loviata_finch @racheloleo - Tumblr Blog

And like who the fuck is this guy [gestures to reflection in mirror alone in bathroom

when someone calls me their friend my heart skips a beat it’s like i won at being myself

you get a comment on tumblr. it's a bot trying to scam you. you get a DM. it's a bot trying to scam you. you get a message on instagram. its a bot trying to scam you. you're an author and you get an email telling you how much they loved your book and want to showcase it at their bookclub. it's a bot trying to scam you (and it uses bad AI to pretend it knows your story). you get a comment on ao3 saying how much they love your fic - and they made you fanart!! it's a bot trying to scam you. you get a hate comment on ao3 which insults your writing or calls you a monster for writing something "problematic". it's a bot. but at least that one isn't trying to scam you.

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there's just something really cruel and insidious about this wave of scams going after creatives. You get an email and think someone genuinely loved what you made but - no. It's another scam. It's someone trying to trick you into sending them money. On AO3, it might literally just be a bot someone made specifically to be a hateful little shit.

putting the stuff you've made out there for everyone to see is hard and scary and we're all just bumping around looking for a bit of appreciation and love and connection and these bastards are using that to try to rob us. I hate it.

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Im going go get into the sea and stay there

a-kind-of-merry-war

okay come forward which of you reposted this to reddit lmao I SEE YOU

fixyourwritinghabits

Okay everybody go leave a comment on the fics you're reading, find your favorite author's social media and tell them you liked their book, and comment on your favorite artist's YouTube or Bandcamp page, go go gooooo.

fairycosmos

clicking not interested on something used to mean they stopped showing it to you

pmamtraveller

By John Everett Millais

cyphir-spacerobot

Victor Frankenstein after achieving the impossible and building a fucking person from scraps of the dead: Oh god, ew, ew it's ugly! Yucky! Yucky! Gross! Ew! Ew! Yucky! Yucky! Gross! Ew!

koiagain

#as someywho suffered from severe postpartum depression #LMAO

coldswarkids

wow you got to the red stop light faster and more dangerously than anyone else. should we throw a party?? should we call nascar

coldswarkids

theglitchywriterboi

I hope every writer who sees this writes LOADS the next few months. Like freetime opens up, no writers block, the ability to focus, etc etc you're able to write loads & make lots of progress <3

stevviefox

Passing along for all the writers out there!

ourdramaqueen

I could sure as hell use some of this... 😭 And of course wishing all my fellow writers the same!

wordfather

huh. something small but unexpected happened and it threw me off my rhythm. the whole day is ruined now. its gonna take me 3-5 business days to recover

wordfather

this post has people calling me kuzco and autistic. at least one of those things are true

doggendoodle

which one

pjharvey

my best tip for anyone trying to get back into reading is to remember that you can read books to avoid other responsibilities in ur life and it can become a vice if you play your cards right

shamebats

Emos & scene kids got this close to abolishing gender for real. I try not to think about it too much.

shamebats

The idea of a popular teenage subculture where girl & boys pretty much all dress the same feels impossible now but for a while it was reality and it was beautiful.

sighinastorm

Go to a furry convention dressed as an 18th century fur trapper. Longrifle, jawtraps, chains, fur hat, big coat made of sewn-together pelts of different polyester neons...

chacha-tortuga

sighinastorm

Man. You get it. :^)

magicratfingers

finallly a way for me to get involved in the community

spiderbitesandvampirevenom

can we bring back the term "fair-weather friend" bc I feel like if fair-weather friends got called that more this whole argument about whether or not you should be there for your friends when it's inconvenient/at what point of personal inconvenience it's ok to bail on your friends would kinda fall apart bc like. we literally have a word for "friend who's only there when you don't need something from them" because the baseline expectation is that a friend should be there even when it sucks. like we used to make fun of people for bailing on their friends.

loveletter2you

green tiles.

loveletter2you

gay-chef-boyardee

Hey dude. Couldn't help but notice that the peaceful backing music cut out when you fixed me with a glare uncharacteristic of the traits we've seen you display so far. What was that all about.