Remember when joining fandom as a younger person meant lurking for a bit and figuring out the vibe and etiquette instead of coming in on day one and calling people weirdos for liking weirdo shit in the weirdo factory.
[The Boys] AU where Butcher and Ohmlanda both survive the events of S5E8, but Ohmlanda is incacerated for life and Butcher sends him letters to ragebait him. 😂
"Oioi blondie,
Ryan's doin well, thought ya'd wanna know.
Actually, thought ya'd hate to know.
Calls me dad, sweet little sprog he is.
Ya found true admiration in there yet, mate? I bet ya bunkmate bloody loves ya, almost as much as that poor old sod, Terror, did. Bless his soul. Bet it stings that it took ya getting life in the nick to find love like that. Bet your arse stings and-all.
Hughie says I should stop writin ya; it'll put up me blood pressure he says; but I get a real kick outta picturing a snivelling blonde baby clutchin me letters; winding ya up; powerless to do nothin about it. Least you can use 'em as bog roll, right mate? You'll be needin it with that slop they got ya eatin.
See ya next Tuesday,
Billy"
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I'm sad that they're both gone, though it was pretty obvious the show was taking that route, as with the comics. I can't help but sympathise with Homelander's origins, though they can never justify his irredeemable and monstrous acts. He needed to be punished. Though I do think it would've been more apt to keep him alive, depowered, and rotting in a cell somewhere.
It also would've opened up the possibility of him regaining his powers at some point - though I'll be the first person to say that the series was already longer than it needed to be, and we already had too much set-up for the Vought Rising spinoff in S5. I'd say what we got was for the best.
While I have many criticisms about the show, it's been wonderful to see these characters clash over the years. I really love these two, despite all their diabolical flaws. I'll miss seeing their antics. But that's the great thing about fanart and AUs - our favourite characters can live hundreds of different lives, living on through our own creativity.
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I speak with a South-East London accent, very similar / identical to Butcher's - so I wrote the dialogue with my own speech mannerisms in mind. Hopefully that adds some authenticity to this post. Fackin diabolical, innit! If the sparingly few readers of this post require any clarity on Bri-ish vernacular used, give me a bell and I'll spell it all out for ya.
If anyone knows how to spoiler text on Tumblr, please let me know. I'm not really satisfied with just tagging posts, and this post evidently contains a major spoiler right at the start, so...
Not sure why it's a new trend among fic readers to assume if the fic has not been posted within the week it's inappropriate to comment on it, like the fic has to be hot out of the oven to give feedback for.
I got a comment on a fic that is less than a year old and it was mostly an apology for being a comment on an "old fic" and how late they were in commenting.
Just comment on the fic. Doesn't matter how old it is.
“has turned to clay” I know exactly what theyre referring to but there’s also something about the epic being written in clay. like. like. enkidu can only now be remembered. his story can only be preserved, in clay. there’s nothing left for him, except clay
fanfic writers deserve to be able to do things that will land them on the news without any consequences at least once a month, because imagine being kind enough to let people read your works—that you write for yourself and your own enjoyment—for free (also see my em dash that I refuse to let ai take from me?) and then some entitled asshole thinks they can just say whatever they want.
nobody “talks like chatgpt”. chatgpt talks like human, because it was trained on how human talked and it was trained to mimic how human wrote.
public bookmarks are public. I am begging more people to realize and remember this. anybody, including the writers, can see the comments you leave on your public bookmarks.
this type of comment is the exact reason more and more writers stop sharing their works online. ai witch hunt, speculations and accusations harm the writing community as much as ai does, if not more. by leaving this type of comments, you are helping ai destroy the writing community.
i bring a sort of "this character is canonically malnourished and would gain at least a couple pounds during their hypothetical healing arc wherein they get better" vibe to the function that people dont really like
not my tweet or my fic (and there’s a good chance of this comment being a bot) but yeah, don’t do this. sure, some writers wouldn’t mind having fanfics (or direct continuation) of their fanfics written by someone else. some may even be thrilled and happy. but the fandom etiquette is that if you want to write a fanfic or a continuation of someone’s fanfic, YOU POLITELY ASK THE WRITER FOR THEIR PERMISSION. not their readers.
also 5 months isn’t long at all. 5 months is 5 minutes when it comes to fanfics. I’ve waited years for my favorite fics to get updated (one of my favorite fanfics was updated by the author after 13 years) and I’ve never said anything to them about “it’s been ___ years, I don’t think it will get updated anymore”. because another fandom / fanfic etiquette is that fanfic writers write for free in their free time, they don’t owe you anything. maybe they will update one day. maybe they won’t. if you want your favorite fic to get updated, you comment something like “this is good!! I’m excited for what happens next” and maybe your positive comment will motivate the author to update. but you don’t say “it’s been ___ months or years”. fanfics writers write for themselves and their own enjoyment. they’re just kind enough to let you read their works for free. stop being rude and entitled to fanfic writers.
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