Resident Angry Queer

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

I know and understand what people mean when they say it but the concept that watching TV is mindless entertaining/switching your brain off...babygirl I'm having analytical visions beyond even my comprehension when watching a good show

[mylordshesacactus]

For the ask game: 7 & 13 please 😊🤓

7. How do you choose which POV to write from?

Honestly, the POV chooses you.

At least I think that SHOULD happen! The POV is gonna be determined by what a scene needs to accomplish--in terms of plot, characterization, themes, conversation with the overall narrative and original material, etc.

So it's sort of....what's the POINT of this scene. Some scenes will work equally well from multiple POVs, but they'll also--or again, they SHOULD--FEEL different depending on whose perspective you're in. You're going to get different insights, different analysis of the situation, different aside commentary, and different assumptions being made. Characters will interpret events differently and focus on different things.

It's often much easier to tell you've picked the WRONG POV than to be certain you've got the right one.

[mylordshesacactus]

40!

40. If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see?

WINK WINK HINT HINT NUDGE NUDGE IF ANY FANARTISTS ARE READING THIS--

Okay THAT was a joke obviously but. Oh man that's a hard one. There are uuuuuuuuh certainly some vivid images in my vampire porn that I would. Not mind at all seeing translated into art--

ASIDE from the Erotic Vampire Fiction TM, off the top of my head?

Ahsoka's "line of living starlight" deep-trance meditation scene in Vigil

Nick's bargain with Juno, wrestling with her dogs, farewell with Barncat, Nicky-vs-Lupa, and of course any of the scenes with Vesta, from Torch of Vesta

Safia and Gideon having little domestic moments from...any of my fics with them honestly XD But Black Saxaul and Once In A Lifetime probably have the most. And of course Iresine has the first look at the Rabbit's Foot!

Siya's "proposal" at the siege of Morenia Castle, and/or Siya and Ira facing off in a storm-lashed mountain pass, from Shifting Sand (which has a podfic now!)

The 'Transmission Received' protests for ANCoR patients/ardat-yakshi rights mentioned in 257 Years

Literally any interaction in Perspective which is our funniest and honestly one of our absolute best Star Wars works.

I think a lot of the direct references to movie shots from my barrissoka fox and the hound AU would be cool

[mylordshesacactus]

What’s your favorite part about the fanfiction writing process?

54. What’s your favorite part about the fanfiction writing process?

I know how I want to answer this but I'm not sure how to put it into words!

So there's a 'spitballing' phase of fanfic for me, where I'm talking shop with other friends who are writers and have excellent characterization/narrative instincts--we toss ideas back and forth, reshape them, develop them, and honestly 75% of the time this doesn't turn into fic at all--it starts as just talking about a piece of media, you know? I didn't sit down and go "how would I write Safia's backstory", I started by talking about the sheer depth of implication in what we know about her backstory from the game and me and my smartest friends turned that over together, and then I ended up using the compelling picture it created to shape future fic series.

But there's also a point where we've very much spitballing a what-if scenario, a how-do-you-think-THAT-went-down discussion, etc, and it spins off into generating imagery and dialogue snippets. And then, when I sit down to write real prose, I almost always have a tab in my document where I copy over the vibes-generation and the lines that really stuck with me, not even necessarily in an order just a collection.

Translating that spitballing into a cohesive image is one of my favorite brass-tacks bits of the writing process!

[shortysus4]

Get to know your fic writer

Do you prefer writing one-shots or multi-chaptered fics?

Do you plan each chapter ahead or write as you go?

Describe the creative process of writing a chapter/fic

Where do you find inspiration for new ideas?

Do you like constructive criticism?

Do you have your work beta'd? How important is this to your process?

How do you choose which POV to write from?

Do you prefer the beginning, middle, or end of a story?

Do you comment on stories you read?

Cltr+f "blinks" on your WIP & copy paste the first sentence/paragraph that comes up

Link your three favorite fics right now

how does receiving or not receiving feedback/support impact you?

what’s a common writing tip that you almost always follow?

how do you write emotional scenes? Do you ever feel what the characters feel? Do you draw from personal experiences?

How do you write smut scenes? Do you get very visual or detailed? How important is it to be realistic?

How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?

What do you do when writing becomes difficult? (maybe a lack of inspiration or writers block)

Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with titles?

What is the most-used tag on your ao3?

Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

Would you ever collaborate with another writer for a story?

Are there certain types of writing you won’t do? (style, pov, genre, tropes, etc)

Best writing advice for other writers?

Worst writing advice anyone ever gave you?

What fic do you wish you got more of a response on?

Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

What is your most and least favorite part of writing?

On average, how much writing do you get done in a day?

What’s your revision or editing process like?

Do you share rough drafts or do you wait until it’s all polished?

Do you start with the characters or the plot when writing?

Name three of your favorite fanfic writers.

Do you want to be published some day?

Five years from now, where do you see yourself as a writer?

What is one essential thing to remember when writing a villain? 

How do you write kissing scenes?

How do you choose where to end a chapter?

Would you ever write commissions?

Share a snippet from a WIP

If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see?

Do you tend to reread fics or are you a one-and-done kind of person?

What’s the last fic you read? Do you recommend it?

Do you take a sadistic joy in whumping your characters, or are you more the "If you hurt them I would kill everyone and then myself" kind of person?

What mistakes do you keep making no matter how many times your beta corrects you?

Do you want to break your readers‘ heart or make them laugh?

How would you describe your style? (Character/emotion/action-driven, etc)

How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?

What do you look for in a beta?

Do you ever get rude reviews and how do you deal with them?

How long is your longest fic?

What’s your total AO3 word count?

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

How do you spend your time when it comes to fanfiction? Are you primarily a fic reader, writer, or a perfect 50/50 split of both?

What’s your favorite part about the fanfiction writing process?

Of the characters you write for, which is your favorite? Has that choice been swayed at all by your followers/readers’ reactions to certain ones?

What’s something about your writing that you pride yourself on?

Do you prefer editing as you write, or waiting until it’s finished? 

What part of the writing process do you enjoy the most? (Brainstorming, outlining, writing, editing, etc) 

Does anyone in your personal life know you write fic? if not, would you tell anyone?

Have you had a writer you admire comment on your fic? What was that like?

Why do you continue writing fics?

Thoughts on cliffhangers?

Something you hate to see in smut.

Something you love to see in smut.

Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project

How do you deal with writing pressure (ie. pressure to update, negative comments, deadlines, etc.)?

Do you prefer prompts and challenges, or completely independent ideas?

What, if anything, do you do for inspiration?

What work of yours, if any, are you the most embarrassed about existing?

When asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write?

When it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?

What order do you write in? front of book to back? chronological? favorite scenes first? something else?

What do you think makes your writing stand out from other works?

You’ve posted a fic anonymously. How would someone be able to guess that you’d written it?

What scene in [Fanfic Name] took the longest to write? What was difficult about it? 

Did you have any ideas that didn’t make the final cut of [Fanfic Name]? 

Do you have a favorite scene you’ve written from [Fanfic Name] story/chapter? 

[mary-philbin]

okay, i am deeply sorry, i know a lot of you on this website are not a big fan of kids and children in general but PRETTY PLEASE can we just NOT normalize the “i don’t like/i hate children but i don’t wanna hurt them”? because, that’s not fucking possible, okay? that’s two views you can NOT simultaneously hold.

because, let’s talk for real, the problem isn’t just direct violence — it’s the dehumanization of children, which feeds prejudice against childhood, childism, and adultism. this logic IS NOT neutral, and it’s one of the most sophisticated ways prejudice gets perpetuated.

“not liking/hating children” reinforces the idea that they’re annoying, dramatic, inconvenient... less human — and therefore easier to discard, silence, or sacrifice for adult comfort.

elisabeth young-bruehl defines childism as prejudice against children as a social group, comparable to racism, sexism, and homophobia. it functions like any other -ism: an ideology that legitimizes treating a group as property, as inferior, or as available for exploitation. she also shows that childism isn’t limited to extreme cases of violence — it shows up in a whole range of practices that aren’t in children’s best interest: neglect, underfunding of schools, the abusive use of medication on children…

saying “i don’t like/i hate children” isn’t an innocent preference or just a phrase — it’s literally the biased expression of a worldview that dehumanizes and diminishes this group. that’s exactly what childism is.

young-bruehl emphasizes that adults who practice childism “all rely upon a societal prejudice against children to justify themselves and legitimate their behavior.” [p.1] a lot of people may not consciously “hate” children or raise a hand to hit them — but the prejudice allows them to tolerate structures that harm children on a massive scale (child poverty, incarceration, violence, abuse, exploitation, neglect, etc.).

rebecca adami uses the concept of childism to analyze adult resistance to actually implementing children’s rights: prejudice against children gets translated into laws, policies, and practices that deny basic freedoms and normalize their subordination. just like a racist can say “i don’t want to see black people getting hurt” while supporting policies that harm them — an adult who “hates children” is, in practice, feeding the cultural climate that makes violence against children thinkable, justifiable, or dismissed.

adami also shows that childism helps us understand how children are exposed to “prejudices, negative attitudes and discriminatory structures in society” — and how this connects to the weak implementation of the un convention on the rights of the child.

the old idea that “children are just mini adults” has been challenged by childhood sociology, and children are now recognized as rights-bearing subjects who deserve to be heard and respected in their choices.

claiming it’s “fine to dislike and/or hate children” means refusing them that status — putting them back in the position of nuisance, of “noisy things,” of objects. which is exactly what critical theory identifies as the core of adultism and childism.

madeline lane-mckinley argues we live in a world that is “deeply against children,” where they’re treated as extensions of the family, the state, or capital — not as autonomous people. she also talks about “adult supremacy” and proposes a politics of solidarity with children, understanding them as comrades in the fight for a better future.

lane-mckinley also points out that the figure of the child has historically been weaponized in service of white supremacy, empire, and political projects that decide which children deserve protection — and which ones can be abandoned to poverty, war, forced migration.

in other words, discourses of hatred and contempt for children participate in the symbolic economy that makes some children’s lives more exposed to violence.

and finally — in ethical and political terms, there is no way to separate “hating” (or “disliking”) children from passive participation in structures that authorize harm against them.

the only position that’s coherent with children’s rights and with critiques of childism is to let go of that hatred and commit to recognition, listening, and active solidarity.

so yeah. there’s no neutral ground here.

[faemorrigan]

im realizing very fast that people do not in fact know that sometimes things in stories suck on purpose and it sucking is the point

[faemorrigan]

"this story is misogynistic!!"

>looks inside

>about the pressures of societal misogyny and how its bad

[vintagewildlife]

"I can't believe humans would hunt the thylacine to extinction, humans are fundamentally evil" Hey, did you know that extinction was long thought to be impossible, and within 50 years of humans realizing that extinction via overhunting was a possibility it practically stopped happening? Did you know that humans are so desperate to prevent more losses that they're funneling millions of collective hours and billions of euros into helping other species? Hours and euros that could be spent on humans, and species on whom humanity's own survival does not depend? Did you know that due to an accidental introduction of rats, the Lord Howe Island stick insect population was brought down to 24 individuals and now there are tens of thousands of them?

This bug. This bug that, to most humans, is utterly useless, relatively gross, and completely foreign. Humans saved it because humans do not want to cause another extinction ever again if they can avoid it.

[weepylucifer]

You know how we call things "pseudoscience"... the media analysis that's being done on twitter and tumblr should be pseudohumanities

[mylordshesacactus]

"We can climb up into an ice cave and then escape the ice cave through a crack in the ceiling, and there's only a small chance that the Christian Devil will eat us while we're in the cave!"

--Atri's theological horizons have been expanded by the Klingon Pope, a real person who exists

[mylordshesacactus]

"Well I don't wanna be in the cave if Strahd WANTS us in the cave. That just feels like Rewarding His Behavior."

--The cleric, actively pouting

[mylordshesacactus]

"Ireena's gonna shoot without looking... She actually does BETTER than she normally does! Which is still a miss."

--There is NOTHING WRONG with Ireena's stats. Her dice are just cursed.

[mylordshesacactus]

"How are you maneuvering the Moonbeam around the party from the other side of a wall?" "Oh, Phyn's just steering it based on the screams."

--Given the party's general level of trust in Phyn's aim, this was ruled to be 100% legitimate and the precision placement was allowed.

[mylordshesacactus]

"These are called bodaks. They're a form of undead....they have a necrotic aura that passively drains the life from people just from being in the room." "ELON MUSK?!"

[mylordshesacactus]

DM: Okay, she's gonna take half damage as soon....as I can find my d10... Cleric, hopefully: You could use a smaller die!

[mylordshesacactus]

"What I'm saying is that I don't think there's much more the body can tell you." "I think what the body is telling us is that we should leave."

[mylordshesacactus]

"Is anybody going to STOP Phyn from licking the blood?"

--Spore druids just kind of do their own thing