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catilinas

lonelyroad1988

boxylic

My first canvas!

boxylic

Glow up on the letters

overthinkingao3

We write for ourselves, but we post for others.

(this came out of a conversation in the comments on a previous post about an author threatening to stop updating a fic because of lack of engagement)

So there’s this idea that fic writers should write for themselves and not care too much about stats or engagement,

and i totally get the sentiment behind that. if writing becomes entirely about stats and external validation, something important does get lost - creative freedom and joy, conviction in your own writing

but i also think:

“i write for myself, but i post for others.”

because posting fic is not only self-expression. it’s social. ao3 is called an archive, but emotionally it often functions as a community space.

people post for connection, for participation, for others to bear witness to their pain and trauma and grief,

and i don’t think most people are asking to be admired so much as acknowledged. there’s something deeply human about wanting another person to encounter something that mattered to you and go:

“ok, yeah, I see what you were trying to say. I see you.”

especially because fanfic is often people processing very real feelings through fictional characters at a safe distance, one step removed,

and then uploading that deeply personal thing into a shared archive and hoping somebody else might connect with it.

And i think that’s why it hurts so much when you summon up the courage and post a fic into the void and you get nothing back,

and then it’s like,

does anyone see me? does anyone even care?

sassycurse

one of the best feelings tbh

ltwilliammowett

Sails and rig of a fore and aft Schooner, in: Illustrated nautical dictionary, unabridged, by Captain Howard Patterson, 1891

viralfrog

s-t-a-r-c-o

im reading discworld and im on the third book and i only just realized they arent arranged like this

sator-the-wanderer

I raise it to

beemovieerotica

ok Tylenol photo drop

spin-the-wheel-polls

Hello. Since I've seen people submit finished wheels, I thought I'd submit a wheel I came up with. In this case, it's a wheel to tell you something that you can't do for a week.

https://wheelofnames.com/kch-gkt

this is a really really cool idea! Thanks!!!

You can't do this for a week!

How bad is this for you?

Its great! I can live with this

I already don't do this

It'll be annoying but I'll be fine

VERY BAD.

results/other

Remaining time: 2 days 10 hours

thanks inkarchivist for the submission!!

#can't answer calls.....#it's fine except I'm trying to change dentists and also eye exams #so. annoying.

the-muppet-joker

They raised me in the Circus

Before I was a Noun

My mother was my Father

My father was a Clown

He wore a pretty Costume

And danced in purple Smoke

My father was my Mother

But only as a Joke

He taught me Shattered Mirrors

And Painting Your Grotesque

And how to Laughing With Them

At Aching In Your Chest

I cannot be a person

Just Schadenfreude Fodder

I long to be my mother's son

But I'm my Father's Daughter

beemovieerotica

it's possible that Miss Moneybags hasn't woken up yet and doesn't know that Elmer fell out of the lead, will be holding my breath today to see if she drops another $1500