rate), you would receive $79.9 million in interest every year without having to do anything. All he needs to do is keep breathing, and he will make 57 times more this year than an average US citizen will make in their entire lifetime. 

He could spend $80 million this year and would not even notice its absence.

It’s estimated that it would take $55 million and a year of work to fix Flint, MI’s water supply. 

I’m just saying. 

[ceekari]

I can’t imagine having that kind of money and NOT trying to help others with it.

[sushinfood]

fuck i’m happy enough when i have $20 to buy food

i just don’t understand

[relishboi]

ENEMY APPROACHING: YOUR DASHBOARD HAS BEEN INVADED BY SYLVESTER

[smokeorbake]

Somebody has been very busy…

[raccooncomic]

69. Camping

[hungwy]

Shoutout to all my dr pepper loving followers born out of wedlock

[hustlerose]

can anyone tell me what “dad rock” is? i’ve heard it’s like, arctic mokeys or the 1975 but only 17 year olds listen to those bands so what’s the truth

[hustlerose]

please stop making scary noises i was only asking a question :(

[thepunksink]

One of my fav instagram accounts spitting truth

[casualdrunx-deactivated20190306]

Elitism ain’t punk. Reblogging this every time I see it.

[basilwill]

You know what’s punk as fuck? Kindness, especially to kids.

[brunhiddensmusings]

gatekeepers are a bane on all communities from music to videogames to art to comics to gender just stop being the asshole who picks on the new kid who just picked up the concept that they like this thing and it makes them happy

[c-bassmeow]

[dashaibo]

Gay people from 1950-2010: we are human just like you, we’re not another species or a subculture, the only difference is that we are attracted to the same gender.

Gay people in 2018: straight people are stinky, WIG!

[if-only-angels-could-prevail]

straight people ARE stinky

[if-only-angels-could-prevail]

wig!

[salty-red-mage]

[dankmemeuniversity]

[davidlathorian]

You missed the best part of this.

[barbieofcolour-deactivated20211]

she just lets them wear whatever tf they want :’)

[1dietcokeinacan]

@theocseason4 Miss Fox Did That!

[bvlgaria]

[gryffon]

every time i see steven universe discourse i think “what if people were this intensely analytical about My Gym Partners a Monkey”

[darthgryffon]

my url is better than yours

[gryffon]

youre my shadow self and i need to kill you

[anonbeadraws]

 a personal comic about haircuts and being queer and not realising your body isn’t really yours until you buy a pair of hair clippers  That’s my experience anyway

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