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some people will be like “I wonder why fanfic writers don’t share their works anymore😔” and then this is them when a writer is kind enough to share something they write — as a hobby, for their own enjoyment — with them for free.

some people really don’t realize how privileged they are that they get fanfics for free. imagine having access to something for free because someone is kind enough to share it with you… and then being rude, entitled and an ungrateful pos to that person who was kind enough to share their creation with you for free

“almost 1 year is a lil too much for me” fuck off. fanfic writers don’t owe you anything. one of my favorite fics was updated after 13 years, and what I did is that I thanked the author for choosing to continue the work, I didn’t act like a spoiled toddler by asking why they didn’t update sooner. and even if a writer chooses to abandon their fic permanently with no explanation, that is their choice, their hobby, their decision. they don’t owe your entitled ass anything.

you people let tiktok rot your brains to the point you see everything as content farm and engagement. not a piece of art created by the artist’s love and passion. it’s dystopian.

enchantedbook

"The Shooting Star" (L'Étoile filante) by J. J. Grandville, 1849.

madeline-kahn

- get bacon

- buy clothes

- get coffee

- grab stuff from old apartment

- move car

madeline-kahn

i did everything but the clothes because the store wasn't open yet and i wasn't going to wait 90 minutes. not bad though

godkissedme

martin scorsese’s gift to isabella rossellini

lamignonette

blksouthernfemme

Lebohang Kganye’s Ke Lefa Laka: Her-Story, a series of digital photomontages where she has inserted herself into old photographs of her mother who has passed

caribbeanangel

Steven Cuffie (1979)

whenilookedatyouthelightchanged

Majoring in art history is so aawesome i love unicorns and looking at images

gouged-doll

damaged tintype of 2 women at a studio, circa 1880s

the-orphic-youth

Medieval heart-shaped music book, circa 1460-1477.

National library of France.

tombsaint

portrait of an unidentified woman, no date (most likely taken in the 1850s-1860s), daguerreotype by thomas m. easterly. source for photograph one and photograph two.

vintageeveryday

Studio portraits of African-American women in the late 19th century.

ohangeleyes

alright, i'll be the one to say it. ao3 and tumblr becoming "mainstream" did so much damage to the community and the writers. i have seen loads of videos and posts about:

1. people hating on writers and fics. writing is something we do for free and for fun. if you stumble upon a fanfic that isn't necessarily your cup of tea or you just don't like, scroll. dont read it. literally leave their page. you don't know if this could be the author's first work that they're so excited about, you dont know if the language they're writing in isn't their first language, you dont know that the writer could be a literal teen and loads of other reasons. fanfictions don't HAVE to be perfect. you write what you want to write because we do it for fun and enjoyment and we want to share that to the world. seriously, what is the wrong with that?..

2. x reader consumers getting WAY to entitled. the number of tiktoks i've seen that "i run a strict program when it comes to reading fanfics." girl you aint running shit. this is FAN FICTION you're reading. F A N F I C T I O N. there is no denying that most fanfiction writes are beyond talented but just because you read one fanfic that exceeds your expectations doesn't give you the right to talk down on others that don't. people have their own personal writing style, their way of doing things and you talking shit on that isn't right.

at the end of the day, we are all humans, reading and writing is what we do and what we're meant to do. and for you to talk shit about a person WRITING is so insane. we are humans. not some robots that you can tell what to do so you can consume it.

i've seen so so many authors take down their fanfics and losing all motivation to write because of a hate comment. DONT LIKE DONT READ‼️

and to every author reading this, this community values your work and your contribution. we love u and, please, never let anyone's negative words have an effect on you.

ohangeleyes

this!!! i completely forgot to mention this!!! so many anon bots have been treating authors like some robots who HAVE to post fanfics 24/7!! happened to my lovely talented mutuals too. you do nothing to contribute to the community or support the authors, you don't like, don't reblog, you don't leave a comment and then you think you get a say in what others will write or get mad that someone's writing style doesn't match the one you like.

get over urself girl omfg. you don't get a say in shit. ‼️‼️‼️