a constant wip

Hello! This is a small sideblog that I consider my general "fan" blog. I created it so I wouldn't post fandom on my main lol. Sometimes I write! pronouns: she/her.

[justanotherfanwriter]

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I post about whatever piece of media i’m into that day, but I consistently post about loz, dc comics, and whatever book I’m obsessed with that week!

[sleepymoha]

Been in a really nostalgic mood lately. I don’t really remember the show anymore but i remember loving the sand siblings with all my heart <\3

[the-quasar-hero]

Very generally speaking, when you see a black man in a piece of media, be it tv show, movie, video game, etc. there’s something you often see a lot of writers do. To go against the stereotype of black men (and black people in general) being dumb and lazy, you’ll see this black male character being smart and an achiever. 

The Black Nerd. A common character type, the nerd will always be very interested in all things nerdy: science, video games, mathematics, etc. In an continued effort to combat stereotypes, the Black Nerd will be lack athleticism, probably being asthmatic (the nerdiest of conditions). The Black Nerd will dress smartly, suspenders and bow ties. They’ll always talk smart too, using proper English with complex words.

Now, I don’t have a problem with a black character being a nerd, indeed black people are a people; we aren’t all the same and we all have varying personalities. The problem I have is that too often we see a distinct disconnect between Blackness and the Black Nerd. The Black Nerd doesn’t listen to hip hop or rap, only classical music. The Black Nerd only has white friends, the only other black characters are into not nerdy stuff. The Black Nerd never ever uses AAVE at any time in any context.

And again I must say that Black people, not being a monolith, there are no hard fast rules to being Black. I’m more than sure there are Black people like what I’ve described above, I’m not saying it’s impossible; what I’m getting at is that the only Black Nerd we see. There are Black Nerds that play basketball, that bump Kendrick Lamar, and use AAVE since it’s an ever changing dialect. I’m just saying there’s no one way of being a nerd and no one way of being Black.

[the-quasar-hero]

Well @dumbey, seems we’re in similar boats

[the-quasar-hero]

This ain’t about him, this is about Black/Asian solidarity. Focus.

[fairycosmos]

you literally have to unironically listen to some shit like party rock anthem so you don’t kill yourself

[writing-is-a-martial-art]

truly some people have no genre savviness whatsoever. A girl came back from the dead the other day and fresh out of the grave she laughed and laughed and lay down on the grass nearby to watch the sky, dirt still under her nails. I asked her if she’s sad about anything and she asked me why she should be. I asked her if she’s perhaps worried she’s a shadow of who she used to be and she said that if she is a shadow she is a joyous one, and anyway whoever she was she is her, now, and that’s enough. I inquired about revenge, about unfinished business, about what had filled her with the incessant need to claw her way out from beneath but she just said she’s here to live. I told her about ghosts, about zombies, tried to explain to her how her options lie between horror and tragedy but she just said if those are the stories meant for her then she’ll make another one. I said “isn’t it terribly lonely how in your triumph over death nobody was here to greet you?” and she just looked at me funny and said “what do you mean? The whole world was here, waiting”. Some people, I tell you.

[jenny-holzer]

[ghostisredacted]

just saw someone say "a fandom is small, so like only 1-3 fics posted per day" . you wouldnt survive a day in the place where im from

[animentality]

[justanotherfanwriter]

a story can suck so bad, but there's always that one character

[geminipdf]

me when a fictional woman decides not to get an abortion

[catswearingeyeliner]

If u saw me post this yesterday no u didnt

Idea i had the other day :O also first time drawing Rolf he’s actually rly fun to draw i like to draw his face. I might do Jonny next bcuz hes lowkey one of my fave cul-de-sac kids :]

[quikyu]

Female parental figure with lower extremities of sizable proportion?

[justanotherfanwriter]

Why is it so hard for me to write just for me? I know I don't need anything I write to be good or popular. I know that I like to write. I know it brings me some sort of joy to string words together, even if my skills suck. But when I sit down, I think, "Oh, this has been done before," or "What's the point if this is just going to go nowhere," or "It will take so long, and you're not good enough, so editing will be hard," or "You're not smart enough or creative enough anyway." And this isn't a motivational post. I'm simply stuck on overcoming this feeling, which means I haven't even written anything worth nothing at all.

[gr8writingtips]

me: if you're stuck on a scene, the problem is likely further back than you think

me after i get stuck on a scene for two days and realise the problem is further back than i thought:

[lui-the-cute-snek]

I couldn't get this stupid idea out of my head, so I had to forcibly evict it

[madeleineengland]

LMAO

[veiledbyart]

My prediction for episode 7. He'll be fine guys no worries.

Double Edit:

After some back and forth and looking around some more, turns out this probably counts as fair use after all and I don't have to worry about the CC license coming for my ass. So, with that in mind, once more:

Don’t use or repost my art without permission.