Please return us to a world where Notp and squick are used for a ship you don’t like instead of just making up a load of bullshit about how immoral it is or w/e lol
a short selection of concepts and phrases that used to be commonplace in fandom and we’d really benefit from making that a thing again:
NOTP: the opposite of an OTP (One True Pairing). It is a ship a fan strongly dislikes. The word is a portmanteau of ‘no’ and ‘OTP’ and thus is not a contraction of any particular phrase.
Squick: anything that is a deep-seated, visceral turn-off. Squicks may be shared by many fans or be specific to one; one person’s kink may be another person’s squick.
YKINMKATO, or kink-tomato: Your Kink Is Not My Kink, And That’s Okay: used to indicate support for fannish diversity and to distinguish between disapproval or kink shaming and simply having different taste.
DLDR: Don’t Like, Don’t Read: a phrase used to warn against complaints about an aspect of fic or meta. A “live and let live” philosophy of fandom, which places the responsability for avoiding content one doesn’t want to see on the side of the fanwork consumer, rather that on the creator’s.
SALS: Ship And Let Ship: similar to the above specifically about shipping tastes.
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary: a phrase used to acknowledge that any given individual’s personal opinion on the topic at hand may differ due to their own tastes, standards, values, experiences, etc.
As the OP points out, all of these crucially imply no moral judgment of what they’re designing.
(definitions lifted more or less wholesale from fanlore’s relevant pages)
Announcing: A Brand New Event!... It's Summer Rickation!!! 🏖️
Hello, Lovelies!! I'm sorry it's been a while since I've posted. After writing for this past year's Rickmas event, I was inspired to come up with a fun idea for the summer---Summer Rickation! The event is fourteen days, running from July 26th-August 8th. The tags are "Summer Rickation 2026" and "Rickation 2026." A huge shout-out to @deepperplexity for helping brainstorm name ideas and lending me a surge of courage to post! This year's theme is "At the Beach," the prompts are as follows:
Day 1: The Palm Tree's Sway
Day 2: High Tide, Low Spirits
Day 3: Buried Treasure
Day 4: Coconut Cabana
Day 5: Heat Stroke
Day 6: Island Song
Day 7: Message in a Bottle
Day 8: Beachcomber's Paradise
Day 9: Look to the Lighthouse
Day 10: A Walk Down the Pier
Day 11: In the Shade
Day 12: Swimsuit
Day 13: The Sand Between His Toes
Day 14: Sex on the Beach (a mixed drink, but also an invitation to write something spicier, *wink* *wink*).
Please reblog in order to reach more writers and fellow Rickmaniacs! <3 Let me know if you would like to be tagged for future events, and please have fun writing! Thanks, everyone, and see you at the end of July! <3<3<3
Sometimes, fanfiction is carefully plotted out stories, with plot points and call backs and themes that all tie it up in a meaningful and exciting way.
And sometimes fanfiction is, ‘Watch me do a fucking KICK FLIP off this cool sentence!! Also here's some sex'
Join the Snapeshifters' Snape-centric Discord server for this month's Snapesignment. We're celebrates two things: songs that inspire us and LGBTQIA+ representation.
For this challenge, your work should: (a) be inspired by a song (lyrics are optional - vibes, themes, or mood are totally fine), and (b) include an LGBTQIA+ story element.
Prompts will be either:
🎵 a song-related element (e.g. “a song that mentions a mailman” or “a song that mentions alcohol”)
🏳️🌈 an LGBTQIA+ story element (e.g. “coming out,” “platonic life partner,” “Fire Island”).
There will be 20 prompts total and a maximum word count of 2407. Snape does not have to appear in your work.
Come Join SnapeShifters' Guild on Discord for more details!
(kudos to our member SanctuaryAngel for the above graphic!)
TIMELINE:
(in Eastern Standard Time, N. America)
Claiming open: Thursday, June 4 to June 19
Works due: Friday, June 19th at 10:00 PM
Works released: Saturday, June 20th at 2:00 PM
Voting due: Friday, June 26th at 10:00 PM
Reveals and awards: Sunday, June 28th at 4:00 PM
If you've never done a flash comp style event, feel free to ask us what it's about and details in the event channels on the server #snape-signments and #missives
PROMPTS:
a song that alludes to a myth
a song that is flat out dirty, all about sex
a song about a city
a song about a place that no longer exists
a song in another language
a song with no lyrics
a song about magic
a song that alludes to a feudal title (i.e. king, queen, prince, etc.)
a song with weather elements
a song from an animated children's film
a story about a secret crush
a story about being in love with someone who likes you but doesn't share a compatible orientation
a story where patronuses are affected by whether or not someone has accepted their orientation
a story where the MC runs into another closeted person at a queer event/space
a story about an underground safe haven for lgbtqia+ folk
a story about a lavender marriage (which can be cool, too)
a story about a love letter
a story about buying gender-affirming clothes for the first time
a story about having to explain lgbtqia+ term(s) to an (older) relative and they thought it was something completely different
a story about having a mentor/role model
We look forward to celebrating with you 🏳️🌈 💛
Severus and Harry having tea and sharing a (finally) civil conversation at Grimmauld Place, but Harry's heart silently breaks watching him deteriorate in health each day.
...How long left until he loses someone else? ❤️🩹💔
Those two that just could not come up with any differences! They were like “we both got glasses, both got these red sweaters, maybe we’re different heigh- nope we’re the same height… well shit we’re perfectly the same!”
Whenever I see this video I’m always struck that the kids are so quick to say what their friends are GOOD AT or what their friends enjoy. They’re so quick to build each other up!
So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????
I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.
Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?
Saw a sharp increase in my follower count after posting this. The legitimacy of it is driving me nuts so I also feel the need to say that you can follow anyone on here regardless of whether you’ve interacted with them or not. People like the above mentioned blog are exceptions. Perhaps they themselves think they aren’t and therefore will act like they aren’t, but they are, trust me.
Just follow anyone you wanna follow. The worst thing that can happen is maybe getting soft-blocked by the other person, but if they do soft-block you, then they were never that worth following in the first place.
lol what is that really some kind of new etiquette fresh users are trying to enforce? No way! There have always been people who prefer to keep their circle small on here and that’s their prerogative, but it’s definitely not the dominant culture! This is the “follow someone because they reblogged a cool bird once” website! This is how tumblr thrives without being algorithm-driven by default.
To anyone who sees this, I hope you have an experience of whimsy today. I hope you see something utterly joyful, silly, and ridiculous, and I hope you see it and smile. I wish that for you today.
What Is Up With "Thou," "Thee," "Thy," and "Thine"?
We hope this answered thy question regarding “thou,” “thee,” “thy,” and “thine.” If thou has any further questions on this topic, tweet us @The_YUNiversity. Cheers.
