The Gender Zone

You can call me Blake if you want - Any/All - 17

[teaboot]

I just reada really good fic but halfway through I realized "oh shit this is really familiar.... didn't I write something like this once?" And as I kept reading I kept predicting what happened next and the further I went the more convinced I was that they'd ripped off my story-

like, copied the ENTIRE plot and re-written it, just better than I had? The characters were more fleshed-out than mine were, and the POV was more interesting, and the pace made more sense- but it was MY STORY?

So close to the end I was like "holy shit.. do I message them? Ask if my story inspired theirs? Should I be angry? Flattered?" Cause their tags and description didn't mention me AT ALL, which, sure, it's fanfiction to begin with, but if you're using my work than at least credit me as inspo, right? Just to be courteous?

But I get to the end of the final chapter, and it's not finished, and I'm kind of disappointed cause I never finished my story and I was really immersed in their version now and had been looking forwards to seeing how they tied up my loose ends- so I scroll to the bottom to leave a comment, and.

It's MY URL.

IT WAS MY STORY THE WHOLE TIME.

THE ONE *I WROTE*.

In *2013*.

And FORGOT ABOUT

BECAUSE I WAS SO INSECURE ABOUT MY SLOPPY, SHALLOW, AMETEUR WRITING

And I'm just sitting here now staring into space thinking about every shitty story I've ever written now like

IT WAS ALL GOOD?

IT WAS GOOD THIS WHOLE DAMN TIME??

I'M A GOOD WRITER?????

[seven-oh-four]

you didn't ONCE think to check the url?

[teaboot]

I WANTED TO FINISH READING IT FIRST

[everythingfox]

Such a good kitty

[violentoffender]

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

[flagellant]

sometimes i forget most people don't know that birdhouse shapes aren't just for shits and giggles and that birds actively prefer and even need specific shapes to nest in

[red-mercer]

So which ones need the Frank Lloyd Wright ass houses?

[flagellant]

the ones that make 240,000$ a year by making other birds work in their warehouse for 5 sunflower seeds an hour

[hewwwwkayyyy-deactivated2022090]

You suddenly switch bodies with your icon. On a scale of 1 to 10, (10 being the highest value) how well are you coping with that change?

[hallowjackal]

Oh FUCK yeah lets go

[victusinveritas]

Dogs have had many jobs throughout history, in this case: Revenge.

[tonysaintborgi]

love how the king was just like nah let's see where the dog is going with this

[paintedcrows]

Did anyone tell Ford (bonus doodles: Family Movie Night)

[homunculus-argument]

I had a dream that I witnessed something so funny that I needed to draw a comic about it, but nobody in the dream wanted to have a look at the comic or read it. I don't remember anything else about the dream but I needed to draw the comic and show y'all what it was.

[videogameoutofcontext]

[wayneradiotv]

Reddit, HELP! Yeah I beheaded my dog but he still alive but now he’s all weird like this

[noctude]

maybe i shouldn’t respond to wrong number texts any more

[enki2]

[noahsfault]

Queer 👏 people 👏 are 👏 not 👏 all 👏 fucking 👏 activists 👏

Stop quizzing us on queer history and asking us questions we aren’t qualified to answer about the world and about politics and about our identities

Stop trying to back us into a corner so you can justify your discrimination on the basis that we don’t know what we’re talking about or can’t “defend” ourselves to you

Stop treating every queer person that stands up and says “I want to be treated like a person” as if they’re an activist

Cut that bullshit out

Marginalised people just want to exist and be happy

I don’t know everything, and that doesn’t make me undeserving of your respect or my human rights you fucker

I don’t even owe you the stuff I do know- I still am entitled to basic fucking respect

TLDR; Queer people shouldn’t have to be historians or scientists for you to not be a fucking dick

[hiveswap]

You're not immune to being the bully btw. You're not immune to being in the wrong

[hiveswap]

"But i'm-" there is no identity or state of being that makes you immune to hurting someone. You can be convinced that you are in the right for doing so. You can be convinced that you're defending someone by doing so. You have always got to examine if you're taking pleasure in hurting someone or if you're actually doing something good.

[nirtonic]

[Image text: there's actually no political label or identity that absolves you of doing harm.]

[hungwy]

stop scrolling.

[a-real-fast-goose]

On it boss

[a-real-fast-goose]

boss it's been a year how long do I have to stay here

[fascinationstreetmp3]

me when i recommend something to someone and they end up not liking it

[sonicdjam]

[catgirldelinquent-deactivated20]

[eethend]

FUCK

[human-south-of-north-pole]

[la-mancha-screwjob]