Escapism.

Learn to let go of the things you no longer connect to.

[introvertsnation]

@introvertsnation

[my-castles-crumbling]

Me at age 13, exhausted at school after staying up all night to read fanfic: I can’t wait until I’m an adult and I can stay up reading without any consequences!

Me, an adult, exhausted at work after staying up all night reading fanfic: Fuck.

[001x456]

Thank you Hwang In-ho and Seong Gi-hun

[anxietyproblem]

[soulwriter-sp]

shoutout to AO3 authors who write 100k fics for free while juggling mental illness, academic burnout, 3 jobs, and a deep-rooted need to fix fictional people.

[anxietyproblem]

[hungry-skeleton]

Why isn't "too scary" a good enough reason to never drive a car

[hungry-skeleton]

Girl you do NOT want my scared ass behind the wheel I'll take you all with me whether I'm trying to or not

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

personal opinion but, in fandom space, ai generated works are not fan-created contents. because a soulless robot cannot be passionate about something nor can it be “a fan” of something the way human artists are

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if you love archive of our own and how they firmly refuse to let censorship have any place on their platform

[t4tstarvingdog]

“start your free trial now” what if i told u i am already experiencing trials. and the cost is more than i can bear

[pangur-and-grim]

please remember that I am a Canadian illustrator and it is fucking bizarre to come to me with medical questions

[arsnof]

Why would you limit yourself to drawing Canadians?

[pangur-and-grim]

everyone else unfollow me I want to be alone with arsnof

[elwoodallimann]

My novel that I've been working on for the past three years : 80k, barely a wip, with missing scenes and a syntax so bad it could be a punishment in all the nine circles of hell

The fanfic I started writing four months ago : also 80k, published on Ao3, edited and beta read

My novel : are you fucking kidding me

[anxietyproblem]

[initiala]

A little girl in my 4th grade class came up to me after recess and said, “I got married at recess!” and I said “Oh? I didn’t know anyone was ordained under the age of twelve.” and she asked me what ordained meant and I explained and then she said “Oh, well, no, my wife and I were married by the slide, but we’ll be happy together anyway.”

So apparently on school playgrounds, slides are already legalizing same-sex marriage.

[hinoneko]

They warned us it would be a slippery slope.

[wonderful-anarchy]

you know what i love? when im reading a fic and it is clearly so self indulgent for the writer. like honey these plot threads barely make sense but you are having so much fun and i am just along for the ride

[acerebral]

[captainkirkk]

There’s something very nice about remembering fics you read years ago. Maybe you remember the plot perfectly, maybe the rest of the fic is only a blur aside from a handful of vivid scenes, but you remember the way it made you feel. And sometimes you dredge up the memory - the premise or a favourite scene or a few lines that stayed with you -  and your heart aches a little bit, the way it does when you think about books you enjoyed as a child.

To all the fanfiction writers out there: your work is beautiful and meaningful and it leaves an impact. I promise.