Heroes and Villains and Stories, Oh My!

When I actually get around to it. This blog is to show my characters, give updates and just to talk about any stories I conjure up. Mostly pictures of Luna my doggo. The stories are on Wattpad:

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Some quick drawings I did today. He is a shy boi. I call him Nico

[morallygreywrites]

At least 50% of the time when I write Detective prompts, I think of a bean like Nico. I wuv him, what a good boi.

[pfreadsandwrites]

Vibe bowl

 Okay, so no one tagged me or anything, but I found a vibe bowl that I found very cute and probably my favourite picrew, soI wanted to tag a few people cuz I think a lot of you would enjoy doing this!

The picrew is here. 

Here’s mine:

mermaid teapot!!! Could you get anymore me!! Anyway even if I don’t tag you specifically, I encourage anyone who sees this to do this if you’d like! Even if you have no plans of sharing it, it’s so fun and pretty and there’s so much room for variation. 

Anyway, I’m tagging (no obligation as per usual, just for fun, also some of you i’d like to tag but it doesn’t let me for some reason, so i’m just emphasising this again - if you see this i genuinely tag you!!)):

@aerinth @datblobbyfish @scaredlittlefoxy @enchantedpendant @praisingkuroosbedhead @kakashi-tsukuyomi (or sachi-sims) @kakashisthickthighs​ 

[sachi-sims]

Ahh this is so cute! Thanks for the tag, dear.

Here’s my little haven:

Tagging: @tachibrii @sparkleswritings @strangeinternetwasteland @tiny93soo @bakubabes-hatake @titanialev @starfruits-world @poetic-falls

And anyone who wants to try this out!

[bakubabes-tatakae]

Thanks for the tag @sachi-sims 🥺❤️

I feel like mine is a little darker than all the others that are here. 😂😂

I tag @cakers-2000 @kunoichihatake @excitedlysuffering @katsukichu @ellechanwrites @butterfly-showers and anyone else that wants to do it. 💞

[kunoichihatake]

Thank you for the tag my love! @bakubabes-hatake 🥰 Mine is a little simpler than everyone else’s haha, but I thought it was more calming without so much going on 😌

I tag @createdbyinvisibles @crevan-cas​ and anyone else who wants to do this!

[createdbyinvisibles]

Thanks for the tag @kunoichihatake

I tag @elysianseraph and @excitedlysuffering

[excitedlysuffering]

Thanks for the tag Erza❤️

Tag: @impinthecloset @th3biggay

[muzans-sugarbaby-deactivated202]

Tagging @levisnormie​ 

[leyvii-deactivated20231005]

Thanks for the tag!!

Tagging(only if you want to!): @sevendeadlymorons @slipperyslideyday @shortnessangel @hachimochi @patheticfor2d and anyone who’d like to hop on! :D

[shortnessangel]

Thanks for the tag ! This was fun smug cute to make.

[mae-beee]

I wanted to join! 🥺

[emakenz]

:))))

@vampire-overlord yoooo you wanna try,mmm???

[vampire-overlord]

swag i loved this!! 

@room-97 @friiday-thirteenth @literally-just-kirby-sideblog​ @mightybackpain​ if u wanna??

[mightybackpain]

💫💫💫 so fun

@makncheeseee05 @heephop ? if u wanna

[makncheeseee05]

these are so therapeutic huhu

uhh i don hv any more moots so heres a random person @bubbl​ hey there :D

[bubbl]

@makncheeseee05 lmao how did you even find me. I love you 🥺

As for the people I tagged, feel free not to participate but please be aware of the fact that ily <3

@razenclawcat @mechanicalbride @hoodieimp @themelancholykat @starfloral @dontcallmekatie @stereotypiclaw

[girlsocrates]

thank you for tagging me! i’m passing this along to @supernovafuckup @catboy @starlightsins and @biomorphi !

[starlightsins]

thanks for tagging me!! ((: i’m tagging @wait-still-rendering @f-ruitgoth @awkwardplant @froggy-dumbass

[awkwardplant]

I feel like this sort of art is so ripe for psychoanalysis. thanks for the tag!

@drumlincountry @from-a-writer @strawberrygiorno @liggghthouse @lazysweets-evil-hideout @sk0beloff @punkrockghost come make a little jar

[from-a-writer]

Thanks @awkwardplant for the tag!

I tag @morallygreyprompts @prideknights @brynwrites

[morallygreywrites]

Thanks for the tag.

Peaceful sunset beaches for me✌️

I'll do my usual and just invite you all to make one.

[morallygreywrites]

And how, pray tell, did I end up with writer’s block on five different WIPs simultaneously?

[lingeringlilies]

Amazon Unveils a [Horrifying] Fanfic Publishing Platform

Today, Amazon announced the imminent launch of its newest endeavor, Kindle Worlds, a publishing platform for fanfiction. When I read the announcement, I was horrified, then angry, then sad. I want to take a moment to explain why this is such a tragedy.

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[nathanfoadstanaccount]

This is REALLY IMPORTANT guys. AO3 is so special as a platform. Don’t get suckered in by shiny features or whatever!

[thenerdyindividual]

If you don’t feel like reading after the read more, here is the most important stand out of Kindle World’s TOS.

“By using the platform, authors give all rights to the work to Amazon, who can then license your elements to other authors with no compensation to the original poster.”

If you want to retain rights to your work, don’t use this site. Stick to AO3.

[morallygreywrites]

I’m ready to rage war with the dictionary and will tear them all down to the bitter truths. Words rebel against the law, spellings are but myth, they laugh at the gods. I am but a humble jester trying to string the chaos together.

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So I made a thing...

I created a snapchat lens so you can have Vasco’s naut tattoos from greedfall on your face. So yeah…try it if you want ^^’ I downloaded snapchat yesterday. Never used the app before I made this but good sources tell me it is looks good and it works. I’d love to hear what you think of this. Have fun with this lens.

https://www.snapchat.com/unlock/?type=SNAPCODE&uuid=43ce2d48924e4840b7609fbd500d4b28&metadata=01

[morallygreywrites]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 The Greedfall fandom has consumed me. I love it! 😁

[a-sphynx]

If you ever feel unmotivated to write or start letting doubts creep in, I’m going to give you my favorite tip for motivation and regaining confidence: imagine the memes. Like, imagine your book or comic is already out and you’re scrolling through some social media and people are creating a tone of random memes about your characters and the plot. People have lists of character theme songs they’ve spent hours working on. People delve into the depths of the internet for the perfect vine reference or image to capture their thoughts of your character. Close your eyes and picture it, and remind yourself that the world will never see these glorious memes if you fall back now. Yeah you can tell yourself no one will care or no one will pay attention, but honestly it feels a thousand times better to imagine a world where people look at what you’ve made and it sparks their own creativity. Just take a moment to imagine a world of memes and funny videos, smile, and keep writing!

[morallygreywrites]

Oh the memes for Lure could be glorious. 😭 I swear I will finish this story if it kills me!

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A shark on a unicycle. No idea how that works but he’s so happy! Just a silly drawing inspired by a post from @oopsimprocrastinating

[morallygreywrites]

I love this boi so much!!!! LOOK HOW HAPPY HE IS!!! <3 He’s a nice reminder that you can do anything you set your mind to.

[my-sun-is-gone-deactivated20180]

Me as a writer: Gotta add a little bit of fluff, a handful of laughter and sarcasm, and just a dash of angst.

Also me as a writer: Just. A. Dash. Of. Angst.

[morallygreywrites]

On the now rare occasion that I do write

[oh-theatre]

Me: *stops writing* well that’s enough writing for now

Me: *later* Alright time to write!

Me: *staring at where I left off*

[never-close-our-eyes]

I love how I can think of a ship as a joke for a split second, and then it turns into something I think about nonstop for months 😌

[morallygreywrites]

It do be like that sometimes. 😂

[morallygreywrites]

I don’t know if you guys remember my mask story which I tried to write last year but it didn’t work out, but I’ve fallen back in love with it. I’ve like demolished everything, bar the characters and the occasional scene I had and I’ve started again. I like this a lot more, but I can’t write it or plan it right now because I’m writing up Lure 2. I’d like to try that story again in November, but it’s going to take a lot of research and honestly, I’m kinda... scared to do it. The story has a lot of diverse characters, I mean, there’s a girl from Brazil, an Indian Professor who practises Sikhism, A Dutchman, A black America- and quite a few more (including an additional made up culture) and just yeah... I don’t want to mess it up but honestly I don’t know where I’m meant to start, so I don’t know when I’ll even get around to writing it because I feel like there’s so much to cover. So yeah, I just wanted to say that I haven’t forgotten about that story, and it’s looking better than ever, I just don’t know when or how I’ll get around to it. Idk maybe I’m just rambling but I did want to say the gears are turning with this story again.

[were-writes]

Will humanity ever be free of the influence of Edna Mode? Can any of us so much as consider the character design for a hero or villain without her manifesting in the room, fully aware of our sins?

[were-writes]

You know what, another layer of difficulty is when you’re thinking about villains, and the wise words of Megamind come into your head. You don’t just want your child to be just a regular villain. But how do you make your villain a Supervillain with no cape? Where is the drama? But Edna says no capes, you must deny them the flair. It is impossible to please them both, and it’s tearing this family apart.

[sci-the-superb]

you. you get it.

(tags via @jeremiahsmysteriosotouch)

[deadblogdontlook]

Counteroffer: Big dramatic cloak to protect your identity that you drop on the floor before every fight

[krshush]

#there are two wolves inside you #one is edna mode #the other is megamind  (@remnantofahero) 

[silver-tongues-blog]

I can’t believe the compromise is Obi-Wan Kenobi

[morallygreywrites]

Point Blanc (one of the books) is LITERALLY what got me into writing back in when I was eleven or so. I've met Anthony Horowitz and he's a great guy and just AAAAAAA. I need to watch it!!

[thinkingofausername]

Reblog if you've imagined a story full of potential to be a legendary book, but you don't think you're capable of writing it.

[morallygreywrites]

My masks story. 😩

[kedreeva]

When I say “Fanfiction is free” part of what I’m saying is yes, you did not pay for the thing.

But I saw a comment from someone that made me realize the rest of the intention behind these words is being lost.

Fanfiction is provided for free, but it is not produced for free.

Authors pay their effort, including physical and emotional and mental. Authors pay their time, in planning the story (mental time) and writing the story (physical time). Sometimes it’s less than an hour for something quick and dirty, like askbox prompts. Sometimes it’s years of their lives in epic fic hundreds of thousands of words long. Authors pay additional time to alpha read their own stories, trying to make sure that they’re free of SPAG errors and make sense and sound good. Beta readers pay their time and effort alongside the authors for editing the stories. Authors pay for posting their stories with all of the anxieties that come from allowing their work - which to this point they have invested all of the above - into the public eye because while it has certainly cost them a good amount to produce the story, fandom history has proved that many other people out there enjoy fanfiction, and authors believe that at least someone else will enjoy their story, too.

What I am saying when I say “fanfiction is free” is that it costs the writers a lot of something in order to produce it. A lot has already been paid into a piece of fanfiction by the time it is available for readers to read. The expense of fanfiction creation is, by and large, resting squarely atop the shoulders of writers.

What I am saying when I say “fanfiction is free” is that readers don’t have to pay the cost of creating fanfiction.

What I am saying when I say “fanfiction is free” is that readers don’t have to pay in anything - not time, not money, not effort, not anything - in order for fanfiction to be created. It’s a donation. It’s a gift. It’s available for you to take or leave, at the expense of someone else.

Writers have, for a very long time, requested donations of one thing as remuneration for everything they put into making fanfiction: comments. Authors have asked, in so many different iterations: “If you have consumed what I have labored and invested in to create and if you have found any enjoyment in it, please tell me, so that I can recharge enough to do this again.” Some of them may recharge on critical comments, but most of us don’t because we’ve already paid everything we want to pay to create the story.

What I am saying when I say “fanfiction is free” isn’t just that it doesn’t cost you any money. I am saying “Please respect the time and effort you didn’t have to pay into creating this thing you enjoyed, by respecting the individual creator’s requests.”

What I am saying when I say “fanfiction is free” is “be kind to authors, they have paid a lot for this gift they’re sharing with all of us, and they deserve to feel like it was worth it.”

What I am saying when I say “fanfiction is free” is “please don’t charge authors more time and emotional effort than what they’ve already provided you at no absolute cost.”

I’m not saying any of this to argue. It’s a fact that authors pay into providing fanfiction. They do it for fun. They do it out of love. They do it because they enjoy writing. No one is making them do it. No one is paying them to start or finish the story. That doesn’t mean it’s not WORK. And the only return they get on what they put into the story is the kindness of strangers that invest a little bit back by leaving a nice comment. That is why they stay, that is why they do it again, that is why we have fanfiction.

What I am saying when I say “fanfiction is free” is “please don’t be the one charging authors so much more that they leave.”

What I am saying when I say “fanfiction is free” is “please keep it that way.”

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I’m not saying “you should comment and if not you’re a bad person and violating some kind of unwritten contract of fandom.” I’m saying, “please comment, because it’s really discouraging to fan fiction writers—who are not being paid for their time and effort—to write a story and get no encouragement to do so again.”

[of-stars-and-moon]

This!

[fadingcoast]

“please comment, because it’s really discouraging to fan fiction writers—who are not being paid for their time and effort—to write a story and get no encouragement to do so again.”

[monstersandmaw]

I teared up at:

“If you have consumed what I have labored and invested in to create and if you have found any enjoyment in it, please tell me, so that I can recharge enough to do this again.”

You have no idea how draining it is (sometimes cathartically, and sometimes not) to produce content if you’ve never done it.

[randomslasher]

I appreciate every comment, every tag, every emoji I get on my fic. It’s what I watch for, wait for, hope for. Even if it’s just “ :) “ I’m just so happy to get it. The response to some of my more recent stuff is what’s got me writing more consistently these days because it’s so motivating. Thank you so much for the comments and you’d better believe I’m reading your tags too! <3 I don’t think the value of that support and encouragement can be understated. 

[morallygreywrites]

I did it!!!! 😱😱 There's a few more chapters to write up just to tie up all the threads At the expense of my college work But I did it and ahead of schedule!! AAAAAAA!!!!